FR Doc E7-5978
[Federal Register: April 2, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 62)]
[Notices]
[Page 15724]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Thomas Burke Memorial Washington
State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, 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
Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum (Burke Museum),
University of Washington, Seattle, WA. The human remains were removed
from Chelan 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. National Park Service is not responsible for
the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Burke Museum
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington and
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington.
Sometime before 1948, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from Stehekin in Chelan County, WA, by Harold
Wheeler. In 1948, the human remains were loaned to the Burke Museum by
Mr. Wheeler (Burke Accn. 3512). No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains were previously determined to not be Native
American. After further review based on osteological information, the
preponderance of the evidence identifies the human remains as Native
American.
According to early and late ethnographic documentation, the
Stehekin area was occupied by the Chelan tribe and is their aboriginal
land (Miller 1998; Ray 1936; Ruby and Brown 1986; and Spier 1936).
Information provided during consultation by representatives of the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington confirms
that the Chelan tribe traditionally occupied the Stehekin area.
Descendants of the Chelan Tribe are members of the Confederated Tribes
of the Colville Reservation, Washington.
Officials of the Burke Museum have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
Officials of the Burke Museum 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 Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Dr.
Peter Lape, Burke Museum, University of Washington, Box 353010,
Seattle, WA 98195-3010, telephone (206) 685-2282, before May 2, 2007.
Repatriation of the human remains to the Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation, Washington may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Burke Museum is responsible for notifying the Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington and Confederated
Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington that this notice has
been published.
Dated: March 12, 2007
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E7-5978 Filed 3-30-07; 8:45 am]
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