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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Colorado Museum, 

Boulder, 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 possession of the 

University of Colorado Museum, 

Boulder, CO. The human remains were 

removed from Montezuma 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 University of 

Colorado Museum professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; 

Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; 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, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from Yellow 

Jacket, Montezuma County, CO, by an 

unknown individual. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Between 1954 and 1990, Dr. Joe Ben 

Wheat and students participating in 

University of Colorado Museum 

sponsored archeological field schools 

worked near the Yellow Jacket Pueblo 

ruin. During that time, human remains 

representing several hundred 

individuals were removed from three 

sites near Yellow Jacket Pueblo (5MT1, 

5MT2, and 5MT3), Montezuma County, 

CO, during legally conducted 

excavations, as described in the Federal 

Register (71 FR 53470–53473, 

September 11, 2006). Also during that 

time, a local land owner made a 

donation to the museum of human 

remains representing one Ute individual 

excavated from private land at the edge 

of Yellow Jacket Canyon, as described in 

the Federal Register (72 FR 36030– 

36031, July 2, 2007). In February 2009, 

the human remains described in this 

notice were found in the museum. 

Based on the biological evidence, the 

human remains are Native American. 

Officials of the University of Colorado 

Museum reasonably believe the human 

remains are Ute based on the biological 

and geographical evidence. Historical 

accounts located the bands that are now 

Federally-recognized as the Ute 

Mountain Tribe and the Southern Ute 

Indian Tribe in an area stretching from 

southwestern to south central Colorado, 

and from there to northwestern New 

Mexico. Historical accounts placed the 

other Ute bands that are now the Ute 

Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 

Reservation in an area between the 

Gunnison River in Colorado and the 

Uintah Basin in Utah (A.D. 1800). The 

‘‘Indian Land Areas Judicially 

Established 1978 Map,’’ indicates a legal 

claim to land in southwestern Colorado 

based upon historic use by the Ute and 

Navajo tribes. In the last 250 years, the 

presence of the Ute tribes in the area of 

western Colorado has been historically 

documented by both Spanish and U.S. 

records. The present northern boundary 

of the Ute Mountain Reservation is only 

12 miles south of the burial site. 

Officials of the University of Colorado 

Museum 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 University of Colorado 

Museum 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 Southern Ute Indian Tribe of 

the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; 

Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 

Reservation, Utah; and Ute Mountain 

Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, 

Colorado, New Mexico & Utah. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Steve Lekson, Curator of 

Anthropology, University of Colorado 

Museum, Henderson Building, Campus 

Box 218, Boulder, CO 80309–0218, 

telephone (303) 492–6671, before June 

14, 2010. Repatriation of the human 

remains to the Southern Ute Indian 

Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, 

Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah 

& Ouray Reservation, Utah; and Ute 

Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 

Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & 

Utah may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The University of Colorado Museum 

is responsible for notifying the Pueblo of 

Acoma, New Mexico; Southern Ute 

Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute 

Reservation, Colorado; 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: May 5, 2010. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11455 Filed 5–12–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–70–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of Defense, Army Corps of 

Engineers, Walla Walla District, Walla 

Walla, WA and Museum of 

Anthropology, Washington State 

University, Pullman, WA 

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 control of the U.S. Department of 

Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, 

Walla Walla District, Walla Walla, WA, 

and in the physical custody of the 

Museum of Anthropology, Washington 

State University, Pullman, WA. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from site 45FR50, 

Marmes Rockshelter, Franklin County, 

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 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 U.S. 

Department of Defense, Army Corps of 

Engineers professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; 

and the Wanapum Band, a nonFederally recognized Indian group. 


