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The FEIS analyzes leasing all of the 

South Gillette Area coal tracts as a 

separate Proposed Action. Under the 

Proposed Action, a competitive sale 

would be held and a lease issued for 

Federal coal contained in the tracts as 

applied for by each of the applicants. As 

part of the coal leasing process, the BLM 

is evaluating adding or subtracting 

Federal coal to the tracts to avoid 

bypassing coal or to prompt competitive 

interest in unleased Federal coal in this 

area. The alternate tract configurations 

for each of the LBAs that BLM is 

evaluating are described and analyzed 

as separate alternatives in the FEIS. 

Under these alternatives, competitive 

sales would be held and leases issued 

for Federal coal lands included in tracts 

modified by the BLM. The FEIS also 

analyzes the alternative of rejecting the 

application(s) to lease Federal coal as 

the No Action Alternative. The 

Proposed Actions and alternatives for 

each of the LBAs being considered in 

the FEIS are in conformance with the 

Approved Resource Management Plan 

for Public Lands Administered by the 

Bureau of Land Management Buffalo 

Field Office (2001). A Record of 

Decision (ROD) will be prepared after 

the close of the 30-day review period for 

the FEIS. Comments received on the 

FEIS will be considered during 

preparation of the ROD. 

Requests to be included on the 

mailing list for this project and to 

request copies of the FEIS may be sent 

in writing, by facsimile, or 

electronically to the addresses 

previously stated at the beginning of 

this notice. The BLM asks that those 

submitting comments on the FEIS make 

them as specific as possible with 

reference to page numbers and chapters 

of the document. Comments that 

contain only opinions or preferences 

will not receive a formal response; 

however, they will be considered as part 

of the BLM decision-making process. 

Please note that comments and 

information submitted including names, 

street addresses, and e-mail addresses of 

respondents will be available for public 

review and disclosure at the above 

address during regular business hours 

(7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Donald A. Simpson, 

State Director. 

[FR Doc. E9–20026 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Museum of Anthropology, University 

of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 

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 

Museum of Anthropology, University of 

Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. The human 

remains were removed from the 

Wequetonsing area near Harbor Springs, 

Emmet County, MI. 

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 Museum of 

Anthropology professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa 

Indians, Michigan. 

In 1924, a collection containing 

human remains and a variety of 

archeological materials collected from 

around Michigan and North America 

was purchased by the University of 

Michigan from Rev. L.P. Rowland of 

Detroit, MI. The human remains and 

many of the artifacts were recovered 

from the Lake Michigan shore area in 

Emmet County, MI. A substantial 

portion of this collection, including one 

set of human remains (Accession #206) 

and cultural items were determined to 

be culturally affiliated with the Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan. The individual and cultural 

items were described in a Notice 

published in the Federal Register (62 

FR 8265–8266, February 24, 1997), and 

were subsequently repatriated later that 

same year. At that time it was 

determined that two comingled sets of 

human remains that were part of the 

same accession were not Native 

American. The human remains are of an 

adult and a second, younger adult 

individual. Since that time, based on 

skeletal and dental morphology, the 

older individual has been identified as 

being of mixed European and Native 

American ancestry. There is insufficient 

evidence to positively determine the 

biological affiliation of the younger 

individual, but they may also be of 

mixed European and Native American 

ancestry. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Accession and other collections 

information suggests that the human 

remains were recovered from the 

Wequetonsing area near Harbor Springs, 

MI. Rev. Rowland’s catalog indicates 

that glass beads were found with the 

human remains. Based on the 

observation of glass trade beads, the 

human remains most likely date to the 

post-contact era in northern Michigan 

(circa A.D. 1600–1800). 

Based on historical documents and 

consultation with the Little Traverse 

Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan, 

the Odawa occupied the Wequetonsing 

area throughout much of the historic 

era. The Wequetonsing area is within 

the area granted to the Odawa for 

settlement in treaties signed in 1836 and 

1855, and is within the current 

reservation boundary of the Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan. While historic sources also 

mention the presence of Potawatomi, 

Mascouten, and Ojibwa in the general 

area, the Odawa are the predominant 

group associated with the Wequetonsing 

and Harbor Springs locality. 

While the biological ancestry of the 

two individuals may be mixed, based on 

the burial treatment of the individual, 

appearance of grave features as 

described by Rev. Rowland, and 

consultation with tribal representatives, 

officials of the Museum of Anthropology 

reasonably believe the human remains 

have a Native American cultural 

identity. Based on the observation of 

glass beads, the interments likely date to 

the historic era. Given the location of 

the interments, they are most likely 

culturally affiliated with the Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan. 

