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Corporation), and the Central Council 

Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of 

Alaska support the conclusion that 

these cultural items comprise the 

shaman’s kit of Nolk, a Hutsnuwu 

Tlingit of the Dakl’aweidi clan, and that 

they were placed within Nolk’s grave 

house near Chaik Bay at or after the time 

of his death around 1865. The kit was 

removed from the grave house by a 

nephew of Nolk at an unknown date 

and subsequently acquired by 

Lieutenant George Thornton Emmons. 

The Museum purchased these items 

from Emmons and accessioned them in 

1894. 

The determination that these items 

are ‘‘unassociated funerary objects’’ is 

based on Emmons’ catalog entry, 

consultation information provided by 

Kootznoowoo, Incorporated, and the 

Central Council Tlingit and Haida 

Indian Tribes of Alaska, and other 

expert opinion, all of which support the 

conclusion that the items were 

associated with Nolk’s grave house, and 

were placed with Nolk’s remains either 

at the time of his death or later. 

The cultural affiliation of the 34 

cultural items is Hutsnuwu Tlingit, as 

indicated through museum records and 

consultation with representatives of 

Kootznoowoo Incorporated, and the 

Central Council Tlingit and Haida 

Indian Tribes of Alaska. Chaik Bay lies 

within the traditional territory of the 

Hutsnuwu Tlingit. These cultural items 

were claimed on behalf of the 

Da_l’aweidi clan. 

Determinations Made by the American 

Museum of Natural History 

Officials of the American Museum of 

Natural History have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), 

the 34 cultural items 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 and 

are believed, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, to have been removed from a 

specific burial site of a Native American 

individual. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the unassociated funerary 

objects and the Central Council Tlingit 

and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

objects should contact Nell Murphy, 

Director of Cultural Resources, 

American Museum of Natural History, 

Central Park West at 79th Street, New 

York, NY 10024, telephone (212) 769– 

5837, before March 28, 2012. 

Repatriation of the unassociated 

funerary objects to the Central Council 

Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of 

Alaska may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

Dated: February 22, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4523 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: 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, in consultation 

with the appropriate Indian tribes, has 

determined that the items in this notice 

meet the definition of unassociated 

funerary objects and repatriation to the 

Indian tribes stated below may occur if 

no additional claimants come forward. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe that 

believes itself to be culturally affiliated 

with the cultural items may contact the 

U.S. Department of Defense, Army 

Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla 

District. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the cultural items 

should contact 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. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural 

items under the control of the U.S. 

Department of Defense, Army Corps of 

Engineers, Walla Walla District (Corps), 

Walla Walla, WA, and in the physical 

custody of the University of Oregon 

Museum of Natural and Cultural History 

(UO–MNCH), Eugene, OR, that meet the 

definition of unassociated funerary 

objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

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 cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

The unassociated funerary objects 

included in this notice were all removed 

from sites located within the McNary 

Lock and Dam Project on the Columbia 

River. The McNary Lock and Dam 

Project is managed by the Corps, who 

initiated land acquisition processes for 

the Project in 1947. 

In 1948, the Smithsonian Institution’s 

River Basin Survey Project (SRBS) 

removed human remains and funerary 

objects from site 45BN3, a pre-contact 

protohistoric village site located on 

Berrian’s Island, in the Columbia River, 

in Benton County, WA. The recovered 

collections were transferred to three 

separate repositories: The Smithsonian 

Institution; the University of 

Washington (UW) Burke Museum, 

Seattle, WA; and UO–MNCH, Eugene, 

OR. The portion of the collections in the 

physical custody of UO–MNCH was reinventoried in 1996, under a contract 

with the Corps. Unassociated funerary 

objects in the collection were recovered 

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. The 189 unassociated 

funerary objects are 1 abalone pendant, 

3 antler digging stick handles, 1 antler 

wedge, 1 antler wedge fragment, 2 

arrow-shaft smoothers, 1 arrow-shaft 

smoother fragment, 2 arrow-shaft 

straighteners, 2 bear canines (badly 

decayed), 1 bird bone fragment, 1 bird 

effigy charm stone, 3 bivalves, 3 

perforated bivalves, 1 broken 

chalcedony blade, 7 blue trade beads, 1 

bone comb, 2 bone fragments, 1 bone 

pin, 1 brass pendant, 2 carved bone 

fragments, 1 celt fragment, 1 serpentine 

celt (unfinished), 1 chacedony drill, 2 

choppers, 1 copper fragment, 1 copper 

pendant, 1 copper pendant fragment, 8 

copper tube beads, 4 incised Dentalia 

shells, 3 Dentalia shells, 3 lots of 

Dentalia shells/fragments, 1 broken 

drill, 1 petrified wood drill (in 2 pieces), 

2 drilled bear claws, 1 eagle bone 

whistle, 2 flakes, 1 flesher, 9 glass 

beads, 1 Glycymeris fragment, 1 graver 

or drill, 1 hook-shaped charmstone, 1 

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knife fragments, 1 crushed metal button, 

