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National Monument of America 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 

unassociated funerary objects and the 

White Mountain Apache Tribe of the 

Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

objects should contact Mark Engler, 

Superintendent, Homestead National 

Monument of America, 8523 W. State 

Highway 4, Beatrice, NE 68310, 

telephone (402) 223–3514 before 

October 27, 2005. Repatriation of the 

unassociated funerary objects to the 

White Mountain Apache Tribe of the 

Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

Homestead National Monument of 

America is responsible for notifying the 

White Mountain Apache Tribe of the 

Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: August 29, 2005. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: New 

York State Museum, Albany, NY 

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 New York State 

Museum, Albany, NY. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Fulton and 

Montgomery Counties, NY. 

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 New York State 

Museum professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Akwesasne Library & Museum; Mohawk 

Nation Council of Chiefs, Akwesasne; 

and St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians 

of New York. 

In 1925, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

removed from the Sand Hill site, NYSM 

Site #1191, approximately 1.25 miles 

northwest of Fort Plain, Minden 

Township, Montgomery County, NY, by 

New York State Museum staff. The 

human remains were encountered 

during construction of Route 5S and 

removed from burials during salvage 

excavations. No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Three separate components are 

represented at the Sand Hill site. The 

earliest component dates to the Oak Hill 

Phase (A.D. 1300–1400). The middle 

component dates to the historic period 

based on diagnostic artifacts and could 

be the Mohawk village of Cawaoge, 

visited by Harmen Meyndertsen Van 

den Bogaert in A.D. 1634–1635. The 

latest component is also historic and 

dates to the 18th century. The human 

remains accessioned into the New York 

State Museum from this site were not 

associated with a specific occupational 

component although the presence of 

brass trade kettles suggests the human 

remains date to one of the historic 

components. Brass trade kettles are 

noted in museum records as artifacts 

that avocational archeologists had 

collected at the site. These items are not 

in the possession of New York State 

Museum. 

In the 1930s, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from the 

Otstungo site (also known as Cnj 1–1), 

NYSM Site #1156, in Minden 

Township, Montgomery County, NY, by 

avocational archeologist James R. 

Burggraf. The fragmentary human 

remains were found on the rear slope of 

the site. In 1994, the New York State 

Museum acquired the human remains 

from Mr. Burggraf’s estate. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

The Otstungo site is a large, palisaded 

village site located on a steep ridge 

above Otstungo Creek. Recent 

investigations identified evidence of at 

least ten longhouses, a ditch, and a 

palisade. Radiocarbon dates, pottery 

analyses, and the lack of European trade 

goods at the site suggests the Otstungo 

site is characteristic of the Chance 

Phase, A.D. 1450–1525. 

In 1935, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from the Frank Jenks Farm, St. 

Johnsville Township, Montgomery 

County, NY, by unknown persons. The 

human remains were given to Ms. May 

L. Youker, historian of St. Johnsville. 

Ms. Youker donated the human remains 

to the New York State Museum later 

that same year (Accession No. 

A1935.64). No known individual was 

identified. The two associated funerary 

objects are one brass kettle and one 

portion of a small castellated ceramic 

pot. 

The nature of the site, whether 

habitation or cemetery, is unknown. The 

style of the pot found in the burial is 

typical of the post-European contact 

period manufacture and is similar to 

ceramics from other Mohawk sites 

dating to the early 17th century. The 

flange on the brass kettle also dates the 

burial to A.D. 1610–1620. 

In 1932 or 1933, human remains 

representing a minimum of three 

individuals were removed from the Oak 

Hill site (also known as Cnj 2–1), NYSM 

Site #1186, near Fort Plain in Minden 

Township, Montgomery County, NY, by 

unknown persons. In 2000, the human 

remains were acquired by the New York 

State Museum from an anonymous 

donor. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The Oak Hill site is a multicomponent site comprised of a village 

area with three associated cemeteries. 

The Oak Hill site has been dated to circa 

A.D. 1635–1646, based on reports of 

diagnostic artifacts found at the site and 

in some of the burials, such as pottery 

vessels, kaolin pipe fragments, and glass 

beads. These items are not in the 

possession of New York State Museum. 

