58430 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 185 / Friday, September 24, 2010 / Notices 

Unfortunately, the repatriation in 1979 

was incomplete. In December 1994, the 

Thomas Burke Memorial Museum at the 

University of Washington (formerly 

Washington State Museum) informed 

the Northwest Museum of Arts & 

Culture that they had found five boxes 

of skeletal material thought to be related 

to the 1951 loan agreement. In addition, 

during the time between 1951 and 1995, 

the human remains were the subject of 

additional transfers to various 

institutions. However, the human 

remains were retrieved and returned to 

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 

between June 15, 1995 and November 5, 

1995. This Notice includes the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

from the seven sites currently in the 

collection of the Northwest Museum of 

Arts & Culture. 

Human remains representing a 

minimum of nine individuals were 

removed from Site 2 (45–LI–27), 

opposite the mouth of the Sanpoil, in 

Lincoln County, WA. No known 

individuals were identified. The 11 

associated funerary objects are 1 basalt 

piece, 1 bone awl, 1 unworked and 

worked cache form, 1 scraper, 1 pestle, 

1 blade fragment, 1 piece of wood, 3 

projectile points and 1 knife. 

Human remains representing a 

minimum of nine individuals were 

removed from Site 7A (45–FE–7), in 

Ferry County, WA. No known 

individuals were identified. The eight 

associated funerary objects are two 

rusted iron fragments and six dentalia 

shell beads. 

Human remains representing a 

minimum of nine individuals were 

removed from Site 7B (45–FE–7), a half 

mile up the bank of the Columbia from 

Site 7A, in Ferry County, WA. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

52 associated funerary objects are 35 

blue glass beads and 17 white glass 

beads. 

Human remains representing a 

minimum of three individuals were 

removed from Site 13 (45–FE–13), in 

Ferry County, WA. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Human remains representing a 

minimum of one individual were 

removed from Site 21 (45–FE?–21, an 

unknown area, but most likely in Ferry 

County, WA. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Human remains representing a 

minimum of 27 individuals were 

removed from Site 24 (45–FE–24), in 

Ferry County, WA. No known 

individuals were identified. The 497 

associated funerary objects are 2 arrow 

shaft smoothers, 1 bone harpoon, 1 bone 

awl, 2 knives, 6 projectile points, 1 

string of copper bone beads, 100 

dentalia (11 of which are dentalia 

beads), 1 clam shell disc bead, 7 rolled 

copper beads, 1 hand maul, 4 bear penis 

bones, 2 gravers, 13 perforated elk teeth, 

1 abalone gorget, 6 copper pendants, 5 

worked bone fragments, 1 copper 

bracelet, 1 rectangular perforated copper 

plate, 52 olivellae, 2 antler digging 

sticks, 270 glass beads, 1 shell bead, 14 

sets of wooden burial marker sacks and 

3 sets of ‘‘fill-over burial’’ sacks. 

Human remains representing a 

minimum of three individuals were 

removed from Site 31 (45–ST–31), onequarter of a mile above the GiffordInchelium ferry landing, in Stevens 

County, WA. No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Extensive historic documentation— 

original maps, journal entries, field 

notes, newspaper articles, professional 

journal publications, and Archaeology 

of the Upper Columbia Region, 

published by Donald Collier, Alfred E. 

Hudson, and Arlo Ford in 1942, and 

detailing their findings of the original 

excavation—and documented burial 

practices, associated funerary object 

typology (both pre and post-contact), 

and three in-depth osteological studies, 

all confirm that the human remains are 

Native American. 

Based on the geographic location of 

the sites, the anthropological analyses of 

the human remains, such as dental 

attrition and cranial deformation, and 

structural remnants found at the sites 

(pit and earth ovens), it is determined 

that the human remains and associated 

funerary objects are representative of 

Plateau Native Culture. The seven sites 

fall within the traditional aboriginal 

territory of the bands of Indians 

(Wenatchee, Nespelem, MosesColumbia, Colville, Okanagan, Palus, 

San Poil, Entiat, Chelan, Lake, and Chief 

Joseph’s Band of the Nez Perce) that 

now comprise the Confederated Tribes 

of the Colville Indian Reservation, 

Washington, who were confederated in 

1872. Further, the types of burial 

practices (i.e. pit inhumations and talus 

slopes) and funerary objects (including 

large amounts of copper), tribal oral 

tradition, and extensive historic 

documentation of the original 

excavation, all show that the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

have direct ancestral ties to the bands of 

Indians that are now represented by the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Indian Reservation, Washington. 

