Notice of Inventory Completion: Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, 21388-21389 [E9-10542]
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Reservation, New Mexico that this
notice has been published.
Dated: April 13, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC and
New York University College of
Dentistry, New York, NY
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in
the physical custody of the New York
University College of Dentistry, New
York, NY. The human remains were
removed from Pima County, AZ.
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. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Bureau of
Indian Affairs and New York University
College of Dentistry professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona.
In February 1919, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from a burial
area in Sells, which is within the
Tohono O’odham Reservation, Pima
County, AZ, by E.H. Davis. That same
year, Davis donated the human remains
to the Museum of the American Indian,
Heye Foundation. In 1956, the Museum
of the American Indian transferred the
human remains to Dr. Theodore
Kazamiroff, New York University
College of Dentistry. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Records identify the human remains
as an ‘‘Old Papago skeleton exhumed
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from burial place’’ at ‘‘Indian Oasis,
Arizona.’’ The Papago are also known
by the name Tohono O’odham. Indian
Oasis is today known as Sells, AZ. The
Tohono O’odham consider Sells to be
part of their ancestral homelands. The
O’odham people are identified in 16th
century Spanish documents as living in
present-day northern Mexico and
southern Arizona. Several documents
record Tohono O’odham communities
in the region in the late 17th century.
The Tohono O’odham remained in
southern Arizona, even during the
Apache raids of the 19th century, and
several winter or ‘‘well villages’’ were
located in the Sells district. Tohono
O’odham residents of Kui Tatk and
Tecolote, two defensive villages at the
time of the Gadsden Purchase in 1853,
resettled into the village of Artesa,
which later became part of Sells. In the
early 20th century, Sells was identified
as Komoktetuvavosit, a well village. In
1916, the Tohono O’odham Reservation
was established by Executive Order. In
1937, the Tohono O’odham Nation was
recognized under the Indian
Reorganization Act.
The assignment of a tribal affiliation
of ‘‘Papago’’ for the human remains
suggests that they date to the late 17th
to mid–20th centuries, the time period
for which variants of the word ‘‘Papago’’
were in use. The cranial morphology of
the human remains is consistent with
biometric data from early 20th century
Tohono O’odham communities. The
description of the human remains as an
‘‘old’’ skeleton implies that the burial
predated the more recent cemetery
burials around Sells. Prior to the
adoption of cemeteries as burial areas,
individuals were placed in protected
locations such as cairns. The condition
and the weathering pattern of the
human remains are consistent with a
cairn or other protected burial area.
Officials of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs and New York University
College of Dentistry 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 the Bureau of Indian Affairs
and New York University College of
Dentistry 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 American human remains
and the Tohono O’odham Nation of
Arizona.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Dr. Louis Terracio, New
York University College of Dentistry,
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telephone (212) 998–9917, before June
8, 2009. Repatriation of the human
remains to the Tohono O’odham Nation
of Arizona may proceed after that date
if no additional claimants come
forward.
The New York University College of
Dentistry and Bureau of Indian Affairs
are responsible for notifying the Tohono
O’odham Nation of Arizona that this
notice has been published.
Dated: April 14, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
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 and associated funerary objects
in the possession of the Montclair Art
Museum, Montclair, NJ. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Harbor Springs,
Emmett County, MI.
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 Montclair Art
Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
Indians, Michigan.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from Harbor
Springs, Emmett County, MI. Additional
circumstances surrounding the donation
of the human remains to the Montclair
Art Museum are not known. No known
individual was identified. The two
associated funerary objects are one knife
and one fishing spear head.
A handwritten label on the base states
that these are ‘‘Indian Relics.’’ The label
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also states that everything except the
spear were found in a grave at Harbor
Springs, MI. However, given the storage
of the spear head with the human
remains and knife, museum officials
reasonably believe it to be an associated
funerary object and related to the other
items.
Harbor Springs is within the territory
of the Little Traverse Bay Band of
Odawa Indians, Michigan.
Officials of the Montclair Art Museum
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 the
Montclair Art Museum also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the two 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
Montclair Art 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 Little Traverse Bay Bands of
Odawa Indians, Michigan.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Twig Johnson, Curator of Native
American Art, Montclair Art Museum, 3
South Mountain Ave., Montclair, NJ
07042–1747, telephone (973) 746–5555,
ext. 225, before June 8, 2009.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
The Montclair Art Museum is
responsible for notifying the Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan that this notice has been
published.
