Notice of Inventory Completion: Homer Society of Natural History, Pratt Museum, Homer, AK, 52368-52369 [2010-21190]
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individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Based on the skeletal and dental
morphology, as well as accession
records, officials of the Memphis Pink
Palace Museum have determined that
the above-mentioned human remains
are Native American. Based on the
ceramic styles and construction of
pottery related to the sites, but that are
not associated funerary objects, the
human remains can be associated with
the Nodena, Parkin and Walls Phases of
the Late Mississippian and protohistoric periods (A.D. 1350–1650).
Oral traditional and archeological
evidence indicate that the Quapaw
occupied and hunted in the central
Mississippi Valley, including the
modern city of Memphis, TN, for
generations prior to European contact.
Historical documentation identifies
Quapaw villages located on both sides
of the Mississippi River in the Central
Mississippi Valley as early as the mid–
1500s. Based on historical and
archeological evidence, the Bradley site
(3CT7) has been identified as Pacaha,
the principal town of the Pacaha
chiefdom during the DeSoto entrada in
Arkansas (A.D. 1541–1543). Linguistic
evidence indicates a possible link
between the ‘‘Capaha’’ (a.k.a. Pacaha) in
a Spanish account, and a late 17th
century Quapaw Indian village name
‘‘Kappaha’’ or ‘‘Kappa.’’ French maps and
documents (A.D. 1673–1720), indicate
that only the Quapaw had villages on
both sides of the Mississippi River in
eastern Arkansas and western
Mississippi, and much of northeastern
Arkansas was hunting territory.
Therefore, the sites are within the
traditional territory of the Quapaw.
Descendants of the Quapaw are
members of the Quapaw Tribe of
Indians, Oklahoma. Finally, the Quapaw
Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma, under the
NAGPRA process, have previously
repatriated Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects,
and have been determined to be
culturally affiliated with the cultural
assemblages fround on archeological
sites related to Nodena, Parkin and
Walls phases.
Officials of the Memphis Pink Palace
Museum have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of 17
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Memphis Pink
Palace Museum 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
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remains and the Quapaw Tribe of
Indians, Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Louella Weaver,
Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 3050
Central Ave., Memphis, TN 38111,
telephone (901) 320–6322, before
September 24, 2010. Repatriation of the
human remains to the Quapaw Tribe of
Indians, Oklahoma, may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Memphis Pink Palace Museum is
responsible for notifying the Quapaw
Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma, that this
notice has been published.
Dated: August 19, 2010
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010–21186 Filed 8–4–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Homer
Society of Natural History, Pratt
Museum, Homer, AK
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 Homer
Society of Natural History, Pratt
Museum, Homer, AK. The human
remains were removed from Kachemak
Bay, AK.
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 Pratt Museum
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Kenaitze Indian
Tribe and the Seldovia Village Tribe.
In the summers of 1987 and 1988,
human remains representing five
individuals were removed from the
Point West of Halibut Cove Site (SEL–
010), formally known as Calhoun’s
Point, in Kachemak Bay, AK. The Pratt
Museum sponsored the excavation of
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SEL–010, an archeological site on
private land. No known individuals
were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The Point West of Halibut Cove Site
dates to A.D. 1260 – A.D. 1418, and has
two components. The site includes a
Precontact period Dena’ina house built
into a prehistoric Marine Kachemak
tradition (Sugpiaq Alutiiq tradition)
midden. Two burials were inside the
midden. Once the crew determined that
they were human, the remains were
covered and excavation in that area
ceased. No funerary artifacts were seen
or removed. The human remains from
the excavation in the Pratt Museum are
isolates from the middle of a midden
that consisted of thousands of animal
bones and shell fragments, and some
artifacts. As the human remains do not
comprise a burial, these artifacts are not
considered to be funerary objects.
In the 1970s, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from
Kachemak Bay, AK. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
In the 1980s, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the
surface of a beach on Kachemak Bay,
AK, by a private individual. The human
remains were given to the education
department, but were never
accessioned. In 2010, the human
remains were found in the education
department’s collection. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
In the 1990s, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from near
Cottonwood Creek Bluff, Kachemak Bay,
AK, by a private individual. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The archeological and documentary
evidence are in agreement that the
Kachemak Bay was used by both the
ancestors of the Seldovia Village
(Dena’ina Athabascan and Sugpiaq
Alutiiq) and Kenaitze Indian (Dena’ina
Athabascan) tribal members. Kachemak
Bay is the historically documented
territory of both the Seldovia Village
Tribe and Kenaitze Indian Tribe.
Officials of the Pratt Museum have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(9), the human remains described
above represent the physical remains of
eight individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Pratt Museum
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
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Kenaitze Indian Tribe and Seldovia
Village Tribe.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the Native American
human remains should contact Dr.
Cusack-McVeigh, Pratt Museum, 3779
Bartlett St., Homer, AK 99603,
telephone (907) 235–8635, ext. 36,
before September 24, 2010. Repatriation
of the human remains to the Kenaitze
Indian Tribe and the Seldovia Village
Tribe may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Pratt Museum is responsible for
notifying the Kenaitze Indian Tribe and
the Seldovia Village Tribe that this
notice has been published.
Dated: August 19, 2010
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010–21190 Filed 8–24–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Oregon Museum of Science and
Industry, Portland, OR
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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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 an associated funerary
object in the possession of the Oregon
Museum of Science and Industry,
Portland, OR. The human remains were
removed from an area in the vicinity of
The Dalles, OR.
