Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe, NM, 52389-52390 [E7-18099]
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Rosa Rancheria, California identified the
site as being within the traditional
territory of the Yokut people.
Descendants of the Yokut are members
of the Picayune Rancheria of
Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa
Rosa Indian Community of the Santa
Rosa Rancheria, California; Table
Mountain Rancheria of California; and
Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule
River Reservation, California.
Officials of the Fowler Museum at
UCLA have determined that, pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human
remains described above represent the
physical remains of 11 individuals of
Native American ancestry. Officials of
the Fowler Museum at UCLA also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the 11 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 Fowler
Museum at UCLA 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
Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi
Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California; Table Mountain
Rancheria of California; and Tule River
Indian Tribe of the Tule River
Reservation, California.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Wendy Teeter, Fowler Museum
at UCLA, Box 951549, Los Angeles, CA
90095–1549, telephone (310) 825–1864,
before October 15, 2007. Repatriation of
the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Santa Rosa
Indian Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Fowler Museum at UCLA is
responsible for notifying the Picayune
Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of
California; Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California; Table Mountain
Rancheria of California; and Tule River
Indian Tribe of the Tule River
Reservation, California that this notice
has been published.
Dated: August 22, 2007
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items: School for Advanced Research,
Santa Fe, NM
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 School for Advanced
Research, Santa Fe, NM, that meet the
definition of ‘‘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.
At an unknown date, Mary Cabot
Wheelwright of Alcalde, NM, acquired
four beads, one pendant, and one metal
‘‘tinkler’’ from the Finger Lakes region
of New York. In 1941, Ms. Wheelwright
donated the six cultural items to the
School of Advanced Research (formerly
the School of American Research), Santa
Fe, NM.
The first bead is a carved, Catlinite,
animal effigy bead with a drilled center
hole, and approximately .87 cm wide
and 2.2 cm long (IAF.M302). The
second bead is a cylindrical, carved
Catlinite bead with a hole drilled
through its full length, and
approximately 4.2 cm long and .4 cm in
diameter (IAF.M304). The third bead is
a carved shell bead that is triangular in
shape with a hole drilled though its
center, and approximately 1 cm wide
and .3 cm deep (IAF.M305). The fourth
bead is a tubular, animal bone bead that
is approximately 5 cm long and .6 cm
in diameter (IAF.M306).
The pendant is a carved, Catlinite
pendant resembling a human face with
a drilled hole at the top, and
approximately 2 cm long and 1.6 cm
wide (IAF.M303). The metal ‘‘tinkler,’’
or cone-shaped ornament, is
approximately 5.6 cm long and .7 cm in
diameter at the bottom (IAF.M307).
The six cultural items originated from
the Finger Lakes region of New York,
which is the aboriginal territory of the
Haudenosaunee Confederacy,
representing the six nations of Cayuga,
Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca,
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and Tuscarora. Present day members of
the Haudenosaunee Confederacy are
represented by 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; Saint Regis Mohawk
Tribe, New York (formerly the St. Regis
Band of Mohawk Indians of New York);
Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of
New York; and Tuscarora Nation of New
York. According to Haudenosaunee oral
history, the Onondaga Nation is the
keeper of the central hearth and fire
where the Grand Council of the
Confederacy meets. As the keeper of the
central fire, the Onondaga Nation is
responsible for the care of
Haudenosaunee cultural patrimony that
is not specifically affiliated with any
one Haudenosaunee Nation, and for
returning such objects to the particular
Confederacy Nation as appropriate. Oral
evidence presented during consultation
by representatives of the Onondaga
Nation of New York identifies the six
cultural items as having ongoing
historical, traditional, and cultural
importance central to the Onondaga
Nation of New York. Such items are
considered ‘‘precious,’’ may be utilized
in ceremony and other cultural events
as items that are passed among members
of the Confederacy for use within the
Confederacy.
