Notice of Inventory Completion: McWane Science Center, Birmingham, AL, 49484 [E8-19320]
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described above represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
Hawaiian ancestry. Officials of the
Horner Collection, Oregon 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 Hawaiian human remains
and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe or Native Hawaiian Organization
that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Sabah Randhawa,
Executive Vice President and Provost,
President’s Office, Oregon State
University, 600 Kerr Administration
Building, Corvallis, OR 97331,
telephone (541) 737–8260, before
September 22, 2008. Repatriation of the
human remains to the Office of
Hawaiian Affairs may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come
forward.
Horner Collection, Oregon State
University is responsible for notifying
the Alapa ‘I Hanapi, Hawai‘i Island
Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na
Kupuna O Hawai‘i Nei, Kauai/Niihau
Island Burial Council, Maui/Lanai
Island Burial Council, Molokai Island
Burial Council, O’ahu Burial
Committee, Office of Hawaiian Affairs,
and Van Horn Diamond ‘Ohana that this
notice has been published.
Dated: July 14, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8–19310 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
McWane Science Center, Birmingham,
AL
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 objects
in the possession of the McWane
Science Center, Birmingham, AL. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Yell County,
AR.
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
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in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the 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 McWane
Science Center’s professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma.
In the early 1900s, human remain
representing the minimum of one
individual were removed from the
Carden Bottoms site (3YE14) in Yell
County, AR. Sometime between 1979
and 1985, G.E. Pilquist, a collector from
Dardanelle, AR, donated the human
remains to the Red Mountain Museum,
Birmingham, AL. In 1994, the Red
Mountain Museum merged with the
Discovery Place under the name
Discovery 2000 Inc., and now operates
as McWane Science Center. No known
individual was identified. The five
associated funerary objects are three
stone beads, one small copper bracelet,
and one metal cone.
Museum records state that the human
remains were recovered from a grave.
Diagnostic artifacts indicate that the
human remains were probably buried
after European contact. Physical
examination reveals the skeletal remains
to be those of a child, and burial context
associates the human remains with
Native American populations.
Archeological evidence indicates a
continuity of the site from A.D. 1350
into the early historic period. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects may be a late component of the
Carden Bottoms complex, common
along the Lower Arkansas River,
including Yell County. The Quapaw
Tribe dominated that area when
sustained European occupation of the
lower Arkansas River began in the mid
to late 1600s. In 1818, the Quapaw
ceded the area south of the Arkansas
River, including what is now Yell
County, to the United States. Based on
the geographic evidence and the date
attributed to the human remains, the
human remains are most likely
culturally affiliated to the Quapaw Tribe
of Indians, Oklahoma. In addition, the
Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma has
previously repatriated human remains
from the Carden Bottoms site (3YE14).
Unassociated funerary objects removed
from the Carden Bottoms site are
described in an accompanying Notice of
Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items.
Officials of McWane Science Center
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
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remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry. Officials of McWane
Science Center also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A),
the five 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 a Native American
individual. Lastly, officials of McWane
Science Center 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
Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Jun Ebersole, Collections
Manager, McWane Science Center, 200
19th St. N, Birmingham, AL 35203,
telephone (205) 714–8347, before
September 22, 2008. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Quapaw Tribe of Indians,
Oklahoma may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
The McWane Science Center is
responsible for notifying the Quapaw
Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma that this
notice has been published.
Dated: July 14, 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;
Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
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 the possession of the Museum of
Anthropology, Washington State
University, Pullman, WA. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Grays Harbor
County, WA.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: McWane Science Center,
Birmingham, AL
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 associated funerary
objects in the possession of the McWane Science Center, Birmingham, AL.
The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
Yell County, AR.
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 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 McWane
Science Center's professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma.
In the early 1900s, human remain representing the minimum of one
individual were removed from the Carden Bottoms site (3YE14) in Yell
County, AR. Sometime between 1979 and 1985, G.E. Pilquist, a collector
from Dardanelle, AR, donated the human remains to the Red Mountain
Museum, Birmingham, AL. In 1994, the Red Mountain Museum merged with
the Discovery Place under the name Discovery 2000 Inc., and now
operates as McWane Science Center. No known individual was identified.
The five associated funerary objects are three stone beads, one small
copper bracelet, and one metal cone.
Museum records state that the human remains were recovered from a
grave. Diagnostic artifacts indicate that the human remains were
probably buried after European contact. Physical examination reveals
the skeletal remains to be those of a child, and burial context
associates the human remains with Native American populations.
Archeological evidence indicates a continuity of the site from A.D.
1350 into the early historic period. The human remains and associated
funerary objects may be a late component of the Carden Bottoms complex,
common along the Lower Arkansas River, including Yell County. The
Quapaw Tribe dominated that area when sustained European occupation of
the lower Arkansas River began in the mid to late 1600s. In 1818, the
Quapaw ceded the area south of the Arkansas River, including what is
now Yell County, to the United States. Based on the geographic evidence
and the date attributed to the human remains, the human remains are
most likely culturally affiliated to the Quapaw Tribe of Indians,
Oklahoma. In addition, the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma has previously
repatriated human remains from the Carden Bottoms site (3YE14).
Unassociated funerary objects removed from the Carden Bottoms site are
described in an accompanying Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items.
Officials of McWane Science Center 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 McWane Science Center also have determined that, pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the five 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 a Native American
individual. Lastly, officials of McWane Science Center 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 Quapaw
Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Jun Ebersole, Collections Manager, McWane
Science Center, 200 19th St. N, Birmingham, AL 35203, telephone (205)
714-8347, before September 22, 2008. Repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects to the Quapaw Tribe of Indians,
Oklahoma may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
The McWane Science Center is responsible for notifying the Quapaw
Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 14, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-19320 Filed 8-20-08; 8:45 am]
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