Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, Walla Walla, WA, and the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR, 11568-11569 [2012-4507]
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Corporation), and the Central Council
Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of
Alaska support the conclusion that
these cultural items comprise the
shaman’s kit of Nolk, a Hutsnuwu
Tlingit of the Dakl’aweidi clan, and that
they were placed within Nolk’s grave
house near Chaik Bay at or after the time
of his death around 1865. The kit was
removed from the grave house by a
nephew of Nolk at an unknown date
and subsequently acquired by
Lieutenant George Thornton Emmons.
The Museum purchased these items
from Emmons and accessioned them in
1894.
The determination that these items
are ‘‘unassociated funerary objects’’ is
based on Emmons’ catalog entry,
consultation information provided by
Kootznoowoo, Incorporated, and the
Central Council Tlingit and Haida
Indian Tribes of Alaska, and other
expert opinion, all of which support the
conclusion that the items were
associated with Nolk’s grave house, and
were placed with Nolk’s remains either
at the time of his death or later.
The cultural affiliation of the 34
cultural items is Hutsnuwu Tlingit, as
indicated through museum records and
consultation with representatives of
Kootznoowoo Incorporated, and the
Central Council Tlingit and Haida
Indian Tribes of Alaska. Chaik Bay lies
within the traditional territory of the
Hutsnuwu Tlingit. These cultural items
were claimed on behalf of the
Da_l’aweidi clan.
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Determinations Made by the American
Museum of Natural History
Officials of the American Museum of
Natural History have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the 34 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 preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a
specific burial site of a Native American
individual.
• 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 Central Council Tlingit
and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects should contact Nell Murphy,
Director of Cultural Resources,
American Museum of Natural History,
Central Park West at 79th Street, New
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Repatriation of the unassociated
funerary objects to the Central Council
Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of
Alaska may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
Dated: February 22, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253–665]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: U.S. Department of Defense,
Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla
District, Walla Walla, WA, and the
University of Oregon Museum of
Natural and Cultural History, Eugene,
OR
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The United States Department
of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers,
Walla Walla District, in consultation
with the appropriate Indian tribes, has
determined that the items in this notice
meet the definition of unassociated
funerary objects and repatriation to the
Indian tribes stated below may occur if
no additional claimants come forward.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with the cultural items may contact the
U.S. Department of Defense, Army
Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla
District.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the cultural items
should contact U.S. Department of
Defense, Army Corps of Engineers,
Walla Walla District at the address
below by March 28, 2012.
ADDRESSES: LTC David Caldwell, U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Walla Walla District, 201
North Third Ave., Walla Walla, WA
99362, telephone (509) 527–7700.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
items under the control of the U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Walla Walla District (Corps),
Walla Walla, WA, and in the physical
custody of the University of Oregon
Museum of Natural and Cultural History
SUMMARY:
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(UO–MNCH), Eugene, OR, that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary
objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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 cultural
items. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural
Items
The unassociated funerary objects
included in this notice were all removed
from sites located within the McNary
Lock and Dam Project on the Columbia
River. The McNary Lock and Dam
Project is managed by the Corps, who
initiated land acquisition processes for
the Project in 1947.
