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shell disk beads and bead fragments, Indian Rancheria of Indians of in this notice are the sole responsibility 302 historic glass beads and bead ; and Rumsey Indian of the museum, institution, or Federal fragments, 1 bone bead fragment, 1 Rancheria of Wintun Indians of agency that has control of the Native possible stone bead fragment, and 5 California. American human remains and pieces of incised bone that may be from Representatives of any other Indian associated funerary object. The National a whistle or ear tube. tribe that believes itself to be culturally Park Service is not responsible for the Based on burial context and site affiliated with the human remains and determinations in this notice. characteristics, the human remains associated funerary objects should A detailed assessment of the human described above from Lake County are contact Elizabeth Guerra, Department of remains was made by Burke Museum determined to be Native American in Anthropology Museum, 330 Young Hall, professional staff in consultation with origin. Accompanying field reports One Shields Avenue, University of representatives of the Muckleshoot indicate this site may be the California, Davis, CA 95616, telephone Indian Tribe of the Muckleshoot village of Loli recorded by Kroeber (530) 754–6280, before August 6, 2009. Reservation, Washington; Puyallup (1932:263). The presence of historic Repatriation of the human remains and Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, items indicates that the burial from CA– associated funerary objects to the Cachil Washington; Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe LAK–153 dates to the Historic Period DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the of Washington; Snoqualmie Tribe, (after A.D. 1790). Linguistic evidence Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Washington; Suquamish Indian Tribe of indicates that the Patwin (Southern Rancheria, California; Cortina Indian the Port Madison Reservation, Wintun) moved southward from the Rancheria of Wintun Indians of Washington; and Tulalip Tribes of the vicinity of the California–Oregon border California; and Rumsey Indian Tulalip Reservation, Washington. into the Sacramento Valley sometime Rancheria of Wintun Indians of In 1921, human remains representing around A.D. 0, and then spread into the California may proceed after that date if a minimum of one individual were surrounding foothills sometime before no additional claimants come forward. removed from south of Kent in King the beginning of Phase 2 of the Late The Department of Anthropology County, WA. The human remains were Period. The archeological assemblages Museum at the University of California, located under a log or root and removed from CA–LAK–152 and CA–LAK–153 Davis is responsible for notifying the by W.A. Steigleder while excavating for also indicate an occupation that is Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of a road. The human remains were consistent with the ethnographic the Colusa Indian Community of the donated to the Burke Museum in 1921 Patwin. Based on geographical location Colusa Rancheria, California; Cortina (Burke Accn. #1879). No known and age of the associated funerary Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of individual was identified. The one objects, the human remains and California; and Rumsey Indian associated funerary object is a carved associated funerary objects are Rancheria of Wintun Indians of stone club. culturally affiliated with descendants of California that this notice has been Based on archeological and the Patwin. Descendants of the Patwin published. geographic information, the human are members of the Cachil DeHe Band remains and associated funerary object of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Dated: June 15, 2009 have been determined to be Native Community of the Colusa Rancheria, Sherry Hutt, American. The stone club is consistent California; Cortina Indian Rancheria of Manager, National NAGPRA Program. with other Coast Salish material culture. Wintun Indians of California; and [FR Doc. E9–16017 Filed 7–6–09; 8:45 am] The provenience where the human Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun BILLING CODE 4312–50–S remains and associated funerary object Indians of California. were found is within the aboriginal Officials of the Department of territory of the Muckleshoot Indian Anthropology Museum at the University DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Tribe of the Muckleshoot Reservation, of California, Davis have determined Washington. Ancestors of the that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), National Park Service Muckleshoot traditionally occupied the the human remains described above Green River and White River Basin Notice of Inventory Completion: represent the physical remains of two Valleys. Kent is located along the Green Thomas Burke Memorial Washington individuals of Native American River area. The Skopamish Band State Museum, University of ancestry. Officials of the Department of inhabited the upper Green River area. Anthropology Museum at the University Washington, Seattle, WA The Skopamish and other Native of California, Davis also have AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Americans from the Green River and determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. ACTION: Notice. White River Basin Valleys were 3001 (3)(A), the 419 objects described assigned to move to the Nisqually above are reasonably believed to have Notice is here given in accordance Reservation as per the terms of the been placed with or near individual with the Native American Graves Medicine Creek Treaty of December 26, human remains at the time of death or Protection and Repatriation Act 1854; however, Governor Isaac Stevens later as part of the death rite or (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the recommended the Muckleshoot ceremony. Lastly, officials of the completion of an inventory of human Reservation be established in 1856. In Department of Anthropology Museum at remains and associated funerary object 1857, the Muckleshoot Reservation was the University of California, Davis have in the control of the Thomas Burke formally approved. The Skopamish and determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. Memorial Washington State Museum other Native American groups now 3001 (2), there is a relationship of (Burke Museum), Seattle, WA. The represented by the Muckleshoot Indian shared group identity that can be human remains and associated funerary Tribe were also signatories to the Point reasonably traced between the Native object were removed from south of Kent, Elliot Treaty of January 22, 1855. American human remains and King County, WA. Officials of the Burke Museum have associated funerary objects and the This notice is published as part of the determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of National Park Service’s administrative 3001 (9–10), the human remains the Colusa Indian Community of the responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 described above represent the physical Colusa Rancheria, California; Cortina U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations remains of one individual of Native

