Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, Walla Walla, WA and Museum of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 36740-36741 [E9-17667]
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and November 2005. It was unclear
whether the proposed action would
involve NPS lands or adversely affect
NPS resources, or whether such effects
could be appropriately analyzed in
another NEPA document until more
information regarding possible
alternatives and impacts became
available. The NPS managers now
believe that an EIS is most appropriate
given the scope and complexity of the
proposed action, and the likelihood that
alternatives may impact park resources,
involve access to NPS lands, or utilize
NPS funds. All information generated
during the previous scoping process
will be retained for use in this EIS
process. Anyone who contributed
comments to the OEPA regarding the
dam removal need not resend their
comments.
A preliminary set of alternatives for
modification or removal of the Canal
Diversion Dam has been developed.
These include: (1) No Action—the dam
would remain on the river continuing to
adversely impact water quality of the
Cuyahoga River and provide water to
the Ohio and Erie Canal; (2) Total
Removal—the dam would be removed,
restoring a free-flowing river and water
would be provided to the Ohio and Erie
Canal to maintain its current watered
state; and (3) Partial Removal/
Modification—the dam would be altered
to allow for restoration of water quality
as well as eliminating existing
recreational boating hazard. Water
would be provided to the Ohio and Erie
Canal to maintain its current watered
state. A variety of background
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Dated: December 5, 2008.
Ernest Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
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National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items: U.S. Department of Defense,
Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla
District, Walla Walla, WA and Museum
of Anthropology, Washington State
University, Pullman, WA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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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
control of the U.S. Department of
Defense, Army Corps of Engineers,
Walla Walla District, Walla Walla, WA,
and in the physical custody of the
Museum of Anthropology, Washington
State University, Pullman, WA, 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
unassociated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
In July 1963, cultural items were
removed from the Marmes Rockshelter
(45FR50), Franklin County, WA, by
Washington State University under
contract with the National Park Service
and prior to the inundation of the
reservoir created by the construction of
the Lower Monumental Dam by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers. The material
from the excavation is curated at
Washington State University. The
cultural items that were removed are
believed to have been placed with or
near the human remains from Burial 13.
As the human remains from Burial 13
are not in the control or possession of
a Federal agency or museum, the
cultural items are unassociated funerary
objects. The 176 unassociated funerary
objects are 44 faunal fragments, 12
basalt samples, 15 chert/
cryptocrystalline flakes, 2 shells, 9
organic materials (including plants), 1
stone sample, 6 pieces of basalt blocky
shatter, 6 pieces of chert/
cryptocrystalline blocky shatter, 2 chert/
cryptocrystalline flake shatter, 6 basalt
flake shatter, 2 obsidian flakes, 1
retouched basalt flake, 1 retouched
chert/cryptocrystalline flake, 53 basalt
flakes, 1 chert/cryptocrystalline core, 1
chert/cryptocrystalline flakes, 12 basalt
flakes, and 2 lots of shell remains.
The unassociated funerary objects are
determined to be associated with the
Late Cascade Phase (6500 to 4500 BP).
The archeological evidence found in the
Marmes Rockshelter (and in six nearby
archeological sites) supports a nearly
continuous occupation from the Late
Cascade Phase to the Harder Phase
(2500–500 BP), and provides the most
direct physical line of evidence
supporting a determination of cultural
affiliation between an earlier group and
a present-day Indian tribe. Geographical
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and anthropological lines of evidence
support the archeological. Oral tradition
evidence provided by tribal elders
indicates that a large Palus (Palouse)
village, inhabited by tribal ancestors
from time immemorial, was once
located near the Marmes Rockshelter.
According to tribal elders, these
ancestors were mobile, and traveled the
landscape to gather resources as well as
trade among each other.
Ethnographic documentation
indicates that the present-day location
of the Marmes Rockshelter in Franklin
County, WA, is within the territory
occupied historically by the Palus
(Palouse) Indians. During the historic
period, the Palouse people settled along
the Snake River, relied on fish, game
and root resources for subsistence,
shared their resource areas and
maintained extensive kinship
connections with other groups in the
area, and had limited political
integration until the adoption of the
horse (Walker 1998). These
characteristics are common to the
greater Plateau cultural communities
surrounding the Palouse territory
including the Nez Perce, Cayuse, Walla
Walla, Yakama, and Wanapum groups.
Moreover, the information provided
during consultation by representatives
of 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 the Wanapum Band, a
non-Federally recognized Indian group,
substantiate their cultural affiliation
with each other and with the earlier
group represented at the Marmes
Rockshelter. The descendants of these
Plateau communities of southeastern
Washington, now widely dispersed, are
members of 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 the Wanapum Band, a
non-Federally recognized Indian group.
