Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 58031-58032 [2011-23899]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253–665]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Thomas Burke Memorial
Washington State Museum, University
of Washington, Seattle, WA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Thomas Burke Memorial
Washington State Museum (Burke
Museum), in consultation with the
appropriate Indian Tribes, has
determined that the cultural items meet
the definition of unassociated funerary
objects and repatriation to the Indian
Tribes stated below may occur if no
additional claimants come forward.
Representatives of any Indian Tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with the cultural items may contact the
Burke Museum.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
Tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the cultural items
should contact the Burke Museum at the
address below by October 19, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Peter Lape, Burke Museum,
University of Washington, Box 353010,
Seattle, WA 98195–3010, telephone
(206) 685–3849.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 Burke
Museum, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA, 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 Native
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History and Description of the Cultural
Items
In 1953–1954, human remains were
removed from the Cedar Cave Site (45–
KT–20), in Kittitas County, WA, during
a University of Washington Field
Expedition led by Dr. Earl Swanson, Jr.
The human remains and objects were
transferred from the University of
Washington, Department of
Anthropology and accessioned by the
Burke Museum in 1966 (Burke Accn.
#1966–95). In 1974, the Burke Museum
legally transferred portions of the
human remains to Central Washington
University. In 2007, a Notice of
Inventory Completion (NIC) describing
4 individuals and 42 associated funerary
objects removed from the Cedar Cave
site was published in the Federal
Register [72 FR 52391–52392,
September 13, 2007]. The Burke
Museum and Central Washington
University have jointly repatriated all
human remains and funerary objects
from the Cedar Cave site described in
the NIC. At that time, one object, the
burial bundle, was believed to have
been missing, but has subsequently been
identified during a collection cataloging
and re-housing project. Also at that
time, a projectile point and two shell
beads were not designated as associated
funerary objects, but based on the
available provenience information and
their proximity to the burial, are now
determined to have been intentionally
placed with the human remains.
Therefore, the four (now unassociated)
funerary objects are one burial bundle,
one projectile point, and two shell
beads.
Early and late published ethnographic
documentation indicates that the Cedar
Cave Site is in the aboriginal territory of
the Moses-Columbia or Sinkiuse, and
the Yakima (Daugherty 1973, Miller
1998, Mooney 1896, Ray 1936, Spier
1936) whose descendents are
represented today by the Confederated
Tribes of the Colville Reservation,
Washington, and the Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington. Furthermore, information
provided during consultation indicates
that the aboriginal ancestors occupying
this area were highly mobile and
traveled the landscape for gathering
resources as well as trade. Descendents
of these Plateau communities are now
widely dispersed and enrolled in the
two Tribes mentioned, as well as the
Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
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Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon; and the Wanapum Band, a
non-Federally recognized Indian group.
Museum documentation indicates that
the cultural items were found in
connection with the human remains.
The cultural items are consistent with
cultural items typically found in context
with burials in eastern Washington.
Determinations Made by the Burke
Museum
Officials of the Burke Museum have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the four 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.
• 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 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; and the
Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho, as well as the
Wanapum Band, a non-Federally
recognized Indian group.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian
Tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects should contact Peter Lape, Burke
Museum, University of Washington, Box
35101, Seattle, WA 98195, telephone
(206) 685–3849, before October 19,
2011. Repatriation of the unassociated
funerary objects 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; and the
Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho, as well as the
Wanapum Band, a non-Federally
recognized Indian group, may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Burke 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;
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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.
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
Dated: September 13, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
The object to be repatriated is the
Decorah war bundle. The contents are
comprised of an oil cloth bag, three cane
flutes, two cane sticks, one stick of
wood, one drumstick, one bag of
arborvitae leaves, three animal tails, one
skin bag, three bird bodies, one bird
head, and two bird wings. According to
the Wisconsin Historical Museum
accession ledger the object is a war
bundle of the Winnebago Wolf Clan.
This war bundle was one of several
objects purchased from Paul Radin for
$80.00. It was obtained by Paul Radin
from the family of Ho-Chunk Chief
Spoon Decorah (also known as Dekorah,
DeCarrie, Decora, DeKaury) at Black
River Falls, WI, in October 1913.
According to Dr. Paul Radin, author of
The Winnebago Tribe, war bundles were
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used in what is often called the Wagigo,
Winter Feast, or War-bundle Feast,
which is one of the principal
ceremonies of the Ho-Chunk. The
Decorah war bundle is affiliated with
the Ho-Chunk people, who are now the
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
According to the Ho-Chunk Nation,
‘‘Many of the clan bundles were divided
when Ho-Chunk members of the
different families chose to return to
Wisconsin and other members chose to
stay in Nebraska.’’
During consultation, the Traditional
Court of the Ho-Chunk Nation identified
Mr. Cleland Goodbear, a member of the
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, as a
lineal descendant of Chief Spoon
Decorah, and present clan leader of the
Decorah family. The Traditional Court
further determined that the Decorah war
bundle should be reunited with another
bundle that Mr. Goodbear has in his
possession.
