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Agenda for the teleconference
meeting. The agenda for the March 3,
2006 teleconference includes the
disposition of culturally unidentifiable
human remains; discussion of the
agenda for the Review Committee
meeting tentatively scheduled for May
30–31, 2006, in Juneau, AK; review of
the Review Committee’s meeting,
findings, and dispute procedures; and
presentations and statements by Indian
tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations,
museums, Federal agencies, and the
public. Persons may submit written
statements for the Review Committee’s
consideration to the Designated Federal
Officer, facsimile (202) 371–5197, e-mail
timlmckeown@nps.gov.
Dated: January 20, 2006.
C. Timothy McKeown,
Designated Federal Officer, Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items: Denver Museum of Nature &
Science, Denver, CO
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. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the
possession of the Denver Museum of
Nature & Science, Denver, CO, that meet
the definition of ‘‘sacred objects’’ under
25 U.S.C. 3001.
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 cultural
items. The National Park Service in not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
Museum accession, catalogue, and
computer records, as well as
consultation with representatives of the
Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota,
indicate that the nine cultural objects
are Chippewa and are from the Nett
Lake Reservation, MN.
In 1961, Mrs. Sidney A. Petersen
purchased eight cultural items from the
estate of Jack Chicag of Nett Lake
Reservation, MN. The cultural items are
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sacred objects derived from the
Midewiwin Society, also known as the
Medicine Lodge Society. The eight
cultural items are 1 Midewiwin
initiation set consisting of 16 items,
including cedar wood pieces and a
medicine packet, all placed in a cloth
tobacco sack; 6 medicine bags consisting
of various animal skins with added
cloth, ribbon, or beadwork; and 1
incomplete Midewiwin scroll. In 1961,
Mrs. Petersen also purchased from Mrs.
Ray Drift of Nett Lake Reservation, MN,
one wooden crook handle Midewiwin
staff with clusters of ribbons, feathers,
metal jingles, brass thimbles, and carved
deer claws. On February 5, 1976, Mrs.
Petersen sold the nine cultural items to
the Crane Foundation. On February 19,
1976, the Crane Foundation, through Dr.
and Mrs. Frances Crane, gifted the nine
cultural items to the Denver Museum of
Natural History (now Denver Museum
of Nature & Science).
The nine cultural items are needed by
Midewiwin Society priests to conduct
ceremonials and are needed by Bois
Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota
Chippewa, Minnesota religious leaders
for the practice of traditional Native
American religious ceremonies.
Officials of the Denver Museum of
Nature & Science have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(C), the
nine Midewiwin cultural items
described above 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 the Denver Museum of
Nature & Science 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 nine cultural items and the
Bois Fort Band (Nett Lake) of the
Minnesota Chippewa, Minnesota.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the nine cultural items
should contact Dr. Steven Holen, Head
of the Anthropology Department,
Denver Museum of Nature & Science,
2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80205,
telephone (303) 370–8261, before March
6, 2006. Repatriation of the cultural
items to the Bois Fort Band (Nett Lake)
of the Minnesota Chippewa, Minnesota
may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Denver Museum of Nature &
Science is responsible for notifying the
Bois Fort Band (Nett Lake) of the
Minnesota Chippewa, Minnesota that
this notice has been published.
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Dated: January 25, 2006.
C. Timothy McKeown,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E6–1381 Filed 2–1–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items: Horner Collection, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, OR
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the
possession of the Horner Collection,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR,
that meet the definition of
‘‘unassociated funerary objects’’ under
25 U.S.C. 3001.
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 cultural
items. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
The Horner Collection, Oregon State
University professional staff consulted
with representatives of the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon. The Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation,
Washington, were advised of the
cultural items, but did not participate in
consultation.
In 1936, Mr. Keith Chamberlain
loaned two antelope spikes to the John
B. Horner Museum of the Oregon
Country, Oregon Agricultural College.
The Oregon Agricultural College was
renamed the Oregon State College in
1937, and became Oregon State
University in 1962. In 1974, Mr.
Chamberlain donated the two antelope
spikes to the Horner Museum.
Currently, cultural items from the
Horner Museum are referred to as the
Horner Collection, which is owned by,
and in the possession of, Oregon State
University. At that time, Mr.
Chamberlain also donated an additional
36 cultural items to the Horner
Collection. The cultural items are 14
bead necklaces, 3 mortars, 1 pestle, 2
gaming sticks, 1 bow, 2 bone whistles,
1 axe head, 1 small bowl, 1 flintlock and
bead, 1 unknown lithic, 1 stone
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pendant, 2 sets of miscellaneous beads,
1 blue and white ceramic pendant, 1
horn jar, 1 copper pendant, 1 set of brass
buttons, 1 metal pendant, and 1 set of
loose copper beads.
