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Native American human remains 

described in this notice were excavated 

under an Antiquities Act permit by the 

University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, on 

Army Corps of Engineers project lands. 

Following excavations at the site 

described below, and under the 

provisions of the permit, the University 

of Oregon retained the human remains 

for preservation. 

In 1950, human remains representing 

one individual were removed from site 

35–LA–282, also known as the Perkins 

Peninsula Site, Lane, OR, during 

excavations by the University of Oregon 

prior to construction of the proposed 

Fern Ridge Reservoir. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Site 35–LA–282 is believed to have 

been used as a habitation site during an 

undetermined prehistoric period based 

on the presence of features and artifacts 

observed within the site. No evidence of 

a formal burial with associated funerary 

objects was found at the site. Based on 

the location of the human remains 

within the site, the individual has been 

determined to be Native American. 

Ethnographic records suggest the area 

surrounding site 35–LA–282 was likely 

occupied by Kalapuya bands during the 

early Contact Period. Site 35–LA–282 is 

within or near the traditional lands of 

Kalapuyan peoples whose descendants 

are culturally affiliated with the presentday members of the Confederated Tribes 

of the Grand Ronde Community of 

Oregon and/or Confederated Tribes of 

the Siletz Reservation, Oregon. 

The Confederated Tribes of the Grand 

Ronde Community of Oregon include at 

least 26 tribes and bands whose 

ancestral homelands span across 

western Oregon, southwestern 

Washington and northern California. 

The Grand Ronde tribes and bands 

include the Rogue River, Umpqua, 

Chasta, Kalapuya, Molala, Clackamas, 

Salmon River, Tillamook, and Nestucca, 

as well as other smaller groups. At the 

time of contact, the individual groups 

spoke 30 dialects of the Athapascan, 

Chinookan, Kalapuyan, Takelman, 

Molalan, Sahaptin, Salishan, and 

Shastan language families. In 1856– 

1857, the U.S. Government forcibly 

relocated the Grand Ronde peoples to 

the Grand Ronde Reservation at the 

headwaters of the South Yamhill River 

in Yamhill and Polk Counties, OR. The 

Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde 

Community of Oregon were first 

incorporated in 1935, terminated from 

federal recognition in 1954, and restored 

with tribal recognition in 1983. 

The Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 

Reservation, Oregon are a confederation 

of 30 bands whose ancestral territory 

ranged along the entire Oregon coast 

and Coast Range, inland to the main 

divide of the Cascade Range and south 

to the Rogue River watershed. The 

principal tribes include the Clatsop, 

Chinook, Klickitat, Molala, Kalapuya, 

Tillamook, Alsea, Siuslaw/Lower 

Umpqua, Coos, Coquille, Upper 

Umpqua, Tututni, Chetco, Tolowa, 

Takelma or Upper Rogue River, Galice/ 

Applegate, and Shasta. The ancestors of 

these tribes spoke at least 10 different 

base languages, many with strong 

dialectic divisions even within the same 

language. In general, five linguistic 

stocks – Salish, Yakonan, Kusan, 

Takelman, and Athapascan – are 

represented by the tribes. The tribes 

were forcibly removed from their 

homelands in 1855 by the U.S. 

Government and placed on the Siletz 

and Grand Ronde reservations. After 

having their tribal status terminated 

from federal recognition in 1954, the 

Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 

Reservation, Oregon were officially 

restored in 1977. 

Officials of the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Portland District 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 U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Portland 

District 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 Confederated Tribes of the 

Grand Ronde Community of Oregon 

and/or Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 

Reservation, Oregon. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Daniel Mulligan, 

NAGPRA Coordinator, Environmental 

Resources Branch, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Portland District, P.O. Box 

2946, Portland, OR 97208–2946, 

telephone (503) 808–4768, before April 

13, 2009. Repatriation of the human 

remains to the Confederated Tribes of 

the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon 

and/or Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 

Reservation, Oregon may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Portland District is responsible for 

notifying the Confederated Tribes of the 

Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and 

Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 

Reservation, Oregon that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: January 26, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–5338 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Great Plains 

Regional Office, Aberdeen, SD 

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 object 

in the possession of the Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Great Plains Regional 

Office, Aberdeen, SD. The human 

remains and associated funerary object 

were removed from Buffalo and Hughes 

Counties, SD. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003 (3)(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 object. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the South Dakota 

State Historical Society-Archaeological 

Research Center professional staff under 

the direction of the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs, Great Plains Regional Office 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Three Affiliated 

Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, 

North Dakota. 

In 1986, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from a cache pit at the Twin 

or Lillian All Arounds Village, 

39BF206/87–131, Buffalo County, SD, 

by The Archeology Lab-Augustana 

College personnel during improvements 

to the Jennessee Road. The human 

remains were curated at the South 

Dakota State Historical SocietyArchaeological Research Center in 

Rapid City, SD. No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The manner of burial suggests that the 

human remains are associated with the 

Extended Coalescent Period (A.D. 1500– 

A.D. 1675). Based on archeological, 


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geographical and physical 

anthropological data, the Extended 

Coalescent Period is most likely 

culturally related with the Arikara 

Tribe. 

