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Catalina de Guale and six present-day 

Indian tribes. This determination is 

made on the basis of historical 

geography, general continuities of 

material culture, and probable linguistic 

continuity across the Late Prehistoric/ 

Contact Period boundary, as well as 

previous NAGPRA determinations for 

human remains and funerary objects 

from the Georgia coast. These six Indian 

tribes are the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal 

Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) 

Nation, Oklahoma; Poarch Band of 

Creek Indians of Alabama; Seminole 

Nation of Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of 

Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, 

Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); and 

the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, 

Oklahoma. 

Officials of the Fernbank Museum of 

Natural History have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of 60 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Fernbank 

Museum of Natural History also have 

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

3001 (3)(A), the six 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 

Fernbank Museum of Natural History 

have determined that, pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship 

of shared group identity which can be 

reasonably traced between the Native 

American human remains and 

associated funerary objects and the 

Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, 

Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation, 

Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek 

Indians of Alabama; Seminole Nation of 

Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida 

(Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, 

Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); and 

the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, 

Oklahoma. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Dennis B. Blanton, Curator – 

Native American Archaeology, 

Fernbank Museum of Natural History, 

767 Clifton Rd. NE., Atlanta, GA 30307– 

1221, telephone: (404) 929–6304, before 

September 21, 2009. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal 

Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) 

Nation, Oklahoma; Poarch Band of 

Creek Indians of Alabama; Seminole 

Nation of Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of 

Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, 

Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); and 

the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, 

Oklahoma may proceed after that date if 

no additional claimants come forward. 

The Fernbank Museum of Natural 

History is responsible for notifying the 

Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, 

Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation, 

Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek 

Indians of Alabama; Seminole Nation of 

Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida 

(Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, 

Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); and 

the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, 

Oklahoma that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: August 5, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–19983 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 Defense, Army Corps of 

Engineers, Walla Walla District, Walla 

Walla, WA and Museum of 

Anthropology, 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. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in the control of the U.S. Department of 

Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, 

Walla Walla District, Walla Walla, WA, 

and in the physical custody of the 

Museum of Anthropology, Washington 

State University, Pullman, WA. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from the Marmes 

Rockshelter (45FR50) in Franklin 

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 the U.S. 

Department of Defense, Army Corps of 

Engineers professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; 

and the Wanapum Band, a nonFederally recognized Indian group. 

In 1962, 1963, 1964, and 1968, human 

remains representing a minimum of 45 

individuals were removed from the 

Marmes Rockshelter (45FR50) in 

Franklin County, WA. The Marmes 

Rockshelter was excavated between 

1962 and 1964 by Washington State 

University under contract with the 

National Park Service. In 1968, 

Washington State University conducted 

additional excavations under contract 

with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 

Some human remains were encased in 

plaster casts during the excavations and 

transported to the laboratory at 

Washington State University. 

Excavations of the plaster casts were 

conducted at the laboratory until 1974. 

