[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 11461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6181]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects from Washington State in the Possession 
of the Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 
3003 (d), of the completion of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects from Washington State in the possession of 
Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Burke 
Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of the 
Puyallup Tribe of Indians.
    In 1959, human remains representing four individuals were removed 
from the property of Mr. M.V. Petersen during an excavation of Mr. 
Petersen's basement by Mr. James C. Garner and Mr. Butler. No known 
individuals were identified. The seventeen associated funerary objects 
include shell fragments, shells, one mammal bone, two fire-cracked 
rocks, an unmodified cobble, a basal notched point, an adze blade, and 
two antler adze handles.
    Mr. Petersen's property is located in the historically and 
ethnographically documented traditional territory of the Puyallup Tribe 
of Indians.
    In 1915, human remains representing one individual were recovered 
near Tacoma, WA, by Mr. Edward F. Drake. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Tacoma is located within historically and ethnographically 
documented traditional territory of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians.
    In 1948, human remains representing one individual were recovered 
from the Minter VI Site, Minter Bay, WA, by Mr. John Winterhouse, Jr., 
during a survey of archeological sites in Southern Puget Sound, WA. No 
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Minter Bay is located within the historically and ethnographically 
documented traditional territory of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Burke 
Museum have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human 
remains listed above represent the physical remains of six individuals 
of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Burke Museum have also 
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the seventeen 
objects listed 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 
have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a 
relationship of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced 
between these Native American human remains and associated funerary 
objects and the Puyallup Tribe of Indians.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Puyallup Tribe of 
Indians. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself 
to be culturally affiliated with these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should contact Dr. James Nason, Chair of the 
Repatriation Committee, Burke Museum, Box 353010, University of 
Washington, Seattle, WA 98195; telephone: (206) 543-9680, before April 
11, 1997. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects to the Puyallup Tribe of Indians may begin after that date if 
no additional claimants come forward.
    The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations 
within this notice.
Dated: March 7, 1997.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program
[FR Doc. 97-6181 Filed 3-11-97; 8:45 am]
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