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The Apache Tribe of Oklahoma;
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma;
Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma;
Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma;
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana; San Carlos Apache Tribe of
the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona;
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado;
Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; Ute
Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah; White Mountain
Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache
Reservation, Arizona; and YavapaiApache Nation of the Camp Verde
Indian Reservation, Arizona were
contacted for consultation purposes but
did not attend the consultation
meetings.
In 1958, human remains representing
a minimum of four individuals were
removed from Fort Union National
Monument in Mora County, NM, during
the construction of park housing. No
known individuals were identified. All
but 10 of the approximately 40 artifacts
found with the human remains have
been lost or have disintegrated. The 10
surviving associated funerary objects are
1 turquoise bead, 1 shell bead, 1
fragmentary shell bead, 1 leather
fragment, 2 pieces of fabric, 1 fragment
of bark, 2 fragments of rotted leather,
and 1 fragment of material that is either
rotted leather or metal. Most of the
objects are only identifiable by
consulting the park’s museum catalog
cards.
Based on skeletal and artifactual
analysis, it appears that the four men
were beaten, shot, dragged using leather
straps found with the bodies, and buried
in a grave approximately 18 inches
deep. The mass grave was located
immediately adjacent to where the
Santa Fe Trail entered Fort Union. The
men were laid out in an orderly fashion,
oriented to the southeast. Most items of
value appear to have been removed from
the bodies. Buttons and the caliber of
bullets used to kill the men indicate that
the murders took place sometime
between the years of 1863 and 1872. At
the request of officials of Fort Union
National Monument, a cultural
affiliation report was prepared in 2006
in an effort to determine cultural
affiliation by examining all available
evidence.
Officials of Fort Union National
Monument have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of four
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of Fort Union
National Monument also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
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3001 (3)(A), the ten 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 Fort Union
National Monument have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot reasonably be traced between the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects and any
present-day Indian tribe.
The Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is
responsible for recommending specific
actions for disposition of culturally
unidentifiable human remains. In
October 2006, Fort Union National
Monument requested that the Review
Committee recommend repatriation of
the four culturally unidentifiable human
remains and ten associated funerary
objects to the Jicarilla Apache Nation,
New Mexico and Ute Mountain Tribe of
the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah as coclaimants because the human remains
and cultural items were found within
the tribes’ aboriginal and historical
territory. The Review Committee
considered the proposal at its November
2006 meeting, and recommended
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico
and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah. The National Park
Service intends to convey the ten
associated funerary objects to the tribes
pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 18f–2.
A December 12, 2006, letter from the
Designated Federal Official, writing on
behalf of the Secretary of the Interior,
recommended disposition of the
physical remains of four culturally
unidentifiable individuals and ten
associated funerary objects to the
Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico
and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah contingent on the
publication of a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register.
This notice fulfills that requirement.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Marie Frias Sauter,
superintendent, Fort Union National
Monument, P.O. Box 127, Watrous, NM
87753, telephone (505) 425–8025, before
April 16, 2007. Disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Jicarilla Apache Nation,
New Mexico and Ute Mountain Tribe of
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the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
Fort Union National Monument is
responsible for notifying the Arapaho
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming; Comanche Nation,
Oklahoma; Fort McDowell Yavapai
Nation, Arizona; Jicarilla Apache
Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero Apache
Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New
Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New
Mexico & Utah; and Ute Mountain Tribe
of the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah that this
notice has been published.
Dated: February 8, 2007.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E7–4728 Filed 3–14–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains in the possession of Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
The human remains were removed from
Plymouth County, MA.
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 Peabody Museum
of Archaeology and Ethnology
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Wampanoag
Repatriation Confederation on behalf of
the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah) of Massachusetts; Assonet
Band of the Wampanoag Nation, a nonfederally recognized Indian group; and
Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe, a
non-federally recognized Indian group.
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Between 1890 and 1900, human
remains representing a minimum of two
individuals were removed from
Watson’s Hill, south side of Town
Brook, in Plymouth, Plymouth County,
MA, by the Douglas family while the
family was digging a cellar for their
house. The human remains were
transferred to Dr. George H. Jackson of
Plymouth at an unknown date. In 1939,
the human remains were donated to the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology by Dr. Jackson through the
Pilgrim Society of Plymouth. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Osteological characteristics indicate
that the individuals are Native
American. The interments most likely
date to the Late Woodland period or
later (post-A.D. 1000). Historical
documentation, as well as information
from the Pilgrim Society, describes
Watson’s Hill as a known Late
Woodland (A.D. 1000–1500) and
Historic/Contact period (post-A.D. 1500)
Native American site. Oral tradition and
historical documentation also indicate
that Plymouth is within the aboriginal
and historic homeland of the
Wampanoag Nation. The present-day
tribes that are most closely affiliated
with the Wampanoag Nation are the
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah) of Massachusetts; Assonet
Band of the Wampanoag Nation, a nonfederally recognized Indian group; and
Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe, a
non-federally recognized Indian group.