1 shanked and drilled metal button, 2 

Olivella shells, 1 Olivella shell 

fragment, 1 lot of Olivella shell beads, 

6 lots of Olivella shells, 1 oval blade, 2 

pendants, 2 perforated shells, 1 pestle, 

1 broken pestle (3 pieces, repaired), 1 

basalt pestle, 1 petrified wood knife, 1 

pink chalcedony knife, 6 projectile 

points, 1 point or blade, 1 point or drill, 

1 broken obsidian projectile point, 1 

chalcedony point, 1 petrified wood 

point, 1 broken petrified wood point, 1 

while flint point, 1 scoria file or 

whetstone, 10 scrapers, 1 brown agate 

scraper, 2 chalcedony scrapers, 1 flint 

scraper, 13 shells, 2 shell beads, 2 lots 

of shell beads, 2 shell pendants, 1 silver 

pendant, 2 carved slate effigies, 2 carved 

slate effigies with ochre on surface, 1 

incised slate effigy, 1 smooth burned 

stone, 7 smooth stones, 1 soapstone pipe 

bowl fragment, 2 soil samples, 1 steatite 

pipe, 1 steatite spoon, 1 stone mallet/ 

maul, 1 unidentified stone object, 1 

serpentine stone pendant, 3 strings of 

juniper beads, 1 string of Olivella shell 

and wooden beads, 1 drilled thimble, 1 

tubular stone pipe, 1 lot of wooden 

beads, 1 worked bone or tube bead 

(burned), 1 mammal incisor, 1 worked 

deer incisor, and 1 worked tooth or 

antler wedge (badly decayed). 

In 1947, the SRBS removed human 

remains and funerary objects from 

previously disturbed burials at 45BN45 

(aka 45BN186), located on an island in 

the Columbia River, in Benton County, 

WA. The 1947 SRBS collection was 

transported to Fort Vancouver National 

Monument in Vancouver, WA. In 1960, 

a portion of the collection was 

transferred to and accessioned by UO– 

MNCH (OSMA accession #102). The 

unassociated funerary objects were 

described as originating from the 

backdirt piles of one or more disturbed 

burials identified at the site. The ten 

unassociated funerary objects are 1 

copper pendant, 3 metal fragments, and 

6 glass beads. The site consisted of a 

village and burial site dating to the late 

pre-contact protohistoric period or 

earlier. 

In 1947, SRBS removed funerary 

objects from burials at 45FR28, on 

Borgan’s Island, in Benton County, WA. 

At the time, 45FR28 was reported to 

contain extensively disturbed burials 

marked by cedar posts and located in 

the sand dunes on the southern end of 

the island. It is unclear whether or not 

human remains were collected during 

this survey. Materials from the 1947 

SRBS investigations were transported to 

Fort Vancouver National Monument, in 

Vancouver, WA. In 1960, the collection 

was transferred to UO–MCNH (OSMA 

accession #202). Funerary objects were 

reportedly removed from Burials 1 and 

2. The 14 unassociated funerary objects 

are 1 lot of clamshell disk beads, 1 lot 

of plant seed beads, 2 lots of Olivella 

shell beads, 1 lot of dentalium shells, 

1 individual dentalium, 4 copper 

fragments, 1 projectile point fragment, 

1 lot of hair, 1 lot of hair and fiber, and 

1 iron spike. The site consisted of 

burials of the proto-historic to historic 

period date. The burial methods and 

artifacts are consistent with Plateau 

funerary practices during that era. 

Prior to 1950 or 1951, funerary objects 

were recovered on an island north of 

Hover, Benton County, WA, in direct 

association with a burial. The ‘‘Island 

North of Hover’’ funerary objects were 

donated by a private party to the UO– 

MNCH in 1950 or 1951. No human 

remains were donated. The collection 

was re-inventoried by UO–MNCH in 

1996, under a contract with the Corps. 

The 57 unassociated funerary objects are 

23 decorated bird bones, 1 decorated 

animal bone, 4 grooved bones, 1 slotted 

bone, 2 projectile points, 1 pipe, 5 shell 

beads, 2 stone beads, 4 shell pendants, 

2 jasper pendants, 3 stone pendants, 1 

graphite pendant, 1 needle or awl, 5 elk 

incisors, 1 badger claw, and 1 carnivore 

claw. 

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: 

• Five lines of evidence— 

geographical, ethnographic, 

archeological, anthropological and 

historical—support a cultural affiliation 

between 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 Warm Springs 

Reservation, Oregon; and the Nez Perce 

Tribe, Idaho (hereinafter referred to as 

‘‘The Tribes’’) and the unassociated 

funerary objects identified above. 

Additionally, a cultural relationship is 

determined to exist between the sites 

and collections and the Wanapum Band, 

a non-Federally recognized Indian 

Group (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘The 

Indian Group’’). 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), 

the 270 cultural items 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 and 

are believed, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, to have been removed from 

the specific burial sites of Native 

American individuals. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the unassociated funerary 

objects, The Tribes and The Indian 

Group. Information provided by The 

Tribes and The Indian Group shows that 

they are descended from the Native 

people who occupied these sites, and 

that the individuals buried along the 

Snake and mid-Columbia Rivers are 

their ancestors. The aforementioned 

tribes are all part of the more broadly 

defined Plateau cultural community 

having shared past and present 

traditional lifeways that binds them to 

common ancestors. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

objects 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 unassociated 

funerary objects to The Tribes and (if 

joined) The 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 Indian Group that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: February 22, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4507 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: USDA Forest Service, Coconino 

National Forest, Flagstaff, AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service, 

Coconino NF, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribe, has determined 

that the cultural items meet the 

definition of unassociated funerary 

objects and repatriation to the Indian 

tribe stated below may occur if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe that 

believes itself to be culturally affiliated 


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