19978 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 82 / Thursday, April 30, 2009 / Notices 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the New York 

University College of Dentistry 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Grand Traverse 

Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan and Little Traverse Bay Bands 

of Odawa Indians, Michigan. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from 

Mackinaw City in Cheboygan County, 

MI. At an unknown date, the human 

remains came into the possession of 

Walter C. Wyman of Chicago, IL. In 

1915, Mr. Wyman donated the human 

remains to the Museum of the American 

Indian, Heye Foundation, New York 

City, NY. In 1956, the human remains 

were transferred to Dr. Theodore 

Kazamiroff, New York University 

College of Dentistry. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Based on the cranial morphology of 

the human remains, the individual is 

identified as Native American. 

Information associated with the human 

remains identify them as ‘‘----- [illegible] 

Saugema, Ottawa Tribe.’’ The Ottawa 

are also known by the name Odawa. 

‘‘Saugema’’ is an Odawa family name in 

the Mackinaw area and variants are 

recorded for the Little Traverse Bay 

Bands of Odawa. Although a surname is 

listed for the human remains, lineal 

descendants could not be identified 

because the specific identity of the 

individual could not be determined. 

The identification of a surname 

indicates that the human remains date 

to the Historic period. 

The area of Mackinaw City 

corresponds to the territory of the 

Odawas after European contact. The 

Odawa people entered the written 

record in 1615, when the French 

encountered them at the eastern shores 

of Lake Huron on the Georgian Bay. 

Soon after this, the Odawas left the 

Lower Peninsula of Michigan because of 

Iroquoian raids, but returned to 

Michigan after the Iroquois were 

repelled from the area by the Odawas 

and other Great Lakes tribes in the mid– 

1600s. By 1673, the Odawas had 

established villages at the Straits of 

Mackinac. One village was located at 

Michilimackinac, in present-day 

Mackinaw City. A letter dating to 1710 

describes Odawa mortuary practices at 

Michilimackinac that are consistent 

with the physical condition of the 

human remains. Odawa people have 

remained in the Mackinaw area since 

their return in the 17th century. In 

addition, Odawa oral traditions identify 

the Mackinac area as an area of 

aboriginal occupation for many 

generations prior to European contact, 

and Mackinaw City is part of the 

ancestral lands of the Little Traverse 

Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan. 

Officials of the New York University 

College of Dentistry 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 New York University 

College of Dentistry 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 Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Louis Terracio, New 

York University College of Dentistry, 

345 East 24th St, New York, NY 10010, 

telephone (212) 998–9917, before June 

1, 2009. Repatriation of the human 

remains to the Little Traverse Bay Bands 

of Odawa Indians, Michigan may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The New York University College of 

Dentistry is responsible for notifying the 

Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan and Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: April 13, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–9983 Filed 4–29–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology, University of California, 

Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 

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 control of the Phoebe A. 

Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 

University of California, Berkeley, 

Berkeley, CA. The human remains were 

removed from the Puget Sound region, 

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. 

An assessment of the human remains, 

catalogue records, and relevant 

associated documents was made by the 

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of 

Coast Salish speaking tribes, that 

include Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of the 

Muckleshoot Reservation, Washington; 

Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually 

Reservation, Washington; Port Gamble 

Indian Community of the Port Gamble 

Reservation, Washington; Puyallup 

Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, 

Washington; Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe 

of Washington; Skokomish Indian Tribe 

of the Skokomish Reservation, 

Washington; Squaxin Island Tribe of the 

Squaxin Island Reservation, 

Washington; Stillaguamish Tribe of 

Washington; Suquamish Indian Tribe of 

the Port Madison Reservation; 

Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish 

Reservation, Washington; Tulalip Tribes 

of the Tulalip Reservation, Washington; 

and Upper Skagit Indian Tribe of 

Washington. 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual (Catalogue record 12–2671) 

were removed from an unspecified 

location in the Puget Sound region by 

the University of California Medical 

Department. In 1914, the human 

remains were donated to the Phoebe A. 

Hearst Museum of Anthropology by Dr. 

J. V. Cook (Accession number 100DDD). 

No known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Given the absence of associated 

funerary objects, the antiquity of the 

human remains is unknown. Puget 

Sound is located in the aboriginal 

territory of the Lushootseed-speakers of 

the Southern Coast Salish people. In the 

original museum ledger the human 

remains are described as a ‘‘skull with 

very flat head’’ with a comment stating 

that the individual was ‘‘probably 

Salish’’ (in parenthesis in the original 

document). The morphology of the skull 

shows clear signs of induced physical 

modification that happened during the 

life of the individual. The practice of 

skull modification by strapping infants 

(with the exception of slaves and the 

very poor) to hard cradleboards was a 

custom common to many Southern 

Coast Salish people and documented in 

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the ethnographic literature. Descendants 

of the Southern Coast Salish speaking 

people of the Puget Sound area are 

members of the Muckleshoot Indian 

Tribe of the Muckleshoot Reservation, 

Washington; Nisqually Indian Tribe of 

the Nisqually Reservation, Washington; 

Port Gamble Indian Community of the 

Port Gamble Reservation, Washington; 

Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 

Reservation, Washington; Sauk-Suiattle 

Indian Tribe of Washington; Skokomish 

Indian Tribe of the Skokomish 

Reservation, Washington; Squaxin 

Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island 

Reservation, Washington; Stillaguamish 

Tribe of Washington; Suquamish Indian 

Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation; 

Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish 

Reservation, Washington; Tulalip Tribes 

of the Tulalip Reservation, Washington; 

and Upper Skagit Indian Tribe of 

Washington. 

