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pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 32 

cultural items 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 and are 

believed, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, to have been removed from a 

specific burial site of a Native American 

individual. Officials of the American 

Museum of Natural History have 

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

3001(2), there is a shared group identity 

that can be traced between the 

unassociated funerary objects and the 

Ak Chin Indian Community of the 

Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Gila River Indian Community 

of the Gila River Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; and Salt River Pima-Maricopa 

Indian Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

objects should contact Nell Murphy, 

Director of Cultural Resources, 

American Museum of Natural History, 

Central Park West at 79th St., New York, 

NY 10024, telephone (212) 769–5837, 

before October 25, 2010. Repatriation of 

the unassociated funerary objects to the 

Ak Chin Indian Community of the 

Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Gila River Indian Community 

of the Gila River Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; and Salt River Pima-Maricopa 

Indian Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona, may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The American Museum of Natural 

History is responsible for notifying the 

Ak Chin Indian Community of the 

Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Gila River Indian Community 

of the Gila River Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; and Salt River Pima-Maricopa 

Indian Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona, 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 Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Thomas Gilcrease Institute of 

American History and Art, Tulsa, OK 

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. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate cultural items in the 

possession of the Thomas Gilcrease 

Institute of American History and Art 

(Gilcrease Museum), Tulsa, OK, that 

meet the definition of objects of cultural 

patrimony under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

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 cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

The nine cultural items are Waxo’be 

bundles belonging to the Osage people. 

The bundles were part of the Emil 

Lenders Collection that was brought to 

the Gilcrease Museum during the early 

half of the 20th Century. The bundles 

were part of a sizeable collection of 

Native American artifacts acquired by 

the Gilcrease Museum for the 

preservation of North American history. 

The first bundle is made of buckskin 

with a scalp lock and twisted wool that 

are seen from the open end (84.1749). 

The second bundle has a long buckskin 

strap for an Osage War bundle that has 

an eagle foot and human scalp attached 

(84.1750 a-h). The third bundle is made 

with a wrapped buckskin strap that ties 

a woven buffalo hair bag with eagle foot 

and human scalp attached (84.1751 a-i). 

The fourth bundle is made of buckskin 

and laced at the ends with buckskin 

thongs, buckskin tying strap, and a 

woven inner bag (84.1753 a-b). The fifth 

bundle is made of buckskin and 

contains a partially woven inner bag 

and woven buffalo hair bag and tied 

with two leather thongs (84.1754). The 

sixth bundle has an outer strip and an 

outer bag, as well as two inner bags, and 

a buckskin strap for tying prisoners 

(84.1757 a-i). The seventh bundle has an 

outer bag of woven buffalo hair with an 

inner bag made of buckskin with a 

woven mat inside (84.1759). The outer 

strap has animal hair and human scalp 

locks on buckskin with a rawhide ring 

tied on the bundle with calico. The 

eighth bundle has an outer covering of 

woven matting with borders of natural, 

black and red eagle quills (84.1761). The 

ninth bundle has an outer bag of woven 

buffalo hair with an inner bag of 

buckskin and woven mat inside. The 

outer strap is animal hair and human 

scalp locks on buckskin (84.1762). 

Waxo’be bundles and their 

components have on-going historical 

and cultural importance to the Osage 

people. They are also owned by the 

Osage people and not by any single 

individual. In the past, bundles and 

their components were the central 

symbolic elements of ceremonies related 

to Osage cosmology, the traditional 

religion practiced before adoption of the 

Native American Church by the Osage. 

While these specific ceremonies related 

to Osage cosmology are no longer 

practiced today, bundles and their 

components continue to hold immense 

spiritual significance and sacred power 

for the Osage people requiring 

protection of these objects and 

extremely limited exposure. 

Officials of the Gilcrease Museum 

have determined that, pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the nine cultural 

items described above have ongoing 

historical, traditional, or cultural 

importance central to the Native 

American group or culture itself, rather 

than property owned by an individual. 

Officials of the Gilcrease 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 objects of 

cultural patrimony and the Osage 

Nation, Oklahoma. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the objects of cultural 

patrimony should contact Dr. Duane H. 

