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artifact assemblage to be consistent with 

possible associated funerary objects 

from Ceramic Period burials in Maine. 

The Aroostook Band of Micmac 

Indians of Maine, Houlton Band of 

Maliseet Indians of Maine, 

Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine, and 

Penobscot Tribe of Maine, represented 

by the Wabanaki Intertribal Repatriation 

Committee, a non-Federally recognized 

Indian group, are widely recognized as 

having a shared cultural relationship 

with the people of the Ceramic Period 

of Maine (2,000 B.P. to European 

contact). 

Officials of the Department of 

Anthropology, University of 

Massachusetts, Amherst have 

determined that pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (9–10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of four individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Department of Anthropology, University 

of Massachusetts, Amherst also have 

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

3001 (3)(A), the 128 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 

Department of Anthropology, University 

of Massachusetts, Amherst have 

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

3001 (2), there is a relationship of 

shared group identity that can 

reasonably be traced between the Native 

American human remains and the 

associated funerary objects and the 

Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians of 

Maine, Houlton Band of Maliseet 

Indians of Maine, Passamaquoddy Tribe 

of Maine, and Penobscot Tribe of Maine, 

represented by the Wabanaki Intertribal 

Repatriation Committee, a nonFederally recognized Indian group. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Robert Paynter, Repatriation 

Committee Chair, Department of 

Anthropology, University of 

Massachusetts, 201 Machmer Hall, 240 

Hicks Way, Amherst, MA 01003, 

telephone (413)545–2221, before April 

24, 2009. Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

to the Aroostook Band of Micmac 

Indians of Maine, Houlton Band of 

Maliseet Indians of Maine, 

Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine, and 

Penobscot Tribe of Maine, represented 

by the Wabanaki Intertribal Repatriation 

Committee, a non-Federally recognized 

Indian group, may proceed after that 

date if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The Department of Anthropology, 

University of Massachusetts, Amherst is 

responsible for notifying Amherst 

College and Smith College, and the 

Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians of 

Maine, Houlton Band of Maliseet 

Indians of Maine, Passamaquoddy Tribe 

of Maine, Penobscot Tribe of Maine, and 

Wabanaki Intertribal Repatriation 

Committee, a non-Federally recognized 

Indian group, that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: March 12, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–6508 Filed 3–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Georgia Department of Natural 

Resources, Atlanta, GA 

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 possession of the Georgia 

Department of Natural Resources, 

Atlanta, GA. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from Bartow County, GA. 

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 Georgia 

Department of Natural Resources 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of 

North Carolina; Kialegee Tribal Town, 

Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation, 

Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek 

Indians of Alabama; Thlopthlocco 

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; and United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma. 

In 1954–61, 1962, 1964–65, and 1972– 

73, human remains representing a 

minimum of 404 individuals were 

removed from the Etowah Mounds, 

Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic 

Site (9BR1) in Bartow County, GA. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

187,060 associated funerary objects are 

1 anvil fragment; 10 bone awls/ 

fragments; 3 stone axes; 129 copper 

symbol badges/fragments; 6 woven cane 

basket fragments; 4 tortoise shell batons; 

2 bone beads; 1 clay bead; 19 copper 

covered wooden beads/fragments; 1 

copper bead; 1 blue glass bead; 8,273 

pearl beads; 159,572 shell beads; 5 

wooden beads; 11 stone blades; 2 

copper covered wooden bodkins; 38 

shell bowls/fragments; 1 wooden bowl; 

11 copper celts; 1 iron celt; 22 stone 

celts/fragments; 2 indeterminate celts; 6 

chunkey stones; 3 copper covered wood 

coils; 2 chert core; 23 quartz crystals; 42 

daub samples; 36 ceramic discs; 64 mica 

discs; 7 shell discs; 6 stone discs; 5 

wooden discs; 2 stone drills; 54 copper 

covered ear discs; 2 mica ear discs; 1 

shell ear disc (nos. 3 & 4); 1 ear disc of 

undocumented material; 2 wooden ear 

discs; 1 clay ear ornament; 1 copper ear 

spool; 2 painted stone figures; 50 

charcoal samples; 75 ethnobotanical 

remains; 567 cane matting; 3,957 faunal 

remains; 6 split cane fragments; 6 fabric/ 

cloth fragments; 1 fur fragment; 567 hair 

fragments; 3 leather fragments; 3 

miscellaneous mixed fur/leather/fabric 

fibers; 2 strings; 3 fibers; 1 bone fish 

hook; 233 stone flakes; 24 copper 

fragments; 10 unfired clay samples; 8 

clay samples; 19 pigment samples; 4 soil 

samples; 291 stones; 7 copper gorgets/ 

fragments; 39 shell gorgets/fragments; 

23 copper hair ornaments; 1 tortoise 

shell hair ornament; 5 hammerstone; 2 

copper headdresses; 2 mica headdress 

pieces; 13 fragments from a headdress; 

1 wooden headdress fragment; 11 shell 

hoes; 3 stone knives; 1 plaster cast of a 

log; 23 copper-covered wooden mask 

fragments; 1 shell mask; 2 pieces of cane 

matting; 6 plaster casts of cane matting; 

1 nutting stone; 1 baked clay cylindershaped object; 61 copper ornaments; 

