Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA, 64559-64561 [E6-18509]
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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.
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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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headdresses from Ms. Bonnie Gray of
Burbank, CA, with money provided by
the General Charles McCormack Reeve
Fund. According to correspondence
found in the museum records, Ms. Gray
and a companion unearthed the masks
in Arizona from the floor of a deserted
Apache cabin during the middle of the
night. Museum records identify all four
headdresses as Apache ‘‘Devil Dance’’
material.
The first of the three Dilzini Gaan
headdresses is made of wooden slats
tied together with sinew arranged in a
fan shape measuring approximately 31
inches wide and 35 inches high. The
slats are decorated with small mirrors
and red, black, blue and yellow painted
zigzags, arrows, birds, and geometric
designs. A black cloth mask is attached
to the frame with two slits made for the
wearer’s eyes. The second Dilzini Gaan
headdress is made of wooden slats tied
together with sinew arranged in a fan
shape measuring approximately 30.5
inches wide and 36 inches high. Blue,
red-orange, black, purple, green, and
yellow triangles, diamonds, circles, and
other geometric shapes have been
painted on both sides of the wooden
slats. The third Dilzini Gaan headdress
is made of long wooden slats divided
into three groups and connected by
smaller wooden slats to create a fan
shaped arc tied together with sinew. It
measures approximately 26 inches wide
and 40 inches high. Red, yellow, blue,
purple, and green diamonds, scallops,
triangles, and dots have been painted on
both sides of the slats. Mirrors adhere to
the longer slats and one mirror appears
to be missing. Two tassels made of four
slender yellow wooden rods are
attached to the laterally projecting slats.
There is no mask for the headdress.
On December 31, 1941, the Southwest
Museum received one Dilzini Gaan
headdress and two Dilzini Gaan dance
wands from Mr. M.R. Harrington,
Director of Research, Southwest
Museum, originating from an
unspecified area in Arizona. Museum
records identify the material as Apache
‘‘Devil Dance’’ material. No further
information has been found to clarify
means of acquisition by the donor.
The Dilzini Gaan headdress is made
of long wooden slats tied together with
sinew and arranged in a fan shape. It
measures approximately 30 inches wide
and 31 inches high. Blue, red, and
orange triangles, diamonds, and dots
have been painted on the slats. Two
tassels made of four slender wooden
rods are attached to the laterally
projecting slats. A black cloth mask is
attached to the wooden frame. Two slits
have been made for the wearer’s eyes,
and silver buttons are sewn in the same
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vicinity. The two Dilzini Gaan dance
wands are made of six pointed wooden
slats tied together horizontally and
attached perpendicularly to a long
wooden handle. Red diamonds have
been painted onto the plane created by
the horizontal wooden slats.
On December 12, 1950, the Southwest
Museum acquired one Dilzini Gaan
headdress from Mr. Owen L. Gothard of
Clark County, NV. Museum records
identify the item as Apache ‘‘Devil
Dance’’ material. No further information
has been found to clarify means of
acquisition by the donor.
The Dilzini Gaan headdress is made
of wooden slats of various lengths tied
together with sinew in both a horizontal
and vertical direction. The slats form a
rectangle approximately 19 inches wide
and 20.25 inches high. Black, yellow,
red, and blue geometric designs have
been painted on both surfaces. A dark
cloth face mask is attached to the frame.
The mask measures approximately
18.75 inches in long.
On March 5, 1943, the Southwest
Museum received two cultural items
from Mr. John W. Ennis, Jr., of Los
Angeles, CA. Museum records identify
the items as a Western Apache medicine
shirt and a medicine bundle composed
of a plaque and deerskin bag. According
to database records, the two cultural
items were originally obtained by a
missionary. It is unclear how Mr. Ennis,
Jr., came to possess the cultural items.
No further information has been found
to clarify means or location of
acquisition by the donor.
