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The individual has been identified as 

Native American based on the form of 

burial. The grave was a talus slope 

interment of a form used by the 

postcontact Sahaptin speakers who 

occupied the area. The presence of 

pieces of cedar in the grave suggests a 

postcontact date for the remains. The 

pieces of cedar are not part of the 

museum’s collection. 

The geographic location of all of the 

sites described above is consistent with 

the early postcontact territory of 

Sahaptin speakers who are ancestors of 

the Confederated Tribes and Bands of 

the Yakama Nation, Washington. The 

burial type described by Mr. Smith for 

all of the remains reported here is 

consistent with the late precontact and 

postcontact burial practices of the 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington. Experts in 

Oregon Plateau archeology suggest that 

there has been cultural continuity from 

late precontact to the postcontact period 

in this area. 

Officials of the American Museum of 

Natural History have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of 30 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the American 

Museum of Natural History also have 

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

3001 (3)(A), the 1,424 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 

American Museum of Natural History 

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 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Nell Murphy, Director of 

Cultural Resources, American Museum 

of Natural History, Central Park West at 

79th Street, New York, NY 10024–5192, 

telephone (212) 769–5837, before 

November 25, 2005. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The American Museum of Natural 

History is responsible for notifying the 

Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; Confederated Tribes of the 

Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; 

Hoh Indian Tribe of the Hoh Indian 

Reservation, Washington; Jamestown 

S’Klallam Tribe of Washington; Lower 

Elwha Tribal Community of the Lower 

Elwha Reservation, Washington; Lummi 

Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington; Makah Indian Tribe of the 

Makah Indian Reservation, Washington; 

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of the 

Muckleshoot Reservation, Washington; 

Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually 

Reservation, Washington; Nooksack 

Indian Tribe of Washington; Port 

Gamble Indian Community of the Port 

Gamble Reservation, Washington; 

Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 

Reservation, Washington; Quileute 

Tribe of the Quileute Reservation, 

Washington; Quinault Tribe of the 

Quinault Reservation, Washington; 

Samish Indian Tribe, Washington; 

Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater 

Bay Indian Reservation, Washington; 

Skokomish Indian Tribe of the 

Skokomish Reservation, Washington; 

Squaxin Island Tribe of the Squaxin 

Island Reservation, Washington; 

Stillaguamish Tribe of Washington; 

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: September 30, 2005 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 05–21330 Filed 10–25–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural 

Item: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, Gila National Forest, 

Silver City, NM, and Field Museum of 

Natural History, Chicago, IL 

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. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate a cultural item in the 

control of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila 

National Forest, Silver City, NM, and in 

the possession of the Field Museum of 

Natural History, Chicago, IL, that meets 

the definition of ‘‘unassociated funerary 

object’’ under 25 U.S.C. 3001. The 

cultural item was removed from the Gila 

National Forest, Catron 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 cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

The cultural item is a small San 

Francisco Red pottery jar. 

A detailed assessment of the cultural 

item was made by the U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila 

National Forest and the Field Museum 

of Natural History professional staff in 

consultation with the Hopi Tribe, 

Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; 

and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico. 

In 1954, the cultural item was 

removed from Valley View Pueblo in 

the Gila National Forest, Catron County, 

NM, during legally authorized 

excavations and collected by Dr. Paul S. 

Martin of the Field Museum of Natural 

History, Chicago, IL. In August 2005, the 

Field Museum of Natural History, 

Chicago, IL, found an unassociated 

funerary object among its collections 

that had been taken from Gila National 

Forest, Catron County, NM, by Dr. 

Martin. Unassociated funerary objects 

removed from Gila National Forest, 

Catron County, NM, were previously 

published in the Federal Register of 

June 1, 2005, FR Doc. 05–10805, page 

31510, and in a subsequently corrected 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate published 

in the Federal Register on August 3, 

2005, FR Doc. 05–15322, page 44687. 

Material culture, architecture, and site 

organization indicate that Valley View 

Pueblo is an Upland Mogollon site 

occupied between A.D. 550 and 1150. 

The territory of the Upland Mogollon 

stretched from south-central Arizona to 

south-central New Mexico. The Upland 

Mogollon territories are claimed, 

currently inhabited, or used by the Hopi 

Tribe, Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New 

Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico. Most 

archeological evidence linking Upland 

Mogollon to present-day Indian tribes 

relies on ceramics that suggest cultural 

connections between these groups. 

Present-day descendants of the Upland 

Mogollon are the Hopi Tribe, Arizona; 

Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; and 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico. Oral traditions preserved in the 

ethnographic literature and presented 

by representatives of the Hopi Tribe, 

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Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; 

and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico support cultural affiliation. 

Officials of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila 

National Forest have determined that, 

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

cultural item 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 and is 

believed, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, to have been removed from a 

specific burial site of an Native 

American individual. Officials of the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Gila National Forest have also 

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 object and the 

Hopi Tribe, Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, 

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 unassociated funerary 

object should contact Dr. Frank E. 

