Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Tongass National Forest, Juneau, AK, 12189 [E7-4730]
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California; Tule River Indian Tribe of
the Tule River Reservation, California;
Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of
the Tuolumne Rancheria of California;
and United Auburn Indian Community
of the Auburn Rancheria of California
that this notice has been published.
Dated: February 13, 2007
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E7–4731 Filed 3–14–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Tongass National Forest,
Juneau, AK
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the possession of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Forest Service, Tongass
National Forest, Juneau, AK. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Admiralty Island
National Monument in southeast
Alaska.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations
in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Angoon Community Association;
Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida
Indian Tribes; Kake Tribal Corporation;
Kootznoowoo Incorporated; Organized
Village of Kake; Sealaska Corporation;
Shee Atika Inc.; and Sitka Tribe of
Alaska. The U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service also
consulted with the Alaska Native
Brotherhood and Sisterhood Camps in
Angoon, Kake and Sitka, non-federally
recognized Indian groups.
In August 1989, human remains
representing a minimum of 18
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individuals were removed from the
Wilson Cove Rockshelter site, southwest
Admiralty Island, AK, by Forest Service
archeologists. No known individuals
have been identified. The four
associated funerary objects are four
wood planks.
The Wilson Cove Rockshelter site is
divided into three sites called
Rockshelter 1, 2, and 3. The four wood
planks are believed to have been part of
a bentwood box associated with the
human remains at Rockshelter 3.
Radiocarbon dates from charcoal and
shell from Rockshelter 1 were 755 B.C.
- 200 B.C. and 40 B.C - A.D. 230. A
radiocarbon date for Rockshelter 3 was
390 B.C. - A.D. 90.
A professional physical
anthropologist analyzed the human
remains from all three sites and
determined they are Native American.
Ethnographic information and
archeological data indicate that the
Wilson Cove Rockshelter site is within
the traditional territory of the Angoon
Tlingit. Oral traditions of the Angoon
Tlingit confirm their affiliation with this
site. Descendants of the Angoon Tlingit
are members of Kootznoowoo
Incorporated.
Officials of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of 18 individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the
four objects described above are
reasonably believed to have been placed
with or near individual human remains
at the time of death or later as part of
the death rite or ceremony. Lastly,
officials of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be
reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects and
Kootznoowoo Incorporated.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Forrest Cole, Forest Supervisor,
Tongass National Forest, Federal
Building, Ketchikan, AK 99901–6591,
telephone (907) 225–3101, before April
16, 2007. Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
to Kootznoowoo Incorporated may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service is responsible for
notifying the Angoon Community
Association; Central Council of the
Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes; Kake
Tribal Corporation; Kootznoowoo
Incorporated; Organized Village of Kake;
Sealaska Corporation; Shee Atika Inc.;
Sitka Tribe of Alaska; and Alaska Native
Brotherhood and Sisterhood Camps in
Angoon, Kake and Sitka, non-federally
recognized Indian groups, that this
notice has been published.
Dated: February 13, 2007
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E7–4730 Filed 3–14–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Fort Union National
Monument, Watrous, NM
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the possession and control of the U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Fort Union National
Monument, Watrous, NM. The human
remains and cultural items were
removed from an area near the fort in
Mora County, NM.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations
in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the superintendent, Fort Union
National Monument.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
was made by Fort Union National
Monument professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Comanche
Nation, Oklahoma; Fort McDowell
Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Jicarilla
Apache Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero
Apache Tribe of the Mescalero
Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo
Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah;
and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Tongass National Forest, Juneau, AK
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Tongass National Forest, Juneau, AK. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Admiralty Island National
Monument in southeast Alaska.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3).
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Angoon Community Association;
Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes; Kake Tribal
Corporation; Kootznoowoo Incorporated; Organized Village of Kake;
Sealaska Corporation; Shee Atika Inc.; and Sitka Tribe of Alaska. The
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service also consulted with the
Alaska Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood Camps in Angoon, Kake and
Sitka, non-federally recognized Indian groups.
In August 1989, human remains representing a minimum of 18
individuals were removed from the Wilson Cove Rockshelter site,
southwest Admiralty Island, AK, by Forest Service archeologists. No
known individuals have been identified. The four associated funerary
objects are four wood planks.
The Wilson Cove Rockshelter site is divided into three sites called
Rockshelter 1, 2, and 3. The four wood planks are believed to have been
part of a bentwood box associated with the human remains at Rockshelter
3. Radiocarbon dates from charcoal and shell from Rockshelter 1 were
755 B.C. - 200 B.C. and 40 B.C - A.D. 230. A radiocarbon date for
Rockshelter 3 was 390 B.C. - A.D. 90.
A professional physical anthropologist analyzed the human remains
from all three sites and determined they are Native American.
Ethnographic information and archeological data indicate that the
Wilson Cove Rockshelter site is within the traditional territory of the
Angoon Tlingit. Oral traditions of the Angoon Tlingit confirm their
affiliation with this site. Descendants of the Angoon Tlingit are
members of Kootznoowoo Incorporated.
Officials of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human
remains described above represent the physical remains of 18
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the four objects described above are
reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual human
remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or
ceremony. Lastly, officials of the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2),
there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the Native American human remains and associated
funerary objects and Kootznoowoo Incorporated.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Forrest Cole, Forest Supervisor, Tongass
National Forest, Federal Building, Ketchikan, AK 99901-6591, telephone
(907) 225-3101, before April 16, 2007. Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects to Kootznoowoo Incorporated may
proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service is responsible
for notifying the Angoon Community Association; Central Council of the
Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes; Kake Tribal Corporation; Kootznoowoo
Incorporated; Organized Village of Kake; Sealaska Corporation; Shee
Atika Inc.; Sitka Tribe of Alaska; and Alaska Native Brotherhood and
Sisterhood Camps in Angoon, Kake and Sitka, non-federally recognized
Indian groups, that this notice has been published.
Dated: February 13, 2007
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E7-4730 Filed 3-14-07; 8:45 am]
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