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Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Little 

River Band of Ottawa Indians, 

Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of 

Odawa Indians, Michigan; Pokagon 

Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan 

and Indiana; and Saginaw Chippewa 

Indian Tribe of Michigan. 

In 1918, human remains representing 

a minimum of four individuals were 

removed from a sand mound near 

Muskegon, Muskegon County, MI, by J. 

Howard Baker, Mrs. Blanche 

McFarland, and Lewis Kelly. The 

human remains were donated to the 

Battle Creek Public Schools prior to 

1997. In 2006, Battle Creek Public 

Schools transferred the human remains 

to the newly formed Kingman Museum, 

Incorporated, a 501(c)3 charitable 

organization. No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

A handwritten piece of paper found 

with the human remains gives 

information on the excavation. The 

mound measured 14 inches by 25 

inches and stood about 3 feet above 

ground level. The human remains were 

found in a sitting position. While as 

many as eight individuals may have 

originally been in the mound, only four 

individuals were collected. Funerary 

objects may also have been collected, 

but were not given to the museum. 

The human remains were 

documented by Janet Gardner and 

Robert Anemone, Department of 

Anthropology, Western Michigan 

University. The documentation 

concluded that the physical 

characteristics of the human remains 

and the details of the burial context are 

indicative of a Native American 

population. However, a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

human remains and a present-day 

Indian Tribe could not be reasonably 

determined. 

Officials of Kingman Museum, 

Incorporated have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of four 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of Kingman Museum, 

Incorporated also have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

any present-day Indian Tribe. 

The Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Review 

Committee (Review Committee) is 

responsible for recommending specific 

actions for disposition of culturally 

unidentifiable human remains. In 2008, 

Kingman Museum, Incorporated 

requested that the Review Committee 

recommend disposition of the four 

culturally unidentifiable individuals to 

the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa 

Indians, Michigan; Pokagon Band of 

Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 

Indiana; and Saginaw Chippewa Indian 

Tribe of Michigan, as the aboriginal 

occupants of the lands encompassing 

Muskegon, Muskegon County. 

The Review Committee considered 

the request at its May 15–16, 2008 

meeting and recommended disposition 

of the human remains to the Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi 

Indians, Michigan and Indiana; and 

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of 

Michigan. A June 6, 2008, letter on 

behalf of the Secretary of the Interior 

from the Designated Federal Official, 

transmitted the authorization for the 

museum to effect disposition of the 

human remains of the culturally 

unidentifiable individuals to the three 

Indians tribes listed above contingent on 

the publication of a Notice of Inventory 

Completion in the Federal Register. 

This notice fulfills that requirement. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Katie Nelson, Collection 

Manager, Kingman Museum, 

Incorporated, 175 Limit Street, Battle 

Creek, MI 49037, telephone (269) 965–

5117, fax (269) 965–3330, before 

September 12, 2008. Disposition of the 

human remains to the Little Traverse 

Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; 

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, 

Michigan and Indiana; and Saginaw 

Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

Kingman Museum, Incorporated is 

responsible for notifying the Grand 

Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Little River Band of 

Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi 

Indians, Michigan and Indiana; and 

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of 

Michigan that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: July 22, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Northwest Museum, Whitman College, 

Walla Walla, 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 possession of Northwest Museum, 

Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from 

Umatilla County, OR, and Benton and 

Walla Walla Counties, 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 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 and associated funerary objects 

was made by Northwest Museum, 

Whitman College professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation, Oregon. 

In 1929, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from near the junction of the 

north and south forks of the Walla Walla 

River, Umatilla County, OR, by Mr. 

Demaris and donated to the Northwest 

Museum, formerly Maxey Museum, on 

March 31, 1929 (Accn. #5563, Cat. 

#WHIT-X–0014). No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

A village and fishing site of the Longhair Band of the Weyiiletpuu was 

located at Nushnu-pa, at this location on 

the Walla Walla River. Today, the 

Weyiiletpuu, or Cayuse Tribe, are a part 

of the Confederated Tribes of the 

Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon. 

The Cayuse traditionally lived within 

the Walla Walla-Milton-Freewater area 

and the drainages of the Walla Walla 

River, which is within the ceded lands 

of the Confederated Tribes of the 

Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon. 

In 1949, human remains representing 

a minimum of three individuals were 

removed from Plymouth, Site #21, ‘‘150 

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Benton County, WA, by Dr. Melvin C. 

Jacobs and accessioned by the museum 

(Accn. #A26, Cat. #WHIT-H–004). No 

known individuals were identified. The 

22 associated funerary objects are 1 lot 

of rusted nails, 1 lot of metal fragments, 

1 lot of spikes and spoons, 11 stone 

tools, 1 stone, 1 stone object, 3 adzes, 1 

brass kerosene lamp wick holder, 1 

canoe weight, and 1 pestle. (Cat. 

