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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 cultural
items. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
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, cultural
items 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. The cultural items were
accessioned by the University of Oregon
Museum following each successive field
season. The 1,420 objects recovered
from Area 3 of site 35–GM–9, a
cemetery primarily used from
approximately 2,500–2,000 B.P., are
categorized as unassociated funerary
objects because specific associations
with individual burials cannot be
determined due to unclear spatial
distributions of the artifacts in relation
to particular sets of human remains. The
1,420 unassociated funerary objects are
32 projectile points, 25 projectile point
fragments, 30 blades, 52 blade
fragments, 1 multipurpose tool, 3 stone
mauls, 1 obsidian chopper, 17 pestles,
14 pestle fragments, 1 hammerstone, 10
worked/flaked cobbles, 5 river pebbles,
1 flaked pebble, 1 rectangular flat stone,
1 flake knife, 12 gravers, 7 burins, 1
spokeshave, 1 core, 12 scrapers, 2 end
scraper fragments, 12 bifaciallymodified flakes, 55 unifacially-modified
flakes, 7 curved flakes, 1 lamellar flake,
2 worked chert flakes, 935 unmodified
flakes, 3 stone drills, 6 drill fragments,
5 stone clinkers, 1 possible metate, 1
galena atlatl weight, 1 bolas stone, 1
polishing stone, 2 worked shale or slate
fragments, 5 abraders, 1 shaft smoother,
2 shaft smoother fragments, 1 antler awl
fragment, 3 bone awl fragments, 1 bone
shaft wrench, 1 bone tube, 17 worked
antlers, 10 burned antlers, 1 deer jaw, 19
worked bones, 1 cut bone, 1 burned
bone fragment, 1 notched bone, 2
decorated bones, 3 bone strips, 52
miscellaneous non-human bones and
bone fragments, 2 stone pendant
fragments, 1 shell pendant, 1 pebble
pendant, 2 dentalia, 1 unspecified bead,
14 bone beads, 1 antler bead, 2 nose
plugs, 1 worked pumice piece, 8 red
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ochre pieces, 1 shell, 1 grooved slate
tool and 3 shell flecks.
Site 35–GM–9 is located along the
south side shoreline of the Columbia
River, approximately 9.5 river miles east
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.
Area 3 is believed to have primarily
served as a burial area. The burial
pattern observed within Area 3 is
consistent with customs of Columbia
Plateau Native American groups.
Excavation and museum documentation
indicate that the objects are consistent
with cultural items typically found in
context with burials characteristic of the
Mid-Columbia River Basin.
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 present-day
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon. The
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation are 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(3)(B), the 1,420 cultural 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 and are believed, by a
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preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from specific burial sites
of Native American individuals.
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(2), there is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the unassociated
funerary objects and the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon and/or Confederated Tribes
and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects should contact Daniel Mulligan,
NAGPRA Coordinator, Environmental
Resources Branch, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District, P.O. Box
2946, Portland, OR 97208–2946,
telephone (503) 808–4768, before
November 22, 2010. Repatriation of the
unassociated funerary objects to the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon and/or
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington, may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Portland District, is responsible for
notifying 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, that this notice has
been published.
Dated: October 14, 2010.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Flight 93 National Memorial Advisory
Commission
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of November 13, 2010,
Meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
This notice sets forth the date
of the November 13, 2010, meeting of
the Flight 93 Advisory Commission.
DATES: The public meeting of the
Advisory Commission will be held on
Saturday, November 13, 2010, from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Eastern). The
SUMMARY:
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Commission will meet jointly with the
Flight 93 Memorial Task Force.
Location: The meeting will be held at
the Somerset County Courthouse, Court
Room #1, located at 111 E. Union Street,
Somerset, PA 15501.
Agenda
The November 13, 2010, joint
Commission and Task Force meeting
will consist of:
1. Opening of Meeting and Pledge of
Allegiance.
2. Review and Approval of
Commission Minutes from August 7,
2010.
3. Reports from the Flight 93
Memorial Task Force and National Park
Service.
4. Old Business.
5. New Business.
6. Public Comments.
7. Closing Remarks.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joanne M. Hanley, Superintendent,
Flight 93 National Memorial, 109 West
Main Street, Somerset, PA 15501.
814.443.4557.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
meeting will be open to the public. Any
member of the public may file with the
Commission a written statement
concerning agenda items. Address all
statements to: Flight 93 Advisory
Commission, 109 West Main Street,
Somerset, PA 15501. Before including
your address, phone number, e-mail
address, or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Dated: September 28, 2010.
Joanne M. Hanley,
Superintendent, Flight 93 National Memorial.
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National Park Service
Native American Graves Protection
and Repatriation Review Committee:
Nomination Solicitation
National Park Service, Interior.
Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee; Notice of Nomination
Solicitation.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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The National Park Service is soliciting
nominations for two members of the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Review Committee. The
Secretary of the Interior will appoint the
two members from nominations
submitted by national museum
organizations and scientific
organizations.
Nominations must—
1. Be submitted on organization
letterhead, and include the nominator’s
original signature and daytime
telephone number. Also, the nominator
must be the official authorized by the
organization to submit nominations in
response to this solicitation, and the
nomination must include a statement
that the nominator is so authorized.
2. Include the following information
about the nominee:
a. The nominee’s full legal name,
home address, home telephone number,
and e-mail address; and
b. The nominee’s resume or a brief
biography of the nominee, in which the
nominee’s NAGPRA experience and
ability to work effectively as a member
of a Federal advisory board are
addressed.
Nominations must be received
by December 20, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Address nominations to
David Tarler, Designated Federal
Officer, Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee, National NAGPRA Program,
National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street,
NW., 8th Floor (2253), Washington, DC
20005.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. The Review Committee was
established by the Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
of 1990 (NAGPRA), at 25 U.S.C. 3006.
2. The Review Committee is
responsible for:
a. Monitoring the NAGPRA inventory
and identification process;
b. Reviewing and making findings
related to the identity or cultural
affiliation of cultural items, or the return
of such items;
c. Facilitating the resolution of
disputes relating to the return of such
items;
d. Compiling an inventory of
culturally unidentifiable human
remains and developing a process for
disposition of such remains;
e. Consulting with Indian Tribes and
Native Hawaiian organizations and
museums on matters within the scope of
the work of the Review Committee
affecting such Tribes or organizations;
f. Consulting with the Secretary of the
Interior in the development of
regulations to carry out NAGPRA; and
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g. Making recommendations regarding
future care of cultural items that are to
be repatriated.
3. Seven members make up the
Review Committee. All members are
appointed by the Secretary of the
Interior. The Secretary may not appoint
Federal officers or employees to the
Review Committee.
a. Three members are appointed from
nominations submitted by Indian
Tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations,
and traditional Native American
religious leaders. At least two of these
members must be traditional Indian
religious leaders.
b. Three members are appointed from
nominations submitted by national
museum organizations and scientific
organizations.
c. One member is appointed from a
list of persons developed and consented
to by all of the other members.
4. Members serve as Special
Governmental Employees, and are
required to submit confidential financial
disclosure reports and to complete
ethics training on an annual basis.
5. Members are appointed for 4-year
terms; incumbent members may be
reappointed for 2-year terms.
6. The Review Committee’s work is
completed during public meetings. The
Review Committee normally meets faceto-face two times per year, with each
meeting lasting two or three days. The
Review Committee also may hold one or
more public teleconferences of several
hours duration.
7. Review Committee members are
compensated for their participation in
Review Committee meetings.
8. Review Committee members are
reimbursed for travel expenses incurred
in association with Review Committee
meetings.
9. Additional information regarding
the Review Committee—its charter,
meeting procedures, findings
procedures, dispute procedures, and
annual reports to the Congress—is
available on the National NAGPRA
program Web site, at https://
www.nps.gov/nagpra (click ‘‘Review
Committee’’ in the menu located in the
right-hand column).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Tarler, Designated Federal
Officer, Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee, National NAGPRA Program,
National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street,
NW., 8th Floor (2253), Washington, DC
20005; telephone (202) 354–2108; e-mail
david_tarler@nps.gov.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Flight 93 National Memorial Advisory Commission
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of November 13, 2010, Meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the date of the November 13, 2010,
meeting of the Flight 93 Advisory Commission.
DATES: The public meeting of the Advisory Commission will be held on
Saturday, November 13, 2010, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Eastern). The
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Commission will meet jointly with the Flight 93 Memorial Task Force.
Location: The meeting will be held at the Somerset County
Courthouse, Court Room 1, located at 111 E. Union Street,
Somerset, PA 15501.
Agenda
The November 13, 2010, joint Commission and Task Force meeting will
consist of:
1. Opening of Meeting and Pledge of Allegiance.
2. Review and Approval of Commission Minutes from August 7, 2010.
3. Reports from the Flight 93 Memorial Task Force and National Park
Service.
4. Old Business.
5. New Business.
6. Public Comments.
7. Closing Remarks.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanne M. Hanley, Superintendent,
Flight 93 National Memorial, 109 West Main Street, Somerset, PA 15501.
814.443.4557.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will be open to the public. Any
member of the public may file with the Commission a written statement
concerning agenda items. Address all statements to: Flight 93 Advisory
Commission, 109 West Main Street, Somerset, PA 15501. Before including
your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal
identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your
entire comment--including your personal identifying information--may be
made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your
comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Dated: September 28, 2010.
Joanne M. Hanley,
Superintendent, Flight 93 National Memorial.
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