Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 100 / Tuesday, May 23, 2000 / Notices 33349

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–920–1430–06; WYW 147724]

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and

Opportunity for Public Meeting;

Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) proposes to

withdraw approximately 61.45 acres of

public land in Fremont County, to

protect capital improvements of the

Bridge Station Campground site. This

notice closes the land for up to 2 years

from surface entry and mining. The

lands are not available for mineral

leasing in accordance with the BLM’s

Green River Resource Management Plan.

DATES: Comments and requests for a

public meeting must be received by

August 21, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments and requests

should be sent to the BLM Wyoming

State Director, P.O. Box 1828,

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003–1828.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet Booth, BLM Wyoming State Office,

307–775–6124, or Stan McKee, BLM

Rock Springs Field Office Manager, 280

Highway 191 North, Rock Springs,

Wyoming 82901, 307–352–0256.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April

28, 2000, a petition/application was

approved allowing the BLM to file an

application to withdraw the following

described public land from settlement,

sale, location, or entry under the general

land laws, including the mining laws,

subject to valid existing rights:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 29 N., R. 102 W.,

Sec. 5, W1⁄2 of Lot 3, Lot 4.

The area described contains

approximately 61.45 acres in Fremont

County.

The purpose of the proposed

withdrawal is to protect the capital

improvements associated with

development and maintenance of the

Bridge Station Campground site

pending further study and possibly

longer-term actions.

For a period of 90 days from the date

of publication of this notice, all persons

who wish to submit comments,

suggestions, or objections in connection

with the proposed withdrawal may

present their views in writing to the

undersigned officer of the BLM.

Notice is hereby given that an

opportunity for a public meeting is

afforded in connection with the

proposed withdrawal. All interested

persons who desire a public meeting for

the purpose of being heard on the

proposed withdrawal must submit a

written request to the Wyoming State

Director within 90 days from the date of

publication of this notice. Upon

determination by the authorized officer

that a public meeting will be held, a

notice of time and place will be

published in the Federal Register at

least 30 days before the scheduled date

of the meeting.

The application will be processed in

accordance with the regulations set

forth in 43 CFR Part 2300.

For a period of 2 years from the date

of publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, the land will be

segregated as specified above unless the

application is denied or canceled or the

withdrawal is approved prior to that

date. Licenses, permits, cooperative

agreements, or discretionary land use

authorizations of a temporary nature

which will not significantly impact the

values to be protected by the

withdrawal may be allowed with the

approval of an authorized officer of the

BLM during the segregative period.

Dated: May 12, 2000.

Alan R. Pierson,

State Director.

[FR Doc. 00–12885 Filed 5–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–22–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

REVISION—Notice of Inventory

Completion for Native American

Human Remains and Associated

Funerary Objects in the Possession of

the 611th Air Support Group, United

States Air Force, Elmendorf Air Force

Base, AK

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

in the possession of 611th Air Support

Group, United States Air Force,

Elmendorf Air Force Base, AK.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by the W.H. Over

Museum, South Dakota State

Archeological Research Center, and

611th Air Support Group, USAF

professional staff in consultation with

representatives of the Aleut

Corporation, and the Aleutian Pribilof

Islands Association, Inc.

In 1943, human remains representing

one individual were uncovered during a

legally authorized runway construction

project on Shemya Island, AK

conducted by Mr. C.B. Kimbrough, a

contracted civil engineer with the Baker

Engineering Company, Rochester, PA. In

1944, these human remains were

donated by Mr. Kinbrough to the Dakota

Museum, University of South Dakota,

Vermillion, SD (now known as the W.H.

Over Museum). No known individual

was identified. The 32 associated

funerary objects include stone projectile

points and animal bone tools related to

sea and land hunting and fishing.

Based on the geographic location and

material culture, this individual has

been identified as Native American,

most likely affiliated with the Aleut

culture. The determination of cultural

affiliation has been based upon the

relative geographic isolation of Shemya

Island, archeological evidence from the

Shemya Island region, past and present

Aleut oral tradition, historical evidence,

and expert anthropological opinion.

These forms of evidence all indicate that

Aleut people were the sole pre-contact

(pre-1741 A.D.) occupants of Shemya

Island.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the 611th Air

Force Group, USAF have determined

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

human remains listed above represent

the physical remains of one individual

of Native American ancestry. Officials of

the 611th Air Force Group, USAF have

also determined that, pursuant to 43

CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 32 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 611th

Air Force Group, USAF 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 Aleut Corporation.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Aleut Corporation, and the

Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association,

Inc. Representatives of any other Indian

tribe that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with these human remains and

associated funerary objects should

contact Captain Christopher A. Pleiman,

Cultural Resources Manager, 611th Air

Support Group, U.S. Air Force, 6900 9th

Street, Ste. 360, Elmendorf AFB, AK

99506-2270; telephone: (907) 552-7442,

before June 22, 2000. Repatriation of the

human remains and associated funerary

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objects to the Aleut Corporation may

begin after that date if no additional

claimants come forward.

