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transferred to the Bishop Museum. No 

further documentation is available. No 

known individual was identified. 

In 1892 or before, an image from 

Kaua’i with human hair was purchased 

by Bishop Museum Director William T. 

Brigham on behalf of the Bishop 

Museum. No known individual was 

identified. 

Prior to 1892, an image incorporating 

human hair was received as a gift by the 

Bishop Museum from the Trustees of 

O’ahu College. No known individual 

was identified. 

Prior to 1892, two bracelets 

incorporating human bone were 

received from an unknown source as 

part of the original Bishop Museum 

collections. No known individual was 

identified. 

In 1893, a sash with human teeth, a 

pahu (drum) incorporating human teeth, 

and a refuse container with human teeth 

were removed from ’Iolani Palace by the 

Provisional Government and sent into 

the collections of the Bishop Museum. 

No known individual was identified. 

In 1895, an image incorporating 

human hair was purchased by the 

Bishop Museum from the American 

Board of Commissioners for Foreign 

Missions. No further documentation is 

available. No known individual was 

identified. 

In 1908, an ipu with human teeth 

from Kohala, HI, was purchased by the 

Bishop Museum from the estate of 

William E.H. Deverill. No further 

information is available. No known 

individual was identified. 

In 1910, a sash incorporating human 

teeth was received by the Bishop 

Museum as a gift from Queen 

Lili’uokalani. No further information is 

available. No known individual was 

identified. 

In 1916, a piece of fishhook made of 

human bone and a tool made of human 

bone were donated to the Bishop 

Museum by Mr. Albert F. Judd, Jr. No 

further documentation is available. No 

known individual was identified. 

In 1920, a kahili incorporating human 

bone was received by the Bishop 

Museum as a gift from Elizabeth 

Keka’ani’auokalani Pratt and Ewa K. 

Cartwright Styne. No further 

documentation is available. No known 

individual was identified. 

In 1923, three kahili incorporating 

human bone were received by the 

Bishop Museum as a gift from Elizabeth 

Kahanu Kalaniana‘ole Woods. No 

further documentation is available. No 

known individual was identified. 

In 1932, a kahili handle incorporating 

human bone was received by the Bishop 

Museum as a bequest from Lucy K. 

Peabody. No known individual was 

identified. 

In 1944, a refuse container 

incorporating human teeth was donated 

to the Bishop Museum by Catherine 

Goodale. This container had been on 

loan to the Bishop Museum since 1928. 

No known individual was identified. 

After review, officials of the Bishop 

Museum determined that while these 

cultural items contain human remains, 

the cultural items themselves are not 

considered human remains pursuant to 

43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1) and are not eligible 

for repatriation. In addition, the cultural 

items that are part of the founding 

collection or that have been given to 

Bishop Museum by members of the 

royal family are not eligible for 

repatriation as the ali’i had right of 

possession of these items and thus were 

given with clear title to the Bishop 

Museum. This notice does not recall the 

cultural items from the original notice 

that have since been repatriated and 

only applies to the 24 cultural items 

described above. 

Representatives of any Native 

Hawaiian organizations that wish to 

comment on this notice should address 

their comments to Betty Lou Kam, VicePresident, Cultural Resources, Bishop 

Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, 

Honolulu, HI 96817, telephone (808) 

848–4144, before June 25, 2007. 

The Bishop Museum is responsible 

for notifying the Friends of ’Iolani 

Palace, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna ’O 

Hawaii Nei, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 

and Princess Nahoa Olelo ’O 

Kamehameha Society that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: March 20, 2007 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Thomas Burke Memorial 

Washington State Museum, University 

of Washington, Seattle, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate cultural items in the 

control the Thomas Burke Memorial 

Washington State Museum (Burke 

Museum), University of Washington, 

Seattle, WA, that meet the definition of 

‘‘unassociated funerary objects’’ under 

25 U.S.C. 3001. 

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 cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

Between the 1950s and 2002, a 

cultural item was removed from an 

unspecified location in the Columbia 

River area in Washington. The cultural 

item was collected by Ms. Rosemary 

Horwood through purchase and donated 

to the Burke Museum in 2004 (Burke 

Accn. #2004–72). No human remains 

are present. The one unassociated 

funerary object is a necklace of copper 

beads. 

