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The Irene site consists of a mound, indicates a close affinity with various Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); and village, and mortuary complex located Muskhogean-speaking and proto-Creek Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma near Savannah, GA. Two mounds were Confederacy tribes in Georgia. may proceed after that date if no constructed at the site: a large, seven- Additionally, the Irene site is located additional claimants come forward. stage ceremonial flat-topped mound less than 50 miles from the Newberry The Southeast Archeological Center is used during the Savannah phase (A.D. site, or Cofitachique as it was referred to responsible for notifying the Absentee- 1200–1325) and Irene phase (A.D. 1325– by the chroniclers of Hernando de Soto Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 1700), and a conical shell burial mound in 1540. The modern Catawba tribe is Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas; used during the Irene phase. The derived, at least in part, from ‘‘the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, mortuary structure consisted of a people of the province of Cofitachique Oklahoma; Catawba Indian Nation (aka circular building in which residents as well as lesser societies.’’ Ancestors of Catawba Tribe of South Carolina); placed urn burials. The human remains modern Catawba tribal members may Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Chickasaw and associated funerary objects date to have included residents of the Irene site. Nation, Oklahoma; Choctaw Nation of the Irene Phase (A.D. 1325–1700) on the Officials of the Southeast Oklahoma; Coushatta Tribe of basis of archeological context and Archeological Center have determined Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee mortuary practices. that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), Indians of North Carolina; Eastern the human remains described above The first recorded European contact Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band represent the physical remains of five in the Savannah area occurred in the of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Kialegee individuals of Native American summer of A.D. 1526 when settlers Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Miccosukee ancestry. Officials of the Southeast under Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon briefly Tribe of Indians of Florida; Mississippi Archeological Center also have established a colony along the Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi; determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; ‘‘Gualdape’’ river (believed to be the 3001 (3)(A), the 119 objects described present-day Savannah River). Ayllon’s Poarch Band of Creek Indians of above are reasonably believed to have Alabama; Seminole Nation of settlement is thought to have been in or been placed with or near individual near the territory of the Cusabo. Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida human remains at the time of death or (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Sometime in the late 1600s, a portion of later as part of the death rite or the Cusabo joined the emergent Creek Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); ceremony. Lastly, officials of the Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; Confederacy. Ayllon’s name for the river Southeast Archeological Center have also may refer to Guale residents of the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma; determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. and United Keetoowah Band of area. By 1700, many of the Guale had 3001 (2), there is a relationship of relocated south to Florida. However, Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this shared group identity that can be notice has been published. some of the remaining Guale population reasonably traced between the Native joined with the Tama to form the American human remains and Dated: January 22, 2008. Yamassee Tribe. Other Guale fled inland associated funerary objects and the Sherry Hutt, to settle with the emergent Lower Creek Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. towns on the Ocmulgee and Oklahoma; Catawba Indian Nation (aka [FR Doc. E8–3446 Filed 2–22–08; 8:45 am] Chattahoochee Rivers. When he landed Catawba Tribe of South Carolina); BILLING CODE 4312–50–S at Savannah in 1733, Governor Kialegee Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Oglethorpe encountered members of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida; Yamacraw band, thought to be a Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Yamassee tribal town that had joined Poarch Band of Creek Indians of the Creek Confederacy. In 1736, Alabama; Seminole Nation of National Park Service Moravian missionaries established a Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. mission on the Irene site itself, which (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Department of the Interior, Bureau of was, by then, unoccupied by native Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); and Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, peoples, although a small unidentified Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma. American Indian village was located Representatives of any other Indian Salt Lake City, UT; Utah Department of nearby. The Irene site is located within tribe that believes itself to be culturally Natural Resources, Division of Parks the historically-recognized territories of affiliated with the human remains and and Recreation, Salt Lake City and the Cusabo, Guale, and Yamassee tribes- associated funerary objects should Vernal, UT; and Utah Museum of in the time range when individuals were contact Bennie Keel, Ph.D., Director, Natural History, University of Utah, Salt buried at Irene. Subsequent to the Southeast Archeological Center, Lake City, UT burials, subsets of the Cusabo, Guale National Park Service, 2035 E. Paul AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. and Yamasee were incorporated into the Dirac Drive, Johnson Building, Suite ACTION: Notice. Creek Confederacy. Descendents of the 120, Tallahassee, FL 32310, telephone Creek Confederacy are members of the (850) 580–3011, before March 26, 2008. Notice is here given in accordance federally-recognized tribes of the Repatriation of the human remains and with the Native American Graves Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, associated funerary objects to the Protection and Repatriation Act Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town, Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the Oklahoma; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians Oklahoma; Catawba Indian Nation (aka completion of an inventory of human of Florida; Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Catawba Tribe of South Carolina); remains and associated funerary objects Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek Kialegee Tribal Town, Oklahoma; in the control of the U.S. Department of Indians of Alabama; Seminole Nation of Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida; the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; Upper Colorado Region, Salt Lake City, (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Poarch Band of Creek Indians of UT and Utah Department of Natural Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); and Alabama; Seminole Nation of Resources, Division of Parks and Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma. Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida Recreation, Salt Lake City and Vernal, Analysis of the Irene ceramic complex (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, UT, and in the possession of the Utah