Officials of the Northwest Museum of 

Arts & Culture have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of 61 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Northwest 

Museum of Arts & Culture also have 

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

3001(3)(A), the 568 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 

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 

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 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Indian Reservation, Washington. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Mr. Michael Holloman, 

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 

2316 West First Ave., Spokane, WA 

99201, telephone (509) 363–5337, before 

October 25, 2010. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Confederated Tribes of the 

Colville Indian Reservation, 

Washington, may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The Northwest Museum of Arts & 

Culture is responsible for notifying the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Indian Reservation, Washington, that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: September 10, 2010. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Montana, Missoula, MT 

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 an associated funerary 

object in the possession of the 

University of Montana, Missoula, MT. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary object were removed from a 

location in western Montana and 

Missoula County, MT. 


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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 object. 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 

Montana, Department of Anthropology, 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Confederated 

Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead 

Reservation, Montana. 

In 1950, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from a location in western 

Montana. According to a slip of paper 

in the box with the human remains, the 

burial was recovered from under a 

conical rock mound and appeared to be 

a secondary burial of disarticulated 

bones and excavated by a University of 

Montana archeological team, led by 

Carling Malouf. The slip of paper also 

indicates that the burial was excavated 

from a site ‘‘located a few yards away 

from those found earlier by Turney-High 

and White.’’ No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Harry H. Turney-High and Thain 

White were known to excavate in 

western Montana in the vicinity of the 

Flathead Reservation where White 

owned property; therefore, museum 

officials reasonably believe that these 

remains are from western Montana and 

from White’s private property on the 

Flathead Reservation. This region was 

occupied prehistorically and 

historically by the Salish and Kootenai 

tribes. 

In 1952, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

removed from the University of 

Montana campus, Missoula County, MT. 

The remains were excavated by Carling 

Malouf. No known individuals were 

identified. The one associated funerary 

object is a set of glass beads. 

The set of beads - colors, size, 

manufacture and shape - provide both a 

temporal period and cultural affiliation. 

According to archeologist W. Mark 

Timmons, dyed beads were 

manufactured starting in 1850 and the 

wide use of dyed beads peaked in the 

1880s. The remaining beads in the 

collection appear to be of an older 

origin, and when compared with the 

beads recovered from the Saleesh House 

excavations they seem similar in size, 

color, and manufacture. Considering 

that the Saleesh House operated by 

Salish Tribal members until the early 

1850s, and the presence of only a few 

dyed beads in the assemblage, a burial 

date in the range of the 1860s to the 

1870s would seem to be a reasonable 

inference. In addition, a tribal 

representative has identified Missoula 

County, MT, as part of the Salish and 

Kootenai tribes traditional occupation 

area. This region was occupied 

prehistorically and historically by 

Salish and Kootenai tribes. 

Officials of the University of Montana 

have determined that, pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of three individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

University of Montana 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 

University of Montana 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 Confederated Salish & Kootenai 

Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, 

Montana. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and/ 

or associated funerary object should 

contact John Douglas, Chair and 

Professor, Department of Anthropology, 

University of Montana, 32 Campus Dr., 

Missoula, MT 39812, telephone (406) 

243–4246, before October 25, 2010. 

Repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary object to the 

Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes 

of the Flathead Reservation, Montana, 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The University of Montana is 

responsible for notifying the 

Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes 

of the Flathead Reservation, Montana, 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: September 10, 2010 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA; 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 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA. The human remains 

were removed from the Trudeau Site in 

West Feliciana Parish, LA. 

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. 

This notice corrects the minimum 

number of individuals reported in a 

Notice of Inventory Completion 

published in the Federal Register (66 

FR 51464, October 9, 2001) from four to 

seven individuals. These additional 

individuals were found during the 

Peabody Museum’s ongoing inventory 

process since the publication of the 

original notice. 

In the Federal Register, paragraph 

number 2, page 51464, is corrected by 

substituting the following paragraph: 

In 1972, individuals representing 

seven individuals were collected from 

the Trudeau site in West Feliciana 

Parish, LA, by Jeffrey P. Brain as part of 

the Lower Mississippi Survey 

expedition. The Lower Mississippi 

Survey was a project of Harvard 

University faculty in 1972. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In the Federal Register, paragraph 

number 4, page 51464, is corrected by 

substituting the following paragraph: 

Officials of the Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology have 

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

3001(9), the human remains represent 

the physical remains of seven 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 

also have determined that, pursuant to 

25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship 


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