Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 34317-34318 [E8-13578]
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South Dakota; Upper Sioux Community,
Minnesota; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of
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Dated: May 4, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Museum of Anthropology, Washington
State University, Pullman, WA
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 and control of
the Museum of Anthropology,
Washington State University, Pullman,
WA. The human remains were removed
from various locations in southeastern
Washington State.
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 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 Museum of
Anthropology, Washington State
University professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho;
and Wanapum Band, a non–federally
recognized Indian group.
Between approximately 1950 and
1970, human remains representing a
minimum of 23 individuals were
removed from various sites along the
lower Snake and mid–Columbia Rivers
by faculty or were donated to the
Department of Anthropology at
Washington State University. The
human remains were assembled and
used for a number of years in teaching
human osteology. No known
individuals have been identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The collection of human remains has
become known as the Former
Washington State University Human
Osteology Teaching Collection.
Institutional history within the
department, including conversations
with the late Dr. Grover Krantz who
assembled and used the collection,
indicate that the human remains are
from sites along the lower Snake and
mid–Columbia Rivers in southeastern
Washington State. Osteological evidence
indicates that the 845 remains in the
Former Washington State University
Human Osteology Teaching Collection
represent a minimum of 23 individuals
of Native American ancestry.
Furthermore, the human remains that
were removed date to the late
prehistoric period and historic sites
along the lower Snake and middle
Columbia Rivers.
The Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington; Nez Perce
Tribe of Idaho; and Wanapum Band, a
non–federally recognized Indian group,
are descendants of the communities of
the Native American people that used
the lower Snake and Columbia Rivers.
Based on linguistic, oral tradition,
geographic and archeological evidence
for the Columbia Plateau from
prehistoric through the historic times, as
well as consultation evidence, the
officials of Museum of Anthropology,
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Washington State University have
determined that the Confederated Tribes
of the Colville Reservation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington; Nez Perce
Tribe of Idaho; and Wanapum Band, a
non–federally recognized Indian group,
are culturally affiliated with the human
remains in the Former Washington State
University Teaching Collection. These
above mentioned Indian Tribes have
filed a joint claim for repatriation of the
human remains.
Officials of the Museum of
Anthropology, Washington State
University have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of a
minimum of 23 individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the
Museum of Anthropology, Washington
State University 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;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington; Nez Perce
Tribe of Idaho; and Wanapum Band, a
non–federally recognized Indian group.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remain should
contact Mary Collins, Director, Museum
of Anthropology, Washington State
University, P.O. Box 644910, Pullman,
WA 99164–4910, telephone (508)335–
4314, before July 17, 2008. Repatriation
of the human remains to the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho;
and Wanapum Band, a non–federally
recognized Indian group may proceed
after that date if no additional claims
come forward.
The Museum of Anthropology,
Washington State University is
responsible for notifying the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho;
and Wanapum Band, a non–federally
recognized Indian group that this notice
has been published.
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Dated: June 3, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8–13578 Filed 6–16–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Raymond M. Alf Museum of
Paleontology, Claremont, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
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 control of the Raymond
M. Alf Museum of Paleontology,
Claremont, CA. The human remains
were removed from Kern County, CA.
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 Raymond M.
Alf Museum of Paleontology
professional staff and University of
California Los Angeles professional staff
member Archeologist Gail Kennedy, in
consultation with representatives of the
Santa Rosa Indian Community of the
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California (Tachi
Yokut Tribe).
In 1968–1969, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from Kern
Valley, Bull Run Creek along the west
bank of the Kern River and directly west
of the River Kern community, or six
miles north of Kernville, Kern County,
CA, in an attempt to protect the bones
from erosion. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
This site has been identified as a
habitation site of the Tubatulabal. The
Tubatulabal were loosely organized into
three discrete bands called Pahkanapil,
Palagewan, and Bankalachi
(Smithsonian, Handbook of North
American Indians, Book 8, 1978). The
Tubatulabal are considered Kern River
Indians, speak an Uto–Aztecan
language, and live in the Kern River/
Lake Isabella area, which include the
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south fork (Palagewan) and the lower
Kern River below the south fork
(Tubatulabal). Their neighbors are the
Kawaiisu and the Yokuts. The
Bankalachi, which were a few miles
from the Palagewan, resided in Yokuts
territory. In 1857, the Kern River gold
rush began in Palagewan territory.
During 1862, a few Tubatulabal joined
the Owens Valley Paiute in hostilities
against the Whites, and about this time,
a group of Koso Indians settled in the
Tubatulabal area, intermarrying with the
Kawaiisu. In 1863, American soldiers
killed 35–40 Tubatulabal and Palagewan
men near Kernville. Between 1865 and
1875, the Tubatulabal began to practice
agriculture and in 1893, the majority of
them and a few Palagewan survivors
were allotted land in South Fork and
Kern Valleys. From 1900 to 1972, many
Tubatulabals moved to the Tule River
Indian Reservation, north of the Kern
valley region. It is reasonably believed
that those that survived intermarried
with the Yokut in the Kern County area.
