Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, Walla Walla, WA and Museum of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 42100-42102 [E9-20039]
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Catalina de Guale and six present-day
Indian tribes. This determination is
made on the basis of historical
geography, general continuities of
material culture, and probable linguistic
continuity across the Late Prehistoric/
Contact Period boundary, as well as
previous NAGPRA determinations for
human remains and funerary objects
from the Georgia coast. These six Indian
tribes are the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal
Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek)
Nation, Oklahoma; Poarch Band of
Creek Indians of Alabama; Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of
Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); and
the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town,
Oklahoma.
Officials of the Fernbank Museum of
Natural History have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of 60
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Fernbank
Museum of Natural History also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the six 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
Fernbank Museum of Natural History
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship
of shared group identity which can be
reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects and the
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town,
Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation,
Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek
Indians of Alabama; Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida
(Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); and
the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town,
Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Dennis B. Blanton, Curator –
Native American Archaeology,
Fernbank Museum of Natural History,
767 Clifton Rd. NE., Atlanta, GA 30307–
1221, telephone: (404) 929–6304, before
September 21, 2009. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal
Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek)
Nation, Oklahoma; Poarch Band of
Creek Indians of Alabama; Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of
Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); and
the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town,
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Oklahoma may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
The Fernbank Museum of Natural
History is responsible for notifying the
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town,
Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation,
Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek
Indians of Alabama; Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida
(Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); and
the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town,
Oklahoma that this notice has been
published.
Dated: August 5, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9–19983 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Walla Walla District, Walla
Walla, WA and Museum of
Anthropology, Washington State
University, Pullman, WA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 control of the U.S. Department of
Defense, Army Corps of Engineers,
Walla Walla District, Walla Walla, WA,
and in the physical custody of the
Museum of Anthropology, Washington
State University, Pullman, WA. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from the Marmes
Rockshelter (45FR50) in Franklin
County, WA.
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 Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated
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Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho;
and the Wanapum Band, a nonFederally recognized Indian group.
In 1962, 1963, 1964, and 1968, human
remains representing a minimum of 45
individuals were removed from the
Marmes Rockshelter (45FR50) in
Franklin County, WA. The Marmes
Rockshelter was excavated between
1962 and 1964 by Washington State
University under contract with the
National Park Service. In 1968,
Washington State University conducted
additional excavations under contract
with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Some human remains were encased in
plaster casts during the excavations and
transported to the laboratory at
Washington State University.
Excavations of the plaster casts were
conducted at the laboratory until 1974.
Material from all excavations is curated
at Washington State University. During
the excavations and subsequent
analyses of the human remains from the
Marmes Rockshelter site, human
remains were given burial numbers or
other designations including Burials 1
to 12, Burials 14 to 22, Small