In 1948, the Smithsonian Institution’s
River Basin Survey Project (SRBS)
removed human remains and funerary
objects from site 45BN3, a pre-contact
protohistoric village site located on
Berrian’s Island, in the Columbia River,
in Benton County, WA. The recovered
collections were transferred to three
separate repositories: The Smithsonian
Institution; the University of
Washington (UW) Burke Museum,
Seattle, WA; and UO–MNCH, Eugene,
OR. The portion of the collections in the
physical custody of UO–MNCH was reinventoried in 1996, under a contract
with the Corps. Unassociated funerary
objects in the collection were recovered
from Burials 4–5, 7–9, 11–15, 19, 22,
24–26, 32, 34, 36–37, 39, 41, 43, 45–46,
48–49, and 51–54. The 189 unassociated
funerary objects are 1 abalone pendant,
3 antler digging stick handles, 1 antler
wedge, 1 antler wedge fragment, 2
arrow-shaft smoothers, 1 arrow-shaft
smoother fragment, 2 arrow-shaft
straighteners, 2 bear canines (badly
decayed), 1 bird bone fragment, 1 bird
effigy charm stone, 3 bivalves, 3
perforated bivalves, 1 broken
chalcedony blade, 7 blue trade beads, 1
bone comb, 2 bone fragments, 1 bone
pin, 1 brass pendant, 2 carved bone
fragments, 1 celt fragment, 1 serpentine
celt (unfinished), 1 chacedony drill, 2
choppers, 1 copper fragment, 1 copper
pendant, 1 copper pendant fragment, 8
copper tube beads, 4 incised Dentalia
shells, 3 Dentalia shells, 3 lots of
Dentalia shells/fragments, 1 broken
drill, 1 petrified wood drill (in 2 pieces),
2 drilled bear claws, 1 eagle bone
whistle, 2 flakes, 1 flesher, 9 glass
beads, 1 Glycymeris fragment, 1 graver
or drill, 1 hook-shaped charmstone, 1
iron tinkler, 1 iron blade, 1 knife, 2
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knife fragments, 1 crushed metal button,
1 shanked and drilled metal button, 2
Olivella shells, 1 Olivella shell
fragment, 1 lot of Olivella shell beads,
6 lots of Olivella shells, 1 oval blade, 2
pendants, 2 perforated shells, 1 pestle,
1 broken pestle (3 pieces, repaired), 1
basalt pestle, 1 petrified wood knife, 1
pink chalcedony knife, 6 projectile
points, 1 point or blade, 1 point or drill,
1 broken obsidian projectile point, 1
chalcedony point, 1 petrified wood
point, 1 broken petrified wood point, 1
while flint point, 1 scoria file or
whetstone, 10 scrapers, 1 brown agate
scraper, 2 chalcedony scrapers, 1 flint
scraper, 13 shells, 2 shell beads, 2 lots
of shell beads, 2 shell pendants, 1 silver
pendant, 2 carved slate effigies, 2 carved
slate effigies with ochre on surface, 1
incised slate effigy, 1 smooth burned
stone, 7 smooth stones, 1 soapstone pipe
bowl fragment, 2 soil samples, 1 steatite
pipe, 1 steatite spoon, 1 stone mallet/
maul, 1 unidentified stone object, 1
serpentine stone pendant, 3 strings of
juniper beads, 1 string of Olivella shell
and wooden beads, 1 drilled thimble, 1
tubular stone pipe, 1 lot of wooden
beads, 1 worked bone or tube bead
(burned), 1 mammal incisor, 1 worked
deer incisor, and 1 worked tooth or
antler wedge (badly decayed).
In 1947, the SRBS removed human
remains and funerary objects from
previously disturbed burials at 45BN45
(aka 45BN186), located on an island in
the Columbia River, in Benton County,
WA. The 1947 SRBS collection was
transported to Fort Vancouver National
Monument in Vancouver, WA. In 1960,
a portion of the collection was
transferred to and accessioned by UO–
MNCH (OSMA accession #102). The
unassociated funerary objects were
described as originating from the
backdirt piles of one or more disturbed
burials identified at the site. The ten
unassociated funerary objects are 1
copper pendant, 3 metal fragments, and
6 glass beads. The site consisted of a
village and burial site dating to the late
pre-contact protohistoric period or
earlier.
In 1947, SRBS removed funerary
objects from burials at 45FR28, on
Borgan’s Island, in Benton County, WA.
