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site was intermittently occupied from 

prehistoric times into the historic era. 

All of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described 

above from the Kent County sites are, by 

a preponderance of the evidence, 

culturally affiliated with the present-day 

Federally-recognized Little River Band 

of Ottawa Indians, Michigan, whose 

ancestors include the Grand River 

Ottawa Bands. The historic occupation 

of Kent County, MI, by the Little River 

Band of Ottawa Indians is well 

documented. 

Officials of The Public Museum have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (9–10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of eight individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of The 

Public Museum also have determined 

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

the 264 associated funerary objects 

described above are reasonably believed 

to have been placed with or near 

individual remains at the time of death 

or later as part of the death rite or 

ceremony. Lastly, officials of The Public 

Museum 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 Native American human remains 

and associated funerary objects and the 

Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, 

Michigan. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Marilyn Merdzinski, Director of 

Collections and Preservation, The 

Public Museum, 272 Pearl St. NW., 

Grand Rapids, MI 49504, telephone 

(616) 456–3521, before September 21, 

2009. Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

to the Little River Band of Ottawa 

Indians, Michigan may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Public Museum is responsible for 

notifying the Grand Traverse Band of 

Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa 

Indians, Michigan; and Little Traverse 

Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: July 24, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–19974 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC and 

New York University College of 

Dentistry, New York, NY 

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 control of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in 

the physical custody of the New York 

University College of Dentistry, New 

York, NY. The human remains were 

removed from Hawikuh, Cibola County, 

NM. 

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. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Bureau of 

Indian Affairs and New York University 

College of Dentistry professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico. 

In February 1921, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from ‘‘Burial 

1263’’ at Hawikuh, Cibola County, NM, 

during legally permitted excavations by 

the Museum of the American Indian, 

Heye Foundation. At the time of 

excavation, the site of Hawikuh was 

located on Zuni tribal lands. In 1921, 

the human remains were accessioned 

into the collections of the Museum of 

the American Indian. In 1956, the 

Museum of the American Indian 

transferred the human remains to Dr. 

Theodore Kazamiroff, New York 

University College of Dentistry. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Records identify the human remains 

as ‘‘Burial 1263’’ from Hawikuh. Cranial 

morphology suggests that the human 

remains are consistent with an 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

Consultation evidence, historic 

documents, and archeological data 

indicate Hawikuh was a Zuni settlement 

occupied from the 14th to 17th 

centuries. Zuni traditions identify the 

region around Hawikuh as their 

ancestral territory. Archeological data 

suggest that the site was inhabited since 

circa A.D. 1300. The first historic 

records of Hawikuh were made by the 

Spanish in 1536; over the next 150 years 

the Spanish documented their visits and 

missions at Hawikuh, which they 

identified as one of the seven cities of 

Cibola. After the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, 

the Zuni resettled at the location of the 

current Zuni Pueblo. Oral tradition and 

historic records describe both the revolt 

and the subsequent aggregation of Zuni 

people at the Zuni Pueblo. For a number 

of years, some Zuni periodically 

returned to Hawikuh for short stays. 

The Spanish granted the land at 

Hawikuh and other Zuni villages to the 

Zuni in 1689. The Zuni have remained 

in the area to the present-day. The 

present Zuni reservation was first 

established by Executive Order in 1877, 

although the boundaries were 

subsequently modified. The Zuni voted 

to hold elections under the Indian 

Reorganization Act in 1934, and 

adopted a constitution in 1970. Today 

the Zuni Tribe is recognized as the Zuni 

Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico. 

Officials of the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs and New York University 

College of Dentistry have determined 

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), 

the human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

Officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

and New York University College of 

Dentistry 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 Native American human remains 

and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Louis Terracio, New 

York University College of Dentistry, 

345 East 24th St., New York, NY 10010, 

telephone (212) 998–9917, before 

September 21, 2009. Repatriation of the 

human remains to the Zuni Tribe of the 

Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The New York University College of 

Dentistry and Bureau of Indian Affairs 

are responsible for notifying the Zuni 

Tribe of the Zuni Reservation of New 

Mexico that this notice has been 

published. 