199 decorations/ornaments/fragments; 4 

sun symbols; 17 tortoise shell 

ornaments/fragments; 7 stone paint 

palettes; 22 shell pendants; 13 bone 

pins/fragments; 1 copper covered 

wooden pin; 2 ear pins of 

undocumented material; 12 shell ear 

pins/fragments; 1 tortoise shell pin; 3 

ear disc pins; 3 wooden pins; 13 

ceramic pipes/fragments; 1 pipe 

fragment; 6 stone pipes; 12 copper 

plates; 4 polished stones; 13 antler 

projectile points; 4 bone projectile 

points; 37 stone projectile points/ 

knives; 2 quartz crystals; 10 wooden 

rattle fragments; 1 stone ring; 2 logs; 

1,348 shells/fragments; 10,791 ceramic 


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sherds; 10 shell spoons/fragments; 1 

wooden tablet; 19 bone tools; 1 polished 

bone tube; 3 samples of unidentified 

material; 27 ceramic vessels; 1 sample of 

material from inside of a copper covered 

coiled wooden object; 41 wood/ 

fragments; 1 worked shell; and 20 

miscellaneous worked stone/fragments. 

The excavations at the site were 

primarily conducted at an area currently 

identified as ‘‘Mound C,’’ which had 

previously been partially excavated by 

other agencies, at the edge of Mound B 

and in the ‘‘Village Area’’ of the 52–acre 

historic site. Radiocarbon studies 

indicate that the burials date from A.D. 

800 to 1400. The site is normally 

identified as a ‘‘Mississippi Site’’ that 

dates from A.D. 900 to 1550. There is no 

absolute archeological proof that links 

the site with any modern day Indian 

tribe. Evidence in the form of historical 

documents, early maps, and a listing of 

common lifeway traits were presented 

by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of 

Oklahoma, Poarch Band of Creeks, 

Kialegee Tribal Town, Thlopthlocco 

Tribal Town, and Alabama-Quassarte 

Tribal Town during consultation. 

Similar information was presented by 

the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and 

United Keetowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians, who occupied the Bartow 

County area at the time of forced 

removal (A.D. 1838). However, the 

Cherokee do not have a shared group 

relationship to the Native American 

human remains described in this notice, 

as the Cherokee were not present in the 

area prior to approximately A.D. 1450, 

which post-dates the burials at Etowah. 

The results of the consultation and 

studies with the tribes, have determined 

that there is a reasonable belief of a 

shared group identity between the 

Native American human remains and 

associated funerary objects from the 

Etowah Mounds and the modern 

Muscogeean (Creek) Tribes. The 

Muscogeean (Creek) Tribes are 

represented by the Alabama-Quassarte 

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal 

Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) 

Nation, Oklahoma; Poarch Band of 

Creek Indians of Alabama; and 

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma. 

Officials of the Georgia Department of 

Natural Resources have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of 404 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Georgia 

Department of Natural Resources also 

have determined that, pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 187,060 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 

Georgia Department of Natural 

Resources 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 

Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, 

Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town, 

Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation, 

Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek 

Indians of Alabama; and Thlopthlocco 

Tribal Town, Oklahoma. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and/ 

or associated funerary objects should 

contact Dr. David Crass, State 

Archaeologist, Department of Natural 

Resources, Historic Preservation 

Division, 34 Peachtree Street NW, Suite 

1600, Atlanta, GA 30303, telephone 

(404) 656–9344, before April 24, 2009. 

Repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the 

Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, 

Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town, 

Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation, 

Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek 

Indians of Alabama; and Thlopthlocco 

Tribal Town, Oklahoma may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Georgia Department of Natural 

Resources is responsible for notifying 

the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, 

Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee 

Indians of North Carolina; Kialegee 

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee 

(Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; Poarch Band 

of Creek Indians of Alabama; 

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma; 

and United Keetoowah Band of 

Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: March 2, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–6507 Filed 3–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Northwest Museum, Whitman College, 

Walla Walla, WA 

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 in the possession of the 

Northwest Museum (formerly Maxey 

Museum), Whitman College, Walla 

Walla, WA. The human remains were 

removed from Walla Walla County, WA. 

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 Whitman 

College and Northwest Museum 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon. 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from a home 

site in Walla Walla, Walla Walla 

County, WA. In 1929, the human 

remains were donated to the Northwest 

Museum at Whitman College by Mr. 

Emory Frank (WHIT–X–0008; Old Cat. 

No. 540, 5743 and WHIT–XX–0049; Old 

Cat. No. 5743). No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

According to museum records, the 

human remains were identified as 

Indian, and were found buried in a 

sitting position. The human remains are 

determined to be Native American 

based on skeletal morphology, as well as 

on museum records of the provenience. 

The city of Walla Walla is within the 

ceded lands of the Confederated Tribes 

of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, 

Oregon. The ceded land of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation extends over 6.4 

million acres in eastern Oregon and 

southeast Washington, and was 

occupied by the Weyiiletpu. Walla 

Walla is in an area that the Pasxapu 

band of the Weyiiletpu used for winter 

quarters. The Walla Walla River and its 

tributaries is where they fished for 

salmon and gathered foods and 

medicines along the river banks and 

ridges. The Pasxapu summers were 

spent hunting, fishing, and gathering 

foods and medicines in the adjacent 

Blue Mountains. Consultation evidence 

from tribal representatives of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation further supports this 

evidence of occupation. Descendants of 

the Walla Walla (Waluulapam), 

Umatilla (Imatalamlama), and Cayuse 

(Weyiiletpu) tribes that are enrolled in 


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