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Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort is ‘‘European,’’ the museum catalog telephone (212) 769–5837, before March Hall Reservation of Idaho that this states that the human remains are 24, 2006. Repatriation of the human notice has been published. believed to be from a Narragansett remains to the Narragansett Indian Tribe Dated: January 31, 2006. Indian burial. In consultation, of Rhode Island may proceed after that representatives of the Narragansett C. Timothy McKeown, date if no additional claimants come Indian Tribe of Rhode Island have forward. Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. advised that they consider the human The American Museum of Natural [FR Doc. E6–2445 Filed 2–21–06; 8:45 am] remains to be culturally affiliated with History is responsible for notifying the BILLING CODE 4312–50–S the tribe. They further noted that the Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Narragansett have occupied Prudence Island that this notice has been Island for thousands of years and had published. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR used it as a burial ground. Although no Dated: January 27, 2006. specific archeological information has National Park Service C. Timothy McKeown, been found that pertains to the duration Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Notice of Inventory Completion: of Narragansett use of this island, the [FR Doc. E6–2443 Filed 2–21–06; 8:45 am] American Museum of Natural History, archeological record indicates a lengthy New York, NY period of continuity in the general area. BILLING CODE 4312–50–S About 1910, human remains AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. representing a minimum of three ACTION: Notice. individuals were collected by an DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR unknown person one half mile from National Park Service Notice is here given in accordance Ninigret Fort, Dutch Point, near with the Native American Graves Charlestown, County, RI. Notice of Inventory Completion: Protection and Repatriation Act The American Museum of Natural (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the American Museum of Natural History, History received the human remains as New York, NY completion of an inventory of human a gift in 1935 from William B. Goodwin, remains in the possession of the who acquired them from the owner of AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. American Museum of Natural History, the land on which they were found. No ACTION: Notice. New York, NY. The human remains known individuals were identified. No were removed from Newport and associated funerary objects are present. Notice is here given in accordance Washington Counties, RI. The human remains have been with the Native American Graves This notice is published as part of the identified as Native American based on Protection and Repatriation Act National Park Service’s administrative geographic location and historical (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 evidence. Museum records suggest that completion of an inventory of human U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations the human remains date to the remains in the possession of the in this notice are the sole responsibility postcontact period. Fort Ninigret and American Museum of Natural History, of the museum, institution, or Federal the area around Charlestown are New York, NY. The human remains agency that has control of the Native associated with the postcontact Niantic were removed from Pacific County, WA. American human remains. The National Tribe. In 1675, the Narragansett Indians This notice is published as part of the Park Service is not responsible for the merged with the Niantic Indians living National Park Service’s administrative determinations in this notice. in Charlestown; this combined group responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 A detailed assessment of the human took the name Narragansett, now the U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations remains was made by American Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode in this notice are the sole responsibility Museum of Natural History professional Island. During consultation, the of the museum, institution, or Federal staff in consultation with Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode agency that has control of the Native representatives of the Narragansett Island claimed this area as part of their American human remains. The National Indian Tribe of Rhode Island. aboriginal territory. Park Service is not responsible for the Prior to 1907, human remains Officials of the American Museum of determinations in this notice. representing a minimum of one Natural History have determined that, A detailed assessment of the human individual were collected by an pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the remains was made by American unknown person from Prudence Island, human remains described above Museum of Natural History professional Newport County, RI. The American represent the physical remains of a staff in consultation with Museum of Natural History received the minimum of four individuals of Native representatives of the Confederated human remains from Dr. Robert American ancestry. Officials of the Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Cushman Murphy as a gift in 1953. No American Museum of Natural History Nation of the Yakama Reservation, known individual was identified. No also have determined that, pursuant to Washington; Confederated Tribes of the associated funerary objects are present. 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a Chehalis Reservation, Washington; This individual has been identified as relationship of shared group identity Confederated Tribes of the Colville Native American based on geographic that can be reasonably traced between Reservation, Washington; Jamestown and documentary evidence and on the Native American human remains S’Klallam Tribe of Washington; Lower information obtained in consultation. and the Narragansett Indian Tribe of Elwha Tribal Community of the Lower The human remains are associated with Rhode Island. Elwha Reservation, Washington; Makah the culture name ‘‘Narragansett,’’ and Representatives of any other Indian Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian the Museum has determined that they tribe that believes itself to be culturally Reservation, Washington; Port Gamble are likely culturally affiliated with the affiliated with the human remains Indian Community of the Port Gamble Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode should contact Nell Murphy, Director of Reservation, Washington; Quinault Island. Although museum Cultural Resources, American Museum Tribe of the Quinault Reservation, documentation and visual osteological of Natural History, Central Park West at Washington; Samish Indian Tribe, assessment suggest that this individual 79th Street, New York, NY 10024–5192, Washington; Shoalwater Bay Tribe of

