Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 169 / Friday, August 29, 2008 / Notices 50991 

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] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

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. 

[FR Doc. E8–20106 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

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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