Notice of Inventory Completion: New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY, 55578-55579 [E9-25964]
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removed from a coffin burial at the Old
Deadwood (Ingleside) Cemetery
(39LA3000/07–59) in Lawrence County,
SD, by personnel from the
Archaeological Research Center during
improvements to a retaining wall. No
known individual was identified. The
two associated funerary objects are a
coffin and a soil sample.
The manner of burial and historic
documentation suggests that the human
remains are associated with the Early
Historic Period (A.D. 1876–1878). A
physical anthropological assessment of
the human remains resulted in a
determination that the individual is
most likely Native American. An
evaluation by the South Dakota State
Historical Society-Archaeological
Research Center professional staff on the
manner and location of the burial also
supports an identification of the human
remains as Native American, and most
likely culturally identifiable as Lakota.
The Lakota are represented by the
Cheyenne Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne
River Reservation, South Dakota;
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine
Ridge Reservation, South Dakota;
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud
Indian Reservation, South Dakota;
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; and
Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
Officials of the South Dakota State
Historical Society-Archaeological
Research Center 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 South Dakota State
Historical Society-Archaeological
Research Center 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 South Dakota State
Historical Society-Archaeological
Research Center 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
Cheyenne Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne
River Reservation, South Dakota;
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine
Ridge Reservation, South Dakota;
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud
Indian Reservation, South Dakota;
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; and
Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
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affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Rose Estep Fosha, staff
archaeologist, South Dakota State
Archaeological Research Center, 2425 E.
St. Charles, Rapid City, SD 57703,
telephone (605) 394–1936, before
November 27, 2009. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Cheyenne Sioux Tribe of
the Cheyenne River Reservation, South
Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of
South Dakota; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the
Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota;
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud
Indian Reservation, South Dakota;
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; and
Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The South Dakota State Historical
Society-Archaeological Research Center
is responsible for notifying the
Cheyenne Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne
River Reservation, South Dakota;
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine
Ridge Reservation, South Dakota;
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud
Indian Reservation, South Dakota;
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; and
Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
that this notice has been published.
Dated: October 7, 2009
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9–25963 Filed 10–27–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: New
York University College of Dentistry,
New York, NY
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 New
York University College of Dentistry,
New York, NY. The human remains
were removed from an unknown
location and from Kyle Mound,
Muscogee County, GA.
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
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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 New York
University College of Dentistry
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas; AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
Kialegee Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma;
Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama; and Thlopthlocco Tribal
Town, Oklahoma.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an
unknown location. The human remains
were acquired by Dr. Joseph Jones of
Louisiana at an unknown date. In 1906,
the widow of Dr. Jones sold his
collection 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.
Museum records indicate that the
human remains are from an unknown
location and are those of a Creek
individual. The attribution of a tribal
affiliation of Creek in the museum
records suggests that the remains may
date to the Historic period. No
information from the museum records,
osteological assessment, or consultation
conflicts with this interpretation. Tribal
representatives of the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas; AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
Kialegee Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma;
Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama; and Thlopthlocco Tribal
Town, Oklahoma, support the
identification of the human remains as
Creek.
In the late 1800s or early 1900s,
human remains representing a
minimum of one individual were
removed from Kyle Mound, Muscogee
County, GA, by Friend W. Miller. In
1946, they were acquired by 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.
Archeological data, including pottery
types and shell gorgets, indicate that
Kyle Mound was a Late Mississippian
mound. It was part of the Chattahoochee
subtradition of the Lamar Complex and
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likely dates to the late Rood or Bull
Creek phase, circa A.D. 1200–1475. A
Protohistoric or Historic period
cemetery surrounded the mound. The
Lower Creek village of Kasihta was
located next to the mound and
cemetery. The village was first
identified in historic records in 1732,
but had already been in existence for
some time. It was a major regional
center until the residents were relocated
from the village to Oklahoma in 1836.
Tribal representatives identified the
Lower Chattahoochee River as part of
the ancestral territory of the Hitchitispeaking Lower Creek people. A
continuous occupation of Hitchiti
speakers in the region from the Rood
phase to the Historic period is suggested
by archeological and historic records.
Most Lower Creek voluntarily relocated
or were forcibly removed to Oklahoma
in the first half of the 19th century. The
Upper Creek nations and nations who
were part of the Creek Confederacy,
such as the Alabama and Koasati, were
also relocated to Oklahoma. Before their
final removal to Oklahoma, some
Alabama and Koasati established a
community in Texas. Consultation
evidence indicates that some members
of the Federally-recognized nations
descended from the Creek Confederacy
trace their ancestry specifically to the
village of Kasihta.
Officials of 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 two
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of 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
Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas;
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town,
Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town,
Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation,
Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek
Indians of Alabama; and Thlopthlocco
Tribal Town, Oklahoma.
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,
345 East 24th St., New York, NY 10010,
telephone (212) 998–9917, before
November 27, 2009. Repatriation of the
human remains to the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas; AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
Kialegee Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma;
Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
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Alabama; and Thlopthlocco Tribal
Town, Oklahoma, may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The New York University College of
Dentistry is responsible for notifying the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas;
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town,
Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town,
Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation,
Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek
Indians of Alabama; and Thlopthlocco
Tribal Town, Oklahoma, that this notice
has been published.
