Notice of Inventory Completion: Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA, 64558-64559 [E6-18483]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Southwest Museum of the
American Indian, Autry National
Center, Los Angeles, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
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 Southwest Museum of
the American Indian, Autry National
Center, Los Angeles, CA, 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 is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
The 14 cultural items are 8 katsina
kwatsi (masks), 5 wooden war gods, and
1 flute altar.
In 1960, the Southwest Museum
purchased seven katsina kwatsi (masks)
from Mr. Andrew T. Johnston with
financial assistance provided by the
Southwest Museum Acquisition Fund.
According to museum documentation,
Mr. Johnston acquired all seven masks
from Old Oraibi, AZ. No further
information has been found to clarify
means of acquisition by the donor. The
seven katsina kwatsi are one Tasaf, one
Koyemsi, one Piftuka, one Cohnina, one
Angakchina, and one Heotos.
On May 10, 1934, the Southwest
Museum acquired one katsina mask
from Miss Rose Dougan. Museum
records identify the cultural item as an
‘‘old Hopi bearded mask.’’ No further
information has been found to clarify
means or location of acquisition by the
donor. The katsina kwatsi is an
Angakchina.
On March 8, 1941, the Southwest
Museum acquired five wooden war gods
or prayer effigies from Mrs. Ina Sizer
Cassidy. According to donor
correspondence, the ‘‘Old Prayer
effigies’’ were found in 1920 by Mrs.
Cassidy’s husband, Gerald Cassidy, at a
war gods’ shrine near Old Oraibi, AZ,
during Snake Dance ceremonies.
On June 28, 1950, the Southwest
Museum purchased one flute altar from
Mr. William Neil Smith with financial
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assistance provided by the General
Charles McCormack Reeve Fund.
According to museum documentation,
Mr. Smith acquired the altar in Old
Oraibi, AZ. No further information has
been found to clarify means of
acquisition by the donor.
Museum documentation indicates
that the 14 cultural items originated
from Old Oraibi, which is located
within the Hopi Reservation.
Archeological and ethnographic
evidence suggests that the Hopi have
continuously inhabited the Old Oraibi
since A.D. 1150. In 1900, Old Oraibi
was the largest Hopi settlement.
Consultation and physical inspection
of the cultural items described above by
the knowledgeable traditional cultural
authorities of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona,
the Katsinmomngwit (Kachina Priest)
and Lenmomngwit (Flute Priest), have
identified the cultural items as
culturally affiliated with the Hopi Tribe
of Arizona. According to the traditional
cultural authorities, the cultural items
have ongoing historical, traditional, and
cultural importance to the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona. As part of continuing religious
practice, the cultural items must be
cared for by current members of the
Kachina and Flute Societies of the Hopi.
Officials of the Southwest Museum
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (3)(C), the 14 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 Southwest 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 14 sacred
objects and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the sacred objects should
contact Dr. Duane H. King, Executive
Director, or Jamie Hebert, NAGPRA
Research Associate for Collections,
Southwest Museum of the American
Indian, Autry National Center, 234
Museum Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90065,
telephone (323) 221–2164 extension
241, before December 4, 2006.
Repatriation of the 14 sacred objects to
the Hopi Tribe of Arizona may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Southwest Museum is
responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe
of Arizona that this notice has been
published.
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Dated: September 28, 2006
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Southwest Museum of the American
Indian, Autry National Center, Los
Angeles, 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
remains in the control of the Southwest
Museum of the American Indian, Autry
National Center, Los Angeles, CA. The
human remains were removed from
Ontario County, NY.
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 Southwest
Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Cayuga Nation of New York, Oneida
Nation of New York, Oneida Tribe of
Indians of Wisconsin, Onondaga Nation
of New York, Seneca Nation of New
York, Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of
Oklahoma, St. Regis Band of Mohawk
Indians of New York, Tonawanda Band
of Seneca Indians of New York, and
Tuscarora Nation of New York, as well
as the Haudenosaunee Standing
Committee on Burial Rights and
Regulations, a non-federally recognized
Indian group.
In 1885, human remains representing
a minimum of two individuals were
removed from a grave near
Canandaigua, Ontario County, NY. The
museum has no additional information
regarding the circumstances of removal.
