[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47234-47235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18673]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: Thomas Burke Memorial Washington 
State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    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 in the control of the 
Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum (Burke Museum), 
University of Washington, Seattle, WA. The human remains were removed 
from Jefferson 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 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Burke Museum 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Hoh 
Indian Tribe of the Hoh Indian Reservation, Washington; Jamestown 
S'Klallam Tribe of Washington; Port Gamble Indian Community of the Port 
Gamble Reservation, Washington; Quileute Tribe of the Quileute 
Reservation Washington; and Skokomish Indian Tribe of the Skokomish 
Reservation, Washington.
    Sometime before 1952, human remains representing a minimum of one 
individual were removed from south of Brinnon in Jefferson County, WA, 
by Sherry Berthiaume. The human remains were subsequently transferred 
to the Burke Museum in 1952 (Burke Accn. <greek-i>3800). No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    The human remains are consistent with Native American morphology 
and therefore have been determined to be Native American. Brinnon is 
within the territory of the Twana people. Twana is a dialect of the 
Salish language and is represented by three subgroups: Skokomish, 
Duhelelips, and Kolsids. The Twana are represented by the present-day 
Skokomish Indian Tribe of the Skokomish Reservation, Washington.
    Brinnon is part of the aboriginal territory of the Skokomish as 
defined by the 1855 Treaty of Point-No-Point. Other ethnographic and 
legal documentation is consistent with this determination (Indian 
Claims Commission; Elmendorf 1960; Mooney 1896; Handbook of North 
American Indians 1990; Smith 1940).
    Officials of the Burke Museum have determined that, pursuant to 25 
U.S.C. 3001 (9- 10), the human remains described above represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. 
Officials of the Burke Museum 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 
the Skokomish Indian Tribe of the Skokomish Reservation, Washington.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Dr. 
Peter Lape, Burke Museum, University of Washington, Box 353010, 
Seattle, WA 98195-3010, telephone (206) 685-2282, before September 12, 
2008. Repatriation of the human remains to the Skokomish Indian Tribe 
of the Skokomish Reservation, Washington may proceed after that date if 
no additional claimants come forward.
    The Burke Museum is responsible for notifying the Hoh Indian Tribe 
of the Hoh Indian Reservation, Washington; Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe of 
Washington; Port Gamble Indian Community of the Port Gamble 
Reservation, Washington; Quileute

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Tribe of the Quileute Reservation, Washington; and Skokomish Indian 
Tribe of the Skokomish Reservation, Washington that this notice has 
been published.

    Dated: July 16, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-18673 Filed 8-12-08; 8:45 am]
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