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there is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and the Confederated Tribes of 

the Umatilla Indian Reservation, 

Oregon. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. David McMurray, 

Oregon State University, Department of 

Anthropology, 238 Waldo Hall, 

Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541) 

737–3850, before April 13, 2009. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation, Oregon may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The Oregon State University, 

Department of Anthropology is 

responsible for notifying the Burns 

Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian 

Colony of Oregon; Confederated Tribes 

of the Colville Reservation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower 

Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians of Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes of the Grande 

Ronde Community of Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of Oregon; Coquille Tribe of Oregon; 

Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians of 

Oregon; and Klamath Tribes, Oregon 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: February 4, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–5339 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, San Juan Island National 

Historical Park, Friday Harbor, WA and 

Thomas Burke Memorial Washington 

State Museum, University of 

Washington, Seattle, WA; Correction 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

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 possession of the Thomas Burke 

Memorial Washington State Museum 

(Burke Museum), University of 

Washington, Seattle, WA, and in the 

control of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, National Park Service, San Juan 

Island National Historical Park, Friday 

Harbor, WA. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from four prehistoric 

archeological sites within the 

boundaries of San Juan Island National 

Historical Park, San Juan 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 superintendent, San Juan Island 

National Historical Park. 

This notice corrects the number of 

associated funerary objects reported in 

two previously published notices: 

Notice of Inventory Completion (73 FR 

41379–41380, July 18, 2008); and 

corrected Notice of Inventory 

Completion (73 FR 51512–51513, 

September 3, 2008). This notice replaces 

both the original Notice of Inventory 

Completion of July 18, 2008 and the 

corrected Notice of Inventory 

Completion of September 3, 2008. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

was made by Burke Museum and San 

Juan Island National Historical Park 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Lummi Tribe of 

the Lummi Reservation, Washington; 

Samish Indian Tribe, Washington; and 

Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish 

Reservation, Washington. 

In 1946 and 1947, human remains 

representing a minimum of four 

individuals were removed from the 

Cattle Point Site (45–SJ–01) on San Juan 

Island in San Juan County, WA, during 

legally authorized excavations by 

University of Washington archeologist 

Arden King. Cattle Point is within the 

American Camp portion of San Juan 

Island National Historical Park on the 

southern part of San Juan Island. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were transferred to the Burke 

Museum and accessioned by the 

National Park Service. No known 

individuals were identified. The two 

associated funerary objects are mammal 

bone fragments. 

In 1950, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

removed from the Guss Island Site (45– 

SJ–21) in San Juan County, WA, during 

legally authorized excavations as a part 

of University of Washington Field 

Project led by Adan Treganza. The 

human remains were transferred to the 

Burke Museum and accessioned by the 

National Park Service. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1983, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from the Guss Island Site (45– 

SJ–21) in San Juan County, WA, during 

legally authorized excavations by 

University of Washington Professor Julie 

Stein. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

transferred to the Burke Museum and 

accessioned by the National Park 

Service. Guss Island is a small island in 

Garrison Bay and is within the English 

Camp portion of San Juan Island 

National Historical Park on the 

northwestern part of San Juan Island. 

No known individual was identified. 

The nine associated funerary objects are 

one deer vertebra fragment, one deer 

tibia, one bird coracoid bone, one bird 

humerus, two fish bones, and three 

pieces of fire modified rock. 

In 1950, human remains representing 

a minimum of seven individuals were 

removed from the English Camp Site 

(45–SJ–24) in San Juan County, WA, 

during a University of Washington 

summer field school directed by 

Professor Adan Treganza of San 

Francisco State University. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were transferred to the Burke Museum 

and accessioned by the National Park 

Service. No known individuals were 

identified. The 27 associated funerary 

objects are 1 broken chipped stone 

projectile point and 26 non-human bone 

fragments. 

In 1970, 1971, and 1972, human 

remains representing a minimum of 

eight individuals were removed from 

the English Camp Site in San Juan 

County, WA, during University of Idaho 

field schools directed by Dr. Roderick 

Sprague. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

transferred to the Burke Museum and 

accessioned by the National Park 

Service. No known individuals were 

identified. The 58 associated funerary 

objects are 1 splinter awl made from 

deer bone, 1 tip of an antler tine, 1 

square nail fragment, 1 wood fragment, 

1 Horse Clam shell fragment, 6 basalt 

flakes, and 47 non-human skeletal 

fragments and non-human teeth. 

In 1984, 1988, and 1990, human 

remains representing a minimum of five 

individuals were removed from the 

English Camp Site in San Juan County, 

WA, during legally authorized 

excavations by Professor Julie Stein of 

the University of Washington. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were transferred to the Burke 

Museum and accessioned by the 

National Park Service. No known 

individuals were identified. The 27 

associated funerary objects are nonhuman bone fragments. 


