8718 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 27 / Thursday, February 8, 2024 / Notices 

North Dakota; Tuscarora Nation; and the 

Wyandotte Nation. 

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 March 11, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Ohio History Connection 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 Ohio History 

Connection 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 on or after 

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: February 1, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02555 Filed 2–7–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037341; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: 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 intends to 

repatriate certain cultural items that 

meet the definition of unassociated 

funerary objects and that have a cultural 

affiliation with the Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The cultural items were removed 

from Grant, Kittitas, and Yakima 

County, WA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 11, 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 summary or related records held 

by Central Washington University. 

Description 

Between 1913 and 1943, 51 lots of 

unassociated funerary objects were 

removed from burial sites along the 

Columbia River in Grant, Kittitas, and 

Yakima Counties in Washington. They 

were excavated by Dr. Linus Walker, a 

private collector from Ellensburg, 

Kittitas County, WA, who donated most 

of his collection to Central Washington 

University in 1953. The 51 lots of 

unassociated funerary objects are 1 lot 

of adzes, 1 lot of anchor stones, 1 lot of 

war clubs, 1 lot of knives, 1 lot mortars, 

3 lots of paint cups, 2 lots of ochre, 7 

lots of pestles, 2 lots of pipes, 16 lots of 

modified shell, 10 lots of trade beads, 1 

lot of manos, 1 lot of net sinkers, 1 lot 

of whetstones, 1 lot of hammers, 1 lot 

of faunal material, and 1 lot modified 

sandstone. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The cultural items 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: archaeological, 

geographical, historical, and expert 

opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, Central Washington 

University has determined that: 

• The 51 lots of 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. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the cultural items and 

the Confederated Tribes and Band of the 

Yakama Nation and the Confederated 

Tribes of the Colville Reservation. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items in this 

notice must be sent to the Responsible 

Official identified in ADDRESSES. 

Requests for repatriation may be 

submitted by 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 and, if joined to a request 

from one or more of the Indian Tribes, 

the Wanapum Band of Priest Rapids, a 

non-federally recognized Indian group. 

Repatriation of the cultural items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after March 11, 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 cultural 

items are considered a single request 

and not competing requests. 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 on or after 

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. 


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Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3004, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. 

Dated: February 1, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02549 Filed 2–7–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037342; 

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 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 Grant and Kittitas 

Counties, WA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 11, 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 

Between 1925 and 1990, human 

remains representing at minimum, 65 

individuals were removed from Kittitas 

and Grant Counties, WA. Five lots of 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Between 1925 and 1935, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 32 

individuals were removed from 

Whiskey Dick Bar, site 45–KT–17, in 

Kittitas County, WA, by Dr. Linus 

Walker. In 1953, Dr. Walker donated the 

remains to Central Washington 

University. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Between 1935 and 1937, CWU 

Professor George Beck removed human 

remains representing at minimum, four 

individuals during a fossil collecting 

expedition in Kittitas County, WA. One 

individual was in a grave at Whiskey 

Dick Bar, (45–KT–17), two individuals 

were removed from the area near the 

town of Vantage, and one individual 

from Montgomery Bar, site 45–KT–8. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Between 1953–1954, human remains 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were removed from the 

Cedar Cave, site 45–KT–20 in Kittitas 

County, WA, as part of a University of 

Washington field expedition by Dr. Earl 

Swanson. Subsequently, the Burke 

Museum donated these human remains 

to Central Washington University. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In the 1970’s and 1980’s human 

remains representing, at minimum, 11 

individuals were removed from the area 

near the town of Vantage in Kittitas 

County, WA, by unknown individuals 

and donated to Central Washington 

University. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In the early 1900s, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 13 

individuals were removed from ‘‘Middle 

Columbia River’’, in Kittitas County, 

WA, by private collectors. 

Subsequently, these human remains 

were donated to Central Washington 

University by unknown individuals. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1970, human remains representing, 

at minimum, two individuals were 

removed from the Grissom Site (45–KT– 

301) in Kittitas County, WA, by a 

Central Washington University 

archaeology field school. The five 

associated funerary objects are one lot of 

matting, one lot of historic beads, one 

lot of metal buttons, one lot of seeds, 

and one lot flakes. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Crab Creek near the town of 

Beverly, in Grant County, WA and 

subsequently donated to Central 

Washington University by unknown 

individuals. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

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. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, Central Washington 

University has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 65 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The five lots of 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 Confederated Tribes 

and Bands of the Yakama Nation and 

the Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

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 and, if joined to 

a request from one or more of the Indian 

Tribes, the Wanapum Band of Priest 

Rapids, a non-federally recognized 

Indian group. 

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 March 11, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

Central Washington University must 


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