#WHIT-H–1 to 3, 6, 8 to 12, 14 to 19, 

and 21 to 26) 

The human remains were found 

within the confines of an abandoned 

Hudson Bay trading site. It was 

determined by Dr. Jacobs that the 

human remains had been interred after 

the trading post had been abandoned. 

Based on earlier excavations at the site, 

the human remains are determined to be 

Native American. The Imatalamlama, or 

Umatilla Tribe, now a part of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation, Oregon, had a 

permanent camp and fishing site called 

So-luc-a across the Columbia River from 

Umatilla, OR, on the Washington 

shoreline, near present-day Plymouth, 

WA. This area is within the ceded lands 

of the Confederated Tribes of the 

Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon. 

In 1950, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from site 45BN15 or Site #18, 

Rabbit Island, Benton County, WA, by 

Thomas R. Garth, Jr., and accessioned 

into the museum (Accn. #J500 and 

ι2356, Cat. #Whit-J–0014). No known 

individual was identified. The one 

associated funerary object is one lot of 

red ochre. 

Rabbit Island was on the Homly 

Channel of the Columbia River and was 

an important burial site and habitation 

area for the Waluulapam, who are 

members of the Confederated Tribes of 

the Umatilla Indian Reservation, 

Oregon. The site is also near two 

important salmon and eel fishing sites 

known as Tomist-pa and Khus-usienim-tala-wit. 

In 1950, human remains representing 

a minimum of eight individuals were 

removed from site 45BN55, Sheep 

Island, Site #17, Benton County, WA, by 

Thomas R. Garth, Jr. and accessioned 

into the museum (Cat #Whit-J–028, 034, 

057, 060, 063–072, 107–108). No known 

individuals were identified. The 63 

associated funerary objects are 46 light 

red beads, 11 pestle fragments, 2 flint 

scrapers, 1 rock with ochre, 1 muddauber’s nest, 1 sandstone smoother, 

and 1 bag of charcoal. (Cat. # WHIT-J–

2, 3, 5, 18, 19, 23 to 25, and 133) 

Sheep Island was an important burial 

island for the Imatalamlam and is 

within the ceded lands of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation, Oregon. 

In 1952, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

excavated during construction at the 

Green Park Elementary School Ground 

in Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, 

WA, and accessioned into the museum 

(Cat. #WHIT-X–013). No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

The land occupied by the city of 

Walla Walla was used by the 

Weyiiletpuu and the Waluulapam as a 

wintering ground, hunting, fishing, and 

food gathering area. Oral histories from 

representatives of the Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon place their direct 

ancestors’ camping area in the vicinity 

of the Green Park Elementary School 

Ground. The Walla Walla area is within 

the ceded lands of the Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon. 

In 1962, human remains representing 

a minimum of three individuals were 

removed from the Stanley Tucker farm 

near Milton-Freewater, Umatilla 

County, OR, and accessioned into the 

museum (Accn. #Whit–26, Cat. #WhitX–16). No known individuals were 

identified. The three associated funerary 

objects are one stone and two shell 

fragments. (Cat. #WHIT-X–52 to 54) 

The Milton-Freewater area was a 

wintering area, and food and resource 

gathering area for the Waluulapam and 

Weyiiletpuu. The site is also within the 

ceded lands of the Confederated Tribes 

of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, 

Oregon. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from most 

likely the Walla Walla area, WA. The 

human remains were accessioned into 

the museum at an unknown date (Accn. 

#11066, Cat. #WHIT-X–012). No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

During the NAGPRA inventory this 

individual human remain was found in 

the collection with a note stating that it 

was ‘‘Found in Walla Walla area.’’ This 

individual is determined to be Native 

American by the significant tooth wear 

and other identifying characteristics. 

The Walla Walla area is a traditional use 

area for the Waluulapam and 

Weyiiletpuu, and within the ceded 

lands of the Confederated Tribes of the 

Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon. 

The determination of cultural 

affiliation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects has been 

based upon geographic, archeological, 

historical, ethnological, and linguistic 

evidence, as well as the oral tradition 

and kinship traditions of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation, Oregon. Primary 

information sources are museum 

accession and catalog records, 

preliminary excavation records, several 

articles about the Columbia Island 

McNary Dam excavations, consultation 

with various anthropologists, and 

consultation with tribal representatives 

of the Confederated Tribes of the 

Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon. 

Officials of the Northwest Museum, 

Whitman College have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of a 

minimum of 18 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Northwest Museum, Whitman College 

also have determined that, pursuant to 

25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 89 objects 

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. Lastly, officials of the 

Northwest Museum, Whitman College 

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 

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 and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Dr. Nina Lerman, Northwest 

Museum, Whitman College, 345 Boyer 

Ave, Walla Walla, WA 99362, telephone 

(509) 527- 5798, before September 12, 

2008. Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

to the Confederated Tribes of the 

Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

Northwest Museum is responsible for 

notifying the Confederated Tribes of the 

Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: June 23, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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