Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 47 / Thursday, March 12, 2009 / Notices 10759

The notice published in the Federal ancestry. Officials of the Officials of the Dated: February 4, 2009 Register (63 FR 49025–49026, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Sherry Hutt, September 18, 1997) is corrected by Service, Coronado National Forest also Manager, National NAGPRA Program. substituting paragraphs 7–9 with the have determined that, pursuant to 25 [FR Doc. E9–5336 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] following: U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 1,318 objects BILLING CODE 4312–50–S Between 1979 and 1980, human described above are reasonably believed remains representing 193 individuals to have been placed with or near were recovered from 11 prehistoric sites individual human remains at the time of DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR within the ANAMAX-Rosemont Project death or later as part of the death rite in the Santa Rita Mountains, Coronado National Park Service or ceremony. Lastly, officials of the National Forest, Pima County, AZ, during legally authorized excavations by Officials of the U.S. Department of Notice of Inventory Completion for the Arizona State Museum, University Agriculture, Forest Service, Coronado Native American Human Remains and of Arizona. No known individuals were National Forest have determined that, Associated Funerary Objects in the identified. The 1,318 associated pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is Possession of the Peabody Museum of funerary objects include ceramic bowls a relationship of shared group identity Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard and jars; pottery sherds; shell, bone and that can be reasonably traced between University, Cambridge, MA; Correction turquoise ornaments; bone and stone the Native American human remains AGENCY: tools; projectile point and groundstone. and associated funerary objects and the National Park Service, Interior. Based on architecture, material Ak-Chin Indian Community of the ACTION: Notice; correction. culture and site organization, the 11 Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, sites within the ANAMAX-Rosemont Notice is here given in accordance Arizona; Gila River Indian Community with the Native American Graves Project have been identified as Pre- of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Classic Hohokam village occupations Protection and Repatriation Act Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arziona; Salt (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the dating between A.D. 450 and 1150. River Pima-Maricopa Indian Continuities of ethnographic materials, completion of an inventory of human Community of the Salt River remains in the possession of the technology and architecture indicate the Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham affiliation of Hohokam sites in the area Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Nation, Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the of the ANAMAX-Rosemont Project with Ethnology, Harvard University, Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. present-day O’odham cultures. The oral Cambridge, MA. The human remains traditions of the Ak-Chin Indian Representatives of any other Indian were removed from Columbia County, Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) tribe that believes itself to be culturally WA. Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River affiliated with the human remains and This notice is published as part of the Indian Community of the Gila River associated funerary objects should National Park Service’s administrative Indian Reservation, Arizona; Salt River contact Dr. Frank E. Wozniak, NAGPRA responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of Coordinator, Southwestern Region, U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; and USDA Forest Service, 333 Broadway in this notice are the sole responsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal Tohono O’odham Nation, Arizona, Blvd., SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102, agency that has control of the Native support the cultural affiliation of these telephone (505) 842–3238, before April American human remains. The National four Indian tribes with Hohokam sites in 13, 2009. Repatriation of the human Park Service is not responsible for the this area of southeastern Arizona. The remains and associated funerary objects oral traditions of the Hopi Tribe of determinations in this notice. to the Ak-Chin Indian Community of the This notice corrects the list of Arizona and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Reservation, New Mexico indicate some culturally affiliated groups listed in a Arizona; Gila River Indian Community cultural ties or relationships to certain Notice of Inventory Completion portions of southeastern Arizona in the of the Gila River Indian Reservation, published in the Federal Register (66 late Post-Classic Period (A.D. 1300– Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt FR 17736, April 3, 2001). Information 1450). While the Hopi Tribe and Zuni River Pima-Maricopa Indian derived from recent consultations has Tribe have cultural ties to certain Community of the Salt River resulted in the addition of the Coeur portions of southeastern Arizona in the Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham D’Alene Tribe of the Coeur D’Alene late Pre-Classic Period, the Ak-Chin Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Reservation, Idaho; Confederated Tribes Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila proceed after that date if no additional Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the River Indian Community of the Gila claimants come forward. Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Salt The U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Wanapum Band, a non-Federally River Pima-Maricopa Indian Forest Service, Coronado National recognized Indian group, to the culturally affiliated list. Community of the Salt River Forest is responsible for notifying the The notice published in the Federal Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono Ak-Chin Indian Community of the O’odham Nation, Arizona have a closer Register (66 FR 17736, April 3, 2001) is Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, cultural relationship and affiliation with replaced with the following: Arizona; Gila River Indian Community these Pre-Classic Period sites within the A detailed assessment of the human ANAMAX-Rosemont Project. of the Gila River Indian Reservation, remains was made by Peabody Museum Officials of the U.S. Department of Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt of Archaeology and Ethnology Agriculture, Forest Service, Coronado River Pima-Maricopa Indian professional staff in consultation with National Forest have determined that, Community of the Salt River representatives of the Coeur D’Alene pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham Tribe of the Coeur D’Alene Reservation, human remains described above Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Idaho; Confederated Tribes of the represent the physical remains of 193 Zuni Reservation, New Mexico that this Colville Reservation, Washington; Nez individuals of Native American notice has been published. Perce Tribe, Idaho; Spokane Tribe of the

