54076 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 176 / Tuesday, September 13, 2005 / Notices 

place name of Etowah to the Muscogee 

language. 

Between 1927 and 1928, human 

remains representing a minimum of five 

individuals were removed from the 

Little Egypt site in Murray County, GA, 

by Warren King Moorehead of the 

Robert S. Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology. The Little Egypt site is 5 

hectares and contains two or three 

platform mounds, which were utilized 

through the mid–16th century. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The Little Egypt site is located at the 

eastern edge of the Coosa chiefdom 

where the Coosawattee River enters the 

Great Valley. The name Coosa applies to 

the core town, local province, and 

extended region, and was the most 

politically important chiefdom in 

southeastern North America in the 

1500s during the time of occupation of 

the Little Egypt site [Hally et. al., 1989 

]. The oral tradition of Muscogee 

speakers recognizes two ancestral 

mother towns, Tukabatchee and Coosa, 

and particular individuals in present 

day Creek communities identify 

themselves as descendants of the 

mother towns. Muscogee oral tradition 

and historic documents indicate the 

area in and around Little Egypt as the 

paramount chiefdom of Coosa, home to 

the chief and the core town. Although 

it cannot be definitively stated that 

Little Egypt was the core town, size and 

other attributes single it out as an 

important site in the Coosa political 

landscape. 

The decline in archeological evidence 

of settlements, including public works 

and burial goods, in the Coosa area in 

the early 17th century suggests 

population decline and movement, 

perhaps the result of disease. The 

increase in settlements and the rise of a 

brushed pottery style that appears to be 

the melding of several Creek styles 

suggests that the inhabitants of 16th and 

early 17th century communities in the 

Coosa River drainage, as well as those 

along the Coosawatte and Etowah rivers, 

including the inhabitants at the Little 

Egypt site, probably moved southwest to 

the Lower Coosa River during the late 

17th century [Smith, 1987]. Historic 

documentation indicates that Muscogee 

speakers were living along the Lower 

Coosa River at the turn of the 18th 

century and were likely the descendants 

of the inhabitants of the Little Egypt 

site. 

Present-day Creek communities are 

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 Robert S. Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology have 

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

3001 (9–10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of 104 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Robert S. Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology also have determined that, 

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

21,468 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 

a death rite or ceremony. Lastly, 

officials of the Robert S. Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology 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 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Victoria Cranner, Senior 

Collections Manager, Robert S. Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology, Phillips 

Academy, Andover, MA 01810, 

telephone (978) 749–4490 before 

October 13, 2005. 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 Robert S. Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology is responsible for notifying 

the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, 

Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, 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 

Keetowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: August 4, 2005 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

School of American Research, Santa 

Fe, NM 

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 School of 

American Research, Santa Fe, NM. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from Santa Fe 

County, NM. 

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 School of 

American Research professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 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 San 

Juan, 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; and Zuni Tribe of 

the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. 

Between 1970 and 1974, human 

remains representing a minimum of 283 

individuals were removed from the 

Arroyo Hondo Pueblo site (LA 12), 

Santa Fe County, NM, during 

archeological investigations led by Dr. 

Douglas Schwartz, School of American 

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Research staff. The excavations were 

funded primarily through grants from 

the National Science Foundation and 

the National Geographic Society. The 

site was originally owned by the School 

of American Research and donated to 

the Archaeological Conservancy in 

February 2003. The collection from the 

project, including 120 burials and 163 

isolated human remains, are cared for at 

the School of American Research, 

except for 425 tree ring samples kept at 

the Laboratory of Tree Ring Research, 

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

217 lots of associated funerary objects 

are 6 groups of beads, 20 groups of 

pottery sherds or ceramic items, 75 

deteriorated remains of textiles and/or 

hides, 6 groups of bark fragments, 39 

yucca-fiber mats, 9 lots of faunal bone 

artifacts, 7 lots of corncobs, 21 groups of 

lithics, 10 groups of wooden objects 

fragments, 3 basket fragment groups, 6 

lots of vegetal material, 2 lots of 

combined yucca mats and textiles/ 

hides, 1 lot of combined corncob and 

wood ornament, 1 lot of combined 

corncob and basketry fragment, and 11 

groups of unidentifiable organic 

materials. 

The Arroyo Hondo Pueblo site was 

founded circa A.D. 1300. Adobe 

roomblocks were built forming great 

plazas. By A.D. 1330, the Arroyo Hondo 

Pueblo site had 24 roomblocks 

constructed around ten wholly or 

partially enclosed plazas. By A.D. 1345, 

possibly due to changes in the annual 

precipitation, the pueblo was virtually 

abandoned, occupied by a small 

remnant and possibly seasonal 

population. This phase of settlement is 

referred to as the Component I 

occupation of Arroyo Hondo Pueblo 

site. In the 1370s, building on top of the 

ruins of the site, another phase of 

settlement began, which is referred to as 

Component II. Soon after A.D. 1410, the 

region was again affected by drought 

and the site was largely abandoned. In 

circa A.D. 1420, a fire destroyed a large 

part of the village, and within a few 

years the second and final occupation of 

the Arroyo Hondo Pueblo site came to 

an end. 

The site is within the northern Rio 

Grande area and located near the pueblo 

sites of Pecos, San Cristobal, and Pindi. 

However, no oral traditions affiliate one 

specific Pueblo with the Arroyo Hondo 

Pueblo site. Physical anthropolgy, 

archeological investigations, and 

architecture indicate it was a northern 

Rio Grande Pueblo site, which 

potentially links the site to all 

contemporary Pueblo and Tewa-Hopi 

groups. 

