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and development of Fort Stanwix 

National Monument. Alternative 1: No 

Action focuses on basically maintaining 

current management, protection, and 

interpretive practices and interpreting 

the siege of Fort Stanwix in the 

Revolutionary War. Alternative 2: 

Action Alternative seeks to broaden 

interpretation of Fort Stanwix in the 

context of the Northern Frontier, the 

Mohawk Valley, and American Indian 

history; forge new partnerships; upgrade 

exhibits and waysides; expand the 

interpretive role of the Marinus Willett 

Center; and develop an 18th-century 

cultural landscape treatment plan for 

the site. Alternative 2 is the preferred 

alternative because it best supports the 

park’s purpose, significance and goals, 

while also providing management 

direction that best protects resources 

and offers high-quality visitor 

experiences. 

The Final GMP/EIS describes the 

affected environment and evaluates 

potential environmental consequences 

of implementing the alternatives. Impact 

topics include cultural and natural 

resources, visitor experience, park 

operations, and the socioeconomic 

environment. 

The Draft General Management Plan/ 

Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/ 

EIS) was made available for public 

review between September 15 and 

December 1, 2008. On August 26, 2008, 

a ‘‘Notice of Availability’’ formally 

announcing the public availability of 

the Draft GMP/EIS was published in the 

Federal Register (73 FR 50343). A 

public meeting was held in Rome, NY, 

on October 23, 2008. During the 

comment period, 14 written comments 

were received by the planning team. 

Most respondents supported the 

preferred alternative. 

DATES: The National Park Service will 

prepare a Record of Decision concerning 

the selection of a management 

alternative no sooner than 30 days 

following publication by the 

Environmental Protection Agency of 

Notice of Availability of the Final GMP/ 

EIS in the Federal Register. 

Further Information and Addresses: 

The Final General Management Plan/ 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Fort Stanwix National Monument is 

available public online at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov. Copies are 

available upon request by contacting 

Superintendent Debbie Conway, Fort 

Stanwix National Monument,112 East 

Park Street, Rome, NY 13440; phone 

315–338–7730; 

Debbie_Conway@nps.gov. 

Dennis R. Reidenbach, 

Regional Director, Northeast Region. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Tumacacori National 

Historical Park, Tumacacori, AZ 

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 U.S. Department 

of the Interior, National Park Service, 

Tumacacori National Historical Park, 

Tumacacori, AZ. The human remains 

and associated funerary objects were 

removed from Tumacacori Mission in 

Santa Cruz County, AZ. 

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 

within this notice are the sole 

responsibility of the superintendent, 

Tumacacori National Historical Park. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

was made by Tumacacori National 

Historical Park and Western 

Archeological and Conservation Center 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Ak Chin Indian 

Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) 

Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River 

Indian Community of the Gila River 

Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe 

of Arizona; Mescalero Apache Tribe of 

the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; 

Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona; Salt 

River Pima-Maricopa Indian 

Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos 

Apache Tribe of San Carlos Reservation, 

Arizona; Tohono O’odham Nation of 

Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico. The Ak Chin 

Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak 

Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona did 

not attend the consultation meetings but 

was represented by the Gila River 

Indian Community of the Gila River 

Indian Reservation, Arizona. The Fort 

Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Jicarilla 

Apache Nation, New Mexico; Tonto 

Apache Tribe of Arizona; and the White 

Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort 

Apache Reservation, Arizona were 

contacted but did not participate in the 

consultation meetings. 

In 1965, human remains representing 

a minimum of 20 individuals were 

removed from Tumacacori Mission in 

Santa Cruz County, AZ. No known 

individuals were identified. The 32 

associated funerary objects are 1 stone 

ball/hammerstone, 1 unifacial flaked 

stone tool (knife), 23 beads and 1 box of 

beads, 1 box of textile fragments, 1 

crucifix, 2 metal fragments, 1 majolica 

sherd, and 1 soil sample. 

The historic period burials are 

Christianized Indian interments in and 

around a church used during the Jesuit 

and Franciscan Periods. The church 

from which the burials were removed 

was built between A.D. 1753 and A.D. 

1757, but the burials could have taken 

place anywhere from A.D. 1753 to A.D. 

1824. The Jesuit Period ended in 1767, 

but a new Franciscan church was not 

built until 1822. After 1822, burials 

were in the Franciscan cemetery and 

church. However, individuals could 

have been buried in the Jesuit church 

after the Franciscan church was built. 

One of the burials included in this 

inventory was removed 6 inches above 

the Jesuit church floor. The latest 

possible date for these burials is 1848, 

when the last residing Native Americans 

departed for San Xavier del Bac north of 

Tumacacori. 

The human remains listed above have 

been identified as Native American and 

determined to be culturally affiliated 

with the tribes listed below based on 

analyses by a physical anthropologist, 

an analysis of regional and archeological 

contexts, and information from Spanish 

burial records in mission registers. 

During the Mission Period individuals 

were buried under church floors if they 

were in good standing with the Catholic 

Church, or by relatives after the priests 

left. Church burial records show that 

there were very few Anglo or Spanish 

priest burials at Tumacacori, and most 

individuals were identified as O’odham. 

