[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 38 (Monday, February 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11582-11583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4517]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

 National Park Service

[2253-665]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Central Washington University 
Department of Anthropology, Ellensburg, WA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Central Washington University Department of Anthropology 
has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary 
object in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribe, and has 
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human 
remains and associated funerary object and a present-day Indian tribe. 
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be 
culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary 
object may contact the Central Washington University Department of 
Anthropology. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
object to the Indian tribe stated below may occur if no additional 
claimants come forward.

DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a 
cultural affiliation with the human remains and associated funerary 
object should contact the Central Washington University Department of 
Anthropology at the address below by March 28, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Lourdes Henebry-DeLeon, Central Washington University 
Department of Anthropology, Ellensburg, WA 98926-7544, telephone (509) 
963-2671.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 an 
associated funerary object in the control of Central Washington 
University Department of Anthropology, Ellensburg, WA. The human 
remains and associated funerary object were removed from Stevens 
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 object. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Central 
Washington University Department of Anthropology professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Confederated Tribes of the 
Colville Reservation, Washington.

History and Description of the Remains

    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from Stevens County, WA, by an unknown 
individual. In 1974, the Thomas Burke Memorial State Museum (Burke 
Museum), University of Washington, transferred the human remains and 
associated funerary object to Central

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Washington University. The one associated funerary object is a bone 
tool.
    Documentation with the human remains states that the remains were 
recovered from ``Colville'' in Stevens County, WA. Based on 
osteological evidence and the associated funerary object, the human 
remains are Native American. The geographic location within the Plateau 
Culture Area, oral tradition, anthropological and historical research 
all indicate that the town of Colville lies within an area occupied by 
the San Poil and Nespelem tribes or bands, who are members of and 
legally represented by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville 
Reservation, Washington. Both the Colville and the Lakes tribes were 
part of the twelve tribes or bands that comprise the Confederated 
Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington.

Determinations Made by the Central Washington University, Department of 
Anthropology

    Officials of Central Washington University Department of 
Anthropology have determined that:
    <bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of 
Native American ancestry.
    <bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object described 
above is 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.
    <bullet> 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 object and the 
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be 
culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary 
object should contact Lourdes Henebry-DeLeon, Central Washington 
University Department of Anthropology, 400 University Drive, 
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7544, telephone (509) 963-2671, before March 28, 
2012. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary object 
to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington, may 
proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
    The Central Washington University Department of Anthropology is 
responsible for notifying the Confederated Tribes of the Colville 
Reservation, Washington, that this notice has been published.

    Dated: February 22, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2012-4517 Filed 2-24-12; 8:45 am]
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