Wozniak, NAGPRA Coordinator, 

Southwestern Region, USDA Forest 

Service, 333 Broadway Blvd., SE, 

Albuquerque, NM 87102, telephone 

(505) 842–3238, before November 25, 

2005. Repatriation of the unassociated 

funerary object to the Hopi Tribe, 

Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; 

and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, Gila National Forest is 

responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe, 

Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; 

and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: September 12, 2005. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 05–21331 Filed 10–25–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Horner Collection, Oregon State 

University, Corvallis, OR 

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. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate cultural items in the 

possession of the Horner Collection, 

Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 

that meet the definition of 

‘‘unassociated funerary objects’’ under 

25 U.S.C. 3001. 

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 cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

The five cultural items are one drum, 

one drumstick, one Coho or shinny 

stick, one trinket basket, and one wallet 

basket. Three of the cultural items are 

part of the Dr. J.L. Hill collection. 

Horner Collection, Oregon State 

University professional staff consulted 

with representatives of the Confederated 

Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community 

of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the 

Siletz Reservation, Oregon; Karuk Tribe 

of California; Quinault Tribe of the 

Quinault Reservation, Washington; and 

Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater 

Bay Indian Reservation, Washington. 

The Museum of Oregon Country, 

Oregon Agricultural College acquired 

the collection from Dr. Hill’s son and 

daughter in 1925. The Museum of 

Oregon Country was renamed the John 

B. Horner Museum of the Oregon 

Country in 1936, and became commonly 

known as the Horner Museum. The 

Oregon Agricultural College was 

renamed the Oregon State College in 

1937, and became Oregon State 

University in 1962. In 1981, Dr. Hill’s 

heirs, Emily Hill Ward and her son, 

Fred Ward signed a gift agreement 

transferring ownership of Dr. Hill’s 

entire collection to the museum. The 

Horner Museum closed in 1995. 

Currently, cultural items from the 

Horner Museum are referred to as the 

Horner Collection, which is owned by, 

and in the possession of, Oregon State 

University. 

At an unknown date, one drum and 

drumstick were removed from the Siletz 

Reservation, OR, by Mr. C.S. Davis. In 

1921, Dr. J.L. Hill’s heirs loaned the 

drum and drumstick to the Museum of 

Oregon Country. It is believed that Mr. 

Davis had given the cultural items to Dr. 

Hill specifically to donate to the 

Museum of Oregon Country. In the 1981 

gift agreement, Dr. Hill’s heirs 

transferred ownership of Dr. Hill’s 

entire collection, including the drum 

and drumstick, to the Horner Collection, 

Oregon State University. 

The museum records for the drum 

and drumstick state that they were 

originally made by Moses Lane of the 

Siletz Reservation, OR. A cultural 

representative of the Confederated 

Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon 

has said that the drum and drumstick 

would have been used to enhance the 

spiritual development of the owner. 

Traditionally, the drum and drumstick 

would have been uniquely and solely 

connected to the owner and would have 

been buried with the owner. 

Furthermore, according to museum 

records, a note attached to the drum 

reads, ‘‘You will notice that the 

framework is hand made and cut out 

with crude tools. The cover is tanned 

horsehide. These drums are used at 

tribal ceremonies, dances, games etc. 

and are generally buried with the 

remains of the owner.’’

The Horner Collection, Oregon State 

University has no evidence the drum 

and drumstick were ever buried with 

Moses Lane or any other individual. 

However, museum records state that Dr. 

Hill was known to have collected 

human remains and cultural items from 

burials and mounds. Based on 

consultation and museum records, the 

Horner Collection, Oregon State 

University finds that the intent was to 

maintain the spiritual connection 

between owner and object through the 

burial of the cultural items with their 

owner and has therefore identified the 

cultural items as unassociated funerary 

objects. 

At an unknown date, one shinny or 

Coho stick was removed from an 

unknown location by Dr. Hill. In 1921, 

Dr. Hill’s heirs loaned the cultural item 

to the museum. In the 1981 gift 

agreement, Dr. Hill’s heirs, transferred 

ownership of Dr. Hill’s entire collection, 

including the shinny or Coho stick, to 

the Horner Collection, Oregon State 

University. 

According to museum records the 

shinny or Coho stick was created by 

Andrew Smith of the Siletz Reservation, 

OR. A cultural representative of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 

Reservation, Oregon has said that the 

shinny or Coho stick would have been 

used to enhance the spiritual 

development of the owner. Therefore, a 

shinny or Coho stick would have been 

uniquely and solely connected to the 

owner, and traditionally such items 

were buried with the owner. The Horner 

Collection, Oregon State University has 

no evidence that the shinny or Coho 

stick was ever buried with Andrew 

Smith or any other individual. However,