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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Lake Roosevelt National 

Recreation Area, Coulee Dam, 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, National Park Service, Lake 

Roosevelt National Recreation Area, 

Coulee Dam, WA. The human remains 

and associated funerary objects were 

removed from six archeological sites 

within the boundaries of Lake Roosevelt 

National Recreation Area, Ferry 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, Lake Roosevelt 

National Recreation Area. 

On April 9, 1872, land on the east 

side of the Columbia River in 

Washington Territory was set aside as 

the Colville Reservation by Executive 

Order. On July 2, 1872, that land was 

restored to the public domain and land 

on the west side of the Columbia River 

was set aside as the Colville 

Reservation. On July 1, 1892, Congress 

restored the north half of the Colville 

Reservation to the public domain ,and 

reduced tribal lands through allotments 

to individual Indians under the Dawes 

Act of 1887. The two constituent tribes 

of the Confederated Tribes of the 

Colville Reservation that are 

traditionally associated with the area are 

the Colville and Lakes Tribes. 

Grand Coulee Dam, initiated by the 

Bureau of Reclamation in the 1930s, was 

completed in 1941. Some of the lands 

inundated by the resulting reservoir had 

been previously reserved by either the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington or the Spokane 

Tribe of the Spokane Reservation, 

Washington. In 1946, a Tri-Party 

Agreement among the Bureau of 

Reclamation, the National Park Service 

and the Office of Indian Affairs was 

developed to manage the Coulee Dam 

Recreation Area in three zones: 

Reclamation Zone, Recreation Zone, and 

Reservation Zone. The agreement gave 

the National Park Service control of 

land in the Recreation Zone for most 

purposes, including the management of 

archeological resources. In 1990, a fiveparty Lake Roosevelt Cooperative 

Management Agreement was 

implemented that included the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington and the 

Spokane Tribe of the Spokane 

Reservation, Washington as signatories. 

The National Park Service retained 

control of the Recreation Zone. The 

recreation area became Lake Roosevelt 

National Recreation Area in 1997. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from six 

archeological sites on land reserved by 

the Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington until 1946. 

The sites were affected by the Bureau of 

Reclamation’s operation of Grand 

Coulee Dam since the early 1940s, and 

are within the Recreation Zone managed 

by the National Park Service. Human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

from Lake Roosevelt National 

Recreation Area were included in a 

Bureau of Reclamation-wide NAGPRA 

inventory in 1995, but in 2005, the 

Bureau of Reclamation and the National 

Park Service jointly determined that 

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation 

Area has control of the NAGPRA 

collections and responsibility for 

compliance with NAGPRA. 

Dr. Roderick Sprague supervised the 

removal of most of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects during 

legally authorized excavations between 

1965 and 1985. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were stored 

at Washington State University (WSU) 

until mid–1967, when they were moved 

to the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of 

Anthropology at the University of Idaho 

(UI). Some of the human remains were 

repatriated to the Confederated Tribes of 

the Colville Reservation in the late 

1980s. The remaining human remains 

and associated funerary objects were 

moved to Washington State University 

in 1999 and 2000, and were accessioned 

by the National Park Service. The 

human remains and objects were 

transferred to the physical custody of 

the Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington in 2006. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

was made by Lake Roosevelt National 

Recreation Area, Bureau of Reclamation, 

and Washington State University 

professional staff, with assistance from 

a Central Washington University 

physical anthropologist, and in 

consultation with representatives of 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington. 

In an unknown year, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed by unknown 

persons from the Kettle Falls Railroad 

Bridge Site (45–FE–38), a historic, early 

contact period site in Ferry County, WA. 

No known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1965, human remains representing 

a minimum of three individuals were 

removed from the Kettle Falls Railroad 

Bridge Site (45–FE–38) in Ferry County, 

WA. The excavations were initiated by 

Dr. Sprague in response to looting 

activity at the site. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Between 1967 and 1985, human 

remains representing a minimum of 26 

individuals were removed from the 

Freeland Site (45–FE–1) in Ferry 

County, WA. No known individuals 

were identified. The 402 associated 

funerary objects are 1 possible quartzite 

knife fragment or blank, 1 iron bar, 1 

piece of splintered and burnt wood, 1 

copper or brass button, 1 pewter button, 

2 quartzite knife fragments, 2 copper 

bracelets, 3 bone pendants, 3 pieces of 

fiber cordage, 3 gun flints, 4 olivella 

shells, 19 shell disk beads with fiber 

cordage fragments, 54 copper beads, 85 

blue glass beads, and 222 dentalia 

shells. 