In 1935 and 1947, human remains 

representing a minimum of two 

individuals were removed from the 

Jackson-Everson site, St. Johnsville 

Township, Montgomery County, NY, by 

Donald Lenig and Earl Casler. In 1950, 

Mr. Lenig donated the human remains 

to the New York State Museum. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The Jackson-Everson site was a 

habitation site and cemetery. The 

Euroamerican objects from the site 

suggest that the site was inhabited circa 

A.D. 1655–1679. Analysis of ceramics 

from the site suggests that the resident 

population was probably Huron. This 

evidence suggests that the site was 

inhabited by Attignawantan Huron 

immigrants who were persuaded to 

move to the Mohawk Valley after the 

destruction of their confederacy in 1650 

by the Iroquois. By 1779, the Huron had 

long been assimilated into Mohawk 

culture and had traveled with them to 

Canada or to the south side of the Saint 

Lawrence River, and are represented 

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today by the St. Regis Band of Mohawk 

Indians of New York. 

In 1943 and 1955, human remains 

representing a minimum of 13 

individuals were removed from the 

Auriesville/Latchford site (also known 

as Fda 5), NYSM Site #1087, Glen 

Township, Montgomery County, NY. 

The 1943 excavation was conducted by 

Brother McGuiness. The 1955 

excavation was conducted by Father 

Latchford. In 1955, Father Clifford M. 

Lewis and Father Thomas Grassman 

donated the human remains to the New 

York State Museum. No known 

individuals were identified. The 233 

associated funerary objects are 92 coffin 

nail fragments and 141 coffin fragments. 

Funerary objects found with the 

human remains excavated in 1943, but 

not donated to the New York State 

Museum, consisted of objects of Native 

American origin, such as tubular shell 

wampum, and objects of Euroamerican 

origin, such as glass beads. The beads 

are characteristic of types manufactured 

during the first quarter of the 18th 

century. Additional funerary objects 

found with the human remains 

consisted of coffin fragments. 

Individuals from both excavations were 

interred in coffins, but only the 

associated funerary objects from the 

1955 excavation were donated to the 

New York State Museum. Based on the 

existence of historic artifacts and 

method of burial, the occupation of the 

Auriesville/Latchford site is determined 

to be A.D. 1700–1725. 

In 1950, human remains representing 

a minimum of three individuals were 

removed from the Klemme site (also 

known as Cnj. 42–1), NYSM Site #1176, 

near Charlesworth Corners in Minden 

Township, Montgomery County, NY, 

during excavations by Donald Lenig and 

Earl Casler. The remains of one 

individual were donated to the New 

York State Museum by Mr. Lenig at an 

unknown time, but most likely soon 

after the excavation. In 2000, the 

remains of the two other individuals 

were donated by an anonymous donor. 

No known individuals were identified. 

The three associated funerary objects are 

one pottery sherd and two glass beads. 

The Klemme site is located on a small 

knoll across a brook from the Crouse site 

(also known as the Krouse site, Cnj 14). 

The Crouse site is a historically known 

Mohawk habitation site and was visited 

in A.D. 1634 by Harmen Meyndertsen 

Van den Bogaert, who documented the 

site name as Tenotoge. Funerary objects 

date the Klemme site to the same time 

period as the Crouse site, which is 

determined to be A.D. 1625–1635. 

In 1953, human remains representing 

a minimum of six individuals were 

removed from the Schoharie site (also 

known as the Fort Hunter Bridge site), 

approximately 100 yards from the east 

bank of the Schoharie Creek in Glen 

Township, Montgomery County, NY, by 

Father Clifford M. Lewis of the 

Auriesville Shrine. Father Lewis 

salvaged the human remains after the 

site was disturbed during road 

construction and looting had already 

occurred. In 1955, the human remains 

were donated to the New York State 

Museum by Father Thomas Grassman. 

No known individuals were identified. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

Eyewitness accounts indicated the 

individuals were buried in extended 

positions, possibly in wooden coffins. 

Funerary objects typical of 

contemporary Native American burial 

practices, such as glass beads and 

religious medals, were reportedly looted 

from the graves at the time of their 

discovery. Although there are no 

funerary objects in the New York State 

Museum collection from the Schoharie 

site, museum records indicate that 

Father Lewis found tiny white seed 

beads with the human remains. The 

Schoharie site is located near the 

‘‘Lower Mohawk Castle’’, a Mohawk 

settlement, also known as 

‘‘Tionondoroge’’ or ‘‘Tehandaloga,’’ near 

Fort Hunter, NY. Fort Hunter was built 

by the British to protect the local 

Mohawk community, and was occupied 

from A.D. 1713–1779. Based on the age 

of diagnostic European trade goods, the 

site probably dates to A.D. 1720–1750. 