Exact provenience is unknown; 

however, the cultural item is consistent 

with cultural items typically found in 

the context with burials in eastern 

Washington. 

In 1959–1960, 15 cultural items were 

removed from the north bank of the 

Snake River, approximately five to six 

miles down river from the mouth of the 

Palouse River in Franklin County, WA, 

by Dr. Harold Bergen and Mrs. Marjory 

Bergen. The Bergens designated this site 

#14 or the ‘‘Pipe Site.’’ The cultural 

items were donated to the Burke 

Museum in 1989 (Burke Accn. #1989–

57). The 15 unassociated funerary 

objects are 1 groundstone tool, 1 core, 1 

stone pendant, 1 hammer stone, 1 

modified stone, 1 stone paint pot, 1 

pipe, 4 points, 3 scrapers, and 1 bag 

containing over 200 seeds. 

The burial pattern and unassociated 

funerary objects are consistent with 

Native American Plateau customs. The 

1963 Indian Claims Commission 

decision indicates that this area is 

within the Palouse aboriginal territory. 

Early and late ethnographic 

documentation indicates that the 

present–day location of the Snake River 

in Franklin County, WA is within an 

overlapping aboriginal territory of the 

Cayuse, Palouse, Yakama, and Walla 

Walla (Daugherty 1973, Hale 1841, 

Mooney 1896, Ray 1936, Spier 1936, 

Sprague 1998, Stern 1998) whose 

descendants are members of the 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, 

Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the 

Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; 

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Band, a non–federally recognized Indian 

group. Information provided by the 

tribes listed above indicates that the 

aboriginal ancestors occupying this area 

were highly mobile and traveled the 

landscape for gathering resources as 

well as trade, and are all part of the 

more broadly defined Plateau cultural 

community. 

Between the 1890s and early 1900s, 

18 cultural items were removed from 

the ‘‘Plateau area’’ by Dr. Robert E. 

Stewart and purchased by the Burke 

Museum in 1905 (Burke Accn. #40). The 

‘‘Plateau area’’ is a broadly defined 

cultural area. No human remains are 

present. The 18 unassociated funerary 

objects are 4 metal pendants, 7 metal 

bells, 1 bunch of thimbles and beads 

strung together, 5 metal bracelets, and 1 

brass ornament. 

Between 1889 and 1902, 118 cultural 

items were removed from Celilo Island, 

Klickitat County, WA, by Dr. Stewart 

and purchased by the Burke Museum in 

1905 (Burke Accn. #40). No human 

remains are present. The 118 

unassociated funerary objects are 3 atlatl 

weights, 2 axe heads, 1 groundstone 

ball, 8 stone beads, 6 stone carvings, 1 

metal club, 6 grooved abraders, 19 

groundstone tools, 2 knives, 1 maul, 1 

metal spear point, 1 mortars, 1 net 

weight, 17 paint dishes or mortars, 19 

stone pendants, 3 pestles, 6 pipes, 2 

pistol barrels, 2 points, 1 stone 

sculpture, 1 metal spear, 2 metal 

spikes,12 stone war club heads, and 1 

metal chisel. 

Between 1890 and 1895, four cultural 

items were removed near Goldendale in 

Klickitat County, WA, by Dr. Stewart 

and donated to the Burke Museum in 

1905 (Burke Accn. #40). No human 

remains are present. The four 

unassociated funerary objects are one 

stone sculpture, one metal axe head, one 

pistol barrel, and one gaming piece. 

Between 1896 and 1902, eight cultural 

items were removed from Memaloose 

Island, Klickitat County, WA. The 

objects were removed from a grave and 

purchased by Dr. Stewart. The Burke 

Museum purchased the unassociated 

funerary objects from Dr. Stewart in 

1905 (Burke Accn. #40). No human 

remains are present. The eight 

unassociated funerary objects are two 

metal axe heads, one knife, one metal 

point, one metal tool, one metal spear, 

one metal spike, and one metal war 

club. 