Officials of the Phoebe A. Hearst 

Museum of Anthropology 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 

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology 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 Muckleshoot Indian 

Tribe of the Muckleshoot Reservation, 

Washington; Nisqually Indian Tribe of 

the Nisqually Reservation, Washington; 

Port Gamble Indian Community of the 

Port Gamble Reservation, Washington; 

Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 

Reservation, Washington; Sauk-Suiattle 

Indian Tribe of Washington; Skokomish 

Indian Tribe of the Skokomish 

Reservation, Washington; Squaxin 

Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island 

Reservation, Washington; Stillaguamish 

Tribe of Washington; Suquamish Indian 

Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation; 

Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish 

Reservation, Washington; Tulalip Tribes 

of the Tulalip Reservation, Washington; 

and Upper Skagit Indian Tribe of 

Washington. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

Tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Judd King, Interim 

Director of the Phoebe A. Hearst 

Museum of Anthropology, University of 

California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 

94720, telephone (510) 642–3682, before 

June 1, 2009. Repatriation of the human 

remains to the Muckleshoot Indian 

Tribe of the Muckleshoot Reservation, 

Washington; Nisqually Indian Tribe of 

the Nisqually Reservation, Washington; 

Port Gamble Indian Community of the 

Port Gamble Reservation, Washington; 

Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 

Reservation, Washington; Sauk-Suiattle 

Indian Tribe of Washington; Skokomish 

Indian Tribe of the Skokomish 

Reservation, Washington; Squaxin 

Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island 

Reservation, Washington; Stillaguamish 

Tribe of Washington; Suquamish Indian 

Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation; 

Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish 

Reservation, Washington; Tulalip Tribes 

of the Tulalip Reservation, Washington; 

and/or Upper Skagit Indian Tribe of 

Washington may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology is responsible for 

notifying the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe 

of the Muckleshoot Reservation, 

Washington; Nisqually Indian Tribe of 

the Nisqually Reservation, Washington; 

Port Gamble Indian Community of the 

Port Gamble Reservation, Washington; 

Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 

Reservation, Washington; Sauk-Suiattle 

Indian Tribe of Washington; Skokomish 

Indian Tribe of the Skokomish 

Reservation, Washington; Squaxin 

Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island 

Reservation, Washington; Stillaguamish 

Tribe of Washington; Suquamish Indian 

Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation; 

Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish 

Reservation, Washington; Tulalip Tribes 

of the Tulalip Reservation, Washington; 

and Upper Skagit Indian Tribe of 

Washington that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: April 1, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Native American Graves Protection 

and Repatriation Review Committee: 

Meeting 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix (1988), of a 

meeting of the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Review 

Committee (Review Committee). The 

Review Committee will meet on October 

30–31, 2009, in Sarasota, Florida. On 

October 30, the meeting will take place 

at David Cohen Hall, located in the 

Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center, 

709 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 

34236 (the Friedman Symphony Center 

is located on Van Wezel Way, a short 

street that runs between Boulevard of 

the Arts and 10th Street, one block west 

of Tamiami Trail). On October 31, the 

meeting will take place at the Hyatt 

Regency Sarasota, 1000 Boulevard of the 

Arts, Sarasota, FL 34236. 

Meeting sessions will begin at 8:30 

a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. each day. A 

detailed agenda for this meeting will be 

posted on or before September 25, 2009, 

at http://www.nps.gov/history/nagpra/. 

The agenda for the meeting will 

include a report on National NAGPRA 

Program activities during fiscal year 

2009; activity reports from the National 

NAGPRA Program as requested by the 

Review Committee; requests for 

recommendations regarding the 

disposition of culturally unidentifiable 

human remains; requests, pursuant to 

25 U.S.C. 3006(c)(3), for reviews and 

findings of fact related to the identity or 

cultural affiliation of human remains or 

other cultural items, or the return of 

such items; disputes among Indian 

tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, 

or lineal descendants and Federal 

agencies or museums relating to the 

return of human remains or other 

cultural items, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3006(c)(4); presentations by Indian 

tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, 

museums, Federal agencies, and the 

public; and the selection of dates and a 

site for the fall 2010 meeting. 

The Review Committee will consider 

the following requests: by anyone, to 

make a presentation; by museums and 

Federal agencies, to act on an agreement 

concerning the disposition of human 

remains determined to be culturally 

unidentifiable (CUI); by Indian tribes, 

Native Hawaiian organizations, lineal 

descendants, museums, and Federal 

agencies, to review and make findings of 

fact related to the identity or cultural 

affiliation of human remains or other 

cultural items, or the return of such 

items; and by Indian tribes, Native 

Hawaiian organizations, lineal 

descendants, museums, and Federal 

agencies, to facilitate a dispute and 

make findings of fact and 

recommendations related to the 

identity, cultural affiliation, or the 

return of human remains or other 

cultural items. 

Requests to make a presentation must 

include an abstract of the presentation 

and contact information for the 

presenter(s). 

Requests to act on a CUI disposition 

agreement should be made on the form 

posted on the National NAGPRA 

Program website, and also should