Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, Portland, OR and Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon, 78461-78462 [E6-22345]
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Native American manufacture. Based on
the literature and the burial context of
the human remains, the human remains
are considered to date to the Late
Woodland period (after A.D. 1100).
Geographic location is consistent with
the traditional and postcontact territory
of the Munsee Delaware Indian groups.
In the late 1950s, human remains
representing a minimum of 29
individuals were collected by Mr. E.J.
Kaeser from an ossuary at the Archery
Range site, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx
County, NY. The American Museum of
Natural History received the human
remains from Mr. Kaeser as a gift in
1967. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The individuals have been identified
as Native American based on the mode
of burial and the presence of items of
Native American manufacture that are
listed in the field notes but which are
not part of the museum’s collection.
Based on the literature and the burial
context of the human remains in an
ossuary mixed with shell midden
located on a knoll overlooking Pelham
Bay, the human remains are considered
to date to the Late Woodland period
(after A.D. 1100). Geographic location is
consistent with the traditional and
postcontact territory of the Munsee
Delaware Indian groups.
Officials of the American Museum of
Natural History have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of a
minimum of 59 individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the
American Museum of Natural History
have also determined that, pursuant to
25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the approximately
568 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 American Museum of
Natural History 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
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware
Nation, Oklahoma; and StockbridgeMunsee Community, Wisconsin. A
cultural affiliation determination with
the Delaware Tribe of Indians,
Oklahoma was made prior to the tribe’s
change in status.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Nell Murphy, Director of
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Cultural Resources, American Museum
of Natural History, Central Park West at
79th Street, New York, NY 10024–
5192,telephone (212) 769–5837, before
January 29, 2007. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Cherokee Nation,
Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma;
and Stockbridge-Munsee Community,
Wisconsin may proceed after that date
if no additional claimants come
forward.
The American Museum of Natural
History is responsible for notifying the
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware
Nation, Oklahoma; and StockbridgeMunsee Community, Wisconsin that
this notice has been published.
Dated: November 24, 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: U.S. Department of Defense,
Army Corps of Engineers, Portland
District, Portland, OR and
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Reservation, Oregon
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 Confederated Tribes of
the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon, and
in the control of the U.S. Department of
Defense, Army Corps of Engineers,
Portland District, Portland, 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.
Between 1948 and 1986, the Old
Town Umatilla Townsite (35 UM 1/35
UM 35) underwent various and
extensive excavations by multiple
entities. Since 1976, the human remains
and funerary objects have undergone
multiple re-interments and repatriations
to the Confederated Tribes of the
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Umatilla Reservation, Oregon. In 2005,
a bag was located in collections labeled
as being removed from the Old Town
Umatilla Townsite cemetery area,
Umatilla County, OR. The 19
unassociated funerary objects are 1
harpoon point, 1 utilized flake, 1 bone
awl, 5 projectile points, 1 projectile
point fragment, 1 knife, 1 knife
fragment, 1 metal rod, 1 pounding stone,
2 uniface choppers, 1 flake, 1 fishbone,
1 charcoal, and 1 shell.
The human remains with which the
cultural items were originally associated
were previously published in a Notice
of Inventory Completion in the Federal
Register on April 25, 2003, (FR Doc 03–
10029, pages 20406–20407), and were
physically repatriated to the
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Reservation, Oregon on June 13, 2003.
Since the human remains are no longer
in the control of the Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District, the cultural
items in this notice meet the definition
of unassociated funerary objects under
NAGPRA. On February 21, 2006 the
tribe submitted a claim to the Army
Corps of Engineers, Portland District for
the newly discovered unassociated
funerary items.
The Old Town Umatilla site was first
occupied in 470 B.C. and is considered
to be a prehistoric and historic Umatilla
village. The site served as a major
winter village of the Umatilla Indians
during late prehistoric times, and
includes a cemetery that dates from
approximately 500 B.C. to A.D. 1700.
The site lies within the traditional lands
of the present-day Confederated Tribes
of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon.
Officials of the Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(B), the 19 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 Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District 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
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Reservation, Oregon.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects should contact Mr. Robert
Willis, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Portland District, P.O. Box 2946,
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Portland, OR 97208–2946, telephone
(503) 808–4760 before January 29, 2007.
Repatriation of the unassociated
funerary objects to the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation,
Oregon may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
Army Corps of Engineers, Portland
District is responsible for notifying the
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Reservation, Oregon that this notice has
been published.
Dated: November 21, 2006
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E6–22345 Filed 12–28–06; 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.
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 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 12 cultural objects are 5 baskets,
1 mortar, 2 arrows, 1 bag containing
projectile points, 2 obsidian spear
points, and 1 obsidian blade.
The Museum of Oregon Country,
Oregon Agricultural College was
renamed the John B. Horner Museum of
the Oregon Country in 1936, and
became commonly known as the Horner
Museum. The Oregon Agricultural
College was renamed the Oregon State
College in 1937, and became Oregon
State University in 1962. The Horner
Museum closed in 1995. 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.
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Horner Collection, Oregon State
University professional staff consulted
with representatives of the Duckwater
Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater
Reservation, Nevada; Karuk Tribe of
California; Pit River Tribe, California;
Redding Rancheria, California; Santa
Rosa Indian Community of the Santa
Rosa Rancheria, California (also known
as the Tachi Yokut Tribe); Smith River
Rancheria, California; Southern Ute
Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado; and Yurok Tribe
of the Yurok Reservation, California.
