Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 81 / Wednesday, April 26, 2000 / Notices 24501

Preservation Technology and Training

Board, P.O. Box 1269, Flowery Branch,

Georgia 30542.

Persons wishing more information

concerning this meeting, or who wish to

submit written statements, may do so by

contacting Mr. E. Blaine Cliver, Chief,

HABS/HAER, National Park Service,

1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC

20240, telephone: (202) 343–9573. Draft

summary minutes of the meeting will be

available for public inspection about

eight weeks after the meeting at the

office of the Preservation Assistance

Division, Suite 200, 800 North Capitol

Street, Washington, DC.

Dated: April 20, 2000.

E. Blaine Cliver,

Chief, HABS/HAER, Designated Federal

Official, National Park Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects From

Arkansas in the Possession of the

Arkansas Archeological Survey,

Fayetteville, AR

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

from Arkansas in the possession of the

Arkansas Archeological Survey,

Fayetteville, AR.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by Arkansas

Archeological Survey professional staff

in consultation with representatives of

the Quapaw Tribe of Indians,

Oklahoma.

During 1991–1997, human remains

representing 39 individuals were

recovered from Parkin State Park during

excavations conducted by the Arkansas

Archeological Survey in cooperation

with the Quapaw Tribe of Indians,

Oklahoma under a Memorandum of

Agreement. No known individuals were

identified. The 36 associated funerary

objects include an Old Town red human

head effigy vessel, Mississippian

ceramics and sherds, mussel shells and

fragments, unidentified animal bones

and fragments, charred maize cobs,

fossil and bone beads, a debitage flake,

chert blade and scraper, marine shell

fragments, a hemitite fragment, and a

projectile point.

Based on French colonial records, the

Quapaw were known to be the only

tribe present in the St. Francis River

valley area near the mouth of the

Arkansas River c. 1700 A.D. Although

no definite Quapaw villages have been

identified in the St. Francis River valley

where the Parkin site is located, the

Quapaw tribe may have used that area

as an important hunting territory. Oral

history evidence presented by

representatives of the Quapaw Tribe of

Indians, Oklahoma indicates a migration

from the north to their location near the

mouth of the Arkansas River.

The Quapaw Tribe of Indians,

Oklahoma has maintained a strong

interest in the Parkin site. The Quapaw

Tribe entered into an agreement with

the State of Arkansas when the site was

acquired for an archeological park to

help coordinate research and

development at the park.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the Arkansas

Archeological Survey have determined

that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(1), the

human remains listed above represent

the physical remains of 39 individuals

of Native American ancestry. Officials of

the Arkansas Archeological Survey have

also determined that, pursuant to 43

CFR 10.2(d)(2), the 36 objects listed

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

Arkansas Archeological Survey have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2(e), there is a relationship of shared

group identity which can be reasonably

traced between these Native American

human remains and associated funerary

objects and the Quapaw Tribe of

Indians, Oklahoma.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Quapaw Tribe of Indians,

Oklahoma. Representatives of any other

Indian tribe that believes itself to be

culturally affiliated with these human

remains and associated funerary objects

should contact Paddy Murphy, Director,

Historic Resources and Museum

Services, Arkansas State Parks, One

Capitol Mall, Little Rock, AR 72201;

telephone: (501) 682–3603, before May

26, 2000. Repatriation of the human

remains and associated funerary objects

to the Quapaw Tribe of Indians,

Oklahoma may begin after that date if

no additional claimants come forward.

Dated: April 10, 2000.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains in

the Possession of the Federal Bureau

of Investigation (FBI), San Francisco,

CA

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the

completion of an inventory of Native

American human remains in the

possession of the Federal Bureau of

Investigation (FBI), San Francisco, CA.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by the FBI’s

Laboratory Division (Hair and Fiber

Section) and San Francisco office

professional staff in consultation with

representatives of the Ute Indian Tribe

of the Unitah and Ouray Reservation,

Utah.

On July 19, 1996, human remains

representing one individual were

recovered by FBI Agents from Ripley’s

Entertainment, Orlando, FL. These

human remains consist of a scalp with

an eagle feather and have been

identified as those of Chief Little Bear

of the Unitah and Ouray Ute bands. No

associated funerary objects are present.

In April 1995, these human remains

and associated funerary object were part

of The Custer collection being auctioned

by Butterfield and Butterfield. The

Custer collection belonged to a Mr.

Acevedo from New York City, NY, and

consisted mainly of antique firearms in

addition to other Indian artifacts. On

May 5, 1995, these human remains and

associated funerary object were sold to

Ripley’s Entertainment, Orlando, FL.

On April 3, 1996, at the request of the

United States Attorney’s Office for the

Northern District of California, the FBI

began an investigation into the

trafficking of Native American scalps by

Butterfield and Butterfield Auction

House, San Francisco, CA. On July 19,

1996, Ripley’s Entertainment released

custody of the Native American scalp to

FBI agents, and these human remains

and associated funerary object were sent

to the FBI Laboratory, Washington, DC