Mrs. Phyllis Lockley, mother of Robert
Campbell Lockley, acquired the human
remains as part of her son’s estate. On
January 18, 1962, Mrs. Lockley signed
the original Deed of Gift and transferred
the human remains to the museum,
which accessioned the human remains
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into its collection the same year. No
known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
On the original Deed of Gift, the credit
line identifies all objects donated by
Mrs. Lockley as ‘‘materials collected by
Mrs. Hope Gans Lockley, 1885.’’
However, in a letter written after the
Deed of Gift, Mrs. Lockley asks the
museum to correct the deed to attribute
only one donated item to Mrs. Hope
Gans Lockley as ‘‘all of the other items
were from the estate of (her) son, Robert
Campbell Lockley.’’ The museum
responded to this request on February 9,
1962, to assure her that the required
change in the last line of the deed
would be executed. It is unclear why
this correction was not made before
Mrs. Lockley signed the final document.
Museum records and physical
anthropological assessment have
determined the human remains to be of
probable Native American descent.
Archeological and historical evidence
indicate that the Owasco culture
occupied central and eastern New York
and the Glaciated Alleghany Plateau
during the Woodland Stage (1000 B.C.A.D. 1600). Around A.D. 1600, the
Owasco culture underwent a cultural
transition. Between A.D. 1450 and 1600,
diagnostic characteristics indicative of
the Seneca culture begin to become
evident in the archeological record.
From the early 16th century until the
American Revolution, the Seneca
occupied a region between the Genesee
River and Canandaigua Lake, which
includes Livingstone and Ontario
Counties, NY, as well as the southern
portion of Monroe County, NY. A
cultural connection can be reasonably
traced from the Owasco people to the
present-day Seneca Nation of New York,
Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, and
Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of
New York.
Officials of the Southwest Museum
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of two individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the
Southwest 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 Native
American human remains and the
Seneca Nation of New York, SenecaCayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, and
Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of
New York.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Dr. Duane H. King,
Executive Director, or Jamie Hebert,
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NAGPRA Research Associate for
Collections, Southwest Museum of the
American Indian, Autry National
Center, 234 Museum Drive, Los Angeles,
CA 90065, telephone (323) 221–2164,
before December 4, 2006. Repatriation of
the human remains to the Seneca Nation
of New York, Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of
Oklahoma, and Tonawanda Band of
Seneca Indians of New York may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
Southwest Musuem is responsible for
notifying the Cayuga Nation of New
York, Oneida Nation of New York,
Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin,
Onondaga Nation of New York, Seneca
Nation of New York, Seneca-Cayuga
Tribe of Oklahoma, St. Regis Band of
Mohawk Indians of New York,
Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of
New York, and Tuscarora Nation of New
York, as well as the Haudenosaunee
Standing Committee on Burial Rights
and Regulations, a non-federally
recognized Indian group, that this notice
has been published.
Dated: September 28, 2006
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E6–18483 Filed 11–1–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Southwest Museum of the
American Indian, Autry National
Center, Los Angeles, 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. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the
possession of the Southwest Museum of
the American Indian, Autry National
Center, Los Angeles, CA, that meet the
definitions of ‘‘sacred objects’’ and
‘‘objects of cultural patrimony’’ 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 55 cultural items are 42 pieces of
Dilzini Gaan dance material, 6 Dilzini
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Gaan headdresses, 2 Dilzini Gaan dance
wands, 2 crosses, 1 shirt, 1 medicine
bundle, and 1 cap.
Southwest Museum officials
identified the cultural items and
assessed the cultural affiliation of the
cultural items at the request of the San
Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos
Reservation, Arizona; Tonto Apache
Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain
Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache
Reservation, Arizona; and YavapaiApache Nation of the Camp Verde
Indian Reservation, Arizona, which are
members of the Western Apache
NAGPRA Working Group. Southwest
Museum officials also consulted with
representatives of the Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New
Mexico; and Mescalero Apache Tribe of
the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico.
At an unknown time, the Southwest
Museum purchased 42 painted and
carved wooden pieces of Dilzini Gaan
dance material from an unknown person
at an unknown location with money
provided by the General Charles
McCormack Reeve Fund. No further
information has been found to clarify
means of acquisition by the donor.
The 42 wooden pieces of Dilzini Gaan
dance material range from 4 to 30 inches
in length, and average 2 inches in
breadth and .25 inches in depth. Some
of the wooden pieces have been
sharpened to a point at each end, others
remain squared and blunt, while others
exhibit notched, flattened or broken
edges.
