63554 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 236 / Friday, December 7, 2001 / Notices Deep Gravel Mine (Upper Illinois Valley, MASSACHUSETTS shaped design of red pigment and a fan- Oregon Mining Resources MPS) Approx. 1 Barnstable County shaped section of radiating green mi. N. of Jct of Waldo Rd. and BLM Rd. stripes. The convex side of the shield 40–8–28, Cave Junction, 01001141 Old Village Historic District, Roughly exhibits some red pigment stain and Esterly Pit No. 2—Llano De Oro Mine (Upper bounded by Main, Holway, Bridge Sts., Illinois Valley, Oregon Mining Resources Bearse’s Ln., Chatham Harbor, Mill Pond, some incised triangular patterns. Three MPS) Approx. 1.5 mi. N. of Jct. of Waldo and Little Mill Pond, Chatham, 01001406. buckskin ties hang from the face as Rd. and BLM Rd. 40–8–28,Cave Junction, fringe and, on the back of the shield, [FR Doc. 01–30335 Filed 12–6–01; 8:45 am] 01001145 serve to fasten an arm strap. A looping Fry Gulch Mine (Upper Illinois Valley, BILLING CODE 4310–70–P piece of buckskin is tied to 2 holes Oregon Mining Resources MPS) Approx. about 20 centimeters apart on the .75 mi. from Jct. of Waldo Rd. and BLM Rd. perimeter of the shield. A series of 12 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 40–8–28, Cave Junction, 01001143 holes in a straight line angles outward High Gravel Mine (Upper Illinois Valley, Oregon Mining Resources MPS) Approx. National Park Service from the center of the shield to the 1.3 mi. S. of Jct. of Waldo Rd. and Waldo perimeter. A tear in the rawhide, about Lookout Rd., Cave Junction, 01001142 Notice of Intent To Repatriate Native 1.9 centimeter long, has been repaired Logan Cut (Upper Illinois Valley, Oregon American Cultural Items in the with a hide lace. Mining Resources MPS) Historic Channel Possession of the U.S. Department of CARE-12 is a roughly circular piece of of Logan Cut, Cave Junction, 01001154 the Interior, National Park Service, buffalo hide measuring approximately Logan Drain Ditches (Upper Illinois Valley, Capitol Reef National Park, Torrey, UT 88 centimeters by 70 centimeters. The Oregon Mining Resources MPS) Approx. 2 original shape and dimensions of the mi. N. of Jct. of Waldo Rd. and BLM Rd. AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 40–8–28, Cave Junction, 01001155 shield have been altered by damage Logan Wash Ditch (Upper Illinois Valley, ACTION: Notice. along its perimeter probably caused by Oregon Mining Resources MPS) Historic rodent gnawing and/or exposure to Channel of Logan Wash Ditch, Cave Notice is hereby given in accordance weathering processes while in the Junction, 01001153 with provisions of the Native American cache. It is believed to have been Middle Ditch (Upper Illinois Valley, Oregon Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, circular when originally constructed. Mining Resources MPS) Historic Channel 43 CFR 10.10 (a)(3), of the intent to The face of the shield is convex and is of Logan-Esterly Middle Ditch, Cave repatriate three cultural items in the decorated with parallel rows of Junction, 01001150 possession of the U.S. Department of the Old Placer Mine (Upper Illinois Valley, unpainted, stenciled dots on a painted Interior, National Park Service, Capitol field. Approximately two-thirds of the Oregon Mining Resources MPS) Approx. Reef National Park, Torrey, UT. .65 mi. W. of Jct. of Rockydale Rd. and painted field is black and one-third is BLM Rd. 40–8–15, Cave Junction, This notice is published as part of the covered with a rust-colored pigment. 01001140 National Park Service’s administrative Five buckskin ties hang from the face as Osgood Ditch (Upper Illinois Valley, Oregon responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR a fringe and, on the back of the shield, Mining Resources MPS) Historic Channel 10.2 (c). The determinations within this some serve to fasten an arm sling. The of Osgood Ditch, Cave Junction, 01001151 notice are the sole responsibilities of the arm sling has a padded piece of hide. Plataurica Mine (Upper Illinois Valley, National Park Service unit that has The shield exhibits a cut mark along one Oregon Mining Resources MPS) Approx. control or possession of these Native .75 mi. SE. of Jct. of Waldo Rd. and Waldo edge, probably caused when a Lookout Rd., Cave Junction, 01001146 American cultural items. The Assistant radiocarbon dating sample was removed St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cemetery Director, Cultural Resources by researchers in the 1960s. (Upper Illinois Valley, Oregon Mining Stewardship and Partnerships is not CARE-191 is a roughly circular piece Resources MPS) Approx. 