Notice of Inventory Completion: Augusta State University, Department of History, and Anthropology, and Philosophy, Archaeology Laboratory, Augusta, GA, 30827-30828 [E7-10715]
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representatives of the Assiniboine and
Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation, Montana; Bois Forte Band
(Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, Minnesota; Crow Tribe of
Montana; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe
of South Dakota; Iowa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma; Leech Lake Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Lower Sioux Indian Community in the
State of Minnesota; Menominee Indian
Tribe of Wisconsin; Mille Lacs Band of
the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota; Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho;
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine
Ridge Reservation, South Dakota;
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Pawnee
Nation of Oklahoma; Prairie Island
Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the
Rosebud Indian Reservation, South
Dakota; Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri
in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac and Fox
Nation, Oklahoma; Sac and Fox Tribe of
the Mississippi in Iowa; Santee Sioux
Nation, Nebraska; Sisseton–Wahpeton
Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation,
South Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux
Tribe of North & South Dakota; Upper
Sioux Community, Minnesota; and
Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an
unspecified site in Minnesota. In 1940,
C.H. Hannington donated the human
remains to the Denver Museum of
Nature & Science, calling them ‘‘Sioux.’’
No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains are the complete
cranium and mandible of an adult
female. The skull was identified as
Native American by physical
anthropologists at the museum. Copper
staining around the mastoids suggests
that copper ear spools were worn and
provides further evidence of Native
American identification. Native copper
was used prehistorically and copper
earrings were also known trade items of
Indian people of Minnesota during the
historic period.
Written and scholarly accounts of the
presence of the Sioux in Minnesota, and
information from consultation, indicates
that several Sioux groups have occupied
large areas of Minnesota for the past
several hundred years. Based on donor
information, provenience, and tribal
consultation the Native American
human remains are reasonably believed
to be Sioux. The Sioux groups that
occupied Minnesota are represented by
the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of
South Dakota; Prairie Island Indian
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Community in the State of Minnesota;
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska;
Sisseton–Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake
Traverse Reservation, South Dakota;
Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota;
and Yankton Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota.
Officials of the Denver Museum of
Nature & Science 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 Denver Museum of
Nature & Science 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 Flandreau Santee Sioux
Tribe of South Dakota; Prairie Island
Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Santee Sioux Nation,
Nebraska; Sisseton–Wahpeton Oyate of
the Lake Traverse Reservation, South
Dakota; Upper Sioux Community,
Minnesota; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of
South Dakota.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Dr. Stephen Nash,
NAGPRA Officer, Department of
Anthropology, Denver Museum of
Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd.,
Denver, CO 80205, telephone (303) 370–
6056, before July 5, 2007. Repatriation
of the human remains to the Flandreau
Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota;
Prairie Island Indian Community in the
State of Minnesota; Santee Sioux
Nation, Nebraska; Sisseton-Wahpeton
Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation,
South Dakota; Upper Sioux Community,
Minnesota; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of
South Dakota may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come
forward.
The Denver Museum of Nature &
Science is responsible for notifying the
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort
Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Bois
Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Crow Tribe
of Montana; Flandreau Santee Sioux
Tribe of South Dakota; Iowa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma; Leech Lake Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Lower Sioux Indian Community in the
State of Minnesota; Menominee Indian
Tribe of Wisconsin; Mille Lacs Band of
the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota; Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho;
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine
Ridge Reservation, South Dakota;
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Pawnee
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Nation of Oklahoma; Prairie Island
Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the
Rosebud Indian Reservation, South
Dakota; Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri
in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac and Fox
Nation, Oklahoma; Sac and Fox Tribe of
the Mississippi in Iowa; Santee Sioux
Nation, Nebraska; Sisseton–Wahpeton
Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation,
South Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux
Tribe of North & South Dakota; Upper
Sioux Community, Minnesota; and
Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
that this notice has been published.
Dated: May 9, 2007
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Augusta State University, Department
of History, and Anthropology, and
Philosophy, Archaeology Laboratory,
Augusta, GA
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 an associated funerary
object in the possession of Augusta State
University, Department of History and
Anthropology, Archaeology Laboratory,
Augusta, GA. The human remains and
associated funerary object were removed
from McIntosh County, GA.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Augusta State
University professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma;
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma;
Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa
Reservations). The Poarch Band of Creek
Indians of Alabama was invited to
consult but did not participate.
At an unknown time prior to
September 1971, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an
unidentified site on Creighton Island,
McIntosh County, GA, by an unknown
party or parties. The human remains
were discovered in a room of Augusta
College (now Augusta State University)
that had previously been used by an
earlier instructor as an archeology lab.
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No known individual was identified.
The one associated funerary object is a
conch shell.
The human remains had been stored
in a paper bag. The bag itself had no
identifying information, but it contained
a modified conch shell that is
reasonably believe to be a ritual
drinking vessel with an ink inscription
inside the lip of the shell. The
inscription reads ‘‘Creighton Is.,
McIntosh Co, Ga.’’ The bag also
contained two fragmentary human
bones. No further documentation exists,
but it is reasonable to believe that the
conch shell and human remains have
the same provenience.
It is reasonable to believe that the
human remains and the associated
funerary object are culturally affiliated
with the Creeks or Seminoles based on
historical and archeological evidence of
their traditional homelands and by
claims of modern descendants.
Descendants of the Creek and Seminole
are members of the Alabama–Quassarte
Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal
Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek)
Nation of Oklahoma; Poarch Band of
Creek Indians of Alabama; Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of
Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); and
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma.
