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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. 

This notice corrects a Notice of 

Inventory Completion published in the 

Federal Register (73 FR 47224, August 

13, 2008) with the addition of another 

individual and associated funerary 

objects, a repository that has possession 

of the additional set of Native American 

human remains and funerary objects, 

and also amends the determination of 

shared group relationships. Since 

publication of the notice, additional 

Native American human remains and 

associated funerary objects removed by 

Dr. William Laughlin from the Chaluka 

site at the Native Village of Nikolski 

were found to be in the possession of 

the University of Wisconsin Curation 

Facility collections. 

The notice published in the Federal 

Register (73 FR 47224, August 13, 2008) 

is corrected by substituting paragraphs 

3–10 with the following: 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Alaska State 

Office, Bureau of Land Management; 

Museum of the Aleutians; University of 

Wisconsin; and the Smithsonian 

Institution professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Native Village of Nikolski and Chaluka 

Corporation. 

Between 1950 and the 1980s, human 

remains representing a minimum of 213 

individuals were removed from various 

sites in the southwestern part of Umnak 

Island, located in the Fox Island group 

of the eastern Aleutian Islands, AK. 

These sites included the Chaluka site at 

the Native Village of Nikolski, Ogalodox 

site, Sandy Beach site, and other nearby 

smaller sites. The exact provenience for 

each individual cannot be determined. 

All of the human remains were probably 

removed at the direction of the late Dr. 

William Laughlin from Umnak Island as 

they were later found to be among his 

collections. No known individuals were 

identified. The 276 associated funerary 

objects include coffin pieces, cultural 

materials, fragmentary faunal remains, 

pebbles, rocks, fabric, buttons, and a 

snap/button. 

According to museum records, the 

213 sets of human remains were 

probably first sent to the University of 

Wisconsin, where one set is presently 

located. The other 212 sets of human 

remains were removed by Dr. William 

Laughlin to the University of 

Connecticut at an unknown date. From 

there, the 212 sets of human remains 

were shipped by Dr. Laughlin to the 

Museum of the Aleutians in 1998, 

where they are presently located. The 

276 associated funerary objects are all 

associated with the one set of human 

remains at the University of Wisconsin, 

and most are in a mixed and 

fragmentary state. 

During 1961–62, human remains 

representing a minimum of nine 

individuals were removed from the 

Chaluka site at the Native Village of 

Nikolski, on Umnak Island in the Fox 

Island group of the eastern Aleutian 

Islands, AK. These remains were also all 

probably removed at the direction of the 

late Dr. William Laughlin from Umnak 

Island as they were later found to be 

among his collections after his death. 

No known individuals were identified. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

The remains of the nine individuals 

were shipped to the University of 

Wisconsin for study by Dr. William 

Laughlin, and remained there after his 

death. In 2006, the Bureau of Land 

Management sent the remains to the 

Smithsonian Institution to be 

inventoried, where they are presently 

located. 

Umnak Island has been inhabited for 

over 8,000 years by Aleut (Unangan) 

people. Based on geographical location, 

oral history, and archeological evidence, 

the human remains from this island are 

of Aleut (Unangan) origin. The Aleut 

(Unangan) are ancestors of inhabitants 

of the Native Village of Nikolski and 

Chaluka Corporation, the current and 

only Indian tribe and Corporation on 

Umnak Island, AK. 

Officials of the Bureau of Land 

Management have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of a 

minimum of 222 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Bureau of Land Management have also 

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

3001 (3)(A), the 276 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 Bureau 

of Land Management 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 Native Village of Nikolski and 

Chaluka Corporation located on Umnak 

Island, AK. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Dr. Robert E. King, Alaska State 

NAGPRA Coordinator, Bureau of Land 

Management, 222 W. 7th Avenue, #13, 

Anchorage, AK 99513–7599, telephone 

(907) 271–5510, before June 3, 2010. 

Repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the Native 

Village of Nikolski and Chaluka 

Corporation may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The Bureau of Land Management is 

responsible for notifying the Native 

Village of Nikolski and the Chaluka 

Corporation that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: April 14, 2010. 

David Tarler, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10383 Filed 5–3–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management, Grand Junction 

Field Office, Grand Junction, CO and 

Mesa State College, Grand Junction, 

CO 

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 joint control of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management, Grand Junction 

Field Office, Grand Junction, CO, and 

Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO. 

