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artifact assemblage to be consistent with The Department of Anthropology, removed from the Etowah Mounds, possible associated funerary objects University of Massachusetts, Amherst is Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic from Ceramic Period burials in Maine. responsible for notifying Amherst Site (9BR1) in Bartow County, GA. No The Aroostook Band of Micmac College and Smith College, and the known individuals were identified. The Indians of Maine, Houlton Band of Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians of 187,060 associated funerary objects are Maliseet Indians of Maine, Maine, Houlton Band of Maliseet 1 anvil fragment; 10 bone awls/ Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine, and Indians of Maine, Passamaquoddy Tribe fragments; 3 stone axes; 129 copper Penobscot Tribe of Maine, represented of Maine, Penobscot Tribe of Maine, and symbol badges/fragments; 6 woven cane by the Wabanaki Intertribal Repatriation Wabanaki Intertribal Repatriation basket fragments; 4 tortoise shell batons; Committee, a non-Federally recognized Committee, a non-Federally recognized 2 bone beads; 1 clay bead; 19 copper Indian group, are widely recognized as Indian group, that this notice has been covered wooden beads/fragments; 1 having a shared cultural relationship published. copper bead; 1 blue glass bead; 8,273 with the people of the Ceramic Period Dated: March 12, 2009 pearl beads; 159,572 shell beads; 5 of Maine (2,000 B.P. to European wooden beads; 11 stone blades; 2 contact). Sherry Hutt, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. copper covered wooden bodkins; 38 Officials of the Department of shell bowls/fragments; 1 wooden bowl; Anthropology, University of [FR Doc. E9–6508 Filed 3–24–09; 8:45 am] 11 copper celts; 1 iron celt; 22 stone Massachusetts, Amherst have BILLING CODE 4312–50–S celts/fragments; 2 indeterminate celts; 6 determined that pursuant to 25 U.S.C. chunkey stones; 3 copper covered wood 3001 (9–10), the human remains coils; 2 chert core; 23 quartz crystals; 42 described above represent the physical DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR daub samples; 36 ceramic discs; 64 mica remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the National Park Service discs; 7 shell discs; 6 stone discs; 5 Department of Anthropology, University wooden discs; 2 stone drills; 54 copper Notice of Inventory Completion: of Massachusetts, Amherst also have covered ear discs; 2 mica ear discs; 1 Georgia Department of Natural determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. shell ear disc (nos. 3 & 4); 1 ear disc of Resources, Atlanta, GA 3001 (3)(A), the 128 objects described undocumented material; 2 wooden ear discs; 1 clay ear ornament; 1 copper ear above are reasonably believed to have AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. spool; 2 painted stone figures; 50 been placed with or near individual ACTION: Notice. human remains at the time of death or charcoal samples; 75 ethnobotanical later as part of the death rite or Notice is here given in accordance remains; 567 cane matting; 3,957 faunal ceremony. Lastly, officials of the with the Native American Graves remains; 6 split cane fragments; 6 fabric/ Department of Anthropology, University Protection and Repatriation Act cloth fragments; 1 fur fragment; 567 hair of Massachusetts, Amherst have (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the fragments; 3 leather fragments; 3 determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. completion of an inventory of human miscellaneous mixed fur/leather/fabric 3001 (2), there is a relationship of remains and associated funerary objects fibers; 2 strings; 3 fibers; 1 bone fish shared group identity that can in the possession of the Georgia hook; 233 stone flakes; 24 copper reasonably be traced between the Native Department of Natural Resources, fragments; 10 unfired clay samples; 8 American human remains and the Atlanta, GA. The human remains and clay samples; 19 pigment samples; 4 soil associated funerary objects and the associated funerary objects were samples; 291 stones; 7 copper gorgets/ Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians of removed from Bartow County, GA. fragments; 39 shell gorgets/fragments; Maine, Houlton Band of Maliseet This notice is published as part of the 23 copper hair ornaments; 1 tortoise Indians of Maine, Passamaquoddy Tribe National Park Service’s administrative shell hair ornament; 5 hammerstone; 2 of Maine, and Penobscot Tribe of Maine, responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 copper headdresses; 2 mica headdress represented by the Wabanaki Intertribal U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations pieces; 13 fragments from a headdress; Repatriation Committee, a non- in this notice are the sole responsibility 1 wooden headdress fragment; 11 shell Federally recognized Indian group. of the