Officials of the Museum of 

Anthropology, University of Michigan 

have determined that, pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Museum of Anthropology, University of 

Michigan also have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is 


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a relationship of shared group identity 

that can be reasonably traced between 

the Native American human remains 

and the Little Traverse Bay Bands of 

Odawa Indians, Michigan. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. John O’Shea, 

NAGPRA Coordinator, Museum of 

Anthropology, University of Michigan, 

Ann Arbor, MI 48109–1079, telephone 

(734) 764–0485, before September 21, 

2009. Repatriation of the human 

remains to the Little Traverse Bay Bands 

of Odawa Indians, Michigan may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The Museum of Anthropology, 

University of Michigan is responsible 

for notifying the Little Traverse Bay 

Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: July 16, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–19970 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Daniel Boone National Forest, 

Winchester, KY 

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 U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Daniel Boone National Forest, 

Winchester, KY. The human remains 

were removed from three locations in 

Laurel, McCreary, and Powell Counties, 

KY. 

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 University of 

Kentucky/Kentucky Archaeological 

Survey professional staff in consultation 

with representatives of the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 

Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern 

Band of Cherokee Indians of North 

Carolina; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; 

and United Keetoowah Band of 

Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from site 

15Ll86, Laurel County, KY. The human 

remains were found in an artifact 

collection stored at the Daniel Boone 

National Forest while doing a 

collections inventory. The human 

remains from this site were collected 

from looter backdirt piles by Forest 

Service archaeologists who first 

recorded the site in 1983. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Artifacts recovered from the site 

indicate that this site was occupied from 

the Middle Archaic through Middle 

Woodland cultural periods dating from 

6000 B.C. to A.D. 300. The fragmentary 

human remains are from unknown 

contexts within the site. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from the Cane 

Creek locality in Powell County, KY. 

The human remains were a turned over 

to the Daniel Boone National Forest 

anonymously. The donor claimed to 

have been given the human remains by 

an individual who had removed them 

from an unidentified site in the Cane 

Creek area of the Daniel Boone National 

Forest. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The human remains are from one 

middle-aged female (30–50 years). A 

non-human femoral head was 

commingled with the remains, but is not 

considered to be an associated funerary 

object. The human remains are believed 

to have come from a prehistoric context, 

and probably predate A.D. 1700. 

Sometime in the 1960s, human 

remains representing a minimum of six 

individuals were removed from a 

rockshelter, probably site 15McY1066, 

on Forest Service land in McCreary 

County, KY, by a road construction 

crew. The human remains were 

anonymously turned over to the Daniel 

Boone National Forest. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

This is the largest of the three 

collections reported in this notice, and 

one diagnostic artifact was recovered. 

Though it is not considered an 

associated funerary object, it indicates 

that the site dates from A.D. 900 to 

1700. 

The contexts from which the three 

collections of human remains were 

reportedly removed suggest that they are 

all prehistoric Native Americans. Since 

there is no specific provenience 

information, other than general site 

locations within a broad temporal 

context, there is insufficient contextual 

information to culturally affiliate the 

human remains with any specific, 

present-day Indian tribe. 

Officials of the Daniel Boone National 

Forest 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 Daniel Boone National Forest also 

have determined that, pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 3001 (2), a relationship of shared 

group identity cannot be reasonably 

traced between the Native American 

human remains and any present-day 

Indian tribe. 

The Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Review 

Committee (Review Committee) is 

responsible for recommending specific 

actions for the disposition of culturally 

unidentifiable human remains. In 2008, 

the Daniel Boone National Forest 

requested that the Review Committee 

recommend disposition of the eight 

culturally unidentifiable human 

remains to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe 

of Indians of Oklahoma; Cherokee 

Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians of North Carolina; 

Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; and United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma, as aboriginal and historic 

occupants of lands in Kentucky. The 

tribes have also requested for the direct 

reburial of the culturally unidentifiable 

human remains in the Indian Rest Place 

Cemetery on the Daniel Boone National 

Forest, and for the reburial to be 

witnessed and directed by 

representatives of the United Keetoowah 

Band of Cherokee Indians. The Review 

Committee considered the request at its 

May 15–16, 2008 meeting and 

recommended disposition of the human 

remains to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe 

of Indians of Oklahoma; Cherokee 

Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians of North Carolina; 

Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; and United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma. A January 27, 2009, letter 

from the Designated Federal Official on 

behalf of the Secretary of the Interior 

transmitted the authorization for the 

Daniel Boone National Forest to effect 

disposition of the human remains of the 

eight culturally unidentifiable 

individuals to the tribes listed above 


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