Officials of the Indian Arts Research
Center, School for Advanced Research
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (3)(D), the six cultural items
described above have ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group of
culture itself, rather than property
owned by an individual. Officials of the
Indian Arts Research Center, School for
Advanced Research 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 objects of
cultural patrimony and 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;
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, New York;
Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of
New York; and Tuscarora Nation of New
York.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the items of cultural
patrimony should contact Carolyn
McArthur, Collections Manager/
NAGPRA Officer, Indian Arts Research
Center, School for Advanced Research,
P.O. Box 2188, Santa Fe, NM 87504,
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telephone (505) 954–7270, before
October 15, 2007. Repatriation of the
objects of cultural patrimony to the
Onondaga Nation of New York, as
keepers of the central fire for the
Haudenosaunee Confederacy, may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Indian Arts Research Center,
School for Advanced Research 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;
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, New York;
Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of
New York; and Tuscarora Nation of New
York that this notice has been
published.
Dated: August 20, 2007
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Southwest Museum of the American
Indian, Autry National Center, Los
Angeles, CA
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. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains in the possession of the
Southwest Museum of the American
Indian, Autry National Center, Los
Angeles, CA. The human remains were
removed from Andrew County, MO.
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 Southwest
Museum of the American Indian, Autry
National Center professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Absentee–Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Chickasaw Nation,
Oklahoma; Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
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Oklahoma; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and
Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena
Band of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana;
Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Mississippi
Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi;
Osage Tribe, Oklahoma; Otoe–Missouria
Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee
Nation of Oklahoma; Quapaw Tribe of
Indians, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Nation of
Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac &
Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe
of the Mississippi in Iowa; Shawnee
Tribe, Oklahoma; and Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,
North Dakota.
In 1939, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from Amazonia mound
(23AN37), 10 miles north of St. Joseph
in southwest Andrew County, MO, by
Mr. Oscar Branson, an amateur
archeologist. In 1944, Mr. John George
Braecklein, an architect and archeologist
from Kansas City, MO, donated the
human remains to the museum, which
accessioned the human remains into the
museum collection that same year. No
known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
A letter written on February 14, 1944,
by Mr. Braeklein to the Director of the
Southwest Museum, Dr. Francis Hodge,
states, ‘‘the supposed Sac and Fox skull
was exhumed by Oscar Branson, a
curator for the St. Joseph, MO. Museum
[while] he was working with the W.P.A.
The location of the mound was about 10
miles North of St. Joseph.’’ Mr. Branson,
as an amateur archeologist, worked with
the Works Projects Administration with
Allen Heflin and Don Reynolds at
Amazonia mound on the Missouri River
bluffs. Several burials were uncovered,
including isolated skulls; only one was
donated to the Southwest Museum of
the American Indian.
The skull has an inscription on the
left parietal of the cranial vault that
reads, ‘‘From the Butts Collection, Dyer
Museum, originally from Mayor
Blakesly Coll. Savannah Mo. Note
opening, killed with an arrow,’’ signed
‘‘J.G. Braecklein Coll.’’ An inscription
on the right parietal of the cranial vault
reads, ‘‘964.G.255A.Andrew Co. Mo
Mound find 1914.’’ According to these
inscriptions, the human remains appear
to have been first transferred from Mr.
Branson to the Mayor Blakesly
collection in Savannah, MO, then to the
Butts collection at the Dyer Museum in
St. Joseph, MO, and finally to Mr.
Braecklein, the donor. The Southwest
Museum of the American Indian has no
record of the dates of the transfers prior
to the donation by Mr. Braecklein to the
museum.
Physical anthropological assessment
of cranial and dental morphology is
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indicative of probable Native American
ancestry. Osteological analysis did not
reveal the age of the human remains.
According to archeological evidence,
northwestern Missouri has been
occupied continuously since the Early
Mississippian period (A.D. 900–1450).
Evidence has been found to suggest a
Central Plains tradition of Nebraska
phase occupation during the Early
Mississippian period. An occupation by
the Oneota people began in the Late
Mississippian period (A.D. 1450–1700)
and lasted through the Historic period
(post A.D. 1673). The Kanza people
migrated to the area sometime prior to
A.D. 1750. As early as A.D. 1760, the
Meskawki tribes occupied the area. The
presence of a possible arrow wound
places the age of the human remains no
earlier than A.D. 400. Therefore, the
human remains may be culturally
affiliated with the four tribes that
occupied the area from A.D. 400 until
the Historic period. A cultural
continuum can be reasonably traced
between the Central Plains tradition of
Nebraska phase occupation and the
Pawnee and Arikara tribes. Present–day
descendants of the Pawnee and Arikara
tribes are members of the Pawnee
Nation of Oklahoma and Three
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota. A cultural
continuum can also be reasonably
traced between the Late Mississippian
period occupation and the Oneota.
