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the sacred object to the Mescalero 

Apache Tribe of the Mescalero 

Reservation, New Mexico may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

Tumacacori National Historical Park 

is responsible for notifying the 

Mescalero Apache Tribe of the 

Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: July 22, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–22222 Filed 9–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Department of Natural 

Resources, Des Moines, IA and Office 

of the State Archaeologist, Iowa City, 

IA 

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. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate cultural items in the 

control of the Department of Natural 

Resources, Des Moines, IA, and in the 

physical custody of the Office of the 

State Archaeologist, Iowa City, IA, that 

meet the definition of ‘‘unassociated 

funerary objects’’ under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

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 cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

On an unknown date, an unknown 

individual recovered cultural items 

from along the Columbia River in the 

state of Washington. On an unknown 

date, an unknown individual gave these 

artifacts to Paul Sagers, Maquoketa, IA. 

In 1988, the Sagers Collection was 

donated to the Iowa Department of 

Natural Resources. In late 2008, the 

Sagers Collection was transferred to the 

Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist 

for curation. The 178 cultural items are 

14 small projectile points, 2 rolled metal 

beads, 2 flat shell beads, and 

approximately 160 small glass beads. 

A small glass covered case displaying 

artifacts from the state of Washington 

was found in the Sagers Collection. In 

the case, there was a small hand-written 

note that stated the following ‘‘from 

Columbia River Village Site Wash. Roy 

Pitkin.’’ ‘‘F BAR’’ was written on the 

backside of the note. The minimal 

information included with these 

cultural items suggested they had been 

recovered from a village site in 

Washington State. Contacts with 

officials in Washington determined 

there are sites along the Columbia River 

known as Fountain Bar or Franklin Bar, 

and the cultural items may have come 

from one of those sites. No information 

on Roy Pitkin could be found. 

Consultation and information sharing 

occurred with the Confederated Tribes 

of the Colville Reservation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation, Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Reservation of Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; Nez Perce 

Tribe, Idaho; and the Wanapum Band, a 

non-Federally recognized Indian group. 

Based on the type and style of artifacts, 

the tribes believe the items may have 

come from a burial context. They 

consider the objects as typical of the 

type of funerary objects recovered from 

burials located along the Columbia 

River. The tribes have been involved in 

several joint repatriations that have 

included similar objects. Although 

museum records do not state that the 

objects were removed from a burial 

context, based on consultation, museum 

records on geographical location, and 

the similarity of the objects to other 

funerary objects, the officials of the Iowa 

Department of Natural Resources and 

Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist 

reasonably believe that the 178 cultural 

items are unassociated funerary objects. 

Officials of the Iowa Department of 

Natural Resources and the Iowa Office 

of the State Archaeologist have 

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

3001 (3)(B), the 178 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 a specific burial site 

of a Native American individual. 

Officials of the Iowa Department of 

Natural Resources and the Iowa Office 

of the State Archaeologist 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 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of Oregon; Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; 

and the Wanapum Band, a nonFederally recognized Indian group. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

objects should contact Shirley 

Schermer, Director, Burials Program, 

Office of the State Archaeologist, 700 

Clinton St. Building, University of Iowa, 

Iowa City, IA 52242, telephone (319) 

384–0740, before October 15, 2009. 

Repatriation of the unassociated 

funerary objects to the Confederated 

Tribes of the Colville Reservation, 

Washington; Confederated Tribes of the 

Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Reservation of Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; Nez Perce 

Tribe, Idaho; and the Wanapum Band, a 

non-Federally recognized Indian group 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Iowa Department of Natural 

Resources and the Iowa Office of the 

State Archaeologist are responsible for 

notifying the Confederated Tribes of the 

Colville Reservation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation, Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Reservation of Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; Nez Perce 

Tribe, Idaho; and the Wanapum Band, a 

non-Federally recognized Indian group, 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: July 20, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–22212 Filed 9–14–09; 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 


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