Unnumbered Cast, Rice Burial 05, MCX
1, Feature 64–6, and non-cremation
rockshelter remains. No known
individuals were identified. The 2,047
associated funerary objects (i.e., 2,020
counted items and 27 lots of items) are
2 antler pieces; 8 bird bones; 49 fish
bones; 752 mammal bones; 1 lot other
bones; 13 other bones; 9 other modified
bone/antler; 1 antler pendant; 1 basalt
biface; 1 chert biface; 1 chert/
cryptocrystalline biface; 1 obsidian
biface; 1 basalt lanceolate point; 8
pieces of blocky basalt shatter; 10 pieces
of blocky chert shatter; 31 pieces of
blocky chert/cryptocrystalline shatter; 4
pieces of blocky obsidian shatter; 2
pieces of other stone blocky shatter; 1
basalt cobble core; 4 basalt cobble cores
with no cutting edge; 1 other stone
cobble core with cutting edge; 3 cobble
spalls; 2 basalt cobble spalls with
retouch; 1 basalt core; 1 chert core; 2
chert/cryptocrystalline cores; 1 chert
endscraper; 3 chert/cryptocrystalline
endscrapers; 43 pieces basalt flake
debitage; 4 pieces of chert flake
debitage; 45 pieces of chert/
cryptocrystalline flake debitage; 12
pieces of obsidian flake debitage; 19
pieces of basalt flake shatter; 13 pieces
of chert flake shatter; 42 pieces of chert
or other cryptocrystalline flake shatter;
78 pieces of chert/cryptocrystalline
shatter; 30 pieces of obsidian flake
shatter; 1 piece quartzite flake shatter; 2
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chert/cryptocrystalline flakes with
bimarginal retouch; 2 chert flakes with
retouch; 1 basalt flake with unimarginal
retouch; 8 chert/cryptocrystalline flakes
with unimarginal retouch; 3 obsidian
flakes with unimarginal retouch; 1
chert/cryptocrystalline hafted drill; 7
basalt other bifaces; 2 chert/
cryptocrystalline other bifaces; 5 basalt
point tip or midsections; 10 basalt
points; 2 chert points; 10 chert/
cryptocrystalline points; 1 obsidian
point; 1 chert point tip or midsection; 1
chert/cryptocrystalline point tip or
midsection; 1 chert/cryptocrystalline
lanceolate point; 1 abrader; 1 basalt
groundstone mortar; 1 atlatl ground
stone; 1 basalt other groundstone; 1
atlatl weight; 1 graphite bead; 1 stone
ornament; 2 pieces of metal; 1 nail; 1 lot
metal; 1 piece wood of possible arrow
shaft; 125 faunal bone fragments; 7
faunal teeth; 1 lot mammal bone; 1
beaver tooth; 2 bear teeth; 4 rocks; 2
choke cherry pits; 1 mat; 32 other
organic pieces (including plant); 4
pieces of wood; 23 organic seeds; 1
organic kidney stone?; 1 lot red ochre;
1 lot C14 or charcoal samples; 1 lot
charcoal samples; 18 charcoal samples;
1 lot fine screen other samples; 70
pieces of ochre other stone samples; 1
lot of ochre other stone samples; 106
basalt samples; 1 lot other basalt
samples; 19 basalt other (including
rocks) samples; 1 lot other chert/
cryptocrystalline samples; 1 lot other
miscellaneous stone samples; 1 lot other
other samples; 1 lot other other stone
samples; 1 lot other other (including
rocks) samples; 1 lot other other sample
samples; 1 lot other sample other stone
samples; 63 other other stone samples;
8 other other samples; 1 basalt anvil
stone; 1 lot other dust with red ochre,
bone, shell fragments; 1 basalt edged
cobble; 1 lot soil samples; 81 shell
beads; 1 lot shell beads; 17 Olivella
shell beads; 1 lot snail shell remains;
154 pieces of shell remains; 1 lot
Margaretifera shell remains; 1 lot
Gonidea sp. shell remains; 1 lot
Pelecypoda shell remains; 9 pieces of
snail shell remains; 1 lot Unionacea
shell remains; 1 lot shell remains; 1 lot
other organic other (including plant); 1
lot other organic other (including plant),
seeds; and 3 white stones.
The human remains in Burials 1
through 12, 14 through 22, the small
Unnumbered Cast, MCX 1, Rice 05, 64–
6, and the non-cremation rockshelter
remains were determined to be Native
American due to physical traits and the
cultural items found with the human
remains, which are similar to the
materials found in archeological
collections and in context with Native
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American burials in southeastern
Washington.
Archeological evidence found in the
Marmes Rockshelter (and in six nearby
archeological sites) supports a nearly
continuous occupation from the
Cascade Phase (8000–4500 BP) to the
Harder Phase (2500–500 BP), and
provides the most direct physical line of
evidence supporting affiliation between
an earlier group and a present-day
Indian tribe. Geographical and
anthropological lines of evidence
support the archeological evidence of
earlier group habitation in the same
geographic location as the historic
groups. Oral tradition evidence
provided by tribal elders indicates a
large Palus village, inhabited by tribal
ancestors from time immemorial, was
once located near the Marmes
Rockshelter. Further, according to tribal
elders, these ancestors were mobile, and
traveled the landscape to gather
resources as well as trade among each
other.
