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Spokane Reservation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation, Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Reservation of Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; and 

Wanapum Band, a non-Federally 

recognized Indian group, 

In 1871, human remains representing 

one individual were collected from the 

banks of the Snake River at the mouth 

of Tucannon, near Fort Taylor, 

Columbia County, WA, by C.R. 

Greenleaf. In 1872, Mr. Greenleaf gifted 

these human remains to the Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. 

No known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Museum documentation identifies 

this individual as a ‘‘Palouse Indian.’’ 

The attribution of such a specific 

cultural affiliation to the human 

remains indicates that the interment 

post-dates sustained contact between 

indigenous groups and Europeans 

beginning in the early 19th century. The 

human remains were from an area 

commonly considered to be traditional 

Palouse territory during this period. 

Oral traditions and historic evidence 

indicate that although some Palouse 

people occupied their traditional 

territory until the mid–1900s, many 

Palouse people went to live on 

neighboring reservations beginning in 

the late 19th century, where they 

continue to maintain their group 

identity as Palouse people. Based on 

consultation with the Indian Tribes 

listed above, the present-day tribes 

representing the Palouse people are the 

Coeur D’Alene Tribe of the Coeur 

D’Alene Reservation, Idaho; 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Nez Perce 

Tribe, Idaho; Confederated Tribes of the 

Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Reservation of Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; and 

Wanapum Band, a non-Federally 

recognized Indian group. 

Officials of the Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 

University have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

Officials of the Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 

University also have determined that, 

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 Coeur D’Alene Tribe of the 

Coeur D’Alene Reservation, Idaho; 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Nez Perce 

Tribe, Idaho; Confederated Tribes of the 

Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Reservation of Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; and 

Wanapum Band, a non-Federally 

recognized Indian group. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Patricia Capone, 

Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–3702, before April 13, 2009. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

the Coeur D’Alene Tribe of the Coeur 

D’Alene Reservation, Idaho; 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Nez Perce 

Tribe, Idaho; Confederated Tribes of the 

Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Reservation of Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; and 

Wanapum Band, a non-Federally 

recognized Indian group, may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology 

and Ethnology, Harvard University is 

responsible for notifying the Coeur 

D’Alene Tribe of the Coeur D’Alene 

Reservation, Idaho; Confederated Tribes 

of the Colville Reservation, Washington; 

Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; Spokane Tribe 

of the Spokane Reservation, 

Washington; Confederated Tribes of the 

Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Reservation of Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; and 

Wanapum Band, a non-Federally 

recognized Indian group, that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: February 13, 2009 

Sangita Chari, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–5333 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Utah State 

Office, Bureau of Land Management, 

Salt Lake City, UT and Utah Museum of 

Natural History, University of Utah, Salt 

Lake City, UT 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 control of the U.S. Department of 

the Interior, Utah State Office, Bureau of 

Land Management, Salt Lake City, UT, 

and in the possession of the Utah 

Museum of Natural History, University 

of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Tooele County, UT. 

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. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Utah Museum of 

Natural History, University of Utah, and 

Utah State Office, Bureau of Land 

Management professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Goshute 

Reservation, Nevada and Utah; 

Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the 

Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Ely 

Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Hopi Tribe 

of Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute 

Indians of the Kaibab Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; Moapa Band of 

Paiute Indians of the Moapa River 

Indian Reservation, Nevada; Navajo 

Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; 

Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation 

of Utah (Washakie); Ohkay Owingeh, 

New Mexico; Paiute Indian Tribe of 

Utah (Cedar City Band of Paiutes, 

Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem 

Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of 

Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes); 

Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo 


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of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 

Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 

Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo 

Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; San 

Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; 

Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming; ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall 

Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone-Paiute 

Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, 

Nevada; Skull Valley Band of Goshute 

Indians of Utah; Southern Ute Indian 

Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, 

Colorado; Te-Moak Tribes of Western 

Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four 

constituent bands: Battle Mountain 

Band, Elko Band, South Fork Band and 

Wells Band); Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute 

Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 

Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & 

Utah; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas; 

and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of two 

individuals were removed from site 

42TO23, referred to as the Ibapah 

Burials, in Tooele County, UT. No 

additional information is available 

regarding the excavation of the human 

remains or the circumstances under 

which they were accessioned into the 

Utah Museum of Natural History. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

32 associated funerary objects are 3 

animal bones, 1 wood item, 1 leather 

halter fragment, 1 log, 1 cedar post, 1 

cloth, 1 fabric swatch, 1 cloth bundle, 

20 buttons, 1 bottle of sclerotia, and a 

pair of glasses. The following 13 objects 

were also identified in museum records 

as being associated with the human 

remains, but the museum could not 

verify their current location: 1 lot of 

steel knives, 1 lot of buttons, 1 lot of 

mineral paint, 1 lot of beads, 1 butcher 

knife, 1 iron vessel, 1 log, 2 iron pan 

fragments, 1 rope, 1 ring, and 2 shoes. 

The burials date to the Historic 

Period, but their sex and age are 

unknown. The human remains are 

affiliated with the Confederated Tribes 

of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and 

Utah based on the osteological 

assessment, associated funerary objects, 

and the location of the discovery. 

Officials of the Utah State Office, 

Bureau of Land Management have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (9–10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the Utah 

State Office, Bureau of Land 

Management also have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 32 

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. Lastly, officials of the 

Utah State Office, Bureau of Land 

Management have determined that, 

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 

Confederated Tribes of the Goshute 

Reservation, Nevada and Utah. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Byron Loosle, Utah State 

NAGPRA Coordinator, BLM Utah State 

Office, PO Box 45155, 440 West 200 

South, Suite 600, Salt Lake City, UT 

84145–0155, telephone (801) 539–4276, 

before April 13, 2009. Repatriation of 

the human remains and associated 

funerary objects to the Confederated 

Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, 

Nevada and Utah may proceed after that 

date if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The Utah State Office, Bureau of Land 

Management is responsible for notifying 

the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute 

Reservation, Nevada and Utah; 

Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the 

Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Ely 

Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Hopi Tribe 

of Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute 

Indians of the Kaibab Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; Moapa Band of 

Paiute Indians of the Moapa River 

Indian Reservation, Nevada; Navajo 

Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; 

Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation 

of Utah (Washakie); Ohkay Owingeh, 

New Mexico; Paiute Indian Tribe of 

Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 

Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 

Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo 

Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; San 

Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; 

Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming; ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall 

Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone-Paiute 

Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, 

Nevada; Skull Valley Band of Goshute 

Indians of Utah; Southern Ute Indian 

Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, 

Colorado; Te-Moak Tribes of Western 

Shoshone Indians of Nevada; Ute Indian 

Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 

Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe 

of the Ute Mountain Reservation, 

Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Ysleta 

del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe 

of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: January 26, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–5351 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of Defense, Army Corps of 

Engineers, Portland District, Portland, 

OR and University of Oregon Museum 

of Natural and Cultural History, 

Eugene, OR 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 for which the University of 

Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural 

History, Eugene, OR, and U.S. 

Department of Defense, Army Corps of 

Engineers, Portland District, Portland, 

OR, have joint responsibility. The 

human remains were removed from a 

site on Army Corps of Engineers land 

within the Fern Ridge Reservoir project 

area, Lane 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. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the University of 

Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural 

History and U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Portland District professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Confederated 

Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community 

of Oregon; and Confederated Tribes of 

the Siletz Reservation, Oregon. 


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