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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 20 / Monday, February 1, 2010 / Notices 5107

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR bowls, 10 ceramic jars, 1 ceramic scoop, Officials of the Bureau of Indian 15 ceramic sherds, 8 ceramic vessels, 3 Affairs and Arizona State Museum have crystals, 1 mineral object, 2 pendants, determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 63 projectile points, 1 piece of 3001 (9–10), the human remains Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. unidentified raw material, 3 shell described above represent the physical Department of the Interior, Bureau of bracelets, 8 shell bracelet fragments, 20 remains of 158 individuals of Native Indian Affairs, , DC, and shell fragments, 7 shell needle American ancestry. Officials of the Arizona State Museum, University of fragments, 1 shell pendant, 4 lots of Bureau of Indian Affairs and Arizona Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Correction textile fragments, and 1 wood artifact. State Museum also have determined AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. In the Federal Register, paragraph that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), number 9, page 12216, is corrected by the 1,596 objects described above are ACTION: Notice; correction. substituting the following paragraph: reasonably believed to have been placed Notice is here given in accordance At an unknown date, human remains with or near individual human remains with the Native American Graves representing a minimum of one at the time of death or later as part of Protection and Repatriation Act individual were removed by an the death rite or ceremony. Lastly, (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the unknown person from an unknown officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs completion of an inventory of human location, AZ AA:1:-- vicinity, near and Arizona State Museum have remains and associated funerary objects Chuichui and the northern border of the determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. in the control of the U.S. Department of Tohono O’odham , 3001 (2), there is a relationship of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Pinal County, AZ, during construction shared group identity that can be Washington, DC, and in the physical of a fence. The human remains were reasonably traced between the Native custody of the Arizona State Museum, donated to the Arizona State Museum in American human remains and University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. The January 1954. No known individual was associated funerary objects and the Ak human remains and associated funerary identified. The two associated funerary Chin Indian Community of the objects were removed from sites within objects are a ceramic jar in which the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, the boundaries of the Gila Bend Indian cremated human remains had been Arizona; Gila River Indian Community Reservation, San Xavier Indian placed and a ceramic bowl which had of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Reservation, and Tohono O’odham been placed over the jar. Arizona; of Arizona; Salt Indian Reservation in Maricopa, Pima, In the Federal Register, the first full River Pima-Maricopa Indian and Pinal Counties, AZ. paragraph on page 12217 is corrected by Community of the Salt River This notice is published as part of the substituting the following paragraph: Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham National Park Service’s administrative In 1973, human remains representing Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 a minimum of three individuals were Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations removed from site AZ AA:5:30(ASM) in Representatives of any other Indian in this notice are the sole responsibility Pinal County, AZ, during archeological tribe that believes itself to be culturally of the museum, institution, or Federal investigations carried out by the affiliated with the human remains and agency that has control of the Native Arizona State Museum under the associated funerary objects should American human remains and direction of Mark Raab under contract to contact John McClelland, NAGPRA associated funerary objects. The the National Park Service. The human Coordinator, Arizona State Museum, National Park Service is not responsible remains were accessioned into the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ for the determinations in this notice. collections of the Arizona State Museum 85721, telephone (520) 626- 2950, before This notice corrects the minimum in 1973. No known individuals were March 3, 2010. Repatriation of the number of individuals from 155 to 158, identified. No associated funerary human remains and associated funerary and the number of associated funerary objects are present. objects to the Ak Chin Indian objects from 1,545 to 1,596, which were In the Federal Register, paragraph Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) from four collections that were number 18, page 12217, is corrected by Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River published in a Notice of Inventory substituting the following paragraph: Indian Community of the Gila River Completion in the Federal Register (73 From 1930 to 1932, human remains Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe FR 12215- 12219, March 6, 2008). representing a minimum of 25 of Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa In the Federal Register, paragraph individuals were removed from Indian Community of the Salt River number 4, page 12215, is corrected by Martinez Hill Ruin AZ BB:13:3(ASM) on Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham substituting the following paragraph: the San Xavier Indian Reservation, Pima Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the In 1964, human remains representing County, AZ, during legally authorized Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may a minimum of 15 individuals were excavations conducted by the proceed after that date if no additional removed from the Fortified Hill Site (AZ University of Arizona under the claimants come forward. T:13:8[ASM]), Maricopa County, AZ, direction of Byron Cummings. The The Arizona State Museum is during legally authorized excavations human remains were accessioned into responsible for notifying the Ak Chin conducted by the University of Arizona the collections of the Arizona State Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak and Arizona State Museum under the Museum at an unknown date prior to Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila direction of William Wasley. The 1953. No known individuals were River Indian Community of the Gila human remains were accessioned into identified. The 52 associated funerary River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi the collections of the Arizona State objects are 1 awl, 17 beads, 14 ceramic Tribe of Arizona; Salt River Pima- Museum in 1964. No known individuals jars, 3 ceramic pitchers, 7 geode Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt were identified. The 784 associated fragments, 1 lot of hematite, 1 projectile River Reservation, Arizona; Tohono funerary objects are 5 animal bone awls, point, 7 scrapers, and 1 shell necklace. O’odham Nation of Arizona; and Zuni 20 animal bone ornaments, 2 basketry In the Federal Register, paragraph Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New fragments, 516 beads, 3 bone fragments, number 14, page 12218, is corrected by Mexico that this notice has been 78 lots of botanical material, 12 ceramic substituting the following paragraph: published.

