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organizations, and has determined that 

there is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects and present-day Indian tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the Kaibab National Forest. If 

no additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects to the 

lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or 

Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 

this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the Kaibab National Forest at 

the address in this notice by April 15, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Michael R. Williams, Forest 

Supervisor, Kaibab National Forest, 800 

S 6th St, Williams, AZ 86046, telephone 

(928) 635–8200, email 

mrwilliams01@fs.fed.us. 

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 

USDA Forest Service, Kaibab National 

Forest. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from the North Kaibab Ranger 

District, Coconino County, 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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Kaibab 

National Forest professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kaibab Band of 

Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; Navajo Nation, 

Arizona New Mexico & Utah; San Juan 

Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; and 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico. 

History and Description of the Remains 

On August 24, 1985, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the 

North Kaibab Ranger District in 

Coconino County, AZ. On August 23, 

1985, the Coconino County Sherriff’s 

Office was contacted in regards to 

human skeletal remains that were 

discovered by a hunter on the North 

Kaibab Ranger District. On August 24, 

1985, the Coconino County Sherriff’s 

Office conducted an investigation in the 

area and collected the human remains. 

On August 26, 1985, an anthropologist 

examined the remains and concluded 

that the skeleton was that of a female 

around 50–55 years of age at death and 

approximately 5’0’’ to 5’2’’ in stature. 

The examiner further concluded that the 

remains are possibly from a Hispanic 

individual, but are more likely from a 

Native American person. The 

examination surmised that the 

individual may have died of exposure in 

the 1930s or earlier based on the 

condition of the remains. On November 

14, 1985, the Coconino County Sherriff’s 

Office closed the case and turned the 

remains over to Northern Arizona 

University. Later, the remains were 

moved to the Coconino County 

Coroner’s Office in Flagstaff, AZ. In 

2012, the Coconino County Coroner’s 

Office notified the Kaibab National 

Forest of the remains. The five 

associated funerary objects are two 

metal belt buckles, two steel rings, and 

one lot of fragments of a leather horse 

halter with brass rivets. 

Sherriff’s Office detectives and the 

medical examiner dated the remains to 

the 1930s or earlier. Interviews 

conducted during the investigation 

indicated the remains may be affiliated 

with the Paiute people. The area where 

the remains were located is within the 

traditional use area of the Kaibab Band 

of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian 

Reservation, Arizona. 

Determinations Made by the USDA 

Forest Service, Kaibab National Forest 

Officials of the USDA Forest Service, 

Kaibab National Forest 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 five 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 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 Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians 

of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, 

Arizona. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Michael R Williams, 

Forest Supervisor, Kaibab National 

Forest, 800 S 6th St, Williams, AZ 

86046, telephone (928) 635–8200, email 

mrwilliams01@fs.fed.us by April 15, 

2015. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the Kaibab 

Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab 

Indian Reservation, Arizona, may 

proceed. 

The Kaibab National Forest is 

responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe 

of Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute 

Indians of the Kaibab Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; Navajo Nation, 

Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; San Juan 

Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; and 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico, that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: February 3, 2015. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05995 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Columbia-Cascades Area 

Office, Yakima, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation), Columbia-Cascades Area 

Office, has completed an inventory of 

human remains, in consultation with 

the appropriate Indian tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 


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and present-day Indian tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains should submit 

a written request to Reclamation, 

Columbia-Cascades Area Office. If no 

additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, 

or Native Hawaiian organizations stated 

in this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Reclamation, ColumbiaCascades Area Office at the address in 

this notice by April 15, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Warren Hurley, 

Archeologist, Columbia-Cascades Area 

Office, Bureau of Reclamation, 1917 

Marsh Road, Yakima, WA 98901–2052, 

telephone (509) 575–5848 ext. 320. 

