Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 95 / Thursday, May 17, 2007 / Notices 27845 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC and 

University of Colorado Museum, 

Boulder, CO 

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 control of the U.S. Department of 

the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Washington, DC and in the possession 

of the University of Colorado Museum, 

Boulder, CO. The human remains were 

removed from the Crow Indian 

Reservation, MT. 

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 University of 

Colorado Museum professional staff in 

consultation with the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs professional staff and 

representatives of the Crow Tribe of 

Montana. 

In 1912, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from the Crow Indian 

Reservation, 18 miles south of Billings, 

MT, near Pryor Creek, by Ralph 

Hubbard. Mr. Hubbard later sent the 

human remains to the University of 

Colorado Museum (Catalog number 

4799). No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Based on the provenience and 

physical morphology, the human 

remains are those of a Native American 

adult male. Based on the provenience, 

the human remains are Crow. 

Descendants of the Crow are members of 

the Crow Tribe of Montana. 

Officials of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs and 

University of Colorado 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 U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs and University of 

Colorado 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 Crow Tribe of Montana. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Donald Sutherland, 

Acting Chief, Division of Environmental 

and Cultural Resources Management, 

1849 C St. NW, Washington, DC 20240, 

telephone (703) 390–6470, or Steve 

Lekson, Curator of Anthropology, 

University of Colorado Museum, 

Henderson Building, Campus Box 218, 

Boulder, CO 80309–0218, telephone 

(303) 492–6671, before June 18, 2007. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

the Crow Tribe of Montana may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The University of Colorado Museum 

is responsible for notifying the Crow 

Tribe of Montana that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: April 4, 2007. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E7–9451 Filed 5–16–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Museum of Anthropology, Washington 

State University, Pullman, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with provisions of 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 Museum of 

Anthropology, Washington State 

University, Pullman, WA. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Grays Harbor 

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 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 Museum of 

Anthropology, Washington State 

University professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis 

Reservation, Washington. 

In 1969 and 1970, human remains 

representing a minimum of nine 

individuals were removed from the 

Minard site (45–GH–15) in Grays Harbor 

County, WA, by Richard Daugherty, an 

employee, and Thomas E. Roll, graduate 

student, of Washington State University. 

The excavations were conducted under 

research funds allocated by the 

Washington State Legislature. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

82 associated funerary objects are 2 

nipple topped mauls, 1 ground slate 

knife, 1 ground stone club, 1 necklace 

of rolled copper and dentalium beads, 1 

straight adze with a carved whale bone 

handle, 1 knife or small adze-chisel, 1 

metal chisel, 1 metal awl, 1 lot of metal 

fragments from wood working tools, 5 

lots of nails, 2 lots of glass beads, 2 lots 

of tin can fragments, 5 lots of 

unidentified metal fragments, 2 spoons, 

3 lots of wood fragments, 14 thimbles on 

a string, 1 lot of unidentified plant 

material, and 38 lots of dishes and dish 

fragments. 

Osteological evidence indicates that 

the human remains from the Minard site 

represent nine individuals of Native 

American ancestry. The associated 

funerary objects found with one of the 

individuals indicate an interment 

during the early 19th century. 

Stratigraphic information indicates that 

the other individuals were interred 

within the last 1,000 years. The Minard 

site is located at or near the traditional 

Copalis village of Oyhut. The Copalis 

are considered to have been a band of 

the Lower Chehalis whose traditional 

territory encompassed the lower reaches 

of the Chehalis River and the presentday county of Grays Harbor. The Minard 

site is located within the area identified 

by the Indian Claims Commission as the 

aboriginal territory of the Confederated 

Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, 

Washington. Continuities within the 

archeological record and oral tradition, 

indicates that ancestors of the presentday Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis 

Reservation, Washington resided at the 

Minard site during the prehistoric and 

early historic periods. 

Officials of the Museum of 

Anthropology, Washington State 

University have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 


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