[Federal Register: September 3, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 171)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, San Juan Island National Historical Park, Friday
Harbor, WA and Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Correction
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State
Museum (Burke Museum), University of Washington, Seattle, WA, and in
the control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park
Service, San Juan Island National Historical Park, Friday Harbor, WA.
The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from San
Juan County, WA.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3).
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
superintendent, San Juan Island National Historical Park.
This notice corrects the number of associated funerary objects
reported in a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal
Register on July 18, 2008.
In the Federal Register of July 18, 2008 (FR Doc E8-16482, page
41379 - 41380), paragraph numbers 7-8 are corrected by substituting the
following paragraphs:
In 1950, human remains representing a minimum of seven individuals
were removed from the English Camp Site (45-SJ-24) in San Juan County,
WA, during a University of Washington summer field school directed by
Professor Adan Treganza of San Francisco State University. The human
remains and associated funerary objects were transferred to the Burke
Museum and accessioned by the National Park Service. No known
individuals were identified. The 23 associated funerary objects are 1
broken chipped stone projectile point and 22 non-human bone fragments.
In 1970, 1971, and 1972, human remains representing a minimum of
eight individuals were removed from the English Camp Site in San Juan
County, WA, during University of Idaho field schools directed by Dr.
Roderick Sprague. The human remains and associated funerary objects
were transferred to the Burke Museum and accessioned by the National
Park Service. No known individuals were identified. The 58 associated
funerary objects are 1 splinter awl made from deer bone, 1 tip of an
antler tine, 1 square nail fragment, 1 wood fragment, 1 Horse Clam
shell fragment, 6 basalt flakes, and 47 non-human skeletal fragments
and non-human teeth.
Paragraph number 10 is corrected by substituting the following
paragraph:
In 1951, human remains representing a minimum of seven individuals
were removed from the North Garrison Bay Site (45-SJ-25) in San Juan
County, WA, during a summer field school in archeology under the
direction of Professor Carroll Burroughs of the University of
Washington. The North Garrison Bay Site is a prehistoric village site
north of both the Guss Island Site and English Camp Site referred to
previously. The fragmentary human remains were transferred to the Burke
Museum and accessioned by the
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National Park Service. No known individuals were identified. The 11
associated funerary objects are 1 shell fragment, 1 fused non-human
radius and ulna, 1 deer ulna, 1 carnivore mandible fragment, 1 non-
human rib fragment, 2 non-human bone fragments, and 4 lots of organic
matter.
Paragraph number 13 is corrected by substituting the following
paragraph:
Officials of San Juan Island National Historical Park have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains
described above represent the physical remains of 34 individuals of
Native American ancestry. Officials of San Juan Island National
Historical Park also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001
(3)(A), the 130 associated funerary objects are reasonably believed to
have been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of
death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony. Lastly, officials
of San Juan Island National Historical Park have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and associated funerary objects and the Lummi Tribe of
the Lummi Reservation, Washington.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Peter Dederich, superintendent, San Juan Island
National Historical Park, P.O. Box 429, Friday Harbor, WA 98250-04289,
telephone (360) 378-2240, before October 3, 2008. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Lummi Tribe of the
Lummi Reservation, Washington may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
San Juan Island National Historical Park is responsible for
notifying the Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, Washington; Samish
Indian Tribe, Washington; and Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish
Reservation, Washington that this notice has been published.
Dated: August 11, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-20400 Filed 9-2-08; 8:45 am]
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