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Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians 

of the Santa Ynez Reservation, 

California. 

In 1909, The Public Museum 

purchased three cultural items from Dr. 

J.W. Velie. The donor’s records stated 

that the cultural items had been 

removed from burial mounds in the 

Santa Barbara vicinity, CA. Any human 

remains that may have been removed 

from the burial mounds were not part of 

the 1909 Velie acquisition. The three 

unassociated funerary objects are two 

steatite stone bowls and one stone 

mortar. 

Museum documentation indicates 

that the cultural items were recovered 

from graves, and the types of items are 

consistent with other funerary objects 

found in the Santa Barbara area during 

the occupation of the Santa Ynez Band 

of Chumash Mission Indians of the 

Santa Ynez Reservation, California. 

Officials of The Public Museum have 

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

3001 (3)(B), the three 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 specific burial sites 

of Native American individuals. 

Officials of The Public Museum 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 

unassociated funerary objects and the 

Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission 

Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, 

California. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated 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 24, 2009. Repatriation of the 

unassociated funerary objects to the 

Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission 

Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, 

California may proceed after that date if 

no additional claimants come forward. 

The Public Museum is responsible for 

notifying the Santa Ynez Band of 

Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa 

Ynez Reservation, California that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: July 9, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–20488 Filed 8–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Detroit 

Institute of Arts, Detroit, 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 Detroit 

Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI. The human 

remains were removed from either the 

city of Detroit or the surrounding area 

of Detroit, 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 the Detroit 

Institute of Arts professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa 

Indians, Michigan. 

Sometime prior to 1972, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 10 

individuals were removed from private 

property within either Detroit or in the 

surrounding area outside of Detroit, MI. 

In 1989, the box containing 143 human 

bones was discovered during an 

inventory of the collections at the 

Detroit Institute of Arts. An 

accompanying note read ‘‘NA Indian 

bones, Mich.’’ The museum determined 

that the handwriting on the note 

belonged to a curator, now deceased, 

who had been employed at the museum 

between 1939 and 1972. Museum 

officials concluded that, sometime prior 

to 1972, these human remains had been 

transferred to the museum by a Detroitarea resident who had discovered them 

locally and on private property. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Osteological examination of the 

human remains by Wayne State 

University concluded that the human 

remains were, more likely than not, 

Native American and from a prehistoric 

date. Officials of the Detroit Institute of 

Arts have determined that given the 

totality of circumstances surrounding 

the acquisition of the human remains, 

there is insufficient evidence to 

determine by a reasonable belief, the 

cultural affiliation to any present-day 

Indian tribe. 

Officials of the Detroit Institute of 

Arts have determined that, pursuant to 

25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human 

remains described above represent the 

physical remains of 10 individuals of 

Native American ancestry. Officials of 

the Detroit Institute of Arts 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 disposition of culturally 

unidentifiable human remains. In 2008, 

officials of the Detroit Institute of Arts 

requested the disposition of the 

culturally unidentifiable human 

remains to the Bay Mills Indian 

Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay 

Indian Community, Michigan; Grand 

Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert 

Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Little River Band of 

Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi 

Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw 

Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; 

and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians of Michigan, as more likely than 

not, aboriginal occupants of the land of 

present-day Detroit. The Review 

Committee considered the request at its 

October 11–12, 2008 meeting and 

recommended disposition of the human 

remains to the Bay Mills Indian 

Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay 

Indian Community, Michigan; Grand 

Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert 

Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Little River Band of 

Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi 

Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw 

Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; 

and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians of Michigan. An April 3, 2009, 

letter from the Designated Federal 

Officer on behalf of the Secretary of 

Interior transmitted the authorization 

for the museum to effect disposition of 

the human remains of the 10 culturally 

unidentifiable individuals to the Indian 

tribes listed above contingent on the 

publication of a Notice of Inventory 

Completion in the Federal Register. 

