[Federal Register: October 31, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 210)]
[Notices]
[Page 61667-61668]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Hells Canyon National
Recreation Area, Baker City, OR; Correction
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003 (5), of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of the
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Baker City, OR. The human remains were
removed from Wallowa 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. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
This notice corrects the cultural affiliation assigned to the human
remains by the addition of two tribes: Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation, Washington and Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Reservation, Oregon.
The Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register of June
1, 2005
[[Page 61668]]
(FR Doc 05-10821, Page 31523) paragraphs number 5 and 6 are corrected
by substituting the following two paragraphs:
Radiocarbon dates from the Knight Creek site (35WA767) range
between 2,450 [120] years B.P and B.P. 1040 90
years. Sahaptan[sol]Nez Perce speakers are believed to have occupied
the central and eastern areas of the Columbia Plateau, and more
specifically the area of Wallowa County, OR, and Snake River area of
both Oregon and Idaho, for over 7,000 and possibly 10,000 years or
more. Members of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation,
Washington (specifically the Chief Joseph[sol]Wallowa Band);
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon; and Nez Perce
Tribe of Idaho include Sahaptan[sol]Nez Perce speakers. The Knight
Creek site is located within the ancestral and traditional lands of the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon; and Nez Perce
Tribe of Idaho.
Officials of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described
above represent the physical remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
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 Confederated Tribes
of the Colville Reservation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Reservation, Oregon; and Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Jen
Fitzpatrick, Customer Service Staff Officer, Wallowa-Whitman National
Forest, 1550 Dewey Avenue, Baker City, OR 97814, telephone (541) 523-
1222, before November 30, 2007. Repatriation of the human remains to
the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon; and[sol]or Nez
Perce Tribe of Idaho may proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest is responsible for notifying the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon; and Nez Perce
Tribe of Idaho that this notice has been published.
Dated: October 1, 2007.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E7-21368 Filed 10-30-07; 8:45 am]
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