11576 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 38 / Monday, February 27, 2012 / Notices 

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 object. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Grand Rapids 

Public Museum professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona on 

behalf of themselves and the Ak Chin 

Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak 

Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila 

River Indian Community of the Gila 

River Indian Reservation, Arizona; and 

the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian 

Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona. The Zuni Tribe of 

the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, and 

the Hopi Tribe of Arizona indicated 

they were affiliated with the Hohokam 

culture but did not take part in 

consultation. 

History and Description of the Remains 

At an unknown date, a Hohokam red 

on buff swirl designed vessel containing 

the cremated remains of one individual 

was removed from an unknown location 

by an unknown individual. At an 

unknown date, G.S. Knapp acquired the 

Hohokam crematory vessel. In 1914, 

G.S. Knapp sold the vessel to the Grand 

Rapids Public Museum. No known 

individuals were identified. The one 

associated funerary object is a pottery 

vessel. 

Although the Grand Rapids Public 

Museum’s records state that the vessel 

is from ‘‘Flats of Doe Run, MO’’ and is 

from a mound builder culture, Missouri 

is not an area traditionally occupied by 

the Hohokam, and the vessel type is 

indicative of an Arizona origin. On 

November 12, 2010, the vessel was 

identified by Peter Steere of the Tohono 

O’odham Nation of Arizona as being an 

Early-Middle Rincon Phase Red-onBrown design from the Tucson Basin, 

ca. A.D. 1100. In 1990, representatives 

of the Ak Chin Indian Community of the 

Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Gila River Indian Community 

of the Gila River Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa 

Indian Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono 

O’odham Nation of Arizona issued a 

joint policy statement claiming ancestral 

ties to the Hohokam cultural traditions. 

Determinations Made by the Grand 

Rapids Public Museum 

Officials of the Grand Rapids Public 

Museum have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the one object described above is 

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 object 

and the Tohono O’odham Nation of 

Arizona; Ak Chin Indian Community of 

the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; Gila River Indian 

Community of the Gila River Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; and the Salt River 

Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of 

the Salt River Reservation, Arizona. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian tribe 

that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Marilyn Merdzinski, Director of 

Collections and Preservation, Grand 

Rapids Public Museum, 272 Pearl St. 

NW., Grand Rapids, MI 49504, 

telephone (616) 929–1801, March 28, 

2012. Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

to the Tohono O’odham Nation of 

Arizona may proceed after that date if 

no additional claimants come forward. 

The Grand Rapids Public Museum is 

responsible for notifying the Ak Chin 

Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak 

Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila 

River Indian Community of the Gila 

River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona; Salt River PimaMaricopa Indian Community of the Salt 

River Reservation, Arizona; Tohono 

O’odham Nation of 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. 2012–4515 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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[2253–663] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of Defense, Army Corps of 

Engineers, Walla Walla District, Walla 

Walla, WA, and the University of 

Oregon Museum of Natural and 

Cultural History, Eugene, OR 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Department 

of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, 

Walla Walla District, and the University 

of Oregon Museum of Natural and 

Cultural History have completed an 

inventory of human remains in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribes, and have determined that 

there is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and present-day Indian 

tribes. Repatriation of the human 

remains to the Indian tribes stated 

below may occur if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the human remains 

should contact the U.S. Department of 

Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, 

Walla Walla District at the address 

below by March 28, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of 

the U.S. Department of Defense, Army 

Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla 

District, Walla Walla, WA, and in the 

physical custody of the University of 

Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural 

History (UO–MNCH), Eugene, OR. The 

human remains were removed from 

45BN3, a village site located on 

Berrian’s Island, in Benton 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. 


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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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