Officials of the U.S. Department of
Defense, Army Corps of Engineers,
Walla Walla District have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B),
the 176 unassociated funerary 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.
Officials of the U.S. Department of
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Defense, Army Corps of Engineers,
Walla Walla District, 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 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 U.S. Department of
Defense, Army Corps of Engineers,
Walla Walla District have determined
that there is a cultural relationship
between the unassociated funerary
objects and the Wanapum Band, a nonFederally recognized Indian group.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believe their tribe is culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects should contact Lieutenant
Colonel Michael Farrell, U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Walla Walla District, 201
North Third Avenue, Walla Walla, WA
99362–1876, telephone (509) 527–7700,
before August 24, 2009. Repatriation of
the unassociated funerary objects 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; and Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho
may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward. The
U.S. Department of Defense, Army
Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District
acknowledges participation of the
Wanapum Band, a non-Federally
recognized Indian group, in the transfer
of the unassociated funerary objects to
the Federally-recognized Indian tribes.
The U.S. Department of Defense,
Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla
District 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 the Wanapum Band, a nonFederally recognized Indian group that
this notice has been published.
Dated: July 14, 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: Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA
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 Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA, that meet
the definitions of ‘‘sacred objects’’ and
‘‘objects of cultural patrimony’’ 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.
The four cultural items are a medicine
chord and three buckskin caps.
In 1912, the medicine cord was
collected by Grace Nicholson from an
unknown locality. It was donated to the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology by Lewis Farlow later that
same year. It measures approximately 86
cm and is made of a twisted leather
thong with various leather fringes. The
leather thong is tied with metal wraps
at intervals of approximately 12 cm. An
assemblage of items are attached to the
bottom of the cord: a large stone
projectile point; a small hide bundle
tied with turquoise, coral, shell, and
abalone beads; a black discoidal bead; a
clear glass cylindrical bead; a ceramic
bead; and a violet glass bead.
Collector’s documentation describes
this cultural item as White Mountain
Apache. Consultation with the White
Mountain Apache Tribe indicates that
stylistic characteristics of this item are
consistent with traditional White
Mountain Apache forms.
The first cap is made of two hide
pieces sewn together with sinew. It has
a twisted hide chin strap on the bottom.
It measures approximately 12.5 cm x 19
cm x 17.5 cm. There is a 2 cm high hide
band which is folded over and sewn
along the bottom of the cap. On the
band are black zigzag designs with
alternating black triangles. Two parallel
black lines run along the circumference
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of the cap above the hide band. A crosslike design, formed with four black
converging triangles is painted on the
front center and back center of the cap.
Numerous feathers are attached to the
crown of the cap. There are four
elements equally spaced along the top of
the cap: a shell hoop with sinew
wrapping above one of the painted
crosses; a worked abalone shell above
the other painted cross; one piece of
obsidian with sinew wrapping; and one
piece of quartz with sinew wrapping.
The second cap is made of two pieces
of hide sewn together with sinew. There
is a hide chin strap on the bottom of the
cap. The cap measures approximately 9
cm x 17 cm x 19 cm. It has a band of
green and blue beads across the bottom.
There is a band of nine triangular linear
designs which are composed of red
triangles within black outlines above the
band of beads. A cluster of 13 feathers
are attached to the crown of the cap.
The third cap is made of three pieces
of hide sewn together with sinew. There
is a twisted hide chin strap on the
bottom. The cap measures
approximately 12.5 cm x 13.5 cm x 17.5
cm. There is a strip of red cloth trim
along the bottom. Above the cloth is a
row of yellow triangles with black
outlines which extends across the
circumference of the cap. Four black
painted zigzag linear designs ascend
from the spaces in-between the yellow
triangles at intervals of every two or
three triangles. These linear designs
each branch out into five lines. Each
line extends all the way to the crown of
the cap and culminates in a black dot.
There is a row of six holes below the
center of the cap which runs across the
circumference; this suggests that
additional elements may have been
present at some point. Ten holes on the
crown of the cap indicate the presence
of attachments which are currently
absent.
During the summer of 1922, the three
buckskin caps were purchased by
Samuel Guernsey from Babbitt’s Store in
Flagstaff, AZ. Mr. Guernsey donated the
first cap to the Peabody Museum in the
same year it was purchased. In 1985,
William Claflin bequeathed the second
and third caps to the Peabody Museum.
