FR Doc E8-6557[Federal Register: March 31, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 62)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Army,
Installation Management Agency-Army Reserve Office, Arlington, VA, and
University of Utah, Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, UT

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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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, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of the U.S.
Department of Defense, Army, Installation Management Agency-Army
Reserve Office, Arlington, VA, and in the physical custody of the
University of Utah, Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, UT.
The human remains were removed from Fort Douglas, Salt Lake 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. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by U.S.
Department of Defense, Army professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Great Basin Inter-Tribal NAGPRA Coalition,
representing the Big Pine Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians
of the Big Pine Reservation, California; Bridgeport Paiute Indian
Colony of California; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater
Reservation, Nevada; Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Fort McDermitt
Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation,
Nevada and Oregon; Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas
Indian Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian
Colony, Nevada; Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation of Utah
(Washakie); Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the
Bishop Colony, California; Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine
Community of the Lone Pine Reservation, California; Paiute-Shoshone
Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada; Reno-Sparks Indian
Colony, Nevada; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho;
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; Southern
Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Susanville
Indian Rancheria, California; Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians
of Nevada (Four constituent bands: Battle Mountain Band; Elko Band;
South Fork Band and Wells Band); Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California
(Carson Colony, Dresslerville Colony, Woodfords Community, Steward
Community, & Washoe Ranches); and Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba
Reservation, Nevada. Representatives of the Death Valley Timbi-Sha
Shoshone Band of California were also consulted, but are not members of
the Great-Basin Inter-Tribal NAGPRA Coalition. The Ute Indian Tribe of
the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah were contacted, but
declined to participate in the consultation.
    On March 16, 1939, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the basement of an officer's quarters on
Fort Douglas in Salt Lake County, UT, during excavations conducted to
enlarge the basement area of a "Sgt. Pooles" house. The human remains
were transferred for curation to the University of Utah, Utah Museum of
Natural History, Salt Lake City, UT, on March 19, 1939. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Information obtained during the inventory conducted by University
of Utah, Utah Museum of Natural History staff indicates that this
burial is believed to date to the Archaic period (circa 7,000 B.C. to
A.D. 800). Since the Archaic period is a continent-wide archeological
culture period with no known distinctly identifiable ties to any one
modern tribe, it is unlikely that a specific tribal affiliation can be
assigned to the Native American human remains. However, a review of the
available literature demonstrates ethnographically, linguistically,
and/or archeologically, that the present-day Northern Shoshone, Western
Shoshone, Eastern Shoshone, and Ute bands and tribes have both historic
and prehistoric ties to the general geographical area of Fort Douglas.
Furthermore, Northern Shoshone, Western Shoshone, Eastern Shoshone, and
Ute bands and tribes have aboriginal ancestral territories that fall
within the Great Basin culture area encompassing Fort Douglas. The
present-day descendants of the Northern Shoshone, Western Shoshone,
Eastern Shoshone, and Ute band and tribes are members of the Big Pine
Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians of the Big Pine
Reservation, California; Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony of California;
Death Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of California; Duckwater Shoshone
Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Ely Shoshone Tribe of
Nevada; Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt
Indian Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute
Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute Tribe
of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; Northwestern Band of Shoshoni
Nation of Utah (Washakie); Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop
Community of the Bishop Colony, California; Paiute-Shoshone Indians of
the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine Reservation, California;
Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada;
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada;

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Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Shoshone-Bannock
Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of
the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone
Indians of Nevada; Susanville Indian Rancheria, California; Ute Indian
Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe of
the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Washoe Tribe
of Nevada & California (Carson Colony, Dresslerville Colony, Woodfords
Community, Steward Community, & Washoe Ranches); and Yomba Shoshone
Tribe of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada.
    Officials of the Army, Installation Management Agency-Army Reserve
Office 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 Army,
Installation Management Agency-Army Reserve Office have also determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), a relationship of shared group
identity cannot reasonably be traced between the Native American human
remains and any present-day Indian tribe. Lastly, officials of the
Army, Installation Management Agency-Army Reserve Office determined
that the physical remains of the one individual of Native American
ancestry are culturally unidentifiable.
    The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is responsible for recommending specific
actions for disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains. In
1997, the Army, Installation Management Agency-Army Reserve determined
that there was not sufficient evidence of a shared group identity
(cultural affiliation) between the human remains and a particular
Indian Tribe or Tribes and the human remains were "culturally
unidentifiable." Officials of the Army, Installation Management
Agency-Army Reserve requested that the Review Committee recommend
disposition of the culturally unidentifiable human remains from Fort
Douglas to the 20 federally recognized tribes that represent the Great
Basin Inter-Tribal NAGPRA Coalition. The Great Basin Inter-Tribal
NAGPRA Coalition has adopted a resolution for a joint claim for the
human remains from Fort Douglas (Great Basin Inter-Tribal NAGPRA
Coalition Resolution No. 04-001).
    In 2005, a letter from the Review Committee's Designated Federal
Officer, writing on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior,
recommended disposition by the Army, Installation Management Agency-
Army Reserve of the physical remains of one individual to the 20
federally recognized bands and tribes that are members of the Great
Basin Inter-Tribal NAGPRA Coalition contingent on the publication of a
Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register. This notice
fulfills this requirement.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Mr.
Richard White, Conservation Chief, ATTN: IMAR-E, 2511 Jefferson Davis
Highway, 10th Floor, Arlington, VA 22202-3926, telephone (703) 602-
2848, before April 30, 2008. Repatriation of the human remains to the
Great Basin Inter-Tribal NAGPRA Coalition, on behalf of the Big Pine
Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians of the Big Pine
Reservation, California; Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony of California;
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Ely
Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of
the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; Las Vegas
Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada;
Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada;
Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie); Paiute-
Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony,
California; Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community of the
Lone Pine Reservation, California; Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon
Reservation and Colony, Nevada; Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada;
Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Shoshone-Bannock
Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of
the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Susanville Indian Rancheria,
California; Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada; Washoe
Tribe of Nevada & California (Carson Colony, Dresslerville Colony,
Woodfords Community, Steward Community, & Washoe Ranches); and Yomba
Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada, may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come forward.
    The U.S. Department of Defense, Army, Installation Management
Agency-Army Reserve Office is responsible for notifying the Big Pine
Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians of the Big Pine
Reservation, California; Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony of California;
Death Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of California; Duckwater Shoshone
Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Ely Shoshone Tribe of
Nevada; Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt
Indian Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute
Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute Tribe
of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; Northwestern Band of Shoshoni
Nation of Utah (Washakie); Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop
Community of the Bishop Colony, California; Paiute-Shoshone Indians of
the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine Reservation, California;
Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada;
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall
Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley
Reservation, Nevada; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado; Susanville Indian Rancheria, California; Te-Moak
Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada; Ute Indian Tribe of the
Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Washoe Tribe of
Nevada & California (Carson Colony, Dresslerville Colony, Woodfords
Community, Steward Community, & Washoe Ranches); and Yomba Shoshone
Tribe of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada that this notice has been
published.

    Dated: February 28, 2008.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-6557 Filed 3-28-08; 8:45 am]

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