FR Doc 05-16879
[Federal Register: August 25, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 164)]
[Notices]
[Page 49946-49947]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Kitsap County Coroner's Office,
Port Orchard, WA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 in the possession of the
Kitsap County Coroner's Office, Port Orchard, WA. The human remains are
believed to have been removed from Bremerton, Kitsap 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
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Kitsap
County Coroner's Office professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison
Reservation, Washington.
Prior to 1998, human remains representing a minimum of two
individuals were removed from an unknown site in Bremerton, Kitsap
County, WA. There is limited information regarding the circumstances
surrounding the removal of the human remains. The human remains are
believed to have been removed from private residential property in
Bremerton, however, research of archived records reveals no
documentation detailing the event. The property owner allegedly brought
the human remains to the Kitsap County Coroner's Office where they have
since been housed. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The human remains have been determined to be Native American based
on morphology. The geographical area from which the remains are
presumed to have been removed indicates affiliation with the Suquamish
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Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, Washington. Historical
evidence presented during consultation supports this determination.
Officials of the Kitsap County Coroner's Office have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains listed above
represent the physical remains of a minimum of two individuals of
Native American ancestry. Officials of the Kitsap County Coroner's
Office also 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 the Suquamish
Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, Washington.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Louise
Hall, Chief Deputy Coroner, Kitsap County Coroner's Office, 714
Division Street MS-17, Port Orchard, WA 98366, telephone (360) 337-
5603, before September 26, 2005. Repatriation of the human remains to
the Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, Washington
may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Kitsap County Coroner's Office is responsible for notifying the
Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, Washington that
this notice has been published.
Dated: July 22, 2005.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 05-16879 Filed 8-24-05; 8:45 am]
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