Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO, 12207-12209 [E8-4327]
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Hohokam Archaeological tradition,
approximately A.D. 900–1000.
At an unknown date prior to 1970,
cultural items were removed from a site
about 30 miles south of Casa Grande,
AZ AA:9:–– vicinity, on the Tohono
O’odham Indian Reservation, Pima
County, AZ, by unknown persons. The
cultural items were donated to the
Arizona State Museum at an unknown
date. Records indicate that the cultural
items were removed from an ‘‘old Pima
grave.’’ The six unassociated funerary
objects are textile fragments.
Some of the textile fragments are from
commercially woven cotton and some
are historic Pima weave. This suggests
that the objects date to the mid to late
19th century, approximately A.D. 1825–
1875.
At an unknown date during the 1950s,
a cultural item was removed by an
unknown person from the Wihom-ki
site, AZ Z:12:–– area, on the Tohono
O’odham Indian Reservation, Pima
County, AZ. The cultural item was later
obtained by Julian Hayden, who
donated it to the Arizona State Museum
in 1984. The sacred object is a carved
wooden peg.
Based on the condition and location
of the sacred object, it appears to date
to the late historic period,
approximately A.D. 1880–1960.
In 1941, a cultural item was removed
from Ventana Cave AZ Z:12:5(ASM), on
the Tohono O’odham Indian
Reservation, Pima County, AZ, during
legally authorized excavations
conducted by the University of Arizona
under the direction of Emil Haury. The
sacred object was accessioned into the
collections of the Arizona State Museum
in 1941. The sacred object is a wooden
prayer stick.
Excavation records report that several
such objects were on the surface of the
site or found within surface debris. This
establishes a date in the recent historical
period, approximately A.D. 1700–1941.
At an unknown date prior to 1969, a
cultural item was removed from
Ventana Cave, AZ Z:12:5(ASM), on the
Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation,
Pima County, AZ, by Julian Hayden. Mr.
Hayden donated the sacred object to the
Arizona State Museum in 1969. The
sacred object is a wooden prayer stick.
There is no specific information
regarding the archeological context.
Records from the 1941 excavations
conducted by Emil Haury reported that
several such objects were on the surface
of the site or found within surface
debris. This establishes a date in the
recent historical period, approximately
A.D. 1700–1969.
At the time of Spanish entry into
southern Arizona in the late 17th
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century, the lands currently under the
jurisdiction of the Tohono O’odham
Nation were occupied by O’odham–
speaking populations. The same
populations have continued to occupy
these lands throughout the historic
period. O’odham people also identify
themselves with the archeologically–
defined Hohokam Archaeological
tradition. Cultural continuity between
the prehistoric occupants of the region
and present day O’odham, Pee–Posh,
and Puebloan peoples is supported by
continuities in settlement pattern,
architectural technologies, basketry,
textiles, ceramic technology, ritual
practices, and oral traditions. The
descendants of the O’odham, Pee–Posh,
and Puebloan peoples of the areas
described above are members of the Ak
Chin Indian Community of the
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Gila River Indian Community
of the Gila River Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt
River Pima–Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Officials of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs and Arizona State Museum have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(B), the 3,134 unassociated
funerary 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 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
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Arizona
State Museum also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(C),
the three sacred objects described above
are specific ceremonial objects needed
by traditional Native American religious
leaders for the practice of traditional
Native American religions by their
present–day adherents. Lastly, officials
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and
Arizona State Museum 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 sacred objects and the Ak
Chin Indian Community of the
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Gila River Indian Community
of the Gila River Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt
River Pima–Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
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Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects and/or sacred objects should
contact John Madsen, Repatriation
Coordinator, Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
85721, telephone (520) 621–4795, before
April 7, 2008. Repatriation of the
unassociated funerary objects and
sacred objects to the Ak Chin Indian
Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin)
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River
Indian Community of the Gila River
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; Salt River Pima–Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Arizona State Museum is
responsible for notifying the Ak Chin
Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak
Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila
River Indian Community of the Gila
River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Salt River Pima–
Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt
River Reservation, Arizona; Tohono
O’odham Nation of Arizona; and Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico that this notice has been
published.
Dated: February 13, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8–4337 Filed 3–5–08; 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:
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 meets 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
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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, human
remains were removed from three sites
near Yellow Jacket Pueblo (5MT1,
5MT2, and 5MT3), Montezuma County,
CO, during legally conducted
excavations from private land by Dr. Joe
Ben Wheat and students participating in
University of Colorado Museum
sponsored archeological field schools.
