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marine shells, kukui nuts, and the bones

of fish, birds, pigs, dogs, and turtles.

During 1939-1940, human remains

representing 184 individuals were

removed from the Heleloa sand dunes,

Mokapu during legally authorized

excavations conducted by Gordon T.

Bowles of the University of Hawaii and

Kenneth P. Emory of the Bishop

Museum; and donated to the Bishop

Museum. No known individuals were

identified. The 13 associated funerary

objects include kupe’e, basalt flakes,

marine shells, kukui nuts, and the bones

of fish, birds, pigs, dogs, and turtles.

In 1942, human remains representing

222 individuals from Mokapu and other

locations on O’ahu were donated to the

Bishop Museum by unknown persons.

No known individuals were identified.

No associated funerary objects are

present.

In 1957, human remains representing

186 individuals were recovered from the

Heleloa sand dunes, Mokapu, O’ahu

during legally authorized excavations

conducted by Robert N. Bowen of the

University of Hawaii. No known

individuals were identified. The 42

associated funerary objects include a

dog tooth pendant; basalt flakes; bones

of fish, bird and an unidentified

mammal; and a bullet casing.

In 1975, human remains representing

108 individuals were recovered during

a construction project on Ulupa’u,

Mokapu. No known individuals were

identified. The 118 associated funerary

objects include kupe’e; calcite, shell,

and whale bone pendants; bone and

shell buttons; a metal ring; ivory beads;

bone; glass; metal nails; and metal parts

of a smoking pipe.

During 1952–1993, human remains

representing 78 individuals from

unknown locations were donated to the

Bishop Museum from unknown sources,

and curated as ‘‘isolated burials’’ within

the Mokapu collection. No known

individuals were identified. The 21

associated funerary objects include

basalt flakes; bones of fish, bird, and

mammals; coral; marine shell; and a

kukui nut.

A total of 30 cultural items from the

Federal lands of Mokapu including six

pendants, basalt flakes, fish scales, a soil

sample, glass and bone beads, bone

buttons, a wood smoking pipe, nails, a

kupe’e, and shell and bone fragments

were recovered during the 1938–1940,

1939–1940, 1957, and 1975 excavations

referenced above. Although not

recorded with any specific burials, these

cultural items are consistent with the

cultural items associated with human

remains.

Based on skeletal and cranial

morphology, dentition, style and type of

associated funerary objects, manner of

interments, and recovery locations, the

human remains listed above have been

determined to be Native Hawaiian. In

consultation with Native Hawaiian

organizations, the U.S. Marine Corps

and the Bishop Museum decided that no

attempt would be made to determine the

age of the human remains. The various

ohana, or families, listed below are

Native Hawaiian organizations under 43

CFR 10.2 (a)(3)(I).

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the U.S. Marine

Corps and the Bishop Museum have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed

above represent the physical remains of

a minimum of 1,582 individuals of

Native American ancestry. Officials of

the U.S. Marine Corps and the Bishop

Museum have also determined that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 251

objects listed 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. Officials of the U.S.

Marine Corps and the Bishop Museum

have further determined that, pursuant

to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2)(ii), these 30

cultural items 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 an Native American individual.

Lastly, officials of the U.S. Marine Corps

and the Bishop Museum have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared

group identity which can be reasonably

traced between these Native American

human remains, associated funerary

objects, and unassociated funerary

objects and Sam Monet/Fannie L. Moniz

Ohana, Nalani Olds Ohana, Terrilee

Napuna Keko’olani-Raymond Ohana,

Carloa Manuel Ohana, Eric Po’ohina on

his behalf and on behalf of Huna

Research Institute, the Princess Nahoa

Olelo o Kamehameha Society, Ka Ohana

O Na Iwi o Mokapu representing Hui

Malama I Na Kupuna o Hawai’i Nei, the

Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Ka Lahui

Hawaii, Gladys Pualoa and the

Ko’olauloa Hawaiian Civic Club, Miriam

(Toni) Yardley, Ella Paguyo, Ipolani

Tano, and Delilah Ortiz.