On May 24, 1940, the Southwest
Museum acquired one Dilzini Gaan
headdress from Miss Rose Dougan.
Museum records identify the cultural
item as an Apache ‘‘Devil Dance’’
headdress with a cloth mask. No further
information has been found to clarify
means or location of acquisition by the
donor.
The Dilzini Gaan headdress is
composed of wooden slats arranged in
a fan shape measuring approximately 38
inches wide and 23 inches high. The
slats are decorated with green, blue,
orange, and white paint. Two tassels
made of four slender, blue wooden rods
are attached to the laterally projecting
slats, one tassel on the right side and
one on the left side. The mask is
approximately 11 inches wide and 17.5
inches long. It is made of a flour sack
painted black. One side of the mask is
imprinted with the words, ‘‘Loveland
flour...Love Me.’’ Two slits have been
made near the wearer’s eyes. Above
these holes are a feather and four white
triangles.
On December 3, 1935, the Southwest
Museum purchased three Dilzini Gaan
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Southwest Museum of the American
Indian, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, 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 in the control of the
Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center, Los
Angeles, CA. The human remains were removed from Ontario County, NY.
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 Southwest
Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of the
Cayuga Nation of New York, Oneida Nation of New York, Oneida Tribe of
Indians of Wisconsin, Onondaga Nation of New York, Seneca Nation of New
York, Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians
of New York, Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York, and
Tuscarora Nation of New York, as well as the Haudenosaunee Standing
Committee on Burial Rights and Regulations, a non-federally recognized
Indian group.
In 1885, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals
were removed from a grave near Canandaigua, Ontario County, NY. The
museum has no additional information regarding the circumstances of
removal. Mrs. Phyllis Lockley, mother of Robert Campbell Lockley,
acquired the human remains as part of her son's estate. On January 18,
1962, Mrs. Lockley signed the original Deed of Gift and transferred the
human remains to the museum, which accessioned the human remains
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into its collection the same year. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
On the original Deed of Gift, the credit line identifies all
objects donated by Mrs. Lockley as ``materials collected by Mrs. Hope
Gans Lockley, 1885.'' However, in a letter written after the Deed of
Gift, Mrs. Lockley asks the museum to correct the deed to attribute
only one donated item to Mrs. Hope Gans Lockley as ``all of the other
items were from the estate of (her) son, Robert Campbell Lockley.'' The
museum responded to this request on February 9, 1962, to assure her
that the required change in the last line of the deed would be
executed. It is unclear why this correction was not made before Mrs.
Lockley signed the final document.
Museum records and physical anthropological assessment have
determined the human remains to be of probable Native American descent.
Archeological and historical evidence indicate that the Owasco culture
occupied central and eastern New York and the Glaciated Alleghany
Plateau during the Woodland Stage (1000 B.C.-A.D. 1600). Around A.D.
1600, the Owasco culture underwent a cultural transition. Between A.D.
1450 and 1600, diagnostic characteristics indicative of the Seneca
culture begin to become evident in the archeological record. From the
early 16th century until the American Revolution, the Seneca occupied a
region between the Genesee River and Canandaigua Lake, which includes
Livingstone and Ontario Counties, NY, as well as the southern portion
of Monroe County, NY. A cultural connection can be reasonably traced
from the Owasco people to the present-day Seneca Nation of New York,
Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, and Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians
of New York.
Officials of the Southwest Museum have determined that, pursuant to
25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
Officials of the Southwest 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 Native American human remains
and the Seneca Nation of New York, Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, and
Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Dr.
Duane H. King, Executive Director, or Jamie Hebert, NAGPRA Research
Associate for Collections, Southwest Museum of the American Indian,
Autry National Center, 234 Museum Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90065,
telephone (323) 221-2164, before December 4, 2006. Repatriation of the
human remains to the Seneca Nation of New York, Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of
Oklahoma, and Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Southwest Musuem is responsible for notifying the Cayuga Nation of
New York, Oneida Nation of New York, Oneida Tribe of Indians of
Wisconsin, Onondaga Nation of New York, Seneca Nation of New York,
Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of
New York, Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York, and Tuscarora
Nation of New York, as well as the Haudenosaunee Standing Committee on
Burial Rights and Regulations, a non-federally recognized Indian group,
that this notice has been published.
Dated: September 28, 2006
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E6-18483 Filed 11-1-06; 8:45 am]
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