In 1953, one mortar was loaned to the
Horner Collection by S.L. Burnaugh,
who later gifted the mortar to the Horner
Collection in 1972. Museum records
state that the mortar was found in
Calveris, California (probably Calaveras)
by an unknown person at an unknown
time. The Calaveras area is within the
Northern Valley Yokut or Foot Hill
Miwok territories, which is part of the
traditional territory of the Santa Rosa
Indian Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California.
The mortar is a shallow oval with one
end deeper than the other and two
grooves in one side of the rim. The
mortar has been identified by tribal
representatives of the Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California as being a
ceremonial mortar used for the
preparation of a jimson weed (Datura
stramonium) beverage that young men
drink during the traditional coming of
age ceremony. According to
consultation evidence, this type of
ceremonial mortar was usually buried
with its owner. The museum has no
documentation that the mortar was ever
buried with an individual, however,
based on consultation evidence, officials
of the Horner Collection, Oregon State
University reasonably believe the mortar
is an unassociated funerary object.
According to museum records, three
baskets are from Tulare County, CA, and
were loaned by Mrs. James Edmond
Barrett to the Horner Collection in 1934.
In 1972, Mrs. Barrett gifted the baskets
to the Horner Collection. The Horner
Collection, Oregon State University has
no documentation that the three baskets
were ever buried with any individual.
However, museum records state Mrs.
Barrett and her husband are known to
have collected cultural items that were
taken from burials and mounds.
In 1981, one basket was found in
collections with no accession number
and without provenience information.
In 1984, Francis E. Alvord gifted one
basket to the Horner Collection. Mrs.
Alvord identified the basket as
Shoshone and said it had belonged to
her parents. It is not known how her
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parents acquired the basket.
Anthropomorphic figures on the basket
have been identified as Yokut designs,
specifically the Wah-nees (first man)
design, by tribal representatives of the
Santa Rosa Rancheria Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California.
All five baskets have been identified
by tribal representatives of the Santa
Rosa Indian Community of the Santa
Rosa Rancheria, California as offering
baskets that would have been buried
with special offerings for an individual’s
safe passage to the spirit world. The
Horner Collection, Oregon State
University has no documentation that
the baskets were ever buried with any
individual. However, based on
consultation, collector history, and
museum records, officials of the Horner
Collection, Oregon State University
reasonably believe that the five baskets
are unassociated funerary objects.
In 1987, one arrow was found in
museum collections. In 1993, another
arrow was found in the museum
collection. Both arrows have no
accession numbers and are without
provenience information. Both arrows
have reed main shafts and one has the
hardwood foreshaft construction that is
typical of the Tachi Yokut culture group
according to the Handbook of North
American Indians Vol. 8 (page 452).
Furthermore, both arrows have been
identified by tribal consultants of the
Santa Rosa Indian Community of the
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California as
being typical of arrows made
historically and prehistorically by the
Tachi Yokut. Consultation evidence
states that men would often leave
arrows at gravesites as offerings in the
belief that they would bring good luck
for hunting in the spirit world. The
Horner Collection, Oregon State
University has no documentation that
the arrows were ever buried with any
individual. However, based on the
information from consultation, officials
of the Horner Collection, Oregon State
University reasonably believes that the
two arrows are unassociated funerary
objects.
In 1993, one obsidian blade was
found in museum collection with no
accession number and is without
provenience information. The obsidian
blade has been identified by tribal
representatives of the Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California as being typical of
the blades given to a young man for his
coming of age ceremony, as such, this
type of blade was a personal item that
would have been buried with its owner.
The Horner Collection, Oregon State
University has no documentation that
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of
Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, Portland, OR and
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon
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 Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon, and in the control of the
U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District,
Portland, 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.
Between 1948 and 1986, the Old Town Umatilla Townsite (35 UM 1/35
UM 35) underwent various and extensive excavations by multiple
entities. Since 1976, the human remains and funerary objects have
undergone multiple re-interments and repatriations to the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon. In 2005, a bag was located
in collections labeled as being removed from the Old Town Umatilla
Townsite cemetery area, Umatilla County, OR. The 19 unassociated
funerary objects are 1 harpoon point, 1 utilized flake, 1 bone awl, 5
projectile points, 1 projectile point fragment, 1 knife, 1 knife
fragment, 1 metal rod, 1 pounding stone, 2 uniface choppers, 1 flake, 1
fishbone, 1 charcoal, and 1 shell.
The human remains with which the cultural items were originally
associated were previously published in a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register on April 25, 2003, (FR Doc 03-10029,
pages 20406-20407), and were physically repatriated to the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon on June 13, 2003. Since the
human remains are no longer in the control of the Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District, the cultural items in this notice meet
the definition of unassociated funerary objects under NAGPRA. On
February 21, 2006 the tribe submitted a claim to the Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District for the newly discovered unassociated
funerary items.
The Old Town Umatilla site was first occupied in 470 B.C. and is
considered to be a prehistoric and historic Umatilla village. The site
served as a major winter village of the Umatilla Indians during late
prehistoric times, and includes a cemetery that dates from
approximately 500 B.C. to A.D. 1700. The site lies within the
traditional lands of the present-day Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Reservation, Oregon.
Officials of the Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the 19 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 Army Corps of Engineers,
Portland District 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
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the unassociated funerary objects should
contact Mr. Robert Willis, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland
District, P.O. Box 2946,
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Portland, OR 97208-2946, telephone (503) 808-4760 before January 29,
2007. Repatriation of the unassociated funerary objects to the
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District is responsible for
notifying the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon
that this notice has been published.
Dated: November 21, 2006
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E6-22345 Filed 12-28-06; 8:45 am]
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