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multiple Nez Perce bands used this site 

during the salmon fishing season, 

including the Atskaaiwawipu, the 

Tewepu, the Hasotino, the Nipihama, 

the Alpowamino and the Matalaimo. 

Additionally, this site is located within 

the judicially established land area of 

the Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho. 

In 1964, human remains representing, 

at minimum, two individuals were 

removed from site 10NP1, an open 

village site located on the east side of 

the Snake River near Captain John 

Creek, in Nez Perce County, ID. Site 

10NP1 is located on lands that were to 

be inundated for the Asotin Dam 

Reservoir, which was never constructed. 

While the site is not on Corps property, 

the Corps has taken responsibility for 

human remains collected at the site. A 

Washington State University (WSU) 

team surveyed and excavated site 

10NP1 in 1964, in two test pits. Test Pit 

2 contained a single cairn burial with 

the human remains of two individuals 

(Burial 1a and 1b). The human remains 

were removed and transported to WSU, 

and were transferred to UI in 2000. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present 

in the collection. 

According to the 1969 survey report, 

the Burials 1a and 1b were typical of the 

late prehistoric period. The burials 

contained the partial skeletal remains of 

an adult male and an adult female, both 

arranged in flexed positions. Each 

individual was wrapped in tule matting, 

lay on an east-west axis and faced west 

toward the Snake River. According to 

the report, a subsurface cairn containing 

a hopper mortar had been constructed 

directly above the burial. In addition, a 

tubular steatite pipe and three bone 

awls reportedly were recovered in direct 

association with the human remains. 

The location of these artifacts is 

unknown. The site is in the zone of 

exploitation of the Nez Perce village of 

?ilaqatpa ́ ?tpo. 

In 1964, human remains representing, 

at minimum, two individual were 

removed from site 10NP27, a burial site 

located on the east side of the Snake 

River near Buffalo Draw, in Nez Perce 

County, ID, near the Nez Perce village 

area of hete ́wisnime. Site 10NP27 is 

located on lands that were to be 

inundated for the Asotin Dam Reservoir, 

which was never constructed. While the 

site is not on Corps property, the Corps 

has taken responsibility for human 

remains collected at the site. The site 

was discovered during an archeological 

survey and test excavation of the Asotin 

Dam Reservoir area by a WSU team led 

by Charles M. Nelson and David G. Rice. 

The WSU team excavated two test pits 

in 1964. Test Pit 1 proved to be a false 

cairn created by the potting of a nearby 

burial. Test Pit 2 uncovered a single 

burial. The burial was situated in a 

flexed position, and oriented in an eastwest direction, with the skull facing 

east, away from the Snake River. 

Fragments of steatite pipe were found 

scattered near the individual. The 

human remains were removed and 

transported to WSU, and were 

transferred to UI in 2000. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Five lines of evidence—geographical, 

biological, archeological, 

anthropological and historical—support 

a cultural affiliation between the Nez 

Perce Tribe, Idaho, and the human 

remains identified in all of the sites 

above. 

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), the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of seven 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 586 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 Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated 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 

May 2, 2012. Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

to the Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho, 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 

Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho, that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: March 28, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

California Department of Parks and 

Recreation, Sacramento, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The California Department of 

Parks and Recreation 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 the 

California Department of Parks and 

Recreation. 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 the California Department of 

Parks and Recreation at the address 

below by May 2, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Rebecca Carruthers, 

NAGPRA Coordinator, California 

Department of Parks and Recreation, 

1416 9th Street, Room 902, Sacramento, 

CA 95814, telephone (916) 653–8893. 

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 under the control of the 

California Department of Parks and 

Recreation. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from ten sites located in 

northeastern San Diego County, CA. 

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 

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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 and associated funerary objects 

was made by the California Department 

of Parks and Recreation professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Agua Caliente 

Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua 

Caliente Indian Reservation, California; 

Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians, 

California (formerly the Augustine Band 

of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the 

Augustine Reservation); Cabazon Band 

of Mission Indians, California; Cahuilla 

Band of Mission Indians of the Cahuilla 

Reservation, California; Los Coyotes 

Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians, 

California (formerly the Los Coyotes 

Band of Cahuilla & Cupeno Indians of 

the Los Coyotes Reservation); Morongo 

Band of Mission Indians, California 

(formerly the Morongo Band of Cahuilla 

Mission Indians of the Morongo 

Reservation); Ramona Band of Cahuilla, 

California (formerly the Ramona Band 

or Village of Cahuilla Mission Indians of 

California); Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla 

Indians, California (formerly the Santa 

Rosa Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians 

of the Santa Rosa Reservation); and 

Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla 

Indians, California (formerly the TorresMartinez Band of Cahuilla Mission 

Indians of California) (hereafter referred 

to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects listed in this notice 

were removed from ten sites located in 

northeastern San Diego County, CA. The 

geographical location of these ten sites 

indicates the human remains were 

recovered within the historically 

documented territory of the Cahuilla. 

