Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Anthropology, Washington State University Pullman, WA, 41883-41884 [2010-17483]
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Society in 1892. No known individual
was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Wisconsin Historical Society
professional staff determined the human
remains represent the physical remains
of an individual of Native American
ancestry. Based on geographical
location, the Society reasonably believes
the human remains are culturally
affiliated to the Zuni Tribe.
Officials of the Wisconsin Historical
Society, Museum Division have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(9), the human remains described
above represent the physical remains of
one individual of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Wisconsin
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 Native American human
remains and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Jennifer L. Kolb,
Wisconsin Historical Museum, 30 N.
Carroll St., Madison, WI 53703,
telephone (608) 261–2461, before
August 18, 2010. Repatriation of the
human remains to the Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Wisconsin Historical Society is
responsible for notifying the Zuni Tribe
of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico,
that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 9, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Museum of Anthropology, Washington
State University Pullman, WA
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 Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects in the
possession and control of the Museum
of Anthropology, Washington State
University, Pullman, WA. The human
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remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from an unknown site in
central Washington State and Asotin
County, WA.
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 Museum of
Anthropology, Washington State
University, professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon; Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho;
and the Wanapum Band, a non-federally
recognized Indian group.
In June and July of 1951, human
remains representing a minimum of two
individuals were removed from the
Steptoe Burial site (45AS2), in Asotin
County, WA. The burials were removed
as part of an archeological study
performed by the Department of
Anthropology at Washington State
University under the direction of Dr.
Richard Daugherty. No known
individuals were identified. The 57
associated funerary objects are 4
projectile points, 2 scrapers, 1 bone
scraper handle, 1 lot of mussel shells, 1
lot of red ochre, 2 bone awls, 1 lot of
charcoal, 1 pestle, 2 lots of cedar wood
fragments, 3 lots of shell beads, 1 stone
bead necklace, 2 bifaces, 5 lots of bag
residue, 4 lots of animal bones, 1 stone
net sinker, 1 lot of tin can fragments, 2
fragments of flatware, 1 lot of buttons,
6 lots of fabric fragments, 3 lots of nails,
2 lots of metal fragments, 3 lots of glass
beads, 3 lots of modified wood
fragments, and 5 lots of leather
fragments.
The burial pattern recorded by the
excavators and the character of the
extant funerary items indicate that these
remains are Native American and that
they date to the Late Prehistoric Period
on the southern Plateau. The site is in
the vicinity of several ethnographically
known communities whom
anthropologists have characterized as
ancestral to the Nez Perce. The Nez
Perce are members of the Federallyrecognized Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho, and
1 of the 12 bands of the Confederated
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Tribes of the Colville Reservation. The
site is also within the overlapping 19th
century territories of the Nez Perce and
Palus (Sprague 1998; Walker 1998).
Descendents of these communities are
known to be members of the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon; Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho;
and the Wanapum Band, a non-federally
recognized Indian group.
In 2001, a small jar of fragmentary
human remains representing a
minimum of two individuals was found
in the museum storage facility, but the
remains were likely removed from
Columbia Point, Asotin County, WA.
The jar was labeled ‘‘Columbia Point 80–
24.’’ Also contained in the jar was one
lot of soil from which the bones were
removed. Between 1977 and 1979,
archeological studies were performed at
Columbia Point by the Mid-Columbia
Archaeological Society. The site had
been heavily disturbed by looting. The
number 80–24 is reminiscent of a
collection numbering system used by
the Museum of Anthropology between
the 1950s and 1980s. The first part of
the number represents the last two
digits of the year the materials were
collected and the numbers after the dash
represent the order in which the
collections were recorded during that
year. This contextual information
strongly suggests that the remains are
Native American. No known individuals
were identified. The associated funerary
object is a soil sample.
Columbia Point has been determined
eligible for listing on the National
Register of Historic Places as a
traditional cultural property. Columbia
Point is located at the mouth of the
Yakima River, which is upstream and
across the Columbia River from the
confluence of the Snake and Columbia
Rivers. Ethnographic and historic
records describe the area as a major
traditional gathering place for fishing
and trading. This area is located within
the overlapping aboriginal territory of
the Nez Perce, Palouse, Walla Walla,
Wanapum, and Yakama. According to
the ‘‘Indian Land Areas Judicially
Established by the Indian Court of
Claims 1978’’ at Index 96, as well as
early and more recent ethnographic
documentation, this area is within the
aboriginal territory of the Walla Walla.