King, Executive Director, or Eric 

Singleton, Assistant Curator of 

Anthropology, Gilcrease Museum, 1400 

N. Gilcrease Museum Rd., Tulsa, OK 

74127, telephone (918) 596–2793 before 

October 25, 2010. Repatriation of the 

objects of cultural patrimony to the 

Osage Nation, Oklahoma, will proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Gilcrease Museum is responsible 

for notifying the Osage Nation, 

Oklahoma, that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: September 10, 2010 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23930 Filed 9–23–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: The 

Colorado College, Colorado Springs, 

CO; Correction 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 


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Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

under the control of The Colorado 

College, Colorado Springs, CO. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from sites in the 

southwestern United States and a 

canyon tributary of Comb Wash, San 

Juan County, UT. 

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. 

This notice corrects the citation to a 

previously published Notice of 

Inventory Completion contained in a 

correction Notice of Inventory 

Completion that was published in the 

Federal Register (74 FR 42105–42106, 

August 20, 2009). The citation (72 FR 

19920, April 14, 2004) should read (69 

FR 19232–19233, April 12, 2004). 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

the Notices of April 12, 2004, and 

August 20, 2009, should contact Chris 

Melcher, General Counsel, The Colorado 

College c/o Jan Bernstein, President, 

Bernstein & Associates - NAGPRA 

Consultants, 1041 Lafayette St., Denver, 

CO 80218, telephone (303) 894–0648, 

janbernstein@nagpra.info, before 

October 25, 2010. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The Colorado College is responsible 

for notifying the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 

Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & 

Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 

Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 

Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo 

Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; 

Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico, that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: September 10, 2010 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23919 Filed 9–23–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Office 

of the State Archaeologist, Lansing, MI 

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 Office 

of the State Archaeologist (formerly the 

Michigan Historical Center), Lansing, 

MI. The human remains were removed 

from the vicinity of Scott Point, 

Mackinac County, MI. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 

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 the Michigan 

Office of the 

State Archaeologist professional staff 

in consultation with representatives of 

the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians 

of Oklahoma; Bad River Band of the 

Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians of the Bad River Reservation, 

Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian 

Community, Michigan; Bois Forte Band 

(Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Tribe, Minnesota; Chippewa-Cree 

Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, 

Montana; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, 

Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 

Fond du Lac Band of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Forest 

County Potawatomi Community, 

Wisconsin; Grand Portage Band of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 

Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan; 

Hannahville Indian Community, 

Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian 

Community, Michigan; Kickapoo Tribe 

of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation 

in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; 

Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake 

Superior Chippewa Indians, Wisconsin; 

Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of the Lac du 

Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac 

Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Leech 

Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Tribe, Minnesota; Little River Band of 

Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish 

Band of Pottawatomi Indians of 

Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the 

Potawatomi, Michigan (formerly the 

Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa Tribe 

of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 

Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 

Indiana; Prairie Band of Potawatomi 

Nation, Kansas; Quechan Tribe of the 

Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, 

California and Arizona; Red Cliff Band 

of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa 

Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa 

Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. 

Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 

Michigan; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; 

Sokaogon Chippewa Community, 

Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians 

of Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of 

Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; 

White Earth Band of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Wyandotte 

Nation, Oklahoma; and the Scott Point 

Tribe of American Aboriginals, a nonfederally recognized Indian group. 

Consultation included all tribes whose 

aboriginal lands once included 

Mackinac County, MI, as identified in 

the ‘‘Present-Day Tribes Associated with 

Indian Land Cessions 1784–1894’’ 

database on the National Park Service’s 

National NAGPRA website. 

In 1993, human remains representing 

a minimum of three individuals were 

removed from the surface of 20MK450, 

Mackinac County, MI, by Marla 

Buckmaster, professor of anthropology 

at Northern Michigan University, to 

curtail the damage being caused to 

them. The bones were reported to Dr. 

Buckmaster after they were exposed by 

erosion resulting from off-road vehicle 

use that resulted in the bones being 

visible on the surface. After removal, Dr. 

Buckmaster reported the matter to local 

police and then transferred the remains 

to the Office of the State Archaeologist. 

Examination of plat books and 

consultation with the Department of 

Natural Resources Office of Land and 

Facilities yielded a determination that 


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