This notice fulfills that requirement. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 


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affiliated with the human remains 

should contact David Penney, Vice 

President of Exhibitions and Collection 

Strategies, Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 

Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202, 

telephone (313) 833–1432, before 

September 24, 2009. Disposition of the 

human remains to the Bay Mills Indian 

Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay 

Indian Community, Michigan; Grand 

Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert 

Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Little River Band of 

Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi 

Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw 

Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; 

and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians of Michigan may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Detroit Institute of Arts is 

responsible for notifying the Bay Mills 

Indian Community, Michigan; 

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, 

Michigan; Grand Traverse Band of 

Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa 

Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay 

Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; 

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, 

Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw 

Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; 

and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians of Michigan that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: August 11, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–20486 Filed 8–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLAK910000 L13100000.DB0000 

LXSINSSI0000] 

Notice of Public Meeting, North Slope 

Science Initiative—Science Technical 

Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Alaska State Office, North Slope Science 

Initiative, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, North Slope 

Science Initiative (NSSI)—Science 

Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) will 

meet as indicated below: 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

September 9 and 10, 2009, in Fairbanks, 

Alaska. On September 9, 2009, the 

meeting will begin at 9 a.m., at the 

National Park Service, Fairbanks 

Headquarters, 4175 Geist Road. Public 

comments will begin at 3 p.m. On 

September 10, 2009, the meeting will 

begin at 9 a.m. at the same location, and 

will adjourn at 4 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

F. Payne, PhD, Executive Director, 

North Slope Science Initiative (910), 

c/o Bureau of Land Management, 222 

W. Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

AK 99513, (907) 271–3431 or e-mail 

john_f_payne@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

NSSI—STAP provides advice and 

recommendations to the NSSI Oversight 

Group regarding priority needs for 

management decisions across the North 

Slope of Alaska. These priority needs 

may include recommendations on 

inventory, monitoring, and research 

activities that contribute to informed 

land management decisions. The topics 

to be discussed at the meeting include: 

• Emerging Issues Summary from the 

STAP; 

• Update on the Water Parameters 

Measurement Project; 

• Update on the Project Tracking 

System and Database; 

• NSSI priority issues and projects; 

• Other topics the Oversight Group or 

STAP may raise. 

All meetings are open to the public. 

The public may present written 

comments to the Science Technical 

Advisory Panel through the Executive 

Director, North Slope Science Initiative. 

Each formal meeting will also have time 

allotted for hearing public comments. 

Depending on the number of persons 

wishing to comment and time available, 

the time for individual oral comments 

may be limited. Individuals who plan to 

attend and need special assistance, such 

as sign language interpretation, 

transportation, or other reasonable 

accommodations, should contact the 

Executive Director, North Slope Science 

Initiative. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal indentifying 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. 

Dated: August 19, 2009. 

Julia Dougan, 

Acting Alaska State Director. 

[FR Doc. E9–20388 Filed 8–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National 

Historical Park Advisory Commission; 

Notice of Public Meetings 

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, 

National Park Service, Cedar Creek and 

Belle Grove National Historical Park 

Advisory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act that meetings of the 

Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National 

Historical Park Advisory Commission 

will be held to discuss the development 

and implementation of the Park’s 

general management plan. 

Date: September 17, 2009. 

Location: Middletown Town Council 

Chambers, 7875 Church Street, 

Middletown, VA. 

Date: December 17, 2009. 

Location: Warren County Government 

Center, 220 North Commerce Avenue, 

Front Royal, VA. 

Date: March 18, 2010. 

Location: Strasburg Town Hall 

Council Chambers, 174 East King Street, 

Strasburg, VA. 

Date: June 17, 2010. 

Location: Middletown Town Council 

Chambers, 7875 Church Street, 

Middletown, VA. All meetings will 

convene at 8:30 a.m. and are open to the 

public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: 

Diann Jacox, Superintendent, Cedar 

Creek and Belle Grove National 

Historical Park, (540) 868–9176. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Topics to 

be discussed at the meetings include: 

Review of draft general management 

plan, land protection planning, historic 

preservation, visitor interpretation, 

election of a commission chair, and new 

commission members. 

The Park Advisory Commission was 

designated by Congress to advise on the 

preparation and implementation of the 

park’s general management plan. 

Individuals who are interested in the 

Park, the development and 

implementation of the plan, or the 

business of the Advisory Commission 

are encouraged to attend the meetings. 


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