13626 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 45 / Wednesday, March 7, 2012 / Notices 

of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, Daniel Boone National 

Forest, in consultation with 

representatives of the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 

Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern 

Band of Cherokee Indians of North 

Carolina; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; 

and the United Keetoowah Band of 

Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In March 1988, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from site 

15MCY414 in McCreary County, KY. 

The human remains from this site were 

collected from disturbed contexts by 

Forest Service archeologists. No known 

individual was identified. The human 

remains include 22 fragments 

representing one adult female and are 

from an unknown context within the 

site. Artifacts recovered from the site 

indicate that this site was occupied 

during the Late Woodland cultural 

period dating from A.D. 500 to 1000. 

The five associated funerary objects are 

1 deer bone, 1 turkey bone, 1 battered 

stone, 1 triangular projectile point, and 

1 fragment of shell tempered pottery. 

On October 18, 1985, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from site 

15MO103 in Morgan County, KY. The 

human remains from this site were 

turned over to the Daniel Boone 

National Forest by the physical 

anthropologist at Eastern Kentucky 

University when it was determined they 

were acquired illegally from the Daniel 

Boone National Forest. No known 

individual was identified. The nearly 

complete human remains of one 

individual are from an unknown context 

within the site. Artifacts recovered from 

the site indicate that this site was 

occupied during the Late Archaic 

cultural period dating from 3000 to 1000 

B.C. The two associated funerary objects 

are 1 McWhinney projectile point and 1 

freshwater mussel shell. 

In 1983, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from site 15MCY76 in 

McCreary County, KY. The human 

remains from this site were collected 

during site recordation by Forest Service 

archeologists. No known individual was 

identified. The fragment of a human 

femur is from an unknown context 

within the site. Artifacts recovered from 

the site indicate that this site was 

occupied during the Prehistoric cultural 

period dating prior to A.D. 1700. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown location in Estill County, KY. 

The human remains were found in an 

artifact collection stored at the Daniel 

Boone National Forest while doing a 

collections inventory. No known 

individual was identified. The 

fragmentary human remains are from an 

unknown context within the site. 

Artifacts recovered from the site 

indicate that this site was occupied 

during the prehistoric cultural period 

dating prior to A.D. 1700. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Determinations Made by the Daniel 

Boone National Forest 

Officials of the Daniel Boone National 

Forest have determined that: 

• Based on the approximate date of 

artifacts recovered from the site, these 

human remains are Native American. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

any present-day Indian tribe. 

• Other credible lines of evidence 

indicate that the land from which the 

Native American human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed is the aboriginal land of the 

Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of 

North Carolina; Eastern Shawnee Tribe 

of Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, 

Oklahoma; and the United Keetoowah 

Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of four 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the seven associated funerary objects 

described in this notice 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 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(i), 

the disposition of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects will be 

to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma; the Cherokee 

Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians of North Carolina; 

Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; and the 

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians in Oklahoma. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian tribe 

that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains or 

any other Indian tribe that believes it 

satisfies the criteria in 43 CFR 

10.11(c)(2)(i) should contact the Forest 

Tribal Liaison, Daniel Boone National 

Forest, Winchester, KY 40391, 

telephone (859) 745–3138, before April 

6, 2012. Disposition of the human 

remains to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe 

of Indians of Oklahoma; the Cherokee 

Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians of North Carolina; 

Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; and the 

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians in Oklahoma may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants or 

requestors come forward. 

The Daniel Boone National Forest is 

responsible for notifying the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 

the Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern 

Band of Cherokee Indians of North 

Carolina; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; 

and the United Keetoowah Band of 

Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: March 2, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5583 Filed 3–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Maxey 

Museum, Whitman College, Walla 

Walla, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Maxey Museum has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects, 

in consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribes, and has determined that 

there is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects and present-day Indian tribes. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe that 

believes itself to be culturally affiliated 

with the human remains and associated 

funerary objects may contact Maxey 

Museum. Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

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 and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Maxey Museum at the address 

below by April 6, 2012. 


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ADDRESSES: Gary Rollefson, Maxey 

Museum, Whitman College, 345 Boyer 

Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362, 

telephone (509) 527–4938. 