Officials of the Augusta State
University have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of at
least one individual of Native American
ancestry. Officials of Augusta State
University also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the
one object described above is 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 Augusta State University 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 object and the
Alabama–Quassarte Tribal Town,
Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town,
Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation of
Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek
Indians of Alabama; Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida
(Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); and
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary object should
contact Dr. Christopher Murphy,
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Augusta State University, 2500 Walton
Way, Augusta, GA 30904, telephone
(706) 667–4562, before July 5, 2007.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary object to Muscogee
(Creek) Nation of Oklahoma; Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma; and Seminole
Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress,
Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa
Reservations) may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come
forward.
Augusta State University is
responsible for notifying the Alabama–
Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
Kialegee Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma;
Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama; Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida
(Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); and
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma
that this notice has been published.
Dated: May 9, 2007
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E7–10715 Filed 6–1–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Slater
Museum of Natural History, University
of Puget Sound, Tacoma, 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 Slater
Museum of Natural History, University
of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA. The
human remains were removed from Oak
Harbor, Island 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 the Slater
Museum of Natural History, University
of Puget Sound professional staff and
with help from a consultant in
consultation with representatives of the
Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish
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Reservation, Washington and Tulalip
Tribes of the Tulalip Reservation,
Washington.
In 1936, human remains representing
a minimum of two individuals were
removed from Oak Harbor, Island
County, WA, by Preston Wright. The
human remains were later donated to
the Slater Museum of Natural History,
University of Puget, by Mr. Wright. No
known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The individuals are most likely of
Native American ancestry as indicated
by morphological features.
The geographical location where the
human remains were recovered is
consistent with the historically
documented territory of the Lower
Skagit tribe. Ethnographic and historical
sources place the Lower Skagit tribe in
the location of Oak Harbor (Tribes of
Western Washington and Northwestern
Oregon, Dall 1877; ICC 1974 Final
Decision; Distribution of Tribes of the
Upper Columbia Region in Washington,
Oregon, and Idaho, Mooney 1896; A
History of the Swinomish Tribal
Community, Roberts 1975; The Coast
Salish of Puget Sound, Smith 1941;
Tribal Distribution in Washington,
Spier, 1936; Identity, Treaty Status, and
Fisheries of the Swinomish Indian
Tribal Communities, Lane 1978; ICC
Decision for Skagit, Docket No. 294; ICC
Decision for Snohomish, Docket No.
125; ICC Decision for Snoqualmie,
Docket No. 93; United States v. State of
Washington 1985, 626 Federal
Supplement 1405). There was extensive
travel of the Puget Sound waterways,
including the Oak Harbor area, by other
tribes; however, the individuals are
most likely Lower Skagit. Descendants
of the Lower Skagit are members of the
Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish
Reservation, Washington.
Based on provenience, historical
documentation, and tribal consultation
there is a reasonable belief that the
human remains share a common
ancestry with members of the tribes now
represented by the Swinomish Indians
of the Swinomish Reservation,
Washington.
Officials of the Slater Museum of
Natural History, University of Puget
Sound 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 Slater Museum of Natural History,
University of Puget Sound 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
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Augusta State University,
Department of History, and Anthropology, and Philosophy, Archaeology
Laboratory, Augusta, GA
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 and an associated funerary
object in the possession of Augusta State University, Department of
History and Anthropology, Archaeology Laboratory, Augusta, GA. The
human remains and associated funerary object were removed from McIntosh
County, GA.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Augusta
State University professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma; Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress,
Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa Reservations). The Poarch Band of Creek
Indians of Alabama was invited to consult but did not participate.
At an unknown time prior to September 1971, human remains
representing a minimum of one individual were removed from an
unidentified site on Creighton Island, McIntosh County, GA, by an
unknown party or parties. The human remains were discovered in a room
of Augusta College (now Augusta State University) that had previously
been used by an earlier instructor as an archeology lab.
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No known individual was identified. The one associated funerary object
is a conch shell.
The human remains had been stored in a paper bag. The bag itself
had no identifying information, but it contained a modified conch shell
that is reasonably believe to be a ritual drinking vessel with an ink
inscription inside the lip of the shell. The inscription reads
``Creighton Is., McIntosh Co, Ga.'' The bag also contained two
fragmentary human bones. No further documentation exists, but it is
reasonable to believe that the conch shell and human remains have the
same provenience.
It is reasonable to believe that the human remains and the
associated funerary object are culturally affiliated with the Creeks or
Seminoles based on historical and archeological evidence of their
traditional homelands and by claims of modern descendants. Descendants
of the Creek and Seminole are members of the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal
Town, Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation
of Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama; Seminole Nation
of Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); and Thlopthlocco Tribal Town,
Oklahoma.
Officials of the Augusta State University have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of at least one individual of Native
American ancestry. Officials of Augusta State University also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the one object
described above is 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 Augusta State
University 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 object and the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
Kialegee Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma;
Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama; Seminole Nation of Oklahoma;
Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood &
Tampa Reservations); and Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
object should contact Dr. Christopher Murphy, Augusta State University,
2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904, telephone (706) 667-4562, before
July 5, 2007. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
object to Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma; Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; and Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations) may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
Augusta State University is responsible for notifying the Alabama-
Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama; Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania,
Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); and
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma that this notice has been published.
Dated: May 9, 2007
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E7-10715 Filed 6-1-07; 8:45 am]
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