Notice of Inventory Completion: USDA Forest Service, Daniel Boone National Forest, Winchester, KY, 13625-13626 [2012-5583]
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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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Office of Law Enforcement. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
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History and Description of the Cultural
Items
These items came into the possession
and control of the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (USFWS), Office of
Law Enforcement, pursuant to a
criminal investigation. Items 1–60 were
forfeited to the U.S. Government by the
U.S. Customs Service in separate
forfeiture actions in January, February
and March 2001. These items were
transferred to the USFWS on August 21,
2001. Items 61–69 were abandoned to
the USFWS on November 15, 2001. All
objects listed below were either seized
or abandoned from various private
collectors or a public museum pursuant
to Federal criminal investigations,
which are now complete.
USFWS contracted with expert
consultants to review the collection and
consulted with 11 tribes having interest
or affiliation in the objects. Three tribes
filed claims requesting repatriation of
objects from the collection. Upon
review, the USFWS determined that 27
of the objects are subject to repatriation
to the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet
Indian Reservation of Montana. The 27
sacred objects are Item 1: All Brave-Dog
society rattle; Item 2: bird bone whistle;
Item 3: man’s straight-up headdress;
Item 4: man’s headdress; Items 7 and 12:
eagle bone whistle; Item 15: dance club;
Item 16: dance staff; Items 23–25:
replica Natoas sundance headdress;
Item 27: eagle tail feathers; Item 34:
medicine pipe owner’s headband and
hair feathers; Item 35: replica of the
Little Dog Thunder medicine pipe; Item
36: replica of the secondary pipe from
a medicine pipe bundle; Item 37: eagle
feather headdress; Item 38: rawhide
cylindrical case with replica bear knife
medicine bundle; Items 44 and 47: war
bonnet; Item 48: straight-up bonnet;
Items 49 and 53: Brave Dog Society
rattles; Item 55: weasel tail shirt; Item
56: buckskin leggings; Item 64: eagle
feather headdress; Item 65: medicine
bundle; and Item 69: leather tipi bag and
contents. Item 16 (dance staff) is both a
sacred object and an object of cultural
patrimony.
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Determinations Made by the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Office of Law
Enforcement
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Based on the above-mentioned
information, officials of the USFWS
have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 26
of the 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(3)(C)
and 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), one of the
cultural items described above is a
specific ceremonial object needed by
traditional Native American religious
leaders for the practice of traditional
Native American religions by their
present-day adherents, and 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 27 cultural objects and the
Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian
Reservation of Montana.
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Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with these sacred objects and
object of cultural patrimony should
contact the Special Agent in Charge,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of
Law Enforcement, 134 Union Blvd.,
Room 550, Lakewood, CO 80228;
telephone (303) 236–7540, April 6,
2012. Repatriation of the sacred objects
and object of cultural patrimony to the
Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian
Reservation, Montana may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Office of Law Enforcement, Lakewood,
CO, is responsible for notifying the
Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian
Reservation, Montana that this notice
has been published.
Dated: March 2, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: USDA
Forest Service, Daniel Boone National
Forest, Winchester, KY
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Daniel
Boone National Forest, has completed
an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes, and has determined that
there is no cultural affiliation between
the remains and any present-day Indian
tribe. Representatives of any Indian tribe
that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains may
contact the Daniel Boone National
Forest, Winchester, KY. 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 Forest Tribal Liaison,
Daniel Boone National Forest, at the
address below by April 6, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Forest Tribal Liaison,
Daniel Boone National Forest,
Winchester, KY 40391, telephone (859)
745–3138.
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 of the
Daniel Boone National Forest,
Winchester, KY. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were
removed from three counties, Estill,
McCreary, and Morgan, inside the
Daniel Boone National Forest, KY.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
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.
SUMMARY:
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by professional staff
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of the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Daniel Boone National
Forest, in consultation with
representatives of the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians of North
Carolina; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;
and the United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
History and Description of the Remains
In March 1988, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from site
15MCY414 in McCreary County, KY.
The human remains from this site were
collected from disturbed contexts by
Forest Service archeologists. No known
individual was identified. The human
remains include 22 fragments
representing one adult female and are
from an unknown context within the
site. Artifacts recovered from the site
indicate that this site was occupied
during the Late Woodland cultural
period dating from A.D. 500 to 1000.
The five associated funerary objects are
1 deer bone, 1 turkey bone, 1 battered
stone, 1 triangular projectile point, and
1 fragment of shell tempered pottery.
On October 18, 1985, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from site
15MO103 in Morgan County, KY. The
human remains from this site were
turned over to the Daniel Boone
National Forest by the physical
anthropologist at Eastern Kentucky
University when it was determined they
were acquired illegally from the Daniel
Boone National Forest. No known
individual was identified. The nearly
complete human remains of one
individual are from an unknown context
within the site. Artifacts recovered from
the site indicate that this site was
occupied during the Late Archaic
cultural period dating from 3000 to 1000
B.C. The two associated funerary objects
are 1 McWhinney projectile point and 1
freshwater mussel shell.