Between 1896 and 1902, 60 cultural 

items were removed from an 

unspecified location in the Chamberlain 

Flats area in Klickitat County, WA, by 

Dr. Stewart and purchased by the Burke 

Museum in 1905 (Burke Accn. #40). No 

human remains are present. The 60 

unassociated funerary objects are 1 

metal axe head, 4 chipped stone tools, 

1 carved stone effigy figure, 9 mauls, 2 

bone tools with stone fragment, 1 antler 

tool with stone fragment, 4 groundstone 

tools, 1 moccasin last, 10 mortars, 4 

paint dishes/mortars, 9 pestles, 4 pipes, 

1 pistol barrel, 1 metal point, 1 stone 

sculpture, 6 stone sinkers, and 1 metal 

spear. 

Museum documentation indicates 

that Dr. Stewart collected from Native 

American graves at the five sites 

described above. Exact provenience of 

each cultural item is unknown, 

however, Dr. Stewart primarily 

collected in Klickitat County, WA. The 

cultural items have been determined to 

be unassociated funerary objects based 

on the fact that these sites were 

described by Dr. Stewart as ‘‘burial 

ground.’’ The cultural items are also 

consistent with funerary objects 

typically found in the context with 

burials in eastern Washington. 

In 1925, one cultural item was 

removed from a cremation pit by an 

unknown individual on an island in the 

Columbia River in Klickitat or Skamania 

County, WA. The cultural item is a 

metal lid, which was donated by Mrs. 

Irene A. Walker to the Burke Museum 

in 1963 (Burke Accn. #1963–139). A 

note found with the lid indicates that 

the island was located near the Bridge 

of Gods. No human remains are present. 

Between 1950 and 1960, 57 cultural 

items were removed from the ‘‘Klickitat 

Cremation Pit’’ east of Little and Big 

Klickitat Rivers in Klickitat County, 

WA, by Dr. Bergen. Dr. Bergen 

designated the location as Site #22 and 

donated the cultural items to the Burke 

Museum in 1989 (Burke Accn. #1989–

57). No human remains are present. The 

57 unassociated funerary objects are 15 

glass beads, 3 chipped stone tools, 3 

groundstone club fragments, 1 stone 

drill, 1 grooved abrader, 1 groundstone 

tool, 1 modified bone, 1 paint mortar, 4 

fragments of a paint mortar, 2 turquoise 

pendants, 1 pestle fragment, 3 pipe 

fragments, 11 chipped stone points, 1 

petrified wood point, 7 pieces of red 

ochre, 1 scraper, and 1 unmodified 

dentalium shell. 

Between 1950 and 1960, 11 cultural 

items were removed from Spedis Valley, 

designated as Site #19, in Klickitat 

County, WA, by Dr. Bergen and donated 

to the Burke Museum in 1989 (Burke 

Accn. #1989–57). No human remains 

are present. The 11 unassociated 

funerary objects are 2 basketry 

fragments, 1 decorated lead piece, 1 

decorated metal fragment, 1 pipe bowl, 

1 point, 2 unmodified dentalium shells, 

1 perforated olivella shell, 1 strung 

abalone shell, and 1 strung copper ore 

fragment. 

Between 1950 and 1960, 8,157 

cultural items were removed from the 

Klickitat Ridge, designated as Site #26, 

Klickitat County, WA, by Dr. Bergen and 

donated to the Burke Museum in 1989 

(Burke Accn. #1989–57). No human 

remains are present. The 8,157 

unassociated funerary objects are 1 awl; 

3 bells (2 with fabric attached); 8,094 

beads (shell, dentalium, glass, and 

copper ore); 10 copper bracelets; 2 coin 

pendants; 2 flakes; 1 gorget; 3 iron 

spikes; 1 modified shell fragment; 2 net 

weights; 2 metal pendants; 13 copper 

pendants, gorgets or armor fragments; 1 

shell pendant; 1 carved bone ring 

fragment; 4 copper ring fragments; 5 

clay buttons; 2 shell buttons; 4 leather 

strips with copper tacks attached; and 6 

thimbles. 

Between 1950 and 1960, 25 cultural 

items were removed from the Spedis 

Valley Cremation Pit Site, designated as 

Site #21, Klickitat County, WA, by Dr. 

Bergen and donated to the Burke 

Museum in 1989 (Burke Accn. #1989–

57). No human remains are present. The 

25 unassociated funerary objects are 4 

abraders, 1 adze blade, 2 antler tools, 1 

copper ore fragment, 2 stone discoids, 1 

bone tool fragment, 2 groundstone tool 

fragments (possibly adze fragments), 3 

groundstone tool fragments (possibly 

club fragments), 1 net weight, 2 bone 

pendants, 1 pipe stem, 4 points, and 1 

red ochre piece. 