Dated: October 7, 2009
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9–25964 Filed 10–27–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
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. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of an
associated funerary object in the
possession of the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA. The
associated funerary object was removed
from southeast Alaska.
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 associated funerary objects.
The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
A detailed assessment of the
associated funerary object was made by
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology professional staff in
consultation with representatives of
Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian
Tribes, Kootznoowoo Inc., Sealaska
Corporation, Sitka Tribe of Alaska, and
Yakutat Tlingit Tribe.
On an unknown date before July 1868,
one associated funerary object (69–30–
10/2182) was recovered from an
unknown area in southeast Alaska. It
was purchased by the Peabody Museum
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from Edward G. Fast in 1869. The
associated funerary object is a carved
wooden box used to contain cremated
human remains.
Edward Fast’s catalogue describes this
item as a box ‘‘used for receiving the
ashes of the dead.’’ The Peabody
Museum is not in possession of the
human remains. The totality of the
evidence indicates that this item came
from Tlingit territory in the area of
southeast Alaska. Edward Fast wrote
that he collected all of the items listed
in his catalogue from ‘‘that portion of
the [Alaskan] territory south of Mount
St. Elias’’ while he was stationed in
Sitka, AK, between October 1867 and
July 1868. However, additional
historical sources indicate that a portion
of Fast’s collection came from the
Russian American Company’s museum
and was collected by the Russian
scholar I.G. Voznesenskii.
Museum documentation, combined
with other sources, indicates that this
item was likely recovered from a grave
context. This item most likely dates to
the Historic period, specifically to the
19th Century. Anthropological and
historic information indicate that the
area south of Mount St. Elias in the state
of Alaska is within the traditional and
historic territory of the Tlingit people.
Present-day Tlingit people are
represented by Sealaska Corporation, a
Native corporation representing Tlingit,
Haida, and Tsimshian peoples within
the southeastern part of Alaska.
Officials of the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the one object described
above is reasonably believed to have
been exclusively made for burial
purposes or to contain human remains.
Officials of the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology 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
associated funerary object and the
Tlingit, represented by Sealaska
Corporation.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with this associated funerary
object should contact Patricia Capone,
Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496–3702, before November 27, 2009.
Repatriation of the associated funerary
object to Sealaska Corporation may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology
and Ethnology is responsible for
notifying the Central Council Tlingit
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: New York University College of
Dentistry, New York, 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 in the possession of the
New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY. The human
remains were removed from an unknown location and from Kyle Mound,
Muscogee County, GA.
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 New York
University College of Dentistry professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas; Alabama-
Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama; and Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma.
At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an unknown location. The human remains
were acquired by Dr. Joseph Jones of Louisiana at an unknown date. In
1906, the widow of Dr. Jones sold his collection 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.
Museum records indicate that the human remains are from an unknown
location and are those of a Creek individual. The attribution of a
tribal affiliation of Creek in the museum records suggests that the
remains may date to the Historic period. No information from the museum
records, osteological assessment, or consultation conflicts with this
interpretation. Tribal representatives of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes
of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal
Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek
Indians of Alabama; and Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma, support the
identification of the human remains as Creek.
In the late 1800s or early 1900s, human remains representing a
minimum of one individual were removed from Kyle Mound, Muscogee
County, GA, by Friend W. Miller. In 1946, they were acquired by 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.
Archeological data, including pottery types and shell gorgets,
indicate that Kyle Mound was a Late Mississippian mound. It was part of
the Chattahoochee subtradition of the Lamar Complex and
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likely dates to the late Rood or Bull Creek phase, circa A.D. 1200-
1475. A Protohistoric or Historic period cemetery surrounded the mound.
The Lower Creek village of Kasihta was located next to the mound and
cemetery. The village was first identified in historic records in 1732,
but had already been in existence for some time. It was a major
regional center until the residents were relocated from the village to
Oklahoma in 1836.
Tribal representatives identified the Lower Chattahoochee River as
part of the ancestral territory of the Hitchiti-speaking Lower Creek
people. A continuous occupation of Hitchiti speakers in the region from
the Rood phase to the Historic period is suggested by archeological and
historic records. Most Lower Creek voluntarily relocated or were
forcibly removed to Oklahoma in the first half of the 19th century. The
Upper Creek nations and nations who were part of the Creek Confederacy,
such as the Alabama and Koasati, were also relocated to Oklahoma.
Before their final removal to Oklahoma, some Alabama and Koasati
established a community in Texas. Consultation evidence indicates that
some members of the Federally-recognized nations descended from the
Creek Confederacy trace their ancestry specifically to the village of
Kasihta.
Officials of 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 two individuals of
Native American ancestry. Officials of 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 Alabama-
Coushatta Tribes of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
Kialegee Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma;
Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama; and Thlopthlocco Tribal Town,
Oklahoma.
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, 345 East 24th
St., New York, NY 10010, telephone (212) 998-9917, before November 27,
2009. Repatriation of the human remains to the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes
of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal
Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek
Indians of Alabama; and Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma, may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The New York University College of Dentistry is responsible for
notifying the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte
Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek)
Nation, Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama; and
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: October 7, 2009
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9-25964 Filed 10-27-09; 8:45 am]
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