Notice of Inventory Completion: Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA, 31526-31527 [05-10808]
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native ceramic vessel, with a terminal
depth of 70cm bs, is a definite anomaly’’
but concedes that depending upon how
long ago the vessel was deposited, ‘‘it is
feasible to assume that the intrusive
activity may no longer be discernable in
the stratigraphy’’ (Mahoney et al 2001).
The TXMF consultant suggested that the
vessel may have been associated with a
human burial, but that conditions at the
site were not conducive to the
preservation of human remains.
Radiocarbon dates and the absence of
stratigraphic evidence for a pit indicate
that the vessel is associated with the
Woodland period. The archeological
record in northeast Texas provides
evidence for cultural continuity
between the Woodland period and
subsequent Caddo periods. Williams
Plain pottery, which first appeared
during the Woodland period, has been
discovered in association with later
Caddoan pottery; and in the Red River
Basin, the production of Williams Plain
pottery appears to have continued until
the end of the Middle Caddoan period,
circa A.D. 1300. This shared ceramic
tradition suggests cultural continuity
between the Woodland period
inhabitants of the Red River Basin and
later Caddo occupants of the basin.
Determination. Under 25 U.S.C. 3005,
TXMF officials determined that the one
ceramic vessel described above is
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 is
believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a
specific burial site of a Native American
individual.
TXMF officials determined that the
unassociated funerary object is
culturally affiliated with the Caddo
Nation of Oklahoma.
Notification. The TXMF is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Caddo Nation of
Oklahoma.
Dated: May 20, 2005.
Paul Hoffman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife
and Parks.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Oakland Museum of California,
Oakland, CA
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
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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 Oakland
Museum of California, Oakland, CA.
The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from
Mineral Creek in Pinal 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
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.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Oakland Museum
of California professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Gila River Indian Community of the Gila
River Indian Reservation, Arizona. The
Gila River Indian Community of the Gila
River Indian Reservation, Arizona is
acting on behalf of the Ak Chin Indian
Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin)
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Salt River
Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of
the Salt River Reservation, Arizona;
Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona,
and themselves.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from Mineral
Creek in Pinal County, AZ , by person(s)
unknown. In 1914, Mr. Otho Moses
donated the human remains as part of
a collection of geological and
ethnographic materials to the Oakland
Public Museum (now Oakland Museum
of California). It is unknown how or
when Mr. Moses acquired the human
remains. No known individual was
identified. The one associated funerary
object is a bone awl.
Information in the Oakland Museum
of California’s records describes the site
from which the human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed as being located 15 or 16 miles
up the Gila River from Florence, AZ.
Based on geographic location, skeletal
morphology, and analysis of the
associated funerary object, this
individual has been identified as a
Native American of Hohokam
affiliation. Archeological, historical, and
oral tradition evidence indicate that
there is a relationship of shared group
identity between the Hohokam people
and the present-day Piman and
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O’odham cultures, represented by the
Ak-Chin Indian Community of the
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Gila River Indian Community
of the Gila River Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono
O’odham Nation of Arizona.
Officials of the Oakland Museum of
California 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 Oakland Museum of
California also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the
one object described above is 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 the
Oakland Museum of California 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 object and the AkChin Indian Community of the
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Gila River Indian Community
of the Gila River Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono
O’odham Nation of Arizona.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary object should
contact Carey T. Caldwell, Curator of
Special Projects, Oakland Museum of
California, 1000 Oak St., Oakland, CA
94607, telephone (510) 238–3842, before
July 1, 2005. Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary object
to the Gila River Indian Community of
the Gila River Indian Reservation,
Arizona may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
The Ak-Chin Indian Community of the
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono
O’odham Nation of Arizona supports
the repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary object to the
Gila River Indian Community of the Gila
River Indian Reservation, Arizona.
The Oakland Museum of California 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; Salt
River Pima-Maricopa Indian
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Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono
O’odham Nation of Arizona that this
notice has been published.
Dated: May 20, 2005.
Paul Hoffman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife
and Parks.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Oregon State Museum of
Anthropology, University of Oregon,
Eugene, OR
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Oregon
State Museum of Anthropology,
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
(museum that has control of the cultural
items), determined that the physical
remains of 10 individuals of Native
American ancestry and approximately
331 associated funerary objects in the
museum’s collections, described below
in Information about cultural items, are
culturally affiliated with the Coquille
Tribe of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of
the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw
Indians of Oregon; Confederated Tribes
of the Grande Ronde Community of
Oregon; and Confederated Tribes of the
Siletz Reservation, Oregon.
The National Park Service publishes
this notice on behalf of the museum as
part of the National Park Service’s
administrative responsibilities under
NAGPRA. The museum is solely
responsible for information and
determinations stated in this notice. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the museum’s determinations.
Information about NAGPRA is
available online at https://
www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
to the Indian tribes listed above in
Summary may proceed after July 1,
2005, if no additional claimants come
forward. Representatives of any other
Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the cultural
items should contact the museum before
July 1, 2005.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority.
25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq. and 43 CFR Part
10.
Contact. Contact C. Melvin Aikens,
Oregon State Museum of Anthropology,
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97403–1224, telephone (541) 346–5115,
regarding determinations stated in this
notice or to claim the cultural items
described in this notice.