Present–day descendants of the
ancestral Oneota are the Otoe–Missouria
Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma, as well as
the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska.
A cultural continuum can be reasonably
traced between the Kanza people and
their present–day descendants whom
are members of the Kaw Nation,
Oklahoma. Finally, a cultural
continuum can be reasonably traced to
between the Historic period occupation
and the Meskwaki, present–day
descendants of whom are members of
the Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in
Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation,
Oklahoma; and Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa.
Officials of the Southwest Museum of
the American Indian 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 Southwest Museum of
the American Indian 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 Iowa
Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Kaw
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: School for
Advanced Research, Santa Fe, NM
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 School for
Advanced Research, Santa Fe, NM, that meet the definition of ``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.
At an unknown date, Mary Cabot Wheelwright of Alcalde, NM, acquired
four beads, one pendant, and one metal ``tinkler'' from the Finger
Lakes region of New York. In 1941, Ms. Wheelwright donated the six
cultural items to the School of Advanced Research (formerly the School
of American Research), Santa Fe, NM.
The first bead is a carved, Catlinite, animal effigy bead with a
drilled center hole, and approximately .87 cm wide and 2.2 cm long
(IAF.M302). The second bead is a cylindrical, carved Catlinite bead
with a hole drilled through its full length, and approximately 4.2 cm
long and .4 cm in diameter (IAF.M304). The third bead is a carved shell
bead that is triangular in shape with a hole drilled though its center,
and approximately 1 cm wide and .3 cm deep (IAF.M305). The fourth bead
is a tubular, animal bone bead that is approximately 5 cm long and .6
cm in diameter (IAF.M306).
The pendant is a carved, Catlinite pendant resembling a human face
with a drilled hole at the top, and approximately 2 cm long and 1.6 cm
wide (IAF.M303). The metal ``tinkler,'' or cone-shaped ornament, is
approximately 5.6 cm long and .7 cm in diameter at the bottom
(IAF.M307).
The six cultural items originated from the Finger Lakes region of
New York, which is the aboriginal territory of the Haudenosaunee
Confederacy, representing the six nations of Cayuga, Mohawk, Onondaga,
Oneida, Seneca, and Tuscarora. Present day members of the Haudenosaunee
Confederacy are represented by 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; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, New York (formerly the St. Regis
Band of Mohawk Indians of New York); Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians
of New York; and Tuscarora Nation of New York. According to
Haudenosaunee oral history, the Onondaga Nation is the keeper of the
central hearth and fire where the Grand Council of the Confederacy
meets. As the keeper of the central fire, the Onondaga Nation is
responsible for the care of Haudenosaunee cultural patrimony that is
not specifically affiliated with any one Haudenosaunee Nation, and for
returning such objects to the particular Confederacy Nation as
appropriate. Oral evidence presented during consultation by
representatives of the Onondaga Nation of New York identifies the six
cultural items as having ongoing historical, traditional, and cultural
importance central to the Onondaga Nation of New York. Such items are
considered ``precious,'' may be utilized in ceremony and other cultural
events as items that are passed among members of the Confederacy for
use within the Confederacy.
Officials of the Indian Arts Research Center, School for Advanced
Research have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(D), the
six cultural items described above have ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native American
group of culture itself, rather than property owned by an individual.
Officials of the Indian Arts Research Center, School for Advanced
Research 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 objects of cultural patrimony and 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; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, New York;
Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York; and Tuscarora Nation of
New York.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the items of cultural patrimony should
contact Carolyn McArthur, Collections Manager/NAGPRA Officer, Indian
Arts Research Center, School for Advanced Research, P.O. Box 2188,
Santa Fe, NM 87504,
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telephone (505) 954-7270, before October 15, 2007. Repatriation of the
objects of cultural patrimony to the Onondaga Nation of New York, as
keepers of the central fire for the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, may
proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Indian Arts Research Center, School for Advanced Research 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;
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, New York; Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of
New York; and Tuscarora Nation of New York that this notice has been
published.
Dated: August 20, 2007
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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