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 and associated 

funerary objects in the possession of 

Maxey Museum. The human remains 

and associated funerary objects were 

removed from the general vicinity of the 

Snake River and Columbia River in the 

Columbia River Plateau, in the counties 

of Walla Walla, Benton, Franklin, and 

Columbia, WA, and Umatilla, OR. 

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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Maxey Museum 

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 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of Oregon; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho 

(previously listed as Nez Perce Tribe of 

Idaho) (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The 

Tribes’’); and the Wanapum Band, a 

non-Federally recognized Indian group 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Indian 

Group’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

In the early to middle 20th century, 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, six individuals were 

removed from an unknown location 

near the confluence of the Columbia 

River and Snake River in the counties of 

Walla Walla, Benton, Franklin, and 

Columbia, WA, and Umatilla, OR. The 

four burials contained the remains of 

five adults and one child. No known 

individuals were identified. The 

accession also contains 26 associated 

funerary objects, consisting of: 3 

envelopes with writing; 1 lot of small 

pieces of leather belt or harness; 1 lot of 

charcoal pieces; 3 metal bells; 1 pipe 

stem; 1 piece of iron; 1 envelope with 

no writing; 1 chert flake; 1 lot of animal 

teeth; 1 partially burnt fragment of 

wood; 1 corroded (non-human) 

fragment, substance and use unknown; 

1 copper ring; 1 copper bell; 3 metal 

wheel gears; 1 lot of metal rings from a 

pipe stem; 1 lot of glass beads strung on 

cotton; 1 large animal tooth; and 3 

copper bracelets. 

In 1998, the human remains and 

associated funerary objects listed above 

were discovered in a large box in a 

storage closet in Memorial Hall, the 

main administrative building of 

Whitman College, and subsequently 

moved to Maxey Museum at Whitman 

College. Since the time of Maxey 

Museum’s acquisition, the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were not removed from the box or 

intermingled with other collections, nor 

were the objects displayed. Envelopes 

found in the box read: ‘‘Robert Grant, 

Field Representative, Whitman College, 

Walla Walla.’’ Many of the associated 

funerary objects are personal items, and 

others are objects typical to cremation 

burials. All of the objects are typical 

funerary objects found on the Columbia 

River Plateau. 

Although minimal provenance 

information exists for these objects, 

Whitman College was involved with 

many excavations along the Columbia 

River from Plymouth, WA, to Richland, 

WA, and along the Snake River in the 

first half of the 20th century, as well as 

receiving donated remains and funerary 

objects from inadvertent discoveries in 

the area. Through consultation with The 

Tribes and The Indian Group and an 

assessment of the objects as 

representative funerary objects 

commonly found in Columbia River 

Plateau burials, it is asserted that this 

collection of associated funerary objects 

belongs to the human remains in the 

box. 

Based on traditional lifeways, past 

and present, The Tribes and The Indian 

Group are direct descendant 

communities of the native people that 

jointly used the lower Snake and 

Columbia rivers. As aboriginal lifeways 

were being extinguished by EuroAmerican settlement of the Pacific 

Northwest, treaties were negotiated and 

signed with the native communities 

during the expansion of Washington 

and Oregon territories. The native 

peoples in these territories were 

removed from the shores of the 

Columbia and Snake rivers to the 

Colville, Umatilla, Warm Springs, 

Yakama and Nez Perce reservations. The 

Wanapum Band was removed from the 

rivers as well but was not put on a 

reservation of their own. Cultural 

affiliation is further reinforced by living, 

enrolled members of The Tribes and 

The Indian Group that have 

documented ancestors buried along the 

lower Snake and Columbia rivers. 

Determinations Made by Maxey 

Museum 

Officials of Maxey Museum have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of six 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 26 associated funerary 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 

to The Tribes and The Indian Group. 

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 Gary Rollefson, Maxey Museum, 

Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 

99362, telephone (509) 527–4938, before 

April 6, 2012. Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

to The Tribes and The Indian Group 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

Maxey Museum is responsible for 

notifying The Tribes and The Indian 

Group that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: March 2, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5577 Filed 3–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

History Colorado, Denver, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: History Colorado (formerly 

the Colorado Historical Society) has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects, 

in consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribes, and has determined that 

there is insufficient evidence to 

reasonably establish cultural affiliation 


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