27844 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 95 / Thursday, May 17, 2007 / Notices 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service Law Enforcement 

Officers held the leggings until they 

were released by the court to the Cibola 

National Forest following the successful 

prosecution of the case in 2006. 

The leggings are made from human 

hair and were made in the late 

prehistoric to early historic period 

(approximately A.D. 1100–1700). The 

site from which the leggings were 

removed contained pottery sherds of 

Puebloan manufacture from the late 

prehistoric and/or early historic periods. 

Expert witnesses for the court case 

determined that the leggings were of 

Puebloan construction from the late 

prehistoric to early historic period. 

During consultation, representatives of 

the Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico 

demonstrated that the leggings were of 

Acoma manufacture and that they were 

a sacred object associated with the 

Acoma religion and needed by 

traditional Acoma religious leaders for 

the present-day practice of their 

religion. 

Officials of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, Cibola 

National Forest have determined that, 

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

one cultural item described above is a 

specific ceremonial object needed by 

traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present-day adherents. Officials of the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Cibola National Forest 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 sacred 

object and the Pueblo of Acoma, New 

Mexico. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the sacred object should 

contact Dr. Frank E. Wozniak, NAGPRA 

Coordinator, Southwestern Region, 

USDA Forest Service, 333 Broadway 

Blvd., SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102, 

telephone (505) 842–3238, before June 

18, 2007. Repatriation of the sacred 

object to the Pueblo of Acoma, New 

Mexico may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, Cibola National Forest is 

responsible for notifying the Pueblo of 

Acoma, New Mexico and Pueblo of 

Laguna, New Mexico that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: March 20, 2007. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Augusta State University, Department 

of History, and Anthropology, and 

Philosophy, Archaeology Laboratory, 

Augusta, GA 

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 Augusta 

State University, Department of History 

and Anthropology and Philosophy, 

Archaeology Laboratory, Augusta, GA. 

The human remains were removed from 

Columbia County, GA. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Augusta State 

University professional staff in 

consultation with the Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians of North Carolina and 

Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma. 

The following tribe was invited to 

consult but did not participate: the 

Poarch Band of Creek Indians of 

Alabama. 

In the early to mid–1980s, human 

remains representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from Stalling’s 

Island (9–CB–1), Columbia County, GA. 

The human remains were given to the 

Augusta College (now Augusta State 

University) anthropology program by a 

former student. No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The material the student donated 

consisted of a paper bag containing 

many fragmentary pieces of bone which 

at that time were not identified as 

human remains. No formal records of 

dates, details, or inventory were made at 

that time. In 1993, the remains were 

examined and non-human, osteological 

material (deer) and human remains were 

identified. The animal bones are not 

considered to be associated funerary 

objects. Based on the donor information 

and provenience, it is reasonable to 

believe that the human remains are 

Native American. 

Stalling’s Island is a locally wellknown late Archaic Period site in the 

Savannah River above Augusta, GA. 

During the late Archaic period, preCreek or pre-Cherokee peoples occupied 

the central Savannah River valley which 

today lies in the states of Georgia and 

South Carolina. Authoritative sources 

and descendants of both Creek and 

Cherokee tribes claim that their 

ancestors utilized this portion of 

Savannah River valley in eastern 

Georgia. 

Descendants of the Cherokee are 

members of the Cherokee Nation, 

Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee 

Indians of North Carolina; and United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma. Descendants of the Creek are 

members of the Alabama-Quassarte 

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal 

Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) 

Nation of Oklahoma; Poarch Band of 

Creek Indians of Alabama; and 

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma. 

Officials of the Augusta State 

University have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of at 

least one individual of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Augusta State 

University 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 Alabama-Quassarte Tribal 

Town, Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, 

Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee 

Indians of North Carolina; Kialegee 

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee 

(Creek) Nation of Oklahoma; Poarch 

Band of Creek Indians of Alabama; 

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma; 

and United Keetoowah Band of 

Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Christopher Murphy, 

Augusta State University, 2500 Walton 

Way, Augusta, GA 30904, telephone 

(706) 667–4562, before June 18, 2007. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of 

North Carolina and Muscogee (Creek) 

Nation of Oklahoma may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

Augusta State University is 

responsible for notifying the AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma; 

Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern 

Band of Cherokee Indians of North 

Carolina; Kialegee Tribal Town, 

Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation of 

Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek 

Indians of Alabama; Thlopthlocco 

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; and United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: April 12, 2007. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E7–9453 Filed 5–16–07; 8:45 am] 

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