Ethnographic documentation
indicates that the present-day location
of the Marmes Rockshelter in Franklin
County, WA, is within the territory
occupied historically by the Palus
(Palouse) Indians. During the historic
period, the Palouse people settled along
the Snake River, relied on fish, game
and root resources for subsistence,
shared their resource areas and
maintained extensive kinship
connections with other groups in the
area, and had limited political
integration until the adoption of the
horse (Walker 1998). These
characteristics are common to the
greater Plateau cultural communities
surrounding the Palouse territory
including the Nez Perce, Cayuse, Walla
Walla, Yakama, and Wanapum groups.
Moreover, the information provided
during consultation by representatives
of the Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington; Nez Perce
Tribe, Idaho; and the Wanapum Band, a
non-Federally recognized Indian group,
substantiates their cultural affiliation
with each other and with the earlier
group represented at the Marmes
Rockshelter. The descendants of these
Plateau communities of southeastern
Washington, now widely dispersed, are
members of the Confederated Tribes of
the Colville Reservation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington; Nez Perce
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Tribe, Idaho; and the Wanapum Band, a
non-Federally recognized Indian group.
Officials of the U.S. Department of
Defense, Army Corps of Engineers,
Walla Walla District have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10),
the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of 45
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Walla Walla District also
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 2,047 objects
(2,020 individual counted items and 27
lots of items) 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.
Furthermore, officials of the U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Walla Walla District 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 the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; and Nez Perce Tribe,
Idaho. Lastly, officials of the U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Walla Walla District have
determined that there is a cultural
relationship between the Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects and the
Wanapum Band, a non-Federally
recognized Indian group.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and/
or associated funerary objects should
contact Lieutenant Colonel Michael
Farrell, U.S. Department of Defense,
Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla
District, 201 North Third Avenue, Walla
Walla, WA 99362–1876, telephone (509)
527–7700, before September 21, 2009.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; and Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho
may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward. The
U.S. Department of Defense, Army
Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District
acknowledges the participation of the
Wanapum Band, a non-Federally
recognized Indian group, in the transfer
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of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Federallyrecognized Indian tribes.
The U.S. Department of Defense,
Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla
District is responsible for notifying the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho;
and the Wanapum Band, a nonFederally recognized Indian group, that
this notice has been published.
Dated: July 29, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9–20039 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am]
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National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Alaska
State Office, Bureau of Land
Management, Anchorage, AK; Alutiiq
Museum and Archaeological
Repository, Kodiak, AK; and University
of Wisconsin Anthropology
Department Curation Facility, Madison,
WI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
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 under the control of the Alaska
State Office, Bureau of Land
Management, Anchorage, AK, and in the
physical custody of the Alutiiq Museum
and Archaeological Repository, Kodiak,
AK; Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC; and the University of
Wisconsin Anthropology Department
Curation Facility, Madison, WI. The
human remains were removed from
Sitkalidak Island and Kodiak Island,
AK.
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. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Alaska State
Office, Bureau of Land Management;
Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological
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Repository; Smithsonian Institution;
and University of Wisconsin
Anthropology Department Curation
Facility professional staff in
consultation with the Native Village of
Old Harbor, Old Harbor Native
Corporation, and Koniag, Inc.
In 1960, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from the Rolling Bay site (49–
KOD–00101) on Sitkalidak Island, AK,
by Drs. William Laughlin and J.B.
Jorgensen. The human remains are
currently at the Alutiiq Museum and
Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, AK.
No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1961, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from the Rolling Bay site (49–
KOD–00101) on Sitkalidak Island, AK,
during excavations in association with
Dr. Donald Clark. The human remains
are currently at the Alutiiq Museum and
Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, AK.