Officials of the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology 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
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology 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 Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah) of Massachusetts.
Furthermore, officials of the Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
have determined that there is a cultural
relationship between the human
remains and the Assonet Band of the
Wampanoag Nation, a non-federally
recognized Indian group, and Mashpee
Wampanoag Indian Tribe, a nonfederally recognized Indian group.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Patricia Capone,
Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
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Harvard University, 11 Divinity Ave.,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496–3702, before April 16, 2007.
Repatriation of the human remains to
the Wampanoag Repatriation
Confederation on behalf of the
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah) of Massachusetts; Assonet
Band of the Wampanoag Nation, a nonfederally recognized Indian group; and
Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe, a
non-federally recognized Indian group
may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology
and Ethnology is responsible for
notifying the Wampanoag Repatriation
Confederation, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay
Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts;
Assonet Band of the Wampanoag
Nation, a non-federally recognized
Indian group; and Mashpee Wampanoag
Indian Tribe, a non-federally recognized
Indian group that this notice has been
published.
Dated: January 30, 2007
Sherry Hutt,
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 in the possession of the Thomas
Burke Memorial Washington State
Museum (Burke Museum), University of
Washington, Seattle, WA. The human
remains were removed from Okanogan
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. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Burke Museum
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Confederated
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Tribes of the Colville Reservation,
Washington.
In 1908, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from Winthrop in Okanogan
County, WA, by CPT Frank Lord. In
1910, the human remains were received
from Captain Lord and accessioned by
the Burke Museum (Burke Accn. No.
242). No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The human remains had previously
been identified non- Native American.
However, after further review, the
preponderance of the evidence
identifies the human remains as Native
American. The original donor identified
the human remains as ‘‘Indian’’. The
majority of the osteological evidence
identified by physical anthropologists
determined that the human remains are
Native American.
According to early and late
ethnographic documentation the
Methow Tribe are the aboriginal
occupants of the Winthrop area (Miller
1998; Mooney 1896; Ray 1936; Spier
1936). The Colville Reservation was
established by Executive Order in 1872
for Methow Tribe and other tribes. The
Moses Columbia Reservation was later
established in 1879 and also included
members of the Methow Tribe. In 1886,
the Moses Columbia Reservation was
disbanded and the residents were
moved to the Colville Reservation.
Descendants of the Methow Tribe are
members of the Confederated Tribes of
the Colville Reservation, 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 (2),
there is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and the Confederated Tribes of
the Colville Reservation, Washington.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Dr. Peter Lape, Burke
Museum, University of Washington, Box
353010, Seattle, WA 98195–3010,
telephone (206) 685–2282, before April
16, 2007. Repatriation of the human
remains to the Confederated Tribes of
the Colville Reservation, Washington
may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Burke Museum is responsible for
notifying the Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation, Washington that
this notice has been published.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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 possession of
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA. The human remains were removed from Plymouth County, MA.
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 Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation on
behalf of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts;
Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation, a non-federally recognized Indian
group; and Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe, a non-federally recognized
Indian group.
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Between 1890 and 1900, human remains representing a minimum of two
individuals were removed from Watson's Hill, south side of Town Brook,
in Plymouth, Plymouth County, MA, by the Douglas family while the
family was digging a cellar for their house. The human remains were
transferred to Dr. George H. Jackson of Plymouth at an unknown date. In
1939, the human remains were donated to the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology by Dr. Jackson through the Pilgrim Society of
Plymouth. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Osteological characteristics indicate that the individuals are
Native American. The interments most likely date to the Late Woodland
period or later (post-A.D. 1000). Historical documentation, as well as
information from the Pilgrim Society, describes Watson's Hill as a
known Late Woodland (A.D. 1000-1500) and Historic/Contact period (post-
A.D. 1500) Native American site. Oral tradition and historical
documentation also indicate that Plymouth is within the aboriginal and
historic homeland of the Wampanoag Nation. The present-day tribes that
are most closely affiliated with the Wampanoag Nation are the Wampanoag
Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts; Assonet Band of the
Wampanoag Nation, a non-federally recognized Indian group; and Mashpee
Wampanoag Indian Tribe, a non-federally recognized Indian group.
Officials of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 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 Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology 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 Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts.
Furthermore, officials of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology have determined that there is a cultural relationship between
the human remains and the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation, a non-
federally recognized Indian group, and Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe,
a non-federally recognized Indian group.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Patricia
Capone, Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138,
telephone (617) 496-3702, before April 16, 2007. Repatriation of the
human remains to the Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation on behalf of
the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts; Assonet
Band of the Wampanoag Nation, a non-federally recognized Indian group;
and Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe, a non-federally recognized Indian
group may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is responsible for
notifying the Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation, Wampanoag Tribe of
Gay Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts; Assonet Band of the Wampanoag
Nation, a non-federally recognized Indian group; and Mashpee Wampanoag
Indian Tribe, a non-federally recognized Indian group that this notice
has been published.
Dated: January 30, 2007
Sherry Hutt,
National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E7-4727 Filed 3-14-07; 8:45 am]
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