Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Memphis Pink Palace Museum, Memphis, TN, 52364 [2010-21191]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Memphis Pink Palace Museum,
Memphis, TN
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 cultural items in the
possession of the Memphis Pink Palace
Museum, Memphis, TN, that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary
objects 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
items. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
The 92 unassociated funerary objects
are whole and restored ceramic vessels
from the Bradley site (3CT7), Crittenden
County, AR. The collection was
acquired as a donation from a private
individual in 1958.
The Bradley site was a village or town
of the late Mississippian and protohistoric periods, located in Crittenden
County, northeast Arkansas.
Archeological evidence indicates that
the site was occupied during the
Nodena phase (A.D. 1350–1650).
Funerary objects removed from the site
have been dated to the period from A.D.
1350–1650. The Bradley site is thought
to be the capital of ‘‘Pacaha’’ identified
in the DeSoto chronicles. Historical
documentation indicates that this site
dates into the 17th century and close to
the time when the Quapaw Tribe was
documented by early Europeans.
Linguistic evidence indicates a possible
link between ‘‘Capaha’’ (a.k.a. Pacaha) in
a Spanish account, and a late 17th
century Quapaw Indian village name
‘‘Kappah’’ or ‘‘Kappa.’’ French maps and
documents (A.D. 1673–1720), indicate
that only the Quapaw had villages in
this area of eastern Arkansas. Oral
traditional evidence indicates that the
Quapaw had a continuous presence in
the area, including hunting lands, and
that burial practices such as placement
of food with the dead continues to be an
important burial ritual.
Archeological, historical and
ethnographic sources indicate that the
type of pottery found at the Bradley site
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was produced by the Quapaw (Morse
1992). Descendants of the Quapaw are
members of the Quapaw Tribe of
Indians, Oklahoma. Finally, the Quapaw
Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma, through the
NAGPRA process, have previously been
determined to be culturally affiliated
with the Bradley site and have
repatriated Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
from the site.
Officials of the Memphis Pink Palace
Museum have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 92
cultural items 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 and are
believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a
specific burial site of a Native American
individual. 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 unassociated
funerary objects and the Quapaw Tribe
of Indians, Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects 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
unassociated funerary objects 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.
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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
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Memphis Pink
Palace Museum, Memphis, TN
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 cultural items in the possession of the Memphis Pink
Palace Museum, Memphis, TN, that meet the definition of unassociated
funerary objects 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
items. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
The 92 unassociated funerary objects are whole and restored ceramic
vessels from the Bradley site (3CT7), Crittenden County, AR. The
collection was acquired as a donation from a private individual in
1958.
The Bradley site was a village or town of the late Mississippian
and proto-historic periods, located in Crittenden County, northeast
Arkansas. Archeological evidence indicates that the site was occupied
during the Nodena phase (A.D. 1350-1650). Funerary objects removed from
the site have been dated to the period from A.D. 1350-1650. The Bradley
site is thought to be the capital of ``Pacaha'' identified in the
DeSoto chronicles. Historical documentation indicates that this site
dates into the 17th century and close to the time when the Quapaw Tribe
was documented by early Europeans. Linguistic evidence indicates a
possible link between ``Capaha'' (a.k.a. Pacaha) in a Spanish account,
and a late 17th century Quapaw Indian village name ``Kappah'' or
``Kappa.'' French maps and documents (A.D. 1673-1720), indicate that
only the Quapaw had villages in this area of eastern Arkansas. Oral
traditional evidence indicates that the Quapaw had a continuous
presence in the area, including hunting lands, and that burial
practices such as placement of food with the dead continues to be an
important burial ritual.
Archeological, historical and ethnographic sources indicate that
the type of pottery found at the Bradley site was produced by the
Quapaw (Morse 1992). Descendants of the Quapaw are members of the
Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma. Finally, the Quapaw Tribe of
Indians, Oklahoma, through the NAGPRA process, have previously been
determined to be culturally affiliated with the Bradley site and have
repatriated Native American human remains and associated funerary
objects from the site.
Officials of the Memphis Pink Palace Museum have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 92 cultural items 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 and are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to
have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native American
individual. 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
unassociated funerary objects and the Quapaw Tribe of Indians,
Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the unassociated funerary objects 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 unassociated funerary objects 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. 2010-21191 Filed 8-24-10; 8:45 am]
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