At the time, 45FR28 was reported to
contain extensively disturbed burials
marked by cedar posts and located in
the sand dunes on the southern end of
the island. It is unclear whether or not
human remains were collected during
this survey. Materials from the 1947
SRBS investigations were transported to
Fort Vancouver National Monument, in
Vancouver, WA. In 1960, the collection
was transferred to UO–MCNH (OSMA
accession #202). Funerary objects were
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reportedly removed from Burials 1 and
2. The 14 unassociated funerary objects
are 1 lot of clamshell disk beads, 1 lot
of plant seed beads, 2 lots of Olivella
shell beads, 1 lot of dentalium shells,
1 individual dentalium, 4 copper
fragments, 1 projectile point fragment,
1 lot of hair, 1 lot of hair and fiber, and
1 iron spike. The site consisted of
burials of the proto-historic to historic
period date. The burial methods and
artifacts are consistent with Plateau
funerary practices during that era.
Prior to 1950 or 1951, funerary objects
were recovered on an island north of
Hover, Benton County, WA, in direct
association with a burial. The ‘‘Island
North of Hover’’ funerary objects were
donated by a private party to the UO–
MNCH in 1950 or 1951. No human
remains were donated. The collection
was re-inventoried by UO–MNCH in
1996, under a contract with the Corps.
The 57 unassociated funerary objects are
23 decorated bird bones, 1 decorated
animal bone, 4 grooved bones, 1 slotted
bone, 2 projectile points, 1 pipe, 5 shell
beads, 2 stone beads, 4 shell pendants,
2 jasper pendants, 3 stone pendants, 1
graphite pendant, 1 needle or awl, 5 elk
incisors, 1 badger claw, and 1 carnivore
claw.
Determinations Made by the U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Walla Walla District
Officials of the U.S. Department of
Defense, Army Corps of Engineers,
Walla Walla District, have determined
that:
• Five lines of evidence—
geographical, ethnographic,
archeological, anthropological and
historical—support a cultural affiliation
between the Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Reservation, Oregon; and the Nez Perce
Tribe, Idaho (hereinafter referred to as
‘‘The Tribes’’) and the unassociated
funerary objects identified above.
Additionally, a cultural relationship is
determined to exist between the sites
and collections and the Wanapum Band,
a non-Federally recognized Indian
Group (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘The
Indian Group’’).
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the 270 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 preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from
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the specific burial sites of Native
American individuals.
• 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, The Tribes and The Indian
Group. Information provided by The
Tribes and The Indian Group shows that
they are descended from the Native
people who occupied these sites, and
that the individuals buried along the
Snake and mid-Columbia Rivers are
their ancestors. The aforementioned
tribes are all part of the more broadly
defined Plateau cultural community
having shared past and present
traditional lifeways that binds them to
common ancestors.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects should contact LTC David
Caldwell, U.S. Department of Defense,
Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla
District, 201 North Third Ave., Walla
Walla, WA 99362, telephone (509) 527–
7700, before March 28, 2012.
Repatriation of the unassociated
funerary objects to The Tribes and (if
joined) The Indian Group may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The U.S. Department of Defense,
Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla
District, is responsible for notifying The
Tribes and The Indian Group that this
notice has been published.
Dated: February 22, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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[2253–665]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: USDA Forest Service, Coconino
National Forest, Flagstaff, AZ
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The USDA Forest Service,
Coconino NF, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribe, has determined
that the cultural items meet the
definition of unassociated funerary
objects and repatriation to the Indian
tribe stated below may occur if no
additional claimants come forward.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of
Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, Walla Walla,
WA, and the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural
History, Eugene, OR
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Walla Walla District, in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes, has determined that the items in this notice meet the
definition of unassociated funerary objects and repatriation to the
Indian tribes stated below may occur if no additional claimants come
forward. Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the cultural items may contact the U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the cultural items should contact U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District at
the address below by March 28, 2012.
