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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. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23915 Filed 9–23–10; 8:45 am] 

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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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of shared group identity that can 

reasonably be traced between the Native 

American human remains and the 

Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Patricia Capone, 

Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, 11 Divinity Ave., 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–3702, before October 25, 2010. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of 

Louisiana may proceed after that date if 

no additional claimants come forward. 

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology 

and Ethnology is responsible for 

notifying the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe 

of Louisiana that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: September 10, 2010 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23906 Filed 9–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Portland 

District, Portland, OR and University of 

Oregon Museum of Natural and 

Cultural History, Eugene, OR 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with provisions of 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 

for which the University of Oregon 

Museum of Natural and Cultural 

History, Eugene, OR, and U.S. 

Department of Defense, Army Corps of 

Engineers, Portland District, Portland, 

OR, have joint responsibility. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from a site on 

Army Corps of Engineers land within 

the John Day Dam project area, Gilliam 

County, OR. 

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 the University of 

Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural 

History and U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Portland District, 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of Oregon; Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; Confederated Tribes of the 

Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; 

and Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho. 

Native American cultural items 

described in this notice were excavated 

under Antiquities Act permits by the 

University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, on 

Army Corps of Engineers project land. 

Following excavations at the site 

described below, and under the 

provisions of the permits, the University 

of Oregon retained the collections for 

preservation. 

Between 1959 and 1968, human 

remains representing a minimum of 134 

individuals were removed from site 35– 

GM–9, also known as the Wildcat 

Canyon site, Gilliam County, OR, during 

excavations by the University of Oregon 

prior to construction of the John Day 

Dam. No known individuals were 

identified. The 1,182 associated 

funerary objects are 41 projectile points, 

8 projectile point fragments, 2 chert 

bifacial tips, 6 stone knives, 2 knife 

fragments, 17 blades, 14 blade 

fragments, 3 crude chert bifaces, 1 

bifacially-modified obsidian crescent, 

19 scrapers, 4 utilized flakes, 41 worked 

flakes, 2 cores, 1 worked shale piece, 4 

shaft smoothers, 3 abrading stones, 8 

gravers, 1 burin, 1 needle, 1 chert drill, 

3 choppers, 2 hopper mortars, 2 net 

sinkers, 4 hammerstones, 3 stone mauls, 

5 pestles, 2 large pestle fragments, 84 

basalt fragments, 3 chert fragments, 663 

unmodified flakes, 1 thermally-fractured 

rock, 2 columnar slabs, 1 fractured 

cobble, 1 flaked cobble, 1 stone pendant, 

1 stone ring, 5 round stones, 1 girdled 

stone, 2 pierced stones, 49 pebbles, 1 

girdled pebble, 9 broken pebbles, 1 

worked scoria piece, 34 dentalium 

shells, 1 pectin shell, 1 incised bead, 8 

steatite beads, 12 bone beads, 3 vials of 

bone beads, 4 fossil crinoid beads, 10 

stone beads, 3 unspecified beads, 21 

worked antlers/fragments, 2 vials of 

antler/bone, 1 vial of elk teeth, 2 faunal 

effigies, 2 awls, 1 bone tube fragment, 16 

worked non-human bones/fragments, 18 

non-human bones/fragments, 11 burned 

non-human bone fragments, 6 red ochre 

pieces, and 1 green chalk piece. 

Site 35–GM–9 is located along the 

south side shoreline of the Columbia 

River, approximately 9.5 river miles east 

of the John Day River confluence. The 

multicomponent site contains multiple 

activity areas that are believed to have 

been repeatedly occupied from 

approximately 9,000 B.P. to A.D. 1750. 

Site 35–GM–9 frequently served as a 

village, camping area and cemetery. 

Based on distinctive osteological 

evidence, the associated funerary 

objects and the location of the human 

remains within the site, all the 

individuals have been determined to be 

Native American. 

Oral traditions and ethnographic 

reports indicate that site 35–GM–9 lies 

within the historic territory of Sahaptinspeaking Tenino or Warm Springs 

peoples whose descendants are 

culturally-affiliated with the presentday Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Reservation of Oregon. The 

Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Reservation is composed of 

three Wasco bands, four Warm Springs 

bands, and Northern Paiutes. The 

Columbia River-based Wasco were the 

easternmost group of Chinookanspeaking Indians. The Sahaptinspeaking Warm Springs bands lived 

farther east along the Columbia River 

and its tributaries. Northern Paiutes, 

who spoke a Uto-Aztecan language, 

historically occupied much of 

southeastern Oregon. The Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of Oregon peoples also traditionally 

shared the site area with relatives and 

neighbors whose descendants may be 

culturally affiliated with the 14 

Sahaptin, Salish and Chinookanspeaking tribes and bands of the 

present-day Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington. Yakama homelands were 

traditionally located on the Washington 

side of the Columbia River between the 

eastern flanks of the Cascade Range and 

the lower reaches of the Yakima River 

drainage. 

Officials of the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Portland District, and 

University of Oregon Museum of 

Natural and Cultural History, have 

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

3001(9), the human remains described 

above represent the physical remains of 

at least 134 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Portland 

District, and University of Oregon 

Museum of Natural and Cultural 

History, have also determined that, 

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

1,182 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 U.S. Army Corps of 


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