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In 1951, human remains representing 

a minimum of seven individuals were 

removed from the North Garrison Bay 

Site (45–SJ–25) in San Juan County, 

WA, during a summer field school in 

archeology under the direction of 

Professor Carroll Burroughs of the 

University of Washington. The North 

Garrison Bay Site is a prehistoric village 

site north of both the Guss Island Site 

and English Camp Site referred to 

previously. The fragmentary human 

remains were transferred to the Burke 

Museum and accessioned by the 

National Park Service. No known 

individuals were identified. The 11 

associated funerary objects are 1 shell 

fragment, 1 fused non-human radius 

and ulna, 1 deer ulna, 1 carnivore 

mandible fragment, 1 non-human rib 

fragment, 2 non-human bone fragments, 

and 4 lots of organic matter. 

Based upon non-destructive 

osteological analysis, archeological data, 

geographic context and accession data, 

the 34 individuals from the four San 

Juan Island sites are of Native American 

ancestry. Arden King’s analysis of 

archeological data from Cattle Point 

resulted in the identification of three 

prehistoric phases, with the most recent 

representing a maritime adaptation that 

is ancestral to historic native 

populations in the United States and 

Canada. Archeological research and 

analysis indicates continuous habitation 

of San Juan Island, including the four 

sites mentioned here, from 

approximately 2,000 years ago through 

the mid–19th century. Anthropologist 

Wayne Suttles has identified the 

occupants of San Juan Island as 

Northern Straits language-speaking 

people, a linguistic subset of a larger 

Central Coast Salish population, who 

were ancestors of the Lummi Tribe of 

the Lummi Reservation, Washington. 

Furthermore, Suttles’ anthropological 

research in the late 1940s confirmed 

that the Lummi primarily occupied San 

Juan Island and other nearby islands in 

the contact period and during the early 

history of the Lummi Reservation that 

was established on the mainland in 

1855 through Article II of the Treaty of 

Point Elliott. San Juan Island is within 

the aboriginal territory of the Lummi 

Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington. Lummi oral tradition, 

history and anthropological data clearly 

associate the Lummi with San Juan 

Island. 

The Samish Indian Tribe, Washington 

is closely associated with the Lummi 

Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington linguistically and 

culturally, and the Samish regard San 

Juan Island to be within the usual and 

accustomed territory shared by both 

tribes at the time of the Point Elliott 

Treaty negotiations in 1855. In 2006, the 

Samish Indian Tribe, Washington and 

the Lummi Tribe of the Lummi 

Reservation, Washington entered into a 

cooperative agreement to have the 

Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington take the lead in receiving 

repatriated human remains and funerary 

objects from San Juan Island National 

Historical Park. The traditional territory 

of the Swinomish Indians of the 

Swinomish Reservation, Washington is 

on the mainland in the vicinity of La 

Conner, WA, on Whidbey Island and 

Fidalgo Island, the site of their 

reservation. 

Officials of San Juan Island National 

Historical Park have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of 34 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of San Juan Island 

National Historical Park also have 

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

3001 (3)(A), the 134 associated funerary 

objects 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 San Juan 

Island National Historical Park 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 

Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Peter Dederich, superintendent, 

San Juan Island National Historical 

Park, P.O. Box 429, Friday Harbor, WA 

98250–04289, telephone (360) 378– 

2240, before April 13, 2009. 

Repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the 

Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

San Juan Island National Historical 

Park is responsible for notifying the 

Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington; Samish Indian Tribe, 

Washington; and Swinomish Indians of 

the Swinomish Reservation, Washington 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: February 12, 2009. 

Sangita Chari, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Utah State 

Office of the Bureau of Land 

Management, Salt Lake City, UT; 

Museum of Peoples and Cultures, 

Brigham Young University, Provo, UT; 

College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric 

Museum, Price, UT; Edge of the Cedars 

State Park Museum, Blanding, UT; 

Utah Museum of Natural History, 

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; 

and Anthropology Museum at 

Washington State University, Pullman, 

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 U.S. Department of 

the Interior, Utah State Office, Bureau of 

Land Management, Salt Lake City, UT, 

and in the possession of the Museum of 

Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young 

University, Provo, UT; College of 

Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum, Price, 

UT; Edge of the Cedars State Park 

Museum, Blanding, UT; Utah Museum 

of Natural History, University of Utah, 

Salt Lake City, UT; and Anthropology 

Museum at Washington State 

University, Pullman, WA. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Carbon, Grand, 

Kane, San Juan, Sevier, Tooele, 

Washington, and Wayne Counties, UT, 

and from unknown locations in Utah. 

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 Museum of 

Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young 

University; College of Eastern Utah 

Prehistoric Museum; Edge of the Cedars 

State Park Museum; Utah Museum of 

Natural History, University of Utah; 

Anthropology Museum at Washington 

State University; and Utah State Office, 

Bureau of Land Management 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Confederated 


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