The traditional aboriginal territory of 

the Cahuilla, as defined by 

anthropologist Lowell John Bean, 

encompasses a geographically diverse 

area of mountains, valleys and low 

desert zones. The southernmost 

boundary approximately followed a line 

from just below Borrego Springs to the 

north end of the Salton Basin and the 

Chocolate Mountains. The eastern 

boundary ran along the summit of the 

San Bernardino Mountains. The 

northern boundary stood within the San 

Jacinto Plain near Riverside, while the 

base of Palomar Mountain formed the 

western boundary. According to Bean 

and archeologist William D. Strong, the 

northern end of Anza Borrego Desert 

State Park lies within the traditional 

territory of the Cahuilla and includes 

the areas of Borrego Palm Canyon, 

Coyote Canyon, Clark Valley, the Santa 

Rosa Mountains, Jackass Flat, 

Rockhouse Canyon and Horse Canyon. 

In April of 1972, human remains 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were removed from site CA– 

SDI–343 (Santa Caterina/Lower 

Willows) in the Coyote Canyon area of 

Anza Borrego Desert State Park by 

Professor Paul Ezell and archeology 

students from San Diego State 

University. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. The age of the 

human remains is unknown. 

At an unknown date in the 1970s, a 

cremated human bone representing, at 

minimum, one individual was removed 

from site CA–SDI–489 (Ocotillo Flats) in 

the Coyote Canyon area of Anza Borrego 

Desert State Park by archeologist 

William Seidel during a survey of the 

area. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. The age of the 

human remains is unknown. 

At an unknown date in the 1970s, a 

cremated human bone representing, at 

minimum, one individual was removed 

from site CA–SDI–1116 in the Coyote 

Canyon area of Anza Borrego Desert 

State Park by archeologist William 

Seidel during a survey of the area. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The age of the human remains is 

unknown. 

In 1955, human remains representing, 

at minimum, three individuals were 

removed from site CA–SDI–1465 

(Hidden Springs) in the Borrego Palm 

Canyon and Jackass Flats areas of Anza 

Borrego Desert State Park. No known 

individuals were identified. The 40 

associated funerary objects are 1 

quartzite flake; 8 potsherds of 

undetermined ware; 6 buffware 

potsherds; 11 potsherds in pieces; 1 

flake of obsidian shatter; 1 obsidian 

finishing/resharpening flake (source 

determined to be Obsidian Butte); 2 

obsidian finishing/resharpening flakes; 

1 quartz flake; 1 charred Agavaceae 

seed; 1 green fused shale biface tip; 1 

burnt wonderstone flake; 2 burned 

worked faunal bone fragments; l lot of 

faunal bone fragments; 1 lot of 

unidentified faunal bone fragments; 1 

burnt Olivella dama shell bead; and 1 

burnt shell disk bead (possibly an 

Olivella callus or clam shell disk bead). 

The age of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects is unknown. 

At an unknown date in the 1970s, 

human cranial bone fragments 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from site CA– 

SDI–2366 (Carlburg) located near Clark 

Dry Lake in Anza Borrego Desert State 

Park by archeologist William Seidel. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The age of the human remains is 

unknown. 

At an unknown date in the 1990s, a 

cremated human bone representing, at 

minimum, one individual was removed 

from the surface of site CA–SDI–16494 

(Horse Camp) in the Coyote Canyon area 

of Anza Borrego Desert State Park by 

California State Parks Archaeologist Rae 

Schwaderer. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. The age of the 

human remains is unknown. 

At an unknown date in the 1970s, 

human bone fragments representing, at 

minimum, two individuals were 

removed from an unidentified site 

located south of the elementary school 

in Borrego Springs, CA by archeologist 

William Seidel. No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. The age of the 

human remains is unknown. 

At an unknown date in the late 1950s 

or early 1960s, a human bone 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual was removed from an 

unidentified site described as a ‘‘sand 

dune in Clark Dry Lake’’ approximately 

seven miles northeast of Borrego 

Springs, CA, by archeologist William 

Wallace. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. The age of the 

human remains is unknown. 

On March 5, 1955, human bones 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were removed from an 

unidentified site described as a ‘‘sand 

dune in Clark Dry Lake’’ in Anza 

Borrego Desert State Park by Ben 

McCown. No known individual was 

identified. The 181 associated funerary 

objects are 1 lot of burnt shell beads; 1 

granite mano fragment; 2 fragments of 

obsidian shatter; 4 wonderstone flakes; 

1 wonderstone cottonwood triangular 

projectile point; 3 faunal bones; 1 lot of 

burnt faunal bone; and 168 potsherds. 

