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Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Indian
tribes stated below may occur if no
additional claimants come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact the University of Colorado
Museum at the address below by August
22, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Steve Lekson, Curator of
Anthropology, University of Colorado
Museum, in care of Jan Bernstein,
NAGPRA Consultant, Bernstein &
Associates, 1041 Lafayette St., Denver,
CO 80218, telephone (303) 894–0648.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 and
control of the University of Colorado
Museum, Boulder, CO. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Bell County, KY,
and Summers County, WV.
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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by University of
Colorado Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma;
Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians of North
Carolina; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;
and United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
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History and Description of the Remains
On an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of two
individuals were removed from a cave
near Pineville, in Bell County, KY, by
Gervis W. Hoofnagle (1886–1959), an
avocational archeologist. No known
individuals were identified. The
associated funerary objects are five nonhuman rib bones (four of which have
been modified to come to a point at one
end).
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Mr. Hoofnagle’s widow, Alice G.
Hoofnagle, sold his collection to the
University of Colorado Museum in
March 1961. In February 2008, the
human remains and associated funerary
objects were found in the museum.
Based on reasonable evidence provided
during consultation, the human remains
are Native American. The same
evidence supports cultural affiliation to
all three Federally-recognized Cherokee
tribes—Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of
North Carolina; and United Keetoowah
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
Traditional Cherokee burials are found
in rock crevices and caves; traditional
Cherokee burials include non-human
bones such as the sharpened rib bones
found with this burial. A portion of Bell
County, KY, is within the aboriginal
territory of the Cherokee based on a
final judgment of the Indian Claims
Commission. In addition, Bell County,
KY, is within the aboriginal territory of
the Cherokee based on reasonable
evidence presented during consultation.
On an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from Burial 2,
Farley site, on the New River, near
Hinton, in Summers County, WV, by
Hoofnagle (1886–1959). No known
individual was identified. The
associated funerary objects are two bear
teeth.
This individual was part of the
Hoofnagle collection sold to the
University of Colorado Museum in
March 1961. Based on tooth wear and
the associated funerary objects, the
human remains are Native American.
During consultation, reasonable
evidence was presented in support of
Summers County, WV, being within the
aboriginal territory of the Cherokee.
Also during consultation, reasonable
evidence was presented in support of
continuity in the utilization of animal
parts, such as bear teeth, in traditional
Cherokee burials.
Determinations Made by the University
of Colorado Museum
Officials of the University of Colorado
Museum have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of three
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the seven 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.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
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identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
and the Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of
North Carolina; and United Keetoowah
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Steve Lekson, Curator of
Anthropology, University of Colorado
Museum, in care of Jan Bernstein,
NAGPRA Consultant, Bernstein &
Associates, 1041 Lafayette St., Denver,
CO 80218, telephone (303) 894–0648,
before August 22, 2011. Repatriation of
the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Cherokee Nation,
Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians of North Carolina; and United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma, may proceed after that date
if no additional claimants come
forward.
The University of Colorado Museum
is responsible for notifying the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma;
Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians of North
Carolina; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;
and United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, that this
notice has been published.
Dated: July 14, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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National Park Service
[2253–665]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Oregon State University Department of
Anthropology, Corvallis, OR
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Oregon State University
Department of Anthropology has
completed an inventory of human
remains, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes, and has
determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and present-day Indian tribes.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with the human remains may contact
SUMMARY:
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the Oregon State University Department
of Anthropology. Repatriation of the
human remains to the Indian tribes
stated below may occur if no additional
claimants come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the human remains
should contact the Oregon State
University Department of Anthropology
at the address below by August 22,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Dr. David McMurray,
Oregon State University Department of
Anthropology, 238 Waldo Hall,
Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541)
737–4515.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 control of the
Oregon State University Department of
Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The
human remains were removed from
Randolph and White Counties, IL.
