Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 13, 2009 / Notices 52505 

Dated: September 8, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–24593 Filed 10–9–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Riverside Metropolitan Museum, 

Riverside, CA 

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 Riverside 

Metropolitan Museum, Riverside, CA. 

The human remains were removed from 

Greybull, Bighorn County, WY. 

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 Riverside 

Metropolitan Museum professional staff 

in consultation with the Crow Tribe of 

Montana. 

In 1930, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

removed from an exposed earth bank 

near Greybull, Bighorn County, WY, 

during highway construction by Lt. Col. 

R. J. Pilcher. Lt. Col. Pilcher donated the 

human remains to the Riverside 

Metropolitan Museum in 1957. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

It was determined that the human 

remains are Native American. Through 

collections research, and based on the 

geographic location of the discovery, the 

human remains are reasonably believed 

to be of Crow origin. Descendants of the 

Crow are members of the Crow Tribe of 

Montana. 

Officials of the Riverside Metropolitan 

Museum 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 Riverside 

Metropolitan 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 Native 

American human remains and the Crow 

Tribe of Montana. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Ennette Morton, 

Museum Director, Riverside 

Metropolitan Museum, 3580 Mission 

Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501, 

telephone (951) 826–5273, before 

November 12, 2009. Repatriation of the 

human remains to the Crow Tribe of 

Montana may proceed after that date if 

no additional claimants come forward. 

The Riverside Metropolitan Museum 

is responsible for notifying the Crow 

Tribe of Montana that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: September 8, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–24592 Filed 10–9–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Ohio 

Historical Society, Columbus, OH 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with provisions of the Native American 

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains and an associated funerary 

object in the possession of the Ohio 

Historical Society, Columbus, OH. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

object were removed from Lucas 

County, OH. 

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 Ohio 

Historical Society’s professional staff in 

consultation with Dr. G. Michael Pratt of 

Heidelberg University and the Lucas 

County Coroner’s Office. The Forest 

County Potawatomi Community, 

Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of 

Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little River 

Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; 

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa 

Indians, Michigan; and Ottawa Tribe of 

Oklahoma, were notified and sent the 

inventory records. 

On May 23, 2007, human remains 

representing a minimum of three 

individuals were removed from along 

the eastern end of Indian Island in the 

Maumee River, Lucas County, OH, by a 

staff member of the Lucas County 

Coroner’s Office, and Dr. G. Michael 

Pratt. Prior to removal, the Ohio 

Highway Patrol had received a report 

that human remains had been 

discovered. Indian Island is owned by 

the State of Ohio. No known individuals 

were identified. The one associated 

funerary object is a knife. 

Dr. Pratt identified the human 

remains as Native American based on 

the presence of the cranial vault 

configuration, the presence of Wormian 

bones in the lambdoid cranial suture, 

and the attrition present on the teeth. 

The associated funerary object and other 

artifacts found in the vicinity indicate 

that these human remains probably 

were buried during the period from A.D. 

1760 to 1833. 

Archeological and historical 

information indicate that Ottawa bands 

began to settle in the lower Maumee 

valley beginning in A.D. 1740 to 1750. 

Ottawa occupation of this region 

continued until August 1794 when the 

principal villages were burned by 

Anthony Wayne’s expedition in the 

days following the Battle of Fallen 

Timbers. In the following summer of 

1795, the Ottawa Tribe was one of the 

signatories of the Treaty of Greenville 

under the terms of which they ceded 

their claim to much of the land in this 

region. More land was ceded in treaties 

signed between 1807 and 1817, but four 

small reservations were retained for the 

Ottawa in the lower Maumee valley. 

Indian Island was part of the Roche de 

Boeuf reservation established in the 

Treaty of Detroit in 1807. In 1831 to 

1833, the four reservations were ceded 

to the United States in return for lands 

in present-day Franklin County, KS. In 

1867, the Kansas reservation 

organization was dissolved and the 

Ottawa sold their individual allotments 

and moved to Oklahoma, and are 

represented by the Ottawa Tribe of 

Oklahoma. 

