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Washington; Port Gamble Indian 

Community of the Port Gamble 

Reservation, Washington; Puyallup 

Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, 

Washington; Quileute Tribe of the 

Quileute Reservation, Washington; 

Quinault Tribe of the Quinault 

Reservation, Washington; Sauk-Suiattle 

Indian Tribe of Washington; Shoalwater 

Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian 

Reservation, Washington; Skokomish 

Indian Tribe of the Skokomish 

Reservation, Washington; Snoqualmie 

Tribe, Washington; Squaxin Island Tribe 

of the Squaxin Island Reservation, 

Washington; Stillaguamish Tribe of 

Washington; Suquamish Indian Tribe of 

the Port Madison Reservation, 

Washington; Swinomish Indians of the 

Swinomish Reservation, Washington; 

Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip 

Reservation, Washington; and Upper 

Skagit Indian Tribe of Washington. 

At an unknown time, human remains 

representing a minimum of two 

individuals were removed from Lopez 

and Decatur Islands in San Juan County, 

WA. The human remains came into the 

Horner Collection at an unknown time, 

but are described in an inventory report 

conducted in the early 1970s. The 

human remains were located in Oregon 

State University’s Anthropology 

Department during an inventory in 

2006. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Both individuals appear to be part of 

the Ethan Allen Collection, as ‘‘Ethan 

Allen Collection’’ is written on each 

skull. The Ethan Allen Collection had 

been on loan to the Horner Collection 

sometime in the past. Ethan Allen was 

known to collect Native American 

artifacts from all over the Puget Sound 

area, including the San Juan Islands. 

Additional writing appears on both 

skulls. One individual has ‘‘Decatur 

Island, Puget Sound’’ and the other 

‘‘Lopez Island, Puget Sound.’’

Osteologist professionals of the 

Anthropology Department at Oregon 

State University have determined that 

both skulls are of Native American 

ancestry. Traditional territory for the 

Samish Indian Tribe includes Samish 

Island, Guemes Island, eastern Lopez 

Island, Cypress Island, and Fidalgo 

Island. Both Lopez and Decatur Islands 

are within Samish traditional territory 

and continue to be used by the Samish 

Indian Tribe, Washington. 

Officials of the Horner Collection, 

Oregon State University 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 

Horner Collection, Oregon State 

University 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 Samish Indian Tribe, 

Washington. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe 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 29, 2008. Repatriation of the 

human remains to the Samish Indian 

Tribe, Washington may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Horner Collection, Oregon State 

University is responsible for notifying 

the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Colville Reservation, 

Washington; Confederated Tribes of the 

Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; Cowlitz 

Indian Tribe, Washington; Hoh Indian 

Tribe of the Hoh Indian Reservation, 

Washington; Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe 

of Washington; Lower Elwha Tribal 

Community of the Lower Elwha 

Reservation, Washington; Lummi Tribe 

of the Lummi Reservation, Washington; 

Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian 

Reservation, Washington; Muckleshoot 

Indian Tribe of the Muckleshoot 

Reservation, Washington; Nez Perce 

Tribe, Idaho; Nisqually Indian Tribe of 

the Nisqually Reservation, Washington; 

Nooksack Indian Tribe of Washington; 

Port Gamble Indian Community of the 

Port Gamble Reservation, Washington; 

Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 

Reservation, Washington; Quileute 

Tribe of the Quileute Reservation, 

Washington; Quinault Tribe of the 

Quinault Reservation, Washington; 

Samish Indian Tribe, Washington; SaukSuiattle Indian Tribe of Washington; 

Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater 

Bay Indian Reservation, Washington; 

Skokomish Indian Tribe of the 

Skokomish Reservation, Washington; 

Snoqualmie Tribe, Washington; Squaxin 

Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island 

Reservation, Washington; Stillaguamish 

Tribe of Washington; Suquamish Indian 

Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, 

Washington; Swinomish Indians of the 

Swinomish Reservation, Washington; 

Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip 

Reservation, Washington; and Upper 

Skagit Indian Tribe of Washington that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: July 28, 2008. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E8–20099 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, St. 

Paul and Bemidji, MN 

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 object 

in the possession of the Minnesota 

Indian Affairs Council, St. Paul and 

Bemidji, MN. The human remains and 

associated funerary object were removed 

from Faribault and Goodhue Counties, 

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. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Minnesota Indian 

Affairs Council professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, 

Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, and OtoeMissouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma. 

