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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 object. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by University of
Montana, Department of Anthropology,
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Confederated
Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead
Reservation, Montana.
In 1950, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from a location in western
Montana. According to a slip of paper
in the box with the human remains, the
burial was recovered from under a
conical rock mound and appeared to be
a secondary burial of disarticulated
bones and excavated by a University of
Montana archeological team, led by
Carling Malouf. The slip of paper also
indicates that the burial was excavated
from a site ‘‘located a few yards away
from those found earlier by Turney-High
and White.’’ No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Harry H. Turney-High and Thain
White were known to excavate in
western Montana in the vicinity of the
Flathead Reservation where White
owned property; therefore, museum
officials reasonably believe that these
remains are from western Montana and
from White’s private property on the
Flathead Reservation. This region was
occupied prehistorically and
historically by the Salish and Kootenai
tribes.
In 1952, human remains representing
a minimum of two individuals were
removed from the University of
Montana campus, Missoula County, MT.
The remains were excavated by Carling
Malouf. No known individuals were
identified. The one associated funerary
object is a set of glass beads.
The set of beads - colors, size,
manufacture and shape - provide both a
temporal period and cultural affiliation.
According to archeologist W. Mark
Timmons, dyed beads were
manufactured starting in 1850 and the
wide use of dyed beads peaked in the
1880s. The remaining beads in the
collection appear to be of an older
origin, and when compared with the
beads recovered from the Saleesh House
excavations they seem similar in size,
color, and manufacture. Considering
that the Saleesh House operated by
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Salish Tribal members until the early
1850s, and the presence of only a few
dyed beads in the assemblage, a burial
date in the range of the 1860s to the
1870s would seem to be a reasonable
inference. In addition, a tribal
representative has identified Missoula
County, MT, as part of the Salish and
Kootenai tribes traditional occupation
area. This region was occupied
prehistorically and historically by
Salish and Kootenai tribes.
Officials of the University of Montana
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of three individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the
University of Montana also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(3)(A), the one object described
above is 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
University of Montana 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 object
and the Confederated Salish & Kootenai
Tribes of the Flathead Reservation,
Montana.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and/
or associated funerary object should
contact John Douglas, Chair and
Professor, Department of Anthropology,
University of Montana, 32 Campus Dr.,
Missoula, MT 39812, telephone (406)
243–4246, before October 25, 2010.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary object to the
Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes
of the Flathead Reservation, Montana,
may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The University of Montana is
responsible for notifying the
Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes
of the Flathead Reservation, Montana,
that this notice has been published.
Dated: September 10, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA; Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
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 in the possession of the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA. The human remains
were removed from the Trudeau Site in
West Feliciana Parish, LA.
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.
This notice corrects the minimum
number of individuals reported in a
Notice of Inventory Completion
published in the Federal Register (66
FR 51464, October 9, 2001) from four to
seven individuals. These additional
individuals were found during the
Peabody Museum’s ongoing inventory
process since the publication of the
original notice.
In the Federal Register, paragraph
number 2, page 51464, is corrected by
substituting the following paragraph:
In 1972, individuals representing
seven individuals were collected from
the Trudeau site in West Feliciana
Parish, LA, by Jeffrey P. Brain as part of
the Lower Mississippi Survey
expedition. The Lower Mississippi
Survey was a project of Harvard
University faculty in 1972. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In the Federal Register, paragraph
number 4, page 51464, is corrected by
substituting the following paragraph:
Officials of the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(9), the human remains represent
the physical remains of seven
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
also have determined that, pursuant to
25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship
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of shared group identity that can
reasonably be traced between the Native
American human remains and the
Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Patricia Capone,
Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Ave.,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496–3702, before October 25, 2010.
Repatriation of the human remains to
the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of
Louisiana may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology
and Ethnology is responsible for
notifying the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe
of Louisiana that this notice has been
published.
Dated: September 10, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Portland
District, Portland, OR and University of
Oregon Museum of Natural and
Cultural History, Eugene, OR
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with provisions of 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
for which the University of Oregon
Museum of Natural and Cultural
History, Eugene, OR, and U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District, Portland,
OR, have joint responsibility. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from a site on
Army Corps of Engineers land within
the John Day Dam project area, Gilliam
County, OR.
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
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National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the University of
Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural
History and U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District,
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon; Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon;
and Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho.
Native American cultural items
described in this notice were excavated
under Antiquities Act permits by the
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, on
Army Corps of Engineers project land.
Following excavations at the site
described below, and under the
provisions of the permits, the University
of Oregon retained the collections for
preservation.