In 1989 and 1990, human remains 

representing a minimum of 16 

individuals were removed from burial 

and cache pits at the Indian School 

Village, 39HU10/90–96, Hughes County, 

SD, by The Archeology Lab-Augustana 

College personnel during construction 

of a dining hall and waterlines. The 

human remains are curated at the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs office. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1977, human remains representing 

a minimum of four individuals were 

removed from cache and burial pits at 

the Indian School Village, 39HU10/94– 

245, Hughes County, SD, by South 

Dakota State Historical SocietyArchaeological Research Center 

personnel. The human remains were 

recovered during salvage excavations 

following disturbance by construction of 

a housing development. The human 

remains were curated at the 

Archaeological Research Center in 

Rapid City. No known individuals were 

identified. The one associated funerary 

object is bark matting that covered one 

of the burials. 

The manner of the burials suggests 

that the human remains are associated 

with the Extended (A.D. 1500–A.D. 

1675) and Post-Contact Coalescent (A.D. 

1675–A.D. 1750) Periods. Based on 

archeological, geographical and physical 

anthropological data, the Extended and 

Post-Contact Coalescent Periods are 

most likely culturally related with the 

Arikara Tribe. 

A physical anthropological 

assessment of the human remains 

resulted in a determination that the 

individuals are most likely Native 

American. An evaluation by the South 

Dakota State Historical SocietyArchaeological Research Center 

professional staff under the direction of 

the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Great 

Plains Regional Office staff on the 

manner and location of the burials and 

type of associated funerary object, also 

supports an identification of the human 

remains as Native American and most 

likely culturally identifiable as Arikara. 

The Arikara Tribe is part of the Mandan, 

Hidatsa and Arikara Nation that 

comprises the Three Affiliated Tribes of 

the Fort Berthold Reservation, North 

Dakota. 

In June 2008, the Mandan, Hidatsa, 

and Arikara Nation of the Three 

Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold 

Reservation, North Dakota submitted a 

request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Great Plains Regional Office for 

repatriation of the human remains and 

one associated funerary object from the 

Indian School and Twin or Lillian All 

Arounds Villages. 

Officials of the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs have determined that, pursuant 

to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human 

remains described above represent the 

physical remains of 21 individuals of 

Native American ancestry. Officials of 

the Bureau of Indian Affairs also have 

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

3001 (3) (A), the one object described 

above is 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 Bureau 

of Indian Affairs have determined that, 

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

relationship of shared group identity 

can reasonably be traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

the associated funerary object and the 

Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort 

Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary object should 

contact Paul Hofmann, Chief, Division 

of Environment, Safety and Cultural 

Resources, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 115 

4th Ave. SE, MC208, Aberdeen, SD 

57401, telephone (605) 226–7656, before 

April 13, 2009. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

object to the Three Affiliated Tribes of 

the Fort Berthold Reservation, North 

Dakota may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Bureau of Indian Affairs, Great 

Plains Regional Office is responsible for 

notifying the Three Affiliated Tribes of 

the Fort Berthold Reservation, North 

Dakota that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: February 3, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–5328 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

County of Nacogdoches, 

Nacogdoches, TX 

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 County of 

Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, TX. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from 

Nacogdoches County, TX. 

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 the County of 

Nacogdoches through the services of 

qualified preservation professionals in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. 

In 2004, human remains representing 

a minimum of five individuals were 

removed from 41NA231, also known as 

the Tallow Grove site, in the Lake 

Naconiche project area, Nacogdoches 

County, TX. The removal was associated 

with archeological data recovery in an 

area to be impacted by construction 

and/or operation of Lake Naconiche. All 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects have been in the custody of the 

principal investigator. No known 

individuals were identified. The four 

associated funerary objects are two 

bowls and two jars. 

The Tallow Grove site, 41NA231, is a 

Middle Caddo Period habitation on a 

late Holocene terrace near Naconiche 

Creek. The temporal context is 

supported by recovered temporally 

diagnostic artifacts, radiocarbon 

analyses, and oxidizable carbon ratio 

dates. The main occupation of the site 

took place between the early part of the 

13th century and approximately A.D. 

1480, and was preceded by an earlier 

Woodland Period occupation that dates 

from 110 B.C. to A.D. 435. None of the 

radiocarbon-dated features are earlier 

than the Middle Caddo Period. The 

small cemetery (approximately 8 x 6 

meters), situated near the remnants of 

several structures, and an extensive 

midden deposit and outdoor work area, 

contained the five burials with 

preserved human remains, one burial 

pit with no preserved human remains 

but with unassociated funerary objects, 

and two other burial pits with neither 

preserved human remains nor funerary 

objects. The mortuary practices and 

types of associated funerary objects are 

consistent with the traditions of the 

Caddo Indian peoples. Preserved 


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