In 1953, three cultural items were 

removed from the cliffs above Wakemap 

Mound in Klickitat County, WA, by Mr. 

Warren Caldwell and donated to the 

Burke Museum in 1953 (Burke Accn. 

#3877). No human remains are present. 

The three unassociated funerary objects 

are cradle boards. 

Between 1955 and 1958, 1,626 

cultural items were removed from an 

eroded campsite along the river banks 

from the Fountain Bar Site, designated 

as Site #15, Klickitat County, WA, by 

Dr. Bergen and donated to the Burke 

Museum in 1989 (Burke Accn. #1989–

57). No human remains are present. The 

1,626 unassociated funerary objects are 

1,609 shell beads and shell fragments 

(dentalium, oyster, and shell disc 

beads); 5 mammal bone fragments; 11 

chipped stone points; and 1 unmodified 

stone. 

Between 1956 and 1958, 66 cultural 

items were removed from south of 

Alderdale, designated as Site #1, 

Klickitat County, WA, by Dr. Bergen and 

donated to the Burke Museum in 1989 

(Burke Accn. #1989–57). No human 

remains are present. The 66 

unassociated funerary objects are 56 

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(plus small fragments), 1 stone pendant, 

and 1 modified ground stone. 

In 1956, four cultural items were 

removed from the cliffs above Wakemap 

Mound, Klickitat County, WA, by Mr. 

Robert Ferris and donated to the Burke 

Museum in 1956 (Burke Accn. #4112). 

No human remains are present. The four 

unassociated funerary objects are one 

cradle board and three cradle poles. 

In 1957, 25 cultural items were 

removed from the Maybe Site, 

designated as Site #11, near the Dalles 

Dam, Klickitat County, WA, by Dr. 

Bergen and donated to the Burke 

Museum in 1989 (Burke Accn. #1989–

57). No human remains are present. The 

25 unassociated funerary objects are 1 

abrader, 2 atlatl weights, 3 groundstone 

tools, 3 mauls, 1 mortar, 1 pile driver, 

13 points, and 1 net weight. 

In 1964, 169 cultural items were 

removed from the Obie Site #2, also 

designated as Site #45, near the Dalles 

Dam, Klickitat County, WA, by Dr. 

Bergen and donated to the Burke 

Museum in 1989 (Burke Accn. #1989–

57). No human remains are present. The 

169 unassociated funerary objects are 3 

abraders, 4 antler wedges, 11 atlatl 

weights, 1 awl, 9 stone beads, 2 pieces 

of graphite, 15 chipped stone tools, 7 

choppers, 2 discoids, 6 drills, 1 glass 

fragment, 1 graver, 13 groundstone 

tools, 2 hammerstones, 1 leather 

fragment, 4 mauls, 1 mortar, 2 nails, 2 

copper ore fragments, 1 iron tube, 65 

points, 1 piece of red ochre, 1 piece of 

yellow ochre, 9 scrapers, 1 large stone 

bead, and 4 utilized flakes. 

Between 1955 and 1957, 361 cultural 

items were removed from the Colwash 

Valley and Lois/Over Sites (45–KL–27) 

in Klickitat County, WA, by a University 

of Washington Field Party led by Mr. 

Robert B. Butler. The cultural items 

were transferred to the Burke Museum 

by Mr. Butler and formerly accessioned 

in 1966 (Burke Accn. #1966–100). No 

human remains are present. The 361 

unassociated funerary objects are 3 

incised beads, 1 pottery bead, 119 lots 

of bone clubs and club fragments 

(includes refitted fragments), 2 pieces of 

copper ore, 1 bone harpoon, 1 maul, 1 

piece of ochre, 4 lots of modified tooth 

or bone fragments, 3 mortars, 1 net 

weight, 45 pipes, 10 stone points, 164 

lots of worked bone fragments, 2 pottery 

fragments, 1 ground shell fragment, and 

3 utilized flakes. 

