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cultural patrimony 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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Office of Law Enforcement. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

These items came into the possession 

and control of the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (USFWS), Office of 

Law Enforcement, pursuant to a 

criminal investigation. Items 1–60 were 

forfeited to the U.S. Government by the 

U.S. Customs Service in separate 

forfeiture actions in January, February 

and March 2001. These items were 

transferred to the USFWS on August 21, 

2001. Items 61–69 were abandoned to 

the USFWS on November 15, 2001. All 

objects listed below were either seized 

or abandoned from various private 

collectors or a public museum pursuant 

to Federal criminal investigations, 

which are now complete. 

USFWS contracted with expert 

consultants to review the collection and 

consulted with 11 tribes having interest 

or affiliation in the objects. Three tribes 

filed claims requesting repatriation of 

objects from the collection. Upon 

review, the USFWS determined that 27 

of the objects are subject to repatriation 

to the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet 

Indian Reservation of Montana. The 27 

sacred objects are Item 1: All Brave-Dog 

society rattle; Item 2: bird bone whistle; 

Item 3: man’s straight-up headdress; 

Item 4: man’s headdress; Items 7 and 12: 

eagle bone whistle; Item 15: dance club; 

Item 16: dance staff; Items 23–25: 

replica Natoas sundance headdress; 

Item 27: eagle tail feathers; Item 34: 

medicine pipe owner’s headband and 

hair feathers; Item 35: replica of the 

Little Dog Thunder medicine pipe; Item 

36: replica of the secondary pipe from 

a medicine pipe bundle; Item 37: eagle 

feather headdress; Item 38: rawhide 

cylindrical case with replica bear knife 

medicine bundle; Items 44 and 47: war 

bonnet; Item 48: straight-up bonnet; 

Items 49 and 53: Brave Dog Society 

rattles; Item 55: weasel tail shirt; Item 

56: buckskin leggings; Item 64: eagle 

feather headdress; Item 65: medicine 

bundle; and Item 69: leather tipi bag and 

contents. Item 16 (dance staff) is both a 

sacred object and an object of cultural 

patrimony. 

Determinations Made by the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Office of Law 

Enforcement 

Based on the above-mentioned 

information, officials of the USFWS 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 26 

of the cultural items described above are 

specific ceremonial objects needed by 

traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present-day adherents. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C) 

and 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), one of the 

cultural items described above is a 

specific ceremonial object needed by 

traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present-day adherents, and has ongoing 

historical, traditional, or cultural 

importance central to the Native 

American group or culture itself, rather 

than property owned by an individual. 

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

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the 27 cultural objects and the 

Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian 

Reservation of Montana. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with these sacred objects and 

object of cultural patrimony should 

contact the Special Agent in Charge, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of 

Law Enforcement, 134 Union Blvd., 

Room 550, Lakewood, CO 80228; 

telephone (303) 236–7540, April 6, 

2012. Repatriation of the sacred objects 

and object of cultural patrimony to the 

Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian 

Reservation, Montana may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Office of Law Enforcement, Lakewood, 

CO, is responsible for notifying the 

Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian 

Reservation, Montana that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: March 2, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5578 Filed 3–6–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: USDA 

Forest Service, Daniel Boone National 

Forest, Winchester, KY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, Daniel 

Boone National Forest, has completed 

an inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribes, and has determined that 

there is no cultural affiliation between 

the remains and any present-day Indian 

tribe. Representatives of any Indian tribe 

that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains may 

contact the Daniel Boone National 

Forest, Winchester, KY. 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 Forest Tribal Liaison, 

Daniel Boone National Forest, at the 

address below by April 6, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Forest Tribal Liaison, 

Daniel Boone National Forest, 

Winchester, KY 40391, telephone (859) 

745–3138. 

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 the 

Daniel Boone National Forest, 

Winchester, KY. The human remains 

and associated funerary objects were 

removed from three counties, Estill, 

McCreary, and Morgan, inside the 

Daniel Boone National Forest, KY. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 

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 professional staff 


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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] 

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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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