The excavated items were physically
transferred to the museum at the end of
each field season. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were
described in a Notice of Inventory
Completion published in the Federal
Register of Monday, September 11, 2006
(FR Doc E6–14933, pages 53470–53473).
The human remains and associated
funerary objects were repatriated. After
repatriation, 13 cultural items were
found in collection storage. The 13
cultural items are 2 ceramic vessels and
11 lots of sherds. The 11 lots of sherds
share catalog numbers with
reconstructed vessels previously
repatriated.
Previously identified unassociated
funerary objects from the Yellow Jacket
Pueblo were also described in a Notice
of Intent to Repatriate published in the
Federal Register of Thursday, March 15,
2007 (FR Doc E7–4733, pages 12192–
12193). The cultural items from the
notice of March 15, 2007, have been
repatriated. An additional 28 cultural
items from the Yellow Jacket Pueblo site
were found during a collections
management project that culminated in
January 2008.
Three cultural items found in
collections are reasonably believed to
have been removed from the Yellow
Jacket Pueblo site (5MT5), Montezuma
County, CO, by Horace (Hod) Benjamin
Stevenson. Mr. Stevenson donated the
cultural items to the University of
Colorado Museum in May 1954. The
three cultural items are two ceramic
vessels and one awl.
The remaining 25 cultural items
found in collections are reasonably
believed to have been removed from the
Yellow Jacket Pueblo site (5MT5),
Montezuma County, CO by Gervis W.
Hoofnagle, on an unknown date, prior to
1959 and most likely in the 1930s. The
University of Colorado Museum
purchased some cultural items from Mr.
Hoofnagle’s widow in 1961 and she
donated additional cultural items to the
museum in 1971. The 25 cultural items
are 19 ceramic vessels some of which
have black–on–white designs; 1 shell
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pendant; 1 axe, 1 lot of bone tubes; and
3 lots of bone tools.
The three habitation sites (5MT1,
5MT2, and 5MT3), 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 (5MT5). 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 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; Ohkay Owingeh, New
Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of San
Juan); 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 Santa Ana, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico;
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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
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 cultural items and modern
Puebloan peoples. Modern Puebloan
peoples are members of the Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; Ohkay Owingeh, New
Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of San
Juan); 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
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 41
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
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the death rite or ceremony. 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 Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects and the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Ohkay Owingeh, New
Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of San
Juan); 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
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.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects should contact Steve Lekson,
Curator of Anthropology, University of
Colorado Museum, Henderson Building,
Campus Box 218, Boulder, CO 80309–
0218, telephone (303) 492–6671, before
April 7, 2008. Repatriation of the
unassociated funerary objects to the
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Ohkay Owingeh,
New Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of San
Juan); 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
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 may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
University of Colorado Museum is
responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; Navajo Nation Arizona, New
Mexico & Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, New
Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of San
Juan); 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;
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Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, 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;
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas;
and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation,
New Mexico that this notice has been
published.
Dated: February 7, 2008.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8–4327 Filed 3–5–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Department of Anthropology and
Ethnic Studies, University of Nevada
Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
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 associated funerary objects
in possession of the Department of
Anthropology and Ethnic Studies,
University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las
Vegas, NV. The human remains and
associated funerary object were removed
from Washoe County, NV.
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 and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the University of
Nevada Las Vegas Department of
Anthropology and Ethnic Studies
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of Pyramid Lake Paiute
Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation,
Nevada.
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At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from a dry
lake shore near Winnemuca in Washoe
County, NV (recorded as AHUR 0123).
No information is available regarding
the circumstances surrounding their
removal. No known individual was
identified. The eight associated funerary
objects are two stone scrapers, one
basket fragment, two faunal bones, one
large stone slab, and two turquoise
fragments.
The human remains are believed to be
pre–contact or early post–contact Native
American, based on the associated
funerary objects.
On April 11, 1983, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an area
two miles north of Nixon, near milepost
20 of State Route 447, near Pyramid
Lake, Washoe County, NV (recorded as
FHUR 0002). Records indicate that the
human remains were discovered by
hikers on the east side of Pyramid Lake,
on the west slope of a ridge behind a
large boulder. The burial was
completely covered by small stones, but
the skull and smaller fragments were
visible to the hikers through a crevice.