Dated: April 3, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Virginia Department of Conservation
and Recreation, Division of State
Parks, Richmond, VA and Southwest
Virginia Museum Historical State Park,
Big Stone Gap, VA
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 and associated funerary objects
in the control of the Virginia
Department of Conservation and
Recreation, Division of State Parks,
Richmond, VA, and in the possession of
the Southwest Virginia Museum
Historical State Park, Big Stone Gap,
VA. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from
caves in Lee, Scott, and Wise Counties,
VA.
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 Virginia
Department of Conservation and
Recreation and Virginia Historic
Resources professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Federally-recognized Absentee-Shawnee
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Cherokee
Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians of North Carolina;
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; and United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma. The Virginia Department of
Conservation and Recreation and
Virginia Historic Resources professional
staff also consulted with representatives
of the following non-Federally
recognized Indian groups:
Chickahominy Tribe, Eastern
Chickahominy Tribe, Mattaponi Tribe,
Monacan Indian Tribe, Nansemond
Tribe, Pamunkey Tribe, Rappahannock
Tribe, and Upper Mattaponi Tribe.
At unknown dates, human remains
representing a minimum of three
individuals were removed from various
caves in Lee, Scott, and Wise Counties,
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VA. According to records of the
Southwest Virginia Museum Historical
State Park, portions of the human
remains have possible donation records
of 2/7/58, 8/11/53, or 6/23/70, and may
have been removed during those times.
No known individuals were identified.
The nine associated funerary objects are
one possible trade item made with glass
trade beads, three effigy pipes, one
Catlinite pipe, two bird figures, one pot,
and one steatite.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from a burial
cave in Lee County, VA. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
While scientific dating of the human
remains was not possible, similar
osteological comparisons of prehistoric
Native Americans from other mortuary
caves in southwest Virginia reveal
through radiocarbon dates and artifact
evidence that the predominant use of
mortuary caves in the region was
between circa A.D. 900–1400. Caves
used as mortuary facilities for
prehistoric Native Americans are known
throughout the southeastern United
States, and have been commonly
documented in the far upper reaches of
the Tennessee Valley drainage basin (far
southwest Virginia). Mississippian sites
of this type appeared almost
simultaneously throughout the
Southeast around A.D. 850, and were
mainly located within river floodplain
environments. Archeological
scholarship traces Cherokee beginnings
back to, at least, the beginning of the
Mississippian Period. Many scholars
refer to the Cherokee evolving out of the
Mississippian tradition in the southern
Appalachians to have maintained a
continuity of material culture.
In the 1500s, Spanish explorers found
a flourishing Cherokee culture that
dominated the southern Appalachians.
The Cherokees controlled some 140,000
square miles throughout eight presentday southern states, including the
counties of southwest Virginia. Further
historical evidence of Cherokee
territorial control of this area, in modern
times, is reflected in the Watauga Treaty
of 1775, in which the Cherokee sold the
area of present-day southwest Virginia,
Tennessee, and Kentucky to Richard
Henderson to form the new colony of
Transylvania. Both the Cherokee tribe
and the colony of Virginia later opposed
this land purchase. Today, the rich
history and culture of the Cherokee are
interpreted at sites and events
throughout the region. Regional history
books document Cherokee history and
many individuals speak of their
Cherokee ancestry. Descendants of the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Montclair Art Museum, Montclair,
NJ
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 Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ.
The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
Harbor Springs, Emmett County, MI.
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 Montclair
Art Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan.
At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from Harbor Springs, Emmett County, MI.
Additional circumstances surrounding the donation of the human remains
to the Montclair Art Museum are not known. No known individual was
identified. The two associated funerary objects are one knife and one
fishing spear head.
A handwritten label on the base states that these are ``Indian
Relics.'' The label
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also states that everything except the spear were found in a grave at
Harbor Springs, MI. However, given the storage of the spear head with
the human remains and knife, museum officials reasonably believe it to
be an associated funerary object and related to the other items.
Harbor Springs is within the territory of the Little Traverse Bay
Band of Odawa Indians, Michigan.
Officials of the Montclair Art Museum 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 the Montclair Art Museum also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the two 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 Montclair Art 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 Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Twig Johnson, Curator of Native American Art,
Montclair Art Museum, 3 South Mountain Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042-1747,
telephone (973) 746-5555, ext. 225, before June 8, 2009. Repatriation
of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Montclair Art Museum is responsible for notifying the Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan that this notice has been
published.
Dated: April 3, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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