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American ancestry. Officials of the of the Interior, National Park Service, minimum of two individuals were Burke Museum also have determined Tumacacori National Historical Park, removed from an unknown location area that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), Tumacacori, AZ. The human remains near Tumacacori Mission in Santa Cruz the one object described above is and associated funerary objects were County, AZ. No known individuals reasonably believed to have been placed removed from areas near Tumacacori were identified. The 38 associated with or near individual human remains Mission in Santa Cruz County, AZ. funerary objects are 33 plainware at the time of death or later as part of This notice is published as part of the pottery sherds from a cremation/burial the death rite or ceremony. Lastly, National Park Service’s administrative jar, 2 bags of sherds from a cremation officials of the Burke Museum have responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 jar, 1 unworked burnt shell, 1 piece of determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations worked faunal bone, and 1 pendant. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of within this notice are the sole In 1955, human remains representing shared group identity that can be responsibility of the superintendent, a minimum of nine individuals were reasonably traced between the Native Tumacacori National Historical Park. removed from fields just outside park American human remains and A detailed assessment of the human boundaries in Santa Cruz County, AZ. associated funerary object and the remains and associated funerary objects The remains and associated funerary Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of the was made by Tumacacori National objects were donated to the park by J.L. Muckleshoot Reservation, Washington. Historical Park and Western Kalb, a local rancher in whose fields the Representatives of any other Indian Archeological and Conservation Center remains and objects were found. No tribe that believes itself to be culturally professional staff in consultation with known individuals were identified. The affiliated with the human remains and representatives of the Ak Chin Indian 43 associated funerary objects are 4 associated funerary object should Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) cremation/burial jars, 1 cremation/ contact Megon Noble, Burke Museum, Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River burial bowl, 11 pieces of burnt University of Washington, Box 353010, Indian Community of the Gila River unworked bone, 9 unworked ceramic Seattle, WA 98195–3010, telephone Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe sherds, 2 worked ceramic sherds, 12 (206) 685–3849, before August 6, 2009. of Arizona; Mescalero Apache Tribe of beads, 1 shell bracelet fragment, 1 piece Repatriation of the human remains and the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; of worked faunal bone, 1 unworked associated funerary object to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona; Salt shell fragment, and 1 awl. Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of the River Pima-Maricopa Indian The Native American human remains Muckleshoot Reservation, Washington Community of the Salt River described above are all cremations with may proceed after that date if no Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos associated pottery vessels and artifacts additional claimants come forward. Apache Tribe of the San Carlos that are characteristic of the culture The Burke Museum is responsible for Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham group commonly known to notifying the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the archeologists as the Hohokam and date of the Muckleshoot Reservation, Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. The Ak between A.D. 300 and A.D. 1300. The Washington; Puyallup Tribe of the Chin Indian Community of the term ‘‘Hohokam’’ is used here for Puyallup Reservation, Washington; Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, convenience due to its common use as Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of Arizona did not attend the consultation a descriptor of this culture; it is Washington; Snoqualmie Tribe, meetings but was represented by the unknown what name these people Washington; Suquamish Indian Tribe of Gila River Indian Community of the Gila applied to themselves, and their the Port Madison Reservation, River Indian Reservation, Arizona. The present-day descendants do not use this Washington; and Tulalip Tribes of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; term. The ‘‘Hohokam’’ were a sedentary Tulalip Reservation, Washington that Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; agricultural group that developed out of this notice has been published. Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; and the the local Archaic population. Their White Mountain Apache Tribe of the settlement pattern was predominantly of Dated: June 15, 2009 Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona were the rancheria type, with pithouse or Sherry Hutt, contacted but did not participate in the house-in-pit architecture. Pit or urn Manager, National NAGPRA Program. consultation meetings. cremations were the predominant burial [FR Doc. E9–16020 Filed 7–6–09; 8:45 am] At an unknown date, human remains practice prior to A.D. 1100. Extended BILLING CODE 4312–50–S representing a minimum of one supine inhumations then became more individual were removed from an prevalent, completely replacing unknown site within what is now cremations by A.D. 1300. There was a DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Tumacacori National Historical Park in pronounced, though far from complete, Santa Cruz County, AZ. No known decline in population after about A.D. National Park Service individual was identified. The one 1350. associated funerary object is a The Ak Chin Indian Community of Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. cremation/burial jar. the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Reservation, Department of the Interior, National In the 1930s, human remains Arizona; Gila River Indian Community Park Service, Tumacacori National representing a minimum of one of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Historical Park, Tumacacori, AZ individual were removed from the area Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. near Tumacacori Mission in Santa Cruz Indian Community of the Salt River ACTION: Notice. County, AZ. The remains and associated Reservation; and the Tohono O’odham funerary object were donated to Nation of Arizona comprise one cultural Notice is here given in accordance Tumacacori National Historical Park in group known as the O’odham. The Ak with the Native American Graves 1938 by Louis Caywood. No known Chin Indian Community of the Protection and Repatriation Act individual was identified. The one Maricopa (Ak Chin) Reservation, (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the associated funerary object is a Arizona consists primarily of Akimel completion of an inventory of human cremation/burial jar. and Tohono O’odham, with a few remains and associated funerary objects Between December 1934 and March families of Hia-Ced O’odham. The Gila in the possession of the U.S. Department 1935, human remains representing a River Indian Community of the Gila

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