[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 70026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28744]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Gifford Pinchot National
Forest, Vancouver, 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 and associated funerary
objects in the possession and control of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Gifford Pinchot
National Forest, Vancouver, WA. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from Klickitat 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 and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Pacific
Northwest Region, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, professional staff
in consultation with representatives of the Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon; and Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington.
In June 1983, human remains representing a minimum of three
individuals were removed from archeological site 45KL281, Klickitat
County, WA. The remains were recovered during initial documentation and
subsurface sampling of the archeological site, prior to acquisition of
the property by the Federal agency. The items came into possession of
the Forest Service in 1989, following the land acquisition. The
location is on National Forest System lands within the Columbia River
Gorge National Scenic Area. No known individuals were identified. The
571 associated funerary objects are 5 shell beads, 182 copper
artifacts, 380 glass beads, 1 pipe in fragments, 1 horse molar and 2
glass bottle or jar fragments.
The human remains are highly fragmented due to the effects of
cremation, and most of the associated funerary objects also show the
effects of fire. Trade materials among the associated funerary objects
indicate interment and firing circa A.D. 1825-1850. Funerary objects
reflect the ornamentation and dress of local Native American groups
during the early historic period. Cultural geography, oral traditions
and historic sources indicate probable use of the site area either by
Way[aacute]m[lstrok][aacute]ma families from the village of
wanw[aacute]wi (Oregon) or Walawitsislama people from the village of
w[aacute]lawitis (Washington). The descendants of the
Way[aacute]m[lstrok][aacute]ma and Walawitsislama are members of the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon and
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington. Elders
have suggested that the remains may be associated with a disease
epidemic, as cremation was not the normal or preferred method of
treatment for the deceased.
Officials of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest have determined,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), that the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of three individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest also have
determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), that the 571 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 the Gifford Pinchot
National Forest have determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), that
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 Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Rick McClure, Heritage Program Manager, Gifford
Pinchot National Forest, 2455 Highway 141, Trout Lake, WA 98650,
telephone (509) 395-3399, before December 16, 2010. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon and Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington, may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Gifford Pinchot National Forest is responsible for notifying the
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; and
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington, that
this notice has been published.
Dated: November 5, 2010.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010-28744 Filed 11-15-10; 8:45 am]
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