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Between 1962 and 1968, human 

remains were removed from site 

45FR50, Marmes Rockshelter, in 

Franklin County, WA, by Washington 

State University, first under contract 

with the National Park Service and then 

under contract with the Army Corps of 

Engineers. The earliest excavations 

(1962–1964) focused on the area within 

the rockshelter proper with specific 

emphasis placed on the excavation of 

human remains features within that 

area. From 1965 to 1968, efforts focused 

on excavation of the floodplain and the 

remaining areas within the rockshelter, 

including a cremation hearth. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects from the earliest 

excavations were designated as Burials 

1 to 12, Burials 14 to 22, Small 

Unnumbered Cast, Rice Burial 05, MCX 

1, Feature 64–6, and non-cremation 

rockshelter remains. No known 

individuals were identified. These 

human remains totaled a minimum of 

45 individuals and 2,047 associated 

funerary objects (2,020 counted items 

and 27 lots of items), which were 

described in a Notice of Inventory 

Completion in the Federal Register (70 

FR 42100–42102, August 20, 2009), and 

repatriated to the claimant tribes in 

September 2009. 

Human remains from the cremation 

hearth were originally recorded as 

Burial 23 and the human remains from 

the floodplain were originally recorded 

as Marmes I, II, III, and IV. Army Corps 

of Engineers professional staff have 

determined that human remains 

representing a minimum of eight 

individuals were excavated from the 

cremation hearth area (to include all 

remains designated as Burial 23 and/or 

within the boundaries of the defined 

cremation hearth provenience), and that 

human remains representing a 

minimum of four individuals were 

excavated from the floodplain (to 

include all remains designated as 

Marmes I to IV and/or from a floodplain 

provenience). No known individuals 

were identified. The associated funerary 

objects from the cremation area total 

1,581 counted items and 78 lots or 

samples of weighed items (98,125 

grams). The 1,581 counted items are 78 

faunal bone fragments, 1,326 pieces of 

mammal bone, 9 fish bones, 5 pieces of 

bird bone, 114 pieces of charcoal, 5 

olivella shell beads, 43 basalt and 

cryptocrystalline/chert tools, and 1 

piece of fire cracked rock. The 78 lots 

or samples are 43 weighed lots of 

mammal bone (2,564 grams), 2 lots 

weighed fish bone (0.003 grams), 2 bags 

with ash residue (15,150 grams), and 31 

charcoal samples (80,411 grams). The 26 

associated funerary objects from the 

floodplain area are 23 animal bone 

fragments and 3 bone rods. 

In addition to the human remains 

removed from the cremation hearth and 

floodplain, a total of 513 counted 

human fragments and 1 small bag of 

human bone fragments are located in 

the Washington University 45FR50 

archeological collections for which 

there is no specific burial or 

provenience information; therefore, 

these materials have been designated 

unprovenienced remains. The Army 

Corps of Engineers has determined that 

the unprovenienced human remains 

originated from the individuals 

described in the Notice of Inventory 

Completion published on August 20, 

2009, or are those within the cremation 

hearth and from the floodplain 

described in this Notice. Therefore, 

these human bone fragments do not 

increase the minimum number of 

individuals in the August 20, 2009, 

Notice nor those recorded as cremation 

or floodplain in this Notice. Also in the 

Washington University 45FR50 

archeological collections are 39 

associated funerary objects found 

directly with these human remains. The 

39 associated funerary objects are 

animal bone fragments. 

The human remains from the 

cremation hearth, the floodplain, and 

the undesignated remains were 

determined to be Native American 

because of the physical traits exhibited 

by the remains and the cultural items 

found with them, which are similar both 

to the materials found in other areas of 

the site from which Native American 

human remains were identified and to 

materials from archeological collections 

and in context with Native American 

burials and cremations in southeastern 

Washington. The archeological 

materials at site 45FR50 have been 

variously classified into chronological 

and cultural phases, and include the 

Windust Phase (+11,000–8000 BP), 

Cascade Phase (8000–4500 BP), 

Tucannon Phase (4500–2500 BP), and 

Harder Phase (2500–500 BP). The 

floodplain and cremation remains date 

from the earliest period, or the Windust 

Phase. The majority of the human 

remains from the rockshelter described 

in the Notice of August 20, 2009, date 

to the later phases, beginning with the 

Cascade. 