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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Oregon State
University Department of Anthropology
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Iowa Tribe of
Kansas and Nebraska, Peoria Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma, and the Osage
Nation, Oklahoma (formerly the Osage
Tribe). Representatives of the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the
Cheyenne River Reservation, South
Dakota; Citizen Potawatomi Nation,
Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma;
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Forest County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk
Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma;
Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the
Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas;
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Miami
Tribe of Oklahoma; Oglala Sioux Tribe
of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South
Dakota; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska;
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; OtoeMissouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma;
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
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Michigan and Indiana; Ponca Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of
Nebraska; Prairie Band of Potawatomi
Nation, Kansas; Quapaw Tribe of
Indians, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Nation of
Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac &
Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe
of the Mississippi in Iowa; Shawnee
Tribe, Oklahoma; Tonkawa Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Winnebago Tribe
of Nebraska; and Wyandotte Nation,
Oklahoma, were notified but did not
participate in consultation on the
human remains described in this notice.
History and Description of the Remains
On an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were probably removed from
the Ethel R. Wilson site, White County,
IL, by an unknown individual. The
remains were donated to the
Department of Anthropology by Holm
Neumann, the son of Dr. Georg Karl
Neumann, in 1976. Dr. Neumann
worked as a physical anthropologist for
Indiana State University, Terre Haute,
IN. No known individual was identified.
No associated funerary objects are
present.
Records indicate that the ancestral
remains are identified as ‘‘WH501–19
T.’’ According to the NAGPRA
culturally unidentifiable inventories
(CUI) database submitted by Indiana
State University, ‘‘WH’’ is used to
identify remains from the Ethel R.
Wilson site (also known as the Wilson
Site Cemetery), which is located in
White County, IL. Based on the
markings, the remains are reasonably
believed to have been removed from the
Ethel R. Wilson site. This site is on the
western bluffs of the Wabash River,
north of the confluence of the Wabash
and Ohio Rivers. The Wilson site is
thought to have been originally
excavated by Norbert Bingman and
Arkel Fisher in 1949. During the
summer of 1950, Dr. Neumann directed
archeological work at this site. Eleven
burial mounds were recorded. The
Illinois State Museum, University of
Chicago, and the Southern Illinois
University sponsored excavations in the
lower Wabash Valley midway between
the Ohio and Illinois Hopewellian
centers, in an effort to clarify possible
origins, development, cultural
affiliations and physical relationships
between the populations (Neumann
1951: Journal of the Illinois State
Archaeology Society, Vol. 1, No. 4,
April). Dr. Neumann identified the
population as belonging to the
Hopewellian culture (Pennefather-O/
Brien 1999; Fowler 1951; Neumann
1951).
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At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of two
individuals were removed from an
unknown site most likely in Randolph
County, IL. The remains were donated
to the Department of Anthropology by
Holm Neumann in 1976. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains have markings of
either ‘‘Ra 501’’ or ‘‘Ra 502’’ written
upon them, indicating the location from
which they were excavated. Records in
the CUI database for Indiana University
show ‘‘Ra’’ as Randolph County, IL, and
the site is listed as ‘‘Hiller.’’ In
Neumann’s records, he has a map
indicating excavation work at Modoc
Rock Shelter in Randolph County, IL.
Between 1952 and 1956, the Modoc
Rock Shelter site (11R5) was studied by
Melvin L. Fowler, during four
excavation seasons sponsored by the
Illinois State Museum and the
University of Chicago (Ahler 1993). This
site is located at the base of the eastern
bluffs of the Mississippi River Valley
and is a National Historic Landmark.
Included in the Neumann collection, are
a series of photos of human remains that
had been sent to Dr. Neumann from
Thorne Deuel, Illinois State Museum,
with a letter (dated December 15, 1958)
requesting that Dr. Neumann identify
the photos and send one copy of the
photos back to the Illinois State
Museum. On the back of some of the
photos is written ‘‘Ra 501–29 Modoc
Rock Shelter’’ or ‘‘Hiller Site, Randolph
Co., Ill Archaic III. State Mus. Coll. Ra
502–2B.’’ Based on the markings on the
remains, the records in the CUI database
for Indiana University, and the photos
identifying the origins as Modoc Rock
Shelter or the Hiller Site, it is
reasonably believed that these remains
are from one or both of those sites.