Museum documentation describes all
three buckskin caps as ‘‘Western
Apache.’’ William Claflin’s catalogue
states that the two caps in his
possession came from the ‘‘Trading Post
on the Apache Reservation.’’ Museum
accession files list the cap donated by
Samuel Guernsey as having come from
‘‘Cibicu Creek Trading Post.’’ Given that
all three of the caps have similar
provenience information and were
purchased by Samuel Guernsey around
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of
Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, Walla Walla, WA
and Museum of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
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 control of the U.S. Department of
Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, Walla Walla,
WA, and in the physical custody of the Museum of Anthropology,
Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 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
unassociated funerary objects. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
In July 1963, cultural items were removed from the Marmes
Rockshelter (45FR50), Franklin County, WA, by Washington State
University under contract with the National Park Service and prior to
the inundation of the reservoir created by the construction of the
Lower Monumental Dam by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The material
from the excavation is curated at Washington State University. The
cultural items that were removed are believed to have been placed with
or near the human remains from Burial 13. As the human remains from
Burial 13 are not in the control or possession of a Federal agency or
museum, the cultural items are unassociated funerary objects. The 176
unassociated funerary objects are 44 faunal fragments, 12 basalt
samples, 15 chert/cryptocrystalline flakes, 2 shells, 9 organic
materials (including plants), 1 stone sample, 6 pieces of basalt blocky
shatter, 6 pieces of chert/cryptocrystalline blocky shatter, 2 chert/
cryptocrystalline flake shatter, 6 basalt flake shatter, 2 obsidian
flakes, 1 retouched basalt flake, 1 retouched chert/cryptocrystalline
flake, 53 basalt flakes, 1 chert/cryptocrystalline core, 1 chert/
cryptocrystalline flakes, 12 basalt flakes, and 2 lots of shell
remains.
The unassociated funerary objects are determined to be associated
with the Late Cascade Phase (6500 to 4500 BP). The archeological
evidence found in the Marmes Rockshelter (and in six nearby
archeological sites) supports a nearly continuous occupation from the
Late Cascade Phase to the Harder Phase (2500-500 BP), and provides the
most direct physical line of evidence supporting a determination of
cultural affiliation between an earlier group and a present-day Indian
tribe. Geographical and anthropological lines of evidence support the
archeological. Oral tradition evidence provided by tribal elders
indicates that a large Palus (Palouse) village, inhabited by tribal
ancestors from time immemorial, was once located near the Marmes
Rockshelter. According to tribal elders, these ancestors were mobile,
and traveled the landscape to gather resources as well as trade among
each other.
Ethnographic documentation indicates that the present-day location
of the Marmes Rockshelter in Franklin County, WA, is within the
territory occupied historically by the Palus (Palouse) Indians. During
the historic period, the Palouse people settled along the Snake River,
relied on fish, game and root resources for subsistence, shared their
resource areas and maintained extensive kinship connections with other
groups in the area, and had limited political integration until the
adoption of the horse (Walker 1998). These characteristics are common
to the greater Plateau cultural communities surrounding the Palouse
territory including the Nez Perce, Cayuse, Walla Walla, Yakama, and
Wanapum groups. Moreover, the information provided during consultation
by representatives of 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 the Wanapum Band, a
non-Federally recognized Indian group, substantiate their cultural
affiliation with each other and with the earlier group represented at
the Marmes Rockshelter. The descendants of these Plateau communities of
southeastern Washington, now widely dispersed, are members of 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 the Wanapum Band, a non-Federally recognized
Indian group.
Officials of the U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Walla Walla District have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the 176 unassociated funerary 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. Officials of the U.S. Department of
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Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, 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 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 U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla
District have determined that there is a cultural relationship between
the unassociated funerary objects and the Wanapum Band, a non-Federally
recognized Indian group.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believe their tribe
is culturally affiliated with the unassociated funerary objects should
contact Lieutenant Colonel Michael Farrell, U.S. Department of Defense,
Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, 201 North Third Avenue,
Walla Walla, WA 99362-1876, telephone (509) 527-7700, before August 24,
2009. Repatriation of the unassociated funerary objects 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; and Nez
Perce Tribe, Idaho may proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward. The U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Walla Walla District acknowledges participation of the
Wanapum Band, a non-Federally recognized Indian group, in the transfer
of the unassociated funerary objects to the Federally-recognized Indian
tribes.
The U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Walla
Walla District 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 the Wanapum
Band, a non-Federally recognized Indian group that this notice has been
published.
Dated: July 14, 2009
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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