5260 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 18 / Friday, January 26, 2024 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037282; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Central Washington University, 

Ellensburg, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Central 

Washington University has completed 

an inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and associated funerary objects and 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from King County, WA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

February 26, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Lourdes Henebry-DeLeon, 

Department of Anthropology and 

Museum Studies, Central Washington 

University, 400 University Way, 

Ellensburg, WA 98926–7544, telephone 

(509) 963–2671, email Lourdes.HenebryDeLeon@cwu.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of Central 

Washington University. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the inventory or related records held 

by Central Washington University. 

Description 

In 1925, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from South Seattle in King 

County, WA, by J.N. Lewis and donated 

to the Burke Museum, University of 

Washington (Accn. #2098, Cat. # 19– 

14810). In 1974, the Burke Museum 

transferred the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to Central 

Washington University (Accession AS 

and BP). The six associated funerary 

objects are small pieces of red ochre. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: archeological, 

biological, geographical, and historical 

information. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Central Washington 

University has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The six objects described in this 

notice 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. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice and the Muckleshoot Indian 

Tribe and the Suquamish Indian Tribe 

of the Port Madison Reservation. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice must be sent to the 

Responsible Official identified in 

ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 

may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

identified in this notice. 

2. Any lineal descendant, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice who shows, 

by a preponderance of the evidence, that 

the requestor is a lineal descendant or 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Repatriation of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects in this 

notice to a requestor may occur on or 

after February 26, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Central Washington University must 

determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

are considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The Central 

Washington University is responsible 

for sending a copy of this notice to the 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations identified in this notice. 

This notice was submitted before the 

effective date of the revised regulations 

(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, 

effective January 12, 2024). As the 

notice conforms to the mandatory 

format of the Federal Register and 

includes the required information, the 

National Park Service is publishing this 

notice as submitted. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. 

Dated: January 18, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01541 Filed 1–25–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

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OMB Control Number 1024–0281] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: National Park Service Bear 

Sighting and Encounter Reports 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the National Park Service (NPS) are 

proposing to revise a currently approved 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

26, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

by mail to the NPS Information 

Collection Clearance Officer (ADIR– 

ICCO), 13461 Sunrise Valley Drive, 

(MS–244) Reston, VA 20171 (mail); or 

phadrea_ponds@nps.gov (email). Please 

reference Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) Control Number ‘‘1024– 

0281’’ in the subject line of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this Information Collection Request 

(ICR), contact Ryan Williamson, 

Wildlife Biologist, Great Smoky 

Mountains National Park; at ryan_

williamson@nps.gov (email); or 865– 

436–1248 (telephone). Or contact Tania 

Lewis, Wildlife Biologist, Glacier Bay 

National Park & Preserve; at tania_

lewis@nps.gov (email); or 907–697–2668 

(telephone). Please reference OMB 


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