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was found. The human remains were 

transferred to the University of Idaho 

before being repatriated to the Lummi 

Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington on June 26, 1991. The four 

funerary objects were transferred to the 

Burke Museum and accessioned by the 

National Park Service. The four 

unassociated funerary objects are one 

portion of a non-human mammalian 

limb bone, one basalt shatter fragment, 

one triangular basalt point fragment, 

and one ground abrader fragment. 

The 1972 excavation recovered 32 

objects that were associated with three 

burials. The human remains were 

transferred to the University of Idaho 

and subsequently repatriated to the 

Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington on June 26, 1991. The 

funerary objects were transferred to the 

Burke Museum and accessioned by the 

National Park Service. The 32 

unassociated funerary objects are 2 fish 

vertebrae, 1 antler tine fragment, 1 fused 

bird wing bone, 24 fragments of nonhuman bone, 2 pieces of fire modified 

rock, 1 basalt shatter fragment, and 1 

point fragment. 

Arden King’s analysis of archeological 

data from Cattle Point resulted in the 

identification of three prehistoric 

phases, with the most recent 

representing a maritime adaptation that 

is ancestral to historic native 

populations in the United States and 

Canada. Archeological research and 

analysis indicates continuous habitation 

of San Juan Island, including the two 

sites mentioned here, from 

approximately 2,000 years ago through 

the mid–19th century. Anthropologist 

Wayne Suttles has identified the 

occupants of San Juan Island as 

Northern Straits language speakers, a 

linguistic subset of a larger Central 

Coast Salish population, who were 

ancestors of the Lummi Tribe of the 

Lummi Reservation, Washington. 

Furthermore, Suttles’ anthropological 

research in the late 1940s confirmed 

that the Lummi primarily occupied San 

Juan Island and other nearby islands in 

the European contact period and during 

the early history of the Lummi 

Reservation that was established on the 

mainland in 1855, through Article II of 

the Treaty of Point Elliott. San Juan 

Island is within the aboriginal territory 

of the Lummi Tribe of the Lummi 

Reservation, Washington. Lummi oral 

tradition, history and anthropological 

data clearly associate the Lummi with 

San Juan Island. 

The Samish Indian Tribe, Washington 

is most closely associated with the 

Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington linguistically and 

culturally, and the Samish regard San 

Juan Island to be within the usual and 

accustomed territory shared by both 

tribes at the time of negotiations for the 

Treaty of Point Elliott, in 1855. In 2006, 

the Samish Indian Tribe, Washington 

and the Lummi Tribe of the Lummi 

Reservation, Washington entered into a 

cooperative agreement to have the 

Lummi Tribe take the lead in receiving 

repatriated human remains and funerary 

objects from San Juan Island National 

Historical Park. The traditional territory 

of the Swinomish Indians of the 

Swinomish Reservation, Washington is 

on the mainland in the vicinity of La 

Conner, WA, on Whidbey Island and 

Fidalgo Island, the site of their 

reservation. 

Officials of San Juan Island National 

Historical Park have determined that, 

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

285 cultural items 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 

specific burial sites of Native American 

individuals. Officials of San Juan Island 

National Historical Park 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 

unassociated funerary objects and the 

Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

objects should contact Peter Dederich, 

superintendent, San Juan Island 

National Historical Park, P.O. Box 429, 

Friday Harbor, WA 98250–04289, 

telephone (360) 378–2240, before 

September 29, 2008. Repatriation of the 

unassociated funerary objects to the 

Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

San Juan Island National Historical 

Park is responsible for notifying the 

Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington; Samish Indian Tribe, 

Washington; and Swinomish Indians of 

the Swinomish Reservation, Washington 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: July 31, 2008. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E8–20107 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Land Management, Buffalo 

Field Office, Buffalo, 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. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate cultural items in the 

possession of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 

Buffalo Field Office, Buffalo, WY, that 

meet the definition of ‘‘unassociated 

funerary objects’’ under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

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 Federal agency that has control of 

the cultural items. The National Park 

Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

In 1986, human remains and cultural 

items were removed from a site adjacent 

to the location of the Dull Knife Battle, 

Johnson County, WY. The Bureau of 

Land Management, Buffalo Field Office, 

was required to analyze potential 

impacts from a proposed Federal action 

pursuant to Section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act on a known 

