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identity that can be reasonably traced Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Museum professional staff in between the sacred object and the Santa Colony & Campbell Ranch, Nevada that consultation with representatives from Rosa Indian Community of the Santa this notice has been published. the Metlakatla Indian Community and Rosa Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut Dated: January 31, 2012. the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Tribe) and the Ione Band of Miwok Sherry Hutt, Indian Tribes of Alaska. Indians of California. In the Federal Register notice (73 FR Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 20941–20942, Thursday, April 17, Additional Requestors and Disposition [FR Doc. 2012–2528 Filed 2–3–12; 8:45 am] 2008), paragraph number 5 is corrected Representatives of any other Indian BILLING CODE 4312–50–P by substituting the following paragraph: tribe that believes itself to be culturally Sometime before 1904, human affiliated with the sacred object should remains representing, at minimum, one contact Anne Coats Amati, University of DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR individual were removed from a Denver Department of Anthropology National Park Service mountain cave on an island near and Museum of Anthropology, 2000 E Metlakatla, AK. According to museum Asbury Ave, Sturm 146, Denver, CO Notice of Inventory Completion: documentation, the human remains, 80208, telephone (303) 871–2687, before Kingman Museum, Incorporated, Battle consisting of a mummified head, were March 7, 2012. Repatriation of the Creek, MI; Correction found by two Native American boys and sacred object to the Santa Rosa Indian subsequently collected by Esther Community of the Santa Rosa AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Gibson, an Alaskan missionary. The Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut ACTION: Notice; correction. mummified head was in a burial box Tribe) and the Ione Band of Miwok containing a cedar bark basket used for SUMMARY: This notice corrects the Indians of California may proceed after cremation ashes, a buckskin pouch, and cultural affiliation of the human that date if no additional claimants the scalp of a Caucasian man. Esther come forward. remains of two individuals described in a Notice of Inventory Completion Gibson delivered the human remains The University of Denver Department and funerary objects to Dr. John Harvey of Anthropology and Museum of previously published in the Federal Register (73 FR 20941–20942, Thursday, Kellogg, who donated them to the Anthropology is responsible for Kingman Museum of Natural History in notifying the Berry Creek Rancheria of April 17, 2008), and also corrects the identity of the category of cultural item 1904. No known individuals were Maidu Indians of California; Buena identified. The four associated funerary Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of for a scalp, from human remains to associated funerary object. objects are one burial box, one basket for California; California Valley Miwok cremation ashes, one buckskin pouch, DATES: Representatives of any other Tribe, California; Cedarville Rancheria, and the scalp of a Caucasian man. California; Cher-Ae Heights Indian Indian tribe that believes it has a Paragraph number 6 is corrected by Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, cultural affiliation with the human substituting the following paragraph: California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of remains and associated funerary objects The human remains have been Me-Wuk Indians of California; should contact the Kingman Museum, identified as Native American based on Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians Incorporated at the address below by the museum’s documentation, of California; Federated Indians of March 7, 2012. geographic information, and Graton Rancheria, California; Fort ADDRESSES: Beth Yahne, Kingman consultation evidence. The location of McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes Museum, Inc., 175 Limit Street, Battle the burial is within the historically of the Fort McDermitt Indian Creek, MI 49037, telephone (269) 965– documented territory of the Tlingit Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; 5117. Indians. Based on burial practices and Greenville Rancheria of Maidu Indians SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is the styles of associated funerary objects, of California; Ione Band of Miwok here given in accordance with the the human remains are post-contact, Indians of California; Jackson Rancheria Native American Graves Protection and and likely date to the mid 19th century. of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. Information provided at the time of Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico 3003, of the completion of an inventory consultation indicates that the human Rancheria, California; Mooretown of human remains and associated remains and associated funerary objects Rancheria of Maidu Indians of funerary objects in the possession of are likely to be affiliated to the members California; Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Kingman Museum, Incorporated of the Central Council of Tlingit and Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada; (Kingman Museum), Battle Creek, MI. Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the The human remains and associated Paragraph number 9 is corrected by Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; funerary objects were removed from a substituting the following paragraph: Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada; cave on an island near Metlakatla, AK. Officials of Kingman Museum have Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, This notice is published as part of the determined that: Santa Rosa Indian Community of the National Park Service’s administrative • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), Santa Rosa Rancheria, California (Tachi responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 the human remains described above Yokut Tribe); Shingle Springs Rancheria U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations represent the physical remains of a (Verona Tract), California; Shoshone- in this notice are the sole responsibility minimum of two individuals of Native Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley of the museum, institution or Federal American ancestry. Reservation, Nevada; Susanville Indian agency that has control of the Native • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), Rancheria, California; Tuolumne Band American human remains and the four objects listed above are of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne associated funerary objects. The reasonably believed to have been placed Rancheria of California; United Auburn National Park Service is not responsible with or near individual human remains Indian Community of the Auburn for the determinations in this notice. at the time of death or later as part of Rancheria of California; Walker River the death rite ceremony. Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Consultation • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), Reservation, Nevada; Winnemucca A detailed assessment of the human there is a relationship of shared group Indian Colony of Nevada; and the remains was made by the Kingman identity that can be reasonably traced

