Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and New York State Museum, Albany, NY, 64367 [E8-25763]
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Sherry Hutt,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and
New York State Museum, Albany, NY
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 control of the U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Washington, DC, and in the possession
of the New York State Museum, Albany,
NY. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from
Dukes County, MA.
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 New York State
Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Acquinnah) of Massachusetts.
In 1966, human remains representing
a minimum of two individuals were
recovered from the Howland 2 Site,
Dukes County, Martha’s Vineyard
Island, MA, during an archeological
survey conducted by Frank Schambach,
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New York State Museum staff. No
known individuals were identified. The
nine associated funerary objects are
eight wrought iron nails with wood
adhering and a fragment of deer bone
scapula.
The Howland 2 Site is located on
Shotnine Hill overlooking Squibnocket
Pond within the historic boundaries of
the community of Gay Head. The
human remains were found in two
separate locations on the same site.
Wrought iron nails associated with one
of the individuals dates the burial to
post-European contact, dated to circa
18th–19th centuries. Although the only
funerary object found with the second
individual consisted of a fragment of
animal bone, the depth of the burial,
which was over 4 1/2 feet deep, and its
proximity to the other individual of
historic age, indicates that these human
remains may also date to a post-contact
time period.
Historic records indicate that the
Wampanoag have maintained a
continuous presence on Martha’s
Vineyard, despite colonization of the
island by Euroamericans in A.D. 1641.
In 1711, Gay Head was established as a
reservation for the Wampanoag Gay
Head Indians by the Society for the
Propogation of the Gospel in New
England. In 1714, the community was
closed off to the public by a ditch and
gate enclosure, along what is now the
boundary with Chilmark. The Howland
2 Site is located within this boundary.
Its location within the historic boundary
of Gay Head suggests that the site was
used for burial by residents of the
Wampanoag community, rather than by
Euroamericans.
Historic information indicates that the
area of the Howland 2 Site has been part
of Wampanoag-use lands since 1711.
Archeological evidence indicates that
the burials most likely date to a time
subsequent to the establishment of the
Gay Head community for the
Wampanoag Indians by the Society for
the Propagation of the Gospel in New
England. Based on this historical and
archeological evidence, officials of the
New York State Museum have
determined that the human remains and
funerary objects are culturally affiliated
with the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah) of Massachusetts. Officials
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs concur
with the determinations in this notice.
Officials of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs and New York State Museum
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of two individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the
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Bureau of Indian Affairs and New York
State Museum have also determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A),
the nine 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 Bureau of Indian Affairs
and New York 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 Native American
human remains and associated funerary
objects and the Wampanpoag Tribe of
Gay Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Lisa M. Anderson, NAGPRA
Coordinator, New York State Museum,
3049 CEC, Albany, NY 12230, telephone
(518) 486–2020, before November 28,
2008. Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
to the Wampanpoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah) of Massachusetts may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The New York State Museum is
responsible for notifying the
Wampanpoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah) of Massachusetts that this
notice has been published.
Dated: September 30, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8–25763 Filed 10–28–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Region 7,
Anchorage, AK
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 U.S.
Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Region 7,
Anchorage, AK. The human remains
were removed from Carlisle Island in
the Islands of the Four Mountains area
of the Aleutian Islands chain in Alaska.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and New York State Museum,
Albany, NY
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 control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in the possession of the New
York State Museum, Albany, NY. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from Dukes County, MA.
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 New York
State Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of
the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Acquinnah) of Massachusetts.
In 1966, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals
were recovered from the Howland 2 Site, Dukes County, Martha's Vineyard
Island, MA, during an archeological survey conducted by Frank
Schambach, New York State Museum staff. No known individuals were
identified. The nine associated funerary objects are eight wrought iron
nails with wood adhering and a fragment of deer bone scapula.
The Howland 2 Site is located on Shotnine Hill overlooking
Squibnocket Pond within the historic boundaries of the community of Gay
Head. The human remains were found in two separate locations on the
same site. Wrought iron nails associated with one of the individuals
dates the burial to post-European contact, dated to circa 18th-19th
centuries. Although the only funerary object found with the second
individual consisted of a fragment of animal bone, the depth of the
burial, which was over 4 1[sol]2 feet deep, and its proximity to the
other individual of historic age, indicates that these human remains
may also date to a post-contact time period.
Historic records indicate that the Wampanoag have maintained a
continuous presence on Martha's Vineyard, despite colonization of the
island by Euroamericans in A.D. 1641. In 1711, Gay Head was established
as a reservation for the Wampanoag Gay Head Indians by the Society for
the Propogation of the Gospel in New England. In 1714, the community
was closed off to the public by a ditch and gate enclosure, along what
is now the boundary with Chilmark. The Howland 2 Site is located within
this boundary. Its location within the historic boundary of Gay Head
suggests that the site was used for burial by residents of the
Wampanoag community, rather than by Euroamericans.
Historic information indicates that the area of the Howland 2 Site
has been part of Wampanoag-use lands since 1711. Archeological evidence
indicates that the burials most likely date to a time subsequent to the
establishment of the Gay Head community for the Wampanoag Indians by
the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England. Based on
this historical and archeological evidence, officials of the New York
State Museum have determined that the human remains and funerary
objects are culturally affiliated with the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah) of Massachusetts. Officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
concur with the determinations in this notice.
Officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and New York State Museum
have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human
remains described above represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs and New York State Museum have also determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the nine 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 Bureau of Indian Affairs and New
York 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 Native American human remains and associated
funerary objects and the Wampanpoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) of
Massachusetts.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Lisa M. Anderson, NAGPRA Coordinator, New York
State Museum, 3049 CEC, Albany, NY 12230, telephone (518) 486-2020,
before November 28, 2008. Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Wampanpoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah) of Massachusetts may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The New York State Museum is responsible for notifying the
Wampanpoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts that this
notice has been published.
Dated: September 30, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-25763 Filed 10-28-08; 8:45 am]
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