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Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: July 14, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E8–19323 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Arkansas Highway and Transportation 

Department, Little Rock, AR 

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 Arkansas 

Highway and Transportation 

Department, Little Rock, AR. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from Poinsett 

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 the Arkansas 

Highway and Transportation 

Department professional staff with 

assistance from the University of 

Missouri in Columbia, MO, and in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma. 

In 1988, human remains representing 

a minimum of 15 individuals were 

removed from the Priestly site (3PO490) 

in Poinsett County, AR, by the Center 

for Archaeological Research, Southwest 

Missouri State University, Springfield, 

MO. The human remains were sent to 

the University of Missouri, Columbia for 

analysis and curation. The human 

remains were transferred to the 

Arkansas Highway and Transportation 

in June 2004. No known individuals 

were identified. The 46 associated 

funerary objects are 2 Lander points, 1 

Gary point, 42 plain shell-tempered 

body sherds, and 1 plain shell-tempered 

sherd from the rim of a bowl. 

Archeological evidence indicates the 

human remains are Native American 

and are considered to be from an 

Emergent Mississippian culture. Judging 

from the context and radio-carbon dates 

obtained from various features at the 

site, the main component at the site and 

the human remains are thought to date 

between A.D. 750 to 1100. 

Oral history evidence presented by 

representatives of the Quapaw Tribe of 

Indians, Oklahoma indicates that the 

region has long been included in the 

traditional and hunting territory of the 

Quapaw. French colonial records from 

the 1700s also indicate that at that time, 

the Quapaw were the only Native 

American group present in the St. 

Frances River valley where the Priestly 

site is located. Based on geographical 

location, historical documents, and oral 

history, the human remains are most 

likely associated with the Quapaw Tribe 

of Indians, Oklahoma. 

Officials of the Arkansas Highway and 

Transportation have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of at 

least 15 individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Arkansas 

Highway and Transportation also have 

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

3001 (3)(A), the 46 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 

Arkansas Highway and Transportation 

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 

Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Diana Wilks, Arkansas Highway 

and Transportation Department, P.O. 

Box 2261, Little Rock, AR 72203, 

telephone (501) 569–2038, before 

September 22, 2008. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Quapaw Tribe of Indians, 

Oklahoma may proceed after that date if 

no additional claimants come forward. 

Arkansas Highway and 

Transportation Department is 

responsible for notifying the Quapaw 

Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: July 28, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E8–19314 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

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. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains in the Horner Collection, 

Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. 

The human remains were removed from 

an unknown location in Hawai‘i. 

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 Horner Collection, 

Oregon State University professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Office of 

Hawaiian Affairs, Hawai‘i. The Alapa ‘I 

Hanapi, Hawai‘i Island Burial Council, 

Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai‘i 

Nei, Kauai/Niihau Island Burial 

Council, Maui/Lanai Island Burial 

Council, Molokai Island Burial Council, 

O’ahu Burial Committee, and Van Horn 

Diamond ‘Ohana were notified, but did 

not participate in consultations 

concerning the human remains. 

At an unknown time by an unknown 

donor, human remains representing a 

minimum of one individual were 

accessioned into the Horner Collection. 

This skull came into the Horner 

Collection at an unknown time, but is 

accounted for in an inventory report of 

the Oregon State University’s Osteology 

Collection, located in the Anthropology 

Department, in 1976. Notations taken at 

the time identify the skull as ‘‘Hawaii.’’

No additional information on 

provenience is available. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Osteologist professionals of the 

Anthropology Department at Oregon 

State University have determined that 

the skull is possibly of Native Hawaiian 

ancestry. 

Officials of the Horner Collection, 

Oregon State University have 

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

3001 (9–10), the human remains 

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described above represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

Hawaiian ancestry. Officials of the 

Horner Collection, Oregon State 

University 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 Hawaiian human remains 

and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe or Native Hawaiian Organization 

that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Sabah Randhawa, 

Executive Vice President and Provost, 

President’s Office, Oregon State 

University, 600 Kerr Administration 

Building, Corvallis, OR 97331, 

telephone (541) 737–8260, before 

September 22, 2008. Repatriation of the 

human remains to the Office of 

Hawaiian Affairs may proceed after that 

date if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

Horner Collection, Oregon State 

University is responsible for notifying 

the Alapa ‘I Hanapi, Hawai‘i Island 

Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na 

Kupuna O Hawai‘i Nei, Kauai/Niihau 

Island Burial Council, Maui/Lanai 

Island Burial Council, Molokai Island 

Burial Council, O’ahu Burial 

Committee, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 

and Van Horn Diamond ‘Ohana that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: July 14, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E8–19310 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

McWane Science Center, Birmingham, 

AL 

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 McWane 

Science Center, Birmingham, AL. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from Yell 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 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 McWane 

Science Center’s professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma. 

In the early 1900s, human remain 

representing the minimum of one 

individual were removed from the 

Carden Bottoms site (3YE14) in Yell 

County, AR. Sometime between 1979 

and 1985, G.E. Pilquist, a collector from 

Dardanelle, AR, donated the human 

remains to the Red Mountain Museum, 

Birmingham, AL. In 1994, the Red 

Mountain Museum merged with the 

Discovery Place under the name 

Discovery 2000 Inc., and now operates 

as McWane Science Center. No known 

individual was identified. The five 

associated funerary objects are three 

stone beads, one small copper bracelet, 

and one metal cone. 

Museum records state that the human 

remains were recovered from a grave. 

Diagnostic artifacts indicate that the 

human remains were probably buried 

after European contact. Physical 

examination reveals the skeletal remains 

to be those of a child, and burial context 

associates the human remains with 

Native American populations. 

Archeological evidence indicates a 

continuity of the site from A.D. 1350 

into the early historic period. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects may be a late component of the 

Carden Bottoms complex, common 

along the Lower Arkansas River, 

including Yell County. The Quapaw 

Tribe dominated that area when 

sustained European occupation of the 

lower Arkansas River began in the mid 

to late 1600s. In 1818, the Quapaw 

ceded the area south of the Arkansas 

River, including what is now Yell 

County, to the United States. Based on 

the geographic evidence and the date 

attributed to the human remains, the 

human remains are most likely 

culturally affiliated to the Quapaw Tribe 

of Indians, Oklahoma. In addition, the 

Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma has 

previously repatriated human remains 

from the Carden Bottoms site (3YE14). 

Unassociated funerary objects removed 

from the Carden Bottoms site are 

described in an accompanying Notice of 

Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items. 

Officials of McWane Science Center 

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 McWane 

Science Center also have determined 

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

the five 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 and are 

believed, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, to have been removed from a 

specific burial site of a Native American 

individual. Lastly, officials of McWane 

Science Center 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 

Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Jun Ebersole, Collections 

Manager, McWane Science Center, 200 

19th St. N, Birmingham, AL 35203, 

telephone (205) 714–8347, before 

September 22, 2008. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Quapaw Tribe of Indians, 

Oklahoma may proceed after that date if 

no additional claimants come forward. 

The McWane Science Center is 

responsible for notifying the Quapaw 

Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: July 14, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E8–19320 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Museum of Anthropology, Washington 

State University, Pullman, WA; 

Correction 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

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 Museum of 

Anthropology, Washington State 

University, Pullman, WA. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Grays Harbor 

County, WA. 

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