Furthermore, early ethnographic
evidence indicates that the Palouse,
Wanapum, and Yakama also occupied
this area. Descendants of the Palouse,
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Walla Walla, Wanapum, and Yakama
are members of the Confederated Tribes
of the Colville Reservation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon;
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington; Nez Perce
Tribe, Idaho; and the Wanapum Band, a
non-federally recognized Indian group.
In 2009, a detailed assessment was
made of a complete skeleton of a
juvenile that is cemented in the
sediment in which it was originally
buried. Retired faculty and former
students were contacted and they recall
that the skeleton was formerly in the lab
of the late Dr. Grover Krantz. Dr. Krantz
had described the skeleton as coming
from an archeological site along the
Columbia River in central Washington
State. The character of the cemented
sediment supports that the skeleton was
buried in sandy river deposits. No
known individual was identified. The
associated funerary object is a necklace
of dentalia shell.
The association of these remains with
an unknown archeological site, the
semi-flexed position of the skeletal
remains, and the presence of dentalia
shell, which was a common funerary
item during the Late Prehistoric Period
on the southern Plateau, provide strong
evidence that the remains are Native
American. The identification of a
general regional provenience for the
human remains supports a cultural
affiliation with any or all of those
communities whose traditional
territories included the Mid-Columbia
region. These communities include the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of 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 Museum of
Anthropology, Washington State
University, have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of five
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Museum of
Anthropology, Washington State
University, also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 59
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
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Museum of Anthropology, Washington
State University, 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
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon; Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho;
and the Wanapum Band, a non-federally
recognized Indian group.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Mary Collins, WSU Museum of
Anthropology, PO Box 644910,
Pullman, WA 99164, telephone (509)
335–4314, before August 16, 2010.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon; Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho;
and the Wanapum Band, a non-federally
recognized Indian group, may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Museum of Anthropology is
responsible for notifying the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon; Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho;
and the Wanapum Band, a non-federally
recognized Indian group, this notice has
been published.
Dated: July 9, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Georgia Department of Transportation,
Atlanta, GA; University of West
Georgia, Carrollton, GA; and University
of Georgia, Athens, GA
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 Georgia Department
of Transportation, Atlanta, GA, and in
the possession of the University of West
Georgia, Carrollton, GA, and the
University of Georgia, Athens, GA. The
human remains were removed from
Richmond 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 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 Georgia
Department of Transportation
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas;
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town,
Oklahoma; Catawba Indian Nation (aka
Catawba Tribe of South Carolina);
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Chickasaw
Nation, Oklahoma; Coushatta Tribe of
Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians of North Carolina; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Kialegee
Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Miccosukee
Tribe of Indians of Florida; Mississippi
Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi;
Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma;
Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama; Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida
(Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations);
Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
and the United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
From November 1980 to January 1981,
and during the summer of 1991, the
Lover’s Lane Site (9RI86), near the
Savannah River, Richmond County, GA,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: 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. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects in the possession and control of the Museum
of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. The human
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from an unknown
site in central Washington State and Asotin County, WA.
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 Museum of
Anthropology, Washington State University, professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon; Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama
Nation, Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; and the Wanapum Band, a
non-federally recognized Indian group.
In June and July of 1951, human remains representing a minimum of
two individuals were removed from the Steptoe Burial site (45AS2), in
Asotin County, WA. The burials were removed as part of an archeological
study performed by the Department of Anthropology at Washington State
University under the direction of Dr. Richard Daugherty. No known
individuals were identified. The 57 associated funerary objects are 4
projectile points, 2 scrapers, 1 bone scraper handle, 1 lot of mussel
shells, 1 lot of red ochre, 2 bone awls, 1 lot of charcoal, 1 pestle, 2
lots of cedar wood fragments, 3 lots of shell beads, 1 stone bead
necklace, 2 bifaces, 5 lots of bag residue, 4 lots of animal bones, 1
stone net sinker, 1 lot of tin can fragments, 2 fragments of flatware,
1 lot of buttons, 6 lots of fabric fragments, 3 lots of nails, 2 lots
of metal fragments, 3 lots of glass beads, 3 lots of modified wood
fragments, and 5 lots of leather fragments.
