Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 157 / Wednesday, August 13, 2008 / Notices 47237 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

objects should contact Dr. Nina Lerman, 

Northwest Museum, Whitman College, 

345 Boyer Ave, Walla Walla, WA 99362, 

telephone (509) 527- 5798, before 

September 12, 2008. Repatriation of the 

unassociated funerary objects to the 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation, Oregon may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

Northwest Museum is responsible for 

notifying the Confederated Tribes of the 

Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: July 14, 2008. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E8–18677 Filed 8–12–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Hastings Museum of Natural and 

Cultural History, Hastings, NE 

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 Hastings 

Museum of Natural and Cultural History 

(Hastings Museum), Hastings, NE. The 

human remains were removed from 

Stanley Mound, also known as Parkin 

site (3CS29), Cross County, AR. 

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 Hastings Museum 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Quapaw Tribe of 

Indians, Oklahoma. 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from Stanley 

Mound in Cross County, AR. The 

human remains were donated to the 

Hastings Museum by an unknown donor 

and cataloged into the collection 

between 1926 and 1931. No known 

individual was identified. Museum 

records state that three pottery vessels 

were found with the human remains, 

but they were not accessioned into the 

collection. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The human remains are of Native 

American descent. Dental attrition is 

consistent with an individual from the 

Mississippian period. Research 

provided by the Quapaw Tribe of 

Indians, Oklahoma, conducted through 

the Arkansas Archeological Survey, 

indicate that Stanley Mound is also 

known as the Parkin site (3CS29). The 

Parkin site was first excavated in 1879 

and sits on land once owned by John 

Stanley (for which the mound was 

named). The site is one of the best 

preserved villages from the 

Mississippian period. 

The Parkin site is a fortified village 

located on the St. Francis River in 

northeastern Arkansas. The site consists 

of several mounds, and plazas 

surrounded by rows of houses. The site 

has yielded thousands of artifacts, 

including potsherds and complete grave 

pottery. Although the pottery was not 

accessioned into the Hastings Museum 

collection, the records show that they 

are consistent with other funerary 

objects found at the Parkin site. 

Researchers suggest that the Parkin site 

represents a late Mississippian 

chiefdom to the early Protohistoric 

Period, an era spanning from A.D. 1350 

to 1600. The site is believed to be the 

village of Casqui, which was visited by 

Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. 

French documents dating to circa A.D. 

1700, indicate that the Quapaw were the 

only people to have villages along the 

St. Francis River in eastern Arkansas. 

Quapaw oral tradition supports this 

documentation. 

Officials of the Hastings Museum 

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 

Hastings 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 Quapaw Tribe of 

Indians, Oklahoma. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Teresa Kreutzer-Hodson, 

Hastings Museum of Natural and 

Cultural History, PO Box 11286, 

Hastings, NE 68902, telephone (402) 

461–2399, before September 12, 2008. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

the Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Hastings Museum is responsible 

for notifying the Quapaw Tribe of 

Indians, Oklahoma that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: July 22, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E8–18674 Filed 8–12–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology, University of California, 

Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service. 

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 Phoebe A. Hearst 

Museum of Anthropology, University of 

California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from San Louis 

Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura 

Counties, 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 and 

associated funerary objects. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

An assessment of the human remains, 

catalogue records, and relevant 

associated documents was made by the 

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission 

Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, 

California. 

In 1928, human remains representing 

a minimum of 22 individuals (10 

catalogue records) were removed from 

CA-SBa–1, also known as Olson’s Site 6, 

a site located on the north bank of 

Rincon Creek at Rincon Point, 

approximately three miles southeast of 

Carpinteria in Santa Barbara County, 

CA, by Ronald L. Olson. The human 

remains and archeological materials 

were accessioned into the Phoebe A. 


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