This notice has been sent to Sam

Monet/Fannie L. Moniz Ohana, Nalani

Olds Ohana, Terrilee Napuna

Keko’olani-Raymond Ohana, Carloa

Manuel Ohana, Eric Po’ohina on his

behalf and on behalf of Huna Research

Institute, the Princess Nahoa Olelo o

Kamehameha Society, Ka Ohana O Na

Iwi o Mokapu representing Hui Malama

I Na Kupuna o Hawai’i Nei, the Office

of Hawaiian Affairs, Ka Lahui Hawaii,

Gladys Pualoa and the Ko’olauloa

Hawaiian Civic Club, Miriam (Toni)

Yardley, Ella Paguyo, Ipolani Tano, and

Delilah Ortiz. Representatives of any

other Native Hawaiian organization that

believes itself to be culturally affiliated

with these human remains, associated

funerary objects, and unassociated

funerary objects should contact Ms. June

Cleghorn, Staff Archeologist, Marine

Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, HI

96863–3002; telephone: (808) 257–6920,

ext. 230, before May 22, 1998. If no

additional claimants come forward,

repatriation of the human remains and

associated funerary objects to Sam

Monet/Fannie L. Moniz Ohana, Nalani

Olds Ohana, Terrilee Napuna

Keko’olani-Raymond Ohana, Carloa

Manuel Ohana, Eric Po’ohina on his

behalf and on behalf of Huna Research

Institute, the Princess Nahoa Olelo o

Kamehameha Society, Ka Ohana O Na

Iwi o Mokapu representing Hui Malama

I Na Kupuna o Hawai’i Nei, the Office

of Hawaiian Affairs, Ka Lahui Hawaii,

Gladys Pualoa and the Ko’olauloa

Hawaiian Civic Club, Miriam (Toni)

Yardley, Ella Paguyo, Ipolani Tano, and

Delilah Ortiz may begin after that date

or at such time as the requesting parties

agree upon their disposition or the

dispute is otherwise resolved pursuant

to the provisions of NAGPRA or by a

court of competent jurisdiction [25

U.S.C. 3005 (e)].

Dated: April 16, 1998.

Veletta Canouts,

Acting Departmental Consulting

Archeologist,

Deputy Manager, Archeology and

Ethnography Program.

[FR Doc. 98–10646 Filed 4–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains in

the Possession of the National Park

Service, Great Basin National Park,

Baker, NV

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9 (e), of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains in the possession of the
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National Park Service, Great Basin

National Park, Baker, NV.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by National Park

Service professional staff in

consultation with the Confederated

Tribes of the Goshute Reservation,

Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the

Duckwater Reservation, Ely Shoshone

Tribe of Nevada, Paiute Indian Tribe of

Utah, and Skull Valley Band of Goshute

Indians.

The following Indian tribes were also

contacted but declined to participate in

face-to-face consultation: Big Pine Band

of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone

Indians, Bridgeport Paiute Indian

Colony of California, Burns Paiute Tribe

of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony,

Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, Death Valley

Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of California,

Fort Bidwell Indian Community of

Paiute Indians, Fort Independence

Indian Community of Paiute Indians,

Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone

Tribes, Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians,

Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the

Las Vegas Indian Colony, Lovelock

Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian

Community, Moapa Band of Paiute

Indians, Northwestern Band of

Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie),

Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop

Community, Paiute-Shoshone Indians of

the Lone Pine Community, PaiuteShoshone Tribe of the Fallon

Reservation and Colony, Pyramid Lake

Paiute Tribe, Reno-Sparks Indian

Colony, San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe

of Arizona, Shoshone Tribe of the Wind

River Reservation, Shoshone-Bannock

Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation,

Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck

Valley Reservation, Summit Lake Paiute

Tribe of Nevada, Susanville Indian

Rancheria of Paiute, Maidu, Pit River &

Washoe Indians, Te-Moak Tribe of

Western Shoshone Indians (Battle

Mountain, Elko, South Fork, and Wells

Indian Colony Bands), Utu Utu Gwaitu

Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute

Reservation, Walker River Paiute Tribe,

Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California

(Carson Colony, Dresslerville & Washoe

Ranches), Yerington Paiute Tribe of the

Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch,

and Yomba Shoshone Tribe.

In 1937, 1938, and 1963, a total of 110

skeletal elements were recovered from

Lehman Cave, located within park

boundaries, during legally authorized

National Park Service or contracted

excavations. The skeletal elements were

found scattered in various soil levels.

Non-destructive physical

anthropological assessments and

measurements of the skeletal elements

identified a minimum of 21 individuals.

Eleven of the 110 skeletal elements were

identified as Native American. The

skeletal elements yielded no evidence of

any other biological affiliation. No

known individuals were identified. No

associated funerary objects were

present. Charcoal from two hearths in

the cave yielded radiocarbon dates

between AD 1700–present. Sixteen

stone and wooden artifacts collected

during the excavations are consistent

with items found at several Shoshonean

post-AD 1100 open sites elsewhere in

the park. Based on this evidence, the

human remains appear to date from the

middle of the precontact period to early

contact period (ca. AD 1100–1930).

Stylistic continuities in pottery,

projectile points, petroglyphs, and

basketry indicates Shoshonean

occupation of the park area from

approximately AD 1100 to the present.