Museum documentation indicates 

that the cultural items from the twelve 

sites described above were found in 

connection with burials. The objects are 

consistent with cultural items typically 

found in the context with burials in 

eastern Washington. Early and late 

published ethnographic documentation 

indicates that this was the aboriginal 

territory of the Western Columbia River 

Sahaptins, Wasco, Wishram, Yakima, 

Walla Walla, Umatilla, Tenino, and Skin 

(Daugherty 1973, Hale 1841, Hunn and 

French 1998, Stern 1998, French and 

French 1998, Mooney 1896, Murdock 

1938, Ray 1936 and 1974, Spier 1936) 

whose descendants are members of the 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Reservation, Oregon; and Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of Oregon. Information provided by the 

representatives the Confederated Tribes 

and Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; Confederated Tribes of the 

Colville Reservation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of Oregon; Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho; and 

Wanapum Band, a non–federally 

recognized Indian group, during 

consultation indicates the aboriginal 

ancestors occupying the area where all 

the above mentioned sites are located 

were highly mobile and traveled the 

landscape for gathering resources as 

well as trade, and are all part of the 

more broadly defined Plateau cultural 

community. 

In 1955, 10 cultural items were 

removed from an island in the Snake 

River in Walla Walla County, WA, by 

Mrs. Stanley Randolph and donated to 

the Burke Museum in 1955 (Burke 

Accn. #4010). No human remains are 

present. The 10 unassociated funerary 

objects are 1 lot of trade beads, 2 pieces 

of hammered copper ornaments, 6 

copper tube beads, and 1 piece of iron. 

In 1958, 97 cultural items were 

removed from the ‘‘Palouse Site,’’ also 

designated as Site #9, on the east side 

of the Palouse River where it empties 

into the Snake River in Whitman 

County, WA. The cultural items were 

donated to the Burke Museum in 1989 

(Burke Accn. #1989–57). The 97 

unassociated funerary objects are 53 

olivella shell beads, 8 dentalium shell 

beads, 6 shell beads, 2 teeth, 11 copper 

beads, 2 mauls, 1 lot of organic matter, 

4 copper pendants, 2 copper pendant 

fragments, 2 pestles, 4 points, and 2 

scrapers. 

The burial pattern and cultural items 

are consistent with Native American 

plateau customs. The 1963 Indian 

Claims Commission decision indicates 

that this area was within the Palouse 

aboriginal territory. Early and late 

ethnographic documentation indicates 

that the present–day location of the 

Snake River is located within an 

overlapping aboriginal territory of the 

Cayuse, Palouse, Yakama, and Walla 

Walla (Daugherty 1973, Hale 1841, 

Mooney 1896, Ray 1936, Spier 1936, 

Sprague 1998, Stern 1998,) whose 

descendants are members of the 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, 

Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the 

Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; 

Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho; and Wanapum 

Band, a non–federally recognized Indian 

group. 

Between 1955 and 1957, 21 cultural 

items were removed from the B. Stewart 

Site in Wasco County, OR, by a 

University of Washington Field Party 

led by Mr. Robert B. Butler. The cultural 

items were received by the Burke 

Museum in 1957 and accessioned in 

1966 (Burke Accn. #1966–100). Human 

remains were not removed from the site. 

The 21 unassociated funerary objects are 

1 adze blade, 2 bone clubs, 3 copper 

fragments, 1 ground stone tool, 2 

mortars, 6 pipes, 2 point fragments, 1 

point, and 3 pieces of worked bone. 

The site included a series of 

cremations overlooking Celilo Falls. 

Museum documentation indicates that 

the cultural items were removed from 

graves. The objects are consistent with 

cultural items typically found along the 

Columbia River in Eastern Washington 

and Oregon. 

The 1963 Indian Claims Commission 

decision indicates that this area was 

within the aboriginal territory of the 

Warm Springs. Information provided by 

the representatives the Confederated 

Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; Confederated Tribes of the 

Colville Reservation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of Oregon; Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho; and 

Wanapum Band, a non–federally 

recognized Indian group, during 

consultation indicates the aboriginal 

ancestors occupying the area where all 

the above mentioned sites are located 

were highly mobile and traveled the 

landscape for gathering resources as 

well as trade, and are all part of the 

more broadly defined Plateau cultural 

community. 

The descendants of these Plateau 

communities of Eastern Washington and 

Eastern Oregon are now widely 

dispersed and are members of the 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, 

Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the 

Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; 


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Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho; and Wanapum 

Band, a non–federally recognized Indian 

group. 

