52506 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 13, 2009 / Notices Society also have determined that, responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 In the 1913 letter the curator remarks pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations to Mr. Turner, ‘‘It is understood that you one object described above is reasonably in this notice are the sole responsibility have loaned these specimens to the believed to have been placed with or of the museum, institution, or Federal museum and we shall keep them safely near individual human remains at the agency that has control of the Native until you may order their removal.’’ time of death or later as part of the death American human remains. The National This statement must stand as the sole rite or ceremony. Lastly, officials of the Park Service is not responsible for the justification for why the Puget Sound Ohio Historical Society have determinations in this notice. remains were retained in the collection. determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. A detailed assessment of the human It would appear that Mr. Turner failed 3001 (2), there is a relationship of remains was made by Museum of to recall them. In 2008, museum staff shared group identity that can be Natural History and Planetarium, Roger reviewed 1913 city directories for East reasonably traced between the Native Williams Park professional staff in Providence, RI. It was learned that Mr. American human remains and the consultation with representatives of the Sydney R. Turner owned and operated associated funerary object and the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of the a grocery store with his brother Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma. Muckleshoot Reservation, Washington; Frederick until 1915–16. After that time, Representatives of any other Indian Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually he initiated a career as a traveling tribe that believes itself to be culturally Reservation, Washington; Port Gamble salesman until his death in 1932, which affiliated with the human remains and Indian Tribe of the Port Gamble may explain his failure to retrieve the associated funerary object should Reservation, Washington; Puyallup remains. The museum tried to contact contact James Strider, Acting Executive Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, any possible heirs of Mr. Turner, but Director, Ohio Historical Society, 1982 Washington; Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe was unsuccessful. Velma Ave., Columbus, OH 43211, of Washington; Skokomish Indian Tribe telephone (614) 297–2350, before of the Skokomish Reservation, No specific information is available November 12, 2009. Repatriation of the Washington; Squaxin Island Tribe of the about the collection of the human human remains and associated funerary Squaxin Island Reservation, remains. The human remains were object to the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma Washington; Stillaguamish Tribe of found to be consistent with Native may proceed after that date if no Washington; Suquamish Indian Tribe of American morphology by a physical additional claimants come forward. the Port Madison Reservation, anthropologist (1983 Self Study funded The Ohio Historical Society is Washington; Swinomish Indians of the by the National Endowment for the responsible for notifying the Forest Swinomish Reservation, Washington; Humanities). Due to the generalized County Potawatomi Community, Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip ‘‘Puget Sound region’’ provenience, the Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of Reservation, Washington; and Upper human remains were originally reported Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little River Skagit Indian Tribe of Washington. A by the Museum of Natural History as Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; claim for the human remains described being culturally unidentifiable under Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa in this notice has been received by the NAGPRA, although the 1983 study Indians, Michigan; and Ottawa Tribe of Museum of Natural History and suggested a possible Nootka (Nuu-chah- Oklahoma that this notice has been Planetarium from the Puyallup Tribe of nulth) affiliation for the human remains. published. the Puyallup Reservation, Washington. During consultation with the Puyallup Dated: September 15, 2009 In July 2008, a letter was sent notifying Tribe, the museum was notified that Sherry Hutt, the above-mentioned tribes of the claim tribes inhabiting the Puget Sound area Manager, National NAGPRA Program. by the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup are culturally identifiable as Salish and not Nootka, as the Nootka are further [FR Doc. E9–24591 Filed 10–9–09; 8:45 am] Reservation, Washington, and statements of support or non-support north. The human remains show skull BILLING CODE 4312–50–S were also solicited. flattening in the manner consistent with In 1913 or earlier, human remains the cultural history of Puyallup and DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR representing a minimum of one other Salish tribes. Therefore, officials individual were removed from the Puget of the Museum of Natural History National Park Service Sound region, WA. No known hereby determine the human remains to individual was identified. No associated be those of a Salish Indian. Descendants Notice of Inventory Completion: funerary objects are present. of the Salish of the Puget Sound region Museum of Natural History and A letter dated December 30, 1913, are members of the Muckleshoot Indian Planetarium, Roger Williams Park, from the museum’s curator Tribe of the Muckleshoot Reservation, Providence, RI acknowledges receipt of the human Washington; Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually Reservation, Washington; AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. remains from the ‘‘Puget Sound region’’ as a loan from Sydney R. Turner of East Port Gamble Indian Tribe of the Port ACTION: Notice. Providence, RI (Accn.# RIR035; Cat. # E Gamble Reservation, Washington; Notice is here given in accordance 4166). The letter also acknowledges Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup with the Native American Graves receipt of ‘‘beads and other small Reservation, Washington; Sauk-Suiattle Protection and Repatriation Act articles found in the grave with it.’’ Indian Tribe of Washington; Skokomish (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the However, these objects were not located Indian Tribe of the Skokomish completion of an inventory of human in the museum collections during the Reservation, Washington; Squaxin remains in the Museum of Natural inventory. Therefore, no associated Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island History and Planetarium, Roger funerary objects are currently present Reservation, Washington; Stillaguamish Williams Park, Providence, RI. The with these human remains. There is no Tribe of Washington; Suquamish Indian human remains were removed from information regarding how the human Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, Puget Sound, WA. remains (and the articles that once Washington; Swinomish Indians of the This notice is published as part of the accompanied them) came into Mr. Swinomish Reservation, Washington; National Park Service’s administrative Turner’s possession. Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:29 Oct 09, 2009 Jkt 220001 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\13OCN1.SGM 13OCN1 erowe on DSK5CLS3C1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 13, 2009 / Notices 52507 Reservation, Washington; and Upper Williams Park, Providence, RI 02907, ACTION: Notice of inquiry and request for Skagit Indian Tribe of Washington. telephone (401)785–9457, ext. 248, comments. In consultation with the Puyallup before November 12, 2009. Repatriation Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, of the human remains to the SUMMARY: The United States Copyright Washington, the museum has learned Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of the Office (Copyright Office) and the United that there were many Puyallup villages Muckleshoot Reservation, Washington; States Patent and Trademark Office along Puget Sound prior to treaty times. Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually (USPTO) seek comment on possible Additionally, the territory of the Reservation, Washington; Port Gamble solutions to enhance the accessibility of Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Indian Tribe of the Port Gamble copyrighted works for the benefit of the 1 Reservation, Washington (within Pierce Reservation, Washington; Puyallup blind or other persons with disabilities, County) extends to the Islands and Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, including specifically the objectives and waterways of Puget Sound, up to Washington; Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe text of a draft treaty prepared under the present day Steilacoom, out to present of Washington; Skokomish Indian Tribe auspices of the World Blind Union and day Gig Harbor, embracing the cities of of the Skokomish Reservation, proposed formally at the May 2009 Tacoma, Fife, Milton, Puyallup, Washington; Squaxin Island Tribe of the session of the World Intellectual Edgewood, Sumner, and up to the top Squaxin Island Reservation, Property Organization’s Standing of Mount Rainier (and King County.) Washington; Stillaguamish Tribe of Committee on Copyright and Related The Puyallup also occupied seasonal Washington; Suquamish Indian Tribe of Rights. Interested parties are invited to encampments in the Puget Sound area. the Port Madison Reservation, submit comments on the topics outlined Based on lack of information about Washington; Swinomish Indians of the in the supplementary information the removal from Puget Sound, Mr. Swinomish Reservation, Washington; section of this notice. Turner’s and his heirs’ failure to remove Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip DATES: Initial