Given the age of the Schoharie site and 

its proximity to Fort Hunter, the two 

sites are probably associated. 

In 1953, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

removed from the Brown site (also 

known as Cnj 55), NYSM Site #1204, in 

Canajoharie Township, Montgomery 

County, NY, by Donald Lenig and Earl 

Casler. Mr. Lenig donated the human 

remains to the New York State Museum 

later that same year. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The Brown site is a cemetery site. 

Glass beads and earthenware pottery 

found with other burials at the Brown 

site suggest the site utilization dates to 

circa A.D. 1650–1660. These items were 

not donated to the New York State 

Museum. The styles of pottery found are 

consistent with ceramic traditions 

practiced by the Mohawk during this 

time period. 

In 1957, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from the Getman site (also 

known as Cnj 25), NYSM Site #1200, 

near East Stone Arabia in Palatine 

Township, Montgomery County, NY, by 

William A. Ritchie and James V. Wright, 

during excavations sponsored by the 

New York State Museum. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Excavation revealed post molds, a 

probable longhouse, and sections of a 

stockade. One individual is represented 

by a single deciduous tooth found 

within a post mold in a disturbed area 

of a house floor. Based on information 

provided during consultation, it is 

presumed that the tooth was 

intentionally placed in the posthole. 

There was no indication of a presence 

of a cemetery. On the basis of 

radiocarbon dates the site is dated to the 

Late Chance Horizon (A.D. 1300–1400), 

which is the middle prehistoric stage of 

Mohawk and Iroquois cultural 

development. 

From 1960 to 1962, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from the 

Galligan II site (also known as Cnj.90–

1), along the Otsquago Creek in Minden 

Township, Montgomery County, NY, 

during test excavations by a group 

attempting to locate the remains of a 

Revolutionary War era fort. In 2000, the 

human remains were donated by an 

anonymous donor to the New York State 

Museum. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The cemetery at the Galligan II site 

may have been associated with a nearby 

village site located on the opposite side 

of Otsquago Creek known as the 

Prospect Hill site. The Prospect Hill site 

was the main Mohawk village in the 

early 18th century. This Mohawk village 

is where many Mohawks moved 

following a raid by the French in A.D. 

1693. Artifacts found at the Galligan II 

site have been used to date the site to 

approximately A.D. 1693–1755. 

In 1962, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from the Garoga site (also 

known as Las. 7), NYSM Site #2332, 

east of the Garoga Creek in Ephratah 

Township, Fulton County, NY, by New 

York State Museum staff. The 

fragmentary human remains were found 

in the plow zone. No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The Garoga site was a palisaded 

village with several longhouses. On the 

basis of cultural material held in the 

New York State Museum from 

excavations at the site, and radiocarbon 

dates, the site is dated to A.D. 1520–

1590. 

In 1965, human remains representing 

a minimum of three individuals were 

removed from the Van Evera-McKinny 

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site (CNJ. 51), NYSM Site #1232, Root 

Township, Montgomery County, NY, by 

Donald Lenig and Wayne Lenig. The 

human remains were donated to the 

New York State Museum at an unknown 

date after the excavation. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The Van Evera-McKinney site is a 

habitation site with three occupational 

components. The first occupational 

component is an early Mohawk village 

dating to circa A.D. 1635–1645. The 

second occupation component is an 

early Owasco component dating to 

circa. A.D. 1100–1300. The third 

component is an Euroamerican 

occupation dating to the Revolutionary 

War period. The human remains are 

associated with the A.D. 1635–1645 

occupation based on the reported 

presence of an iron axe and a brass 

mouth harp in one of the burials. These 

cultural items are not in the possession 

of the New York State Museum. 

