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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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associated funerary objects should
contact Ennette Morton, Museum
Director, Riverside Metropolitan
Museum, 3580 Mission Inn Avenue,
Riverside, CA 92501, telephone (951)
826–5128, before December 14, 2009.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Ione
Band of Miwok Indians of California
may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Riverside Metropolitan Museum
is responsible for notifying the Buena
Vista Rancheria of Me-wuk Indians of
California; California Valley Miwok
Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch
Rancheria of Me-wuk Indians of
California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians
of California; Jackson Rancheria of Mewuk 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 that this notice has been
published.
Dated: October 15, 2009.
Richard C. Waldbauer,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Pecos National Historical
Park, Pecos, NM
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 in the possession of the U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Pecos National Historical
Park, Pecos, NM. The human remains
were removed from within the
boundaries of Pecos National Historical
Park, San Miguel County, NM.
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 superintendent, Pecos National
Historical Park.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Pecos National
Historical Park professional staff in
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consultation with representatives of the
Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Fort Sill
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation,
New Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of
the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico;
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico &
Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico
(formerly the Pueblo of San Juan);
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo
Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia,
New Mexico; Wichita and Affiliated
Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco &
Tawakonie), Oklahoma; and Zuni Tribe
of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
The Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Pueblo
of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos,
New Mexico; and Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo
of Texas were contacted for
consultations but did not respond.
Between 1965 and 1980, human
remains representing a minimum of 46
individuals were removed from Site LA
625 (Pecos Pueblo and the Pecos
Mission Church and Convento
Complex), in San Miguel County, NM,
by park visitors. The human remains
were picked up along the main trail
through the site at various times and
turned in to park staff at the Pecos
National Historical Park Visitor Center.
No known individuals were identified.
No associated funerary objects are
present.
Between 1966 and 1970, human
remains representing a minimum of 78
individuals were removed from Site LA
625 in San Miguel County, NM, by
National Park Service archeologists Jean
Pinkly and Alden Hayes. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Between 1969 and 1970, human
remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from Site LA
625 in San Miguel County, NM, by
University of Nebraska archeologist
James Gunnerson. No known individual
was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Between 1972 and 1976, human
remains representing a minimum of
eight individuals were removed from
Site LA 625 in San Miguel County, NM,
by National Park Service stabilization
crews. No known individuals were
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identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In 1977, human remains representing
a minimum of 16 individuals were
removed from Site LA 625 in San
Miguel County, NM, by National Park
Service archeologist Larry Nordby. The
human remains were discovered in the
back-dirt from the Pecos Mission 18th
century church floor excavations. No
known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1983, human remains representing
a minimum of two individuals were
removed from Site LA 625 in San
Miguel County, NM, by National Park
Service archeologist Larry Nordby
during the visitor trail construction
project. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In 1985, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from Site LA 625 in San
Miguel County, NM, by National Park
Service archeologist Gary Matlock. The
remains were discovered protruding
from the wall in a passageway in the
Pecos Mission Convento. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The main occupation period of Pecos
Pueblo is between A.D. 1325 and 1700.
In 1838, the few remaining Pecos Pueblo
residents emigrated from the pueblo to
the Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico. The
Mission Church and Convento Complex
was in use between A.D. 1625 and 1829.
The last documented use of the church
was in 1829.
In 1976, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from Site LA 14154
(Hoagland’s Haven) in San Miguel
County, NM, by National Park Service
archeologist Larry Nordby. Site LA
14154 was occupied A.D. 1475–1700,
and is comprised of two one-room
structures of which only the wide
masonry foundations remain. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Officials of Pecos National Historical
Park have determined that, pursuant to
25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human
remains described above represent the
physical remains of 153 individuals of
Native American ancestry. Because the
biological evidence is inconclusive for
most of the individuals, the
determination is based on multiple lines
of evidence, including physical
anthropology, provenience of the
remains, history of the site, tribal
consultation, and oral history. Lastly,
officials of Pecos National Historical
Park have determined that, pursuant to
25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), a relationship of
shared group identity cannot reasonably
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Riverside Metropolitan Museum,
Riverside, CA
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 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 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 Me-wuk
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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associated funerary objects should contact Ennette Morton, Museum
Director, Riverside Metropolitan Museum, 3580 Mission Inn Avenue,
Riverside, CA 92501, telephone (951) 826-5128, before December 14,
2009. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
to the Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Riverside Metropolitan Museum is responsible for notifying the
Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-wuk Indians of California; California
Valley Miwok Tribe, 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 that this notice has been published.
Dated: October 15, 2009.
Richard C. Waldbauer,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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