Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 28068 [2011-11856]
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responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
The three cultural items are one rolled
copper tube or bead and two copper
pendants. In 1900, Walter Wyman sold
the items to the Field Museum of
Natural History. The items were
accessioned into the collections of the
Field Museum of Natural History that
same year.
According to Field Museum of
Natural History records, the three items
were removed from a Columbia River
mound, Umatilla County, OR. The
rolled copper tube or bead (Field
Museum catalog number 68156)
measures 4.8 cm x 1.0 cm. One copper
pendant is oblong with a hole at one
end (Field Museum catalog number
68165) and measures 7.0 cm x 4.9 cm.
The other copper pendant (Field
Museum catalog number 68167) is
oblong with a hole at one end and
measures 7.4 cm x 2.9 cm.
The three cultural items have been
identified as Native American through
museum records, scholarly publications,
and consultation information provided
by 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.
Officials of the Field Museum of
Natural History have determined,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), that
the three 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 a 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 Field
Museum of Natural History also have
determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(2), that there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be
reasonably traced between the
unassociated funerary objects and the
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects should contact Helen Robbins,
Repatriation Director, Field Museum of
Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr.,
Chicago, IL 60605, telephone (312) 665–
7317, before June 13, 2011. Repatriation
of the unassociated funerary objects to
the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon, may
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proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Field Museum 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: May 9, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253–665]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Museum of Anthropology,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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 intent to
repatriate cultural items in the
possession of the Museum of
Anthropology, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI, 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 1924, a collection containing
human remains and a variety of
archeological materials was purchased
by the University of Michigan from Rev.
L.P. Rowland of Detroit, MI. The human
remains and many of the artifacts were
recovered from the Lake Michigan shore
area in Emmet County, MI. A substantial
portion of this collection was
determined to be culturally affiliated
with the Little Traverse Bay Bands of
Odawa Indians, Michigan, and were
repatriated after publication in the
Federal Register (62 FR 8265–8266,
February 24, 1997). Since that time, two
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additional individuals were found to
have a Native American cultural
identity with the Little Traverse Bay
Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan.
These individuals were described in a
Notice published in the Federal
Register (74 FR 42094–42095, August
20, 2009), and subsequently repatriated.
At that time, 14 pottery sherds that were
unearthed by Rowland in the process of
disinterring these human remains from
the Wequetonsing area were not
included as funerary objects.
Archeological experts had identified the
sherds as Mackinac Ware (800–1000
A.D.), which dated the pottery at least
1,000 years older than the burials. The
age of the pottery makes the likelihood
that they were fragments of a funerary
object(s) deliberately placed with, or left
for, these individuals somewhat
doubtful. However, given that Rowland
indicated that these sherds came from
within a burial pit, and lacking the
archeological context to make a more
definitive determination, museum and
tribal consultants have since agreed that
the potsherds should accompany the
repatriated human remains described in
the August 20, 2009, Notice. As such,
these cultural items are now considered
to be unassociated funerary objects.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects should contact Carla Sinopoli,
Museum of Anthropology, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109–1079,
telephone (734) 764–0485, before June
13, 2011. Repatriation of the
unassociated funerary objects to the
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
Indians, Michigan, may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Museum of Anthropology,
University of Michigan is responsible
for notifying the Little Traverse Bay
Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan, that
this notice has been published.
Dated: May 9, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Museum of
Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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 intent to
repatriate cultural items in the possession of the Museum of
Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 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 1924, a collection containing human remains and a variety of
archeological materials was purchased by the University of Michigan
from Rev. L.P. Rowland of Detroit, MI. The human remains and many of
the artifacts were recovered from the Lake Michigan shore area in Emmet
County, MI. A substantial portion of this collection was determined to
be culturally affiliated with the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
Indians, Michigan, and were repatriated after publication in the
Federal Register (62 FR 8265-8266, February 24, 1997). Since that time,
two additional individuals were found to have a Native American
cultural identity with the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan. These individuals were described in a Notice published in the
Federal Register (74 FR 42094-42095, August 20, 2009), and subsequently
repatriated. At that time, 14 pottery sherds that were unearthed by
Rowland in the process of disinterring these human remains from the
Wequetonsing area were not included as funerary objects. Archeological
experts had identified the sherds as Mackinac Ware (800-1000 A.D.),
which dated the pottery at least 1,000 years older than the burials.
The age of the pottery makes the likelihood that they were fragments of
a funerary object(s) deliberately placed with, or left for, these
individuals somewhat doubtful. However, given that Rowland indicated
that these sherds came from within a burial pit, and lacking the
archeological context to make a more definitive determination, museum
and tribal consultants have since agreed that the potsherds should
accompany the repatriated human remains described in the August 20,
2009, Notice. As such, these cultural items are now considered to be
unassociated funerary objects.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the unassociated funerary objects should
contact Carla Sinopoli, Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, telephone (734) 764-0485, before June 13,
2011. Repatriation of the unassociated funerary objects to the Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan, may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan is responsible
for notifying the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan,
that this notice has been published.
Dated: May 9, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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