The cultural items were noted as
being from ‘‘Memaloose Island,
Columbia River.’’ It is unknown if they
were from Lower Memaloose Island,
Wasco County, OR, or Upper
Memaloose Island, Klickitat County,
WA. It is unknown if they were found
by Mr. Chamberlain. The Memaloose
Islands were used during the
postcontact period by local Native
American peoples for the burial of their
dead. The Memaloose Islands are within
the traditional territory of Chinook- and
Sahaptin-speaking Indian groups
represented today by the Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington and the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon. The Confederated Tribes of
the Warm Springs Reservation of
Oregon has submitted a claim for the
unassociated funerary objects.
Officials of the Horner Collection,
Oregon State University have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(B), the 38 cultural items
described above 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 and are believed, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from a specific burial site
of a Native American individual.
Officials of the Horner Collection,
Oregon State University 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 38
unassociated funerary objects and the
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington, and
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects should contact Sabah Randhawa,
Executive Vice President and Provost,
President’s Office, Oregon State
University, 600 Kerr Administration
Building, Corvallis, OR 97331,
telephone (541) 737–8260, before March
6, 2006. Repatriation of the 38
unassociated funerary objects to the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Horner Collection, Oregon State
University is responsible for notifying
the Confederated Tribes and Bands of
the Yakama Nation, Washington and
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Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon and that
this notice has been published.
Dated: January 20, 2006.
C. Timothy McKeown,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Horner Collection, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, 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 Horner
Collection, Oregon State University,
Corvallis, OR. The human remains were
removed from an island in the Columbia
River, near the border between Oregon
and Washington.
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 Horner Collection,
Oregon State University professional
staff in consultation with
representatives of the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon. The Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation,
Washington, were advised of the human
remains, but did not participate in
consultation.
Some time between 1925 and 1927,
human remains representing a
minimum of one individual was
removed from ‘‘Memaloose Island,
Columbia River.’’ It is unclear from
museum records whether the human
remains came from Upper Memaloose
Island, Klickatat County, WA, or Lower
Memaloose Island, Wasco County, OR.
On June 16, 1936, Keith Chamberlain
loaned one cranium (skull without the
lower jaw), to the John B. Horner
Museum of the Oregon Country, Oregon
Agricultural College. The Oregon
Agricultural College was renamed the
Oregon State College in 1937, and
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Denver Museum of
Nature & Science, Denver, CO
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. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the Denver Museum of
Nature & Science, Denver, CO, that meet the definition of ``sacred
objects'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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 cultural
items. The National Park Service in not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Museum accession, catalogue, and computer records, as well as
consultation with representatives of the Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of
the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota, indicate that the nine
cultural objects are Chippewa and are from the Nett Lake Reservation,
MN.
In 1961, Mrs. Sidney A. Petersen purchased eight cultural items
from the estate of Jack Chicag of Nett Lake Reservation, MN. The
cultural items are sacred objects derived from the Midewiwin Society,
also known as the Medicine Lodge Society. The eight cultural items are
1 Midewiwin initiation set consisting of 16 items, including cedar wood
pieces and a medicine packet, all placed in a cloth tobacco sack; 6
medicine bags consisting of various animal skins with added cloth,
ribbon, or beadwork; and 1 incomplete Midewiwin scroll. In 1961, Mrs.
Petersen also purchased from Mrs. Ray Drift of Nett Lake Reservation,
MN, one wooden crook handle Midewiwin staff with clusters of ribbons,
feathers, metal jingles, brass thimbles, and carved deer claws. On
February 5, 1976, Mrs. Petersen sold the nine cultural items to the
Crane Foundation. On February 19, 1976, the Crane Foundation, through
Dr. and Mrs. Frances Crane, gifted the nine cultural items to the
Denver Museum of Natural History (now Denver Museum of Nature &
Science).
The nine cultural items are needed by Midewiwin Society priests to
conduct ceremonials and are needed by Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of
the Minnesota Chippewa, Minnesota religious leaders for the practice of
traditional Native American religious ceremonies.
Officials of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(C), the nine Midewiwin cultural
items described above 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 the Denver Museum of Nature & Science 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 nine cultural
items and the Bois Fort Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa,
Minnesota.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the nine cultural items should contact
Dr. Steven Holen, Head of the Anthropology Department, Denver Museum of
Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80205, telephone
(303) 370-8261, before March 6, 2006. Repatriation of the cultural
items to the Bois Fort Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa,
Minnesota may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is responsible for notifying
the Bois Fort Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa, Minnesota
that this notice has been published.
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Dated: January 25, 2006.
C. Timothy McKeown,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E6-1381 Filed 2-1-06; 8:45 am]
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