Descendants of these Yokut are
members of the federally–recognized
Santa Rosa Indian Community of the
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California (Tachi
Yokut Tribe) and Tule River Indian
Tribe of the Tule River Reservation,
California.
Officials of the Raymond M. Alf
Museum of Paleontology 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
Raymond M. Alf Museum of
Paleontology 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 Santa Rosa Indian Community
of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, 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
should contact Don Lofgren, Director,
Raymond M. Alf Museum of
Paleontology, 1175 West Baseline Road,
Claremont, CA 91711, telephone (909)
624–2798, before July 17, 2008.
Repatriation of the human remains to
the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
Raymond M. Alf Museum of
Paleontology is responsible for notifying
the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California and
Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule
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River Reservation, California that this
notice has been published.
Dated: May 4, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Rochester Museum & Science Center,
Rochester, NY
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
Rochester Museum & Science Center,
Rochester, NY. The human remains
were removed from Point Spencer, AK.
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 Rochester
Museum & Science Center professional
staff in consultation with
representatives of the Bering Straits
Foundation, a non–profit organization
representing the interests of the Bering
Straits Native Corporation, Native
Brevig Mission Native Corporation,
Village of Brevig Mission, Native Village
of Teller, Teller Native Corporation,
Native Village of Wales, and Wales
Native Corporation.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were recovered from a grave
at Point Spencer, near Cape Prince of
Wales, AK, by Lt. Phillip J. Launer. The
human remains were donated to the
Rochester Museum & Science Center in
1945. No known individual was
identified. Funerary objects documented
as being collected are missing from the
museum collection.
Physical examination of the human
remains indicates they are of Native
American ancestry. Point Spencer is
located at the end of a sand spit on the
south coast of the Seward Peninsula in
Western Alaska. Archeological evidence
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Anthropology,
Washington State University, Pullman, 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 and
control of the Museum of Anthropology, Washington State University,
Pullman, WA. The human remains were removed from various locations in
southeastern Washington State.
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 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 Museum
of Anthropology, Washington State University professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama
Nation, Washington; Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho; and Wanapum Band, a non-
federally recognized Indian group.
Between approximately 1950 and 1970, human remains representing a
minimum of 23 individuals were removed from various sites along the
lower Snake and mid-Columbia Rivers by faculty or were donated to the
Department of Anthropology at Washington State University. The human
remains were assembled and used for a number of years in teaching human
osteology. No known individuals have been identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The collection of human remains has become known as the Former
Washington State University Human Osteology Teaching Collection.
Institutional history within the department, including conversations
with the late Dr. Grover Krantz who assembled and used the collection,
indicate that the human remains are from sites along the lower Snake
and mid-Columbia Rivers in southeastern Washington State. Osteological
evidence indicates that the 845 remains in the Former Washington State
University Human Osteology Teaching Collection represent a minimum of
23 individuals of Native American ancestry. Furthermore, the human
remains that were removed date to the late prehistoric period and
historic sites along the lower Snake and middle Columbia Rivers.
The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington; Nez
Perce Tribe of Idaho; and Wanapum Band, a non-federally recognized
Indian group, are descendants of the communities of the Native American
people that used the lower Snake and Columbia Rivers. Based on
linguistic, oral tradition, geographic and archeological evidence for
the Columbia Plateau from prehistoric through the historic times, as
well as consultation evidence, the officials of Museum of Anthropology,
Washington State University have determined that the Confederated
Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of
the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes and Bands
of the Yakama Nation, Washington; Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho; and Wanapum
Band, a non-federally recognized Indian group, are culturally
affiliated with the human remains in the Former Washington State
University Teaching Collection. These above mentioned Indian Tribes
have filed a joint claim for repatriation of the human remains.
Officials of the Museum of Anthropology, Washington State
University have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the
human remains described above represent the physical remains of a
minimum of 23 individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the
Museum of Anthropology, Washington State University 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; Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes and Bands of
the Yakama Nation, Washington; Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho; and Wanapum
Band, a non-federally recognized Indian group.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remain should contact Mary
Collins, Director, Museum of Anthropology, Washington State University,
P.O. Box 644910, Pullman, WA 99164-4910, telephone (508)335-4314,
before July 17, 2008. Repatriation of the human remains to the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington; Nez
Perce Tribe of Idaho; and Wanapum Band, a non-federally recognized
Indian group may proceed after that date if no additional claims come
forward.
The Museum of Anthropology, Washington State University is
responsible for notifying the Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama
Nation, Washington; Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho; and Wanapum Band, a non-
federally recognized Indian group that this notice has been published.
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Dated: June 3, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-13578 Filed 6-16-08; 8:45 am]
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