Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Texarkana Museums System, Texarkana, TX, 12894-12895 [E9-6510]
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Southern Methodist University, Dallas,
TX. The single bag of sherds was
curated at Western New Mexico
University, Silver City, NM, until the
early 1990s when it was transferred to
the Forest Supervisor’s Office, Gila
National Forest. The sherds are listed as
having been recovered from a burial
context.
LA 11609, LA 83194, LA 147976 and
LA 148037 are a group of geographically
and culturally related sites in the Burro
Mountains of southwestern New
Mexico. Based on material culture and
site organization, the four sites have
been identified as Mogollon villages
occupied between A.D. 1000 and 1300.
In 1977, one ceramic vessel was
removed from a burial context at LA
65250, Grant County, NM, as a result of
illegal excavations by an unknown
individual or individuals. The object
was subsequently recovered by the
Forest Service. The objects were curated
at Western New Mexico University until
the early 1990s when it was transferred
to the Forest Supervisor’s Office, Gila
National Forest. The vessel is listed as
having been recovered from a burial
context.
Based on material culture and site
organization, LA 65250 has been
identified as a Mogollon village
occupied between A.D. 1000 and 1200.
Continuities between ethnographic
materials and technology indicate the
affiliation of the above mentioned two
Mogollon sites that are located in
southwestern New Mexico with the
Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. The oral
traditions of the Pueblo of Acoma, New
Mexico; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico support the cultural affiliation
of these three Indian tribes with
Mogollon sites in southwestern New
Mexico.
In 1973, 32 pottery sherds were
removed illegally from an unknown site
or sites in the area of Apache Creek,
Catron County, NM, by Brad Triplehorn.
Mr. Triplehorn subsequently donated
the pottery sherds to the Ohio Historical
Society, Columbus, OH, where they
were curated until 2008 when the
objects were transferred to the Forest
Supervisor’s Office, Gila National
Forest. The sherds are listed as having
been recovered from a burial context.
Based on material culture, the site(s)
has been identified as Upland Mogollon
and occupied between A.D. 600 and
1300.
In 1978, two ceramic vessels were
removed from the WS Ranch Site (LA
3009) in Grant County, NM, during
legally authorized excavations by the
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University of Texas at Austin. These
objects were curated at Western New
Mexico University until the early 1990s
when they were transferred to the Forest
Supervisor’s Office, Gila National
Forest. The vessels are listed as having
been recovered from a burial context.
Based on material culture and site
organization, the WS Ranch site has
been identified as an Upland Mogollon
masonry pueblo which was occupied
between A.D. 1150 and 1300.
Continuities between ethnographic
materials and technology indicate the
affiliation of the two Upland Mogollon
sites that are located in west-central
New Mexico with the Pueblo of Acoma,
New Mexico; Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation,
New Mexico. The oral traditions of the
Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico support
the cultural affiliation of these three
Indian tribes with Mogollon sites in
west-central New Mexico.
Officials of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila
National Forest have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the 36
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 U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Gila National Forest 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 objects and the
Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects should contact Dr. Frank E.
Wozniak, NAGPRA Coordinator,
Southwestern Region, USDA Forest
Service, 333 Broadway Blvd., SE,
Albuquerque, NM 87102, telephone
(505) 842–3238, before April 24, 2009.
Repatriation of the unassociated
funerary objects to the Pueblo of Acoma,
New Mexico; Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation,
New Mexico may proceed after that date
if no additional claimants come
forward.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Gila National Forest is
responsible for notifying the Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; Hopi Tribe of
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Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico that this
notice has been published.
Dated: March 6, 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: Texarkana Museums System,
Texarkana, TX
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 Texarkana Museums
System (formerly the Texarkana
Historical Museum), Texarkana, TX,
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.
From 1971 to 2008, private citizens
from Miller County, AR, and Bowie
County, TX, donated 209 unassociated
funerary objects to the museum. There
are no associated human remains in the
museum collection for these funerary
objects. The 209 unassociated funerary
objects are 57 pieces of pottery; 2 stone
tools; 1 projectile fragment; 2 stone
knives; 7 clay pipes; 5 ear spools; and
135 pottery fragments.
The objects were found in Southwest
Arkansas, Northeast Texas, and
Southeast Oklahoma. These areas are
associated with the Caddo Nation, and
are in close proximity to identified and
suspected Caddo burial sites. The
decorative and construction techniques
used in the pottery are consistent with
Caddo traditional techniques and with
other identified Caddo artifacts found in
proximity to Caddo grave sites in the
region. The unassociated funerary
objects are related to the Caddo Nation
who settled the Red River Valley more
than 1,200 years ago. The Caddo Nation
remained a strong presence in this
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region well into the 18th century. Based
on material culture and provenience,
the unassociated funerary objects are
reasonably believed to be culturally
affiliated with the Caddo Nation of
Oklahoma. Representatives of the Caddo
Nation of Oklahoma have viewed the
unassociated funerary objects and
support a cultural affiliation of the
Caddo Nation with these objects.
Officials of the Texarkana Museums
System have determined that, pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the 209 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 Texarkana Museums
System 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 objects and
the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects should contact J.A. Simmons,
Texarkana Museums System, PO Box
2343, Texarkana, TX 75504, telephone
(903) 793–4831, before April 24, 2009.
Repatriation of the unassociated
funerary objects to the Caddo Nation of
Oklahoma may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
The Texarkana Museums System is
responsible for notifying the Caddo
Nation of Oklahoma that this notice has
been published.
Dated: March 10, 2009
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Department of Anthropology,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
MA
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 and control of the
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Department of Anthropology, University
of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects are believed to have been
removed from a Maine coastal shell
midden either east of the Penobscot Bay
and/or possibly Bailey Island, Casco
Bay, Cumberland County, ME.