No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
During 1960–1962, human remains
representing a minimum of 44
individuals were removed from the
Rolling Bay site (49–KOD–00101) on
Sitkalidak Island, AK, during
excavations associated with the nowdeceased Dr. William Laughlin. The
human remains are currently at the
Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
DC. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
All the sets of human remains from
the Rolling Bay site presently at the
Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological
Repository and the Smithsonian
Institution had originally been sent,
following their excavation, to the
University of Wisconsin’s Department of
Anthropology for study and storage,
under the care of Dr. William Laughlin.
When Dr. Laughlin later moved to the
University of Connecticut at Storrs, he
took two sets of human remains; the
other 44 individuals remained at the
University of Wisconsin’s Department of
Anthropology. In the late 1990s,
following Dr. Laughlin’s retirement, the
two sets of human remains then at the
University of Connecticut at Storrs were
transported to the Museum of the
Aleutians in Unalaska, AK, where they
were deposited in the care of
archeologist Dr. Richard Knecht. In
approximately 2000, the human remains
were sent by Dr. Knecht to the Alutiiq
Museum and Archaeological Repository,
where they are currently stored. In 2006,
the 44 individuals at the University of
Wisconsin’s Department of
Anthropology were sent to the
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Smithsonian Institution, where they are
currently stored.
In 1963, human remains representing
one individual were removed from the
Sitkalidak site (49–KOD–00121) located
along Ocean Bay, on Sitkalidak Island,
AK, during excavations by archeologists
thought to be associated with the
University of Wisconsin. The human
remains are currently in the University
of Wisconsin Department of
Anthropology Curation Facility. No
known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1964 or 1965, human remains
representing one individual were
removed from the Saltery Cove 1 site
(49–KOD–00062), in the Saltery Cove
region of Kodiak Island, AK, during
excavations by archeologists thought to
be associated with the University of
Wisconsin. The human remains are
currently in the University of Wisconsin
Department of Anthropology Curation
Facility. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Both sets of human remains from the
Sitkalidak and Saltery Cove sites
presently housed at the University of
Wisconsin Anthropology Department
Curation Facility had originally been
sent, following their excavation, to the
University of Wisconsin Department of
Anthropology for study and storage.
They were under the care of Dr. William
Laughlin, and they remained at this
facility following his death. In 2008, the
human remains were identified and
inventoried.
The Rolling Bay site lies on the coast
of Sitkalidak Island on the southeastern
shores of Alaska’s Kodiak archipelago.
Drs. Laughlin and Jorgensen visited the
site in 1960, and collected eroding
human skeletal remains from prehistoric
deposits. Additional archeological work
followed in 1961–1962. Later
excavations by Dr. Clark, showed that
the deposits at the Rolling Bay site
belong to the Koniag Tradition, the
cultural ancestor of modern Alutiiqs.
Based on their provenience and
condition, the human remains from the
Rolling Bay, the Sitkalidak, and Saltery
Cove sites are all determined to be
Native American, and ancestors of the
citizens and shareholders of the Village
of Old Harbor, Old Harbor Native
Corporation, and Koniag, Inc.
Officials of the Alaska State Office,
Bureau of Land Management; Alutiiq
Museum and Archaeological Repository;
and the University of Wisconsin
Department of Anthropology Curation
Facility have determined that, pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human
remains described above represent the
physical remains of a minimum of 48
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Army
Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, Walla Walla, WA and Museum of
Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
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 control of the U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Walla Walla District, Walla Walla, WA, and in the physical
custody of the Museum of Anthropology, Washington State University,
Pullman, WA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from the Marmes Rockshelter (45FR50) in Franklin County, WA.
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 Defense, Army Corps of Engineers professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama
Nation, Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; and the Wanapum Band, a
non-Federally recognized Indian group.
