Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item: The Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR, 58649-58650 [E9-27235]
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National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural
Item: The Oregon Historical Society,
Portland, OR
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 Oregon Historical Society
(Society), Portland, OR, 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.
The object is a Jefferson Peace Medal,
dated 1801 (#84–84) (the ‘‘Medal’’). It is
5.5 cm in diameter and constructed of
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two pieces of silver fastened together
with a collar. On the obverse is a
likeness of President Thomas Jefferson
with the legend, ‘‘Th. Jefferson
President of the U.S. A.D. 1801’’. On the
reverse are clasped hands, a crossed
tomahawk and peace pipe, and the
words ‘‘Peace and Friendship’’. The
Medal has a hole and crack running
vertically across the face, affecting both
sides.
The Medal was given by Major Edwin
McNeill to Winslow B. Ayer. Ayer was
appointed Assistant Secretary of the
Society on December 31, 1898, and
presented the Medal to the Society on
June 17, 1899. The Society accepted the
Medal and recorded the donation
(Himes, circa 1910). The Society
adopted an intact version of the verso
design of the Jefferson Peace Medal
series as the Society’s corporate seal.
The Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon,
has made a claim for the Medal under
NAGPRA, stating their belief that the
Medal is an unassociated funerary
object from a grave located on an island
in the Columbia River, at or near the
mouth of the Walla Walla River.
Available information concerning the
original provenience of the Medal is
limited and conflicting. One early
account states that the Medal was found
on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation
(OHS Proceedings, 1899). This account
makes no reference to the specific
location of the discovery beyond the
Nez Perce Indian Reservation or the
identity of the person who collected it.
Another later, more detailed account
indicates that the Medal was found on
an island in the Columbia River near
Wallula, WA. This account does not
identify a specific island, and makes no
mention of any graves in the area.
Representatives of the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation have stated that various
documented accounts demonstrate that
islands in the Columbia River were used
for burials.
Available information indicates that
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
presented Jefferson Peace Medals to
major and minor chiefs along their
overland journey to the Pacific Coast.
Lewis and Clark both mentioned in their
journals that at least four medals of the
same dimensions as the Society’s Medal
were given in friendship to the local
tribes in the vicinity of present-day
Wallula, WA, during their expedition
between October 15 and October 20,
1805, and during the return voyage
between April 27 and April 30, 1806.
One such medal was presented to a
Walla Walla chief named Yelleppit or
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Yelept on October 19, 1805, while Lewis
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and Clark were at their camp at the
mouth of the Walla Walla River, on the
Columbia River. Since one account
indicates that the Medal was found on
an island in the Columbia River in the
vicinity of present-day Wallula, WA,
and the Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation has stated
that various islands in the Columbia
River were used as burial sites by the
Walla Walla, the Medal could have been
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interred with the body of Chief Yelept
or another unnamed Chief of the Walla
Walla Tribe. Therefore, the Medal may
be an unassociated funerary object. No
other tribal group in the region has
expressed an interest in obtaining this
Medal. The Society has determined that
it would be appropriate to transfer
possession of the Medal to the
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation.
Based on the recorded discovery site
and consultation with representatives of
the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, officials of the
Oregon Historical Society reasonably
believe that the Medal is an
unassociated funerary object, pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B). Officials of the
Oregon Historical Society 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 Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon.
Representatives of any Indian Tribe
that believes that the Medal is a cultural
item affiliated with that Tribe should
contact Marsha Takayanagi Matthews,
Director of Museum Collections, The
Oregon Historical Society, 1200 S.W.
Park Ave., Portland, OR 97205–2483,
telephone (503) 306–5200, before
December 14, 2009. Repatriation of the
Medal to the Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon
may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Society is responsible for
notifying the Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon; and the Nez
Perce Tribe, Idaho that this notice has
been published.
Dated: October 22, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Riverside Metropolitan Museum,
Riverside, 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. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the possession and control of the
Riverside Metropolitan Museum,
Riverside, CA. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from Sacramento County, CA.
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 the Riverside
Metropolitan Museum professional staff
in consultation with the Buena Vista
Rancheria of Me-wuk Indians of
California; California Valley Miwok
Tribe, California (formerly the Sheep
Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California); Chicken Ranch Rancheria of
Me-wuk Indians of California; Ione
Band of Miwok Indians of California;
Jackson Rancheria of Me-wuk Indians of
California; Shingle Springs Band of
Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California;
Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of
the Tuolumne Rancheria of California;
and United Auburn Indian Community
of the Auburn Rancheria of California.
In 1933, human remains representing
a minimum of 27 individuals were
removed from the Augustine Mound, in
the Cosumnes River area, south of Elk
Grove, Sacramento County, CA, during
excavations by Dr. Paul Walker in
association with the Sacramento City
College. Walker’s widow, Bessie Walker,
donated the human remains to the
Riverside Metropolitan Museum in
1959. No known individuals were
identified. The 29 associated funerary
objects are 1 lot of glass beads, 1 lot of
stone and bone objects, 3 antler flaking
tools, 1 deer scapula saw, 1 bone
scraper, 1 bone fish hook, 4 bone awls,
4 bone earlobe tubes, 1 steatite awl
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fragment, 1 stone polisher, 1 lot of clay
objects, 1 stone pestle, 2 projectile
points, 2 obsidian tools, 1 lot of
obsidian lithics, 1 lot of shell pieces, 1
lot of shell beads, 1 lot of carbonized
textiles, and 1 brass button.