burial site located on Bureau of Land 

Management public lands. The burial is 

adjacent to the location of the Dull Knife 

Battle of November 1876 between the 

U.S. Cavalry and a camp of Northern 

Cheyenne. The close proximity of the 

burial to the battle ground suggests a 

direct association. On June 29, 1987, the 

interment was removed and analyzed in 

the field. Osteological analysis showed 

that the human remains were of an adult 

female of Native American descent. The 

human remains and associated 

sediments were replaced into the 

original location. However, 15 funerary 

objects were removed for analysis, and 

subsequently stored in the Buffalo Field 

Office. The 15 funerary objects are 1 

brown wool fabric fragment (appears to 

be from the late 19th century); 2 brown 

wool fragments from a horse blanket 

(appears to be from the 19th century); 7 

blue wool fragments (appears to be from 

an 1876–era U.S. Army blanket); 1 red 

and white striped cotton fabric 

fragment; 2 tanned leather fragments; 1 

fragment of rawhide or un-tanned 

leather; and 1 wood fragment. 

A detailed assessment of the funerary 

objects was made by the Bureau of Land 

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Management, Buffalo Field Office staff 

in consultation with the Northern 

Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern 

Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana. 

Based on the close proximity of the 

burial to the Dull Knife Battle of 1876, 

historical evidence that the Northern 

Cheyenne were party to this battle, and 

that the funerary objects are likely 

contemporaneous with this battle, the 

officials of the Bureau of Land 

Management have reasonably 

determined that the burial and the 

funerary objects belong to a Northern 

Cheyenne participant in this battle. 

Descendants of the Northern Cheyenne 

are members of the Northern Cheyenne 

Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian 

Reservation, Montana. 

Officials of the Bureau of Land 

Management have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the 15 

cultural items 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. Officials of the Bureau of 

Land Management 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 unassociated funerary 

objects and the Northern Cheyenne 

Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian 

Reservation, Montana. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

objects should contact Chris Hanson, 

Bureau of Land Management, Buffalo 

Field Office, 1425 Fort Street, Buffalo, 

WY 82834, telephone (307) 684–1141, 

before September 29, 2008. Repatriation 

of the unassociated funerary objects to 

the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the 

Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, 

Montana may proceed after that date if 

no additional claimants come forward. 

The Bureau of Land Management is 

responsible for notifying the Northern 

Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern 

Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: August 5, 2008. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E8–20089 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion for 

Native American Human Remains and 

Associated Funerary Objects in the 

Possession of the Minnesota Indian 

Affairs Council, St. Paul and Bemidji, 

MN; 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 in the possession of the 

Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, St. 

Paul and Bemidji, MN. The human 

remains were removed from Goodhue 

County, MN. 

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. 

This notice is an addition of a 

minimum number individuals removed 

from the Bryan site (21GD4), Goodhue 

County, MN, which were previously 

described in a Notice of Inventory 

Completion published in the Federal 

Register of July 23, 1999 (FR Doc 99–

18890, pages 40039–40040). An 

additional seven individuals were 

discovered in the collection. 

In the Federal Register of July 23, 

1999, the notice is corrected by adding 

the following paragraphs: 

In 1983, human remains representing 

a minimum of six individuals were 

removed from the Bryan site (21GD4), 

Goodhue County, MN, during 

archeological excavations conducted by 

the University of Minnesota. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1999–2000, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from the 

Bryan site (21GD4), Goodhue County, 

MN, during archeological excavations 

conducted by the Institute for 

Minnesota Archaeology. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In the Federal Register of July 23, 

1999, paragraph numbers 30 and 31 are 

corrected by substituting the following 

paragraphs: 

Officials of the Minnesota Indian 

Affairs Council have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of 124 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Minnesota 

Indian Affairs Council have also 

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

3001 (3)(A), the 57 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 

Minnesota Indian Affairs Council 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 Iowa 

Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, Iowa 

Tribe of Oklahoma, and Otoe-Missouria 

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 Mr. James L. (Jim) Jones, 

Cultural Resource Director, Minnesota 

Indian Affairs Council, 3801 Bemidji 

Avenue North, Suite 5, Bemidji, MN 

56601, telephone (218) 755–3223, before 

September 29, 2008. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and 

Nebraska, Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, and 

Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, 

Oklahoma may proceed after that date if 

no additional claimants come forward. 

The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council 

is responsible for notifying the Iowa 

Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, Iowa 

Tribe of Oklahoma, and Otoe-Missouria 

Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: August 4, 2008. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Central Washington University, 

Department of Anthropology, 

Ellensburg WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

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