FR Doc E8-18673[Federal Register: August 13, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 157)]
[Notices]
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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 control of the
Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum (Burke Museum),
University of Washington, Seattle, WA. The human remains were removed
from Jefferson 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 Burke Museum
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Hoh
Indian Tribe of the Hoh Indian Reservation, Washington; Jamestown
S'Klallam Tribe of Washington; Port Gamble Indian Community of the Port
Gamble Reservation, Washington; Quileute Tribe of the Quileute
Reservation Washington; and Skokomish Indian Tribe of the Skokomish
Reservation, Washington.
Sometime before 1952, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from south of Brinnon in Jefferson County, WA,
by Sherry Berthiaume. The human remains were subsequently transferred
to the Burke Museum in 1952 (Burke Accn. 3800). No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains are consistent with Native American morphology
and therefore have been determined to be Native American. Brinnon is
within the territory of the Twana people. Twana is a dialect of the
Salish language and is represented by three subgroups: Skokomish,
Duhelelips, and Kolsids. The Twana are represented by the present-day
Skokomish Indian Tribe of the Skokomish Reservation, Washington.
Brinnon is part of the aboriginal territory of the Skokomish as
defined by the 1855 Treaty of Point-No-Point. Other ethnographic and
legal documentation is consistent with this determination (Indian
Claims Commission; Elmendorf 1960; Mooney 1896; Handbook of North
American Indians 1990; Smith 1940).
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 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 Skokomish Indian Tribe of the Skokomish 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 September 12,
2008. Repatriation of the human remains to the Skokomish Indian Tribe
of the Skokomish Reservation, Washington may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
The Burke Museum is responsible for notifying the Hoh Indian Tribe
of the Hoh Indian Reservation, Washington; Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe of
Washington; Port Gamble Indian Community of the Port Gamble
Reservation, Washington; Quileute
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Tribe of the Quileute Reservation, Washington; and Skokomish Indian
Tribe of the Skokomish Reservation, Washington that this notice has
been published.
Dated: July 16, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-18673 Filed 8-12-08; 8:45 am]
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