Oral history, tradition, archeological 

evidence, and written Spanish 

documents show that, historically, the 

Native American groups at Tumacacori 

included all present day O’odham 

tribes, nations, and communities. The 

Ak Chin Indian Community of the 

Maricopa (Ak Chin) Reservation, 

Arizona consists primarily of Akimel 

and Tohono O’odham, with a few 

families of Hia-Ced O’odham. The Gila 

River Indian Community of the Gila 

River Indian Reservation, Arizona and 

the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian 

Community of the Salt River 

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Reservation are both composed 

primarily of Akimel O’odham along 

with small populations of Maricopas 

who moved from the central portion of 

the Gila River, around Gila Bend, to join 

Akimel O’odham populations living 

along the Salt and Gila Rivers in the 

1800s. 

Historical Spanish records of 

baptisms, weddings, and burials 

indicate that Yaqui and Apache families 

and individuals were also present at the 

mission and were buried in church 

cemeteries and under church floors. 

Apache groups are known to have 

occupied the area historically, and 

Apache baptisms, marriages, and burials 

were recorded by Spanish priests, 

especially in the 1800s. The Spanish 

burial records suggest that the most 

common Indian burials were that of 

O’odham, with smaller numbers of 

Apache and Yaqui. 

Officials of Tumacacori National 

Historical Park have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of 20 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of Tumacacori 

National Historical Park also have 

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

3001 (3)(A), the 32 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 

Tumacacori National Historical Park 

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 Ak 

Chin Indian Community of the 

Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Gila River Indian 

Community of the Gila River Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; Jicarilla Apache 

Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero Apache 

Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New 

Mexico; Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona; 

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian 

Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos 

Apache Tribe of the San Carlos 

Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham 

Nation of Arizona; Tonto Apache Tribe 

of Arizona; and White Mountain 

Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache 

Reservation, Arizona. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Lisa Carrico, superintendent, 

Tumacacori National Historical Park, 

P.O. Box 8067, Tumacacori, AZ 85640, 

telephone (520) 398–2341 Ext. 52, 

before August 17, 2009. Repatriation of 

the human remains and associated 

funerary objects to the Ak Chin Indian 

Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) 

Indian Reservation, Arizona; Fort Sill 

Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Gila River 

Indian Community of the Gila River 

Indian Reservation, Arizona; Jicarilla 

Apache Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero 

Apache Tribe of the Mescalero 

Reservation, New Mexico; Pascua Yaqui 

Tribe of Arizona; Salt River PimaMaricopa Indian Community of the Salt 

River Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos 

Apache Tribe of the San Carlos 

Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham 

Nation of Arizona; Tonto Apache Tribe 

of Arizona; and White Mountain 

Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache 

Reservation, Arizona may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

Tumacacori National Historical Park 

is responsible for notifying the Ak Chin 

Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak 

Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Fort 

Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Gila 

River Indian Community of the Gila 

River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache 

Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero Apache 

Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New 

Mexico; Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona; 

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian 

Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos 

Apache Tribe of San Carlos Reservation, 

Arizona; Tohono O’odham Nation of 

Arizona; Tonto Apache Tribe of 

Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe 

of the Fort Apache Reservation, 

Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: June 23, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–17054 Filed 7–16–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, ME; 

Acadia National Park Advisory 

Commission; Notice of Meeting 

Notice is hereby given in accordance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770, 5 

U.S.C. App. 1, Sec. 10), that the Acadia 

National Park Advisory Commission 

will hold a meeting on Monday, 

September 14, 2009. 

The Commission was established 

pursuant to Public Law 99–420, Sec. 

103. The purpose of the commission is 

to consult with the Secretary of the 

Interior, or his designee, on matters 

relating to the management and 

development of the park, including but 

not limited to the acquisition of lands 

and interests in lands (including 

conservation easements on islands) and 

termination of rights of use and 

occupancy. 

The meeting will convene at Park 

Headquarters, Bar Harbor, Maine, at 1 

p.m., to consider the following agenda: 

1. Committee Reports: 

—Land Conservation 

—Park Use 

—Science and Education 

—Historic 

2. Old business. 

3. Superintendent’s report. 

4. Public comments. 

5. Proposed agenda for next 

Commission meeting in February 2010. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Interested persons may make oral/ 

written presentations to the Commission 

or file written statements. Such requests 

should be made to the Superintendent 

at least seven days prior to the meeting. 

Further information concerning this 

meeting may be obtained from the 

Superintendent, Acadia National Park, 

P.O. Box 177, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609, 

tel: (207) 288–3338. 

Dated: June 30, 2009. 

Sheridan Steele, 

Superintendent. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Cancellation of July 21, 2009, Meeting 

of the Big Cypress National Preserve 

Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Cancellation of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770, 5 U.S.C. App 1, 

10), notice is hereby given that the July 

21, 2009, meeting of the Big Cypress 

National Preserve ORV Advisory 

Committee previously announced in the 

Federal Register, Vol. 73, November 17, 

2008, p. 67882, is cancelled. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pedro Ramos, Superintendent, Big 

Cypress National Preserve, 33100 

Tamiami Trail East, Ochopee, Florida 

34141–1000; 239–695–1103. 

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