1 mi. SE. of Jct. responsible for the determinations of buffalo hide measuring of Waldo Rd. and Waldo Lookout Rd., Cave within this notice. approximately 95 centimeters by 74 Junction, 01001137 In 1926, Ephraim P. Pectol discovered centimeters. The original shape and Upper Ditch (Upper Illinois Valley, Oregon three buffalo-hide shields cached in a dimensions of the shield have been Mining Resources MPS) Historic Channel rock crevice on public lands southeast of Logan-Esterly Upper Ditch, Cave altered by damage along its perimeter Junction, 01001149 of Torrey, UT. Though he had not probably caused by rodent gnawing Waldo Cemetery (Upper Illinois Valley, obtained the permit required to remove and/or exposure to weathering Oregon Mining Resources MPS) Approx. .5 an object of antiquity from Federal processes while in the cache. It is mi. SW. of Jct. of Waldo Rd. and BLM Rd. lands, Mr. Pectol removed the shields believed to have been circular when 40–8–28, Cave Junction, 01001138 from the rock crevice and took them to originally constructed. The face of the Waldo Chinese Cemetery (Upper Illinois his home and place of business. In 1932, shield is convex and is decorated in four Valley, Oregon Mining Resources MPS) a Federal agent seized the shields and painted quadrants. One quadrant is Approx. .5 mi. SW. of Jct. of Waldo Rd. and returned them to Federal control, BLM Rd. 40–8–28, Cave Junction, painted with a rust-colored pigment. 01001139 though they remained in the possession One quadrant is painted red. One Waldo Mine (Upper Illinois Valley, Oregon of Mr. Pectol. Capitol Reef National quadrant is painted black. One quadrant Mining Resources MPS) SW. of Jct. of Monument acquired the shields in 1953. is painted with green bands. Three Waldo Rd. and BLM Rd. 40–8–28, Cave The three shields have been designated buckskin ties hang from the face as Junction, 01001147 as CARE-11, CARE-12, and CARE-191. fringe and hold a buckskin arm strap on Wimer Ditch (Upper Illinois Valley, Oregon CARE-11 is a roughly circular piece of the back. Mining Resources MPS) Historic Channel buffalo hide with a diameter of An assessment of the three shields of Wimer Ditch, Cave Junction, 01001152 approximately 79 centimeters. The was made by National Park Service WYOMING original shape and dimensions of the professional staff, specially contracted Teton County shield have been altered by minor independent scholars, and damage along its perimeter probably representatives of the Navajo Nation, Flat Creek Ranch, Approx. 12 mi. E and N, Jackson, 01001428 caused by rodent gnawing and/or Arizona, New Mexico and Utah; Hopi To assist in preservation of the following exposure to weathering processes while Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Tribe resource the comment period has been in the cache. The face of the shield is of the Jicarilla Apache Indian shortened to seven (7) days: concave and is decorated with a wing- Reservation, New Mexico; and Kaibab VerDate 11<MAY>2000 15:56 Dec 06, 2001 Jkt 197001 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\07DEN1.SGM pfrm11 PsN: 07DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 236 / Friday, December 7, 2001 / Notices 63555 Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Archeologist C. Melvin Aikens (1966), claimant tribe. Rather, they Indian Reservation, Arizona. in an article postulating a Plains origin independently and objectively traced Representatives of the Confederated for Fremont Culture, described Plains- the various lines of evidence relating to Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, style cultural attributes of the Capitol possible cultural affiliation(s) of the Nevada and Utah; Las Vegas Tribe of Reef shields. His later abandonment of shields. Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian the Plains/Fremont construct does not Regarding CARE-11, Dr. Loendorf Colony, Nevada; Paiute Tribe of Utah invalidate his observations regarding the attributes the shield to Athabaskan (Cedar City, Indian Peak, Kanosh, Plains-like attributes of the shields. speakers based on similarities between Koosharem, Shivwits Bands); Pueblo of In 1967, Campbell Grant obtained a its design elements and the so-called Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, standard radiocarbon age from a sample Castle Garden rock art style found in New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New of CARE-12. Reported as UCLA sample Wyoming and Montana and also Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; 1221, the age had a tree-ring calibrated believed to have been made by Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo radiocarbon age of (1) modern, or (2) Athabaskans. He also documents similar of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of A.D. 1650, or (3) A.D. 1750 (Berger and design elements on historic Apache Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Libby 1968). Based on the radiocarbon shields. Based on the radiocarbon dates Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San dates, archeologist and rock art scholar for this shield and CARE-12, and taking Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Polly Schaafsma (1971) concluded that into account various related factors, Dr. Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, the shields were made in recent times Loendorf suggests that the three Capitol New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New and therefore were not associated with Reef shields were likely constructed at Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Fremont Culture.