Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO, 5837-5838 [2012-2526]
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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 24 / Monday, February 6, 2012 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253–665]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: University of Denver
Department of Anthropology and
Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The University of Denver
Department of Anthropology and
Museum of Anthropology, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes, has determined that the
cultural items meet the definition of
sacred objects 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 items may contact the
University of Denver Department of
Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology.
SUMMARY:
Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the cultural items
should contact the University of Denver
Department of Anthropology and
Museum of Anthropology at the address
below by March 7, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Anne Coats Amati,
NAGPRA Coordinator/Registrar,
University of Denver Department of
Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology, 2000 E Asbury, Sturm
146, Denver, CO 80208, telephone (303)
871–2687.
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 University
of Denver Department of Anthropology
and Museum of Anthropology (DUMA),
that meet the definition of sacred 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.
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DATES:
History and Description of the Cultural
Items
In consultation with representatives
of the Santa Rosa Indian Community of
the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California
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(Tachi Yokut Tribe), the four baskets in
this notice (1638 A–B, 1640, 1655, 3789)
are determined to be sacred objects.
Between 1951 and 1952, a lidded
basket in the collection of Mrs. Charles
S. Sprague, was accessioned into
DUMA. The treasure basket (1638 A–B)
is a finely woven, small, lidded basket
that features a diamond design in a
brown-red color. Remnants of a leather
loop are present on the lid. The
diamond design on the treasure basket
has been identified as a snake design
that represents the gopher or king snake.
Between 1951 and 1952, a basket in
the collection of Mrs. Charles S.
Sprague, was accessioned into DUMA.
The hat basket or small offering basket
(1640) is a small, finely woven, coiled
basket with steeply slanted sides and a
stepped red-brown design that
symbolizes the four stages of life.
Between 1951 and 1952, a basket in
the collection of Mrs. Charles S.
Sprague, was accessioned into DUMA.
The hat basket (1655) has steeply
slanted sides and is constructed from
single-rod coils. It is colored dark
brown, red-brown and a natural fiber
color. The basket has a band one coil
wide in red-brown near the rim and a
similar band at the edge of the base. The
lightning design, five radiating lines that
form stepped parallelograms in dark
brown, associate the basket with the
‘‘Rain Ceremony’’ worn by female ‘‘Rain
Doctors.’’ The basket was also worn as
ceremonial regalia by young girls in the
‘‘Coming of Age Ceremony.’’
In 1969, Kate Peck Kent donated a
bowl-shaped, single-rod, coiled basket
(3789) to DUMA. The decoration
features two bands of three coils each in
dark brown around the shoulder. The
rest of the basket is a variegated natural
fiber color. Parts of three coils
approximately 3.0 cm from the base are
broken but have been stabilized. The
basket was identified as a Ceremonial
Cooking basket used on such occasions
as the ‘‘Spring Ceremony’’ for the
preparation of acorn. It was identified as
being made by two different weavers,
from the Tubatalatal and Lake Isabella
areas.
Determinations Made by the University
of Denver Department of Anthropology
and Museum of Anthropology
Officials of DUMA have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C),
the four cultural items described above
are specific ceremonial objects needed
by traditional Native American religious
leaders for the practice of traditional
Native American religions by their
present-day adherents.
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• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the sacred objects and the
Santa Rosa Indian Community of the
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California (Tachi
Yokut Tribe).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the sacred objects should
contact Anne Coats Amati, University of
Denver Department of Anthropology
and Museum of Anthropology, 2000 E
Asbury Ave, Sturm 146, Denver, CO
80208, telephone (303) 871–2687, before
March 7, 2012. Repatriation of the
sacred objects to the Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut
Tribe) may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
DUMA is responsible for notifying the
Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians
of California; Buena Vista Rancheria of
Me-Wuk Indians of California;
California Valley Miwok Tribe,
California; Cedarville Rancheria,
California; Cher-Ae Heights Indian
Community of the Trinidad Rancheria,
California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of
Me-Wuk Indians of California;
Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians
of California; Federated Indians of
Graton Rancheria, California; Fort
McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes
of the Fort McDermitt Indian
Reservation, Nevada and Oregon;
Greenville Rancheria of Maidu Indians
of California; Ione Band of Miwok
Indians of California; Jackson Rancheria
of Me-Wuk Indians of California;
Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico
Rancheria, California; Mooretown
Rancheria of Maidu Indians of
California; Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the
Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada;
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the
Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada;
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada;
Santa Rosa Indian Community of the
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California (Tachi
Yokut Tribe); Shingle Springs Band of
Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California;
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck
Valley Reservation, Nevada; Susanville
Indian Rancheria, California; Tuolumne
Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the
Tuolumne Rancheria of California;
United Auburn Indian Community of
the Auburn Rancheria of California;
Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker
River Reservation, Nevada;
Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada;
and Yerington Paiute Tribe of the
Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch,
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Nevada that this notice has been
published.
