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Native American human remains ranged along the entire Oregon coast Dated: January 26, 2009 described in this notice were excavated and Coast Range, inland to the main Sherry Hutt, under an Antiquities Act permit by the divide of the Cascade Range and south Manager, National NAGPRA Program. University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, on to the Rogue River watershed. The [FR Doc. E9–5338 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] Army Corps of Engineers project lands. principal tribes include the Clatsop, BILLING CODE 4312–50–S Following excavations at the site Chinook, Klickitat, Molala, Kalapuya, described below, and under the Tillamook, Alsea, Siuslaw/Lower provisions of the permit, the University Umpqua, Coos, Coquille, Upper DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR of Oregon retained the human remains Umpqua, Tututni, Chetco, Tolowa, for preservation. Takelma or Upper Rogue River, Galice/ National Park Service In 1950, human remains representing Applegate, and Shasta. The ancestors of one individual were removed from site these tribes spoke at least 10 different Notice of Inventory Completion: 35–LA–282, also known as the Perkins base languages, many with strong Bureau of Indian Affairs, Great Plains Peninsula Site, Lane, OR, during dialectic divisions even within the same Regional Office, Aberdeen, SD excavations by the University of Oregon language. In general, five linguistic AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. prior to construction of the proposed stocks – Salish, Yakonan, Kusan, ACTION: Notice. Fern Ridge Reservoir. No known Takelman, and Athapascan – are individual was identified. No associated represented by the tribes. The tribes Notice is here given in accordance funerary objects are present. were forcibly removed from their Site 35–LA–282 is believed to have with the Native American Graves homelands in 1855 by the U.S. been used as a habitation site during an Protection and Repatriation Act Government and placed on the Siletz undetermined prehistoric period based (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the on the presence of features and artifacts and Grand Ronde reservations. After completion of an inventory of human observed within the site. No evidence of having their tribal status terminated remains and associated funerary object a formal burial with associated funerary from federal recognition in 1954, the in the possession of the Bureau of objects was found at the site. Based on Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indian Affairs, Great Plains Regional the location of the human remains Reservation, Oregon were officially Office, Aberdeen, SD. The human within the site, the individual has been restored in 1977. remains and associated funerary object determined to be Native American. Officials of the U.S. Army Corps of were removed from Buffalo and Hughes Ethnographic records suggest the area Engineers, Portland District have Counties, SD. surrounding site 35–LA–282 was likely determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. This notice is published as part of the occupied by Kalapuya bands during the 3001 (9–10), the human remains National Park Service’s administrative early Contact Period. Site 35–LA–282 is described above represent the physical responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 within or near the traditional lands of remains of one individual of Native U.S.C. 3003 (3)(d). The determinations Kalapuyan peoples whose descendants American ancestry. Officials of the U.S. in this notice are the sole responsibility are culturally affiliated with the present- Army Corps of Engineers, Portland of the museum, institution, or Federal day members of the Confederated Tribes District also have determined that, agency that has control of the Native of the Grand Ronde Community of pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is American human remains and Oregon and/or Confederated Tribes of a relationship of shared group identity associated funerary object. The National the Siletz Reservation, Oregon. that can be reasonably traced between Park Service is not responsible for the The Confederated Tribes of the Grand the Native American human remains determinations in this notice. Ronde Community of Oregon include at and the Confederated Tribes of the A detailed assessment of the human least 26 tribes and bands whose Grand Ronde Community of Oregon remains was made by the South Dakota ancestral homelands span across and/or Confederated Tribes of the Siletz State Historical Society-Archaeological western Oregon, southwestern Reservation, Oregon. Research Center professional staff under Washington and northern California. the direction of the Bureau of Indian The Grand Ronde tribes and bands Representatives of any other Indian Affairs, Great Plains Regional Office include the Rogue River, Umpqua, tribe that believes itself to be culturally staff in consultation with Chasta, Kalapuya, Molala, Clackamas, affiliated with the human remains representatives of the Three Affiliated Salmon River, Tillamook, and Nestucca, should contact Daniel Mulligan, Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, as well as other smaller groups. At the NAGPRA Coordinator, Environmental North Dakota. time of contact, the individual groups Resources Branch, U.S. Army Corps of In 1986, human remains representing spoke 30 dialects of the Athapascan, Engineers, Portland District, P.O. Box a minimum of one individual were Chinookan, Kalapuyan, Takelman, 2946, Portland, OR 97208–2946, removed from a cache pit at the Twin Molalan, Sahaptin, Salishan, and telephone (503) 808–4768, before April or Lillian All Arounds Village, Shastan language families. In 1856– 13, 2009. Repatriation of the human 39BF206/87–131, Buffalo County, SD, 1857, the U.S. Government forcibly remains to the Confederated Tribes of by The Archeology Lab-Augustana relocated the Grand Ronde peoples to the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon College personnel during improvements the Grand Ronde Reservation at the and/or Confederated Tribes of the Siletz to the Jennessee Road. The human headwaters of the South Yamhill River Reservation, Oregon may proceed after remains were curated at the South in Yamhill and Polk Counties, OR. The that date if no additional claimants Dakota State Historical Society- Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde come forward. Archaeological Research Center in Community of Oregon were first The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rapid City, SD. No known individual incorporated in 1935, terminated from Portland District is responsible for was identified. No associated funerary federal recognition in 1954, and restored notifying the Confederated Tribes of the objects are present. with tribal recognition in 1983. Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and The manner of burial suggests that the The Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Confederated Tribes of the Siletz human remains are associated with the Reservation, Oregon are a confederation Reservation, Oregon that this notice has Extended Coalescent Period (A.D. 1500– of 30 bands whose ancestral territory been published. A.D. 1675). Based on archeological,