The age of the human remains is 

unknown; however, the cottonwood 

triangular projectile suggests a date for 

both the remains and associated 

funerary objects in the ‘‘Late Period.’’ 

In 1975 and 1978, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from site CA– 

SD–98 in the Borrego Palm Canyon area 

of Anza Borrego Desert State Park by 

archeologist William Seidel. No known 

individual was identified. The 33 

associated funerary objects are 2 lots of 

faunal bones; 8 soil samples; 1 lot of 

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Olivella biplicata rough disk shell 

beads; 2 lots of various shell fragments; 

3 ceramic pipe fragments; 1 polished 

bone fragment; 1 rusted square nail; 2 

rusted iron fragments; 1 sample of 

organic matter; 5 projectile points or 

fragmentary projectile points; 1 lot of 

obsidian flakes; 1 lot of wonderstone 

flakes; 1 lot of quartz flakes; 1 lot of 

quartzite flakes; 1 lot of sherds 

representing a painted pottery scoop of 

Tumco Buffware; 1 lot of sherds of 

pottery with an undetermined ware; and 

1 lot of Brownware pottery sherds. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects listed above were 

stored at facilities within the Colorado 

Desert District of the California 

Department of Parks and Recreation 

until an inventory effort was begun in 

2004. Since then, the remains have been 

stored at the Bigole Archaeological 

Research Center (BARC–2) in Borrego 

Springs, CA. 

Determinations made by the California 

Department of Parks and Recreation 

Officials of the California Department 

of Parks and Recreation have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of fifteen 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 254 associated funerary objects 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 The Tribes. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian tribe 

that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Rebecca Carruthers, 

NAGPRA Coordinator, California 

Department of Parks and Recreation, 

1416 9th Street, Room 902, telephone 

(916) 653–8893, before May 2, 2012. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

The Tribes may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The California Department of Parks 

and Recreation is responsible for 

notifying The Tribes that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: March 28, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7890 Filed 3–30–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

California Department of Parks and 

Recreation, Sacramento, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The California Department of 

Parks and Recreation has completed an 

inventory of human remains, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribes, and has determined that 

there is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and present-day Indian 

tribes. Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains may 

contact the California Department of 

Parks and Recreation. 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 should 

contact the California Department of 

Parks and Recreation at the address 

below by May 2, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Rebecca Carruthers, 

NAGPRA Coordinator, California 

Department of Parks and Recreation, 

1416 9th Street, Room 902, Sacramento, 

CA 95814, telephone (916) 653–8893. 

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 California Department of Parks and 

Recreation. The human remains were 

removed from three sites located in San 

Diego County, CA. 

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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the California 

Department of Parks and Recreation 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Agua Caliente 

Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua 

Caliente Indian Reservation, California; 

Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians, 

California (formerly the Augustine Band 

of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the 

Augustine Reservation); Cabazon Band 

of Mission Indians, California; Cahuilla 

Band of Mission Indians of the Cahuilla 

Reservation, California; Campo Band of 

Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo 

Indian Reservation, California; Capitan 

Grande Band of Diegueno Mission 

Indians of California: Barona Group of 

Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians 

of the Barona Reservation, California, 

and Viejas (Baron Long) Group of 

Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians 

of the Viejas Reservation, California; 

Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay 

Indians, California; Iipay Nation of 

Santa Ysabel, California (formerly the 

Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission 

Indians of the Santa Ysabel 

Reservation); Inaja Band of Diegueno 

Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit 

Reservation, California; Jamul Indian 

Village of California; La Posta Band of 

Diegueno Mission Indians of the La 

Posta Indian Reservation, California; Los 

Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno 

Indians, California (formerly the Los 

Coyotes Band of Cahuilla & Cupeno 

Indians of the Los Coyotes Reservation); 

Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission 

Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, 

California; Mesa Grande Band of 

Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa 

Grande Reservation, California; 

Morongo Band of Mission Indians, 

California (formerly the Morongo Band 

of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the 

Morongo Reservation); Ramona Band of 

Cahuilla, California (formerly the 

Ramona Band or Village of Cahuilla 

Mission Indians of California); San 

Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission 

Indians of California; Santa Rosa Band 

of Cahuilla Indians, California (formerly 

the Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Mission 

Indians of the Santa Rosa Reservation); 

Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation; 

and Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla 

Indians, California (formerly the TorresMartinez Band of Cahuilla Mission 

Indians of California) (hereafter referred 

to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

The human remains were removed 

from three sites located in San Diego 

County, CA. The geographical location 

of these sites indicates that the human 

remains were recovered within the 

historically documented territory shared 

by the Cahuilla and the Kumeyaay. 

Northern areas of the Anza Borrego 

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