Extensive literature published by the 

School of American Research Press in 

eight separate volumes on the Arroyo 

Hondo Pueblo site, and in Ann M. 

Palkovich’s Pueblo Population and 

Society: The Arroyo Hondo Skeletal and 

Mortuary Remains, James Mackey in 

Appendix G, ‘‘Arroyo Hondo Population 

Affinities’’, affiliates the Arroyo Hondo 

site with the Tewa-Tano linguistic 

group based on statistical analysis of 

measurable features of the human 

remains compared with other 

contemporary populations. While the 

biological studies possibly indicate a 

Tewa-Tano linguistic group, it is 

certainly possible that the Arroyo 

Hondo Pueblo site, which is within the 

larger Rio Grande Pueblo tradition and 

the population movements after the 

occupation dates, may be linked to any 

or all of the contemporary Pueblo and 

Tewa-Hopi groups with whom the 

School of American Research consulted. 

The pottery and other material goods 

reflect a northern Rio Grande tradition. 

The Arroyo Hondo Pueblo site is a Rio 

Grande Pueblo site due to the nature of 

its construction and use of plaza spaces 

and kivas. Similarities can be seen 

between the Arroyo Hondo Pueblo site 

and other contemporary sites in the 

northern Rio Grande. 

Pueblo and Tewa-Hopi groups are 

represented today by the federally 

recognized Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 

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 San 

Juan, 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; and Zuni Tribe of 

the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. 

Officials of the School of American 

Research have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of 283 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the School of 

American Research also have 

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

3001 (3)(A), the 217 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 School 

of American Research 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 Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 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 San 

Juan, 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; and Zuni Tribe of 

the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Dr. Kathleen Whitaker, School 

of American Research, PO BOX 2188, 

Santa Fe, NM 87504, telephone (505) 

954–7205, before October 13, 2005. 

Repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona; 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 San Juan, 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; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

School of American Research is 

responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe 

of Arizona; 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 San Juan, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

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Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New 

Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: August 3, 2005 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 05–18082 Filed 9–12–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Missouri-Columbia, 

Museum of Anthropology, Columbia, 

MO 

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 University of 

Missouri-Columbia, Museum of 

Anthropology, Columbia, MO. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from Vernon 

County, MO. 

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 University of 

Missouri-Columbia, Museum of 

Anthropology professional staff in 

consultation with the Osage Tribe, 

Oklahoma. 

In 1963, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from the Hayes/Coal Pit site 

(23VE4), Vernon County, MO, during 

excavations conducted by University of 

Missouri-Columbia professional staff 

and supervised field school students. 

Other excavations at the site did not 

produce any evidence of human 

remains or burial areas. No known 

individuals were identified. The seven 

associated funerary objects are 3 silver 

ear bobs/tinklers, 3 small silver band 

fragments, and 1 small soil sample. 

Based on oral tradition, types of 

associated funerary objects, and 

historical documents this individual has 

been determined to be Native American. 

The Hayes/Coal Pit site has been 

identified as a Little Osage village with 

occupation approximately A.D. 1675 to 

A.D. 1806. Little Osage village is a 

village site of the Little Osage tribe 

based on the presence of trade objects, 

historical documents, oral tradition, and 

archeological evidence. Members of the 

federally recognized Osage Tribe, 

Oklahoma are the present-day 

descendants of the Little Osage tribe. 

Officials of the University of 

Missouri-Columbia, 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 University of MissouriColumbia, Museum of Anthropology 

also have determined that, pursuant to 

25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the seven 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 

University of Missouri-Columbia, 

Museum of Anthropology 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 

Osage Tribe, Oklahoma. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Dr. Michael O’Brien, Director, 

Museum of Anthropology, 317 Lowry 

Hall, University of Missouri-Columbia, 

Columbia, MO 65211, telephone (573) 

882–4421, before October 13, 2005. 

Repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the Osage 

Tribe, Oklahoma may proceed after that 

date if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

University of Missouri-Columbia, 

Museum of Anthropology is responsible 

for notifying the Osage Tribe, Oklahoma 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: August 3, 2005 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 05–18083 Filed 9–12–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Missouri-Columbia, 

Museum of Anthropology, Columbia, 

MO 

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 University of 

Missouri-Columbia, Museum of 

Anthropology, Columbia, MO. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from Vernon 

County, MO. 

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 University of 

Missouri-Columbia, Museum of 

Anthropology professional staff in 

consultation with the Osage Tribe, 

Oklahoma. 

In 1963, human remains representing 

a minimum of three individuals were 

removed from the Brown site (23VE3), 

Vernon County, MO, during excavations 

conducted by University of MissouriColumbia professional staff and 

supervised field school students. Other 

excavations at the site did not produce 

any evidence of human remains or 

burial areas. No known individuals 

were identified. The 237 associated 

funerary objects are identified as 200 

faunal bones, 3 pottery fragments, 1 

brass tinkler, 2 glass fragments, 14 metal 

fragments that include kettle parts, 1 

brass trigger guard, 1 iron screw, 2 glass 

beads, 4 sandstone abraders (2 conical), 

1 hematite fragment, and 8 chert 

scrapers/modified spalls. 

The analysis sheet lists the following 

artifacts associated with this 

provenience and catalog number that to 

date have not been located: 1 deer antler 

tool, 2 arrow point fragments or gun 

flints, 1 scraper, 1 sandstone mold, and 

4 pieces of debitage (4 flakes). 

Based on oral tradition, types of 

associated funerary objects, and