70026 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 220 / Tuesday, November 16, 2010 / Notices 

Boise, ID 83706, telephone (208) 378– 

5316, before December 16, 2010. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

the Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington, may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific 

Northwest Region, is responsible for 

notifying the Confederated Tribes of the 

Colville Reservation, Washington, that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: November 5, 2010. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28741 Filed 11–15–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Pacific Northwest Region, 

Gifford Pinchot National Forest, 

Vancouver, 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. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in the possession and control of the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Pacific Northwest Region, 

Gifford Pinchot National Forest, 

Vancouver, WA. The human remains 

and associated funerary objects were 

removed from Klickitat County, WA. 

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 Pacific Northwest 

Region, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of Oregon; and Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington. 

In June 1983, human remains 

representing a minimum of three 

individuals were removed from 

archeological site 45KL281, Klickitat 

County, WA. The remains were 

recovered during initial documentation 

and subsurface sampling of the 

archeological site, prior to acquisition of 

the property by the Federal agency. The 

items came into possession of the Forest 

Service in 1989, following the land 

acquisition. The location is on National 

Forest System lands within the 

Columbia River Gorge National Scenic 

Area. No known individuals were 

identified. The 571 associated funerary 

objects are 5 shell beads, 182 copper 

artifacts, 380 glass beads, 1 pipe in 

fragments, 1 horse molar and 2 glass 

bottle or jar fragments. 

The human remains are highly 

fragmented due to the effects of 

cremation, and most of the associated 

funerary objects also show the effects of 

fire. Trade materials among the 

associated funerary objects indicate 

interment and firing circa A.D. 1825– 

1850. Funerary objects reflect the 

ornamentation and dress of local Native 

American groups during the early 

historic period. Cultural geography, oral 

traditions and historic sources indicate 

probable use of the site area either by 

Waya ́m5a ́ma families from the village of 

wanwa ́wi (Oregon) or Walawitsislama 

people from the village of wa ́lawitis 

(Washington). The descendants of the 

Waya ́m5a ́ma and Walawitsislama are 

members of the Confederated Tribes of 

the Warm Springs Reservation of 

Oregon and Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington. Elders have suggested that 

the remains may be associated with a 

disease epidemic, as cremation was not 

the normal or preferred method of 

treatment for the deceased. 

Officials of the Gifford Pinchot 

National Forest have determined, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of three 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Gifford Pinchot 

National Forest also have determined, 

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

the 571 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 Gifford Pinchot National 

Forest 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 

Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Reservation of Oregon and the 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Rick McClure, Heritage Program 

Manager, Gifford Pinchot National 

Forest, 2455 Highway 141, Trout Lake, 

WA 98650, telephone (509) 395–3399, 

before December 16, 2010. Repatriation 

of the human remains and associated 

funerary objects to the Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of Oregon and Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington, may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

Gifford Pinchot National Forest is 

responsible for notifying the 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation, Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Reservation of Oregon; and 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington, that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: November 5, 2010. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28744 Filed 11–15–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Wisconsin Historical Society, Museum 

Division, Madison, WI 

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 of the 

Wisconsin Historical Society, Museum 

Division, Madison, WI. The human 

remains were removed from Taylor 

County, WI. 

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. 

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