Between 1959 and 1968, human
remains representing a minimum of 134
individuals were removed from site 35–
GM–9, also known as the Wildcat
Canyon site, Gilliam County, OR, during
excavations by the University of Oregon
prior to construction of the John Day
Dam. No known individuals were
identified. The 1,182 associated
funerary objects are 41 projectile points,
8 projectile point fragments, 2 chert
bifacial tips, 6 stone knives, 2 knife
fragments, 17 blades, 14 blade
fragments, 3 crude chert bifaces, 1
bifacially-modified obsidian crescent,
19 scrapers, 4 utilized flakes, 41 worked
flakes, 2 cores, 1 worked shale piece, 4
shaft smoothers, 3 abrading stones, 8
gravers, 1 burin, 1 needle, 1 chert drill,
3 choppers, 2 hopper mortars, 2 net
sinkers, 4 hammerstones, 3 stone mauls,
5 pestles, 2 large pestle fragments, 84
basalt fragments, 3 chert fragments, 663
unmodified flakes, 1 thermally-fractured
rock, 2 columnar slabs, 1 fractured
cobble, 1 flaked cobble, 1 stone pendant,
1 stone ring, 5 round stones, 1 girdled
stone, 2 pierced stones, 49 pebbles, 1
girdled pebble, 9 broken pebbles, 1
worked scoria piece, 34 dentalium
shells, 1 pectin shell, 1 incised bead, 8
steatite beads, 12 bone beads, 3 vials of
bone beads, 4 fossil crinoid beads, 10
stone beads, 3 unspecified beads, 21
worked antlers/fragments, 2 vials of
antler/bone, 1 vial of elk teeth, 2 faunal
effigies, 2 awls, 1 bone tube fragment, 16
worked non-human bones/fragments, 18
non-human bones/fragments, 11 burned
non-human bone fragments, 6 red ochre
pieces, and 1 green chalk piece.
Site 35–GM–9 is located along the
south side shoreline of the Columbia
River, approximately 9.5 river miles east
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of the John Day River confluence. The
multicomponent site contains multiple
activity areas that are believed to have
been repeatedly occupied from
approximately 9,000 B.P. to A.D. 1750.
Site 35–GM–9 frequently served as a
village, camping area and cemetery.
Based on distinctive osteological
evidence, the associated funerary
objects and the location of the human
remains within the site, all the
individuals have been determined to be
Native American.
Oral traditions and ethnographic
reports indicate that site 35–GM–9 lies
within the historic territory of Sahaptinspeaking Tenino or Warm Springs
peoples whose descendants are
culturally-affiliated with the presentday Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon. The
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation is composed of
three Wasco bands, four Warm Springs
bands, and Northern Paiutes. The
Columbia River-based Wasco were the
easternmost group of Chinookanspeaking Indians. The Sahaptinspeaking Warm Springs bands lived
farther east along the Columbia River
and its tributaries. Northern Paiutes,
who spoke a Uto-Aztecan language,
historically occupied much of
southeastern Oregon. The Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon peoples also traditionally
shared the site area with relatives and
neighbors whose descendants may be
culturally affiliated with the 14
Sahaptin, Salish and Chinookanspeaking tribes and bands of the
present-day Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington. Yakama homelands were
traditionally located on the Washington
side of the Columbia River between the
eastern flanks of the Cascade Range and
the lower reaches of the Yakima River
drainage.
Officials of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District, and
University of Oregon Museum of
Natural and Cultural History, have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(9), the human remains described
above represent the physical remains of
at least 134 individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Portland
District, and University of Oregon
Museum of Natural and Cultural
History, have also determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the
1,182 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. Army Corps of
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Correction
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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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 in the possession of the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA. The human remains were removed from the Trudeau Site in
West Feliciana Parish, LA.
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.
This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals reported in
a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register (66
FR 51464, October 9, 2001) from four to seven individuals. These
additional individuals were found during the Peabody Museum's ongoing
inventory process since the publication of the original notice.
In the Federal Register, paragraph number 2, page 51464, is
corrected by substituting the following paragraph:
In 1972, individuals representing seven individuals were collected
from the Trudeau site in West Feliciana Parish, LA, by Jeffrey P. Brain
as part of the Lower Mississippi Survey expedition. The Lower
Mississippi Survey was a project of Harvard University faculty in 1972.
No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects
are present.
In the Federal Register, paragraph number 4, page 51464, is
corrected by substituting the following paragraph:
Officials of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains
represent the physical remains of seven individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a
relationship
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of shared group identity that can reasonably be traced between the
Native American human remains and the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of
Louisiana.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Patricia
Capone, Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138,
telephone (617) 496-3702, before October 25, 2010. Repatriation of the
human remains to the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana may
proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is responsible for
notifying the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana that this notice
has been published.
Dated: September 10, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010-23906 Filed 9-23-10; 8:45 am]
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