The burial pattern recorded by the excavators and the character of
the extant funerary items indicate that these remains are Native
American and that they date to the Late Prehistoric Period on the
southern Plateau. The site is in the vicinity of several
ethnographically known communities whom anthropologists have
characterized as ancestral to the Nez Perce. The Nez Perce are members
of the Federally-recognized Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho, and 1 of the 12
bands of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. The site
is also within the overlapping 19th century territories of the Nez
Perce and Palus (Sprague 1998; Walker 1998). Descendents of these
communities are known to be members of the Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon; Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama
Nation, Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; and the Wanapum Band, a
non-federally recognized Indian group.
In 2001, a small jar of fragmentary human remains representing a
minimum of two individuals was found in the museum storage facility,
but the remains were likely removed from Columbia Point, Asotin County,
WA. The jar was labeled ``Columbia Point 80-24.'' Also contained in the
jar was one lot of soil from which the bones were removed. Between 1977
and 1979, archeological studies were performed at Columbia Point by the
Mid-Columbia Archaeological Society. The site had been heavily
disturbed by looting. The number 80-24 is reminiscent of a collection
numbering system used by the Museum of Anthropology between the 1950s
and 1980s. The first part of the number represents the last two digits
of the year the materials were collected and the numbers after the dash
represent the order in which the collections were recorded during that
year. This contextual information strongly suggests that the remains
are Native American. No known individuals were identified. The
associated funerary object is a soil sample.
Columbia Point has been determined eligible for listing on the
National Register of Historic Places as a traditional cultural
property. Columbia Point is located at the mouth of the Yakima River,
which is upstream and across the Columbia River from the confluence of
the Snake and Columbia Rivers. Ethnographic and historic records
describe the area as a major traditional gathering place for fishing
and trading. This area is located within the overlapping aboriginal
territory of the Nez Perce, Palouse, Walla Walla, Wanapum, and Yakama.
According to the ``Indian Land Areas Judicially Established by the
Indian Court of Claims 1978'' at Index 96, as well as early and more
recent ethnographic documentation, this area is within the aboriginal
territory of the Walla Walla. Furthermore, early ethnographic evidence
indicates that the Palouse, Wanapum, and Yakama also occupied this
area. Descendants of the Palouse,
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Walla Walla, Wanapum, and Yakama are members of the Confederated Tribes
of the Colville Reservation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon; Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; and the Wanapum
Band, a non-federally recognized Indian group.
In 2009, a detailed assessment was made of a complete skeleton of a
juvenile that is cemented in the sediment in which it was originally
buried. Retired faculty and former students were contacted and they
recall that the skeleton was formerly in the lab of the late Dr. Grover
Krantz. Dr. Krantz had described the skeleton as coming from an
archeological site along the Columbia River in central Washington
State. The character of the cemented sediment supports that the
skeleton was buried in sandy river deposits. No known individual was
identified. The associated funerary object is a necklace of dentalia
shell.
The association of these remains with an unknown archeological
site, the semi-flexed position of the skeletal remains, and the
presence of dentalia shell, which was a common funerary item during the
Late Prehistoric Period on the southern Plateau, provide strong
evidence that the remains are Native American. The identification of a
general regional provenience for the human remains supports a cultural
affiliation with any or all of those communities whose traditional
territories included the Mid-Columbia region. These communities include
the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of 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 Museum of Anthropology, Washington State
University, have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described above represent the physical remains of five
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Museum of
Anthropology, Washington State University, also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 59 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 Museum of Anthropology, Washington
State University, 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 Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon; Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama
Nation, Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; and the Wanapum Band, a
non-federally recognized Indian group.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Mary Collins, WSU Museum of Anthropology, PO Box
644910, Pullman, WA 99164, telephone (509) 335-4314, before August 16,
2010. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon;
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington; Nez
Perce Tribe, Idaho; and the Wanapum Band, a non-federally recognized
Indian group, may proceed after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Museum of Anthropology is responsible for notifying the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon;
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington; Nez
Perce Tribe, Idaho; and the Wanapum Band, a non-federally recognized
Indian group, this notice has been published.
Dated: July 9, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010-17483 Filed 7-16-10; 8:45 am]
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