PORT ANGELES — State Department of Transportation officials plan to complete an archeological survey of the Hood Canal graving yard by this weekend.
“We should be done by the end of the week, which is on schedule with the original plan,” Alice Fiman, public information officer for Transportation’s Olympic Region office, said Monday.
Excavation at the Marine Drive graving yard was halted Aug. 26 by Transportation officials following the discovery of Native American remains.
Lower Elwha Klallam tribal and Transportation officials agreed to a 10-page assessment plan on Sept. 18 to conduct a survey to determine the extent of Native American items on the 22.4-acre site.
“It is a slow process, and we are still finding things,” said Frances G. Charles, secretary and treasurer of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe, who has been working at the site for about nine days.
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The rest of the story appears in the Tuesday Peninsula Daily News.