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 object. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains and associated funerary object
was made by Oregon Museum of
Science and Industry professional staff
in consultation with representatives of
the Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon.
In the 1930s or early 1940s, human
remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an area
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in the vicinity of the city of The Dalles,
Wasco County, OR, by Alonzo Hancock.
Mr. Hancock removed the remains after
they had been excavated during
construction work on the south side of
a roadcut. The exact location of the road
is unclear from museum records. Mr.
Hancock donated the human remains to
the Oregon Museum of Science and
Industry in 1946. No known individual
was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The human remains have been
identified as Native American based on
observable dental traits and museum
documentation that refers to the human
remains as ‘‘Chinook.’’
In the 1930s, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an area
in the vicinity of the city of The Dalles,
Wasco County, OR, by an unknown
individual. The exact location of the
area is unclear from museum records.
The human remains were donated to the
Oregon Museum of Science and
Industry by an unknown individual
sometime between the 1940s and the
1970s. No known individual was
identified. The one associated funerary
object is a copper earring.
The human remains have been
identified as Native American based on
observable dental traits and the type of
associated funerary object.
The Dalles, OR, is within the
traditional territory of the present-day
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon, which is
composed of Wasco, Warm Springs, and
Paiute bands and tribes. The Columbia
River-based Wasco were the easternmost
group of Chinookan-speaking Indians.
The Sahaptin-speaking Warm Springs
bands lived along the Columbia’s
tributaries. The Paiutes speak a
Shoshonean dialect and traditionally
lived in southeastern Oregon. The
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon peoples
also traditionally shared this area with
the fourteen Sahaptin-, Salish-, and
Chinookan-speaking tribes and bands of
the present-day Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington. The traditional territory of
the Yakama included the Washington
side of the Columbia River between the
eastern slopes of the Cascade Range and
the lower Yakima River watershed.
Officials of the Oregon Museum of
Science and Industry have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Oregon
Museum of Science and Industry also
have determined that, pursuant to 25
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U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object
described above is 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
Oregon Museum of Science and
Industry 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 object and the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon and the
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Indian Nation, Washington.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary object should
contact Lori Erickson, Curator, Oregon
Museum of Science and Industry, 1945
SE Water Ave., Portland, OR 97214,
telephone (503) 797–4582, before
September 24, 2010. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
object to the Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
and the Confederated Tribes and Bands
of the Yakama Nation, Washington, may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Oregon Museum of Science and
Industry is responsible for notifying the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon and the
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington, that this
notice has been published.
Dated: August 19, 2010
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010–21188 Filed 8–24–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Wisconsin Historical Society, Museum
Division, Madison, WI
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 an associated funerary
object in the possession of the
Wisconsin Historical Society (aka State
Historical Society of Wisconsin),
Museum Division, Madison, WI. The
human remains and associated funerary
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Homer Society of Natural History,
Pratt Museum, Homer, AK
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
Homer Society of Natural History, Pratt Museum, Homer, AK. The human
remains were removed from Kachemak Bay, AK.
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 Pratt Museum
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Kenaitze
Indian Tribe and the Seldovia Village Tribe.
In the summers of 1987 and 1988, human remains representing five
individuals were removed from the Point West of Halibut Cove Site (SEL-
010), formally known as Calhoun's Point, in Kachemak Bay, AK. The Pratt
Museum sponsored the excavation of SEL-010, an archeological site on
private land. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The Point West of Halibut Cove Site dates to A.D. 1260 - A.D. 1418,
and has two components. The site includes a Precontact period Dena'ina
house built into a prehistoric Marine Kachemak tradition (Sugpiaq
Alutiiq tradition) midden. Two burials were inside the midden. Once the
crew determined that they were human, the remains were covered and
excavation in that area ceased. No funerary artifacts were seen or
removed. The human remains from the excavation in the Pratt Museum are
isolates from the middle of a midden that consisted of thousands of
animal bones and shell fragments, and some artifacts. As the human
remains do not comprise a burial, these artifacts are not considered to
be funerary objects.
In the 1970s, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from Kachemak Bay, AK. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
In the 1980s, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the surface of a beach on Kachemak Bay,
AK, by a private individual. The human remains were given to the
education department, but were never accessioned. In 2010, the human
remains were found in the education department's collection. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
In the 1990s, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from near Cottonwood Creek Bluff, Kachemak Bay,
AK, by a private individual. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The archeological and documentary evidence are in agreement that
the Kachemak Bay was used by both the ancestors of the Seldovia Village
(Dena'ina Athabascan and Sugpiaq Alutiiq) and Kenaitze Indian (Dena'ina
Athabascan) tribal members. Kachemak Bay is the historically documented
territory of both the Seldovia Village Tribe and Kenaitze Indian Tribe.
Officials of the Pratt Museum have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described above represent the
physical remains of eight individuals of Native American ancestry.
Officials of the Pratt Museum 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
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Kenaitze Indian Tribe and Seldovia Village Tribe.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the Native American human remains should
contact Dr. Cusack-McVeigh, Pratt Museum, 3779 Bartlett St., Homer, AK
99603, telephone (907) 235-8635, ext. 36, before September 24, 2010.
Repatriation of the human remains to the Kenaitze Indian Tribe and the
Seldovia Village Tribe may proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Pratt Museum is responsible for notifying the Kenaitze Indian
Tribe and the Seldovia Village Tribe that this notice has been
published.
Dated: August 19, 2010
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010-21190 Filed 8-24-10; 8:45 am]
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