In 1962, 1963, 1964, and 1968, human remains representing a minimum
of 45 individuals were removed from the Marmes Rockshelter (45FR50) in
Franklin County, WA. The Marmes Rockshelter was excavated between 1962
and 1964 by Washington State University under contract with the
National Park Service. In 1968, Washington State University conducted
additional excavations under contract with the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. Some human remains were encased in plaster casts during the
excavations and transported to the laboratory at Washington State
University. Excavations of the plaster casts were conducted at the
laboratory until 1974. Material from all excavations is curated at
Washington State University. During the excavations and subsequent
analyses of the human remains from the Marmes Rockshelter site, human
remains were given burial numbers or other designations including
Burials 1 to 12, Burials 14 to 22, Small Unnumbered Cast, Rice Burial
05, MCX 1, Feature 64-6, and non-cremation rockshelter remains. No
known individuals were identified. The 2,047 associated funerary
objects (i.e., 2,020 counted items and 27 lots of items) are 2 antler
pieces; 8 bird bones; 49 fish bones; 752 mammal bones; 1 lot other
bones; 13 other bones; 9 other modified bone/antler; 1 antler pendant;
1 basalt biface; 1 chert biface; 1 chert/cryptocrystalline biface; 1
obsidian biface; 1 basalt lanceolate point; 8 pieces of blocky basalt
shatter; 10 pieces of blocky chert shatter; 31 pieces of blocky chert/
cryptocrystalline shatter; 4 pieces of blocky obsidian shatter; 2
pieces of other stone blocky shatter; 1 basalt cobble core; 4 basalt
cobble cores with no cutting edge; 1 other stone cobble core with
cutting edge; 3 cobble spalls; 2 basalt cobble spalls with retouch; 1
basalt core; 1 chert core; 2 chert/cryptocrystalline cores; 1 chert
endscraper; 3 chert/cryptocrystalline endscrapers; 43 pieces basalt
flake debitage; 4 pieces of chert flake debitage; 45 pieces of chert/
cryptocrystalline flake debitage; 12 pieces of obsidian flake debitage;
19 pieces of basalt flake shatter; 13 pieces of chert flake shatter; 42
pieces of chert or other cryptocrystalline flake shatter; 78 pieces of
chert/cryptocrystalline shatter; 30 pieces of obsidian flake shatter; 1
piece quartzite flake shatter; 2
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chert/cryptocrystalline flakes with bimarginal retouch; 2 chert flakes
with retouch; 1 basalt flake with unimarginal retouch; 8 chert/
cryptocrystalline flakes with unimarginal retouch; 3 obsidian flakes
with unimarginal retouch; 1 chert/cryptocrystalline hafted drill; 7
basalt other bifaces; 2 chert/cryptocrystalline other bifaces; 5 basalt
point tip or midsections; 10 basalt points; 2 chert points; 10 chert/
cryptocrystalline points; 1 obsidian point; 1 chert point tip or
midsection; 1 chert/cryptocrystalline point tip or midsection; 1 chert/
cryptocrystalline lanceolate point; 1 abrader; 1 basalt groundstone
mortar; 1 atlatl ground stone; 1 basalt other groundstone; 1 atlatl
weight; 1 graphite bead; 1 stone ornament; 2 pieces of metal; 1 nail; 1
lot metal; 1 piece wood of possible arrow shaft; 125 faunal bone
fragments; 7 faunal teeth; 1 lot mammal bone; 1 beaver tooth; 2 bear
teeth; 4 rocks; 2 choke cherry pits; 1 mat; 32 other organic pieces
(including plant); 4 pieces of wood; 23 organic seeds; 1 organic kidney
stone?; 1 lot red ochre; 1 lot C14 or charcoal samples; 1 lot charcoal
samples; 18 charcoal samples; 1 lot fine screen other samples; 70
pieces of ochre other stone samples; 1 lot of ochre other stone
samples; 106 basalt samples; 1 lot other basalt samples; 19 basalt
other (including rocks) samples; 1 lot other chert/cryptocrystalline
samples; 1 lot other miscellaneous stone samples; 1 lot other other
samples; 1 lot other other stone samples; 1 lot other other (including
rocks) samples; 1 lot other other sample samples; 1 lot other sample
other stone samples; 63 other other stone samples; 8 other other
samples; 1 basalt anvil stone; 1 lot other dust with red ochre, bone,
shell fragments; 1 basalt edged cobble; 1 lot soil samples; 81 shell
beads; 1 lot shell beads; 17 Olivella shell beads; 1 lot snail shell
remains; 154 pieces of shell remains; 1 lot Margaretifera shell
remains; 1 lot Gonidea sp. shell remains; 1 lot Pelecypoda shell
remains; 9 pieces of snail shell remains; 1 lot Unionacea shell
remains; 1 lot shell remains; 1 lot other organic other (including
plant); 1 lot other organic other (including plant), seeds; and 3 white
stones.