The Freeland site is a Native 

American burial ground dating to the 

early historic period, based upon the 

nature of associated funerary objects 

and the condition and preservation of 

the skeletal elements. The Colville and 

Lakes Tribes were decimated by 

smallpox soon after 1800, and the 

Freeland site has been interpreted as an 

‘‘epidemic burial ground.’’ 

In 1972 and 1978, human remains 

representing a minimum of two 

individuals were removed from the 

Ksunku Site (45–FE–45) on the northern 

end of Hayes Island in Ferry County, 

WA. Stratigraphic evidence indicates 

that these remains date to 

approximately 2,500 years B.P. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

34 associated funerary objects are 1 

quartzite knife, 1 black argillite hammer 

fragment, 13 pieces of non-human bone, 

and 19 lithic flakes. 

In 1974, human remains representing 

a minimum of 34 individuals were 

removed from the Sherman Creek Site 

(45–FE–51) in Ferry County, WA. Three 

human crania from this site were given 

to Lake Roosevelt National Recreation 

Area staff by an unidentified individual. 

The rest of the human remains were 

removed during authorized excavations 

by Dr. Roderick Sprague in an effort to 

protect them from vandalism and theft. 

The Sherman Creek site is a pit house 


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village and extensive prehistoric 

cemetery exceeding 1,000 years in 

antiquity. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In 1980, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed by the Ferry County sheriff 

from the Katy Creek Site (45–FE–18), a 

late prehistoric site in Ferry County, 

WA. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In an unknown span of years, human 

remains representing a minimum of 23 

individuals were removed by park 

visitors and staff from the surface of the 

Nancy Creek Site (45–FE–16), described 

as ‘‘an aboriginal camp, burial, and 

historic site,’’ in Ferry County, WA. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1985, human remains representing 

a minimum of three individuals were 

removed from the Nancy Creek Site (45– 

FE–16), in Ferry County, WA. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

On the basis of the geographical 

location of the sites within the Plateau 

Culture Area, documented burial 

practices, osteological evidence as 

described by archeologists and physical 

anthropologists, and the nature of 

prehistoric and historic artifacts and 

archeological sites, the human remains 

described above are Native American. 

Archeological analysis of the sites, 

anthropological research, 

ethnohistorical studies, and tribal oral 

traditions demonstrate by a 

preponderance of the evidence that the 

Native American human remains and 

associated funerary objects represent 

Plateau Culture Area, Interior Salish 

speakers who have continuously 

occupied the Columbia River drainage 

for thousands of years. The six sites are 

within the judicially established 

aboriginal territory of the Confederated 

Tribes of the Colville Reservation, 

Washington. Members of the nearby 

Spokane Tribe of the Spokane 

Reservation, Washington are also 

Interior Salish speakers, but their 

aboriginal territory is to the east, along 

the Spokane River and its tributaries. 

Officials of Lake Roosevelt National 

Recreation Area have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of 93 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of Lake Roosevelt 

National Recreation Area also have 

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

3001 (3)(A), the 436 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 Lake 

Roosevelt National Recreation Area 

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 Colville 

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 Deborah Bird, superintendent, 

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation 

Area, 1008 Crest Drive, Coulee Dam, 

WA 99116–0037, telephone (509) 633– 

9441, before October 3, 2008. 

Repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation 

Area is responsible for notifying the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: August 11, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

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, 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 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 a 

Notice of Inventory Completion 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 18, 2008. 

In the Federal Register of July 18, 

2008 (FR Doc E8–16482, page 41379 – 

41380), paragraph numbers 7–8 are 

corrected by substituting the following 

paragraphs: 

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 23 associated funerary 

objects are 1 broken chipped stone 

projectile point and 22 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. 

Paragraph number 10 is corrected by 

substituting the following paragraph: 

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 


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