Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item: U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office, Richland, WA and Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 9624-9625 [E9-4670]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural
Item: Paul H. Karshner Memorial
Museum, Puyallup, 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. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate a cultural item in the
possession of the Paul H. Karshner
Memorial Museum, Puyallup, WA, that
meets the definition of ‘‘unassociated
funerary object’’ 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
item. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
At an unknown time, one cultural
item was removed from a grave near
Vantage, Kittitas County, WA. In 1931,
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the one unassociated funerary object
was donated to the Paul H. Karshner
Memorial Museum by the museum’s
founder, Dr. Warner Karshner
(Accession 1931.01). Museum records
state the cultural item is an
unassociated funerary object since it
was found in a grave. The unassociated
funerary object is a necklace that is 30
inches in length, and made of discshaped bone and red glass Cornaline
d’Aleppo beads (Catalog Number 1–
607).
Published ethnographic
documentation indicates that the
Vantage, WA, area is within the
traditional territory of the MosesColumbia or Sinkiuse, Wanapum, and
Yakama peoples (Ray 1936, Spier 1936).
Descendants of the Moses-Columbia,
Sinkiuse, Wanapum, and Yakama are
members of the Confederated Tribes of
the Colville Reservation, Washington,
and Confederated Tribes and Bands of
the Yakama Nation, Washington, as well
as the Wanapum Band, a non-Federally
recognized Indian group. The
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; and the
Wanapum Band, a non-Federally
recognized Indian group, are jointly
claiming this unassociated funerary
object from the Vantage area.
Officials of the Paul H. Karshner
Memorial Museum have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B),
the one cultural item 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 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 Paul H.
Karshner Memorial 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
unassociated funerary object and the
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; and the
Wanapum Band, a non-Federally
recognized Indian group.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
object should contact Dr. Jay Reifel,
Assistant Superintendent, telephone
(253) 840–8971, or Ms. Beth Bestrom,
Museum Curator, telephone (253) 841–
8748, Paul H. Karshner Memorial
Museum, 309 4th St. NE, Puyallup, WA
98372, before April 6, 2009.
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Repatriation of the unassociated
funerary object to the Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation, Washington; and
the Wanapum Band, a non-Federally
recognized Indian group, may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Paul H. Karshner Memorial
Museum is responsible for notifying the
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; and the
Wanapum Band, a non-Federally
recognized Indian group, that this notice
has been published.
Dated: January 26, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural
Item: U.S. Department of Energy,
Richland Operations Office, Richland,
WA and Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology, University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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 a cultural item in the
control of the U.S. Department of
Energy, Richland Operations Office,
Richland, WA, and in the physical
custody of the Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology (Hearst
Museum), University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, that meets the
definition of ‘‘unassociated funerary
object’’ 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
item. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
On an unknown date, one
unassociated funerary object was
removed from site 45BN157, Jaeger’s
Island, located on the U.S. Department
of Energy’s Hanford Site on the south
bank of the Columbia River, Benton
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County, WA, by Francis Riddell, and
accessioned into the Hearst Museum in
1951. The one unassociated funerary
object is a bead (catalog 2–40752).
Museum documentation indicates
that the bead is from a talus burial, and
that the museum does not hold human
remains from this burial. This type of
cultural item is consistent with other
funerary objects found in the Columbia
River area during occupation by the
Yakama, Walla Walla, and Wanapum
groups.
Ethnographic documentation
indicates that the present-day location
of the Hanford Site, Benton County,
WA, is located within an overlapping
aboriginal territory of the Yakama,
Walla Walla, and Wanapum groups. The
descendants of the Yakama, Walla
Walla, and Wanapum are represented
today by the Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon;
and the Wanapum Band, a nonFederally recognized Indian group. The
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington, and Nez Perce
Tribe, Idaho are also known to have
used the area routinely.
Officials of the Department of Energy
and the Hearst Museum have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(B), the one cultural item
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 and is believed, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from a specific burial site
of a Native American individual.
Officials of the Department of Energy
and the Hearst 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
unassociated funerary object 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; and Nez Perce Tribe,
Idaho. Furthermore, officials of the
Department of Energy and the Hearst
Museum have determined that there is
a cultural relationship between the
unassociated funerary object and the
Wanapum Band, a non-Federally
recognized Indian group.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
object should contact Annabelle
Rodriguez, U.S. Department of Energy,
Cultural/Historic Resources Program,
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Richland Operations Office, 825 Jadwin
Avenue, MSIN A5–15, Richland, WA
99352, telephone (509) 372–0277, before
April 6, 2009. Repatriation of the
unassociated funerary object 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, Idaho;
and Wanapum Band, a non-Federally
recognized Indian group, may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants
come forward. 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, Idaho; and Wanapum Band, a
non-Federally recognized Indian group,
are claiming jointly all cultural items
from the Hanford area.
The Department of Energy, Richland
Operations Office 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, Idaho; and Wanapum Band, a
non-Federally recognized Indian group,
that this notice has been published.
Dated: January 26, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items: Southwest Museum of the
American Indian, Autry National
Center, Los Angeles, CA
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 Southwest Museum of
the American Indian, Autry National
Center, Los Angeles, CA, 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
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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.