Officials of the Ohio Historical 

Society have determined that, pursuant 

to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human 

remains described above represent the 

physical remains of at least three 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Ohio Historical 


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Society also have determined that, 

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

one object described above is 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 

Ohio Historical Society 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 

associated funerary object and the 

Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary object should 

contact James Strider, Acting Executive 

Director, Ohio Historical Society, 1982 

Velma Ave., Columbus, OH 43211, 

telephone (614) 297–2350, before 

November 12, 2009. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

object to the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Ohio Historical Society is 

responsible for notifying the Forest 

County Potawatomi Community, 

Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of 

Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little River 

Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; 

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa 

Indians, Michigan; and Ottawa Tribe of 

Oklahoma that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: September 15, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–24591 Filed 10–9–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Museum of Natural History and 

Planetarium, Roger Williams Park, 

Providence, RI 

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 Museum of Natural 

History and Planetarium, Roger 

Williams Park, Providence, RI. The 

human remains were removed from 

Puget Sound, 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. 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 

Natural History and Planetarium, Roger 

Williams Park professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of the 

Muckleshoot Reservation, Washington; 

Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually 

Reservation, Washington; Port Gamble 

Indian Tribe of the Port Gamble 

Reservation, Washington; Puyallup 

Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, 

Washington; Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe 

of Washington; Skokomish Indian Tribe 

of the Skokomish Reservation, 

Washington; Squaxin Island Tribe of the 

Squaxin Island Reservation, 

Washington; Stillaguamish Tribe of 

Washington; Suquamish Indian Tribe of 

the Port Madison Reservation, 

Washington; Swinomish Indians of the 

Swinomish Reservation, Washington; 

Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip 

Reservation, Washington; and Upper 

Skagit Indian Tribe of Washington. A 

claim for the human remains described 

in this notice has been received by the 

Museum of Natural History and 

Planetarium from the Puyallup Tribe of 

the Puyallup Reservation, Washington. 

In July 2008, a letter was sent notifying 

the above-mentioned tribes of the claim 

by the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 

Reservation, Washington, and 

statements of support or non-support 

were also solicited. 

In 1913 or earlier, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from the Puget 

Sound region, WA. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

A letter dated December 30, 1913, 

from the museum’s curator 

acknowledges receipt of the human 

remains from the ‘‘Puget Sound region’’ 

as a loan from Sydney R. Turner of East 

Providence, RI (Accn.# RIR035; Cat. # E 

4166). The letter also acknowledges 

receipt of ‘‘beads and other small 

articles found in the grave with it.’’ 

However, these objects were not located 

in the museum collections during the 

inventory. Therefore, no associated 

funerary objects are currently present 

with these human remains. There is no 

information regarding how the human 

remains (and the articles that once 

accompanied them) came into Mr. 

Turner’s possession. 

In the 1913 letter the curator remarks 

to Mr. Turner, ‘‘It is understood that you 

have loaned these specimens to the 

museum and we shall keep them safely 

until you may order their removal.’’ 

This statement must stand as the sole 

justification for why the Puget Sound 

remains were retained in the collection. 

It would appear that Mr. Turner failed 

to recall them. In 2008, museum staff 

reviewed 1913 city directories for East 

Providence, RI. It was learned that Mr. 

Sydney R. Turner owned and operated 

a grocery store with his brother 

Frederick until 1915–16. After that time, 

he initiated a career as a traveling 

salesman until his death in 1932, which 

may explain his failure to retrieve the 

remains. The museum tried to contact 

any possible heirs of Mr. Turner, but 

was unsuccessful. 

No specific information is available 

about the collection of the human 

remains. The human remains were 

found to be consistent with Native 

American morphology by a physical 

anthropologist (1983 Self Study funded 

by the National Endowment for the 

Humanities). Due to the generalized 

‘‘Puget Sound region’’ provenience, the 

human remains were originally reported 

by the Museum of Natural History as 

being culturally unidentifiable under 

NAGPRA, although the 1983 study 

suggested a possible Nootka (Nuu-chahnulth) affiliation for the human remains. 

During consultation with the Puyallup 

Tribe, the museum was notified that 

tribes inhabiting the Puget Sound area 

are culturally identifiable as Salish and 

not Nootka, as the Nootka are further 

north. The human remains show skull 

flattening in the manner consistent with 

the cultural history of Puyallup and 

other Salish tribes. Therefore, officials 

of the Museum of Natural History 

hereby determine the human remains to 

be those of a Salish Indian. Descendants 

of the Salish of the Puget Sound region 

are members of the Muckleshoot Indian 

Tribe of the Muckleshoot Reservation, 

Washington; Nisqually Indian Tribe of 

the Nisqually Reservation, Washington; 

Port Gamble Indian Tribe of the Port 

Gamble Reservation, Washington; 

Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 

Reservation, Washington; Sauk-Suiattle 

Indian Tribe of Washington; Skokomish 

Indian Tribe of the Skokomish 

Reservation, Washington; Squaxin 

Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island 

Reservation, Washington; Stillaguamish 

Tribe of Washington; Suquamish Indian 

Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, 

Washington; Swinomish Indians of the 

Swinomish Reservation, Washington; 

Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip 


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