Letter from Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt to Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera Regarding Disposition of the Kennewick Human Remains

Part of the Archaeology of Kennewick Man project

Author(s): Bruce Babbitt

Year: 2000

Summary

This letter describes the Department of Interior's (DOI) final determination and resolution of the issues delegated to DOI by the Department of the Army (DOA) in a March 1998 interagency agreement. In this agreement, DOI agreed to make the following two determinations related to the set of human skeletal remains recovered on July 26, 1996, from Columbia Park, land controlled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), near the city of Kennewick, Benton County, Washington: 1) whether these human remains meet the definition for "Native American" within the meaning of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA); and, if so, 2) the appropriate disposition of the remains under the terms of the statute and its implementing regulations at 43 C.F.R. Part 10.

Cite this Record

Letter from Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt to Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera Regarding Disposition of the Kennewick Human Remains. Bruce Babbitt. 2000 ( tDAR id: 6357) ; doi:10.6067/XCV84T6J2R

URL: http://www.nps.gov/archeology/kennewick/babb_letter.htm


Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Early Archaic • PaleoIndian

Material
Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Human Remains

Site Name
Kennewick Man Archaeological Site • Tri-Cities Archaeological District NRHP

Site Type
Burial Pit • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Isolated Burial

Investigation Types
Bioarchaeological Research • Consultation • Environment Research • Ethnographic Research • Historic Background Research • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan

General
Corps of Engineeers • Cultural Affiliation • Department of the Interior • Kennewick Man • NAGPRA • the Ancient One

Geographic Keywords
Columbia River • Columbia River Drainage • Kennewick • Pacific Northwest • Tri-Cities Area • Upper Columbia River Basin • Washington (State / Territory)

Temporal Keywords
Early Archaic • PaleoIndian

Spatial Coverage

min long: -119.165; min lat: 46.213 ; max long: -119.128; max lat: 46.231 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Francis McManamon

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