[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 232 (Wednesday, December 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 63958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31712]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains
from Washington State in the Possession of the Yale Peabody Museum of
Natural History, New Haven, CT
AGENCY: National Park Service
ACTION: Notice
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Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003 (d), of the completion of an inventory of human remains from
Washington State in the possession of the Yale Peabody Museum of
Natural History, New Haven, CT.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Yale Peabody
Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of the
Jamestown Band of S'Kallam Indians.
In 1873, human remains representing three individuals were donated
to the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History by Dr. T.T. Minor. These
human remains were recovered near Port Townsend, WA. No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Based on cranial deformation, these individuals have been
determined to be Native American. No diagnostic artifacts that would
indicate the antiquity of these remains exist in the Peabody Museum's
collections. No information about the circumstances of recovery of
these remains or the nature of their interment exists in the Peabody
Museum's records. Consultation evidence provided by representatives of
the Jamestown Band of S'Klallam Indians indicates that the Port
Townsend, WA area is within the traditional territory of the Jamestown
Band of S'Klallam Indians.
Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Yale
Peabody Museum of Natural History have determined that, pursuant to 43
CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical
remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry. Lastly,
officials of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared
group identity which can be reasonably traced between these Native
American human remains and the Jamestown Band of S'Klallam Indians.
This notice has been sent to officials of the Jamestown Band of
S'Klallam Indians, the Port Gamble Indian Community of the Port Gamble
Reservation, the Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Reservation, the
Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish Reservation, and the Tulalip Tribes
of the Tulalip Reservation. Representatives of any other Indian tribe
that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human
remains should contact Dr. Richard Burger, Director, Yale Peabody
Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 208118, New
Haven, CT 06520-8118; telephone: (203) 432-3752, before January 2,
1998. Repatriation of the human remains to the Jamestown Band of
S'Klallam Indians may begin after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations
within this notice.
Dated: November 19, 1997.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 97-31712 Filed 12-2-97; 8:45 am]
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