Ethnographic documentation, as well as

archeological evidence from the area

around Great Basin National Park, show

that Southern Paiute are found in the

area no earlier than AD 1000 and have

a continuing presence up to the present

time. Oral histories presented by tribal

representatives of the Confederated

Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Ely

Shoshone Tribe, and Paiute Indian Tribe

of Utah confirm the archeological

inference. Published sources also

document historic Goshute use of

another nearby cave for burial purposes.

Present-day Shoshone, Southern Paiute,

and Goshute tribes include: Big Pine

Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone

Indians, Confederated Tribes of the

Goshute Reservation, Death Valley

Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of California,

Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the

Duckwater Reservation, Ely Shoshone

Tribe of Nevada, Fort McDermitt Paiute

and Shoshone Tribes, Kaibab Band of

Paiute Indians, Las Vegas Tribe of

Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian

Colony, Moapa Band of Paiute Indians,

Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation

of Utah (Washakie), Paiute Indian Tribe

of Utah, Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the

Bishop Community, Paiute-Shoshone

Indians of the Lone Pine Community,

Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon

Reservation and Colony, San Juan

Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona,

Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River

Reservation, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes

of the Fort Hall Reservation, ShoshonePaiute Tribes of the Duck Valley

Reservation, Skull Valley Band of

Goshute Indians, Te-Moak Tribe of

Western Shoshone Indians (Battle

Mountain, Elko, South Fork, and Wells

Indian Colony Bands), and Yomba

Shoshone Tribe.

Based on the above-mentioned

information, officials of the National

Park Service have determined that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the

human remains listed above represent

the physical remains of at least 21

individuals of Native American

ancestry. Officials of the National Park

Service have also determined that,

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is

a relationship of shared group identity

which can be reasonably traced between

these Native American human remains

and the Confederated Tribes of the

Goshute Reservation, Duckwater

Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater

Reservation, Ely Shoshone Tribe of

Nevada, Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians,

Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the

Las Vegas Indian Colony, Moapa Band

of Paiute Indians, Paiute Indian Tribe of

Utah, San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of

Arizona, Skull Valley Band of Goshute

Indians, Big Pine Band of Owens Valley

Paiute Shoshone Indians, Death Valley

Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of California,

Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone

Tribes, Northwestern Band of Shoshoni

Nation of Utah (Washakie), PaiuteShoshone Indians of the Bishop

Community, Paiute-Shoshone Indians of

the Lone Pine Community, PaiuteShoshone Tribe of the Fallon

Reservation and Colony, Shoshone

Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort

Hall Reservation, Shoshone-Paiute

Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation,

Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone

Indians (Battle Mountain, Elko, South

Fork, and Wells Indian Colony Bands),

and Yomba Shoshone Tribe.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Big Pine Band of Owens Valley

Paiute Shoshone Indians, Bridgeport

Paiute Indian Colony of California,

Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute

Indian Colony, Chemehuevi Indian

Tribe, Confederated Tribes of the

Goshute Reservation, Death Valley

Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of California,

Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the

Duckwater Reservation, Ely Shoshone

Tribe of Nevada, Fort Bidwell Indian

Community of Paiute Indians, Fort

Independence Indian Community of

Paiute Indians, Fort McDermitt Paiute

and Shoshone Tribes, Kaibab Band of

Paiute Indians, Las Vegas Tribe of

Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian

Colony, Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the

Lovelock Indian Community, Moapa

Band of Paiute Indians, Northwestern

Band of Shoshoni Nation of Utah

(Washakie), Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah,

Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop

Community, Paiute-Shoshone Indians of

the Lone Pine Community, PaiuteShoshone Tribe of the Fallon

Reservation and Colony, Pyramid Lake

Paiute Tribe, Reno-Sparks Indian
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Colony, San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe

of Arizona, Shoshone Tribe of the Wind

River Reservation, Shoshone-Bannock

Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation,

Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck

Valley Reservation, Skull Valley Band of

Goshute Indians of Utah, Summit Lake

Paiute Tribe of Nevada, Susanville

Indian Rancheria of Paiute, Maidu, Pit

River & Washoe Indians, Te-Moak Tribe

of Western Shoshone Indians (Battle

Mountain, Elko, South Fork, and Wells

Indian Colony Bands), Utu Utu Gwaitu

Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute

Reservation, Walker River Paiute Tribe,

Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California

(Carson Colony, Dresslerville & Washoe

Ranches), Yerington Paiute Tribe of the

Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch,

and Yomba Shoshone Tribe.

Representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with these human remains and

associated funerary objects should

contact Rebecca Mills, Superintendent,

Great Basin National Park, Baker, NV;

telephone: (702) 324–7331, before May

22, 1998. Repatriation of the human

remains to the Confederated Tribes of

the Goshute Reservation, Duckwater

Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater

Reservation, Ely Shoshone Tribe of

Nevada, Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians,

Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians,

Moapa Band of Paiute Indians, Paiute

Indian Tribe of Utah, San Juan Southern

Paiute Tribe of Arizona, Skull Valley

Band of Goshute Indians, Big Pine Band

of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone

Indians, Death Valley Timbi-Sha

Shoshone Band of California, Fort

McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes,

Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation

of Utah (Washakie), Paiute-Shoshone

Indians of the Bishop Community,

Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone

Pine Community, Paiute-Shoshone

Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and

Colony, Shoshone Tribe of the Wind

River Reservation, Shoshone-Bannock

Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation,

Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck

Valley Reservation, Te-Moak Tribe of

Western Shoshone Indians (Battle

Mountain, Elko, South Fork, and Wells

Indian Colony Bands), and Yomba

Shoshone Tribe may begin after that

date if no additional claimants come

forward.

Dated: April 16, 1998.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 98–10647 Filed 4–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Quarterly Status Report of Water

Service and Repayment Contract

Negotiations

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of

proposed contractual actions that are

new, modified, discontinued, or

completed since the last publication of

this notice on January 27, 1998. The

January 27, 1998, notice should be used

as a reference point to identify changes.

This notice is one of a variety of means

used to inform the public about

proposed contractual actions for capital

recovery and management of project

resources and facilities. Additional

Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation)

announcements of individual contract

actions may be published in the Federal

Register and in newspapers of general

circulation in the areas determined by

Reclamation to be affected by the

proposed action. Announcements may

be in the form of news releases, legal

notices, official letters, memorandums,

or other forms of written material.

Meetings, workshops, and/or hearings

may also be used, as appropriate, to

provide local publicity. The public

participation procedures do not apply to

proposed contracts for sale of surplus or

interim irrigation water for a term of 1

year or less. Either of the contracting

parties may invite the public to observe

contract proceedings. All public

participation procedures will be

coordinated with those involved in

complying with the National

Environmental Policy Act.

ADDRESSES: The identity of the

approving officer and other information

pertaining to a specific contract

proposal may be obtained by calling or

writing the appropriate regional office at

the address and telephone number given

for each region in the supplementary

information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alonzo Knapp, Manager, Reclamation

Law, Contracts, and Repayment Office,

Bureau of Reclamation, PO Box 25007,

Denver, Colorado 80225–0007;

telephone 303–445–2889.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 226 of the Reclamation

Reform Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 1273) and

43 CFR 426.20 of the rules and

regulations published in 52 FR 11954,

Apr. 13, 1987, Reclamation will publish

notice of the proposed or amendatory

contract actions for any contract for the

delivery of project water for authorized

uses in newspapers of general

circulation in the affected area at least

60 days prior to contract execution.

Pursuant to the ‘‘Final Revised Public

Participation Procedures’’ for water

resource-related contract negotiations,

published in 47 FR 7763, Feb. 22, 1982,

a tabulation is provided of all proposed

contractual actions in each of the five

Reclamation regions. Each proposed

action is, or is expected to be, in some

stage of the contract negotiation process

in 1998. When contract negotiations are

completed, and prior to execution, each

proposed contract form must be

approved by the Secretary of the

Interior, or pursuant to delegated or

redelegated authority, the Commissioner

of Reclamation or one of the regional

directors. In some instances,

congressional review and approval of a

report, water rate, or other terms and

conditions of the contract may be

involved.

Public participation in and receipt of

comments on contract proposals will be

facilitated by adherence to the following

procedures:

1. Only persons authorized to act on

behalf of the contracting entities may

negotiate the terms and conditions of a

specific contract proposal.

2. Advance notice of meetings or

hearings will be furnished to those

parties that have made a timely written

request for such notice to the

appropriate regional or project office of

Reclamation.

3. Written correspondence regarding

proposed contracts may be made

available to the general public pursuant

to the terms and procedures of the

Freedom of Information Act (80 Stat.

383), as amended.

4. Written comments on a proposed

contract or contract action must be

submitted to the appropriate regional

officials at the locations and within the

time limits set forth in the advance

public notices.

5. All written comments received and

testimony presented at any public

hearings will be reviewed and

summarized by the appropriate regional

office for use by the contract approving

authority.

6. Copies of specific proposed

contracts may be obtained from the

appropriate regional director or his

designated public contact as they

become available for review and

comment.

7. In the event modifications are made

in the form of a proposed contract, the

appropriate regional director shall

determine whether republication of the

notice and/or extension of the comment

period is necessary.