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geographical and physical Great Plains Regional Office for (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the anthropological data, the Extended repatriation of the human remains and completion of an inventory of human Coalescent Period is most likely one associated funerary object from the remains and associated funerary objects culturally related with the Arikara Indian School and Twin or Lillian All in the control of the County of Tribe. Arounds Villages. Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, TX. The In 1989 and 1990, human remains Officials of the Bureau of Indian human remains and associated funerary representing a minimum of 16 Affairs have determined that, pursuant objects were removed from individuals were removed from burial to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human Nacogdoches County, TX. and cache pits at the Indian School remains described above represent the This notice is published as part of the Village, 39HU10/90–96, Hughes County, physical remains of 21 individuals of National Park Service’s administrative SD, by The Archeology Lab-Augustana Native American ancestry. Officials of responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 College personnel during construction the Bureau of Indian Affairs also have U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations of a dining hall and waterlines. The determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. in this notice are the sole responsibility human remains are curated at the 3001 (3) (A), the one object described of the museum, institution, or Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs office. No above is reasonably believed to have agency that has control of the Native known individuals were identified. No been placed with or near individual American human remains and associated funerary objects are present. human remains at the time of death or associated funerary objects. The In 1977, human remains representing later as part of the death rite or National Park Service is not responsible a minimum of four individuals were ceremony. Lastly, officials of the Bureau for the determinations in this notice. removed from cache and burial pits at of Indian Affairs have determined that, A detailed assessment of the human the Indian School Village, 39HU10/94– pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), a remains was made by the County of 245, Hughes County, SD, by South relationship of shared group identity Nacogdoches through the services of Dakota State Historical Society- can reasonably be traced between the qualified preservation professionals in Archaeological Research Center Native American human remains and consultation with representatives of the personnel. The human remains were the associated funerary object and the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. recovered during salvage excavations Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort In 2004, human remains representing following disturbance by construction of Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. a minimum of five individuals were a housing development. The human Representatives of any other Indian removed from 41NA231, also known as remains were curated at the tribe that believes itself to be culturally the Tallow Grove site, in the Lake Archaeological Research Center in affiliated with the human remains and Naconiche project area, Nacogdoches Rapid City. No known individuals were associated funerary object should County, TX. The removal was associated identified. The one associated funerary contact Paul Hofmann, Chief, Division with archeological data recovery in an object is bark matting that covered one of Environment, Safety and Cultural area to be impacted by construction of the burials. Resources, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 115 and/or operation of Lake Naconiche. All The manner of the burials suggests 4th Ave. SE, MC208, Aberdeen, SD human remains and associated funerary that the human remains are associated 57401, telephone (605) 226–7656, before objects have been in the custody of the with the Extended (A.D. 1500–A.D. April 13, 2009. Repatriation of the principal investigator. No known 1675) and Post-Contact Coalescent (A.D. human remains and associated funerary individuals were identified. The four 1675–A.D. 1750) Periods. Based on object to the Three Affiliated Tribes of associated funerary objects are two archeological, geographical and physical the Fort Berthold Reservation, North bowls and two jars. The Tallow Grove site, 41NA231, is a anthropological data, the Extended and Dakota may proceed after that date if no Post-Contact Coalescent Periods are Middle Caddo Period habitation on a additional claimants come forward. late Holocene terrace near Naconiche most likely culturally related with the The Bureau of Indian Affairs, Great Creek. The temporal context is Arikara Tribe. Plains Regional Office is responsible for A physical anthropological supported by recovered temporally notifying the Three Affiliated Tribes of assessment of the human remains diagnostic artifacts, radiocarbon the Fort Berthold Reservation, North resulted in a determination that the analyses, and oxidizable carbon ratio Dakota that this notice has been individuals are most likely Native dates. The main occupation of the site published. American. An evaluation by the South took place between the early part of the Dakota State Historical Society- Dated: February 3, 2009 13th century and approximately A.D. Archaeological Research Center Sherry Hutt, 1480, and was preceded by an earlier professional staff under the direction of Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Woodland Period occupation that dates the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Great [FR Doc. E9–5328 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] from 110 B.C. to A.D. 435. None of the Plains Regional Office staff on the BILLING CODE 4312–50–S radiocarbon-dated features are earlier manner and location of the burials and than the Middle Caddo Period. The type of associated funerary object, also small cemetery (approximately 8 x 6 supports an identification of the human DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR meters), situated near the remnants of remains as Native American and most several structures, and an extensive likely culturally identifiable as Arikara. National Park Service midden deposit and outdoor work area, The Arikara Tribe is part of the Mandan, contained the five burials with Hidatsa and Arikara Nation that Notice of Inventory Completion: preserved human remains, one burial comprises the Three Affiliated Tribes of County of Nacogdoches, pit with no preserved human remains the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Nacogdoches, TX but with unassociated funerary objects, Dakota. AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. and two other burial pits with neither In June 2008, the Mandan, Hidatsa, ACTION: Notice. preserved human remains nor funerary and Arikara Nation of the Three objects. The mortuary practices and Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Notice is here given in accordance types of associated funerary objects are Reservation, North Dakota submitted a with the Native American Graves consistent with the traditions of the request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Protection and Repatriation Act Caddo Indian peoples. Preserved

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