Archeological evidence provides the 

most direct line of evidence supporting 

affiliation between an earlier group and 

a present-day Indian tribe. The evidence 

found at site 45FR50, and in nearby 

archeological sites, supports a nearly 

continuous occupation of this region of 

the Columbia Plateau beginning as far 

back as 11,500 years. The archeological 

assemblage of site 45FR50 represents a 

long sequence of cultural occupation. 

Archeological and geological 

connections at the site can be drawn 

both horizontally across the site, from 

the rockshelter to the floodplain and 

across the floodplain, and also 

vertically, from the earlier deposits to 

the later deposits. Cultural continuity 

from the earliest to latest occupations 

within the site can be traced through the 

changes in the use of subsistence 

resources (marine and other) and the 

gradual changes in lithic assemblages. 

Geographical and anthropological 

lines of evidence support the 

archeological evidence of earlier group 

habitation in the same geographic 

location as the historic groups. 

Anthropologically, evidence for 

continuity includes the presence of red 

ochre and olivella shells in the earliest 

Windust deposits, continuing into later 

deposits and found in the later burials. 

An articulated owl foot artifact was 

recovered from the Windust Phase in 

the floodplain, and the importance of 

the owl in southern Plateau Native 

American culture is well-documented. 

Oral tradition evidence provided by 

tribal elders indicates a large Palus 

village, which had been inhabited by 

tribal ancestors from time immemorial, 

was once located near the Marmes 

Rockshelter. According to tribal elders, 

their ancestors were mobile and traveled 

the landscape to gather resources, as 

well as to trade. 

Ethnographic documentation 

indicates that the present-day location 

of the Marmes Rockshelter in Franklin 

County, WA, is within the territory 

occupied historically by the Palus 

(Palouse) Indians. During the historic 

period, the Palouse people settled along 

the Snake River; relied on fish, game, 

and root resources for subsistence; 

shared their resource areas and 

maintained extensive kinship 

connections with other groups in the 

area; and had limited political 

integration until the adoption of the 

horse (Walker 1998). These 

characteristics are common to the 

greater Plateau cultural communities 

surrounding the Palouse territory 

including the Nez Perce, Cayuse, Walla 

Walla, Yakama, and Wanapum groups. 

Moreover, information provided during 

consultation by representatives of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; 

and the Wanapum Band, a nonFederally recognized Indian group, 

substantiate shared past and present 


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traditional lifeways that bind the 

aforementioned Indian tribes and the 

Wanapum Band to common ancestors. 

The descendants of these Plateau 

communities of southeastern 

Washington are now widely dispersed 

and are members of the Confederated 

Tribes of the Colville Reservation, 

Washington; Confederated Tribes of the 

Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; Nez Perce 

Tribe, Idaho; and the Wanapum Band, a 

non-Federally recognized Indian group. 

Officials of the U.S. Department of 

Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, 

Walla Walla District, have determined 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of 12 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the U.S. 

Department of Defense, Army Corps of 

Engineers, Walla Walla District, also 

have determined that, pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 1,724 objects, 

which are 1,646 individual objects and 

98,125 grams of material in 78 lots or 

samples, 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. Furthermore, officials 

of the U.S. Department of Defense, 

Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla 

District, 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 of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; and Nez Perce Tribe, 

Idaho. Lastly, officials of the U.S. 

Department of Defense, Army Corps of 

Engineers, Walla Walla District, have 

determined that there is a cultural 

relationship between the Native 

American human remains and 

associated funerary objects and the 

Wanapum Band, a non-Federally 

recognized Indian group. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and/ 

or associated funerary objects should 

contact LTC Michael Farrell, U.S. 

