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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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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 50 / Thursday, March 15, 2007 / Notices
Dated: January 26, 2007.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E7–4732 Filed 3–14–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items: University of Colorado Museum,
Boulder, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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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 University of Colorado
Museum, Boulder, CO, 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 1954 and 1990, cultural
items were legally excavated on private
land near Yellow Jacket Pueblo (5MT5),
Montezuma County, CO, by Dr. Joe Ben
Wheat, during University of Colorado
Museum sponsored archeological field
schools. The excavated cultural items
were collected from graves and legally
transferred to the museum each season.
The human remains were not collected
due to deterioration or other
circumstances. The 68 cultural items are
66 ceramic items (whole vessels, broken
vessels, and sherd lots), 1 stone ax, and
1 bone awl.
The three habitation sites, identified
on the National Register of Historic
Places as the Joe Ben Wheat Site
Complex, are at the head of Yellow
Jacket Canyon to the west of Tatum
Draw and southwest of the very large
archeological site, Yellow Jacket Pueblo.
The Yellow Jacket burials were
predominantly single interments,
appearing in a wide variety of locations,
including abandoned rooms and kivas,
storage pits, subfloor burial pits,
extramural burial pits, and middens.
The habitation sites were occupied at
various times during the Basketmaker
III, Pueblo II, and Pueblo III periods,
approximately A.D. 550 - 1250, with a
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temporary abandonment during the
Pueblo I period, approximately A.D. 750
- 900. Based on the general continuity
in the material culture and the
architecture of these sites, it appears
that the community that lived in this
area had long-standing ties to the region
and returned to sites even after
migrations away from the locale that
lasted more than one hundred years.
However, by the late 13th century, both
the Yellow Jacket sites and the nearby
Mesa Verde region showed no evidence
of human habitation. The sites are not
used again until the 1920s when the
locale was homesteaded and farmed.
The archeological evidence supports
identification with Basketmaker and
later Pueblo (Hisatsinom, Ancestral
Puebloan, or Anasazi) cultures, which
prehistorically occupied southwestern
Colorado. Both Basketmaker and Pueblo
occupations are represented in the
archeology at the Yellow Jacket site.
Archeologists have noted in the
scientific literature the striking
similarity between the technology and
style of material culture of 13th century
archeological sites in southwestern
Colorado and the material culture
remains of 14th century Puebloan sites
in Arizona and New Mexico.
Oral-tradition evidence, which
consists of migration stories, clan
histories, and origin stories, was
provided by representatives of the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Navajo Nation,
Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Ysleta del Sur, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico. Folkloric evidence in the form
of songs was provided by tribal
representatives of the Pueblo of Acoma,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; and
Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico.
Tribal representatives of the Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe,
New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso,
New Mexico; and Pueblo of Taos, New
Mexico provided linguistic evidence
rooted in place names. Pueblo of
Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe,
New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso,
New Mexico; and Pueblo of Santa Clara,
New Mexico provided archeological
evidence based on architecture and
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material culture of their shared
relationship.
Archeological, historical and
linguistic evidence presently points to
Navajo migration to the Yellow Jacket
and Monument Ruin area after A.D.
1300. During consultation, the Navajo
Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
emphasized their long presence in the
Four Corners and their origin in this
area, but there is not a preponderance of
the evidence to support Navajo cultural
affiliation.
Based on a preponderance of
evidence, including oral tradition,
folklore, linguistic, geographic,
archeology, historical, and scientific
studies, cultural affiliation can be traced
between the 68 unassociated funerary
objects and modern Puebloan peoples.
Modern Puebloan peoples are members
of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Zia, New Mexico; Ysleta del Sur
Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Officials of the University of Colorado
Museum have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the 68
cultural items described above are
reasonably believed to have been placed
with or near individual human remains
at the time of death or later as part of
the death rite or ceremony and are
believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a
specific burial site of an Native
American individual. Officials of the
University of Colorado Museum also
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship
of shared group identity that can be
reasonably traced between the
unassociated funerary objects and the
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia,
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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
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 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 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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Dated: January 26, 2007.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E7-4732 Filed 3-14-07; 8:45 am]
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