Notice of Inventory Completion: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, 45659-45660 [2010-18990]
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The Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is
responsible for recommending specific
actions for disposition of culturally
unidentifiable human remains. In
February 2009, the Museum of Cultural
and Natural History requested that the
Review Committee recommend
disposition of the 144 culturally
unidentifiable human remains and
associated funerary objects. Supporters
of the disposition were the Bay Mills
Indian Community, Michigan; Grand
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Hannahville
Potawatomi Indian Community,
Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Little River Band of
Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish
Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Indians, Michigan; Saginaw Chippewa
Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste.
Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of
Michigan; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma;
and Wyandotte Nation, Oklahoma.
According to documentation submitted
by the museum, parties of the
disposition agreement were the Bay
Mills Indian Community, Michigan;
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community,
Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa
Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay
Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan;
Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of
Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan;
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of Michigan; and
Wyandotte Nation, Oklahoma.
The Review Committee considered
the proposal at its May 23 - 24, 2009,
meeting and recommended disposition
of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Indian tribes. The
Secretary of the Interior concurred with
the Review Committee’s
recommendation. A September 16,
2009, letter on behalf of the Secretary of
Interior from the Designated Federal
Official transmitted the authorization
for the museum to effect disposition of
the culturally unidentifiable human
remains and associated funerary objects
contingent on the publication of a
Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register. This notice fulfills
that requirement. In the same letter, the
Secretary recommended the transfer of
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the associated funerary objects to the
Indian tribes listed above to the extent
allowed by Federal, state, or local law.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Dr. Pamela Gates, NAGPRA
Representative, Museum of Cultural and
Natural History, 103 Rowe Hall, Central
Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
48859, telephone (989) 774–3341, before
September 2, 2010. Disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Bay Mills Indian
Community, Michigan; Grand Traverse
Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Little River Band of
Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish
Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan; Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan;
and/or Wyandotte Nation, Oklahoma,
may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Museum of Cultural and Natural
History is responsible for notifying the
Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan;
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Hannahville Indian Community,
Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Little River Band of
Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish
Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Sac &
Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan;
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Indians of Michigan; and Wyandotte
Nation, Oklahoma, that this notice has
been published.
Dated: July 26, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Field
Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL
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Notice.
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 of the Field Museum
of Natural History, Chicago, IL. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from various
locations on the Hopi Indian
Reservation, Coconino County, AZ.
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 Field Museum
of Natural History professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
In 1900, human remains representing
a minimum of 71 individuals were
removed from Awatobi, Burned Corn
House, Chukuli, Mishongovi, Old
Mishongovi, Payapki, Kishuba,
Shongopovi, and Sityatki, on the Hopi
Indian Reservation, Coconino County,
AZ, by Charles L. Owen for the Field
Museum of Natural History (Field
Museum accession number 709). No
known individuals were identified. The
51 associated funerary objects are 5
ceramic jars, 26 bowls, 5 pots, 5 ladles,
2 vases, 2 mugs, 2 beads, 1 figure, 1
chert flake, 1 lot of paint, and 1 piki
stone.
In 1901, human remains representing
a minimum of 180 individuals were
removed from Old Walpi on the Hopi
Indian Reservation, Coconino County,
AZ, by Charles L. Owen for the Field
Museum of Natural History (Field
Museum accession numbers 769, 780).
No known individuals were identified.
The 100 associated funerary objects are
30 ceramic jars, 26 bowls, 16 pots, 5
bahos, 4 pitchers, 6 ladles, 3 vases, 2
mugs, 1 lot of stone images, 1 lot of
stone slabs, 4 faunal remains, 1 bead,
and 1 seed.
The human remains have been
identified as Native American based on
the burial context and the specific
cultural and geographic attribution in
Field Museum of Natural History
records. All of the remains were
identified as ‘‘Hopi’’ from archeological
sites on the Hopi Indian Reservation,
AZ. ‘‘Hopi’’ descendants from the Hopi
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Indian Reservation are represented by
the present-day Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
Officials of the Field Museum of
Natural History have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of 251
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Field Museum
of Natural History also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 151 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 Field Museum of Natural History
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 Hopi
Tribe of Arizona.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Helen Robbins, Repatriation
Director, Field Museum of Natural
History, 1400 South Lake Shore Dr.,
Chicago, IL 60605–2496, telephone
(312) 665–7317, before September 2,
2010. Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Field Museum of Natural History
is responsible for notifying the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona that this notice has
been published.
Dated: July 26, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Tennessee Department of Environment
and Conservation, Division of
Archaeology, Nashville, TN
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 and associated funerary objects
in the possession of the Tennessee
Department of Environment and
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Conservation, Division of Archaeology,
Nashville, TN. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from the Fewkes archeological
site (40WM1), Williamson County, TN.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
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 Tennessee
Department of Environment and
Conservation, Division of Archaeology,
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Chickasaw
Nation, Oklahoma; Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians of North Carolina; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Kialegee
Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee
(Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; Poarch Band
of Creek Indians, Alabama; Quapaw
Tribe of Oklahoma; Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
and the United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians, Oklahoma.