In 1968, human remains representing 

a minimum of 17 individuals were 

removed from the Rice’s Wood site 

(NYSM Site #1201), Palatine, 

Montgomery County, NY, during 

excavations by Dr. Robert E. Funk, New 

York State Museum staff. The site is 

located on a ridge overlooking the 

Knauderack Creek, two miles north of 

the Mohawk River. No known 

individuals were identified. The 3,275 

associated funerary objects are 3,196 

glass beads, 1 fragmented amber bead, 2 

copper bead fragments, 1 beaver 

mandible and teeth fragments, 16 

raspberry seeds, 4 squash seeds, 1 berry 

seed, 1 unidentified fruit seed, 1 

modified bone fragment, 6 glass buttons, 

17 oval shell beads, 1 fragmented brass 

kettle with a sample of preserved 

organic material and unmodified bone 

fragment, 2 castellated pottery vessels 

with effigy figures, 1 chain link 

fragment, 1 handle of a pewter spoon, 1 

bone comb, 1 pewter spoon fragment, 1 

brass crotal bell, 1 iron awl, 1 

castellated pottery vessel, 6 fragmentary 

pottery vessels, 1 groundstone pestle, 1 

bone bird effigy, 1 projectile point, 2 

worked columella fragments, 1 cordage 

fragment, 1 fragmented pewter and glass 

case bottle, 1 fragmented unidentified 

pewter object, 1 rolled copper ornament 

with preserved thong and organic 

material, 1 metal fragment, and 1 soil 

sample. 

The Rice’s Wood site consists of a 

village and associated cemetery circa 

A.D. 1600–1620 based on the types of 

funerary objects found with the human 

remains. 

In 1970, human remains representing 

two individuals were removed from the 

Klock site (also known as Las. 8–4), 

NYSM Site #2333, in Ephratah 

Township, Fulton County, NY, by Dr. 

Robert E. Funk, New York State 

Museum staff. No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Excavation results indicate that the 

Klock site was a palisaded habitation 

site on a ridge overlooking Caroga 

Creek. The human remains, consisting 

of burned cranial fragments, were found 

in refuse pits in the habitation area. The 

material culture from the habitation area 

suggests that the site was inhabited circa 

A.D. 1524–1580. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of seven 

individuals were removed from the 

Wormuth site (also known as the 

Talarico site and Cnj 87–2), NYSM Site 

#4017, on the north side of the Mohawk 

River in Palatine Township, 

Montgomery County, NY, by unknown 

persons. In 2000, New York State 

Museum acquired the human remains 

from an anonymous donor. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The Wormuth site is a multicomponent site with evidence of 

occupations from the 14th century Oak 

Hill phase (A.D. 1300–1400), the Chance 

phase (circa A.D. 1400–1525), and the 

protohistoric period (circa A.D. 1550). 

The human remains probably date to the 

period A.D. 1450–1525 based on the 

preponderance of diagnostic artifacts 

and radiocarbon dates. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of four 

individuals were removed from the 

Mitchell site (also known as Cnj 49–2), 

NYSM Site #1248, located in Root 

Township, Montgomery County, NY, by 

unknown persons. In 2000, the New 

York State Museum acquired the human 

remains from an anonymous donor. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The Mitchell site is a large village and 

associated cemetery. Based on the types 

of European trade goods found at the 

site, it has been dated to circa A.D. 

1646–1666. The large size of the site and 

the dates of occupation suggest it may 

have been the location of a central 

Mohawk ‘‘castle’’ and was probably 

among the villages destroyed by the 

Marquis De Tracy in the French attack 

in A.D. 1666. A Mohawk ‘‘castle’’ is a 

large palisaded Mohawk settlement. 

Historical evidence and oral history 

indicates that the seventeen sites from 

Fulton and Montgomery Counties, NY, 

are located in a region that was 

traditionally occupied by the Mohawk 

Indians and the sites are within the 

aboriginal lands of the Mohawk. 

Archeological evidence, based on 

ceramics and other diagnostic artifacts, 

indicate that the sites were inhabited 

during Mohawk occupation of the 

region. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects from the 

sites in Fulton and Montgomery 

Counties, NY, are determined to be 

culturally affiliated with the present-day 

descendants of the Mohawk represented 

by the Akwesasne Mohawk community 

composed of the Mohawk Nation 

Council of Chiefs and St. Regis Band of 

Mohawk Indians of New York. 

Officials of the New York State 

Museum have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of 69 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the New York State 

Museum also have determined that, 

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

3,513 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 New York State Museum 

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 

Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs, 

Akwesasne and St. Regis Band of 

Mohawk Indians of New York. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Lisa M. Anderson, NAGPRA 

Coordinator, New York State Museum, 

3122 Cultural Education Center, Albany, 

NY 12230, telephone (518) 486–2020, 

before [thirty days after publication in 

the Federal Register]. Repatriation of 

the human remains and associated 

funerary objects to the St. Regis Band of 

Mohawk Indians of New York, 

representing the Akwesasne Mohawk 

community composed of the Mohawk 

Nation Council of Chiefs, Akwesasne 

and St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians 

of New York may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

New York State Museum is 

responsible for notifying the Akwesasne 

Library & Museum; Mohawk Nation 

Council of Chiefs, Akwesasne; and St. 

Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of New 

York that this notice has been 

published. 

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Dated: August 23, 2005. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of the Pacific, Stockton, 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 possession of University 

of the Pacific, Stockton, CA. The human 

remains were removed from San Joaquin 

County, CA. 

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 University of the 

Pacific professional staff in consultation 

with representatives of the Santa Rosa 

Indian Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California. 

In 1964, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from the campus of University 

of the Pacific in San Joaquin County, 

CA, by unknown persons during the 

construction of a parking lot. The 

remains were turned over to the 

university administration anonymously 

late in 1990, and a consultant was 

engaged to conduct a forensic analysis. 

No known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The book Archeology of the Northern 

San Joaquin Valley (Schenk and 

Dawson, 1929) identifies a site on the 

campus of College of the Pacific 

containing indigenous remains. Another 

document of unknown provenance 

states that two ‘‘graduate students in 

anthropology from Sacramento State 

College examined the site and judged 

the bones to be of the Miwok or Yokut 

Indian Tribes and about 300 years old.’’

Consultation with Mr. Lalo Franco of 

the cultural office of the Santa Rosa 

Indian Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California, confirmed that 

the provenience of the human remains 

is consistent with that of other 

discoveries of indigenous remains in the 

area. Mr. Franco consulted with 

representatives of other tribal entities 

who serve on a regional committee 

coordinating the repatriation of 

indigenous remains and artifacts, and it 

was determined by them that the Santa 

Rosa Indian Community would receive 

the remains from University of the 

Pacific and hold them until such time 

as the Ione Band of Miwok Indians of 

California can complete preparations to 

receive them on a permanent basis. 

Officials of the University of the 

Pacific 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 the Pacific 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 Santa 

Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 

Rosa Rancheria, California and the Ione 

Band of Miwok Indians of California. 

The human remains were repatriated 

to NAGPRA representatives of the Santa 

Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 

Rosa Rancheria, California on August 4, 

2005, on behalf of the Ione Band of 

Miwok Indians of California. 

Representatives of any other Indian tribe 

that wishes to comment on this 

repatriation should contact Michael 

Capurso, University of the Pacific, 

Gladys L. Benerd School of Education, 

3601 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, CA 

95211, telephone (209) 946–2287. 

The University of the Pacific is 

responsible for notifying the Buena 

Vista Rancheria of Me-wuk Indians of 

California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of 

Me-Wuk Indians of California; Ione 

Band of Miwok Indians of California; 

Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Picayune Rancheria of the 

Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa 

Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 

Rosa Rancheria, California; Shingle 

Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle 

Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), 

California; Table Mountain Rancheria of 

California; Tule River Indian Tribe of 

the Tule River Reservation, California; 

Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of 

the Tuolumne Rancheria of California; 

and United Auburn Indian Community 

of the Auburn Rancheria of California 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: August 30, 2005. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control 

Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Colorado River Basin 

Salinity Control Advisory Council 

(Council) was established by the 

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control 

Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–320) (Act) to 

receive reports and advise federal 

agencies on implementing the Act. In 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, the Bureau of 

Reclamation announces that the Council 

will meet as detailed below. 

Dates and Location: The Council will 

conduct its annual meeting at the 

following time and location: 

Tuesday, October 25, 2005—

Riverside, California—The meeting will 

be held in the Mission Inn located at 

3649 Mission Inn Avenue. The meeting 

will begin at 8 a.m., recess at 

approximately 1 p.m., and reconvene 

briefly the following day at 1 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the Council 

is open to the public. Any member of 

the public may file written statements 

with the Council before, during, or up 

to 30 days after the meeting, in person 

or by mail. To the extent that time 

permits, the Council chairman will 

allow public presentation of oral 

comments at the meeting. To allow full 

consideration of information by Council 

members, written notice must be 

provided to Kib Jacobson, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional 

Office, 125 South State Street, Room 

6107, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138–1147; 

telephone (801) 524–3753; faxogram 

(801) 524–3826; e-mail at: 

kjacobson@uc.usbr.gov at least FIVE (5) 

days prior to the meeting. Any written 

comments received prior to the meeting 

will be provided to Council members at 

the meeting. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting will be to 

discuss the accomplishments of federal 

agencies and make recommendations on 

future activities to control salinity. 

Council members will be briefed on the 

status of salinity control activities and 

receive input for drafting the Council’s