White County is located in
southeastern Illinois, along the Ohio
River. Randolph County is located in
southwestern Illinois, along the
Mississippi River. Randolph County is
an area historically occupied by the
Michigamea, which is represented by
the present-day Peoria Tribe of Indians
of Oklahoma. Through consultation
evidence, the Peoria Tribe have also
shown cultural affiliation to White
County, IL. In addition, both counties
are part of the Osage ancestral territory.
According to consultation evidence, the
Osage historically migrated along the
Ohio Valley to the Ohio River and
Mississippi River confluence. The Osage
are a Dhegiha Siouan tribe. They and
other Dhegiha Siouan tribes’ original
territory is east of the Alleghenies and
possibly in the Piedmont regions of
Virginia and the Carolinas. Historical
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documentation states that the Osage,
Ponca, Kaw, Omaha, and the Kansa
(Quapaw) made up a single tribe that
lived on the banks of the Ohio River.
The tribe eventually migrated
downstream, residing along the Wabash,
and later reached the Mississippi River.
Over a period of time, the tribe migrated
northward along the Mississippi River
until reaching the Missouri River. The
tribe split into several different tribes
during this migration period: Those who
migrated northward from the Missouri
River were later known as the Omaha;
those downstream from the Mississippi
became the Quapaw; the Ponca and
Osage went westward from the Missouri
River toward the Osage River. In 1541,
Desoto had contact with the Quapaw on
the Mississippi River. In the late 17th
century, Europeans met Osage Indians
on the Osage River and reported that
they roamed over much of Kansas,
Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Illinois
(Bailey 1973 and 1995; Chapman 1982;
Graves 1949; and Hunter 2009). The
descendants of the Dhegiha Siouan are
members of the Absentee-Shawnee
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Delaware
Nation, Oklahoma; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Kaw Nation,
Oklahoma; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska;
Osage Nation, Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of
Nebraska; Quapaw Tribe of Indians,
Oklahoma; and the Tonkawa Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma.
Determinations Made by the Oregon
State University Department of
Anthropology
Officials of the Oregon State
University Department of Anthropology
have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of three
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• 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 Absentee-Shawnee
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Delaware
Nation, Oklahoma; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Kaw Nation,
Oklahoma; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska;
Osage Nation, Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe
of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of
Nebraska; Quapaw Tribe of Indians,
Oklahoma; and the Tonkawa Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
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should contact Dr. David McMurray,
Oregon State University, Department of
Anthropology, 238 Waldo Hall,
Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541)
737–4515, before August 22, 2011.
Repatriation of the human remains to
the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians
of Oklahoma; Delaware Nation,
Oklahoma; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Kaw Nation,
Oklahoma; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska;
Osage Nation, Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe
of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of
Nebraska; Quapaw Tribe of Indians,
Oklahoma; and Tonkawa Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma, may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Oregon State University
Department of Anthropology is
responsible for notifying the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the
Cheyenne River Reservation, South
Dakota; Citizen Potawatomi Nation,
Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma;
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Forest County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk
Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of
Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma;
Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the
Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas;
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Miami
Tribe of Oklahoma; Oglala Sioux Tribe
of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South
Dakota; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Osage
Nation, Oklahoma; Otoe-Missouria
Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Ottawa
Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Ponca Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska;
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation,
Kansas; Quapaw Tribe of Indians,
Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Nation of
Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac &
Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe
of the Mississippi in Iowa; Shawnee
Tribe, Oklahoma; Tonkawa Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Winnebago Tribe
of Nebraska; and Wyandotte Nation,
Oklahoma, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: July 14, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253–665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Gila National Forest, Silver
City, NM and Field Museum of Natural
History, Chicago, IL
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila
National Forest and the Field Museum
of Natural History have completed an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes, and have determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects and present-day Indian tribes.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with the human remains and associated
funerary objects may contact the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Gila National Forest.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Indian
tribes stated below may occur if no
additional claimants come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila
National Forest at the address below by
August 22, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Frank E. Wozniak,
Southwestern Region and National
NAGPRA Coordinator, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Forest Service, 333
Broadway Blvd., SE., Albuquerque, NM
87102, telephone (505) 842–3238.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 control of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Gila National Forest, Silver
City, NM, and in the possession of the
Field Museum of Natural History,
Chicago, IL. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from the Gila National Forest,
Catron Country, NM.
