Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, DC, and University of Hawai`i at Hilo, Hilo, HI, 40364-40365 [E8-15899]
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Notice.
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 Alaska
Museum, Fairbanks, AK, that meet the
definition of ‘‘unassociated funerary
objects’’ under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations
in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the cultural
items. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
In 1942, cultural items were donated
to the University of Alaska Museum by
Art Glover and accessioned (Accession
number 217). According to accession
ledger records, the cultural items had
been removed from a burial on the
Snake River, Walla Walla, WA. The 85
unassociated funerary objects are 74
stone arrowheads, 1 stone mortar, 1
leather pad, 1 iron axe head, 1 metal
rifle butt, 1 iron knife blade, 1 antler
digging stick handle, 1 stone club with
wood handle, 1 hammerstone, 1 wood
and iron fishhook, 1 carved wood seal
figure, and 1 necklace with three boxes
of beads.
These items are typical of funerary
objects found in other burials excavated
in the same geographic region. Funerary
objects, including the iron axe head and
metal rifle butt, place the funerary
objects within the historic period. The
Snake River borders Walla Walla
County, WA, along the north. The Snake
River and the surrounding land in this
region are within the ceded lands and
traditional use territory of the
Weyiiletpuu (Cayuse), Imatalamama
(Umatilla), and Waluulapam (Walla
Walla) tribes. These three tribes are
members of the Confederated Tribes of
the Umatilla Indian Reservation,
Oregon.
Officials of the University of Alaska
Museum have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the 85
cultural items described above are
reasonably believed to have been placed
with or near individual human remains
at the time of death or later as part of
the death rite or ceremony and are
believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a
specific burial site of a Native American
individual. Officials of the University of
Alaska Museum also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2),
there is a relationship of shared group
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identity that can be reasonably traced
between the unassociated funerary
objects and the Confederated Tribes of
the Umatilla Indian Reservation,
Oregon.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects should contact Mr. James
Whitney, Archaeology Collections
Manager, University of Alaska Museum,
907 Yukon Dr., Fairbanks, AK 99775–
6960, telephone (907) 474–6943, before
August 13, 2008. Repatriation of the
unassociated funerary objects to the
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The University of Alaska Museum is
responsible for notifying the
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon that this
notice has been published.
Dated: June 16, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, U.S.
Coast Guard Headquarters,
Washington, DC, and University of
Hawai‘i at Hilo, Hilo, HI
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 control of the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, U.S.
Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington,
DC, and in the possession of the
University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, Hilo, HI.
The human remains were removed from
the South Point Gas House Site (Site
H6), Ka‘u district, Hawai‘i Island,
Hawai‘i County, HI.
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
Hawaiian human remains. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
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A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the U.S. Coast
Guard and professional staff from the
University of Hawai‘i at Hilo in
consultation with representatives of Hui
Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai‘i Nei,
Ka‘u Preservation, and Office of
Hawaiian Affairs.
At an unknown time between 1954
and 1959, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual was
removed from the South Point Gas
House Site, Kama’oa Pu‘u‘eo ahupua‘a,
Ka‘u District, Hawai‘i Island, in Hawai‘i
County, HI. The site was encountered
while the U.S. Coast Guard was
constructing a fuel drum storage shed
and the human remains were delivered
to the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. No
known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The site was listed in Bishop Museum
files as ‘‘H6’’ or ‘‘11–Ha–B20–9,’’ as part
of their general site information, and
was described by Bishop Museum
archeologists as a buried midden site,
but the individual is not listed in any
report from the area. The midden
deposits in the South Point region were
intensively studied by several
archeologists in the 1950s, including Dr.
William Bonk at the University of
Hawai‘i at Hilo, and were largely
determined to represent pre–contact
Native Hawaiian occupations and
burials. The South Point Gas House Site
is a specific portion of the larger site
complex that includes the Pu‘u Ali‘i
Sand Dune site (H1), which is an early
Native Hawaiian fishing village and
burial area dating to pre–European
contact.
Officials of the Department of
Homeland Security, United States Coast
Guard 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 Hawaiian ancestry. Officials of
the Department of Homeland Security,
United States Coast Guard 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
Hawaiian human remains and Hui
Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai‘i Nei,
Ka‘u Preservation, and Office of
Hawaiian Affairs.
Representatives of any other Native
Hawaiian Organization or Indian tribe
that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remain should
contact Dr. Daniel Koski-Karell,
Environmental Management Office, U.S.
Coast Guard Headquarters (COMDT CG–
443), Room 09–1007, 1900 Half St. NW,
Washington, DC 20593–0004, telephone
(202) 475–5683, before August 13, 2008.
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Repatriation of the human remains to
Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai‘i
Nei, Ka‘u Preservation, and Office of
Hawaiian Affairs may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come
forward.
Department of Homeland Security,
United States Coast Guard is responsible
for notifying Hui Malama I Na Kupuna
O Hawai‘i Nei, Ka‘u Preservation, and
Office of Hawaiian Affairs that this
notice has been published.
Dated: June 19, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8–15899 Filed 7–11–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Effigy Mounds National
Monument, Harpers Ferry, IA
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 and associated funerary object
in the possession of the U.S. Department
of the Interior, National Park Service,
Effigy Mounds National Monument,
Harpers Ferry, IA. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were
removed from Allamakee and Clayton
Counties, IA.
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 superintendent, Effigy Mounds
National Monument.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains and associated funerary object
was made by Effigy Mounds National
Monument professional staff and Iowa
Office of the State Archeologist
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Ho–Chunk Nation
of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and
Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma;
Lower Sioux Indian Community in the
State of Minnesota; Otoe–Missouria
Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Prairie
Island Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of
Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac &
Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe
of the Mississippi in Iowa; Shakopee
Mdewakanton Sioux Community of
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Minnesota; Upper Sioux Community,
Minnesota; and Winnebago Tribe of
Nebraska.