In 1935, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

removed from a mound on the Cady 

Farm (21GD17), Goodhue County, MN, 

by Edward Schmidt, an avocational 

archeologist. No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Site records in the Minnesota Office 

of the State Archaeologist record a 

minimum of 226 mounds at the Cady 

Farm site, and suggest an Oneota 

cultural affiliation. Based on 

continuities of material culture, 

historical documents, and oral history, 

the Oneota phase of the Mississippian 

archeological culture has been 

determined to be ancestral to the 

present-day Otoe and Ioway. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

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individual were removed from the 

Bartron farm (21GD2), near Red Wing, 

Goodhue County, MN, by Edward 

Schmidt, an avocational archeologist No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Site records in the Minnesota Office 

of the State Archaeologist indicate that 

the Bartron Site is a village site of 

Oneota cultural affiliation. Based on 

continuities of material culture, 

historical documents, and oral history, 

the Oneota phase of the Mississippian 

archeological culture has been 

determined to be ancestral to the 

present-day Otoe and Ioway. 

In 1960–62, human remains 

representing a minimum of five 

individuals were removed from the Fort 

Sweney site (21GD86), Goodhue 

County, MN, during archeological 

excavations conducted by the Science 

Museum of Minnesota. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Site records in the Minnesota office of 

the State Archaeologist indicate that 

Fort Sweney is a multi-component 

cemetery and habitation site with Late 

Woodland and Oneota components. The 

mortuary styles of the burials excavated 

in 1960–62 indicate that they are 

associated with the Oneota component 

of the site. Based on continuities of 

material culture, historical documents, 

and oral history, the Oneota phase of the 

Mississippian archeological culture has 

been determined to be ancestral to the 

present-day Otoe and Ioway. 

In 1998, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

removed from the Vosburg site (21FA2), 

Faribault County, MN, during 

archeological excavations conducted by 

the University of Minnesota. No known 

individual was identified. The one 

associated funerary object is a segment 

of rib from a large mammal. 

Site records in the Minnesota office of 

the State Archaeologist indicate that the 

Vosburg site is a cemetery and 

habitation site classified as belonging to 

the Blue Earth/Oneota phase. Based on 

continuities of material culture, 

historical documents, and oral history, 

the Oneota phase of the Mississippian 

archeological culture has been 

determined to be ancestral to the 

present-day Otoe and Ioway. 

Descendants of the Otoe and Ioway are 

members of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas 

and Nebraska, Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, 

and Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, 

Oklahoma. 

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 10 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Minnesota 

Indian Affairs Council also have 

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

3001 (3)(A), the one object described 

above is 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 object 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 object should 

contact James L. (Jim) Jones, Jr., 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 

object 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. E8–20093 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am] 

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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, 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 Phoebe A. 

Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 

University of California, Berkeley, 

Berkeley, CA. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from Siskiyou County, CA. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administration 

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 documents 

associated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects was made by 

professional staff of the Phoebe A. 

Hearst Museum of Anthropology in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde 

Community of Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon; 

and Quartz Valley Indian Community of 

the Quartz Valley Reservation of 

California. 

In 1955, human remains representing 

a minimum of 21 individuals were 

removed from CA-Sis–262 (also known 

as the Foster site), a site located along 

Bogus Creek in Siskiyou County, CA, by 

J. Foster, the landowner, and J.A. 

Bennyhoff and A.B. Elsasser of the 

University of California Archaeological 

Survey. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

accessioned into the museum later that 

same year (Accession UCAS–357). No 

known individuals were identified. The 

31,970 associated funerary objects are 4 

lots of animal bones (including horse 

and dog burials); 3 arrow points; 1 

fragment of baked clay; 2 bangles; 55 

basketry fragments; 31,246 beads 

(approximate count); 73 bells; 1 belt 

fragment; 3 blades; 13 bracelets; 2 

buckles; 226 buttons; 100 charcoal 

fragments (approximate count); 2 china 

fragments; 1 obsidian flake; 2 clappers; 

32 cloth fragments; 12 cordage 

fragments; 1 glass fragment; 2 handles; 

1 harness; 2 hatched handles; 2 hooks; 

5 iron fragments; 1 lead or pewter 

fragment; 1 piece of leather; 2 nail 

fragments; 65 pendants; 2 pestles; 1 pipe 

fragment; 2 porcelain fragments; 2 pots; 

1 rivet; 1 rod; 1 scissors fragment; 1 

screw; 1 sheat; 1 shell fragment; 2 

sherds; 1 shoe sole; 2 shots; 1 spool; 3 

spoon fragments; 21 animal teeth; 66 

thimbles; and 1 wire fragment. 

CA-Sis–262 was an historic cemetery 

located on the west bank of Bogus 

Creek, a tributary of the Klamath River, 

about 1 mile south of Foster’s Ranch. 

The site was destroyed during the 

process of diverting Bogus Creek from 

its original course between May 7 and 

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