Material from all excavations is curated 

at Washington State University. During 

the excavations and subsequent 

analyses of the human remains from the 

Marmes Rockshelter site, human 

remains were given burial numbers or 

other designations including Burials 1 

to 12, Burials 14 to 22, Small 

Unnumbered Cast, Rice Burial 05, MCX 

1, Feature 64–6, and non-cremation 

rockshelter remains. No known 

individuals were identified. The 2,047 

associated funerary objects (i.e., 2,020 

counted items and 27 lots of items) are 

2 antler pieces; 8 bird bones; 49 fish 

bones; 752 mammal bones; 1 lot other 

bones; 13 other bones; 9 other modified 

bone/antler; 1 antler pendant; 1 basalt 

biface; 1 chert biface; 1 chert/ 

cryptocrystalline biface; 1 obsidian 

biface; 1 basalt lanceolate point; 8 

pieces of blocky basalt shatter; 10 pieces 

of blocky chert shatter; 31 pieces of 

blocky chert/cryptocrystalline shatter; 4 

pieces of blocky obsidian shatter; 2 

pieces of other stone blocky shatter; 1 

basalt cobble core; 4 basalt cobble cores 

with no cutting edge; 1 other stone 

cobble core with cutting edge; 3 cobble 

spalls; 2 basalt cobble spalls with 

retouch; 1 basalt core; 1 chert core; 2 

chert/cryptocrystalline cores; 1 chert 

endscraper; 3 chert/cryptocrystalline 

endscrapers; 43 pieces basalt flake 

debitage; 4 pieces of chert flake 

debitage; 45 pieces of chert/ 

cryptocrystalline flake debitage; 12 

pieces of obsidian flake debitage; 19 

pieces of basalt flake shatter; 13 pieces 

of chert flake shatter; 42 pieces of chert 

or other cryptocrystalline flake shatter; 

78 pieces of chert/cryptocrystalline 

shatter; 30 pieces of obsidian flake 

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chert/cryptocrystalline flakes with 

bimarginal retouch; 2 chert flakes with 

retouch; 1 basalt flake with unimarginal 

retouch; 8 chert/cryptocrystalline flakes 

with unimarginal retouch; 3 obsidian 

flakes with unimarginal retouch; 1 

chert/cryptocrystalline hafted drill; 7 

basalt other bifaces; 2 chert/ 

cryptocrystalline other bifaces; 5 basalt 

point tip or midsections; 10 basalt 

points; 2 chert points; 10 chert/ 

cryptocrystalline points; 1 obsidian 

point; 1 chert point tip or midsection; 1 

chert/cryptocrystalline point tip or 

midsection; 1 chert/cryptocrystalline 

lanceolate point; 1 abrader; 1 basalt 

groundstone mortar; 1 atlatl ground 

stone; 1 basalt other groundstone; 1 

atlatl weight; 1 graphite bead; 1 stone 

ornament; 2 pieces of metal; 1 nail; 1 lot 

metal; 1 piece wood of possible arrow 

shaft; 125 faunal bone fragments; 7 

faunal teeth; 1 lot mammal bone; 1 

beaver tooth; 2 bear teeth; 4 rocks; 2 

choke cherry pits; 1 mat; 32 other 

organic pieces (including plant); 4 

pieces of wood; 23 organic seeds; 1 

organic kidney stone?; 1 lot red ochre; 

1 lot C14 or charcoal samples; 1 lot 

charcoal samples; 18 charcoal samples; 

1 lot fine screen other samples; 70 

pieces of ochre other stone samples; 1 

lot of ochre other stone samples; 106 

basalt samples; 1 lot other basalt 

samples; 19 basalt other (including 

rocks) samples; 1 lot other chert/ 

cryptocrystalline samples; 1 lot other 

miscellaneous stone samples; 1 lot other 

other samples; 1 lot other other stone 

samples; 1 lot other other (including 

rocks) samples; 1 lot other other sample 

samples; 1 lot other sample other stone 

samples; 63 other other stone samples; 

8 other other samples; 1 basalt anvil 

stone; 1 lot other dust with red ochre, 

bone, shell fragments; 1 basalt edged 

cobble; 1 lot soil samples; 81 shell 

beads; 1 lot shell beads; 17 Olivella 

shell beads; 1 lot snail shell remains; 

154 pieces of shell remains; 1 lot 

Margaretifera shell remains; 1 lot 

Gonidea sp. shell remains; 1 lot 

Pelecypoda shell remains; 9 pieces of 

snail shell remains; 1 lot Unionacea 

shell remains; 1 lot shell remains; 1 lot 

other organic other (including plant); 1 

lot other organic other (including plant), 

seeds; and 3 white stones. 

The human remains in Burials 1 

through 12, 14 through 22, the small 

Unnumbered Cast, MCX 1, Rice 05, 64– 

6, and the non-cremation rockshelter 

remains were determined to be Native 

American due to physical traits and the 

cultural items found with the human 

remains, which are similar to the 

materials found in archeological 

collections and in context with Native 

American burials in southeastern 

Washington. 