The medicine shirt, or shaman’s
garment, is a painted deer hide with a
scalloped border measuring
approximately 25.5 inches wide and 30
inches long. A slit has been cut near the
center for the wearer’s neck. Black,
yellow, and green designs have been
painted on both sides of the hide. The
medicine bundle is composed of two
items. The first item is a wooden plaque
measuring approximately 9.5 inches
wide and 4 inches long. An orange,
black, and white figure has been painted
on the plaque surface. A deerskin thong
and feathers are attached to a center
perforation. The second item is a
deerskin bag with shoulder strap. The
bag measures approximately 9.75 inches
wide and 4.75 inches long. A green,
black, and yellow figure has been
painted on the bag, similar to the one on
the wooden plaque. Eight groups of
feathers are attached to the bag and
along the length of the strap.
On an unknown date, the Southwest
Museum purchased two wooden crosses
from Mr. Bill Smith with money
provided by the General Charles
McCormack Reeve Fund. No further
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information has been found to clarify
means of acquisition by the donor.
The first cross is 56 inches high, 33.5
inches across, and .25 inches thick. The
cross is composed of five long wooden
slats tapered to a point distally,
traversed horizontally by five shorter
wooden slats. Blue, black, and white
zigzagged lines have been painted on
the surface. A circular appendage has
been attached to the top of the cross.
Two dark brown feathers measuring 12
inches in length remain tied to the cross
by a cloth cord. The second cross is 52
inches high, 24 inches across, and .25
inches thick. The cross is composed of
five long wooden slats tapered to a point
distally, traversed horizontally by five
shorter wooden slats. Blue, black, and
white zigzagged lines have been painted
on the surface.
On February 2, 1959, the Southwest
Museum acquired one cap from Mr.
Julian Adams of Marino, CA, as part of
the Mary E. Adams ethnological
collection. Museum records identify the
cap as Apache. The cap is a man’s
buckskin cap and exhibits white, black,
and dark red beads sewn in a star
pattern. Seven eagle feathers are
attached to the top. No further
information has been found to clarify
the means or location of acquisition by
the donor.
Consultation and physical inspection
of the cultural items described above by
knowledgeable Western Apache
traditional cultural authorities 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
Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp
Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona have
identified the cultural items as
culturally affiliated with Western
Apache Indian tribes. According to the
traditional cultural authorities, the
cultural items have ongoing historical,
traditional, and cultural importance to
the Western Apache, and today, must be
returned to the tribes representing the
Western Apache to fully complete the
ceremonial cycle into which they were
introduced; as such, the cultural items
are objects of cultural patrimony.
According to Western Apache
traditional cultural authorities, the 55
cultural items are made and handled
according to instructions received from
the Creator. The Creator is the only One
who has the right to possess the cultural
items after their use by humans. The
cultural items must be put away
properly to return them to the Creator;
as such, the cultural items are sacred
objects. The Western Apache are
represented today by the federally
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recognized 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
Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp
Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona.
These four tribes are members of the
Western Apache NAGPRA Working
Group.
Officials of the Southwest Museum
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (3)(C), the 55 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 have
also determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (3)(D), the 55 cultural items
described above have ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group or
culture itself, rather than property
owned by an individual. Lastly, officials
of the Southwest Museum 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 objects of
cultural patrimony and sacred objects
and 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
Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp
Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the objects of cultural
patrimony and 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 objects of cultural
patrimony and scared objects to 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 may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
Southwest Museum is responsible for
notifying the Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New
Mexico; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the
Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico;
San Carlos Reservation, Arizona; Tonto
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Apache Tribe of Arizona; White
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort
Apache Reservation, Arizona; and
Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp
Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona that
this notice has been published.
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:
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. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the control of the Thomas Burke
Memorial Washington State Museum
(Burke Museum), University of
Washington, Seattle, WA. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Yakima County,
WA.
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 the Burke
Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation,
Oregon; and Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.
In 1959, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from Bergen site #30 at the
junction of Wenas Creek and Yakima
River, Yakima County, WA, by Dr.
Harold Bergen, an avocational
archeologist. In 1989, the human
remains and cultural items were
donated by Dr. Bergen to the Burke
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Museum (Burke Accn. # 1989–57). No
known individual was identified. The
102 associated funerary objects are 1
basketry fragment, 2 unmodified stones,
46 mammal remains, 1 point, 1 scraper,
49 shell and shell bead fragments, 1 elk
tooth pendant, and 1 utilized flake.
The human remains were collected
from a talus area in a shallow
depression of a talus slide with basalt
rocks mounded around the depression.
