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Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by U.S. Department 

of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, 

and UO–MNCH professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian 

Reservation of Oregon; Nez Perce Tribe, 

Idaho; and the Wanapum Band, a nonFederally recognized Indian Group. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1948 and 1949, human remains 

representing, at minimum, seven 

individuals were removed from 45BN3, 

a pre-contact protohistoric village site 

located on the south side of Berrian’s 

Island, in Benton County, WA. Site 

45BN3 is located within the McNary 

Lock and Dam Project on the Columbia 

River. The McNary Lock and Dam 

Project is managed by the U.S. 

Department of Defense, Army Corps of 

Engineers, Walla Walla District, who 

initiated land acquisition processes for 

the Project in 1947. 

In 1947, the Smithsonian Institution’s 

River Basin Survey Project (SRBS) 

surveyed and surface collected material 

cultural remains from site 45BN3. In 

1948, the SRBS excavated the site and 

removed 50 burials and 1,650 artifacts. 

Many of the burials were recovered in 

situ and were bounded by wood. 

Originally identified as cists, this wood 

was later determined to be the burnt 

remains of conical wood stacks that had 

been erected over the burials. The 

associated funerary objects included 

copper, iron, glass trade beads, shell 

ornaments and stone implements. 

Following completion of field 

investigations, the collections were 

transported to the SRBS laboratory at 

the University of Oregon. In 1949, the 

SRBS returned to site 45BN3 and 

salvaged four additional burials that had 

been looted by amateur collectors. 

The collections recovered through the 

SRBS investigations were transferred to 

three separate repositories: the 

Smithsonian Institution; the University 

of Washington (UW) Burke Museum, 

Seattle, WA; and UO–MNCH, Eugene, 

OR. The portions of the collections held 

at UO–MNCH were accessioned 

between 1950–1952, and include 

materials from Burials 4–5, 7–9, 11–15, 

19, 22, 24–26, 32, 34, 36–37, 39, 41, 43, 

45–46, 48–49, and 51–54. Materials 

from the 1948 and 1949 SRBS 

collections at UO–MNCH were 

inventoried in 1985 and again in 1996. 

The remains of seven individuals 

(accession #100KT/MP) were 

documented through the inventory. Due 

to an absence of associated 

documentation, these seven individuals 

cannot be connected to specific burials. 

The remains are those of an adult male, 

an adult female, two adults of 

indeterminate gender, two children and 

another individual of indeterminate age 

and gender. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The estimated date range of the other 

burials from site 45BN3 is 1750–1811, 

based upon the presence of Colonial 

uniform buttons whose earliest 

manufacture date is c.1750 and the 

absence of firearms, whose use by local 

tribes began c.1811. Further evidence 

supporting the date of these burials is 

the volume of trade goods observed in 

both the burials and in the living area. 

Site 45BN3 was also reported to have 

contained evidence of contemporaneous 

mat lodge pits. Distinctive 

morphological traits, burial methods 

and associated funerary objects indicate 

Native American ancestry and funerary 

traditions reflective of Native groups of 

the Columbia Plateau. 

Determinations Made by the U.S. 

Department of Defense, Army Corps of 

Engineers, Walla Walla District 

Officials of the U.S. Department of 

Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, 

Walla Walla District, have determined 

that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9)–(10), 

the human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of seven 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• 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 

and Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; Confederated Tribes of the 

Colville Reservation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation, Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Indian Reservation of Oregon; 

and the Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). 

Additionally, a cultural relationship is 

determined to exist between the sites 

and collections and the Wanapum Band, 

a non-Federally recognized Indian 

Group. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact LTC David Caldwell, 

U.S. Department of Defense, Army 

Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla 

District, 201 North Third Ave., Walla 

Walla, WA 99362, telephone (509) 527– 

7700, before March 28, 2012. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

The Tribes and (if joined) the Wanapum 

Band, a non-Federally recognized 

Indian Group, may proceed after that 

date if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The U.S. Department of Defense, 

Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla 

District, is responsible for notifying The 

Tribes and the Wanapum Band, a nonFederally recognized Indian Group, that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: February 22, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4514 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and 

the Arizona State Museum, University 

of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Correction 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

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 

under the control of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in 

the physical custody of the Arizona 

State Museum, University of Arizona, 

Tucson, AZ. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from sites within the 

boundaries of the Fort Apache Indian 

Reservation, Gila and Navajo Counties, 

AZ. 

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. 

This notice corrects the minimum 

number of individuals and the number 


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of associated funerary objects in a 

Notice of Inventory Completion 

previously published in the Federal 

Register (76 FR 14064–14067, March 15, 

2011). During final preparations for 

reburial, additional fragmentary human 

remains were discovered from three of 

the ten sites listed in the notice. As a 

result, the total number of individuals is 

corrected from 241 to 261. Also, 

additional associated funerary objects 

from one of the ten sites listed in the 

previous notice were discovered, and 

the number of associated funerary 

objects from another site was revised. 