Dated: May 8, 2000.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

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BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects in the

Possession of Agate Fossil Beds

National Monument, National Park

Service, Harrison, NE and Scotts Bluff

National Monument, National Park

Service, Gering, NE

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

in the possession of Agate Fossil Beds

National Monument, Harrison,

Nebraska, and Scotts Bluff National

Monument, Gering, Nebraska.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains and associated funerary objects

was made by National Park Service

professional staff in consultation with

representatives of the Arapahoe Tribe of

the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort

Peck Indian Reservation, Montana;

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the

Cheyenne River Reservation, South

Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the

Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota;

Crow Tribe of Montana; Lower Brule

Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule

Reservation, South Dakota; Northern

Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern

Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana;

Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;

Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Rosebud Sioux

Tribe of the Rosebud Indian

Reservation, South Dakota; Santee Sioux

Tribe of the Santee Reservation of

Nebraska; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind

River Reservation, Wyoming; ShoshonePaiute Tribes of the Duck Valley

Reservation, Nevada; and the Three

Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold

Reservation, North Dakota. Several other

tribes, including the Apache Tribe of

Oklahoma; Blackfeet Tribe of the

Blackfeet Indian Reservation of

Montana; Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of

Oklahoma; Comanche Indian Tribe,

Oklahoma; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of

Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache Tribe of the

Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation,

New Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of

Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of

the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico;

Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation

of Utah (Washakie); Oglala Sioux Tribe

of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South

Dakota; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska;

Pawnee Indian Tribe of Oklahoma;

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort

Hall Reservation of Idaho; Spirit Lake

Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock

Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota;

and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South

Dakota were also invited to consult, but

did not participate to the extent of the

other Indian tribes.

In 1968, human remains representing

eight individuals were donated to Agate

Fossil Beds National Monument by

Margaret Cook. No known individuals

were identified. The 11 associated

funerary objects consist of one soil

burial matrix containing numerous glass

beads, six shell buttons and button

fragments, one brass bell, one collection

of cloth and leather fragments, one

collection of plant seeds, and one deer

bone.

Collection records indicate that all

eight sets of human remains were

recovered from the Nebraska panhandle

region. One individual is documented

as coming from a highway gravel borrow

pit north of Mitchell, Nebraska, in 1955.

The exact provenience of the other

seven individuals is not known. It is

assumed that all eight individuals were

excavated by or given to Margaret’s

husband Harold Cook, a paleontologist,

geologist, and archeologist who

operated a museum in the Cook home.

The remains of two individuals are

known to have been given to Cook

around 1921 by a local physician from

Harrison, Nebraska.

Between 1935 and 1945, human

remains representing four individuals

were donated to Scotts Bluff National

Monument by Edgar McKinley, F.J.

Strasbaugh, A.C.G. Kaempher, and R.E.

Sweet. Scotts Bluff National Monument

possesses an additional set of human

remains representing seven individuals.

No known individuals were identified.

The five associated funerary objects

consist of two bone awl tips, one jasper

rock flake, and two animal bones.

Collection records indicate that all

eleven sets of human remains, now held

at Scotts Bluff National Monument,

were recovered from the Nebraska

panhandle region. The four donated sets

of human remains came from generally

known localities: the McKinley farm, a

gravel pit along the North Platte River

near Gering Nebraska, the Greenwood

Ranch, and Luckenbill Place near

Bridgeport, Nebraska. The exact

provenience of the other seven

individuals and precise date of

acquisition is not known.

Through the application of physical

anthropological examinations,

conducted by Peer Moore-Jansen of

Wichita State University in March 1995,

and the presence of diagnostic

associated funerary objects, 18 of the

individuals describe above were

identified as Native American. The

physical anthropological examinations

also determined that one of the

individuals described above is likely

Native American. Oral history evidence,

presented by representatives of the

consulting tribes listed above, identified

a cultural affiliation to all of the above

described human remains held by Agate

Fossil Beds National Monument and

Scotts Bluff National Monument. This

oral history evidence addressed the

issue of a ‘‘shared group identity’’ of

ancient peoples of the Nebraska

panhandle region and their relationship

to modern tribal groups recognized by

the Unites States Federal government.

Utilizing expert opinion, collection

records, geographical, physical

anthropological, and oral tradition

evidence, it has been determined that

the Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River

Reservation, Assiniboine and Sioux

Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian

Reservation, Cheyenne River Sioux

Tribe of the Cheyenne River

Reservation, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of

the Crow Creek Reservation, Crow Tribe

of Montana, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of

the Lower Brule Reservation, Northern

Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern

Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Ponca

Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, Ponca

Tribe of Nebraska, Rosebud Sioux Tribe

of the Rosebud Indian Reservation,

Santee Sioux Tribe of the Santee

Reservation, Shoshone Tribe of the

Wind River Reservation, ShoshonePaiute Tribes of the Duck Valley

Reservation, and the Three Affiliated

Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,

as well as the Flandreau Santee Sioux

Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine

Ridge Reservation and the Yankton

Sioux Tribe are culturally affiliated with

the human remains and associated

funerary objects described above.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the National

Park Service have determined that,

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

human remains listed above represent

the physical remains of 19 individuals

of Native American ancestry. Officials of

the National Park Service have also