Dr. Bergen excavated a single burial.
The burial contained no evidence of
burning, however, other burials at the
site, but not removed, showed signs of
burning and appeared to be cremations.
This burial pattern is consistent with
Yakama burial practices (Schuster 1990:
338).
The Yakama Treaty, signed on June 9,
1855, included the area surrounding the
junction of Wenas Creek and Yakima
River in the aboriginal territory of the
present-day Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington. Other ethnographic and
historic documentation confirms that
this area is in the aboriginal territory of
the Yakama (Daugherty 1973; Ray 1936;
Schuster 1990). According to Swanton
(1952), the Yakama group Si’la-hlama
occupied the area along the Yakima
River between Wenas Creek and
Umtanum Creek. Furthermore, the
Lower Yakama village ts’kik was located
on the Yakima River, just downstream
from the junction of Wenas Creek and
the Yakima River. Descendants of the
Yakama are members of the present-day
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington.
Officials of the Burke Museum 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
Burke Museum also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A),
the 102 objects 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. Lastly,
officials of the Burke Museum 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
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Dr. Peter Lape, Burke Museum,
University of Washington, Box 353010,
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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
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 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 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 Yavapai-Apache 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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headdresses from Ms. Bonnie Gray of Burbank, CA, with money provided by
the General Charles McCormack Reeve Fund. According to correspondence
found in the museum records, Ms. Gray and a companion unearthed the
masks in Arizona from the floor of a deserted Apache cabin during the
middle of the night. Museum records identify all four headdresses as
Apache ``Devil Dance'' material.
The first of the three Dilzini Gaan headdresses is made of wooden
slats tied together with sinew arranged in a fan shape measuring
approximately 31 inches wide and 35 inches high. The slats are
decorated with small mirrors and red, black, blue and yellow painted
zigzags, arrows, birds, and geometric designs. A black cloth mask is
attached to the frame with two slits made for the wearer's eyes. The
second Dilzini Gaan headdress is made of wooden slats tied together
with sinew arranged in a fan shape measuring approximately 30.5 inches
wide and 36 inches high. Blue, red-orange, black, purple, green, and
yellow triangles, diamonds, circles, and other geometric shapes have
been painted on both sides of the wooden slats. The third Dilzini Gaan
headdress is made of long wooden slats divided into three groups and
connected by smaller wooden slats to create a fan shaped arc tied
together with sinew. It measures approximately 26 inches wide and 40
inches high. Red, yellow, blue, purple, and green diamonds, scallops,
triangles, and dots have been painted on both sides of the slats.
Mirrors adhere to the longer slats and one mirror appears to be
missing. Two tassels made of four slender yellow wooden rods are
attached to the laterally projecting slats. There is no mask for the
headdress.
On December 31, 1941, the Southwest Museum received one Dilzini
Gaan headdress and two Dilzini Gaan dance wands from Mr. M.R.
Harrington, Director of Research, Southwest Museum, originating from an
unspecified area in Arizona. Museum records identify the material as
Apache ``Devil Dance'' material. No further information has been found
to clarify means of acquisition by the donor.
The Dilzini Gaan headdress is made of long wooden slats tied
together with sinew and arranged in a fan shape. It measures
approximately 30 inches wide and 31 inches high. Blue, red, and orange
triangles, diamonds, and dots have been painted on the slats. Two
tassels made of four slender wooden rods are attached to the laterally
projecting slats. A black cloth mask is attached to the wooden frame.
Two slits have been made for the wearer's eyes, and silver buttons are
sewn in the same vicinity. The two Dilzini Gaan dance wands are made of
six pointed wooden slats tied together horizontally and attached
perpendicularly to a long wooden handle. Red diamonds have been painted
onto the plane created by the horizontal wooden slats.
On December 12, 1950, the Southwest Museum acquired one Dilzini
Gaan headdress from Mr. Owen L. Gothard of Clark County, NV. Museum
records identify the item as Apache ``Devil Dance'' material. No
further information has been found to clarify means of acquisition by
the donor.