History and Description of the Cultural
Items
Dated: January 31, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
In the early 1930s, 12 unassociated
funerary objects were removed from San
Francisco Mt:11:2(GP) in the Coconino
National Forest, Coconino County, AZ,
during archeological excavations
conducted by the Gila Pueblo
Foundation (a private archeological
research facility formerly located in
Globe, AZ). In the early 1950s, the Gila
Pueblo Foundation closed and the
collection became in the physical
custody of the Arizona State Museum
(ASM), Tucson, AZ. The 12
unassociated funerary objects are: 7
projectile points, 4 bone whistles and 1
spindle whorl.
Based on the ceramic collection, San
Francisco Mt:11:2(GP) has been
identified as a small Northern Sinagua
residential site. The ceramic seriation
suggests the site was occupied in the
11th and/or 12th centuries. Records at
ASM indicate that these 12 cultural
items were removed from a burial
context and that the human remains
were either left in the ground or are not
locatable at the present time.
In the early 1930s, one unassociated
funerary object, a miniature bowl, was
removed from the Coconino National
Forest at the Picture Canyon Site [San
Francisco Mt:14:1(GP)] in Coconino
County, AZ, during archeological
excavations conducted by the Gila
Pueblo Foundation. Since the early
1950s, the object has been in the
physical custody of ASM.
Based on the ceramic collection,
Picture Canyon Site has been identified
as a small Northern Sinagua residential
site. The ceramic seriation suggests the
site was occupied in the 11th and/or
12th centuries. Records at ASM indicate
that the single cultural item was
removed from a burial context and that
the human remains were either left in
the ground or are not locatable at the
present time.
In the early 1930s, 909 unassociated
funerary objects were removed from the
Coconino National Forest at the New
Caves Site [San Francisco Mt:14:5(GP)]
in Coconino County, AZ, during
archeological excavations conducted by
the Gila Pueblo Foundation. Since the
early 1950s, the objects have been in the
physical custody of ASM. The 909
unassociated funerary objects are: 1
shell bracelet; 1 shell necklace; 1 shell
trumpet; 862 shell beads; 2 ceramic
pitchers; 2 ceramic ladles; 1 ceramic
canteen; 21 ceramic bowls; 7 ceramic
jars; 1 sherd disc; 1 stone disc; 5
projectile points; 3 stone artifacts and 1
bone awl.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253–665]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: USDA Forest Service, Coconino
National Forest, Flagstaff, AZ
AGENCY:
ACTION:
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
The USDA Forest Service,
Coconino NF, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribe, has determined
that the cultural items meet the
definition of unassociated funerary
objects 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 items may contact the
USDA Forest Service, Southwestern
Region.
SUMMARY:
Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the cultural items
should contact the USDA Forest
Service, Southwestern Region at the
address below by March 7, 2012.
DATES:
Dr. Frank E. Wozniak,
NAGPRA Coordinator, Southwestern
Region, USDA Forest Service, 333
Broadway Blvd. SE., Albuquerque, NM
87102, telephone (505) 842–3238.
ADDRESSES:
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 under the control of the Coconino
National Forest 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.
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Based on the ceramic collection,
material culture and architecture, the
New Caves Site has been identified as
a large Northern Sinagua residential
site. The ceramic seriation suggests the
site was occupied between the 13th and
14th centuries A.D. Records at ASM
indicate that the 909 cultural items were
removed from a burial context and that
the human remains were either left in
the ground or are not locatable at the
present time.
In 1928 and 1929, 812 unassociated
funerary objects were removed from the
Coconino National Forest at the Turkey
Hill Pueblo Site [AZ I:14:1 (ASM)]
during archeological excavations
conducted by Dr. Byron Cummings of
the University of Arizona. Since
removal, this collection has been stored
at ASM. The 812 unassociated funerary
objects are: 24 ceramic jars; 91 ceramic
bowls; 8 ceramic pitchers; 9 ceramic
ladles; 1 ceramic mug; 1 ceramic rattle;
1 ceramic scoop; 1 ceramic dipper; 1
ceramic boot pot; 1 ceramic sherd; 11
pendants; 639 beads; 1 button; 4 awls;
1 piece of petrified wood; 1 piece of
pigment; 1 turquoise necklace; 2 shell
necklaces; 1 shell bracelet; 1 shell
trumpet; 1 shell artifact; 1 bone needle;
1 bone hairpin; 1 bone knife; 5 stone
knives; 1 stone hammer; and 2 macaw
bones.
Based on the ceramic collections,
material culture and architecture, the
Turkey Hill Site has been identified as
a large Northern Sinagua Pueblo Site.
