61782 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 197 / Thursday, October 11, 2012 / Notices recognized Indian group, that this notice Consultation installation at Chinook Point beginning has been published. A detailed assessment of the human in 1896, was completed in 1904, and Dated: September 11, 2012. remains was made by Washington State became a state park in 1950. During its construction, an undocumented number Sherry Hutt, Parks and Recreation Commission professional staff in consultation with of Native American burials were Manager, National NAGPRA Program. discovered. Since that time, additional [FR Doc. 2012–25048 Filed 10–10–12; 8:45 am] representatives of the Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay burials have been located in BILLING CODE 4312–50–P documented sites surrounding the park Reservation, Washington, and the boundaries. Chinook Nation, Washington (a non- Fort Columbia State Park is located on DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Federally recognized Indian group). The the north bank of the Columbia River, Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis along the eastern leg of Baker Bay, east National Park Service Reservation, Washington, were of Chinook Point and at the base of [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–11269; 2200–1100– contacted by mail and telephone but Scarborough Hill. The lands around 665] declined formal consultation unless Baker Bay and along Chinook Point neither of the aforementioned groups were the aboriginal lands of the lower- Notice of Inventory Completion: made a claim. river Chinook Indians. Scarborough Washington State Parks and History and Description of the Remains Hill, along with Chinook Point, has Recreation Commission, Olympia, WA figured prominently in lower-river Sometime prior to 1958, human Chinook Indian legends and served as AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. remains representing, at minimum, one one of many burial grounds in the area ACTION: Notice. individual were removed from a house for the Indians. Early explorers Captain in the town of Ilwaco, in Pacific County, SUMMARY: Robert Gray (1792), Captain George The Washington State Parks WA. The human remains consist of a and Recreation Commission has Vancouver (1792), and Captains partial cranium. The Ralph Wilson Meriwether Lewis and James Clark completed an inventory of human family discovered the remains under remains, in consultation with the (1805) documented the lower-river their house and donated them to the Chinookan Indians, including their appropriate Indian tribes, and has Washington State Parks and Recreation determined that there is a cultural traditional habitation of the north bank Commission, at Fort Columbia State of the Columbia River during spring and affiliation between the human remains Park. No known individuals were and a present-day Indian tribe. summer months. Throughout the next identified. No associated funerary two centuries, additional Representatives of any Indian tribe that objects are present. believes itself to be culturally affiliated documentation of the lower-river Sometime prior to 1958, human Chinook people was produced by with the human remains may contact remains representing, at minimum, one the Washington State Parks and explorers, pioneers, anthropologists, individual were removed from an and visitors to the region. Based on the Recreation Commission. Repatriation of unknown site located in the town of the human remains to the Indian tribe location of the remains, the Washington Ilwaco, in Pacific County, WA. The State Parks and Recreation Commission stated below may occur if no additional human remains consist of a mandible claimants come forward. has determined that the Chinook and mandibular dentition. Dr. W. Iles Indians, a non-Federally recognized DATES: Representatives of any Indian discovered the remains and donated tribe that believes it has a cultural Indian group, maintains the closest them to the Washington State Parks and cultural and ancestral connection to affiliation with the human remains Recreation Commission, at Fort should contact the Washington State these By the end of the nineteenth Columbia State Park. No known century, lower-river Chinook society Parks and Recreation Commission at the individuals were identified. No address below by November 13, 2012. had been all but decimated, and by associated funerary objects are present. 1900, some of the remaining Chinook ADDRESSES: Alicia Woods, Washington Sometime prior to 2001, human Indians merged with Indians to their State Parks and Recreation Commission, remains representing, at minimum, one north, in the Shoalwater Bay region P.O. Box 42650, Olympia, WA 98504– individual were removed from a site (now named Willapa Bay). Based on this 2650, telephone (360) 902–0939. believed to be located in or near Fort history, the Washington State Parks and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Columbia, in Pacific County, WA. The Recreation Commission has determined here given in accordance with the human remains consist of one nearly that the Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Native American Graves Protection and complete cranium. As the remains were Shoalwater Bay Reservation, Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. located in the Fort Columbia State Park Washington, is the Indian tribe having 3003, of the completion of an inventory collections and were undocumented, the closest shared group identity with of human remains in the possession of they are believed to have originated the human remains. the Washington State Parks and either from Fort Columbia or from one Recreation Commission. The human of three nearby sites. No known Determinations Made by the remains were removed from three individuals were identified. No Washington State Parks and Recreation different locations in Pacific County, associated funerary objects are present. Commission WA. Following examination by a physical Officials of the Washington State This notice is published as part of the anthropologist, the human remains Parks and Recreation Commission have National Park Service’s administrative described above were determined to be determined that: responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 consistent with Native American • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in heritage based cranial and dental human remains described in this notice this notice are the sole responsibility of morphological characteristics. All of the represent the physical remains of three the state agency that has control of the remains were removed from locations individuals of Native American Native American human remains. The near Fort Columbia State Park, in ancestry. National Park Service is not responsible Chinook, Pacific County, WA. Fort • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there for the determinations in this notice. Columbia was built as a U.S. military is a relationship of shared group VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:03 Oct 10, 2012 Jkt 229001 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\11OCN1.SGM 11OCN1 pmangrum on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 197 / Thursday, October 11, 2012 / Notices 61783 identity that can be reasonably traced address, or other personal identifying Register were received by the National between the Native American human information in your comment, you Park Service before September 1, 2012. remains and the Shoalwater Bay Tribe should be aware that your entire Pursuant to section 60.13 of 36 CFR part of the Shoalwater Bay Reservation. comment—including your personal 60, written comments are being identifying information—may be made Additional Requestors and Disposition accepted concerning the significance of publicly available at any time. While the nominated properties under the Representatives of any Indian tribe you can ask us in your comment to National Register criteria for evaluation. that believes itself to be culturally withhold your personal identifying Comments may be forwarded by United affiliated with the human remains information from public review, we should contact Alicia Woods, States Postal Service, to the National cannot guarantee that we will be able to Register of Historic Places, National Washington State Parks and Recreation do so. Commission, P.O. Box 42650, Olympia, Park Service, 1849 C St. NW., MS 2280, WA 98504–2650, telephone (360) 902– Dated: September 12, 2012. Washington, DC 20240; by all other 0939, before November 13, 2012. J. Paul Loether, carriers, National Register of Historic Repatriation of the human remains Chief, National Register of Historic Places/ Places, National Park Service, 1201 Eye jointly to the Shoalwater Bay Tribe of National Historic Landmarks Program. St. NW., 8th floor, Washington, DC the Shoalwater Bay Reservation, 20005; or by fax, 202–371–6447. Written Washington, and the Chinook Nation, a ILLINOIS or faxed comments should be submitted non-Federally recognized Indian group, Peoria County by October 26, 2012. Before including may proceed after that date if no U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, 100 NE. your address, phone number, email additional claimants come forward. Monroe St., Peoria, 12000878 address, or other personal identifying The Washington State Parks and MINNESOTA information in your comment, you Recreation Commission is responsible should be aware that your entire for notifying the Confederated Tribes of Otter Tail County comment—including your personal the Chehalis Reservation, Washington; United States Post Office and Courthouse, identifying information—may be made the Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the 118 S. Mill St., Fergus Falls, 12000879 publicly available at any time. While Shoalwater