Notice of Intent To Repatriate a Cultural Item: Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 14045 [2011-5850]
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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 50 / Tuesday, March 15, 2011 / Notices
Dated: March 9, 2011.
Randy A. Brown,
Designated Federal Officer, Arcata Fish and
Wildlife Office, Arcata, CA.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent To Repatriate a
Cultural Item: Museum of
Anthropology at Washington State
University, Pullman, WA
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
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 a cultural item in the
possession of the Museum of
Anthropology at Washington State
University, Pullman, WA, that meets the
definition of unassociated funerary
object 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
item. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
In 2005, a copper pendant was given
to the Museum of Anthropology at
Washington State University for
intended repatriation by Whitney and
Mariana Sue Johnson of Charlotte, MI.
Attached to it was a card with a
handwritten label reading ‘‘Copper
pendant from Indian Burial No. 195.
Zimmerman. Snake River 5 mi east of
Riparia Columbia Co. Wash.’’ They
acquired the item through inheritance
from Mr. Johnson’s grandfather, Ralph
Hunter, who they believe purchased the
item while traveling through the area
between the 1920s and 1940s. The
pendant is similar in style to other
pendants often found in protohistoric
period graves (A.D. 1700–1900) on the
southern Plateau.
Zimmerman was a railroad siding that
was located between Riparia and Lyons
ferries, which are less than 10 river
miles apart. The area is within the
overlapping 19th century territories of
the Nez Perce and Palus (Sprague 1998;
Walker 1998). Descendants of these
communities are members of the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
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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 at Washington State
University have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the
one cultural item 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 and is
believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a
specific burial site of a Native American
individual. Officials of the Museum of
Anthropology at Washington State
University 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 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 unassociated funerary
object should contact Mary Collins,
WSU Museum of Anthropology, P.O.
Box 644910, Pullman, WA 99164,
telephone (509) 335–4314, before April
14, 2011. Repatriation of the
unassociated funerary object 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 at
Washington State University 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
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recognized Indian group, that this notice
has been published.
Dated: March 9, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington,
DC and Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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
control of the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Washington, DC, and in the physical
custody of the Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 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.
In 1929, cultural items were removed
from Canyon Creek Ruin, AZ C:2:8(GP)/
AZ V:2:1(ASM), within the boundaries
of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation,
Gila County, AZ, during legally
authorized excavations conducted by
the Gila Pueblo Foundation, under the
direction of Emil Haury. The items were
found in association with human
burials, but the human remains were not
removed from these graves. In 1950, the
Gila Pueblo Foundation closed and the
collections were transferred to the
Arizona State Museum. The 185
unassociated funerary objects are 5
basketry mat fragments, 1 bone awl, 1
bone awl fragment, 3 lots of botanical
material, 30 ceramic bowls, 5 ceramic
bowl fragments, 11 ceramic jars, 1
ceramic jar fragment, 1 ceramic ladle, 1
ceramic pitcher, 77 pieces of flaked
stone, 2 pieces of hematite mineral, 1
quartz crystal, 2 shell beads, 1 shell
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent To Repatriate a Cultural Item: Museum of
Anthropology at 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. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate a cultural item in the possession of the Museum of
Anthropology at Washington State University, Pullman, WA, that meets
the definition of unassociated funerary object 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
item. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
In 2005, a copper pendant was given to the Museum of Anthropology
at Washington State University for intended repatriation by Whitney and
Mariana Sue Johnson of Charlotte, MI. Attached to it was a card with a
handwritten label reading ``Copper pendant from Indian Burial No. 195.
Zimmerman. Snake River 5 mi east of Riparia Columbia Co. Wash.'' They
acquired the item through inheritance from Mr. Johnson's grandfather,
Ralph Hunter, who they believe purchased the item while traveling
through the area between the 1920s and 1940s. The pendant is similar in
style to other pendants often found in protohistoric period graves
(A.D. 1700-1900) on the southern Plateau.
Zimmerman was a railroad siding that was located between Riparia
and Lyons ferries, which are less than 10 river miles apart. The area
is within the overlapping 19th century territories of the Nez Perce and
Palus (Sprague 1998; Walker 1998). Descendants of these communities 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.
Officials of the Museum of Anthropology at Washington State
University have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the
one cultural item 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 and is believed, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed from a specific
burial site of a Native American individual. Officials of the Museum of
Anthropology at Washington State University 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 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 unassociated funerary object should
contact Mary Collins, WSU Museum of Anthropology, P.O. Box 644910,
Pullman, WA 99164, telephone (509) 335-4314, before April 14, 2011.
Repatriation of the unassociated funerary object 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 at Washington State University 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, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: March 9, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2011-5850 Filed 3-14-11; 8:45 am]
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