The human remains were removed from 

Mesa County, CO. 

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 Bureau of Land 

Management, Grand Junction Field 

Office and Mesa State College 

professional staff, in consultation with 

representatives of the Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New 

Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Navajo Nation, Arizona, 

New Mexico & Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, 

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New Mexico; Paiute Indian Tribe of 

Utah; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New 

Mexico; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of 

the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho; 

Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; 

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & 

South Dakota; Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; and 

Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 

Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & 

Utah. 

On an unknown date in the 1970s, 

human remains representing two 

individuals were removed from an 

unknown location near Grand Mesa, in 

Mesa County, CO. On April 1, 2009, the 

human remains were discovered in the 

Geology Department of Mesa State 

College by college staff, and were 

reported to the Ute Tribe of the Uintah 

& Ouray Reservation, and subsequently 

to the Bureau of Land Management. 

Based on investigations into their origin 

and placement at Mesa State College, 

most likely these remains were 

unofficially removed in the 1970s from 

public lands near Grand Mesa, CO, by 

Mesa State College students who were 

hiking in the area. The students brought 

the remains to Mesa State College, 

where they were studied and later 

stored in the Geology Department. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Although the description of the 

original site location is not specific 

enough to determine land ownership 

status, most of the land in the general 

region was Federal land administered 

by the Bureau of Land Management at 

the time the remains were removed. 

Therefore, the Bureau of Land 

Management assumes control of the 

human remains for the purposes of 

NAGPRA compliance. Because 

provenience is limited to a regional 

area, and the remains were collected by 

Mesa State College students and stored 

by Mesa State College, the college has 

shared control with the Bureau of Land 

Management. After their discovery in 

the college’s Geology Department, the 

remains were transported by Bureau of 

Land Management staff to the Museum 

of Western Colorado for secure storage 

pending repatriation. 

The human remains consist of two 

adult individuals of considerable 

antiquity, and are likely Native 

Americans. Their reported burial within 

rock crevices correlates with Native 

American burial practices, particularly 

those of the Ute culture. Furthermore, 

the original location of the human 

remains lies within traditional Ute 

lands, and within proximity to Ute sites 

and historic trails. 

Officials of the Bureau of Land 

Management and Mesa State College 

have determined that, pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 3001 (9)-(10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Bureau of Land Management and Mesa 

State College 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 Native American human remains 

and the Ute Tribes - Southern Ute 

Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute 

Reservation, Colorado; Ute Mountain 

Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, 

Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; and, in 

particular, the Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dan Haas, State 

Archaeologist, Bureau of Land 

Management, Colorado State Office, 

2850 Youngfield St., Lakewood, CO 

80215–7076, telephone (303) 239–3647, 

before June 3, 2010. Repatriation of the 

human remains to the Ute Indian Tribe 

of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, 

Utah, may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Bureau of Land Management is 

responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe 

of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, 

New Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Navajo Nation, Arizona, 

New Mexico & Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, 

New Mexico; Paiute Indian Tribe of 

Utah; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New 

Mexico; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of 

the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho; 

Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; 

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & 

South Dakota; Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; and 

Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 

Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & 

Utah, that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: April 16, 2010. 

David Tarler, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10381 Filed 5–3–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Wisconsin Historical Society, Museum 

Division, Madison, WI 

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 

Wisconsin Historical Society, Museum 

Division (aka State Historical Society of 

Wisconsin), Madison, WI. The human 

remains were removed from the Bell 

Site, Winnebago County, WI. 

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 

was made by the Wisconsin Historical 

Museum professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in 

Iowa. 

In 1959, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from a grave at the Bell Site, 

47–Wn–0009, in Winnebago County, 

WI, during archeological excavations. 

The excavations were conducted by the 

Wisconsin Historical Society, the 

Wisconsin Archaeological Survey, and 

the Oshkosh Public Museum, all under 

the supervision of Warren Wittry. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

According to historical and 

archeological records, the Bell Site is 

the location of the historic Grand 

Village of the Meskwaki Nation, dating 

from approximately A.D. 1680 to 1730. 

Officials at the Wisconsin Historical 

Museum have determined that the 

human remains described above can be 

directly associated with the Sac & Fox 

Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, as the 

majority of the Meskwaki Nation resides 

in Iowa. 

Officials of the Wisconsin Historical 

Society have determined that, pursuant 

to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Wisconsin Historical Society also have 

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