Consultation. The museum identified
the cultural items and the cultural
affiliation of the cultural items in
consultation with representatives of the
Coquille Tribe of Oregon; Confederated
Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and
Siuslaw Indians of Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Grande
Ronde Community of Oregon; and
Confederated Tribes of the Siletz
Reservation, Oregon.
Information about cultural items. In
1938, human remains representing a
minimum of four individuals were
removed from three burials during
excavations by University of Oregon
staff at site 35SC3, Bullards Beach, Coos
County, OR. The status of the land at the
time of removal is unknown. The
museum accessioned the human
remains into the collection in 1939. No
known individuals were identified. The
75 associated funerary objects are pine
nut beads.
Site 35SC3 is a habitation site that
probably dates to the middle of the 19th
century. The published site report states
that the three burials were interred
underneath decayed wood planks, but
remnants of the planks apparently were
not collected.
In 1952, human remains representing
a minimum of two individuals were
removed from site 35CS5, Bullards
Beach, Coos County, OR, during
excavations by University of Oregon
staff. The status of the land at the time
of removal is unknown. The museum
accessioned the human remains into the
collection in 1959. No known
individuals were identified. The
approximately 250 associated funerary
objects include glass and dentalium
shell beads and cedar plank fragments.
In 1954, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from site 35CS5, Bullards
Beach, Coos County, OR, and donated
the same year to the museum by local
residents. The status of the land at the
time of removal is unknown. The names
of the residents are withheld by the
museum. No known individual was
identified. The two associated funerary
objects are one stone scraper and one
blue glass bead.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing one individual were
recovered by an unknown party from
site 35CS5, Bullards Beach, Coos
County, OR, and were accessioned into
the collection at an unknown date. The
status of the land at the time of removal
is unknown. No known individual was
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identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The presence of the Euroamerican
beads at site 35CS5 dates the human
remains that were removed in 1952 and
1954 to the Protohistoric or Historic
period.
In 1969, human remains representing
a minimum of two individuals were
removed from the vicinity of the
Coquille River, Coos County, OR, by the
Coos County sheriff, who discovered the
human remains exposed by flooding.
The status of the land at the time of
removal is unknown. The sheriff
donated the human remains to the
museum the same year. The museum
inventoried two sets of human remains
attributed to site 35CS1 at Bandon, Coos
County, OR, which is several miles
north of Bullards Beach, Coos County,
OR, on the Coquille River. No
information is available regarding the
date that the human remains were
removed from site 35CS1, or when the
human remains were accessioned into
the museum. The museum considers it
likely that the inventoried human
remains from site 35CS1 are the same
human remains that the sheriff removed
in 1969, although due to cataloging
problems this interpretation cannot be
established with certainty. While no
associated funerary objects are
identified in museum records, copper
buttons and a whale bone fragment are
stored with the human remains. Based
on the appearance of copper staining on
the human bone, the museum has
determined that the objects are funerary
objects associated with the human
remains. No known individuals were
identified. The four associated funerary
objects are three copper buttons and one
whale bone fragment.
The funerary objects associated with
the human remains indicate a Contact
period age.
Based on associated funerary objects,
archeological context, and skeletal
morphology, the human remains have
been determined to be Native American.
Historic documents, continuities of
material culture, ethnographic sources,
and oral history indicate the Coquille
people have occupied the Bullards and
Bandon areas since precontact times.
Determinations. Under 25 U.S.C.
3003, museum officials determined that
the human remains represent the
physical remains of 10 individuals of
Native American ancestry. Museum
officials determined that the
approximately 331 objects 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. Museum
officials determined that the human
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Oakland Museum of California,
Oakland, CA
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 and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the Oakland Museum of California, Oakland,
CA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
Mineral Creek in Pinal 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 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.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Oakland
Museum of California professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River
Indian Reservation, Arizona. The Gila River Indian Community of the
Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona is acting on behalf of the Ak
Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona, and themselves.
At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from Mineral Creek in Pinal County, AZ , by
person(s) unknown. In 1914, Mr. Otho Moses donated the human remains as
part of a collection of geological and ethnographic materials to the
Oakland Public Museum (now Oakland Museum of California). It is unknown
how or when Mr. Moses acquired the human remains. No known individual
was identified. The one associated funerary object is a bone awl.
Information in the Oakland Museum of California's records describes
the site from which the human remains and associated funerary objects
were removed as being located 15 or 16 miles up the Gila River from
Florence, AZ. Based on geographic location, skeletal morphology, and
analysis of the associated funerary object, this individual has been
identified as a Native American of Hohokam affiliation. Archeological,
historical, and oral tradition evidence indicate that there is a
relationship of shared group identity between the Hohokam people and
the present-day Piman and O'odham cultures, represented by the Ak-Chin
Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona;
Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona.
Officials of the Oakland Museum of California 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 Oakland Museum of California also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the one object
described above is 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 the Oakland Museum of
California 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 object 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; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono O'odham
Nation of Arizona.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
object should contact Carey T. Caldwell, Curator of Special Projects,
Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak St., Oakland, CA 94607,
telephone (510) 238-3842, before July 1, 2005. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary object to the Gila River Indian
Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants come forward. The Ak-Chin
Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona;
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona supports the
repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary object to the
Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation,
Arizona.
The Oakland Museum of California 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; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
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Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono O'odham
Nation of Arizona that this notice has been published.
Dated: May 20, 2005.
Paul Hoffman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
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