In 1998, human remains representing
a minimum of 21 individuals were
removed from the Fewkes archeological
site (40WM1), in Williamson County,
TN, by a Tennessee Department of
Transportation contractor during a data
recovery excavation for a state-funded
road improvement project. In August
1999, the individuals were transferred
from the Tennessee Department of
Transportation contractor to the
Tennessee Department of Environment
and Conservation, Division of
Archaeology. In February 2008, the
associated funerary objects were
transferred. No known individuals were
identified. The 17 associated funerary
objects are 2 ceramic earplugs, 1
ceramic earplug fragment, 1 ceramic
Beckwith Incised frog effigy jar, 1
ceramic human effigy hooded bottle, 1
ceramic Matthews Incised frog effigy jar,
1 ceramic disk, 1 Clovis biface/preform,
2 Madison-style projectile points, 1
Sand Mountain-style projectile point, 2
greenstone celts, 1 shale gorget, 1 turkey
bone awl, 1 drilled dog tooth, and 1
bone pin fragment.
The Fewkes archeological site
(40WM1) is a late prehistoric
Mississippian period mound center
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located in Brentwood, Williamson
County, TN. In October 1920, William E.
Myer conducted the first recorded
exploration of this site for the
Smithsonian Institution. The results of
this exploration were published in the
41st Annual Report of the Bureau of
American Ethnology (pages 561–615), in
1928. Myer recorded five mounds
(platform and burial), an extensive
habitation area, and numerous ‘‘stonebox’’ graves during his investigation.
Among the recovered artifacts were
shell-tempered pottery jars, bowls,
bottles, and pans. The recorded
earthworks, stone-box graves, and shelltempered ceramic vessels provide
unequivocal evidence that this site dates
to the Mississippian period in middle
Tennessee, approximately A.D. 1000–
1475. Results from modern
archeological investigations at the site
support this cultural assignment
(Tennessee Department of
Transportation, 1995–1998; Middle
Tennessee State University, 2004; and
Tennessee Department of Environment
and Conservation, Division of
Archaeology, 2006).
Extensive archeological research
within the Middle Cumberland River
valley has identified a virtual
abandonment of the area by native
residents around A.D. 1450 (K. Smith
1992; Moore et al. 2006; Moore and
Smith 2009). This drastic population
reduction has been studied as
supporting evidence for the ‘‘Vacant
Quarter’’ hypothesis (Williams 1990;
Cobb and Butler 2002). This hypothesis
notes the general abandonment of
Mississippian sites within portions of
the Ohio, Mississippi, Tennessee, and
Cumberland River drainages around
A.D. 1450–1550. Given the current level
of archeological knowledge, and that
there are no tribal lands in Tennessee,
officials of the Tennessee Department of
Environment and Conservation,
Division of Archaeology, are not able to
identify the descendants of the Fewkes
site residents.
Officials of the Tennessee Department
of Environment and Conservation,
Division of Archaeology, have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(2), a relationship of shared group
identity cannot be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
and any present-day Indian tribe.
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
of North Carolina is the aboriginal land
tribe under 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1),
according to the decision of the Indian
Claims Commission (Land Claim Map
ι37). In addition, the Cherokee Nation,
Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians of North Carolina; and the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Field Museum of Natural History,
Chicago, IL
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 of the Field Museum of Natural History,
Chicago, IL. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from various locations on the Hopi Indian Reservation, Coconino
County, AZ.
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 Field
Museum of Natural History professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
In 1900, human remains representing a minimum of 71 individuals
were removed from Awatobi, Burned Corn House, Chukuli, Mishongovi, Old
Mishongovi, Payapki, Kishuba, Shongopovi, and Sityatki, on the Hopi
Indian Reservation, Coconino County, AZ, by Charles L. Owen for the
Field Museum of Natural History (Field Museum accession number 709). No
known individuals were identified. The 51 associated funerary objects
are 5 ceramic jars, 26 bowls, 5 pots, 5 ladles, 2 vases, 2 mugs, 2
beads, 1 figure, 1 chert flake, 1 lot of paint, and 1 piki stone.
In 1901, human remains representing a minimum of 180 individuals
were removed from Old Walpi on the Hopi Indian Reservation, Coconino
County, AZ, by Charles L. Owen for the Field Museum of Natural History
(Field Museum accession numbers 769, 780). No known individuals were
identified. The 100 associated funerary objects are 30 ceramic jars, 26
bowls, 16 pots, 5 bahos, 4 pitchers, 6 ladles, 3 vases, 2 mugs, 1 lot
of stone images, 1 lot of stone slabs, 4 faunal remains, 1 bead, and 1
seed.
The human remains have been identified as Native American based on
the burial context and the specific cultural and geographic attribution
in Field Museum of Natural History records. All of the remains were
identified as ``Hopi'' from archeological sites on the Hopi Indian
Reservation, AZ. ``Hopi'' descendants from the Hopi
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Indian Reservation are represented by the present-day Hopi Tribe of
Arizona.
Officials of the Field Museum of Natural History have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of 251 individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Field Museum of Natural History also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 151 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 Field Museum of Natural
History 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 Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Helen Robbins, Repatriation Director, Field
Museum of Natural History, 1400 South Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL
60605-2496, telephone (312) 665-7317, before September 2, 2010.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects to
the Hopi Tribe of Arizona may proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Field Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying
the Hopi Tribe of Arizona that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 26, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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