museum, institution, or Federal hoes; 3 stone knives; 1 plaster cast of a Representatives of any other Indian agency that has control of the Native log; 23 copper-covered wooden mask tribe that believes itself to be culturally American human remains and fragments; 1 shell mask; 2 pieces of cane affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary objects. The matting; 6 plaster casts of cane matting; associated funerary objects should National Park Service is not responsible 1 nutting stone; 1 baked clay cylinder- contact Robert Paynter, Repatriation for the determinations in this notice. shaped object; 61 copper ornaments; Committee Chair, Department of A detailed assessment of the human 199 decorations/ornaments/fragments; 4 Anthropology, University of remains was made by the Georgia sun symbols; 17 tortoise shell Massachusetts, 201 Machmer Hall, 240 Department of Natural Resources ornaments/fragments; 7 stone paint Hicks Way, Amherst, MA 01003, professional staff in consultation with palettes; 22 shell pendants; 13 bone telephone (413)545–2221, before April representatives of the Alabama- pins/fragments; 1 copper covered 24, 2009. Repatriation of the human Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma; wooden pin; 2 ear pins of remains and associated funerary objects Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of undocumented material; 12 shell ear to the Aroostook Band of Micmac North Carolina; Kialegee Tribal Town, pins/fragments; 1 tortoise shell pin; 3 Indians of Maine, Houlton Band of Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation, ear disc pins; 3 wooden pins; 13 Maliseet Indians of Maine, Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek ceramic pipes/fragments; 1 pipe Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine, and Indians of Alabama; Thlopthlocco fragment; 6 stone pipes; 12 copper Penobscot Tribe of Maine, represented Tribal Town, Oklahoma; and United plates; 4 polished stones; 13 antler by the Wabanaki Intertribal Repatriation Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in projectile points; 4 bone projectile Committee, a non-Federally recognized Oklahoma. points; 37 stone projectile points/ Indian group, may proceed after that In 1954–61, 1962, 1964–65, and 1972– knives; 2 quartz crystals; 10 wooden date if no additional claimants come 73, human remains representing a rattle fragments; 1 stone ring; 2 logs; forward. minimum of 404 individuals were 1,348 shells/fragments; 10,791 ceramic

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sherds; 10 shell spoons/fragments; 1 individual human remains at the time of (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the wooden tablet; 19 bone tools; 1 polished death or later as part of the death rite completion of an inventory of human bone tube; 3 samples of unidentified or ceremony. Lastly, officials of the remains in the possession of the material; 27 ceramic vessels; 1 sample of Georgia Department of Natural Northwest Museum (formerly Maxey material from inside of a copper covered Resources have determined that, Museum), Whitman College, Walla coiled wooden object; 41 wood/ pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is Walla, WA. The human remains were fragments; 1 worked shell; and 20 a relationship of shared group identity removed from Walla Walla County, WA. miscellaneous worked stone/fragments. that can be reasonably traced between This notice is published as part of the The excavations at the site were the Native American human remains National Park Service’s administrative primarily conducted at an area currently and associated funerary objects and the responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 identified as ‘‘Mound C,’’ which had Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations previously been partially excavated by Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town, in this notice are the sole responsibility other agencies, at the edge of Mound B Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation, of the museum, institution, or Federal and in the ‘‘Village Area’’ of the 52–acre Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek agency that has control of the Native historic site. Radiocarbon studies Indians of Alabama; and Thlopthlocco American human remains. The National indicate that the burials date from A.D. Tribal Town, Oklahoma. Park Service is not responsible for the 800 to 1400. The site is normally Representatives of any other Indian determinations in this notice. identified as a ‘‘Mississippi Site’’ that tribe that believes itself to be culturally A detailed assessment of the human dates from A.D. 900 to 1550. There is no affiliated with the human remains and/ remains was made by the Whitman absolute archeological proof that links or associated funerary objects should College and Northwest Museum the site with any modern day Indian contact Dr. David Crass, State professional staff in consultation with tribe. Evidence