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Dated: December 22, 2009 whistle; 3 fragments of worked animal American human remains and Sherry Hutt, bone; 5 small pieces of wood; 5 pieces associated funerary objects and the Manager, National NAGPRA Program. of unmodified animal bone; 1 lot of Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla [FR Doc. 2010–2031 Filed 1–29–10; 8:45 am] small fragments of lead sheeting; 1 Indian Reservation, Oregon; BILLING CODE 4313–50–S distal phalanx of a large bird (probably Confederated Tribes of the Warm an eagle); and 1 lot of small glass trade Springs Reservation of Oregon; and beads in a variety of colors. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Verdigris staining on some of the Yakama Nation, Washington. human remains indicates contact with Representatives of any other Indian National Park Service copper or brass. Some of the funerary tribe that believes itself to be culturally objects are from the historic era and affiliated with the human remains and Notice of Inventory Completion: suggest a burial in the mid to late– associated funerary objects should University of Wyoming, Anthropology 1800s. It is not known if all the objects contact Rick L. Weathermon, NAGPRA Department, Human Remains described above are associated funerary Contact at the University of Wyoming, Repository, Laramie, WY objects or were inadvertently Department 3431, Anthropology, 1000 incorporated into the collection during AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071, storage. However, the University of telephone (307) 766–5136, before March ACTION: Notice. Wyoming, Anthropology Department, 3, 2010. Repatriation of the human Human Remains Repository are treating Notice is here given in accordance remains and associated funerary objects all objects that were found stored with with the Native American Graves to the Confederated Tribes of the the Native American human remains as Protection and Repatriation Act Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; associated funerary objects. (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm The University of Wyoming, Springs Reservation of Oregon; and completion of an inventory of human Anthropology Department, Human remains and associated funerary objects Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Remains Repository determined that the Yakama Nation, Washington may in the possession and control of the human remains are Native American University of Wyoming, Anthropology proceed after that date if no additional based on the presence of platymeric claimants come forward. Department, Human Remains femoral morphology, toothwear Repository, Laramie, WY. The human The University of Wyoming, patterns, the presence of shovel shaped Anthropology Department, Human remains and associated funerary objects incisors, interorbital observations and were removed from the area of The Remains Repository is responsible for cranial deformation patterns, as well as notifying the Confederated Tribes of the Dalles in Oregon. the statements regarding recovery This notice is published as part of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; context made by one of the original Confederated Tribes of the Warm National Park Service’s administrative collectors. Tribal evidence presented for responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Springs Reservation of Oregon; and cultural affiliation is based on review of Confederated Tribes and Bands of the U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations records afforded to the tribes, historic in this notice are the sole responsibility Yakama Nation, Washington that this documented locations of tribal groups notice has been published. of the museum, institution, or Federal and oral histories of their occupation of agency that has control of the Native the general area, and review of the Dated: December 16, 2009 American human remains and information from the Human Remains Sherry Hutt, associated funerary objects. The Repository. Based on this information, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. National Park Service is not responsible the cultural affiliation is to the [FR Doc. 2010–2023 Filed 1–29–10; 8:45 am] for the determinations in this notice. Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla BILLING CODE 4312–50–S A detailed assessment of the human Indian Reservation, Oregon; remains was made by University of Confederated Tribes of the Warm Wyoming, Anthropology Department, Springs Reservation of Oregon; and DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Human Remains Repository Confederated Tribes and Bands of the professional staff in consultation with Yakama Nation, Washington. National Park Service representatives of the Confederated Officials of the University of Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation Wyoming, Anthropology Department, Notice of Inventory Completion: of Oregon, and in conjunction with the Human Remains Repository have University of Nebraska State Museum, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Indian Reservation, Oregon, and 3001 (9–10), the human remains Lincoln, NE Confederated Tribes and Bands of the described above represent the physical AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Yakama Nation, Washington. remains of 18 individuals of Native ACTION: Notice. In the 1930s, human remains American ancestry. Officials also have representing a minimum of 18 determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. Notice is here given in accordance individuals were removed from near 3001 (3)(A), the 22 objects described with the Native American Graves The Dalles in Oregon, by two private above are reasonably believed to have Protection and Repatriation Act citizens of the area after the burial been placed with or near individual (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the locations had been disturbed by earth human remains at the time of death or completion of an inventory of human moving activities associated with later as part of a death rite or ceremony. remains in the possession of the highway construction. No known Lastly, officials of the University of University of Nebraska State Museum, individuals have been identified. The 22 Wyoming, Anthropology Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, associated funerary objects are 1 lot of Human Remains Repository have Lincoln, NE. The human remains were brass, iron wire and nail fragments; 2 determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. removed from Midland County, MI. rolled copper/brass tinklers or tube 3001 (2), there is a relationship of This notice is published as part of the beads; 1 lot of small fragments of shared group identity that can be National Park Service’s administrative window glass; 1 shell bead; 1 bird bone reasonably traced between the Native responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25

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