43714 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 140 / Thursday, July 21, 2011 / Notices Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Native American human remains were SUMMARY: The Oregon State University Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; Ute removed is the aboriginal land of the Department of Anthropology has Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Crow Tribe of Montana. completed an inventory of human Reservation, Utah; and Ute Mountain • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the remains, in consultation with the Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, human remains described above appropriate Indian tribes, and has Colorado New Mexico & Utah represent the physical remains of one determined that there is a cultural (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). individual of Native American ancestry. affiliation between the human remains • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), and present-day Indian tribes. History and Description of the Remains the one object described above is Representatives of any Indian tribe that On an unknown date, human remains reasonably believed to have been placed believes itself to be culturally affiliated representing a minimum of one with or near individual human remains with the human remains may contact individual were removed from Maxson at the time of death or later as part of the Oregon State University Department #1, Site No. 20, N.E. of Greeley, Kuner, the death rite or ceremony. of Anthropology. Repatriation of the Weld County, CO, by Asa C. Maxson, an • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the human remains to the Indian tribes avocational archeologist. In February disposition of the human remains and stated below may occur if no additional 2008, the human remains (16 teeth) associated funerary object is to the claimants come forward. were found in the collection during an Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River DATES: Representatives of any Indian inventory/computerization project. In Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and tribe that believes it has a cultural July 2009, an object was identified as Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Crow Tribe affiliation with the human remains being associated with this individual of Montana; and Northern Cheyenne should contact the Oregon State during an assessment of the human Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian University Department of Anthropology remains. Mr. Maxson of Longmont, CO, Reservation, Montana. at the address below by August 22, created a large archeological collection 2011. of items from Arizona, Colorado, New Additional Requestors and Disposition ADDRESSES: Dr. David McMurray, Mexico, and Mexico. He donated his Representatives of any Indian tribe Oregon State University Department of collection to the museum in 1982. No that believes itself to be culturally Anthropology, 238 Waldo Hall, known individual was identified. The affiliated with the human remains and Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541) associated funerary object is a bird of associated funerary object or any other 737–4515. prey talon that was possibly burned. Indian tribe that believes it satisfies the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: criteria in 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1) should Notice is Determinations Made by the University here given in accordance with the of Colorado Museum contact Steve Lekson, Curator of Anthropology, University of Colorado Native American Graves Protection and Officials of the University of Colorado Museum, in care of Jan Bernstein, Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. Museum have determined that: 3003, of the completion of an inventory • NAGPRA Consultant, Bernstein & Based on heavy dental attrition at a Associates, 1041 Lafayette St., Denver, of human remains in the control of the relatively young age (18–21 years old) CO 80218, telephone (303) 894–0648, Oregon State University Department of consistent with the introduction of grit before August 22, 2011. Disposition of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The into the food of a typical Native the human remains and associated human remains were removed from the American diet via the use of manos and funerary object to the Arapahoe Tribe of mouth of the Sandy River, Multnomah metates, the human remains are Native the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; County, OR. This notice is published as part of the American. Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a National Park Service’s administrative Oklahoma; Crow Tribe of Montana; and relationship of shared group identity responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the cannot be reasonably traced between the U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Native American human remains and this notice are the sole responsibility of Montana, may proceed after that date if associated funerary object and any the museum, institution, or Federal no additional claimants come forward. present-day Indian tribe. agency that has control of the Native The University of Colorado Museum • According to final judgments of the American human remains. The National is responsible for notifying The Tribes Indian Claims Commission, the land Park Service is not responsible for the that this notice has been published. from which the Native American human determinations in this notice. remains and associated funerary object Dated: July 14, 2011. Consultation were removed is the aboriginal land of Sherry Hutt, the Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Manager, National NAGPRA Program. A detailed assessment of the human Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and [FR Doc. 2011–18359 Filed 7–20–11; 8:45 am] remains was made by Oregon State Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; and BILLING CODE 4312–50–P University Department of Anthropology Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the professional staff in consultation with a Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Montana. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Area archeologist, and the Confederated • Multiple lines of evidence, Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community including treaties, Acts of Congress, and National Park Service of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Executive Orders, indicate that the land Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; from which the Native American human [2253–665] Confederated Tribes of the Warm remains and associated funerary object Springs Reservation of Oregon; and the were removed is the aboriginal land of Notice of Inventory Completion: Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho. The Burns the Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Oregon State University Department of Paiute Tribe; Confederated Tribes and Reservation, Wyoming, and Cheyenne Anthropology, Corvallis, OR Bands of the Yakama Nation, and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma. AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Washington; Confederated Tribes of the • Other credible lines of evidence Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw ACTION: Notice. indicate that the land from which the Indians of Oregon; Confederated Tribes VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:00 Jul 20, 2011 Jkt 223001 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\21JYN1.SGM 21JYN1 wreier-aviles on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 140 / Thursday, July 21, 2011 / Notices 43715 of the Siletz Indians of Oregon; Coquille time of contact, the individual groups Additional Requestors and Disposition Tribe of Oregon; Cow Creek Band of spoke 30 dialects of the Athapascan, Representatives of any other Indian Umpqua Indians of Oregon; and Chinookan, Kalapuyan, Takelman, tribe that believes itself to be culturally Klamath Tribes, Oregon, were notified, Molalan, Sahaptin, Salishan, and affiliated with the human remains but did not participate in consultations Shastan language families. In 1856– should contact Dr. David McMurray, about the human remains described in 1857, the U.S. Government forcibly Oregon State University Department of this notice. relocated the Grand Ronde peoples to Anthropology, 238 Waldo Hall, History and Description of the Remains the Grand Ronde Reservation, located at Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541) the headwaters of the South Yamhill 737–3850, before August 22, 2011. In the 1970s, human remains River in Yamhill and Polk Counties, OR. representing a minimum of three Repatriation of the human remains to The last additions to the Grand Ronde individuals were removed from the Confederated Tribes of the Grand came onto the reservation in the 1870s. somewhere near the mouth of the Sandy Ronde Community of Oregon and the The Confederated Tribes of the Grand River, in Multnomah County, OR. The Confederated Tribes of the Warm human remains were removed due to Ronde Community of Oregon were first Springs Reservation of Oregon may illegal pot-hunting activities. The incorporated in 1935, terminated from proceed after that date if no additional human remains were subsequently Federal recognition in 1954, and claimants come forward. given to the university, but specific restored to recognized status in 1983. The Oregon State University provenience information was not The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Department of Anthropology is provided. No known individuals were Springs Reservation of Oregon are responsible for notifying the Burns identified. No associated funerary composed of the Wasco Tribe, the Warm Paiute Tribe; Confederated Tribes and objects are present. Springs Tribes, and groups of Northern Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Ethnographic records suggest the Paiutes. The Wasco Tribe, made up of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw mouth of the Sandy River, where it the Dalles and Dog River bands, Indians of Oregon; Confederated Tribes meets the Columbia River, was occupied occupied the lower Columbia River area of the Grand Ronde Community of by Chinookan peoples. The Chinookan and belong to the Chinookan language Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the peoples occupied a vast area for group. The Warm Springs Tribes, Siletz Indians of Oregon; Confederated hunting, fishing, and trade that was composed of the Upper Deschutes ‘‘south of the Columbia from the Tribes of the Umatilla Indian (Tygh), Lower Deschutes (Wyam), Reservation, Oregon; Confederated cascades to the mouth of the Tenino and John Day (Dock-spus) Willamette’’ (Berreman, 1937). The Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation bands, lived on the Deschutes and John of Oregon; Coquille Tribe of Oregon; Sandy River is within this vast area.