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Dated: July 24, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–19964 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: New 

York University College of Dentistry, 

New York, NY 

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 New 

York University College of Dentistry, 

New York, NY. The human remains 

were removed from Cape Nome, Nome 

County, AK. 

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. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by New York 

University College of Dentistry 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Nome Eskimo 

Community. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from an 

unidentified site at Cape Nome, AK, by 

an unknown individual. By 1924, the 

human remains were donated to the 

Museum of the American Indian, Heye 

Foundation by Mrs. George Heye. In 

1956, the human remains were 

transferred to Dr. Theodore Kazamiroff, 

New York University College of 

Dentistry. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Museum of the American Indian 

records list the locality of origin as Cape 

Nome, AK. The human remains are 

well-preserved and the morphology is 

consistent with Native American 

ancestry. There are four cultural phases 

for the Cape Nome area, the Denbigh 

Flint Complex, Norton, Birnirk, and 

Cape Nome phases. Because 

preservation of human remains is 

extremely rare for sites in the Cape 

Nome region that predate the Cape 

Nome phase, it is likely that the human 

remains date to the Cape Nome phase, 

circa A.D. 1000–1800. The Cape Nome 

phase corresponds to the Western Thule 

tradition of the Bering Sea region. In the 

Western Thule tradition, the people of 

the Seward Peninsula were highly 

localized, with differences in their 

lifeways based on the particular 

resources available in their territory. 

Localization may have occurred 

alongside the development of 

geopolitical boundaries. Cape Nome was 

a coastal area with a focus on smaller 

sea mammals. 

Cape Nome was part of the 

Ayaasaeiarmiut or Cape Nome territory 

of Inupiaq speakers at the time of 

Euroamerican contact. Burials at Cape 

Nome were described by Edward Nelson 

in the late 19th century. Nelson 

observed that human remains were 

placed in wooden boxes that were 

elevated onto poles. The boxes were 

exposed to the elements and highly 

visible to collectors. 

Archeological and consultation 

evidence indicates that the 

Ayaasaeiarmiut Inupiaq inhabited the 

Cape Nome area since at least A.D. 

1000. Today, the descendants of the 

people of Cape Nome are represented by 

the Nome Eskimo Community. 

Officials of New York University 

College of Dentistry have determined 

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), 

the human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

Officials of New York University 

College of Dentistry 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 Native 

American human remains and the Nome 

Eskimo Community. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Louis Terracio, New 

York University College of Dentistry, 

345 East 24th St., New York, NY 10010, 

telephone (212) 998–9917, before 

September 21, 2009. Repatriation of the 

human remains to the Nome Eskimo 

Community may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The New York University College of 

Dentistry is responsible for notifying the 

Nome Eskimo Community that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: July 24, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–19961 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: The 

Colorado College, Colorado Springs, 

CO; Correction 

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 

under the control of The Colorado 

College, Colorado Springs, CO. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from sites in the 

southwestern United States and a 

canyon tributary of Comb Wash, San 

Juan County, UT. 

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. 

This notice corrects the number count 

of the associated funerary objects in a 

Notice of Inventory Completion 

previously published in the Federal 

Register (72 FR 19232–193233, April 14, 

2004) from one to two. In the Federal 

Register notice of April 14, 2004, 

paragraph numbers 6–9 are corrected by 

substituting the following paragraphs: 

Between 1897 and 1898, human 

remains representing one individual 

were removed from a cliff ruin in a 

canyon tributary of Comb Wash, San 

Juan County, UT, under the auspices of 

the Lang Expedition of 1897–1898. Prior 

to 1900, General William Jackson 

Palmer acquired what became known as 

the Lang-Bixby Collection which he 

subsequently transferred to The 

Colorado College. With the exception of 

the human remains and funerary objects 

in direct contact with the human 

remains, The Colorado College Museum 

collection, which included the LangBixby Collection, was dispersed through 

long-term loans primarily to the 

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center 


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