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the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians 

of Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, 

Oklahoma; and Eastern Shawnee Tribe 

of Oklahoma. 

In 1988, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from the Coe Family Farm on 

Armitage Road, in Athens County, OH. 

On January 4, 2010, the human skull 

was found in a hatbox in the collections 

storage. According to a former museum 

curator, the human remains were 

removed by an Ohio University 

professor who considered himself an 

amateur archeologist. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

According to Dr. Nancy Tatarek, a 

forensic anthropologist from Ohio 

University, the wear and coloration of 

the skull indicated that it was at least 

300+ years old. Dr. Tatarek used the 

shape of the nose cavity to identify 

cultural background. On a reasonable 

basis, the human remains may be Native 

American, and possibly female. 

Furthermore, there were no white 

settlements in the Athens County area 

300 years ago. 

Based on Indian land claims maps, 

the museum has determined the human 

remains have a shared group 

relationship with the Shawnee, which 

are represented by the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, 

Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma 

and Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma. Based 

on consultation, the museum has 

reasonably determined the human 

remains also have a shared group 

relationship with the Delaware, which 

are represented by the Delaware Nation, 

Oklahoma, and Delaware Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma. 

Officials of the Athens County 

Historical Society and Museum have 

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

3001(9), the human remains described 

above represent the physical remains of 

one individual of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Athens County 

Historical Society and 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 

Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 

Delaware Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 

Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; 

and Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Heather Reed, Curator/ 

Education Coordinator, Athens County 

Historical Society and Museum, 65 N. 

Court St., Athens, OH 45701, telephone 

(740) 592–2280, before October 25, 

2010. Repatriation of the human 

remains to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe 

of Indians of Oklahoma; Delaware 

Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee 

Tribe of Oklahoma; and Shawnee Tribe, 

Oklahoma, may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

Athens County Historical Society and 

Museum is responsible for notifying the 

Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 

Delaware Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 

Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; 

and the Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma, that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: September 10, 2010. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23904 Filed 9–23–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 

Spokane, WA 

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 Northwest 

Museum of Arts & Culture, aka Eastern 

Washington State Historical Society, 

Spokane, WA. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from Lincoln, Ferry and 

Stevens Counties, WA. 

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 possession 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 Northwest 

Museum of Arts & Culture professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Confederated 

Tribes of the Colville Indian 

Reservation, Washington. 

During the period July 1939 to 

September 1940, human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from seven different sites in 

Lincoln, Ferry and Stevens Counties, 

WA, encompassing a vast, 150-mile 

area. The human remains and associated 

funerary objects described below were 

excavated by Donald Collier, Alfred E. 

Hudson and Arlo Ford due to the 

construction of the Grand Coulee Dam 

and its reservoir (Lake Roosevelt), 

whose waters would soon cover the 

area. This undertaking was known as 

‘‘The Columbian Basin Archaeological 

Survey’’ or the ‘‘Collier, Hudson, and 

Ford Project.’’ It was a multiinstitutional venture involving the 

Eastern Washington State Historical 

Society (now Northwest Museum of 

Arts & Culture), University of 

Washington, and the State College of 

Washington (now Washington State 

University). It was also a multi-agency 

venture involving the Bureau of 

Reclamation, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Civilian Conservation Corps, and the 

Works Project Administration 

(including the National Youth 

Administration). In 1940, the Eastern 

Washington State Historical Society 

became the repository for the collection, 

as mandated by the Bureau of 

Reclamation. Portions of the land from 

which the human remains and 

associated funerary objects derive were 

non-Federal lands, and other portions 

were Federal lands at the time of 

removal. Moreover, the Federal lands 

fell under the management authority of 

several different agencies. 

Consequently, there has been a question 

of control over the collection. After 

several years of research, the Northwest 

Museum of Arts & Culture has been 

unable to determine additional specifics 

regarding the control of each site. 

Therefore, absent additional 

information, the Northwest Museum of 

Arts & Culture is assuming 

responsibility under NAGPRA with 

regard to publishing this Notice and 

repatriating the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the 

culturally affiliated tribe. 

From 1940 until 1951, the Northwest 

Museum of Arts & Culture was the 

repository for the recovered materials. 

On February 24, 1951, the museum 

agreed to loan the human remains to the 

Washington State Museum of the 

University of Washington for scientific 

study. According to letters 

substantiating the agreement, all the 

human remains borrowed by the 

University of Washington were returned 

to the museum on May 29, 1951, and 

were repatriated to the Confederated 

Tribes of the Colville Indian 

Reservation, Washington, in 1979. 


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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. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23926 Filed 9–23–10; 8:45 am] 

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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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