Officials of the Burke Museum have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (3)(B), the 10,857 cultural items 

described above 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 and are believed, by a 

preponderance of the evidence, to have 

been removed from a specific burial site 

of a Native American individual. 

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 

unassociated funerary objects and the 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, 

Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the 

Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; 

and Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho. 

Furthermore, officials of the Burke 

Museum have determined that there is 

a cultural relationship between the 

unassociated funerary objects and the 

Wanapum Band, a non–federally 

recognized Indian group. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

objects should contact Dr. Peter Lape, 

Burke Museum, University of 

Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA 

98195–3010, telephone (206) 685–2282, 

before June 25, 2007. Repatriation of the 

unassociated funerary objects to the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, 

Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the 

Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; 

Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho; and 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington, for 

themselves and on behalf of the 

Wanapum Band, a non-federally 

recognized Indian group, may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. The Confederated Tribes 

of the Colville Reservation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of Oregon; Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho; and 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; and 

Wanapum Band, non–federally 

recognized Indian group, are claiming 

jointly all cultural items from the 

Columbia River area in eastern 

Washington and Oregon. 

The Burke Museum is responsible for 

notifying the Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; Confederated Tribes of the 

Colville Reservation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of Oregon; Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho; and 

Wanapum Band, a non–federally 

recognized Indian group that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: May 14, 2007 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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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 and Central 

Washington University, Department of 

Anthropology, Ellensburg, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 control of the Thomas Burke 

Memorial Washington State Museum 

(Burke Museum), University of 

Washington, Seattle, WA and Central 

Washington University, Department of 

Anthropology, Ellensburg, WA. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from Klickitat 

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 and 

associated funerary objects. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Burke 

Museum and Central Washington 

University professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, 

Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the 

Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; 

Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho; and Wanapum 

Band, a non–federally recognized Indian 

group. 

Between 1955 and 1957, human 

remains representing a minimum of 91 

individuals were removed from the 

Congdon site (45–KL–41) in Klickitat 

County, WA, by a University of 

Washington Field Party led by Mr. 

Robert B. Butler. The human remains 

were transferred to the Burke Museum 

and formally accessioned in 1966 

(Burke Accn.# 1966–100). In 1974, the 

Burke Museum legally transferred 

portions of the human remains to 

Central Washington University. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

1,049 associated funerary objects are 39 

abraders, 4 anvils, 5 atlatl weights, 1 

bone bi-point, 3 bone tools, 2 bowls, 44 

chipped stone tools, 204 stone 

choppers, 2 fragments of metal ore 

(copper and iron), 1 stone core, 201 

stone discoid, 1 stone drill, 2 stone 

flakes, 6 stone gravers, 24 grooved 

mauls, 82 groundstone tools, 20 

hammerstones, 87 stone mauls, 60 

mortars, 58 net weights, 1 stone 

pendant, 38 pestles, 21 piledrivers, 26 

stone points, 47 scrapers, 2 spherical 

stones, and 68 utilized flakes. 

The Congdon site was first discovered 

in the 1930s. In 1955, amateur 

archeologists continued to disturb the 

site and began locating human remains. 

Mr. Butler also began working at this 

site at this time. The site was 

simultaneously further disturbed by 

bulldozing in preparation for the 

relocation of a railroad. The site was 

considered a mass burial with 

complicated stratigraphy, and human 

remains commingled and scattered 

throughout making identification of 

individual burials impossible. Mr. 

Butler’s excavations focused on 

salvaging human remains; however, no 

provenience was recorded for the 

human remains and the excavations 

have limited field documentation. 

Early and late published ethnographic 

documentation indicates that this was 

the aboriginal territory of the Western 

Columbia River Sahaptins, Wasco, 

Wishram, Yakima, Walla Walla, 

Umatilla, Tenino, and Skin (Daugherty 

1973, Hale 1841, Hunn and French 

1998, Stern 1998, French and French 

1998, Mooney 1896, Murdock 1938, Ray 

1936 and 1974, Spier 1936). The 

descendants of the Western Columbia 

River Sahaptins, Wasco, Wishram, 

Yakima, Walla Walla, Umatilla, Tenino, 

and Skin are members of the 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 


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