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Wells Band; Winnemucca Indian 

Colony of Nevada; Yerington Paiute 

Tribe of the Yerington Colony & 

Campbell Ranch, Nevada; and Yomba 

Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba 

Reservation, Nevada, may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Department of Anthropology & 

Ethnic Studies, University of Nevada 

Las Vegas, is responsible for notifying 

officials of the Alturas Indian Rancheria, 

California; Battle Mountain Shoshone 

Tribe; Big Pine Paiute Band of Owens 

Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians of the 

Big Pine Reservation, California; 

Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony of 

California; Buena Vista Rancheria of the 

Me-Wuk Indians of California; Burns 

Paiute Tribe, California; Cedarville 

Rancheria, California; Chemehuevi 

Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi 

Reservation, California; Confederated 

Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, 

Nevada and Utah; Death Valley TimibiSha Shoshone Band of California; 

Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the 

Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Elko 

Band; Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; 

Fort Independence Indian Community 

of Paiute Indians of the Fort 

Independence Reservation, California; 

Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone 

Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; Las Vegas Tribe of 

Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian 

Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute Tribe 

of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; 

Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the 

Moapa River Indian Reservation, 

Nevada; Northwestern Band of 

Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie); 

Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah; PaiuteShoshone Indians of the Bishop 

Community of the Bishop Colony, 

California; Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the 

Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada; 

Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Lone Pine 

Community of the Lone Pine 

Reservation, California; Pyramid Lake 

Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake 

Reservation, Nevada; Reno-Sparks 

Indian Colony, Nevada; San Juan 

Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; 

Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming; ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall 

Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone-Paiute 

Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, 

Nevada; South Fork Band; Summit Lake 

Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Susanville 

Indian Rancheria, California; Te-Moak 

Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of 

Nevada; Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of 

the Benton Paiute Reservation, 

California; Walker River Paiute Tribe of 

the Walker River Reservation, Nevada; 

Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California; 

Wells Band; Winnemucca Indian 

Colony of Nevada; Yerington Paiute 

Tribe of the Yerington Colony & 

Campbell Ranch, Nevada; and Yomba 

Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba 

Reservation, Nevada, that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: August 19, 2010 

David Tarler, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21195 Filed 8–24–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 

Memphis, TN 

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 possession of the 

Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 

Memphis, TN. The human remains were 

removed from Crittenden, Cross, 

Poinsett, and St. Francis Counties, AR; 

Coahoma and Desoto Counties, MS; and 

Tipton County, TN. 

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 Memphis Pink 

Palace Museum professional staff and 

consultants in consultation with 

representatives of the Quapaw Tribe of 

Indians, Oklahoma. 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of three 

individuals were removed from the 

Bradley site (3CT7), Crittenden County, 

AR, by Mr. J.E. Boone, an avocational 

archeologist. The human remains were 

kept in Mr. Boone’s private collection 

until they were donated to the museum 

in 1983 and 1984 (Accn. #1983.74.1, 

1984.8.49, and 1984.8.50). No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1972, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from the Togo site (3CS24), 

Cross County, AR, during amateur 

excavations. The human remains were 

donated to the museum by Ms. Dorothy 

Strum (Accn. #1972.31.737). No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from the 

Taylor site (possibly also known as 

Taylor’s Shanty), Poinsett County, AR, 

by Mr. Boone. The human remains were 

kept in his private collection until they 

were donated to the museum in 1984 

(Accn. #1984.8.51). No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from the 

Hughes Plantation near Hughes, St. 

Francis County, AR, by Mr. Dallas 

Gatewood III, an avocational 

archeologist. In 1984, Mr. Gatewood III 

donated the human remains to the 

museum (Accn. #1971.32.3). No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In 1951, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from the Pelegrin site, which is 

a component of the Carson Mounds, 

near Clarksdale, in Coahoma County, 

MS, during a field trip sponsored by the 

Memphis Archaeological and Geological 

Society. The human remains were 

accessioned by the museum in 1952 

(Accn. #1952.2). No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Prior to 1972, human remains 

representing a minimum of six 

individuals were removed near the 

Walls site (22DS500), DeSoto County, 

MS, during amateur excavations. The 

human remains were donated to the 

museum in 1972 (Accn. #1972.28.1–5). 

No known individuals were identified. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

In the 1930s, human remains 

representing a minimum of four 

individuals were removed from the 

Bishop site (40TP10), also called ‘‘Big 

Hatchie Mound,’’ Tipton County, TN, by 

Elbert L. Roper, an avocational 

archeologist. Mr. Roper excavated 

Hatchie River bottoms in Lauderdale 

and Tipton Counties. Dr. Robert 

Mainfort of the Arkansas Archaeological 

Survey stated, ‘‘Roper referred to the 

Hatchie River bottoms in Lauderdale 

and Tipton counties as the ‘Big Hatchie 

Country’ and I think that ‘mound’ just 

got added on. Certainly the bulk of his 

stuff is from Morgan’s Point/Bishop 

(40TP10).’’ The human remains were 

loaned to the museum in 1939, and the 

loan was converted to a gift in 1969 

(Accn. #1969.17.4–7). No known 


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individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Based on the skeletal and dental 

morphology, as well as accession 

records, officials of the Memphis Pink 

Palace Museum have determined that 

the above-mentioned human remains 

are Native American. Based on the 

ceramic styles and construction of 

pottery related to the sites, but that are 

not associated funerary objects, the 

human remains can be associated with 

the Nodena, Parkin and Walls Phases of 

the Late Mississippian and protohistoric periods (A.D. 1350–1650). 

