[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 97 (Friday, May 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24950-24951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12495]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
from the Straits of Juan de Fuca, WA, in the Control of the Peabody 
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

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 from the 
Straits of Juan de Fuca, WA, in the control of the Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

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    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Peabody 
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology professional staff in consultation 
with representatives of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, the Lower Elwa 
Klallam Tribe, and the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe.
    In 1868, human remains representing two individuals were removed 
from two burial locations at New Dungeness, Straits of Juan de Fuca, 
WA, and donated to the museum by David Mack, Jr. No known individuals 
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    During 1875-1906, Myron Eells stated that the New Dungeness 
cemetery area was used for S'Klallam community interments identical in 
manner to the burials of these human remains now in the Peabody Museum 
of Archaeology and Ethnology's collection. Oral tradition evidence 
presented by the representatives of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, the 
Lower Elwa Klallam Tribe, and the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe indicates 
these individuals were removed from known traditional S'Klallam 
cemetery areas.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Peabody 
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology have determined that, pursuant to 
43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the 
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry. 
Officials of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 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 Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, the Lower Elwa Klallam 
Tribe, and the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Jamestown S'Klallam 
Tribe, the Lower Elwa Klallam Tribe, and the Port Gamble S'Klallam 
Tribe. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself 
to be culturally affiliated with these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should contact Barbara Issac, Repatriation 
Coordinator, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 
University, 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138; telephone: (617) 
495-2254, before June 17, 1996. Repatriation of the human remains to 
the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, the Lower Elwa Klallam Tribe, and the 
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe may begin after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.
Dated: May 8, 1996
Veletta Canouts
Acting Departmental Consulting Archeologist
Deputy Chief, Archeology & Ethnography Program
[FR Doc. 96-12495 Filed 5-16-96; 8:45 am]
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