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Spokane Reservation, Washington; Coeur D’Alene Reservation, Idaho; DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation, Oregon; Reservation, Washington; Nez Perce National Park Service Confederated Tribes of the Warm Tribe, Idaho; Confederated Tribes of the Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Springs Reservation of Oregon; Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; Department of the Interior, Utah State Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Office, Bureau of Land Management, Yakama Nation, Washington; and Springs Reservation of Oregon; Wanapum Band, a non-Federally Salt Lake City, UT and Utah Museum of Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Natural History, University of Utah, Salt recognized Indian group, Yakama Nation, Washington; and In 1871, human remains representing Lake City, UT Wanapum Band, a non-Federally one individual were collected from the AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. banks of the Snake River at the mouth recognized Indian group. of Tucannon, near Fort Taylor, Representatives of any other Indian ACTION: Notice. Columbia County, WA, by C.R. tribe that believes itself to be culturally Notice is here given in accordance Greenleaf. In 1872, Mr. Greenleaf gifted affiliated with the human remains with the Native American Graves these human remains to the Peabody should contact Patricia Capone, Protection and Repatriation Act Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the No known individual was identified. No Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, completion of an inventory of human associated funerary objects are present. Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, remains and associated funerary objects Museum documentation identifies Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) in the control of the U.S. Department of this individual as a ‘‘Palouse Indian.’’ 496–3702, before April 13, 2009. the Interior, Utah State Office, Bureau of The attribution of such a specific Repatriation of the human remains to cultural affiliation to the human Land Management, Salt Lake City, UT, the Coeur D’Alene Tribe of the Coeur remains indicates that the interment and in the possession of the Utah D’Alene Reservation, Idaho; post-dates sustained contact between Museum of Natural History, University indigenous groups and Europeans Confederated Tribes of the Colville of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. The human beginning in the early 19th century. The Reservation, Washington; Nez Perce remains and associated funerary objects human remains were from an area Tribe, Idaho; Confederated Tribes of the were removed from Tooele County, UT. commonly considered to be traditional Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; This notice is published as part of the Palouse territory during this period. Confederated Tribes of the Warm National Park Service’s administrative Oral traditions and historic evidence Springs Reservation of Oregon; responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 indicate that although some Palouse Confederated Tribes and Bands of the U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations people occupied their traditional Yakama Nation, Washington; and in this notice are the sole responsibility territory until the mid–1900s, many Wanapum Band, a non-Federally of the museum, institution, or Federal Palouse people went to live on recognized Indian group, may proceed agency that has control of the Native neighboring reservations beginning in after that date if no additional claimants American human remains and the late 19th century, where they come forward. associated funerary objects. The continue to maintain their group National Park Service is not responsible The Peabody Museum of Archaeology identity as Palouse people. Based on for the determinations in this notice. and Ethnology, Harvard University is consultation with the Indian Tribes A detailed assessment of the human listed above, the present-day tribes responsible for notifying the Coeur remains was made by Utah Museum of representing the Palouse people are the D’Alene Tribe of the Coeur D’Alene Natural History, University of Utah, and Coeur D’Alene Tribe of the Coeur Reservation, Idaho; Confederated Tribes Utah State Office, Bureau of Land D’Alene Reservation, Idaho; of the Colville Reservation, Washington; Management professional staff in Confederated Tribes of the Colville Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; Spokane Tribe consultation with representatives of the Reservation, Washington; Nez Perce of the Spokane Reservation, Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Tribe, Idaho; Confederated Tribes of the Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Confederated Tribes of the Warm Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Ely Springs Reservation of Oregon; Springs Reservation of Oregon; Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Hopi Tribe Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the of Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute Yakama Nation, Washington; and Yakama Nation, Washington; and Indians of the Kaibab Indian Wanapum Band, a non-Federally Wanapum Band, a non-Federally Reservation, Arizona; Moapa Band of recognized Indian group. recognized Indian group, that this notice Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Officials of the Peabody Museum of has been published. Indian Reservation, Nevada; Navajo Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; University have determined that, Dated: February 13, 2009 Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the Sangita Chari, of Utah (Washakie); Ohkay Owingeh, human remains described above Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. New Mexico; Paiute Indian Tribe of represent the physical remains of one [FR Doc. E9–5333 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] Utah (Cedar City Band of Paiutes, individual of Native American ancestry. Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem BILLING CODE 4312–50–S Officials of the Peabody Museum of Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes); University also have determined that, Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of a relationship of shared group identity Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, that can be reasonably traced between New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New the Native American human remains Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; and the Coeur D’Alene Tribe of the Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo

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