In the early 1970s, human remains
representing a minimum of six
individuals were removed from HWY 76
Rockshelter in Clayton County, IA, by
National Park Service archeologist
Wilfred Logan. No known individuals
were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The HWY 76 Rockshelter site was
described by Logan as a Late Woodland
Period site representing a partial village
complex of people who used effigy
mounds for burial purposes.
In 1951 and 1952, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from Spike
Hollow Rockshelter in Allamakee
County, IA, by National Park Service
archeologist Wilfred Logan. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Spike Hollow Rockshelter is a
multicomponent site that contained
both Oneota and Woodland artifacts.
In 1960, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from Marquette–Yellow River
Mound Group No. 9 in Clayton County,
IA, during restoration work on Mound
66 by monument personnel. No known
individual was identified. The one
associated funerary object is a finely
worked biface with one notch.
The site consists of a bear effigy
mound, a bird effigy mound, and a
compound mound of seven conjoined
conicals and is presumed to be of the
Woodland Period based on other
cultural material from the site.
On the basis of archeological context,
material culture, and geographic
location, the mounds at Effigy Mounds
National Monument have been
identified as belonging to the Late
Woodland Period culture (1700–750
B.P.). The Oneota culture (800–300
B.P.), which replaced the Effigy Mounds
culture, occupied the area surrounding
Effigy Mounds National Monument and
is identified as being clearly ancestral to
the Ho–Chunk Nation of Wisconsin;
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska;
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Otoe–
Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma;
and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
Linguistic, oral tradition, temporal and
geographic evidence reasonably
indicates that the following Sioux
Indian tribes possess ancestral ties to
the Effigy Mounds National Monument
region and the human remains and
associated funerary object described
above: Lower Sioux Indian Community
in the State of Minnesota; Prairie Island
Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Shakopee Mdewakanton
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Sioux Community of Minnesota; and
Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota.
The Treaty of September 21, 1832
(Stat. L. VII, 374) between the Sauk and
Fox and the United States, a cession
required of the Sauk and Fox as
indemnity for the expenses of the Black
Hawk War, demonstrates that the Sac &
Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and
Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation of
Oklahoma; and Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa are the aboriginal
occupants of the lands encompassing
the present–day Effigy Mounds National
Monument. Based upon an examination
of the historical and geographical
information, officials of Effigy Mounds
National Monument determined that the
Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas
and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation of
Oklahoma; and Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa share a historic and
continuing affiliation with Effigy
Mounds National Monument lands, but
do not possess a cultural affiliation with
the human remains and associated
funerary object described above.
Officials of Effigy Mounds National
Monument have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of eight
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of Effigy Mounds
National Monument 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 Effigy
Mounds National Monument 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 Ho–
Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe
of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Lower Sioux Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota;
Otoe–Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma;
Prairie Island Indian Community in the
State of Minnesota; Shakopee
Mdewakanton Sioux Community of
Minnesota; Upper Sioux Community,
Minnesota; and Winnebago Tribe of
Nebraska.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary object should
contact Phyllis Ewing, superintendent,
Effigy Mounds National Monument, 151
HWY 76, Harpers Ferry, IA 52146,
telephone (563) 873–3491, before
August 13, 2008. Repatriation of the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, DC, and University
of Hawai`i at Hilo, Hilo, HI
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 control of the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters,
Washington, DC, and in the possession of the University of Hawai`i at
Hilo, Hilo, HI. The human remains were removed from the South Point Gas
House Site (Site H6), Ka`u district, Hawai`i Island, Hawai`i County,
HI.
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
Hawaiian 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 U.S.
Coast Guard and professional staff from the University of Hawai`i at
Hilo in consultation with representatives of Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O
Hawai`i Nei, Ka`u Preservation, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
At an unknown time between 1954 and 1959, human remains
representing a minimum of one individual was removed from the South
Point Gas House Site, Kama'oa Pu`u`eo ahupua`a, Ka`u District, Hawai`i
Island, in Hawai`i County, HI. The site was encountered while the U.S.
Coast Guard was constructing a fuel drum storage shed and the human
remains were delivered to the University of Hawai`i at Hilo. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The site was listed in Bishop Museum files as ``H6'' or ``11-Ha-
B20-9,'' as part of their general site information, and was described
by Bishop Museum archeologists as a buried midden site, but the
individual is not listed in any report from the area. The midden
deposits in the South Point region were intensively studied by several
archeologists in the 1950s, including Dr. William Bonk at the
University of Hawai`i at Hilo, and were largely determined to represent
pre-contact Native Hawaiian occupations and burials. The South Point
Gas House Site is a specific portion of the larger site complex that
includes the Pu`u Ali`i Sand Dune site (H1), which is an early Native
Hawaiian fishing village and burial area dating to pre-European
contact.
Officials of the Department of Homeland Security, United States
Coast Guard 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 Hawaiian ancestry. Officials of the Department of
Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard 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 Hawaiian
human remains and Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai`i Nei, Ka`u
Preservation, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
Representatives of any other Native Hawaiian Organization or Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the human
remain should contact Dr. Daniel Koski-Karell, Environmental Management
Office, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters (COMDT CG-443), Room 09-1007,
1900 Half St. NW, Washington, DC 20593-0004, telephone (202) 475-5683,
before August 13, 2008.
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Repatriation of the human remains to Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai`i
Nei, Ka`u Preservation, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard is
responsible for notifying Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai`i Nei, Ka`u
Preservation, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs that this notice has been
published.
Dated: June 19, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-15899 Filed 7-11-08; 8:45 am]
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