Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 42671-42672 [E6-11997]
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Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; on behalf of the
Ak Chin Indian Community of the
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Gila River Indian Community
of the Gila River Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Tohono O’odham Nation of
Arizona; and themselves.
At unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an
unknown site in Southwestern United
States. At an unknown date, the human
remains were acquired by Jens Knudsen,
a biology professor at Pacific Lutheran
University and private collector. Mrs.
Knudsen, the widow of Mr. Knudsen,
transferred the human remains to
Pacific Lutheran University. No known
individual was identified. The two
associated funerary objects are one bag
of pebbles and one dog skeleton.
The human remains and associated
funerary objects are in a box labeled
‘‘Hohokam.’’ During consultation, Salt
River Pima tribal representative stated
that dogs were sometimes interred with
an individual. Based on the donor’s
collection history, it is reasonable to
believe that the human remains are
Native American. Based on museum
documentation and information during
consultation, it is reasonable to believe
the human remains are Hohokam.
Archeological evidence has
demonstrated a strong relationship of
shared group identity between the
Hohokam and the present-day O’odham
(Pima and Papago) and Hopi. The
O’odham people are currently
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. In
1990, representatives of 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 issued a
joint policy statement claiming ancestral
ties to the Hohokam cultural traditions.
O’odham oral traditions indicate that
some of the Hohokam people migrated
north and joined the Hopi. In 1994,
representatives of the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona issued a statement claiming
cultural affiliation with Hohokam
cultural traditions. Zuni oral traditions
mention Hawikuh, a Zuni community,
as a destination of settlers from the
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Hohokam area. In 1995, representatives
of the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico issued a
statement claiming cultural affiliation
with the Hohokam cultural traditions.
Officials of the Pacific Lutheran
University 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 Pacific Lutheran
University also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the
two objects 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 Pacific Lutheran
University 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 objects 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; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt
River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact David R. Huelsbeck,
Anthropology Department, Pacific
Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA
98447, telephone (253) 535–7196, before
August 28, 2006. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
object to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; on behalf of the
Ak Chin Indian Community of the
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Gila River Indian Community
of the Gila River Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Tohono O’odham Nation of
Arizona; and themselves may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
Pacific Lutheran University is
responsible for notifying Ak Chin Indian
Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin)
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River
Indian Community of the Gila River
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico that this
notice has been published.
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Dated: July 13, 2006.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items: Thomas Burke Memorial
Washington State Museum, University
of Washington, Seattle, WA
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
control of the Thomas Burke Memorial
Washington State Museum (Burke
Museum), University of Washington,
Seattle, WA, 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.
In 1894, cultural items were removed
from Point Barrow (formerly known as
Cape Smyth), AK. Cape Smyth was
located on the southern end of Point
Barrow Spit. The cultural items were
removed from a grave by Dr. James
Taylor White and donated by Mrs.
James T. White to the Burke Museum in
1904 (Burke Accession. #846). No
human remains are present. The 13
unassociated funerary objects are 4 bead
bracelets (including loose beads), 1
amulet, 1 pipe cleaner with beads, 5
bracelet fragments (including loose
beads), and 2 seed bead bracelets strung
on sinew.
The unassociated funerary objects are
culturally affiliated with the Native
Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional
Government based on geographic and
ethnographic information. Point Barrow
is located in Northern Alaska within the
traditional territory of the Inupiat
people. The Utqiagvigmiut Inpuiat
community occupied the area
immediately surrounding Point Barrow.
The cultural items are consistent with
the material culture of the Inupiat.
Descendants of the Inupiat are members
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of the Native Village of Barrow Inupiat
Traditional Government. Furthermore,
consultation with tribal representatives
confirmed that the preponderance of the
evidence suggests the cultural items can
be culturally affiliated to the Native
Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional
Government.
Officials of the Burke Museum have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(B), the 13 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 an Native American individual.
Officials of the Burke Museum 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
unassociated funerary objects and the
Native Village of Barrow Inupiat
Traditional Government.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects should contact Dr. Peter Lape,
Burke Museum, University of
Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA
98195–3010, telephone (206) 685–2282,
before August 28, 2006. Repatriation of
the unassociated funerary objects to the
Native Village of Barrow Inupiat
Traditional Government may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Burke Museum is responsible for
notifying the Native Village of Barrow
Inupiat Traditional Government that
this notice has been published.
Dated: June 20, 2006
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Nebraska State Museum,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
Lincoln, NE; Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with provisions of the Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003 (5), of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
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in the possession of the University of
Nebraska State Museum, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Dakota,
Douglas, and Stanton Counties, NE.
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.
This notice corrects the number of
human remains and associated funerary
objects in a Notice of Inventory
Completion published in the Federal
Register on November 18, 1998 (FR Doc.
98–30683, page 64100). After
publication, human remains and
associated funerary objects were found
in museum collections. This notice
supercedes the previously published
notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by University of
Nebraska professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska.
