[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 221 (Monday, November 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68470-68471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27141]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-17028; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: The Museum of Anthropology at 
Washington State University, Pullman, WA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University has 
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects 
in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation 
between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-
day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants 
or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control 
of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a 
written request to the Museum of Anthropology at Washington State 
University. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the 
lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations 
stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the Museum of Anthropology at Washington 
State University at the address in this notice by December 17, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Mary Collins, Museum of Anthropology at Washington State 
University, Pullman, WA 99164-4910, telephone (509) 335-4314.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of the Museum of 
Anthropology at Washington State University, Pullman, WA. The human 
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from either the 
Klamath Lake area of Oregon or Western Montana.
    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.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Museum 
of Anthropology at Washington State University professional staff. This 
information was provided to representatives of the Blackfeet Tribe of 
the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana; Coeur D'Alene Tribe 
(previously listed as the Coeur D'Alene Tribe of the Coeur D'Alene 
Reservation, Idaho); Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the 
Flathead Reservation; Confederated Tribes of

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Siletz Indians of Oregon (previously listed as the Confederated Tribes 
of the Siletz Reservation); Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde 
Community of Oregon; Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap 
Reservation of Montana; Kalispel Indian Community of the Kalispel 
Reservation; Karuk Tribe (previously Karuk Tribe of California); 
Klamath Tribes; Nez Perce Tribe (previously listed as the Nez Perce 
Tribe of Idaho); Pit River Tribe, California (includes XL Ranch, Big 
Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery Creek and Roaring Creek Rancherias); 
Quartz Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley Reservation of 
California; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; and 
the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1986, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals, 
were delivered to the offices of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 
Walla Walla District, by an unknown individual. Notes with the 
collection stated that one set of human remains had been removed from 
the Klamath Lake area in Oregon and the other from western Montana. It 
is not known which set of human remains was from which area. In 2001, 
the human remains were turned over to the Museum of Anthropology at 
Washington State University. No known individuals were identified. The 
two associated funerary objects include 1 metal cup and 1 lot of 
fabric. Cultural affiliation for these remains was based primarily on 
the geographical locations of removal. In addition, the character of 
the associated funerary objects is very similar to funerary objects 
often associated with historic Native American burials in the interior 
northwest.

Determinations Made by the Museum of Anthropology at Washington State 
University

    Officials of the Museum of Anthropology at Washington State 
University have determined that:
    <bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 2 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
    <bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 2 objects described 
in this notice 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.
    <bullet> 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 is to the 
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation; 
Klamath Tribes; and the Pit River Tribe, California (includes XL Ranch, 
Big Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery Creek and Roaring Creek 
Rancherias).

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Mary Collins, Museum of Anthropology at 
Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-4910, telephone (509) 
335-4314, by December 17, 2014. After that date, if no additional 
requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains 
and associated funerary objects to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai 
Tribes of the Flathead Reservation; Klamath Tribes; and the Pit River 
Tribe, California (includes XL Ranch, Big Bend, Likely, Lookout, 
Montgomery Creek and Roaring Creek Rancherias) may proceed.
    The Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University is 
responsible for notifying the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes 
of the Flathead Reservation; Klamath Tribes; and the Pit River Tribe, 
California (includes XL Ranch, Big Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery 
Creek and Roaring Creek Rancherias) that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: October 23, 2014.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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