ADDRESSES: LTC David Caldwell, U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps
of Engineers, Walla Walla District, 201 North Third Ave., Walla Walla,
WA 99362, telephone (509) 527-7700.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the
control of the U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers,
Walla Walla District (Corps), Walla Walla, WA, and in the physical
custody of the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural
History (UO-MNCH), Eugene, OR, that meet the definition of unassociated
funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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 cultural
items. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural Items
The unassociated funerary objects included in this notice were all
removed from sites located within the McNary Lock and Dam Project on
the Columbia River. The McNary Lock and Dam Project is managed by the
Corps, who initiated land acquisition processes for the Project in
1947.
In 1948, the Smithsonian Institution's River Basin Survey Project
(SRBS) removed human remains and funerary objects from site 45BN3, a
pre-contact protohistoric village site located on Berrian's Island, in
the Columbia River, in Benton County, WA. The recovered collections
were transferred to three separate repositories: The Smithsonian
Institution; the University of Washington (UW) Burke Museum, Seattle,
WA; and UO-MNCH, Eugene, OR. The portion of the collections in the
physical custody of UO-MNCH was re-inventoried in 1996, under a
contract with the Corps. Unassociated funerary objects in the
collection were recovered from Burials 4-5, 7-9, 11-15, 19, 22, 24-26,
32, 34, 36-37, 39, 41, 43, 45-46, 48-49, and 51-54. The 189
unassociated funerary objects are 1 abalone pendant, 3 antler digging
stick handles, 1 antler wedge, 1 antler wedge fragment, 2 arrow-shaft
smoothers, 1 arrow-shaft smoother fragment, 2 arrow-shaft
straighteners, 2 bear canines (badly decayed), 1 bird bone fragment, 1
bird effigy charm stone, 3 bivalves, 3 perforated bivalves, 1 broken
chalcedony blade, 7 blue trade beads, 1 bone comb, 2 bone fragments, 1
bone pin, 1 brass pendant, 2 carved bone fragments, 1 celt fragment, 1
serpentine celt (unfinished), 1 chacedony drill, 2 choppers, 1 copper
fragment, 1 copper pendant, 1 copper pendant fragment, 8 copper tube
beads, 4 incised Dentalia shells, 3 Dentalia shells, 3 lots of Dentalia
shells/fragments, 1 broken drill, 1 petrified wood drill (in 2 pieces),
2 drilled bear claws, 1 eagle bone whistle, 2 flakes, 1 flesher, 9
glass beads, 1 Glycymeris fragment, 1 graver or drill, 1 hook-shaped
charmstone, 1 iron tinkler, 1 iron blade, 1 knife, 2
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knife fragments, 1 crushed metal button, 1 shanked and drilled metal
button, 2 Olivella shells, 1 Olivella shell fragment, 1 lot of Olivella
shell beads, 6 lots of Olivella shells, 1 oval blade, 2 pendants, 2
perforated shells, 1 pestle, 1 broken pestle (3 pieces, repaired), 1
basalt pestle, 1 petrified wood knife, 1 pink chalcedony knife, 6
projectile points, 1 point or blade, 1 point or drill, 1 broken
obsidian projectile point, 1 chalcedony point, 1 petrified wood point,
1 broken petrified wood point, 1 while flint point, 1 scoria file or
whetstone, 10 scrapers, 1 brown agate scraper, 2 chalcedony scrapers, 1
flint scraper, 13 shells, 2 shell beads, 2 lots of shell beads, 2 shell
pendants, 1 silver pendant, 2 carved slate effigies, 2 carved slate
effigies with ochre on surface, 1 incised slate effigy, 1 smooth burned
stone, 7 smooth stones, 1 soapstone pipe bowl fragment, 2 soil samples,
1 steatite pipe, 1 steatite spoon, 1 stone mallet/maul, 1 unidentified
stone object, 1 serpentine stone pendant, 3 strings of juniper beads, 1
string of Olivella shell and wooden beads, 1 drilled thimble, 1 tubular
stone pipe, 1 lot of wooden beads, 1 worked bone or tube bead (burned),
1 mammal incisor, 1 worked deer incisor, and 1 worked tooth or antler
wedge (badly decayed).
