Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 13, 2009 / Notices 52503 

of 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: September 9, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–24595 Filed 10–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, 

Bemidji, MN 

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 possession of the Minnesota 

Indian Affairs Council, Bemidji, MN. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from 

Clearwater County, MN. 

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 and associated funerary objects 

was made by the Minnesota Indian 

Affairs Council professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

White Earth Band of Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota. 

In 1952, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from site 21–CE–5, Ponsford 

Landing Site, Clearwater County, MN, 

by Mr. Robert H. Littlewolf’s father. In 

1959, Mr. Littlewolf, a White Earth band 

member, gave the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the 

University of Minnesota. The University 

of Minnesota transferred control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Minnesota Indian Affairs 

Council per a transfer agreement dated 

June 16, 1989. No known individual 

was identified. The 12 associated 

funerary objects are 1 ceramic sherd, 1 

bone needle, 1 bone shaft straightener, 

1 bone punch, 1 bone harpoon, and 7 

pieces of worked bone. 

Based on material culture, the burial 

at site 21–CE–5 has been identified as a 

post-contact burial related to the local 

Ojibwe population, who were later 

relocated to the White Earth Reservation 

after 1867. The geographic location is 

consistent with the historically 

documented territory of the White Earth 

Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota. 

Officials of the Minnesota Indian 

Affairs Council have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

Officials of the Minnesota Indian Affairs 

Council have also determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 12 

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 

Minnesota Indian Affairs Council 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 

White Earth Band of Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact James L. (Jim) Jones Jr., Cultural 

Resource Director, Minnesota Indian 

Affairs Council, 1819 Bemidji Ave., 

Bemidji, MN 56601, telephone (218) 

755–3825, before November 12, 2009. 

Repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the White 

Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa 

Tribe, Minnesota may proceed after that 

date if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council 

is responsible for notifying the White 

Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa 

Tribe, Minnesota that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: September 8, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–24557 Filed 10–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC and 

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 control of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in 

the physical custody of the New York 

University College of Dentistry, New 

York, NY. The human remains were 

removed from a village at Waacht, on 

the Makah Indian Reservation, Clallam 

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. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Bureau of 

Indian Affairs and New York University 

College of Dentistry professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian 

Reservation, Washington. 

In January 1921, human remains 

representing one individual were 

removed from an unoccupied house at 

Waacht, on the Makah Indian 

Reservation, Neah Bay, Clallam County, 

WA, by T.T. Waterman. That same year, 

Waterman donated the human remains 

to the Museum of the American Indian, 

Heye Foundation. In 1956, the Museum 

of the American Indian transferred the 

human remains to Dr. Theodore 

Kazamiroff, New York University 

College of Dentistry. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Waterman’s notes indicate that the 

human remains were removed from a 

deserted house at the west end of 

Waacht. Based on Waterman’s 

description of the house, it has been 

determined that the human remains 

were removed from tribal lands. In this 

house, Waterman found the cranial 

remains of two individuals in a wooden 

case. One of the individuals, an adult, 


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