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between the mummified head and ADDRESSES: Robert Paynter, Repatriation Rancheria, California; and the Tule associated funerary objects, and the Committee Chair, telephone (413) 545– River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Central Council of Tlingit and Haida 2221, or Rae Gould, Repatriation Reservation, California. Indian Tribes of Alaska. Coordinator, telephone (413) 545–2702, History and Description of the Remains University of Massachusetts, Additional Requestors and Disposition Department of Anthropology, 201 In the early 1900s, two crania were Representatives of any other Indian Machmer Hall, 240 Hicks Way, purchased by Harris Hawthorn Wilder tribe that believes itself to be culturally Amherst, MA 01003. of Smith College, Northampton, MA, from Ward’s Natural Science affiliated with the human remains and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is associated funerary objects should here given in accordance with the Establishment of Rochester, NY, and contact Beth Yahne, Kingman Museum, Native American Graves Protection and became part of the Wilder Collection at Incorporated, 175 Limit Street, Battle Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. Smith College. They were transferred to Creek, MI 49037 telephone (269) 965– 3003, of the completion of an inventory the University of Massachusetts 5117, before March 7, 2012. Repatriation of human remains in the possession of Amherst, Department of Anthropology of the human remains and associated the University of Massachusetts in the 1970s for permanent curation. funerary objects to the Central Council Amherst, Department of Anthropology. Both crania are represented by a of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of The human remains were purchased by complete skull and mandible. No Alaska may proceed after that date if no Harris Hawthorn Wilder of Smith known individuals were identified. No additional claimants come forward. College. They were later transferred to associated funerary objects are present. Ward’s Natural Science The Kingman Museum, Incorporated the University of Massachusetts Establishment, which is still in is responsible for notifying the Central Amherst for permanent curation in the operation today, could not provide Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian 1970s. further information about these two Tribes of Alaska that this notice has This notice is published as part of the individuals. The Rush Rhees library, been published. National Park Service’s administrative which holds the older collection of Dated: January 31, 2012. responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Ward’s materials and catalogs, did not Sherry Hutt, U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in provide any further information either. this notice are the sole responsibility of Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Harris Hawthorn Wilder recorded in his the museum, institution, or Federal [FR Doc. 2012–2522 Filed 2–3–12; 8:45 am] accession books that both skulls were of agency that has control of the Native BILLING CODE P the ‘‘Malkelkos’’ Indians of California. American human remains. The National Multiple lines of evidence, guided by Park Service is not responsible for the tribal consultations, including DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR determinations in this notice. geographic and linguistic sources, maps National Park Service Consultation and oral tradition, verified that the Malkelkos (also known as Mokelko, A detailed assessment of the human [2253–665] Moquelemnes, Moguelemnes, remains was made by the University of Muquelues, Machalumbry and Magnele Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Notice of Inventory Completion: in historical and ethnographic Anthropology professional staff in Department of Anthropology, literature) were Plains Miwok and/or consultation with representatives of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Yokut-speaking people with multiple Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk MA villages concentrated along the Indians of California; California Valley Mokelumne River and Dry Creek, east of AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Miwok Tribe (Sheep Ranch Rancheria of the Suisun Bay, in California. ACTION: Notice. Me-Wuk Indians), California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians, Determinations Made by the University SUMMARY: The University of California; Elem Indian Colony of Pomo of Massachusetts Amherst, Department Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria, of Anthropology Anthropology has completed an California; Federated Indians of Graton Officials of the University of inventory of human remains, in Rancheria (Federated Coast Miwok), consultation with the appropriate Massachusetts Amherst, Department of California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians Anthropology have determined that: Indian tribes, and has determined that of California; Jackson Rancheria of Me- • there is a cultural affiliation between the Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Wuk Indians, California; Middletown human remains described in this notice human remains and present-day Indian Rancheria (Lake Miwok), California; tribes. Representatives of any Indian represent the physical remains of two Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi individuals of Native American tribe that believes itself to be culturally Indians, California; Santa Rosa Indian affiliated with the human remains may ancestry. Community of the Santa Rosa • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there contact the University of Massachusetts Rancheria, California; Shingle Springs is a relationship of shared group Amherst, Department of Anthropology. Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs identity that can be reasonably traced Repatriation of the human remains to Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; between the Native American human the Indian tribes stated below may occur Table Mountain Rancheria, California; remains and The Tribes. if no additional claimants come and the United Auburn Indian forward. Community of the Auburn Rancheria of Additional Requestors and Disposition DATES: Representatives of any Indian California (hereinafter referred to as Representatives of any Indian tribe tribe that believes it has a cultural ‘‘The Tribes’’). Representatives of the that believes itself to be culturally affiliation with the human remains University of Massachusetts Amherst, affiliated with the human remains should contact the University of Department of Anthropology also should contact Robert Paynter, Massachusetts Amherst, Department of contacted the Tuolumne Band of Me- Repatriation Committee Chair, Anthropology at the address below by Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne telephone (413) 545–2221, or Rae March 7, 2012. Rancheria of California; Wilton Gould, Repatriation Coordinator,

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