in the form of historical Archaeologist, Department of Natural representatives of the Confederated documents, early maps, and a listing of Resources, Historic Preservation Tribes of the Umatilla Indian common lifeway traits were presented Division, 34 Peachtree Street NW, Suite Reservation, Oregon. by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of 1600, Atlanta, GA 30303, telephone On an unknown date, human remains Oklahoma, Poarch Band of Creeks, (404) 656–9344, before April 24, 2009. representing a minimum of one Kialegee Tribal Town, Thlopthlocco Repatriation of the human remains and individual were removed from a home Tribal Town, and Alabama-Quassarte associated funerary objects to the site in Walla Walla, Walla Walla Tribal Town during consultation. Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, County, WA. In 1929, the human Similar information was presented by Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town, remains were donated to the Northwest the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Museum at Whitman College by Mr. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek Emory Frank (WHIT–X–0008; Old Cat. United Keetowah Band of Cherokee Indians of Alabama; and Thlopthlocco No. 540, 5743 and WHIT–XX–0049; Old Cat. No. 5743). No known individual Indians, who occupied the Bartow Tribal Town, Oklahoma may proceed was identified. No associated funerary County area at the time of forced after that date if no additional claimants removal (A.D. 1838). However, the objects are present. come forward. According to museum records, the Cherokee do not have a shared group The Georgia Department of Natural human remains were identified as relationship to the Native American Resources is responsible for notifying Indian, and were found buried in a human remains described in this notice, the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, sitting position. The human remains are as the Cherokee were not present in the Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee determined to be Native American area prior to approximately A.D. 1450, Indians of North Carolina; Kialegee based on skeletal morphology, as well as which post-dates the burials at Etowah. Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee The results of the consultation and on museum records of the provenience. (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; Poarch Band The city of Walla Walla is within the studies with the tribes, have determined of Creek Indians of Alabama; that there is a reasonable belief of a ceded lands of the Confederated Tribes Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma; of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, shared group identity between the and United Keetoowah Band of Native American human remains and Oregon. The ceded land of the Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla associated funerary objects from the notice has been published. Etowah Mounds and the modern Indian Reservation extends over 6.4 Muscogeean (Creek) Tribes. The Dated: March 2, 2009 million acres in eastern Oregon and Muscogeean (Creek) Tribes are Sherry Hutt, southeast Washington, and was represented by the Alabama-Quassarte Manager, National NAGPRA Program. occupied by the Weyiiletpu. Walla Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal [FR Doc. E9–6507 Filed 3–24–09; 8:45 am] Walla is in an area that the Pasxapu Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) BILLING CODE 4312–50–S band of the Weyiiletpu used for winter Nation, Oklahoma; Poarch Band of quarters. The Walla Walla River and its Creek Indians of Alabama; and tributaries is where they fished for Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR salmon and gathered foods and Officials of the Georgia Department of medicines along the river banks and Natural Resources have determined that, National Park Service ridges. The Pasxapu summers were pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the spent hunting, fishing, and gathering human remains described above Notice of Inventory Completion: foods and medicines in the adjacent represent the physical remains of 404 Northwest Museum, Whitman College, Blue Mountains. Consultation evidence individuals of Native American Walla Walla, WA from tribal representatives of the ancestry. Officials of the Georgia AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Department of Natural Resources also ACTION: Notice. Indian Reservation further supports this have determined that, pursuant to 25 evidence of occupation. Descendants of U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 187,060 objects Notice is here given in accordance the Walla Walla (Waluulapam), described above are reasonably believed with the Native American Graves Umatilla (Imatalamlama), and Cayuse to have been placed with or near Protection and Repatriation Act (Weyiiletpu) tribes that are enrolled in

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