Oral traditional and archeological 

evidence indicate that the Quapaw 

occupied and hunted in the central 

Mississippi Valley, including the 

modern city of Memphis, TN, for 

generations prior to European contact. 

Historical documentation identifies 

Quapaw villages located on both sides 

of the Mississippi River in the Central 

Mississippi Valley as early as the mid– 

1500s. Based on historical and 

archeological evidence, the Bradley site 

(3CT7) has been identified as Pacaha, 

the principal town of the Pacaha 

chiefdom during the DeSoto entrada in 

Arkansas (A.D. 1541–1543). Linguistic 

evidence indicates a possible link 

between the ‘‘Capaha’’ (a.k.a. Pacaha) in 

a Spanish account, and a late 17th 

century Quapaw Indian village name 

‘‘Kappaha’’ or ‘‘Kappa.’’ French maps and 

documents (A.D. 1673–1720), indicate 

that only the Quapaw had villages on 

both sides of the Mississippi River in 

eastern Arkansas and western 

Mississippi, and much of northeastern 

Arkansas was hunting territory. 

Therefore, the sites are within the 

traditional territory of the Quapaw. 

Descendants of the Quapaw are 

members of the Quapaw Tribe of 

Indians, Oklahoma. Finally, the Quapaw 

Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma, under the 

NAGPRA process, have previously 

repatriated Native American human 

remains and associated funerary objects, 

and have been determined to be 

culturally affiliated with the cultural 

assemblages fround on archeological 

sites related to Nodena, Parkin and 

Walls phases. 

Officials of the Memphis Pink Palace 

Museum have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of 17 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Memphis Pink 

Palace Museum 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 Quapaw Tribe of 

Indians, Oklahoma. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Louella Weaver, 

Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 3050 

Central Ave., Memphis, TN 38111, 

telephone (901) 320–6322, before 

September 24, 2010. Repatriation of the 

human remains to the Quapaw Tribe of 

Indians, Oklahoma, may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Memphis Pink Palace Museum is 

responsible for notifying the Quapaw 

Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma, that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: August 19, 2010 

David Tarler, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21186 Filed 8–4–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Homer 

Society of Natural History, Pratt 

Museum, Homer, AK 

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 possession of the Homer 

Society of Natural History, Pratt 

Museum, Homer, AK. The human 

remains were removed from Kachemak 

Bay, AK. 

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 Pratt Museum 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Kenaitze Indian 

Tribe and the Seldovia Village Tribe. 

In the summers of 1987 and 1988, 

human remains representing five 

individuals were removed from the 

Point West of Halibut Cove Site (SEL– 

010), formally known as Calhoun’s 

Point, in Kachemak Bay, AK. The Pratt 

Museum sponsored the excavation of 

SEL–010, an archeological site on 

private land. No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The Point West of Halibut Cove Site 

dates to A.D. 1260 – A.D. 1418, and has 

two components. The site includes a 

Precontact period Dena’ina house built 

into a prehistoric Marine Kachemak 

tradition (Sugpiaq Alutiiq tradition) 

midden. Two burials were inside the 

midden. Once the crew determined that 

they were human, the remains were 

covered and excavation in that area 

ceased. No funerary artifacts were seen 

or removed. The human remains from 

the excavation in the Pratt Museum are 

isolates from the middle of a midden 

that consisted of thousands of animal 

bones and shell fragments, and some 

artifacts. As the human remains do not 

comprise a burial, these artifacts are not 

considered to be funerary objects. 

In the 1970s, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from 

Kachemak Bay, AK. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In the 1980s, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from the 

surface of a beach on Kachemak Bay, 

AK, by a private individual. The human 

remains were given to the education 

department, but were never 

accessioned. In 2010, the human 

remains were found in the education 

department’s collection. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In the 1990s, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from near 

Cottonwood Creek Bluff, Kachemak Bay, 

AK, by a private individual. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

The archeological and documentary 

evidence are in agreement that the 

Kachemak Bay was used by both the 

ancestors of the Seldovia Village 

(Dena’ina Athabascan and Sugpiaq 

Alutiiq) and Kenaitze Indian (Dena’ina 

Athabascan) tribal members. Kachemak 

Bay is the historically documented 

territory of both the Seldovia Village 

Tribe and Kenaitze Indian Tribe. 

Officials of the Pratt Museum have 

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

3001(9), the human remains described 

above represent the physical remains of 

eight individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Pratt Museum 

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 


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