In 1947, the SRBS removed human remains and funerary objects from
previously disturbed burials at 45BN45 (aka 45BN186), located on an
island in the Columbia River, in Benton County, WA. The 1947 SRBS
collection was transported to Fort Vancouver National Monument in
Vancouver, WA. In 1960, a portion of the collection was transferred to
and accessioned by UO-MNCH (OSMA accession 102). The
unassociated funerary objects were described as originating from the
backdirt piles of one or more disturbed burials identified at the site.
The ten unassociated funerary objects are 1 copper pendant, 3 metal
fragments, and 6 glass beads. The site consisted of a village and
burial site dating to the late pre-contact protohistoric period or
earlier.
In 1947, SRBS removed funerary objects from burials at 45FR28, on
Borgan's Island, in Benton County, WA. At the time, 45FR28 was reported
to contain extensively disturbed burials marked by cedar posts and
located in the sand dunes on the southern end of the island. It is
unclear whether or not human remains were collected during this survey.
Materials from the 1947 SRBS investigations were transported to Fort
Vancouver National Monument, in Vancouver, WA. In 1960, the collection
was transferred to UO-MCNH (OSMA accession 202). Funerary
objects were reportedly removed from Burials 1 and 2. The 14
unassociated funerary objects are 1 lot of clamshell disk beads, 1 lot
of plant seed beads, 2 lots of Olivella shell beads, 1 lot of dentalium
shells, 1 individual dentalium, 4 copper fragments, 1 projectile point
fragment, 1 lot of hair, 1 lot of hair and fiber, and 1 iron spike. The
site consisted of burials of the proto-historic to historic period
date. The burial methods and artifacts are consistent with Plateau
funerary practices during that era.
Prior to 1950 or 1951, funerary objects were recovered on an island
north of Hover, Benton County, WA, in direct association with a burial.
The ``Island North of Hover'' funerary objects were donated by a
private party to the UO-MNCH in 1950 or 1951. No human remains were
donated. The collection was re-inventoried by UO-MNCH in 1996, under a
contract with the Corps. The 57 unassociated funerary objects are 23
decorated bird bones, 1 decorated animal bone, 4 grooved bones, 1
slotted bone, 2 projectile points, 1 pipe, 5 shell beads, 2 stone
beads, 4 shell pendants, 2 jasper pendants, 3 stone pendants, 1
graphite pendant, 1 needle or awl, 5 elk incisors, 1 badger claw, and 1
carnivore claw.
Determinations Made by the U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Walla Walla District
Officials of the U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Walla Walla District, have determined that:
Five lines of evidence--geographical, ethnographic,
archeological, anthropological and historical--support a cultural
affiliation between the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama
Nation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation,
Oregon; Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation, Oregon; and
the Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho (hereinafter referred to as ``The Tribes'')
and the unassociated funerary objects identified above. Additionally, a
cultural relationship is determined to exist between the sites and
collections and the Wanapum Band, a non-Federally recognized Indian
Group (hereinafter referred to as ``The Indian Group'').
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 270 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 preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from the specific burial sites of Native
American individuals.
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, The Tribes and The Indian Group.
Information provided by The Tribes and The Indian Group shows that they
are descended from the Native people who occupied these sites, and that
the individuals buried along the Snake and mid-Columbia Rivers are
their ancestors. The aforementioned tribes are all part of the more
broadly defined Plateau cultural community having shared past and
present traditional lifeways that binds them to common ancestors.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the unassociated funerary objects should
contact LTC David Caldwell, U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Walla Walla District, 201 North Third Ave., Walla Walla, WA
99362, telephone (509) 527-7700, before March 28, 2012. Repatriation of
the unassociated funerary objects to The Tribes and (if joined) The
Indian Group may proceed after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Walla
Walla District, is responsible for notifying The Tribes and The Indian
Group that this notice has been published.
Dated: February 22, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2012-4507 Filed 2-24-12; 8:45 am]
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