Therefore, the total number of 

associated funerary objects is corrected 

from 74 to 103. 

In the Federal Register notice (76 FR 

14064–14067, March 15, 2011), 

paragraph four is corrected by 

substituting the following paragraph: 

In 1979, fragmentary human remains 

representing, at minimum, 20 

individuals were removed from the 

Hilltop Ruin Site, AZ P:14:12(ASM), 

Navajo County, AZ, during a legally 

authorized survey conducted by the 

University of Arizona Archaeological 

Field School, under the direction of 

Madeleine Hinkes. A report prepared by 

Hinkes describes the presence of at least 

45 unauthorized excavation pits at this 

site. The human remains were collected 

from these pits or adjacent backdirt 

piles. There is no record in Arizona 

State Museum files regarding the 

accession of these human remains; 

however, the collection likely entered 

the museum in the same year as other 

collections from the summer field 

school. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Paragraph number 7 is corrected by 

substituting the following paragraph: 

There is no record in Arizona State 

Museum files regarding the accession of 

these human remains; however, the 

collection likely entered the museum in 

the same year as other collections from 

the summer field school. No known 

individuals were identified. The 36 

associated funerary objects include: 1 

stone axe, 1 bone bead, 2 carved stone 

objects, 1 shell pendant, 1 pierced shell, 

3 projectile points, 2 ceramic vessels, 1 

rim sherd, 1 shell bead, 8 shell 

fragments, 7 ceramic sherds, 1 shell 

tinkler, 3 turquoise fragments, 2 worked 

lithic artifacts, 1 worked shell artifact, 

and 1 worked shell fragment. 

Paragraph number 11 is corrected by 

substituting the following paragraph: 

Between 1976 and 1989, legally 

authorized excavations were conducted 

at the site of Chiwodista ́s, AZ 

P:14:24(ASM), Navajo County, AZ, by 

the University of Arizona 

Archaeological Field School, under the 

direction of J. Jefferson Reid. No human 

burials were intentionally excavated 

during this project. Archeological 

collections from the site were brought to 

the museum at the end of each field 

season, but no accession number was 

assigned to them. Between 2009 and 

2011, Arizona State Museum staff found 

fragmentary human remains 

representing, at minimum, 31 

individuals intermingled with animal 

bone collections from this site. The 

animal bones are not considered to be 

associated funerary objects. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Paragraph number 19 is corrected by 

substituting the following paragraph: 

In 1929, human remains representing 

six individuals were removed from 

Canyon Creek Ruin, AZ C:2:8(GP)/AZ 

V:2:1(ASM), Gila County, AZ during 

legally authorized excavations 

conducted by the Gila Pueblo 

Foundation, under the direction of Emil 

Haury. In 1950, the Gila Pueblo 

Foundation closed and the collections 

were transferred to the Arizona State 

Museum. No known individuals were 

identified. The 64 associated funerary 

objects include: 1 yucca fiber apron, 1 

basketry bowl, 2 cradleboards, 1 

basketry tump strap, 3 ceramic bowls, 1 

gourd bottle, 1 gourd dipper, 1 gourd 

rind, 2 gourd scoops, 1 hair bundle, 1 

cotton manta, 1 basketry mat, 5 basketry 

mat fragments, 1 piece of plant fiber, 1 

plant fiber blanket, 1 yucca fiber quid, 

1 lot of cotton roving, 2 sandals, 1 wood 

spindle, 28 textile fragments, 3 textile 

wrappings, 4 wood lattice fragments, 

and 1 lot of yucca fiber yarn. 

Paragraph number 24 is corrected by 

substituting the following paragraph: 

In 1969, human remains representing, 

at minimum, five individuals were 

removed from site AZ V:2:12(ASM), 

Gila County, AZ, during legally 

authorized salvage activities conducted 

by the University of Arizona 

Archaeological Field School, under the 

direction of David Tuggle. The site had 

been extensively vandalized and the 

objective of the University of Arizona 

archeologists was to recover human 

remains that had been disturbed. 

Archeological collections from the site 

were brought to the museum at the end 

of the field season, but no accession 

numbers were assigned. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Paragraph number 29 is corrected by 

substituting the following paragraph: 

Officials of the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs and Arizona State Museum have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of 261 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 103 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. 

• 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 the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and Zuni 

Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact John McClelland, NAGPRA 

Coordinator, Arizona State Museum, 

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 

85721, telephone (520) 626–2950, before 

March 28, 2012. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico, may proceed after that date if 

no additional claimants come forward. 

The Arizona State Museum is 

responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe 

of Arizona; White Mountain Apache 

Tribe of the Fort Apache Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; and the Zuni 

Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: February 22, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4509 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and 

the Arizona State Museum, University 

of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Department 

of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and 

the Arizona State Museum, University 

of Arizona, have completed an 

inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects, in 


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