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 the Interior, 

Bureau of Reclamation, ColumbiaCascades Area Office, Yakima, WA, and 

in the physical custody of the 

University of Oregon Museum of 

Cultural and Natural History (formerly 

the Oregon State Museum of 

Anthropology (OSMA)). The human 

remains were removed from lands 

managed by Reclamation in Jackson 

County, 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. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Reclamation, 

Columbia-Cascades Area Office and 

OSMA professional staff in consultation 

with representatives of the Confederated 

Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon 

(previously listed as the Confederated 

Tribes of the Siletz Reservation) and the 

Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde 

Community of Oregon. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1958, fragmentary human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were recovered from site 

35JA01 in Jackson County, OR. This 

discovery resulted from archeological 

investigations conducted by the 

University of Oregon’s Department of 

Anthropology, under contract to the 

National Park Service and funded by the 

Bureau of Reclamation, in association 

with construction of Emigrant Dam and 

Reservoir. Site 35JA01 is located on a 

broad alluvial terrace that extends 

northward from the east bank of the 

now inundated Emigrant Creek, 

approximately 1.8 miles upstream 

(southeast of) from Emigrant Dam in 

Jackson County, OR. The site is situated 

on Federal lands under Reclamation’s 

jurisdiction. The archeological site, 

described in 1958 as a ‘‘camp site’’ and 

on a 1970 site form as a ‘‘midden,’’ was 

subject to test excavations shortly after 

discovery. The human remains include 

two human bone fragments (identified 

as a condyle and part of the ascending 

ramus of the right side of a mandible, 

and a parietal fragment). Both human 

bone fragments were reported to be from 

an area of the site that had been 

disturbed by relic collectors, and both 

were described as being from an adult, 

although no mention is made of the 

minimum number of individuals 

represented by the remains. No known 

individuals were identified. The site 

was dated, based on the presence of the 

trade bead and temporally diagnostic 

projectile points, as late Archaic/ 

Contact period (600–150 yr. BP). 

The recovered archeological 

materials, including the human remains, 

were sent to OSMA in Eugene, OR. 

During the years since recovery, the 

human remains from 35JA01 have 

remained in storage as components of 

Reclamation’s archeological collection 

housed and maintained at OSMA. In 

1995, while completing NAGPRA 

inventories, OSMA staff identified a 

third human bone—a lower lumbar 

vertebra fragment found in a bag of 

faunal bone—collected from site 35JA01 

in 1958. The additional bone fragment 

was reported to Reclamation in 1996 

and appended to the collection 

summary/artifact catalog that is 

maintained by both OSMA and 

Reclamation. No associated funerary 

items were identified from the materials 

recovered from site 35JA01. 

Association of the materials with a 

prehistoric archeological site indicates 

that the human remains described are 

Native American. The geographic 

location of the site is within the Bear 

Creek Valley, the southern arm of the 

larger Rogue River Valley of 

southwestern Oregon, and within the 

southwestern corner of the Northwest 

Coast Culture Area. Ethnographic and 

ethnohistoric evidence and 

archeological data indicate that site 

35JA01 lies within an area occupied, at 

the time of contact, by the Bear Creek 

Shasta and Upland Takelma bands. 

Tribal/band members were removed 

from the Rogue River Valley to the 

Grand Ronde and Coast/Siletz Indian 

Reservations beginning in 1855—not 

long after initial settlement of the Rogue 

River Valley by Anglo Americans. 

In 2010, Reclamation commissioned a 

study to determine the cultural 

affiliation of the heretofore unaffiliated 

remains. This study concluded that, 

based on the preponderance of the 

evidence, the human remains from site 

35JA01 are most closely affiliated with 

the Bear Creek Shasta, a Native 

American group who resided in the 

southwest Oregon at and prior to EuroAmerican contact. Descendants of both 

Native American groups are legally 

represented by the Confederated Tribes 

of Siletz Indians of Oregon (previously 

listed as the Confederated Tribes of the 

Siletz Reservation) and the 

Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde 

Community of Oregon. 

Determinations Made by Reclamation, 

Columbia-Cascades Area Office 

Officials of Reclamation, ColumbiaCascades Area Office have determined 

that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of at 

least one individual 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 of 

Siletz Indians of Oregon (previously 

listed as the Confederated Tribes of the 

Siletz Reservation) and the 

Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde 

Community of Oregon. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains should submit 

a written request with information in 

support of the request to Warren Hurley, 

Archeologist, Columbia-Cascades Area 

Office, Bureau of Reclamation, 1917 

Marsh Road, Yakima, WA 98901–2052, 

telephone (509) 575–5848 ext. 320, by 

April 15, 2015. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 


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forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to the Confederated 

Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon 

(previously listed as the Confederated 

Tribes of the Siletz Reservation) and the 

Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde 

Community of Oregon may proceed. 

