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California; Tule River Indian Tribe of 

the Tule River Reservation, California; 

Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of 

the Tuolumne Rancheria of California; 

and United Auburn Indian Community 

of the Auburn Rancheria of California 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: February 13, 2007 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E7–4731 Filed 3–14–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Tongass National Forest, 

Juneau, AK 

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 U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Forest Service, Tongass 

National Forest, Juneau, AK. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Admiralty Island 

National Monument in southeast 

Alaska. 

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 U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Angoon Community Association; 

Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida 

Indian Tribes; Kake Tribal Corporation; 

Kootznoowoo Incorporated; Organized 

Village of Kake; Sealaska Corporation; 

Shee Atika Inc.; and Sitka Tribe of 

Alaska. The U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service also 

consulted with the Alaska Native 

Brotherhood and Sisterhood Camps in 

Angoon, Kake and Sitka, non-federally 

recognized Indian groups. 

In August 1989, human remains 

representing a minimum of 18 

individuals were removed from the 

Wilson Cove Rockshelter site, southwest 

Admiralty Island, AK, by Forest Service 

archeologists. No known individuals 

have been identified. The four 

associated funerary objects are four 

wood planks. 

The Wilson Cove Rockshelter site is 

divided into three sites called 

Rockshelter 1, 2, and 3. The four wood 

planks are believed to have been part of 

a bentwood box associated with the 

human remains at Rockshelter 3. 

Radiocarbon dates from charcoal and 

shell from Rockshelter 1 were 755 B.C. 

- 200 B.C. and 40 B.C - A.D. 230. A 

radiocarbon date for Rockshelter 3 was 

390 B.C. - A.D. 90. 

A professional physical 

anthropologist analyzed the human 

remains from all three sites and 

determined they are Native American. 

Ethnographic information and 

archeological data indicate that the 

Wilson Cove Rockshelter site is within 

the traditional territory of the Angoon 

Tlingit. Oral traditions of the Angoon 

Tlingit confirm their affiliation with this 

site. Descendants of the Angoon Tlingit 

are members of Kootznoowoo 

Incorporated. 

Officials of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service have 

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

3001 (9–10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of 18 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service also have determined that, 

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

four 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 U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service 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 

Kootznoowoo Incorporated. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Forrest Cole, Forest Supervisor, 

Tongass National Forest, Federal 

Building, Ketchikan, AK 99901–6591, 

telephone (907) 225–3101, before April 

16, 2007. Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

to Kootznoowoo Incorporated may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service is responsible for 

notifying the Angoon Community 

Association; Central Council of the 

Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes; Kake 

Tribal Corporation; Kootznoowoo 

Incorporated; Organized Village of Kake; 

Sealaska Corporation; Shee Atika Inc.; 

Sitka Tribe of Alaska; and Alaska Native 

Brotherhood and Sisterhood Camps in 

Angoon, Kake and Sitka, non-federally 

recognized Indian groups, that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: February 13, 2007 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E7–4730 Filed 3–14–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Fort Union National 

Monument, Watrous, NM 

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 and control of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Fort Union National 

Monument, Watrous, NM. The human 

remains and cultural items were 

removed from an area near the fort in 

Mora County, NM. 

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 superintendent, Fort Union 

National Monument. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

was made by Fort Union National 

Monument professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming; Comanche 

Nation, Oklahoma; Fort McDowell 

Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Jicarilla 

Apache Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero 

Apache Tribe of the Mescalero 

Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo 

Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; 

and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute 

Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New 

Mexico & Utah. 


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The Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma; 

Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the 

Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, 

Montana; San Carlos Apache Tribe of 

the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona; 

Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; 

Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; Ute 

Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 

Reservation, Utah; White Mountain 

Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache 

Reservation, Arizona; and YavapaiApache Nation of the Camp Verde 

Indian Reservation, Arizona were 

contacted for consultation purposes but 

did not attend the consultation 

meetings. 