Archeological evidence found in the 

Marmes Rockshelter (and in six nearby 

archeological sites) supports a nearly 

continuous occupation from the 

Cascade Phase (8000–4500 BP) to the 

Harder Phase (2500–500 BP), and 

provides the most direct physical line of 

evidence supporting affiliation between 

an earlier group and a present-day 

Indian tribe. Geographical and 

anthropological lines of evidence 

support the archeological evidence of 

earlier group habitation in the same 

geographic location as the historic 

groups. Oral tradition evidence 

provided by tribal elders indicates a 

large Palus village, inhabited by tribal 

ancestors from time immemorial, was 

once located near the Marmes 

Rockshelter. Further, according to tribal 

elders, these ancestors were mobile, and 

traveled the landscape to gather 

resources as well as trade among each 

other. 

Ethnographic documentation 

indicates that the present-day location 

of the Marmes Rockshelter in Franklin 

County, WA, is within the territory 

occupied historically by the Palus 

(Palouse) Indians. During the historic 

period, the Palouse people settled along 

the Snake River, relied on fish, game 

and root resources for subsistence, 

shared their resource areas and 

maintained extensive kinship 

connections with other groups in the 

area, and had limited political 

integration until the adoption of the 

horse (Walker 1998). These 

characteristics are common to the 

greater Plateau cultural communities 

surrounding the Palouse territory 

including the Nez Perce, Cayuse, Walla 

Walla, Yakama, and Wanapum groups. 

Moreover, the information provided 

during consultation by representatives 

of the Confederated Tribes of the 

Colville Reservation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation, Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; Nez Perce 

Tribe, Idaho; and the Wanapum Band, a 

non-Federally recognized Indian group, 

substantiates their cultural affiliation 

with each other and with the earlier 

group represented at the Marmes 

Rockshelter. The descendants of these 

Plateau communities of southeastern 

Washington, now widely dispersed, are 

members of the Confederated Tribes of 

the Colville Reservation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation, 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 U.S. Department of 

Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, 

Walla Walla District have determined 

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

the human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of 45 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the U.S. 

Department of Defense, Army Corps of 

Engineers, Walla Walla District also 

have determined that, pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 2,047 objects 

(2,020 individual counted items and 27 

lots of 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. 

Furthermore, officials of the U.S. 

Department of Defense, Army Corps of 

Engineers, Walla Walla District 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 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; and Nez Perce Tribe, 

Idaho. Lastly, officials of the U.S. 

Department of Defense, Army Corps of 

Engineers, Walla Walla District have 

determined that there is a cultural 

relationship between the Native 

American human remains and 

associated funerary objects 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 human remains and/ 

or associated funerary objects should 

contact Lieutenant Colonel Michael 

Farrell, U.S. Department of Defense, 

Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla 

District, 201 North Third Avenue, Walla 

Walla, WA 99362–1876, telephone (509) 

527–7700, before September 21, 2009. 

Repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; and Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. The 

U.S. Department of Defense, Army 

Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District 

acknowledges the participation of the 

Wanapum Band, a non-Federally 

recognized Indian group, in the transfer 


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of the human remains and associated 

funerary objects to the Federallyrecognized Indian tribes. 

The U.S. Department of Defense, 

Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla 

District is responsible for notifying the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; 

and the Wanapum Band, a nonFederally recognized Indian group, that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: July 29, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–20039 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Alaska 

State Office, Bureau of Land 

Management, Anchorage, AK; Alutiiq 

Museum and Archaeological 

Repository, Kodiak, AK; and University 

of Wisconsin Anthropology 

Department Curation Facility, 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 under the control of the Alaska 

State Office, Bureau of Land 

Management, Anchorage, AK, and in the 

physical custody of the Alutiiq Museum 

and Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, 

AK; Smithsonian Institution, 

Washington, DC; and the University of 

Wisconsin Anthropology Department 

Curation Facility, Madison, WI. The 

human remains were removed from 

Sitkalidak Island and Kodiak Island, 

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 the Alaska State 

Office, Bureau of Land Management; 

Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological 

Repository; Smithsonian Institution; 

and University of Wisconsin 

Anthropology Department Curation 

Facility professional staff in 

consultation with the Native Village of 

Old Harbor, Old Harbor Native 

Corporation, and Koniag, Inc. 