Ceramic seriation suggests the Site was
occupied between the 13th and 14th
centuries A.D. The records at ASM
indicate that the 812 cultural items were
removed from a burial context and that
the human remains were either left in
the ground or are not locatable at the
present time.
In 1928 or 1929, one unassociated
funerary object, a piece of azurite, was
removed from an unidentified
archeological site in the Coconino
National Forest near the Turkey Hill
Pueblo in Coconino County, AZ. The
azurite was removed during
archeological excavations conducted by
Dr. Byron Cummings of the University
of Arizona and was curated at ASM.
Based on the ceramic items from the
site (none of which are funerary
objects), the site has been identified as
Northern Sinagua. Ceramic seriation
suggests the site was occupied in the
13th and/or 14th centuries. The records
at ASM indicate that the single cultural
item was removed from a burial context
and that the human remains were either
left in the ground or are not locatable at
the present time.
In 1928 or 1929, three unassociated
funerary objects were removed from an
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of
Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver,
CO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The University of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum
of Anthropology, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes,
has determined that the cultural items meet the definition of sacred
objects 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 items may contact the University of Denver Department of
Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the cultural items should contact the
University of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology at the address below by March 7, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Anne Coats Amati, NAGPRA Coordinator/Registrar, University
of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, 2000 E
Asbury, Sturm 146, Denver, CO 80208, telephone (303) 871-2687.
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 University of Denver Department of Anthropology and
Museum of Anthropology (DUMA), that meet the definition of sacred
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 consultation with representatives of the Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut Tribe),
the four baskets in this notice (1638 A-B, 1640, 1655, 3789) are
determined to be sacred objects.
Between 1951 and 1952, a lidded basket in the collection of Mrs.
Charles S. Sprague, was accessioned into DUMA. The treasure basket
(1638 A-B) is a finely woven, small, lidded basket that features a
diamond design in a brown-red color. Remnants of a leather loop are
present on the lid. The diamond design on the treasure basket has been
identified as a snake design that represents the gopher or king snake.
Between 1951 and 1952, a basket in the collection of Mrs. Charles
S. Sprague, was accessioned into DUMA. The hat basket or small offering
basket (1640) is a small, finely woven, coiled basket with steeply
slanted sides and a stepped red-brown design that symbolizes the four
stages of life.
Between 1951 and 1952, a basket in the collection of Mrs. Charles
S. Sprague, was accessioned into DUMA. The hat basket (1655) has
steeply slanted sides and is constructed from single-rod coils. It is
colored dark brown, red-brown and a natural fiber color. The basket has
a band one coil wide in red-brown near the rim and a similar band at
the edge of the base. The lightning design, five radiating lines that
form stepped parallelograms in dark brown, associate the basket with
the ``Rain Ceremony'' worn by female ``Rain Doctors.'' The basket was
also worn as ceremonial regalia by young girls in the ``Coming of Age
Ceremony.''
In 1969, Kate Peck Kent donated a bowl-shaped, single-rod, coiled
basket (3789) to DUMA. The decoration features two bands of three coils
each in dark brown around the shoulder. The rest of the basket is a
variegated natural fiber color. Parts of three coils approximately 3.0
cm from the base are broken but have been stabilized. The basket was
identified as a Ceremonial Cooking basket used on such occasions as the
``Spring Ceremony'' for the preparation of acorn. It was identified as
being made by two different weavers, from the Tubatalatal and Lake
Isabella areas.
Determinations Made by the University of Denver Department of
Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology
Officials of DUMA have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), the four cultural items
described above are specific ceremonial objects needed by traditional
Native American religious leaders for the practice of traditional
Native American religions by their present-day adherents.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the sacred
objects and the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut Tribe).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the sacred objects should contact Anne
Coats Amati, University of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum
of Anthropology, 2000 E Asbury Ave, Sturm 146, Denver, CO 80208,
telephone (303) 871-2687, before March 7, 2012. Repatriation of the
sacred objects to the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut Tribe) may proceed after that date
if no additional claimants come forward.
DUMA is responsible for notifying the Berry Creek Rancheria of
Maidu Indians of California; Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Cedarville
Rancheria, California; Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad
Rancheria, California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California;
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California; Fort McDermitt
Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation,
Nevada and Oregon; Greenville Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California;
Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk
Indians of California; Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria,
California; Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Paiute-
Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada; Pyramid
Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; Reno-Sparks
Indian Colony, Nevada; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut Tribe); Shingle Springs Band of
Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California;
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada;
Susanville Indian Rancheria, California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk
Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California; United Auburn Indian
Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California; Walker River Paiute
Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada; Winnemucca Indian Colony
of Nevada; and Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony &
Campbell Ranch,
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Nevada that this notice has been published.
Dated: January 31, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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