A detailed assessment of the
unassociated funerary objects was made
by the Southwest Museum of the
American Indian, Autry National Center
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Picayune
Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians of
California; Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California; Table Mountain
Rancheria of California; Tule River
Indian Tribe of the Tule River
Reservation of California; and
Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of
the Tuolumne Rancheria of California.
In 1935, unassociated funerary objects
were removed from site P–15–000116
(CA-KER–116) in Elk Hills Cemetery,
Buena Vista Lake, Kern County, CA, by
Edwin F. Walker, Southwest Museum
Research Associate, and were donated
to the museum that same year. The
5,508 unassociated funerary objects (207
inventory numbers) are 2 abalone shell
containers; 2 abraders; 1 arrow
straightener; 36 arrow points (3 arrow
points, 5 chalcedony, 4 chalcedony and
chert, 6 obsidian, 1 red carnelian, 5
stone, 12 obsidian and chalcedony); 2
asphaltum pieces; 3 balls (1 granite, 1
sandstone, and 1 wood); 9 basket
fragments, 1 bag with tiny beads and
fragments and 5,156 individual beads
(15 clam shell beads, 10 pismo clam
shell beads, 4 Amethystine beads, 2,010
trade beads, 1 serpetine bead, 51 steatite
beads, 2 stone beads, 22 red and white
beads, 307 Olivella beads, 365 Red
Beads, 2,065 blue beads, 42 black beads,
113 Green Beads, 111 white, 1 yellow,
19 Amber beads, 3 pink beads, 3
miscellaneous beads, 1 unknown bead,
3 soapstone beads, 1 crystal beads, 2
shell beads, and 5 tubular beads); 2
boiling stones; 1 glass bottle neck; 3
bowls (1 sandstone, 1 stone, and
1seatite); 20 bowl fragments (5 steatite,
7 sandstone, 1 wooden, and 7
soapstone); 1 brush; 1 bull roarer
fragment; 10 buttons (8 brass and 2
metal); 2 charmstones; 1 chert
chalcedony; 2 china pitchers; 1 china
saucer; 5 bird claws; 1 comal; 2 cooking
stones; 3 crosses (2 metal crosses and 1
silver cross); 1 crystal; 2 crystal and
mica fragments; 5 quartz crystal
fragments; 8 dice; 43 pieces of fabric
with tiny fragments; 1 piece of fur; 11
gaming piece fragments; 6 gaming stick
fragments; 5 glass fragments; 6 glass
bottle fragments; 1 abalone gorget; 1 kilt
fragment with tiny fragments; 7 knives
(1 iron blade knife, 6 chalcedony); 7
leather fragments; 2 mica fragments; 1
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item: U.S. Department
of Energy, Richland Operations Office, Richland, WA and Phoebe A.
Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley,
Berkeley, CA
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 a cultural item in the control of the U.S. Department of
Energy, Richland Operations Office, Richland, WA, and in the physical
custody of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology (Hearst Museum),
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, that meets the
definition of ``unassociated funerary object'' 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
item. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
On an unknown date, one unassociated funerary object was removed
from site 45BN157, Jaeger's Island, located on the U.S. Department of
Energy's Hanford Site on the south bank of the Columbia River, Benton
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County, WA, by Francis Riddell, and accessioned into the Hearst Museum
in 1951. The one unassociated funerary object is a bead (catalog 2-
40752).
Museum documentation indicates that the bead is from a talus
burial, and that the museum does not hold human remains from this
burial. This type of cultural item is consistent with other funerary
objects found in the Columbia River area during occupation by the
Yakama, Walla Walla, and Wanapum groups.
Ethnographic documentation indicates that the present-day location
of the Hanford Site, Benton County, WA, is located within an
overlapping aboriginal territory of the Yakama, Walla Walla, and
Wanapum groups. The descendants of the Yakama, Walla Walla, and Wanapum
are represented today by the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; and the Wanapum Band, a non-Federally recognized
Indian group. The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation,
Washington, and Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho are also known to have used the
area routinely.
Officials of the Department of Energy and the Hearst Museum have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the one cultural
item 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 and is believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native
American individual. Officials of the Department of Energy and the
Hearst 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 unassociated funerary object 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; and Nez
Perce Tribe, Idaho. Furthermore, officials of the Department of Energy
and the Hearst Museum have determined that there is a cultural
relationship between the unassociated funerary object and the Wanapum
Band, a non-Federally recognized Indian group.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the unassociated funerary object should
contact Annabelle Rodriguez, U.S. Department of Energy, Cultural/
Historic Resources Program, Richland Operations Office, 825 Jadwin
Avenue, MSIN A5-15, Richland, WA 99352, telephone (509) 372-0277,
before April 6, 2009. Repatriation of the unassociated funerary object
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, Idaho; and Wanapum Band, a non-Federally recognized Indian
group, may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come
forward. 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, Idaho; and Wanapum Band, a non-Federally recognized
Indian group, are claiming jointly all cultural items from the Hanford
area.
The Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office 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, Idaho; and Wanapum Band, a non-Federally recognized
Indian group, that this notice has been published.
Dated: January 26, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9-4670 Filed 3-4-09; 8:45 am]
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