Although the Decorah war bundle was
requested for repatriation by the HoChunk Nation of Wisconsin under the
category ‘‘object of cultural patrimony,’’
officials of the State Historical Society
of Wisconsin have determined that the
Decorah war bundle is also a specific
ceremonial object needed by Ho-Chunk
religious leaders for the practice of
traditional Native American religion by
their present-day adherents.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253–665]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate a
Cultural Item: State Historical Society
of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The State Historical Society of
Wisconsin, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian Tribe, has
determined a cultural item meets the
definitions of sacred object and object of
cultural patrimony and repatriation to
the Indian Tribe stated below may occur
if no additional claimants come
forward. Representatives of any Indian
Tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the cultural item may
contact the State Historical Society of
Wisconsin.
SUMMARY:
Representatives of any Indian
Tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the cultural item should
contact the State Historical Society of
Wisconsin at the address below by
October 19, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Jennifer Kolb, Director,
Wisconsin Historical Museum, 30 North
Carroll St., Madison, WI 53703,
telephone (608) 261–2461.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
(also known as the Wisconsin Historical
Society), Madison, WI, that meets the
definitions of sacred object and object of
cultural patrimony 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
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Determinations Made by the State
Historical Society of Wisconsin,
Madison, WI
Officials of the State Historical
Society of Wisconsin have determined
that:
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• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C),
the one cultural item described above is
a specific ceremonial object needed by
Native American religious leaders for
the practice of traditional Native
American religion by their present-day
adherents.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D),
the one cultural item described above
has ongoing historical, traditional, or
cultural importance central to the
Native American group or culture itself,
rather than property owned by an
individual.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the sacred object/object of
cultural patrimony and the Ho-Chunk
Nation of Wisconsin and the Winnebago
Tribe of Nebraska.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian
Tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the sacred object/object
of cultural patrimony should contact
Jennifer Kolb, Director, Wisconsin
Historical Museum, 30 North Carroll St.,
Madison, WI 53703, telephone (608)
261–2461, before October 19, 2011.
Repatriation of the sacred object/object
of cultural patrimony to the Ho-Chunk
Nation of Wisconsin may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The State Historical Society of
Wisconsin is responsible for notifying
the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska that this
notice has been published.
Dated: September 14, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Nature and Science, Denver, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Denver Museum of
Nature & Science, in consultation with
the appropriate Indian Tribe, has
determined that a cultural item meets
the definition of an object of cultural
patrimony and that repatriation to the
Indian Tribe stated below may occur if
no additional claimants come forward.
Representatives of any Indian Tribe that
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Thomas Burke
Memorial Washington State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum (Burke
Museum), in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, has
determined that the cultural items meet the definition of unassociated
funerary objects and repatriation to the Indian Tribes stated below may
occur if no additional claimants come forward. Representatives of any
Indian Tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the
cultural items may contact the Burke Museum.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian Tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the cultural items should contact the Burke
Museum at the address below by October 19, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Peter Lape, Burke Museum, University of Washington, Box
353010, Seattle, WA 98195-3010, telephone (206) 685-3849.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA,
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 Native
American cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural Items
In 1953-1954, human remains were removed from the Cedar Cave Site
(45-KT-20), in Kittitas County, WA, during a University of Washington
Field Expedition led by Dr. Earl Swanson, Jr. The human remains and
objects were transferred from the University of Washington, Department
of Anthropology and accessioned by the Burke Museum in 1966 (Burke
Accn. 1966-95). In 1974, the Burke Museum legally transferred
portions of the human remains to Central Washington University. In
2007, a Notice of Inventory Completion (NIC) describing 4 individuals
and 42 associated funerary objects removed from the Cedar Cave site was
published in the Federal Register [72 FR 52391-52392, September 13,
2007]. The Burke Museum and Central Washington University have jointly
repatriated all human remains and funerary objects from the Cedar Cave
site described in the NIC. At that time, one object, the burial bundle,
was believed to have been missing, but has subsequently been identified
during a collection cataloging and re-housing project. Also at that
time, a projectile point and two shell beads were not designated as
associated funerary objects, but based on the available provenience
information and their proximity to the burial, are now determined to
have been intentionally placed with the human remains. Therefore, the
four (now unassociated) funerary objects are one burial bundle, one
projectile point, and two shell beads.
Early and late published ethnographic documentation indicates that
the Cedar Cave Site is in the aboriginal territory of the Moses-
Columbia or Sinkiuse, and the Yakima (Daugherty 1973, Miller 1998,
Mooney 1896, Ray 1936, Spier 1936) whose descendents are represented
today by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation,
Washington, and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington. Furthermore, information provided during consultation
indicates that the aboriginal ancestors occupying this area were highly
mobile and traveled the landscape for gathering resources as well as
trade. Descendents of these Plateau communities are now widely
dispersed and enrolled in the two Tribes mentioned, as well as the Nez
Perce Tribe, Idaho; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon; and the Wanapum Band, a non-Federally recognized
Indian group. Museum documentation indicates that the cultural items
were found in connection with the human remains. The cultural items are
consistent with cultural items typically found in context with burials
in eastern Washington.
Determinations Made by the Burke Museum
Officials of the Burke Museum have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the four 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.
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 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; and the Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho, as well as the
Wanapum Band, a non-Federally recognized Indian group.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian Tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the unassociated funerary objects should
contact Peter Lape, Burke Museum, University of Washington, Box 35101,
Seattle, WA 98195, telephone (206) 685-3849, before October 19, 2011.
Repatriation of the unassociated funerary objects 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; and the Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho, as well
as the Wanapum Band, a non-Federally recognized Indian group, may
proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Burke 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;
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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: September 13, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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