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objects. The four unassociated funerary 

objects are three brass sheet fragments 

and one lot of elk teeth pendants and 

white discoidal beads. 

Paragraph nine is corrected by 

substituting the following paragraph: 

Officials of the Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology have 

determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(3)(B), that the five 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 Native American individuals. 

Officials of the Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology also have 

determined, pursuant to 24 U.S.C. 

3001(2), that there is a relationship of 

shared group identity that can be 

reasonably traced between the 

unassociated funerary objects and the 

Cayuga Nation of New York; Oneida 

Nation of New York; Oneida Tribe of 

Indians of Wisconsin; Onondaga Nation 

of New York; Seneca Nation of New 

York; Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, 

New York; Tonawanda Band of Seneca 

Indians of New York; and Tuscarora 

Nation of New York (hereinafter referred 

to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

objects should contact Patricia Capone, 

Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–3702, before April 14, 2011. 

Repatriation of the unassociated 

funerary objects to The Tribes may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology 

and Ethnology is responsible for 

notifying The Tribes that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: March 9, 2011. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5867 Filed 3–14–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Wyoming, Anthropology 

Department, Human Remains 

Repository, Laramie, WY 

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. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in the possession and control of the 

University of Wyoming Anthropology 

Department, Human Remains 

Repository, Laramie, WY. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from the Upper Sunshine 

Reservoir area of northwest Wyoming. 

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 University of 

Wyoming, Anthropology Department, 

Human Remains Repository, 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Crow Tribe of 

Montana. 

In 1973, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

removed from a cliff ledge on private 

ground near the Upper Sunshine 

Reservoir area of northwest Wyoming by 

University of Wyoming personnel. The 

burial location had been discovered by 

recreational rock climbers. The remains 

have been at the University of Wyoming 

since that time (HR019 and HR020). No 

known individuals were identified. The 

985 associated funerary objects are 944 

small glass trade beads, 6 large white 

glass trade beads, 11 large blue glass 

trade beads, 4 medium blue glass trade 

beads, 6 dentalim shell beads, 3 brass 

buttons, 2 metal loops (earrings?), 1 

metal bracelet, 3 shell hair pipe beads, 

1carved wooden bowl, 1 lot of 

numerous cloth fragments representing 

a trade blanket, 1 lot of a trade coat in 

fragments with brass braid and brass 

buttons, 1 lot of a bison robe in 

fragments, and 1 lot of miscellaneous 

leather. 

The historic associated funerary 

objects suggest a burial date in the early 

1800s. The University of Wyoming, 

Anthropology Department, Human 

Remains Repository, determined that 

the human remains are Native American 

based on the presence of platymeric 

femoral morphology, toothwear 

patterns, the presence of shovel shaped 

incisors, interorbital observations, and 

distinctive cranial morphology. Based 

on craniometrics, burial location, 

artifacts, and hair styles, officials of the 

Human Remains Repository reasonably 

believe that these remains represent 

individuals related to the Crow Tribe of 

Montana. In addition, the Crow Tribe, 

based upon the burial location within 

the aboriginal homelands of the tribe 

and review of the information from the 

Human Remains Repository, claims a 

shared group identity. 

Officials of the University of 

Wyoming, Anthropology Department, 

Human Remains Repository, have 

determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(9), that the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

University of Wyoming, Anthropology 

Department, Human Remains 

Repository, have also determined, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), that 

the 985 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 

a death rite or ceremony. Lastly, 

officials of the University of Wyoming, 

Anthropology Department, Human 

Remains Repository, have determined, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), that 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 Crow Tribe of Montana. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Rick L. Weathermon, NAGPRA 

Contact at the University of Wyoming, 

Department 3431, Anthropology, 1000 

E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071, 

telephone (307) 766–5136, before April 

14, 2011. Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

to the Crow Tribe of Montana may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The University of Wyoming 

Anthropology Department, Human 

Remains Repository, is responsible for 

notifying the Crow Tribe of Montana 

that this notice has been published. 


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Dated: March 9, 2011. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5865 Filed 3–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Fremont County Coroner, Riverton, WY 

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. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in the possession and control of the 

Fremont County Coroner, Riverton, WY. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from 

Fremont County, WY. 

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 Fremont 

County Coroner professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming. 

On June 7, 2010, human remains 

representing one individual were 

removed from the Sinks Canyon Site, 

Fremont County, WY. The remains were 

found along a hiking trail that was 

undergoing maintenance for the summer 

hiking season. No known individual 

was identified. The 373 associated 

funerary objects are 2 fragments of 

freshwater clam shells, 32 dentalia shell 

beads, 2 bird bone beads, 8 chokecherry 

seed beads, 162 bone heishi-style beads, 

158 lignite heishi-style beads, 5 

fragmentary bone heishi-style beads, 1 

shell bead, and 3 chert microflakes. 

The Sinks Canyon site is located on 

what was originally part of the Wind 

River Reservation, but subsequently 

transferred and is no longer reservation 

land. The area of the Wind River 

Reservation is the traditional land of the 

Eastern Shoshone, now the Shoshone 

Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, 

Wyoming. The land was chosen by 

Chief Washakie as the reservation for 

his tribe as set forth in the Fort Bridger 

Treaty of 1868. Although the Arapahoe 

Tribe also reside on the Wind River 

Reservation, they were moved onto it at 

a later date after the Treaty of 1868. 

After discovery, the remains were 

submitted to Rick L. Weathermon, 

Osteoarchaeologist, University of 

Wyoming, for examination. The 

examination determined that the human 

remains are those of a Native American 

female between 50 and 70 years of age. 

Some traits and associated funerary 

objects suggest that the remains are from 

the Fremont Culture that inhabited the 

central Wyoming area over 600 years 

ago. Based on consultation with a 

Shoshone tribal representative, there is 

a shared group relationship between the 

Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming, and the Fremont 

Culture, the identifiable earlier group, 

based on oral history. 

Officials of the Fremont County 

Coroner’s Office have determined, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), that the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

Officials of the Fremont County 

Coroner’s Office also have determined, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), that 

the 373 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 Fremont County 

Coroner’s Office have determined, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), that 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 Shoshone Tribe of the Wind 

River Reservation, Wyoming. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Edward R. McAuslan, Fremont 

County Coroner, 322 North 8th West, 

Riverton, WY 82501, telephone (307) 

856–7150, before April 14, 2011. 

Repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the 

Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming, may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Fremont County Coroner is 

responsible for notifying the Shoshone 

Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, 

Wyoming, that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: March 9, 2011. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5864 Filed 3–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Wyoming, Anthropology 

Department, Human Remains 

Repository, Laramie, WY 

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. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains in the possession and control of 

the University of Wyoming 

Anthropology Department, Human 

Remains Repository, Laramie, WY. The 

human remains were removed from the 

east side of the Big Horn Mountains in 

the Buffalo-Sheridan area from 

unknown status lands in Wyoming. 

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 University of 

Wyoming, Anthropology Department, 

Human Remains Repository, 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Crow Tribe of 

Montana. 

In the 1960s or 1970s, human remains 

representing one individual were 

removed from beneath a tree scaffold 

burial by a private individual from the 

east side of the Big Horn Mountains in 

the Buffalo-Sheridan area from 

unknown status lands in Wyoming. The 

remains were sent to the University of 

Wyoming in the mid-1980s and have 

been at the University of Wyoming since 

that time (HR218d). No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Notes transferred with the human 

remains indicate that the burial was that 

of a Crow individual and probably dates 

after the 1870s. The University of 

Wyoming, Anthropology Department, 


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