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
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon State University
Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Oregon State University Department of Anthropology has
completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and present-day Indian tribes.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains may contact
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the Oregon State University Department of Anthropology. Repatriation of
the human remains to the Indian tribes stated below may occur if no
additional claimants come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the human remains should contact the Oregon
State University Department of Anthropology at the address below by
August 22, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Dr. David McMurray, Oregon State University Department of
Anthropology, 238 Waldo Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541) 737-
4515.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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
control of the Oregon State University Department of Anthropology,
Corvallis, OR. The human remains were removed from Randolph and White
Counties, IL.
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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Oregon State
University Department of Anthropology professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and
Nebraska, Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, and the Osage Nation,
Oklahoma (formerly the Osage Tribe). Representatives of the Absentee-
Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the
Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Citizen Potawatomi Nation,
Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the
Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Miami Tribe
of Oklahoma; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South
Dakota; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Otoe-
Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas;
Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in
Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; Tonkawa Tribe of Indians
of Oklahoma; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; and Wyandotte Nation,
Oklahoma, were notified but did not participate in consultation on the
human remains described in this notice.
History and Description of the Remains
On an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were probably removed from the Ethel R. Wilson site, White
County, IL, by an unknown individual. The remains were donated to the
Department of Anthropology by Holm Neumann, the son of Dr. Georg Karl
Neumann, in 1976. Dr. Neumann worked as a physical anthropologist for
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Records indicate that the ancestral remains are identified as
``WH501-19 T.'' According to the NAGPRA culturally unidentifiable
inventories (CUI) database submitted by Indiana State University,
``WH'' is used to identify remains from the Ethel R. Wilson site (also
known as the Wilson Site Cemetery), which is located in White County,
IL. Based on the markings, the remains are reasonably believed to have
been removed from the Ethel R. Wilson site. This site is on the western
bluffs of the Wabash River, north of the confluence of the Wabash and
Ohio Rivers. The Wilson site is thought to have been originally
excavated by Norbert Bingman and Arkel Fisher in 1949. During the
summer of 1950, Dr. Neumann directed archeological work at this site.
Eleven burial mounds were recorded. The Illinois State Museum,
University of Chicago, and the Southern Illinois University sponsored
excavations in the lower Wabash Valley midway between the Ohio and
Illinois Hopewellian centers, in an effort to clarify possible origins,
development, cultural affiliations and physical relationships between
the populations (Neumann 1951: Journal of the Illinois State
Archaeology Society, Vol. 1, No. 4, April). Dr. Neumann identified the
population as belonging to the Hopewellian culture (Pennefather-O/Brien
1999; Fowler 1951; Neumann 1951).
