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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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Between 1890 and 1900, human 

remains representing a minimum of two 

individuals were removed from 

Watson’s Hill, south side of Town 

Brook, in Plymouth, Plymouth County, 

MA, by the Douglas family while the 

family was digging a cellar for their 

house. The human remains were 

transferred to Dr. George H. Jackson of 

Plymouth at an unknown date. In 1939, 

the human remains were donated to the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology by Dr. Jackson through the 

Pilgrim Society of Plymouth. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Osteological characteristics indicate 

that the individuals are Native 

American. The interments most likely 

date to the Late Woodland period or 

later (post-A.D. 1000). Historical 

documentation, as well as information 

from the Pilgrim Society, describes 

Watson’s Hill as a known Late 

Woodland (A.D. 1000–1500) and 

Historic/Contact period (post-A.D. 1500) 

Native American site. Oral tradition and 

historical documentation also indicate 

that Plymouth is within the aboriginal 

and historic homeland of the 

Wampanoag Nation. The present-day 

tribes that are most closely affiliated 

with the Wampanoag Nation are 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. 

Officials of the Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology 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 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology 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 Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head 

(Aquinnah) of Massachusetts. 

Furthermore, officials of the Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 

have determined that there is a cultural 

relationship between the human 

remains and the Assonet Band of the 

Wampanoag Nation, a non-federally 

recognized Indian group, and Mashpee 

Wampanoag Indian Tribe, a nonfederally recognized Indian group. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Patricia Capone, 

Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, 11 Divinity Ave., 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–3702, before April 16, 2007. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

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 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology 

and Ethnology is responsible for 

notifying the Wampanoag Repatriation 

Confederation, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay 

Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts; 

Assonet Band of the Wampanoag 

Nation, a non-federally recognized 

Indian group; and Mashpee Wampanoag 

Indian Tribe, a non-federally recognized 

Indian group that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: January 30, 2007 

Sherry Hutt, 

National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E7–4727 Filed 3–14–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Thomas Burke Memorial Washington 

State Museum, University of 

Washington, Seattle, WA 

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 the Thomas 

Burke Memorial Washington State 

Museum (Burke Museum), University of 

Washington, Seattle, WA. The human 

remains were removed from Okanogan 

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 Burke Museum 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Confederated 

Tribes of the Colville Reservation, 

Washington. 

In 1908, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from Winthrop in Okanogan 

County, WA, by CPT Frank Lord. In 

1910, the human remains were received 

from Captain Lord and accessioned by 

the Burke Museum (Burke Accn. No. 

242). No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The human remains had previously 

been identified non- Native American. 

However, after further review, the 

preponderance of the evidence 

identifies the human remains as Native 

American. The original donor identified 

the human remains as ‘‘Indian’’. The 

majority of the osteological evidence 

identified by physical anthropologists 

determined that the human remains are 

Native American. 

According to early and late 

ethnographic documentation the 

Methow Tribe are the aboriginal 

occupants of the Winthrop area (Miller 

1998; Mooney 1896; Ray 1936; Spier 

1936). The Colville Reservation was 

established by Executive Order in 1872 

for Methow Tribe and other tribes. The 

Moses Columbia Reservation was later 

established in 1879 and also included 

members of the Methow Tribe. In 1886, 

the Moses Columbia Reservation was 

disbanded and the residents were 

moved to the Colville Reservation. 

Descendants of the Methow Tribe are 

members of the Confederated Tribes of 

the Colville Reservation, Washington. 

Officials of the Burke Museum 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 

Burke 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 Confederated Tribes of 

the Colville Reservation, Washington. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Peter Lape, Burke 

Museum, University of Washington, Box 

353010, Seattle, WA 98195–3010, 

telephone (206) 685–2282, before April 

16, 2007. Repatriation of the human 

remains to the Confederated Tribes of 

the Colville Reservation, Washington 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Burke Museum is responsible for 

notifying the Confederated Tribes of the 

Colville Reservation, Washington that 

this notice has been published. 


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