In 1960, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from the Rolling Bay site (49– 

KOD–00101) on Sitkalidak Island, AK, 

by Drs. William Laughlin and J.B. 

Jorgensen. The human remains are 

currently at the Alutiiq Museum and 

Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, AK. 

No known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1961, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from the Rolling Bay site (49– 

KOD–00101) on Sitkalidak Island, AK, 

during excavations in association with 

Dr. Donald Clark. The human remains 

are currently at the Alutiiq Museum and 

Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, AK. 

No known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

During 1960–1962, human remains 

representing a minimum of 44 

individuals were removed from the 

Rolling Bay site (49–KOD–00101) on 

Sitkalidak Island, AK, during 

excavations associated with the nowdeceased Dr. William Laughlin. The 

human remains are currently at the 

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 

DC. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

All the sets of human remains from 

the Rolling Bay site presently at the 

Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological 

Repository and the Smithsonian 

Institution had originally been sent, 

following their excavation, to the 

University of Wisconsin’s Department of 

Anthropology for study and storage, 

under the care of Dr. William Laughlin. 

When Dr. Laughlin later moved to the 

University of Connecticut at Storrs, he 

took two sets of human remains; the 

other 44 individuals remained at the 

University of Wisconsin’s Department of 

Anthropology. In the late 1990s, 

following Dr. Laughlin’s retirement, the 

two sets of human remains then at the 

University of Connecticut at Storrs were 

transported to the Museum of the 

Aleutians in Unalaska, AK, where they 

were deposited in the care of 

archeologist Dr. Richard Knecht. In 

approximately 2000, the human remains 

were sent by Dr. Knecht to the Alutiiq 

Museum and Archaeological Repository, 

where they are currently stored. In 2006, 

the 44 individuals at the University of 

Wisconsin’s Department of 

Anthropology were sent to the 

Smithsonian Institution, where they are 

currently stored. 

In 1963, human remains representing 

one individual were removed from the 

Sitkalidak site (49–KOD–00121) located 

along Ocean Bay, on Sitkalidak Island, 

AK, during excavations by archeologists 

thought to be associated with the 

University of Wisconsin. The human 

remains are currently in the University 

of Wisconsin Department of 

Anthropology Curation Facility. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1964 or 1965, human remains 

representing one individual were 

removed from the Saltery Cove 1 site 

(49–KOD–00062), in the Saltery Cove 

region of Kodiak Island, AK, during 

excavations by archeologists thought to 

be associated with the University of 

Wisconsin. The human remains are 

currently in the University of Wisconsin 

Department of Anthropology Curation 

Facility. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Both sets of human remains from the 

Sitkalidak and Saltery Cove sites 

presently housed at the University of 

Wisconsin Anthropology Department 

Curation Facility had originally been 

sent, following their excavation, to the 

University of Wisconsin Department of 

Anthropology for study and storage. 

They were under the care of Dr. William 

Laughlin, and they remained at this 

facility following his death. In 2008, the 

human remains were identified and 

inventoried. 

The Rolling Bay site lies on the coast 

of Sitkalidak Island on the southeastern 

shores of Alaska’s Kodiak archipelago. 

Drs. Laughlin and Jorgensen visited the 

site in 1960, and collected eroding 

human skeletal remains from prehistoric 

deposits. Additional archeological work 

followed in 1961–1962. Later 

excavations by Dr. Clark, showed that 

the deposits at the Rolling Bay site 

belong to the Koniag Tradition, the 

cultural ancestor of modern Alutiiqs. 

Based on their provenience and 

condition, the human remains from the 

Rolling Bay, the Sitkalidak, and Saltery 

Cove sites are all determined to be 

Native American, and ancestors of the 

citizens and shareholders of the Village 

of Old Harbor, Old Harbor Native 

Corporation, and Koniag, Inc. 

Officials of the Alaska State Office, 

Bureau of Land Management; Alutiiq 

Museum and Archaeological Repository; 

and the University of Wisconsin 

Department of Anthropology Curation 

Facility have determined that, pursuant 

to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human 

remains described above represent the 

physical remains of a minimum of 48 


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