The Dilzini Gaan headdress is made of wooden slats of various
lengths tied together with sinew in both a horizontal and vertical
direction. The slats form a rectangle approximately 19 inches wide and
20.25 inches high. Black, yellow, red, and blue geometric designs have
been painted on both surfaces. A dark cloth face mask is attached to
the frame. The mask measures approximately 18.75 inches in long.
On March 5, 1943, the Southwest Museum received two cultural items
from Mr. John W. Ennis, Jr., of Los Angeles, CA. Museum records
identify the items as a Western Apache medicine shirt and a medicine
bundle composed of a plaque and deerskin bag. According to database
records, the two cultural items were originally obtained by a
missionary. It is unclear how Mr. Ennis, Jr., came to possess the
cultural items. No further information has been found to clarify means
or location of acquisition by the donor.
The medicine shirt, or shaman's garment, is a painted deer hide
with a scalloped border measuring approximately 25.5 inches wide and 30
inches long. A slit has been cut near the center for the wearer's neck.
Black, yellow, and green designs have been painted on both sides of the
hide. The medicine bundle is composed of two items. The first item is a
wooden plaque measuring approximately 9.5 inches wide and 4 inches
long. An orange, black, and white figure has been painted on the plaque
surface. A deerskin thong and feathers are attached to a center
perforation. The second item is a deerskin bag with shoulder strap. The
bag measures approximately 9.75 inches wide and 4.75 inches long. A
green, black, and yellow figure has been painted on the bag, similar to
the one on the wooden plaque. Eight groups of feathers are attached to
the bag and along the length of the strap.
On an unknown date, the Southwest Museum purchased two wooden
crosses from Mr. Bill Smith 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 first cross is 56 inches high, 33.5 inches across, and .25
inches thick. The cross is composed of five long wooden slats tapered
to a point distally, traversed horizontally by five shorter wooden
slats. Blue, black, and white zigzagged lines have been painted on the
surface. A circular appendage has been attached to the top of the
cross. Two dark brown feathers measuring 12 inches in length remain
tied to the cross by a cloth cord. The second cross is 52 inches high,
24 inches across, and .25 inches thick. The cross is composed of five
long wooden slats tapered to a point distally, traversed horizontally
by five shorter wooden slats. Blue, black, and white zigzagged lines
have been painted on the surface.
On February 2, 1959, the Southwest Museum acquired one cap from Mr.
Julian Adams of Marino, CA, as part of the Mary E. Adams ethnological
collection. Museum records identify the cap as Apache. The cap is a
man's buckskin cap and exhibits white, black, and dark red beads sewn
in a star pattern. Seven eagle feathers are attached to the top. No
further information has been found to clarify the means or location of
acquisition by the donor.
Consultation and physical inspection of the cultural items
described above by knowledgeable Western Apache traditional cultural
authorities 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 Yavapai-
Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona have
identified the cultural items as culturally affiliated with Western
Apache Indian tribes. According to the traditional cultural
authorities, the cultural items have ongoing historical, traditional,
and cultural importance to the Western Apache, and today, must be
returned to the tribes representing the Western Apache to fully
complete the ceremonial cycle into which they were introduced; as such,
the cultural items are objects of cultural patrimony.
According to Western Apache traditional cultural authorities, the
55 cultural items are made and handled according to instructions
received from the Creator. The Creator is the only One who has the
right to possess the cultural items after their use by humans. The
cultural items must be put away properly to return them to the Creator;
as such, the cultural items are sacred objects. The Western Apache are
represented today by the federally
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recognized 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 Yavapai-Apache Nation of the
Camp Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona. These four tribes are members
of the Western Apache NAGPRA Working Group.
Officials of the Southwest Museum have determined that, pursuant to
25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(C), the 55 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 have also determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(D),
the 55 cultural items described above have ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native American
group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an individual.
Lastly, officials of the Southwest Museum 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 objects of cultural
patrimony and sacred objects and 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
Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the objects of cultural patrimony and
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 objects of cultural patrimony and
scared objects to 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 Yavapai-
Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Southwest Museum is responsible for notifying the Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache Nation,
New Mexico; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New
Mexico; San Carlos Reservation, Arizona; Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona;
White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona;
and Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona
that this notice has been published.
Dated: September 28, 2006.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E6-18509 Filed 11-1-06; 8:45 am]
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