Reclamation, Columbia-Cascades Area 

Office is responsible for notifying the 

Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of 

Oregon (previously listed as the 

Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 

Reservation) and the Confederated 

Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community 

of Oregon that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: February 4, 2015. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05997 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17743; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: The 

Toledo Zoological Society, Toledo, OH 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Toledo Zoological 

Society has completed an inventory of 

human remains, in consultation with 

the appropriate Indian tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and any present-day Indian tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the Toledo Zoological 

Society. If no additional requestors 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to the Indian tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 

this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the Toledo Zoological 

Society at the address in this notice by 

April 15, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Mitchell Magdich, Curator 

of Education, The Toledo Zoological 

Society, P.O. Box 140130, Toledo, OH 

43614, telephone (419) 385–5721, email 

mitch.edu@toledozoo.org. 

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 Toledo Zoological Society. The 

human remains were removed from the 

Younge site, Lapeer County, MI, and 

unknown sites in Michigan. 

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. 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 Toledo 

Zoological Society professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; 

Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan; 

Hannahville Indian Community, 

Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian 

Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert 

Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 

Indians of Michigan; Little River Band 

of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish 

Band of Pottawatomi Indians of 

Michigan; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of 

the Potawatomi, Michigan (previously 

listed as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); 

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of 

Michigan; and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe 

of Chippewa Indians, Michigan. 

Additional requests for consultation 

were sent to the Bad River Band of the 

Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians of the Bad River Reservation, 

Wisconsin; Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) 

of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota; Chippewa-Cree Indians of 

the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana; 

Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; 

Fond du Lac Band of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Forest 

County Potawatomi Community, 

Wisconsin; Grand Portage Band of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 

Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake 

Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the 

Lac du Flambeau Reservation of 

Wisconsin; Leech Lake Band of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 

Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Ottawa 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 

Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 

Indiana; Prairie Band of Potawatomi 

Nation, Kansas; Quechan Tribe of the 

Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, 

California and Arizona; Red Cliff Band 

of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa 

Indians, Minnesota; Sokaogon 

Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. 

Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; 

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa 

Indians of North Dakota; White Earth 

Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota; and the Wyandotte Nation, 

Oklahoma. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1937, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

excavated from the Younge site (20LP1) 

in Lapeer County, MI, by Ms. Carmen 

Baggerly. The human remains were 

likely deposited in the University of 

Michigan Museum of Anthropological 

Archaeology by Ms. Baggerly after the 

excavation (the collector’s field number 

[A–427] corresponds with a sequence of 

collector’s field numbers of human 

remains from the Younge site formerly 

under the control of the University of 

Michigan). The remains were 

transferred to The Toledo Zoological 

Society at an unknown date and 

assigned catalog number A417. The 

human remains consist of a skull and 16 

teeth of a female adolescent/young adult 

16–20 years of age. There is a postmortem perforation just posterior to the 

bregma and large plaque removal over 

the sagittal suture on parietals and 

occipital. Osteologist J. A. Scott from the 

University of Michigan, Museum of 

Anthropological Archaeology, examined 

the remains and determined the cranial 

non-metric traits are indicative of Native 

American ancestry. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, seven 

individuals were removed from 

unknown locations, likely in Michigan. 

Toledo Zoological Society (TZS) catalog 

records indicate that Native American 

remains from at least seven individuals 

were removed from the Younge site 

(20LP1) in Lapeer County, MI, and 

deposited in the TZS museum 

collection on an unknown date. 

Verification is not possible, however, 

since there is no corresponding 

collector’s field number or museum 

catalog number attached with the 

remains. The human remains were 

identified a fragmentary cranial portion 

with 14 teeth of indeterminate gender of 

a child age 8.5 to 13.5 years (NFIC_1); 


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