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

human remain described above 

represents the physical remain of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

Officials of the Department of 

Anthropology at St. Lawrence 

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 American human remain and 

the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, New 

York. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remain should 

contact Dr. Richard A. Gonzalez, 

Department of Anthropology, St. 

Lawrence University, Canton, NY 

13617, telephone (315) 229–5745, before 

September 29, 2008. Repatriation of the 

human remain to the Saint Regis 

Mohawk Tribe, New York may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

St. Lawrence University is responsible 

for notifying the Saint Regis Mohawk 

Tribe, New York that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: July 31, 2008. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E8–20111 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Wyoming, Anthropology 

Department, Human Remains 

Repository, Laramie, WY 

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 and control of the 

University of Wyoming Anthropology 

Department Human Remains Repository 

in Laramie, WY. The human remains 

and associated funerary objects were 

removed from Goshen County, WY. 

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 University of 

Wyoming Anthropology Department 

Human Remains Repository 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Rosebud Sioux 

Tribe of the Rosebud Indian 

Reservation, South Dakota. 

In 1977, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

removed from near the old Bordeaux 

Trading Post in Goshen County, WY, by 

personnel from Fort Laramie, Goshen 

County Sheriff’s Office, and Goshen 

County Coroner, after the burial location 

had been disturbed by earth leveling 

activities associated with farming. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

four associated funerary objects are one 

set of glass trade beads, one brass 

button, one set of cloth fragments, and 

one set of wooden coffin fragments. 

The remains are a partial skeleton of 

a female of probable mixed Native 

American/Euroamerican parentage. 

Some features on the cranium and 

mandible suggest that the individual has 

both Euroamerican and Native 

American aspects in her parentage. The 

cranial cap is partially mummified and 

a stripe of red ocher or vermillion had 

been painted down the center of the top 

of the head, approximately at the part of 

the hair. The woman was apparently 

pregnant or had just delivered a child at 

the time of her death. The child interred 

with her is also likely of mixed 

parentage and was likely a newborn 

infant. 

Historic background research and 

ethnographic inquiries indicates that the 

human remains are most likely related 

to the Sioux groups that were known to 

have intermarried with the Bordeaux 

family and their employees at the old 

Bordeaux Trading Post a few miles 

below Fort Laramie near the North 

Platte River. The Bordeaux name is still 

carried by members of the Rosebud 

Sioux Tribe and tribal representatives 

identified specific bands of the Rosebud 

Sioux Tribe that had married Bordeaux 

Trading Post employees. Tribal 

evidence presented for cultural 

affiliation is based on review of records 

afforded to the tribe, contact with the 

Bordeaux family, and review of the 

information from the Human Remains 

Repository. 

Officials of the University of 

Wyoming, Anthropology Department, 

Human Remains Repository 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 

University of Wyoming, Anthropology 

Department, Human Remains 

Repository also have determined that, 

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

four 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 University of Wyoming, 

Anthropology Department, Human 

Remains Repository 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 Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the 

Rosebud Indian Reservation, South 

Dakota. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Rick L. Weathermon, NAGPRA 

Contact at the University of Wyoming 

Department 3431, Anthropology, 1000 

E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071, 

telephone (307) 766–5136, before 

September 29, 2008. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of 

the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South 

Dakota may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

University of Wyoming Anthropology 

Department Human Remains Repository 

is responsible for notifying the Rosebud 

Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian 

Reservation, South Dakota that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: July 29, 2008. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

San Luis Low Point Improvement 

Project, California 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent (NOI) to prepare 

an environmental impact statement/ 

environmental impact report (EIS/EIR) 

and notice of public scoping meetings. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act and the 

California Environmental Quality Act, 

the Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation) and the Santa Clara 

Valley Water District, in coordination 

with the San Luis and Delta Mendota 

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