Notice of Inventory Completion: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, Baker City, OR, 31523 [05-10821]
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medicine men who use the objects as
part of their healing ceremonies and
preparation of prayer sticks associated
with solstice offerings. The contents of
Zia medicine bundles are usually kept
individually in small hide pouches tied
with leather or yucca cords, which in
turn are kept in larger bundles. Small
quartz crystals, minerals, beads, flakes
and seeds are commonly used to adorn
and paint prayer sticks.
Officials of Chaco Culture National
Historical Park have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(C), the
cultural items are specific ceremonial
objects needed by traditional Native
American religious leaders for the
practice of traditional Native American
religions by their present-day adherents.
Officials of Chaco Culture National
Historical Park 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 sacred objects and the
Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the sacred objects should
contact Dennis Carruth, acting
superintendent, Chaco Culture National
Historical Park, Post Office Box 220,
Nageezi, NM 87037, telephone
(505)786–7014, before July 1, 2005.
Repatriation of the sacred objects to the
Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
Chaco Culture National Historical
Park is responsible for notifying the
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache
Nation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation,
Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; 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 Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Zia, New Mexico; Southern Ute
Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado; Ute Mountain
Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah; Ysleta
Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe
of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico
that this notice has been published.
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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:
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest,
Hells Canyon National Recreation
Area, Baker City, OR
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 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.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by WallowaWhitman National Forest professional
staff in consultation with the Nez Perce
Tribe of Idaho.
In June 1989, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the
Knight Creek site (35WA767), Wallowa
County, OR. The Knight Creek site is
located approximately 47 miles south of
Lewiston, ID. The Knight Creek site was
looted by an unknown individual or
individuals during the summer or fall of
1984. The 1989 archeological excavation
was conducted by Central Washington
University, under contract with the
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, as
part of a damage assessment study. After
analysis at Central Washington
University, the materials were returned
to the Wallowa-Whitman National
Forest and have been kept at the Hells
Canyon National Recreation
headquarters in Enterprise, OR. No
known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Radiocarbon dates from the Knight
Creek site range between B.P. 1040 (+/
-90 years) and 2,450 B.P. (+/-120 years).
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The Nez Perce Indians are believed to
have occupied the area of Wallowa
County, OR for over 7,000 years. The
Knight Creek site is located within the
ancestral and traditional lands of the
Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho. Nothing was
discovered at the site that would
indicate that there was any cultural
influence other than the Nez Perce
people, which is represented today by
the 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 Nez Perce Tribe of
Idaho.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Guy A. Marden, Forest
Archaeologist, Wallowa-Whitman
National Forest, P.O. Box 907, Baker
City, OR 97814–3071, telephone (208)
885–3773, before July 1, 2005.
Repatriation of the human remains to
the 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 Nez Perce
Tribe of Idaho 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: U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Sequoia & Kings Canyon
National Parks, Three Rivers, CA and
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology, University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest,
Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, Baker City, OR
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 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.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Wallowa-
Whitman National Forest professional staff in consultation with the Nez
Perce Tribe of Idaho.
In June 1989, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the Knight Creek site (35WA767), Wallowa
County, OR. The Knight Creek site is located approximately 47 miles
south of Lewiston, ID. The Knight Creek site was looted by an unknown
individual or individuals during the summer or fall of 1984. The 1989
archeological excavation was conducted by Central Washington
University, under contract with the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, as
part of a damage assessment study. After analysis at Central Washington
University, the materials were returned to the Wallowa-Whitman National
Forest and have been kept at the Hells Canyon National Recreation
headquarters in Enterprise, OR. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Radiocarbon dates from the Knight Creek site range between B.P.
1040 (+/-90 years) and 2,450 B.P. (+/-120 years). The Nez Perce Indians
are believed to have occupied the area of Wallowa County, OR for over
7,000 years. The Knight Creek site is located within the ancestral and
traditional lands of the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho. Nothing was
discovered at the site that would indicate that there was any cultural
influence other than the Nez Perce people, which is represented today
by the 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 Nez Perce Tribe of
Idaho.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Guy A.
Marden, Forest Archaeologist, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, P.O. Box
907, Baker City, OR 97814-3071, telephone (208) 885-3773, before July
1, 2005. Repatriation of the human remains to the 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
Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho that this notice has been published.
Dated:May 20, 2005
Paul Hoffman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
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