The human remains in Burials 1 through 12, 14 through 22, the small
Unnumbered Cast, MCX 1, Rice 05, 64-6, and the non-cremation
rockshelter remains were determined to be Native American due to
physical traits and the cultural items found with the human remains,
which are similar to the materials found in archeological collections
and in context with Native American burials in southeastern Washington.
Archeological evidence found in the Marmes Rockshelter (and in six
nearby archeological sites) supports a nearly continuous occupation
from the Cascade Phase (8000-4500 BP) to the Harder Phase (2500-500
BP), and provides the most direct physical line of evidence supporting
affiliation between an earlier group and a present-day Indian tribe.
Geographical and anthropological lines of evidence support the
archeological evidence of earlier group habitation in the same
geographic location as the historic groups. Oral tradition evidence
provided by tribal elders indicates a large Palus village, inhabited by
tribal ancestors from time immemorial, was once located near the Marmes
Rockshelter. Further, according to tribal elders, these ancestors were
mobile, and traveled the landscape to gather resources as well as trade
among each other.
Ethnographic documentation indicates that the present-day location
of the Marmes Rockshelter in Franklin County, WA, is within the
territory occupied historically by the Palus (Palouse) Indians. During
the historic period, the Palouse people settled along the Snake River,
relied on fish, game and root resources for subsistence, shared their
resource areas and maintained extensive kinship connections with other
groups in the area, and had limited political integration until the
adoption of the horse (Walker 1998). These characteristics are common
to the greater Plateau cultural communities surrounding the Palouse
territory including the Nez Perce, Cayuse, Walla Walla, Yakama, and
Wanapum groups. Moreover, the information provided during consultation
by representatives of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama
Nation, Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; and the Wanapum Band, a
non-Federally recognized Indian group, substantiates their cultural
affiliation with each other and with the earlier group represented at
the Marmes Rockshelter. The descendants of these Plateau communities of
southeastern Washington, now widely dispersed, are members of the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington; Nez
Perce Tribe, Idaho; and the Wanapum Band, a non-Federally recognized
Indian group.
Officials of the U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Walla Walla District have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above represent the
physical remains of 45 individuals of Native American ancestry.
Officials of the U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers,
Walla Walla District also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the 2,047 objects (2,020 individual counted items and 27
lots of items) 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. Furthermore, officials of
the U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla
District 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 the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation,
Oregon; Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington;
and Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho. Lastly, officials of the U.S. Department of
Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District have determined
that there is a cultural relationship between the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects and the Wanapum Band, a non-
Federally recognized Indian group.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and/or associated
funerary objects should contact Lieutenant Colonel Michael Farrell,
U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla
District, 201 North Third Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362-1876, telephone
(509) 527-7700, before September 21, 2009. Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects to the Confederated Tribes of
the Colville Reservation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes and Bands of
the Yakama Nation, Washington; and Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants come forward. The U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District
acknowledges the participation of the Wanapum Band, a non-Federally
recognized Indian group, in the transfer
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of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Federally-
recognized Indian tribes.
The U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Walla
Walla District is responsible for notifying the Confederated Tribes of
the Colville Reservation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes and Bands of
the Yakama Nation, Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; and the Wanapum
Band, a non-Federally recognized Indian group, that this notice has
been published.
Dated: July 29, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9-20039 Filed 8-19-09; 8:45 am]
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