Federal Register/Vol. 72, No. 106/Monday, June 4, 2007/Notices
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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 106 / Monday, June 4, 2007 / Notices 30823 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR cm. The unio shells measure from 5 cm where the items were likely collected. to 8.5 cm in length. The shell bead, Geographic location is consistent with National Park Service which is perforated with three holes, is the traditional and post–contact roughly rectangular, and measures 2.5 territory of the Confederated Tribes of Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural cm by 3 cm. The sculpted human head the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon. Items: American Museum of Natural is a single stone, which appears to be Officials of the American Museum of History, New York, NY granite and weighs approximately 6.8 kg Natural History have determined that, AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. (or 15 lbs), and features a human face. pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the 67 Mr. Terry acquired the 1 shell or cultural items are reasonably believed to ACTION: Notice. chalk bead, 2 remaining strings of beads have been placed with or near Notice is here given in accordance of mixed composition, 47 serpentine individual human remains at the time of with the Native American Graves beads, and 1 seal head sculpture from death or later as part of the death rite Protection and Repatriation Act Mrs. Kunzie of Umatilla, OR. Mrs. or ceremony and are believed, by a (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent Kunzie had collected the seal head preponderance of the evidence, to have to repatriate cultural items in the sculpture and one string of beads of been removed from a specific burial site possession of the American Museum of mixed composition from the vicinity of of a Native American individual. Natural History, New York, NY, that the Columbia River in Umatilla, OR. Officials of the American Museum of meet the definition of ‘‘unassociated The shell or chalk bead, the other string Natural History also have determined of beads of mixed composition, and funerary objects’’ under 25 U.S.C. 3001. that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), serpentine beads were collected from This notice is published as part of the there is a relationship of shared group unknown locations in Umatilla County, National Park Service’s administrative identity that can be reasonably traced OR. The bead of shell or chalk is discoid responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 between the unassociated funerary in shape and has a diameter of U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations objects and the Confederated Tribes of approximately 1.25 cm. The serpentine in this notice are the sole responsibility the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon. beads range in size, and are discoid, of the museum, institution, or Federal Representatives of any other Indian cylindrical, and rectangular in shape. agency that has control of the cultural tribe that believes itself to be culturally The seal head sculpture is a single piece items. The National Park Service is not affiliated with the unassociated funerary of basalt, weighing approximately 16 kg responsible for the determinations in objects should contact Nell Murphy, (or 35 lbs), and carved with a Director of Cultural Resources, this notice. zoomorphic face. The 67 cultural items are 1 fossil bird American Museum of Natural History, Mr. Terry acquired the pipe and large Central Park West at 79th Street, New bone, 1 carved human face, 8 unio serpentine bead from Mrs. Gordon, who shells, 1 shell bead, 1 bead of shell or York, NY 10024, telephone (212) 769– collected them from the vicinity of the 5837, before July 5, 2007. Repatriation chalk, l large slate bead, 3 strings of Columbia River in Umatilla, OR. The beads of various shell and stone of the unassociated funerary objects to pipe is tubular in shape and is made of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla materials, 1 string of predominately kaolin. The large slate bead is an serpentine beads, 47 serpentine beads, 1 Reservation, Oregon may proceed after ovaloid disc, with a large perforation, that date if no additional claimants sculpted human head, 1 seal head and measures approximately 2.5 by 4 sculpture, and 1 pipe. The three strings come forward. cm. The American Museum of Natural of beads are of mixed composition – Mr. Terry acquired the string of containing approximately 34, 36, and History is responsible for notifying the predominately serpentine beads from Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla over 100 beads respectively. The one Mrs. Terry, his wife, who collected them string of predominately serpentine Reservation, Oregon that this notice has from the vicinity of the Columbia River been published. beads is composed of approximately 35 in Umatilla, OR. beads of serpentine and some shell. The determination that the items Dated: May 14, 2007 Each of these four strings of beads described above are ‘‘unassociated Sherry Hutt, appears to have been strung together funerary objects’’ is based on Manager, National NAGPRA Program. after they had been found and it is information provided during [FR Doc. E7–10713 Filed 6–1–07; 8:45 am] believed that they represent four consultation by representatives of the BILLING CODE 4312–50–S separate pieces. Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla The cultural items were collected or Reservation, Oregon and expert opinion. acquired by James Terry in 1882. The According to museum records, Mr. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR museum acquired all the cultural items Terry indicated that the cultural items from Mr. Terry in 1891 when the he collected himself were from sand National Park Service museum purchased his entire collection dunes of Umatilla, OR. The sand dunes of more than 26,000 items. The museum of Umatilla were unlikely to have been Notice of Inventory Completion: accessioned the items between 1891 and used as habitation sites and are likely to Anthropological Studies Center, 1893. contain burials. The museum also has Archaeological Collections Facility, Mr. Terry collected the 1 fossil bird four sets of human remains that Mr. Sonoma State University, Rohnert bone, 1 carved human face, 8 unio Terry acquired from sand dunes of Park, CA shells, 1 shell bead, 1 of the strings of Umatilla, but which are not associated AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. beads of mixed composition, and 1 with the cultural items described in this ACTION: Notice. sculpted human head from various notice. locations in Umatilla County, OR. The Carved heads, complete tubular pipes, Notice is here given in accordance fossil bird bone is a single broken piece and whole beads tend to be found in with the Native American Graves and approximately 8 cm in length. The burials on the Plateau. The items were Protection and Repatriation Act human face, carved from bone, was likely associated with the Umatilla site, (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the acquired in 7 fragments, measuring a Late Prehistoric to Historic Umatilla completion of an inventory of human between .5 cm by .5 cm and 4 cm by 2.5 village, which is located in the area remains in the possession and control of VerDate Aug<31>2005 20:34 Jun 01, 2007 Jkt 211001 PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\04JNN1.SGM 04JNN1 rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES 30824 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 106 / Monday, June 4, 2007 / Notices the Anthropological Studies Center, an excavation by the Anthropological A.D. 500). The human remains date to Archaeological Collections Facility, Studies Center, conducted for the prehistoric times based on archeological Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Sonoma County Department of Public context, however, the exact age and CA. The human remains were removed Works. Remains identified as human at identity is unknown. The site is within from Marin and Sonoma Counties, CA. the time were re-buried on the site at the the traditional territory of the Coast This notice is published as part of the time of discovery. In 1997, during a Miwok. National Park Service’s administrative NAGPRA inventory, human remains In 1998, the Archaeological responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 thought to be associated with this Collections Facility, Sonoma State U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in individual were identified in museum University determine that while there this notice are the sole responsibility of collections (accession #79–04). No was evidence of a shared group identity the museum, institution, or Federal known individual was identified. No (cultural affiliation) between the human agency that has control of the Native associated funerary objects are present. remains and a particular Indian group, American human remains. The National The human remains date to the human remains were ‘‘culturally Park Service is not responsible for the prehistoric times and are Native unidentifiable’’ since the particular determinations in this notice. American; however, the exact age is Indian group, the Federal Coast Miwok, A detailed assessment of the human unknown. The site is within the was not recognized as an Indian tribe by remains was made by the traditional territory of the Coast Miwok. the United States at that time. The Archaeological Collections Facility staff At an unknown time, human remains Archaeological Collections Facility in consultation with representatives of representing a minimum of two requested that the Native American the Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo individuals were removed from CA– Graves Protection and Repatriation Indians of California; Elem Indian MRN–365, Marin County, CA. The Review Committee recommend Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur human remains were donated to the disposition of the human remains to the Bank Rancheria, California; Federated Archaeological Collections Facility in Federated coast Miwok. On May 21, Indians of Graton Rancheria, California; 1984 or 1985 by the Marin Museum of 1999, the Review Committee’s Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the the American Indian.