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the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation, requirements established by the Stillaguamish Tribe of Washington; Washington; of Antiquities Act of 1906. Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish the Skokomish Reservation, Officials of the American Museum of Reservation, Washington; Tribes Washington; Stillaguamish Tribe of Natural History have determined that, of the Tulalip Reservation, Washington; Washington; Tulalip Tribes of the pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the and Upper Skagit Indian Tribe of Tulalip Reservation, Washington; and human remains described above Washington that this notice has been Upper Skagit Indian Tribe of represent the physical remains of a published. minimum of eight individuals of Native Washington. The American Museum of Dated: January 27, 2006. Natural History also contacted the American ancestry. Officials of the C. Timothy McKeown, following Indian tribes for consultation, American Museum of Natural History, but received no response: the also have determined that, pursuant to Acting Manager, National NAPGRA Program. Confederated Tribes of the Warm 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a [FR Doc. E6–2447 Filed 2–21–06; 8:45 am] Springs Reservation of Oregon; Hoh relationship of shared group identity BILLING CODE 4312–50–S Indian Tribe of the Hoh Indian that can be reasonably traced between Reservation, Washington; Tribe the Native American human remains of the Lummi Reservation, Washington; and the Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation, Indian Tribe of the National Park Service Muckleshoot Reservation, Washington; Washington. Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually Representatives of any other Indian Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Reservation, Washington; Nooksack tribe that believes itself to be culturally Department of the Interior, Indian Arts Indian Tribe of Washington; Puyallup affiliated with the human remains and Crafts Board, Sioux Indian Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, should contact Nell Murphy, Director of Museum, Rapid City, SD Washington; Quileute Tribe of the Cultural Resources, American Museum Quileute Reservation, Washington; of Natural History, Central Park West at AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 79th Street, New York, NY 10024–5192, of the Squaxin ACTION: Notice. Island Reservation, Washington; and telephone (212) 769–5837, before March Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish 24, 2006. Repatriation of the human Notice is here given in accordance Reservation, Washington. remains to the Shoalwater Bay Tribe of with the Native American Graves At an unknown date, human remains the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation, Protection and Repatriation Act representing a minimum of eight Washington may proceed after that date (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the individuals were removed from if no additional claimants come completion of an inventory of human Tokeland, on Shoalwater Bay, Pacific forward. remains in the possession of the Sioux The American Museum of Natural County, WA, by Harlan I. Smith, during Indian Museum, Indian Arts and Crafts History is responsible for notifying the the Jesup North Pacific Expedition. The Board. The human remains were Confederated Tribes and Bands of the museum has no record of whether Mr. removed from an unknown location. Smith purchased or excavated the Yakama Indian Nation of the Yakama Reservation, Washington; Confederated This notice is published as part of the human remains. In 1899, the museum National Park Service’s administrative accessioned the human remains. No Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 known individuals were identified. No Washington; Confederated Tribes of the U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations associated funerary objects are present. Colville Reservation, Washington; According to museum records, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm in this notice are the sole responsibility human remains were found in Springs Reservation of Oregon; Hoh of the museum, institution, or Federal ‘‘camphor boxes’’ imported from China Indian Tribe of the Hoh Indian agency that has control of the Native during the postcontact period. Reservation, Washington; Jamestown American human remains. The National Published literature and consultation S’Klallam Tribe of Washington; Lower Park Service is not responsible for the information from the tribe indicate that Elwha Tribal Community of the Lower determinations in this notice. burial in Chinese boxes is consistent Elwha Reservation, Washington; Lummi A detailed assessment of the human with the postcontact burial practices of Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, remains was made by the Sioux Indian the Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Washington; Makah Indian Tribe of the Museum’s professional staff in Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation, Makah Indian Reservation, Washington; consultation with representatives of the Washington. Based on locale and Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. manner of interment, the human Muckleshoot Reservation, Washington; At an unknown date, human remains remains have been identified as Native Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually representing a minimum of one American dating to the postcontact Reservation, Washington; Nooksack individual were removed from an period. The geographic origin of the Indian Tribe of Washington; Port unknown location. The human remains human remains is consistent with the Gamble Indian Community of the Port consist of a scalp lock and were postcontact territory of the Shoalwater Gamble Reservation, Washington; acquired from Turning Bear by John A. Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Anderson of Rapid City, SD. Mr. Reservation, Washington and is within Reservation, Washington; Quileute Anderson identified the scalp as that of the boundaries of the present-day Tribe of the Quileute Reservation, a Pawnee Indian that had been taken by Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation. Washington; Quinault Tribe of the a Sioux Indian. In 1938, the Bureau of Although the lands from which the Quinault Reservation, Washington; Indian Affairs purchased Mr. human remains were removed are Samish Indian Tribe, Washington; Anderson’s collection of artifacts and currently under the jurisdiction of the Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater photographs for its Sioux Indian U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau Bay Indian Reservation, Washington; Museum. The Sioux Indian Museum of Indian Affairs, the American Museum Skokomish Indian Tribe of the was transferred to the Indian Arts and of Natural History has control of the Skokomish Reservation, Washington; Crafts Board in 1956. No known human remains since their removal Squaxin Island Tribe of the Squaxin individual was identified. No associated from tribal land predates the permit Island Reservation, Washington; funerary objects are present.

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