At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of two
individuals were removed from an unknown site most likely in Randolph
County, IL. The remains were donated to the Department of Anthropology
by Holm Neumann in 1976. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains have markings of either ``Ra 501'' or ``Ra 502''
written upon them, indicating the location from which they were
excavated. Records in the CUI database for Indiana University show
``Ra'' as Randolph County, IL, and the site is listed as ``Hiller.'' In
Neumann's records, he has a map indicating excavation work at Modoc
Rock Shelter in Randolph County, IL. Between 1952 and 1956, the Modoc
Rock Shelter site (11R5) was studied by Melvin L. Fowler, during four
excavation seasons sponsored by the Illinois State Museum and the
University of Chicago (Ahler 1993). This site is located at the base of
the eastern bluffs of the Mississippi River Valley and is a National
Historic Landmark. Included in the Neumann collection, are a series of
photos of human remains that had been sent to Dr. Neumann from Thorne
Deuel, Illinois State Museum, with a letter (dated December 15, 1958)
requesting that Dr. Neumann identify the photos and send one copy of
the photos back to the Illinois State Museum. On the back of some of
the photos is written ``Ra 501-29 Modoc Rock Shelter'' or ``Hiller
Site, Randolph Co., Ill Archaic III. State Mus. Coll. Ra 502-2B.''
Based on the markings on the remains, the records in the CUI database
for Indiana University, and the photos identifying the origins as Modoc
Rock Shelter or the Hiller Site, it is reasonably believed that these
remains are from one or both of those sites.
White County is located in southeastern Illinois, along the Ohio
River. Randolph County is located in southwestern Illinois, along the
Mississippi River. Randolph County is an area historically occupied by
the Michigamea, which is represented by the present-day Peoria Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma. Through consultation evidence, the Peoria Tribe
have also shown cultural affiliation to White County, IL. In addition,
both counties are part of the Osage ancestral territory. According to
consultation evidence, the Osage historically migrated along the Ohio
Valley to the Ohio River and Mississippi River confluence. The Osage
are a Dhegiha Siouan tribe. They and other Dhegiha Siouan tribes'
original territory is east of the Alleghenies and possibly in the
Piedmont regions of Virginia and the Carolinas. Historical
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documentation states that the Osage, Ponca, Kaw, Omaha, and the Kansa
(Quapaw) made up a single tribe that lived on the banks of the Ohio
River. The tribe eventually migrated downstream, residing along the
Wabash, and later reached the Mississippi River. Over a period of time,
the tribe migrated northward along the Mississippi River until reaching
the Missouri River. The tribe split into several different tribes
during this migration period: Those who migrated northward from the
Missouri River were later known as the Omaha; those downstream from the
Mississippi became the Quapaw; the Ponca and Osage went westward from
the Missouri River toward the Osage River. In 1541, Desoto had contact
with the Quapaw on the Mississippi River. In the late 17th century,
Europeans met Osage Indians on the Osage River and reported that they
roamed over much of Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Illinois (Bailey
1973 and 1995; Chapman 1982; Graves 1949; and Hunter 2009). The
descendants of the Dhegiha Siouan are members of the Absentee-Shawnee
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Hannahville
Indian Community, Michigan; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Omaha Tribe of
Nebraska; Osage Nation, Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; and the
Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
Determinations Made by the Oregon State University Department of
Anthropology
Officials of the Oregon State University Department of Anthropology
have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
above represent the physical remains of three individuals of Native
American ancestry.
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 Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Hannahville Indian Community,
Michigan; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Osage Nation,
Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Indians
of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Quapaw Tribe of Indians,
Oklahoma; and the Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Dr.
David McMurray, Oregon State University, Department of Anthropology,
238 Waldo Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541) 737-4515, before
August 22, 2011. Repatriation of the human remains to the Absentee-
Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma;
Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Omaha
Tribe of Nebraska; Osage Nation, Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska;
Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; and Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma, may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
The Oregon State University Department of Anthropology is
responsible for notifying the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation,
South Dakota; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Nation,
Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk
Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the
Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Miami Tribe
of Oklahoma; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South
Dakota; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Osage Nation, Oklahoma; Otoe-Missouria
Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska;
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas; Quapaw Tribe of Indians,
Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac &
Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa;
Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; and Wyandotte Nation, Oklahoma, that this
notice has been published.
Dated: July 14, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2011-18343 Filed 7-20-11; 8:45 am]
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