The human remains were subsequently
recovered by the Washoe County
Coroner. No known individual was
identified. The four associated funerary
objects are one machine–printed cloth,
one metal pill box, one lot of buttons,
and one twisted plant fiber.
The Washoe County Coroner reported
that the human remains appeared to
have been wrapped in multiple layers of
cloth and canvas, and the body was
placed in a flexed position with the
knees pulled up to the chest. Based on
skeletal attributes, this individual was
identified as Native American. Analyses
of the buttons indicate that they date
between the late 1800s and early 1900s.
The location of the human remains, as
well as the crevice style of burial,
indicates that the individual was most
likely a member of a Great Basin Native
American tribe.
On April 18, 1982, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the shore
of Pyramid Lake, in Washoe County, NV
(recorded as FHUR 0003). Records
indicate that this crania was found by
children approximately 100 yards
inland from the shore of the lake, in an
area that had been recently exposed due
to decreasing water levels. The Washoe
County Sheriff’s Department
subsequently conducted additional
excavations in the area, but failed to
recover any additional skeletal materials
or artifacts. The human remains were
sent to the University of Nevada Las
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National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: University of
Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO
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 University of
Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO, that meets 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
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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, human remains were removed from three sites
near Yellow Jacket Pueblo (5MT1, 5MT2, and 5MT3), Montezuma County, CO,
during legally conducted excavations from private land by Dr. Joe Ben
Wheat and students participating in University of Colorado Museum
sponsored archeological field schools. The excavated items were
physically transferred to the museum at the end of each field season.
The human remains and associated funerary objects were described in a
Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register of
Monday, September 11, 2006 (FR Doc E6-14933, pages 53470-53473). The
human remains and associated funerary objects were repatriated. After
repatriation, 13 cultural items were found in collection storage. The
13 cultural items are 2 ceramic vessels and 11 lots of sherds. The 11
lots of sherds share catalog numbers with reconstructed vessels
previously repatriated.
Previously identified unassociated funerary objects from the Yellow
Jacket Pueblo were also described in a Notice of Intent to Repatriate
published in the Federal Register of Thursday, March 15, 2007 (FR Doc
E7-4733, pages 12192-12193). The cultural items from the notice of
March 15, 2007, have been repatriated. An additional 28 cultural items
from the Yellow Jacket Pueblo site were found during a collections
management project that culminated in January 2008.
Three cultural items found in collections are reasonably believed
to have been removed from the Yellow Jacket Pueblo site (5MT5),
Montezuma County, CO, by Horace (Hod) Benjamin Stevenson. Mr. Stevenson
donated the cultural items to the University of Colorado Museum in May
1954. The three cultural items are two ceramic vessels and one awl.
The remaining 25 cultural items found in collections are reasonably
believed to have been removed from the Yellow Jacket Pueblo site
(5MT5), Montezuma County, CO by Gervis W. Hoofnagle, on an unknown
date, prior to 1959 and most likely in the 1930s. The University of
Colorado Museum purchased some cultural items from Mr. Hoofnagle's
widow in 1961 and she donated additional cultural items to the museum
in 1971. The 25 cultural items are 19 ceramic vessels some of which
have black-on-white designs; 1 shell pendant; 1 axe, 1 lot of bone
tubes; and 3 lots of bone tools.
The three habitation sites (5MT1, 5MT2, and 5MT3), 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 (5MT5). 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 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; Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of San Juan); 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
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 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
cultural items and modern Puebloan peoples. Modern Puebloan peoples are
members of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico
(formerly the Pueblo of San Juan); 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 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 41 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
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the death rite or ceremony. 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 Native American human remains and associated
funerary objects and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Ohkay Owingeh, New
Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of San Juan); 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 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.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the unassociated funerary objects should
contact Steve Lekson, Curator of Anthropology, University of Colorado
Museum, Henderson Building, Campus Box 218, Boulder, CO 80309-0218,
telephone (303) 492-6671, before April 7, 2008. Repatriation of the
unassociated funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of San Juan); 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 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 may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come forward.
University of Colorado Museum is responsible for notifying the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Navajo Nation Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of San Juan); 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 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; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah, Ysleta del Sur
Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico
that this notice has been published.
Dated: February 7, 2008.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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