In 1939, human remains representing
an unknown number of individuals
were removed from a historic Omaha
cemetery (25DK2a) in Dakota County,
NE, during excavations under the
direction of Stanley Bartos, Jr. Prior to
November 16, 1990, the University of
Nebraska State Museum and the Omaha
Tribe of Nebraska agreed to repatriate all
individuals and associated funerary
objects from site 25DK2a. On October 3,
1991, human remains and associated
funerary objects were repatriated to the
Omaha Tribe. In 1994–1995, during
NAGPRA inventory activity, five
individuals from this site were found in
the museum collections. In 1999, two
additional individuals and nine
associated funerary objects from site
25DK2a were found in collections. No
known individuals were identified. The
nine associated funerary objects are 4
thimbles; 1 glass jar of strung black,
glass, tube-type trade beads; 2 strands of
strung white mixed shell and glass,
tube-type trade beads; 1 bag of strung
black, glass, tube-type trade beads; and
1 fragment of sewn white and black,
tube-type trade beads.
In 1940, human remains representing
an unknown number of individuals
were removed from a historic Omaha
cemetery (25DK10) in Dakota County,
NE, during excavations under the
direction of John Champe. Prior to
November 16, 1990, the University of
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Nebraska State Museum and the Omaha
Tribe of Nebraska agreed to repatriate all
individuals and associated funerary
objects from sites 25DK10. On October
3, 1991, human remains and associated
funerary objects were repatriated to the
Omaha Tribe. In 1994–1995, and 1998,
during NAGPRA inventory activity,
three individuals from site 25DK10 were
found in the museum collections. In
1999, one additional individual was
found in the collections. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Consultations with representatives of
the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska identified
sites 25DK2a and 25DK10 as historic
Omaha cemeteries.
In 1940, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from Emil Entenmann’s
cornfield (25ST0) in Stanton County,
NE, and acquired by the museum. No
known individual was identified. In
1999, additional cultural items were
identified as funerary objects associated
with this individual. The eight
associated funerary objects are seed,
tube, glass, and bone beads.
Based on the presence of glass beads
associated with the burial, the human
remains have been determined to be
Native American from the historic
period. During the historic period, the
Omaha occupied the immediate vicinity
of this burial. Consultation with
representatives of the Omaha Tribe of
Nebraska confirms this information and
attributes this burial to the Omaha
people.
In 1941, human remains representing
a minimum of two individuals were
removed from the Maxwell site
(25DK13) near Homer, NE, during
excavations conducted by S. Bartos, Jr.
under the direction of John L. Champe
and Paul Cooper. No known individuals
were identified. In 1999, during
NAGPRA inventory activity, one
cultural item was identified as an
associated funerary object. The one
associated funerary object is a tin cup.
Based on the degree of preservation
and skeletal morphology, the
individuals from site 25DK13 have been
determined to be Native American from
the historic period. Based on the
apparent age of the human remains and
the location of the burials, the
individuals have been determined to be
affiliated with the Omaha Tribe of
Nebraska.
During the 1910s, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed during
construction activity at 13th and I
Streets in Omaha, NE, by Robert Gilder
who donated the human remains to the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Thomas Burke
Memorial Washington State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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 control of the Thomas Burke
Memorial Washington State Museum (Burke Museum), University of
Washington, Seattle, WA, 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.
In 1894, cultural items were removed from Point Barrow (formerly
known as Cape Smyth), AK. Cape Smyth was located on the southern end of
Point Barrow Spit. The cultural items were removed from a grave by Dr.
James Taylor White and donated by Mrs. James T. White to the Burke
Museum in 1904 (Burke Accession. 846). No human remains are
present. The 13 unassociated funerary objects are 4 bead bracelets
(including loose beads), 1 amulet, 1 pipe cleaner with beads, 5
bracelet fragments (including loose beads), and 2 seed bead bracelets
strung on sinew.
The unassociated funerary objects are culturally affiliated with
the Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government based on
geographic and ethnographic information. Point Barrow is located in
Northern Alaska within the traditional territory of the Inupiat people.
The Utqiagvigmiut Inpuiat community occupied the area immediately
surrounding Point Barrow. The cultural items are consistent with the
material culture of the Inupiat. Descendants of the Inupiat are members
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of the Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government.
Furthermore, consultation with tribal representatives confirmed that
the preponderance of the evidence suggests the cultural items can be
culturally affiliated to the Native Village of Barrow Inupiat
Traditional Government.
Officials of the Burke Museum have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the 13 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 an Native American
individual. Officials of the Burke Museum 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 unassociated
funerary objects and the Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional
Government.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the unassociated funerary objects should
contact Dr. Peter Lape, Burke Museum, University of Washington, Box
353010, Seattle, WA 98195-3010, telephone (206) 685-2282, before August
28, 2006. Repatriation of the unassociated funerary objects to the
Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Burke Museum is responsible for notifying the Native Village of
Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government that this notice has been
published.
Dated: June 20, 2006
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E6-11997 Filed 7-26-06; 8:45 am]
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