Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 50 / Tuesday, March 15, 2011 / Notices 14045 

Dated: March 9, 2011. 

Randy A. Brown, 

Designated Federal Officer, Arcata Fish and 

Wildlife Office, Arcata, CA. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5923 Filed 3–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate a 

Cultural Item: Museum of 

Anthropology at Washington State 

University, Pullman, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 a cultural item in the 

possession of the Museum of 

Anthropology at Washington State 

University, Pullman, WA, that meets the 

definition of unassociated funerary 

object 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 

item. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

In 2005, a copper pendant was given 

to the Museum of Anthropology at 

Washington State University for 

intended repatriation by Whitney and 

Mariana Sue Johnson of Charlotte, MI. 

Attached to it was a card with a 

handwritten label reading ‘‘Copper 

pendant from Indian Burial No. 195. 

Zimmerman. Snake River 5 mi east of 

Riparia Columbia Co. Wash.’’ They 

acquired the item through inheritance 

from Mr. Johnson’s grandfather, Ralph 

Hunter, who they believe purchased the 

item while traveling through the area 

between the 1920s and 1940s. The 

pendant is similar in style to other 

pendants often found in protohistoric 

period graves (A.D. 1700–1900) on the 

southern Plateau. 

Zimmerman was a railroad siding that 

was located between Riparia and Lyons 

ferries, which are less than 10 river 

miles apart. The area is within the 

overlapping 19th century territories of 

the Nez Perce and Palus (Sprague 1998; 

Walker 1998). Descendants of these 

communities are members of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of 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 Museum of 

Anthropology at Washington State 

University have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 

one cultural item 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 and is 

believed, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, to have been removed from a 

specific burial site of a Native American 

individual. Officials of the Museum of 

Anthropology at Washington State 

University also 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 unassociated funerary object and the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of Oregon; Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; 

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 unassociated funerary 

object should contact Mary Collins, 

WSU Museum of Anthropology, P.O. 

Box 644910, Pullman, WA 99164, 

telephone (509) 335–4314, before April 

14, 2011. Repatriation of the 

unassociated funerary object to the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of Oregon; Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; 

and the Wanapum Band, a non-federally 

recognized Indian group, may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Museum of Anthropology at 

Washington State University is 

responsible for notifying the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of 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: March 9, 2011. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5850 Filed 3–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, 

DC and Arizona State Museum, 

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 in the 

control of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Washington, DC, and in the physical 

custody of the Arizona State Museum, 

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 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. 

In 1929, cultural items were removed 

from Canyon Creek Ruin, AZ C:2:8(GP)/ 

AZ V:2:1(ASM), within the boundaries 

of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, 

Gila County, AZ, during legally 

authorized excavations conducted by 

the Gila Pueblo Foundation, under the 

direction of Emil Haury. The items were 

found in association with human 

burials, but the human remains were not 

removed from these graves. In 1950, the 

Gila Pueblo Foundation closed and the 

collections were transferred to the 

Arizona State Museum. The 185 

unassociated funerary objects are 5 

basketry mat fragments, 1 bone awl, 1 

bone awl fragment, 3 lots of botanical 

material, 30 ceramic bowls, 5 ceramic 

bowl fragments, 11 ceramic jars, 1 

ceramic jar fragment, 1 ceramic ladle, 1 

ceramic pitcher, 77 pieces of flaked 

stone, 2 pieces of hematite mineral, 1 

quartz crystal, 2 shell beads, 1 shell 


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