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athapascan) or Upland Takelma/ 

Latgawa or Shasta peoples, based on 

artifacts and the site location. 

A relationship of shared group 

identity can be reasonably traced 

between this identifiable earlier group 

of people and the Confederated Tribes 

of Siletz Indians of Oregon (previously 

listed as the Confederated Tribes of the 

Siletz Reservation) and the 

Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde 

Community of Oregon. In addition, 

according to final judgments of the 

Indian Claims Commission, the land 

from which the human remains were 

removed is within the aboriginally 

occupied lands of the Confederated 

Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon 

(previously listed as the Confederated 

Tribes of the Siletz Reservation) and the 

Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde 

Community of Oregon. 

Determinations Made by the USDA, 

Forest Service, Rouge River-Siskiyou 

National Forest 

Officials of the Rogue River-Siskiyou 

National Forest have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of three 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• 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 Confederated Tribes of 

Siletz Indians of Oregon (previously 

listed as the Confederated Tribes of the 

Siletz Reservation) and Confederated 

Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community 

of Oregon. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains should submit 

a written request with information in 

support of the request to Robert 

MacWhorter, Forest Supervisor, Rogue 

River-Siskiyou National Forest, 3040 

Biddle Road, Medford, OR 97501, 

telephone (541) 618–2030, email 

rmacwhorter@fs.fed.us, by October 23, 

2017. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains to the 

Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of 

Oregon (previously listed as the 

Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 

Reservation) and Confederated Tribes of 

the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon 

may proceed. 

The Rogue River-Siskiyou National 

Forest is responsible for notifying the 

Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of 

Oregon (previously listed as the 

Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 

Reservation); Confederated Tribes of the 

Grand Ronde Community of Oregon; 

and Quartz Valley Indian Community of 

the Quartz Valley Reservation of 

California that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: August 14, 2017. 

Sarah Glass, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20293 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0023948; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Alabama Department of 

Transportation, Montgomery, AL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Alabama Department of 

Transportation has completed an 

inventory of human remains in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, and has determined that 

there is no cultural affiliation between 

the human remains and any present day 

Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. Representatives of any 

Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains should submit 

a written request to the Alabama 

Department of Transportation. If no 

additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations stated in this notice may 

proceed. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the Alabama Department 

of Transportation at the address in this 

notice by October 23, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: William B. Turner, Alabama 

Department of Transportation, 1409 

Coliseum Boulevard, Montgomery, AL 

36110, telephone (334) 242–6144, email 

turnerw@dot.state.al.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of 

the Alabama Department of 

Transportation, Montgomery, AL. The 

human remains were removed from the 

Whitesburg Bridge Site (1Ma10), 

Madison County, AL. 

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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Tennessee 

Valley Authority and Alabama 

Department of Transportation staff 

professionals in consultation with 

representatives of the Cherokee Nation, 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, The 

Chickasaw Nation, The Muscogee 

(Creek) Nation, and United Keetoowah 

Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In April of 2012, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the 

Whitesburg Bridge site (1Ma10) in 

Madison County, AL. On April 23, 2012, 

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) 

ARPA Investigations received a call 

from the Huntsville Police Department 

regarding illegal digging of a gravesite 

on the river bank at the Whitesburg 

Bridge in Huntsville, AL. Huntsville 

Police collected a portion of the human 

remains that were exposed in the river 

bank. The human remains were 

transferred to Alabama Department of 

Forensic Sciences (DFS) for 

identification. On April 25, 2012, TVA 

archeologists examined the site to assess 

the damage and determine if the 

location was on State or Federal land. 

After discussions between TVA and the 

Alabama Department of Transportation 

(ALDoT), it was decided that, because of 

evidence of active illegal digging at the 

site, TVA would excavate the rest of the 

human remains. The remaining human 

remains were excavated on April 26, 

2012, by TVA archeologists and the site 

was covered with vegetation. A portion 

of the burial remained within the intact 

shell midden. Discoloration of some of 

the bone recovered on the river bank 

suggests that a portion of the burial had 

eroded out of the shoreline and was 

exposed to sun. A TVA Police 

Investigator collected the remaining 

human remains from DFS. TVA 

archeologist/osteologist Michaelyn 

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Harle analyzed the human remains and 

determined that the skeletal morphology 

is consistent with prehistoric Native 

American and not considered forensic 

in nature. Subsequent survey by 

Alabama Department of Transportation 

surveyors established that the human 

remains were barely inside ALDoT 

right-of-way. Consequently, on July 10, 

2012, ALDoT took possession of the 

human remains from TVA. 

Determinations Made by the Alabama 

Department of Transportation 

Officials of the Alabama Department 

of Transportation have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on a 

recorded archeological site, visual 

osteomorphological structure of the long 

bones, and the significant occlusal wear 

on the dentition. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

any present-day Indian tribe. 

• According to final judgments of the 

Indian Claims Commission or the Court 

of Federal Claims, the land from which 

the Native American human remains 

were removed is the aboriginal land of 

the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians, The Chickasaw 

Nation, The Muscogee (Creek) Nation, 

and United Keetoowah Band of 

Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the 

disposition of the human remains may 

be to the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band 

of Cherokee Indians, The Chickasaw 

Nation, The Muscogee (Creek) Nation, 

and United Keetoowah Band of 

Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to William B. Turner, 

Alabama Department of Transportation, 

1409 Coliseum Boulevard, Montgomery, 

AL 36110, telephone (334) 242–6144, 

email turnerw@dot.state.al.us, by 

October 23, 2017. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to the Cherokee Nation, 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, The 

Chickasaw Nation, The Muscogee 

(Creek) Nation, and United Keetoowah 

Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma 

may proceed. 

The Alabama Department of 

Transportation is responsible for 

notifying the Cherokee Nation, Eastern 

Band of Cherokee Indians, The 

Chickasaw Nation, The Muscogee 

(Creek) Nation, and United Keetoowah 

Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: August 3, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20302 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0023845; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Luther 

Bean Museum, Adams State 

University, Alamosa, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Luther Bean Museum has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and any present-day Indian tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request to the Luther Bean Museum. If 

no additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations stated in this notice may 

proceed. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the Luther Bean Museum 

at the address in this notice by October 

23, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Danielle Persinger, Luther 

Bean Museum, 208 Edgemont 

Boulevard, Alamosa, CO 81101, 

telephone (719) 587–7151, email 

lutherbean@adams.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of 

the Luther Bean Museum, Alamosa, CO. 

The human remains were removed from 

Alamosa County, CO. 

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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Luther Bean 

Museum professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and 

Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously 

listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes 

of Oklahoma); Comanche Nation, 

Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New 

Mexico; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico 

(previously listed as the Pueblo of Santo 

Domingo); Kiowa Indian Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Navajo Nation, Arizona, 

New Mexico & Utah; Northern 

Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern 

Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; 

Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico 

(previously listed as the Pueblo of San 

Juan); 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 Picuris, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Pojoaque, 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 

Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New 

Mexico; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 

of Arizona; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of 

the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; 

Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 

Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Ute 

Tribe (previously listed as the Ute 

Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 

Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & 

Utah); and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1962, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from a site in Alamosa County, 

CO. The human remains were 

uncovered in the 1960s when an 

artificial lake and bathhouse were being 

developed. The human remains were 

then excavated by two Adams State 

University students and brought to the 

Luther Bean Museum where they have 

been housed ever since. In 2005, the 

Museum brought in a graduate student