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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. 

[FR Doc. E7–9970 Filed 5–23–07; 8:45 am] 

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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; 

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Reservation, Oregon; and Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of Oregon. 

Information provided by 

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, during 

consultation indicates that the 

aboriginal ancestors occupying the site 

area were highly mobile and traveled 

widely across 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 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. 

Officials of the Burke Museum and 

Central Washington University have 

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

3001 (9–10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of 91 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Burke Museum and Central Washington 

University also have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 

1,049 objects 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. Lastly, 

officials of the Burke Museum and 

Central Washington University 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 

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 and Central Washington 

University have determined that there is 

a cultural relationship between the 

human remains and associated 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 human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Dr. Peter Lape, Burke Museum, 

University of Washington, Box 353010, 

Seattle, WA 98195–3010, telephone 

(206) 685–2282 or Lourdes HenebryDeLeon, NAGPRA Program Director, 

Central Washington University, 

Department of Anthropology, Mailstop 

7544, Ellensburg, WA 98926, telephone 

(509) 963–2671, before June 25, 2007. 

Repatriation of the human remains and 

associated 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. 

[FR Doc. E7–9971 Filed 5–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Proposed Settlement 

Agreement Under the Park System 

Resource Protection Act 

Notice is hereby given that the United 

States Department of Justice, on behalf 

of the U.S. Department of the Interior, 

National Park Service (‘‘DOI’’) has 

reached a settlement with Robert D. 

McDougal, III, his wife, Anne 

McDougal, and the vessel Happy Days 

(in rem) regarding claims for response 

costs and damages under the Park 

System Resource Protection Act 

(‘‘PSRPA’’), 16 U.S.C. 19jj et seq. 

The United States’ claim arises from 

the grounding of the vessel ‘‘Happy 

Days V’’ in Biscayne National Park on 

January 29, 1999. The grounding 

damaged a shoal, sediment, and the 

associated seagrass community. 

Pursuant to the Agreement, the United 

States will recover $189,963.00. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the Settlement Agreement. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environmental and Natural Resources 

Division, and either e-mailed to 

pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to the 

Settlement Agreement between the 

United States and the McDougals, D.J. 

Ref. 90–5–1–1–07746. 

The proposed Settlement Agreement 

may be examined at Biscayne National 

Park, 9700 SW., 328th St., Homestead, 

FL 33033, and at the Department of the 

Interior, Office of the Solicitor, 

Southeast Regional Office, Richard B. 

Russell Federal Building, 75 Spring 

Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. 

During the public comment period, the 

Settlement Agreement may also be 

examined on the following Department 

of Justice Web site, http:// 

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 

Settlement Agreement may also be 

obtained by mail from the Consent 

Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a 

request to Tonia Fleetwood 

(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. 

(202) 514–0097, phone confirmation 

number (202) 514–1547. In requesting a 

copy from the Consent Decree Library, 

please enclose a check in the amount of 

$2.75 (25 cents per page reproduction 

cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if 

by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that 


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