In 1958, human remains representing 

a minimum of four individuals were 

removed from Fort Union National 

Monument in Mora County, NM, during 

the construction of park housing. No 

known individuals were identified. All 

but 10 of the approximately 40 artifacts 

found with the human remains have 

been lost or have disintegrated. The 10 

surviving associated funerary objects are 

1 turquoise bead, 1 shell bead, 1 

fragmentary shell bead, 1 leather 

fragment, 2 pieces of fabric, 1 fragment 

of bark, 2 fragments of rotted leather, 

and 1 fragment of material that is either 

rotted leather or metal. Most of the 

objects are only identifiable by 

consulting the park’s museum catalog 

cards. 

Based on skeletal and artifactual 

analysis, it appears that the four men 

were beaten, shot, dragged using leather 

straps found with the bodies, and buried 

in a grave approximately 18 inches 

deep. The mass grave was located 

immediately adjacent to where the 

Santa Fe Trail entered Fort Union. The 

men were laid out in an orderly fashion, 

oriented to the southeast. Most items of 

value appear to have been removed from 

the bodies. Buttons and the caliber of 

bullets used to kill the men indicate that 

the murders took place sometime 

between the years of 1863 and 1872. At 

the request of officials of Fort Union 

National Monument, a cultural 

affiliation report was prepared in 2006 

in an effort to determine cultural 

affiliation by examining all available 

evidence. 

Officials of Fort Union National 

Monument have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of four 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of Fort Union 

National Monument also have 

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

3001 (3)(A), the ten 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 Fort Union 

National Monument have determined 

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot reasonably be traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

associated funerary objects and any 

present-day Indian tribe. 

The Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Review 

Committee (Review Committee) is 

responsible for recommending specific 

actions for disposition of culturally 

unidentifiable human remains. In 

October 2006, Fort Union National 

Monument requested that the Review 

Committee recommend repatriation of 

the four culturally unidentifiable human 

remains and ten associated funerary 

objects to the Jicarilla Apache Nation, 

New Mexico and Ute Mountain Tribe of 

the Ute Mountain Reservation, 

Colorado, New Mexico & Utah as coclaimants because the human remains 

and cultural items were found within 

the tribes’ aboriginal and historical 

territory. The Review Committee 

considered the proposal at its November 

2006 meeting, and recommended 

disposition of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the 

Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico 

and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute 

Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New 

Mexico & Utah. The National Park 

Service intends to convey the ten 

associated funerary objects to the tribes 

pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 18f–2. 

A December 12, 2006, letter from the 

Designated Federal Official, writing on 

behalf of the Secretary of the Interior, 

recommended disposition of the 

physical remains of four culturally 

unidentifiable individuals and ten 

associated funerary objects to the 

Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico 

and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute 

Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New 

Mexico & Utah contingent on the 

publication of a Notice of Inventory 

Completion in the Federal Register. 

This notice fulfills that requirement. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Marie Frias Sauter, 

superintendent, Fort Union National 

Monument, P.O. Box 127, Watrous, NM 

87753, telephone (505) 425–8025, before 

April 16, 2007. Disposition of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Jicarilla Apache Nation, 

New Mexico and Ute Mountain Tribe of 

the Ute Mountain Reservation, 

Colorado, New Mexico & Utah may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

Fort Union National Monument is 

responsible for notifying the Arapaho 

Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, 

Wyoming; Comanche Nation, 

Oklahoma; Fort McDowell Yavapai 

Nation, Arizona; Jicarilla Apache 

Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero Apache 

Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New 

Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New 

Mexico & Utah; and Ute Mountain Tribe 

of the Ute Mountain Reservation, 

Colorado, New Mexico & Utah that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: February 8, 2007. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E7–4728 Filed 3–14–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA 

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 Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 

The human remains were removed from 

Plymouth County, MA. 

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 Peabody Museum 

of Archaeology and Ethnology 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Wampanoag 

Repatriation Confederation on behalf of 

the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head 

(Aquinnah) of Massachusetts; Assonet 

Band of the Wampanoag Nation, a nonfederally recognized Indian group; and 

Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe, a 

non-federally recognized Indian group. 


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