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collection of human remains and other 

anthropological and natural history 

collections, including the remains of 

these two individuals. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Museum records on the human 

remains are derived from Mr. Crane’s 

notes (written directly onto the human 

remains) and the original information 

written into the museum’s accession 

ledger at the time of acquisition. The 

museum records indicate that the 

human remains may be of mixed NativeEuropean ancestry, suggesting a postcontact date. In 1977, further 

examination by a bio-anthropologist 

found that the human remains were 

consistent with a mixture of European 

and Native American descent. In 2008, 

a professional anthropology consultant 

examined the human remains to ensure 

that they were Native American and/or 

of mixed Native American and 

European descent, and concluded they 

did exhibit physical characteristics of a 

Native American individual, but that 

they were not so clearly exclusive that 

mixed Native American-European 

ancestry could be ruled out. 

Museum records also indicated that 

the provenience was ‘‘old Mackinac, 

Michigan.’’ It is uncertain whether the 

exact provenience was Mackinac Island 

or the vicinity of Mackinaw City, as 

both of these locations were listed on 

later records, however, both Mackinaw 

City and Mackinac Island are in the 

tribal homeland of the Little Traverse 

Bay Band of Odawa Indians, Michigan. 

Historical evidence provided to the 

museum by the Little Traverse Bay Band 

of Odawa Indians establishes the 

Mackinac area as ancestral land of the 

Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa 

Indians since before the arrival of the 

first European settlers to the area in the 

1670s. The same documentation also 

provided evidence of occurrences of 

inter-marriage between people of Native 

American and European descent. Based 

on museum records, collector’s notes, 

consultation evidence, and extensive 

examination of the human remains, The 

Public Museum reasonably believes the 

human remains are of Native American 

ancestry and have a shared group 

relationship with the Little Traverse Bay 

Band of Odawa Indians, Michigan. 

Officials of The Public Museum have 

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

3001 (9–10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of The 

Public Museum also 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 Little Traverse Bay 

Band of Odawa Indians, Michigan. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Marilyn Merdzinski, 

Curator of Collections and Preservation, 

The Public Museum, 272 Pearl St NW, 

Grand Rapids, MI 49504, telephone 

(616) 456–3521, before September 12, 

2008. Repatriation of the human 

remains to the Little Traverse Bay Band 

of Odawa Indians, Michigan may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The Public Museum is responsible for 

notifying the Little Traverse Bay Band of 

Odawa Indians, Michigan and Sault Ste. 

Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 

Michigan that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: July 22, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E8–18681 Filed 8–12–08; 8:45 am] 

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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. 

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. 

#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] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

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. 

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 south of 

Three Tree Point in King 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 

and University of Washington 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Muckleshoot 

Indian Tribe of the Muckleshoot 

Reservation, Washington; Puyallup 

Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, 

Washington; Snoqualmie Tribe, 

Washington; Suquamish Indian Tribe of 

the Port Madison Reservation, 

Washington; and Tulalip Tribes of the 

Tulalip Reservation, Washington. 

In 1923, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from Pleasant Beach, south of 

Three Tree Point in King County, WA. 

The human remains were found by the 

landowner while digging in the 

backyard and transferred to the King 

County Coroner’s Office, and 

subsequently transferred to the Burke 

Museum in 1923 (Burke Accn. ι1998). 

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. Three Tree Point is 

within the usual and accustomed 

territory of the Puyallup Tribe of the 

Puyallup Reservation, as defined by the 

1855 Treaty of Medicine Creek. Other 

ethnographic and legal documentation 

is consistent with this determination. 

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 also 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 Puyallup Tribe of the 

Puyallup 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 Puyallup Tribe of 

the Puyallup Reservation, Washington 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Burke Museum is responsible for 

notifying the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe 

of the Muckleshoot Reservation, 

Washington; Puyallup Tribe of the 

Puyallup Reservation, Washington; 

Snoqualmie Tribe, Washington; 

Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port 

Madison Reservation, Washington; and 

Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip 

Reservation, Washington that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: July 16, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E8–18676 Filed 8–12–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Acadia National Park; Bar Harbor, 

Maine; Acadia National Park Advisory 

Commission; Notice of Meeting 

Notice is hereby given in accordance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770, 5 

U.S.C. App. 1, Sec. 10), that the Acadia 

National Park Advisory Commission 

will hold a meeting on Monday, 

September 15, 2008. 

The Commission was established 

pursuant to Public Law 99–420, Sec. 

103. The purpose of the commission is 

to consult with the Secretary of the 

Interior, or his designee, on matters 

relating to the management and 

development of the park, including but 

not limited to the acquisition of lands 

and interests in lands (including 

conservation easements on islands) and 

termination of rights of use and 

occupancy. 

The meeting will convene at Park 

Headquarters, Bar Harbor, Maine, at 1 

p.m., to consider the following agenda: 

1. Committee reports: 

—Land Conservation 

—Park Use 

—Science and Education 

—Historic 

—Science and Education 

—Historic 

2. Old business 

3. Superintendent’s report 

4. Public comments 

5. Proposed agenda for next Commission 

meeting in February 2009. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Interested persons may make oral/written 

presentations to the Commission or file 

written statements. Such requests should be 

made to the Superintendent at least seven 

days prior to the meeting. 

Further information concerning this 

meeting may be obtained from the 

Superintendent, Acadia National Park, P.O. 

Box 177, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609, tel: (207) 

288–3338. 

Dated: July 19, 2008. 

Sheridan Steele, 

Superintendent. 

[FR Doc. E8–18573 Filed 8–12–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–2N–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: 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. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate cultural items in the 

possession of the Northwest Museum, 

Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, 

that meet the definition of 

‘‘unassociated funerary objects’’ under 

25 U.S.C. 3001. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 


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