Department of Defense, Army Corps of 

Engineers, Walla Walla District, 201 

North Third Ave., Walla Walla, WA 

99362–1876, telephone (509) 527–7700, 

before June 14, 2010. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Confederated Tribes of the 

Colville Reservation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation, Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; and Nez 

Perce Tribe, Idaho, may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. The U.S. Department of 

Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, 

Walla Walla District recognizes the 

participation of the Wanapum Band, a 

non-Federally recognized Indian group, 

during the transfer of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

to the Indian tribes. 

The U.S. Department of Defense, 

Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla 

District, is responsible for notifying the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; 

and the Wanapum Band, a nonFederally recognized Indian group, that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: May 4, 2010. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLWO2600000 L10600000 XQ0000] 

Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board; 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) announces that the 

Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board 

(Board) will be conducting a public 

workshop and meeting on the BLM’s 

management of wild horses and burros. 

This will be a two day event. Monday, 

June 14, 2010, will be devoted to 

providing the public with a unique 

opportunity to provide input and 

feedback on the Secretary’s Initiative. 

Tuesday, June 15, 2010, the Board will 

reconvene for a regular meeting. 

DATES: The Advisory Board will host a 

public workshop on Monday, June 14, 

2010, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and conduct 

its regular meeting on Tuesday, June 15, 

2010 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., local time. 

ADDRESSES: This Public Workshop and 

Advisory Board meeting will take place 

in Denver, Colorado at the Magnolia 

Hotel, 818 17th Street, Denver, 

Colorado, 80202. Their phone number 

for reservations is 303–607–9000. 

Written comments pertaining to the 

June 15, 2010 Advisory Board meeting 

can be sent to the Bureau of Land 

Management electronically by accessing 

the Wild Horse and Burro Web site at: 

http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/ 

wild_horse_and_burro/ 

wh_b_contact_us/ 

enhanced_feedback_form.html). Or 

comments can be mailed to the National 

Wild Horse and Burro Program, WO– 

260, Attention: Ramona DeLorme, 1340 

Financial Boulevard, Reno, Nevada, 

89502–7147. Written comments 

pertaining to the Advisory Board 

meeting should be submitted no later 

than close of business June 7, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ramona DeLorme, Wild Horse and 

Burro Administrative Assistant, at 775– 

861–6583. Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may reach Ms. DeLorme at any 

time by calling the Federal Information 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Under the authority of 43 CFR part 

1784, the Wild Horse and Burro 

Advisory Board advises the Secretary of 

the Interior, the Director of the BLM, the 

Secretary of Agriculture, and the Chief 

of the Forest Service, on matters 

pertaining to management and 

protection of wild, free-roaming horses 

and burros on the Nation’s public lands. 

The tentative agenda for the two day 

event is: 

I. Advisory Board Public Workshop 

Monday, June 14, 2010 (8 a.m.–4 p.m.) 

8 a.m.—Open Workshop & Introduce 

Board Members 

8:15 a.m.—Meeting Format and 

Guidelines 

8:30 a.m.—Introduction of Secretary’s 

Initiative 

Break—(8:50 a.m.–9 a.m.) 

9 a.m.—Treasured Herds 

Break—(9:50 a.m.–10:10 a.m.) 

10:10 a.m.—Preserves 

Break—(9:50 a.m.–11:15 a.m.) 

11:15 a.m.—Sustainable Herds 

Lunch—(12:05 p.m.–1:30 p.m.) 

1:30 p.m.—Adoptions 

Break—(2:20 p.m.–2:45 p.m.) 

2:45 p.m.—Animal Welfare 

3:35 p.m.—Process-Related Feedback 

4 p.m.—Adjourn 

II. Public Meeting 

Tuesday, June 15, 2010 (8 a.m.–5 p.m.) 

8 a.m.—Call to Order & Introductions 

8:15 a.m.—Old Business 

Approval of December 7, 2009 

Minutes 


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