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Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake Mounds) near the Great Salt Lake, Box represent the physical remains of 34 City, UT. The human remains and Elder County, UT. The human remains individuals of Native American associated funerary objects were are curated by the Utah Museum of ancestry. Officials of the Bureau of removed from Box Elder and Uintah Natural History. No known individual Reclamation and Utah Division of Parks Counties, UT. was identified. No associated funerary and Recreation also have determined This notice is published as part of the objects are present. that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), National Park Service’s administrative In 1961, human remains representing the three funerary objects described responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 a minimum of one individual were above are reasonably believed to have U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations removed from site 42BO76 in or near been placed with or near individual in this notice are the sole responsibility the Great Salt Lake, Box Elder County, human remains at the time of death or of the museum, institution, or Federal UT. The human remains are curated by later as part of the death rite or agency that has control of the Native the Utah Museum of Natural History. No ceremony. Lastly, officials of the Bureau American human remains and known individual was identified. No of Reclamation and Utah Division of associated funerary objects. The associated funerary objects are present. Parks and Recreation have determined National Park Service is not responsible The above two individuals from Box that pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), for the determinations in this notice. Elder County, UT, are classified as Great there is a relationship of shared group A detailed assessment of the human Salt Lake Fremont based on inferences identity that can be reasonably traced remains and associated funerary objects from physical anthropology, archeology, between the Native American human was made by the U.S. Department of and location. remains and associated funerary objects Interior, Bureau of Reclamation and Detailed information about the and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Utah Division of Parks and Recreation cultural items, their identification as Reservation, New Mexico. professional staff, as well as by Great Salt Lake and Uinta Fremont, and Representatives of any other Indian contracted specialists, in consultation the lines of evidence for cultural tribe that believes itself to be culturally with representatives of the Hopi Tribe of affiliation, is on file at the Bureau of affiliated with the human remains and Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional associated funerary objects should of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Office, Salt Lake City, UT. Additional contact Nancy Coulam, Reclamation, Arizona; Northwestern Band of human remains and associated funerary 125 South State Street, Room 6103, Salt Shoshoni Nation of Utah; Paiute Indian objects removed from sites in Box Elder Lake City, UT 84138–1147, telephone Tribe of Utah; Pueblo of Laguna, New and Uintah Counties, as well as Weber (801) 524–3684, before March 26, 2008. Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; County, after November 16, 1990 have Repatriation of the human remains and Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Skull Valley also been identified as Great Salt Lake associated funerary objects to the Zuni Band of Goshute Indians of Utah; Ute and Uinta Fremont and will be Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray described in a Notice of Intended Mexico may proceed after that date if no Reservation, Utah; and Zuni Tribe of the Disposition to be published by the additional claimants come forward. Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado The Bureau of Reclamation, Upper In 1959, human remains representing Regional Office in a newspaper of Colorado Regional Office is responsible a minimum of four individuals were general circulation, pursuant to 43 for notifying the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; removed from site 42UN128 in or near C.R.F. 10.6 (c). Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Steinaker Reservoir, Uintah County, UT. While craniometric analysis indicates Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; The human remains are curated by the that the Great Salt Lake Fremont and Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation Utah Museum of Natural History. No Uinta Fremont were two biologically of Utah; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah; known individuals were identified. No distinct populations, comparison of Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo associated funerary objects were basketry and other material culture of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, present. associated with sites from the two New Mexico; Skull Valley Band of In 1960, human remains representing traditions evidences a similar pattern of Goshute Indians of Utah; and the Ute a minimum of 27 individuals were material cultural manufacture and Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray removed from Uintah County, UT. The distribution methods sufficient to Reservation, Utah that this notice has human remains are curated by the identify a single earlier group for been published. Division of Parks and Recreation, Utah purposes of determining cultural Field House of Natural History State affiliation. This earlier group is Dated: January 22, 2008 Park. No known individuals were identified as the Northern Fremont. Sherry Hutt, identified. The three associated funerary Craniometric analysis shows the Manager, National NAGPRA Program. objects are two mats and one cloak. closest biological relationship is [FR Doc. E8–3452 Filed 2–22–08; 8:45 am] In 1990, human remains representing between the Northern Fremont and the BILLING CODE 4312–50–S a minimum of one individual were Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New removed from site 42UN1671 in Mexico. Officials of the Bureau of Steinaker Reservoir, Uintah County, UT. Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR The human remains are housed by the Office and the Utah Division of Parks National Park Service Bureau of Reclamation. No known and Recreation find the preponderance individual was identified. No associated of the evidence for cultural affiliation National Register of Historic Places; funerary objects are present. with the Northern Fremont to be with Notification of Pending Nominations The 32 individuals and 3 associated the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, and Related Actions funerary objects from Uintah County, New Mexico. UT, are classified as Uinta Fremont Officials of the Bureau of Nominations for the following based on inferences from physical Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional properties being considered for listing anthropology, archeology, and location. Office and Utah Division of Parks and or related actions in the National In 1959, human remains representing Recreation have determined that, Register were received by the National a minimum of one individual were pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the Park Service before February 9, 2008. removed from site 42BO30 (Willard human remains described above Pursuant to § 60.13 of 36 CFR Part 60

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