Traditionally, the Plains Miwok
occupied an area that included the
lower reaches of the Mokelumne and
Cosumnes Rivers, and both banks of the
Sacramento River from Rio Vista to
Freeport (Handbook of North American
Indians, Vol. 8, 1978), which includes
the Augustine Mound. The Plains
Miwok are represented today by the
Buena Vista Band of Me-Wuk Indians
and the Ione Band of Miwok Indians.
Consultation evidence provided by the
Ione Band of Miwok links them
prehistorically to the Slough House,
Cosumnes River area. Moreover, many
Base Roll Members of the Ione Band of
Miwok served as informants for the
Augustine Mound site. The Camellia
Cemetery on Jackson Highway 16,
where the human remains and
associated funerary objects will be
repatriated, is six miles from Slough
House, where the human remains and
associated funerary objects originated.
Based on ethnography and consultation
with the Ione Band of Miwok Indians of
California, it has been determined that
Slough House in the Cosumnes River
area, south of Elk Grove, CA, is within
the historically documented territory of
the Plains Miwok.
Officials of the Riverside Metropolitan
Museum have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of a
minimum of 27 individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the
Riverside Metropolitan Museum also
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 29 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. Officials of the Riverside
Metropolitan 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 Buena Vista Rancheria of Mewuk Indians of California and the Ione
Band of Miwok Indians of California.
Lastly, officials of the Riverside
Metropolitan Museum have determined
that there is a preponderance of the
evidence in favor of the Ione Band of
Miwok Indians of California’s claim.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item: The Oregon
Historical Society, Portland, OR
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 Oregon Historical
Society (Society), Portland, OR, 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.
The object is a Jefferson Peace Medal, dated 1801 (84-84)
(the ``Medal''). It is 5.5 cm in diameter and constructed of two pieces
of silver fastened together with a collar. On the obverse is a likeness
of President Thomas Jefferson with the legend, ``Th. Jefferson
President of the U.S. A.D. 1801''. On the reverse are clasped hands, a
crossed tomahawk and peace pipe, and the words ``Peace and
Friendship''. The Medal has a hole and crack running vertically across
the face, affecting both sides.
The Medal was given by Major Edwin McNeill to Winslow B. Ayer. Ayer
was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Society on December 31, 1898,
and presented the Medal to the Society on June 17, 1899. The Society
accepted the Medal and recorded the donation (Himes, circa 1910). The
Society adopted an intact version of the verso design of the Jefferson
Peace Medal series as the Society's corporate seal.
The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon,
has made a claim for the Medal under NAGPRA, stating their belief that
the Medal is an unassociated funerary object from a grave located on an
island in the Columbia River, at or near the mouth of the Walla Walla
River. Available information concerning the original provenience of the
Medal is limited and conflicting. One early account states that the
Medal was found on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation (OHS Proceedings,
1899). This account makes no reference to the specific location of the
discovery beyond the Nez Perce Indian Reservation or the identity of
the person who collected it. Another later, more detailed account
indicates that the Medal was found on an island in the Columbia River
near Wallula, WA. This account does not identify a specific island, and
makes no mention of any graves in the area. Representatives of the
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation have stated that
various documented accounts demonstrate that islands in the Columbia
River were used for burials.
Available information indicates that Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark presented Jefferson Peace Medals to major and minor chiefs along
their overland journey to the Pacific Coast. Lewis and Clark both
mentioned in their journals that at least four medals of the same
dimensions as the Society's Medal were given in friendship to the local
tribes in the vicinity of present-day Wallula, WA, during their
expedition between October 15 and October 20, 1805, and during the
return voyage between April 27 and April 30, 1806. One such medal was
presented to a Walla Walla chief named Yelleppit or Yel[eacute]pt on
October 19, 1805, while Lewis
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and Clark were at their camp at the mouth of the Walla Walla River, on
the Columbia River. Since one account indicates that the Medal was
found on an island in the Columbia River in the vicinity of present-day
Wallula, WA, and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation has stated that various islands in the Columbia River were
used as burial sites by the Walla Walla, the Medal could have been
interred with the body of Chief Yel[eacute]pt or another unnamed Chief
of the Walla Walla Tribe. Therefore, the Medal may be an unassociated
funerary object. No other tribal group in the region has expressed an
interest in obtaining this Medal. The Society has determined that it
would be appropriate to transfer possession of the Medal to the
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
Based on the recorded discovery site and consultation with
representatives of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, officials of the Oregon Historical Society reasonably
believe that the Medal is an unassociated funerary object, pursuant to
25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B). Officials of the Oregon Historical Society 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 Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon.
Representatives of any Indian Tribe that believes that the Medal is
a cultural item affiliated with that Tribe should contact Marsha
Takayanagi Matthews, Director of Museum Collections, The Oregon
Historical Society, 1200 S.W. Park Ave., Portland, OR 97205-2483,
telephone (503) 306-5200, before December 14, 2009. Repatriation of the
Medal to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation,
Oregon may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
The Society is responsible for notifying the Confederated Tribes of
the Colville Reservation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; and the Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho
that this notice has been published.
Dated: October 22, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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