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 and an inventory of the
associated funerary objects were made
by the Department of Anthropology,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
professional staff in consultation with
Amherst College, Amherst, MA, and
Smith College, Northampton, MA, and
with the Wabanaki Intertribal
Repatriation Committee, a nonFederally recognized Indian group,
representing the Aroostook Band of
Micmac Indians of Maine, Houlton
Band of Maliseet Indians of Maine,
Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine, and
Penobscot Tribe of Maine.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of four
individuals are believed to have been
removed from an unknown shell
midden site in Maine. Sometime in the
1970s, the human remains and
associated funerary objects became part
of the collection of the Department of
Anthropology, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, and became
known as the Bailey Collection. No
known individuals were identified. The
128 associated funerary objects are 3
felsite chunks; 22 carved bone pieces; 6
beaver teeth fragments; 9 carnivore and
herbivore teeth fragments; 1 bone point;
9 animal bone fragments; 1 mammal
claw; 9 bone harpoon tips; 2 axes, 4
blanks; 1 possible pestle; 1 axe-like
lithic; 1 cobble; 8 ground and polished
stone tools; 43 bifaces; 4 projectile
points; and 4 pottery sherds.
The collection records do not provide
a clear provenience for these materials,
though they are suggestive that the
collection was excavated by people
during the early 20th century. It is
unknown if the name ‘‘Bailey’’ refers to
a collector’s name, site name, or
geographic placename. Additional
research does not establish an
association with the archeologist John
H. Bailey who worked in Vermont in the
1930s, or with the work of archeologists
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Alfred Bailey or L.W. Bailey. The
collection may be from a site on Bailey
Island in Casco Bay, ME, although there
is no clear association to any known
archeological excavations at this
location. Documents in the collections
records suggest that there might be a
connection to the work of Professor
Frederic Loomis of Amherst College,
who conducted fieldwork at shell
midden sites in Maine during the 1910s
to 1930s. In 1914, Loomis donated some
material collected from shell midden
sites at Boothbay, Biggers Island, Winter
Harbor, Sorrento, and Slave Islands to
Professor Harris Hawthorne Wilder of
Smith College, who was also excavating
in Maine at the time. Sometime after
1966, shell midden materials from these
sites were transferred from Smith
College to the Department of
Anthropology, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst. Although the
records from Amherst College and
Smith College do not specifically
mention the ‘‘Bailey’’ site, it is possible
that the Bailey collection was part of
this transfer.
In 1990, University of Massachusetts
Professor Dena Dincauze, in
consultation with Dr. Bruce Bourque of
the University of Maine, concluded that
the artifacts in the Bailey Collection are
consistent with those recovered from
coastal shell middens east of the
Penobscot Bay, ME. During Bourque’s
assessment of the barbed harpoon forms,
corner-notched Late Period bifaces,
pebble adze and other ground stone
pieces, and raw materials such as Kineo
felsites and ‘‘trap’’ (possibly hornfels),
he noted calcium carbonate deposits on
some of the artifacts, which is typical of
materials recovered from leaching shell
middens. According to Dincauze, the
styles of the artifacts indicate a date to
the ‘‘Ceramic Period’’ of Maine,
especially the last 1,500 years before
European contact, though there are
some artifacts (e.g., a large biface) that
are similar to Middle Woodland (2000–
1600 BP) artifacts. Bourque, Dincauze,
and Dr. Arthur Spiess, of the Maine
Historic Preservation Commission, have
suggested that the style of the bone
comb top in the collection resembles
Beothuk or Inuit styles more
characteristic of Newfoundland than
Maine. However, since most of the
materials are from the Ceramic Period,
the officials of the Department of
Anthropology, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, reasonably
believe they are from the same type of
burials. In 2008, a tribal representative
of the Penobscot Tribe of Maine, after
reviewing the materials, concurred with
Dincauze and Bourque and found the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Texarkana Museums
System, Texarkana, TX
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 cultural items in the possession of the Texarkana Museums
System (formerly the Texarkana Historical Museum), Texarkana, TX, 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.
From 1971 to 2008, private citizens from Miller County, AR, and
Bowie County, TX, donated 209 unassociated funerary objects to the
museum. There are no associated human remains in the museum collection
for these funerary objects. The 209 unassociated funerary objects are
57 pieces of pottery; 2 stone tools; 1 projectile fragment; 2 stone
knives; 7 clay pipes; 5 ear spools; and 135 pottery fragments.
The objects were found in Southwest Arkansas, Northeast Texas, and
Southeast Oklahoma. These areas are associated with the Caddo Nation,
and are in close proximity to identified and suspected Caddo burial
sites. The decorative and construction techniques used in the pottery
are consistent with Caddo traditional techniques and with other
identified Caddo artifacts found in proximity to Caddo grave sites in
the region. The unassociated funerary objects are related to the Caddo
Nation who settled the Red River Valley more than 1,200 years ago. The
Caddo Nation remained a strong presence in this
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region well into the 18th century. Based on material culture and
provenience, the unassociated funerary objects are reasonably believed
to be culturally affiliated with the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma.
Representatives of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma have viewed the
unassociated funerary objects and support a cultural affiliation of the
Caddo Nation with these objects.
Officials of the Texarkana Museums System have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the 209 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 Texarkana Museums System 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 objects and the Caddo Nation of
Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the unassociated funerary objects should
contact J.A. Simmons, Texarkana Museums System, PO Box 2343, Texarkana,
TX 75504, telephone (903) 793-4831, before April 24, 2009. Repatriation
of the unassociated funerary objects to the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma
may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Texarkana Museums System is responsible for notifying the Caddo
Nation of Oklahoma that this notice has been published.
Dated: March 10, 2009
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9-6510 Filed 3-24-09; 8:45 am]
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