In 1983, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from site 15MCY76 in
McCreary County, KY. The human
remains from this site were collected
during site recordation by Forest Service
archeologists. No known individual was
identified. The fragment of a human
femur is from an unknown context
within the site. Artifacts recovered from
the site indicate that this site was
occupied during the Prehistoric cultural
period dating prior to A.D. 1700. No
associated funerary objects are present.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
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individual were removed from an
unknown location in Estill County, KY.
The human remains were found in an
artifact collection stored at the Daniel
Boone National Forest while doing a
collections inventory. No known
individual was identified. The
fragmentary human remains are from an
unknown context within the site.
Artifacts recovered from the site
indicate that this site was occupied
during the prehistoric cultural period
dating prior to A.D. 1700. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Determinations Made by the Daniel
Boone National Forest
Officials of the Daniel Boone National
Forest have determined that:
• Based on the approximate date of
artifacts recovered from the site, these
human remains are Native American.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
any present-day Indian tribe.
• Other credible lines of evidence
indicate that the land from which the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed is the aboriginal land of the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of
North Carolina; Eastern Shawnee Tribe
of Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe,
Oklahoma; and the United Keetoowah
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of four
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the seven associated funerary objects
described in this notice 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 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(i),
the disposition of the human remains
and associated funerary objects will be
to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; the Cherokee
Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians of North Carolina;
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe
that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains or
any other Indian tribe that believes it
satisfies the criteria in 43 CFR
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10.11(c)(2)(i) should contact the Forest
Tribal Liaison, Daniel Boone National
Forest, Winchester, KY 40391,
telephone (859) 745–3138, before April
6, 2012. Disposition of the human
remains to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe
of Indians of Oklahoma; the Cherokee
Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians of North Carolina;
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants or
requestors come forward.
The Daniel Boone National Forest is
responsible for notifying the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
the Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians of North
Carolina; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;
and the United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this
notice has been published.
Dated: March 2, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253–665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Maxey
Museum, Whitman College, Walla
Walla, WA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Maxey Museum has
completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects,
in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes, and has 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 Maxey
Museum. Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
to the Indian tribes stated below may
occur if no additional claimants come
forward.
SUMMARY:
Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Maxey Museum at the address
below by April 6, 2012.
DATES:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: USDA Forest Service, Daniel Boone
National Forest, Winchester, KY
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Daniel
Boone National Forest, has completed an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation
between the remains and any present-day Indian tribe. Representatives
of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with the human remains may contact the Daniel Boone National Forest,
Winchester, KY. 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 Forest
Tribal Liaison, Daniel Boone National Forest, at the address below by
April 6, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Forest Tribal Liaison, Daniel Boone National Forest,
Winchester, KY 40391, telephone (859) 745-3138.
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 of the Daniel Boone
National Forest, Winchester, KY. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from three counties, Estill, McCreary,
and Morgan, inside the Daniel Boone National Forest, KY.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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 professional
staff
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of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Daniel Boone
National Forest, in consultation with representatives of the Absentee-
Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina; Eastern Shawnee
Tribe of Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; and the United Keetoowah
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
History and Description of the Remains
In March 1988, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from site 15MCY414 in McCreary County, KY. The
human remains from this site were collected from disturbed contexts by
Forest Service archeologists. No known individual was identified. The
human remains include 22 fragments representing one adult female and
are from an unknown context within the site. Artifacts recovered from
the site indicate that this site was occupied during the Late Woodland
cultural period dating from A.D. 500 to 1000. The five associated
funerary objects are 1 deer bone, 1 turkey bone, 1 battered stone, 1
triangular projectile point, and 1 fragment of shell tempered pottery.
On October 18, 1985, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from site 15MO103 in Morgan County, KY. The
human remains from this site were turned over to the Daniel Boone
National Forest by the physical anthropologist at Eastern Kentucky
University when it was determined they were acquired illegally from the
Daniel Boone National Forest. No known individual was identified. The
nearly complete human remains of one individual are from an unknown
context within the site. Artifacts recovered from the site indicate
that this site was occupied during the Late Archaic cultural period
dating from 3000 to 1000 B.C. The two associated funerary objects are 1
McWhinney projectile point and 1 freshwater mussel shell.
In 1983, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from site 15MCY76 in McCreary County, KY. The human
remains from this site were collected during site recordation by Forest
Service archeologists. No known individual was identified. The fragment
of a human femur is from an unknown context within the site. Artifacts
recovered from the site indicate that this site was occupied during the
Prehistoric cultural period dating prior to A.D. 1700. No associated
funerary objects are present.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an unknown location in Estill County, KY.
The human remains were found in an artifact collection stored at the
Daniel Boone National Forest while doing a collections inventory. No
known individual was identified. The fragmentary human remains are from
an unknown context within the site. Artifacts recovered from the site
indicate that this site was occupied during the prehistoric cultural
period dating prior to A.D. 1700. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Determinations Made by the Daniel Boone National Forest
Officials of the Daniel Boone National Forest have determined that:
Based on the approximate date of artifacts recovered from
the site, these human remains are Native American.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and any present-day Indian tribe.
Other credible lines of evidence indicate that the land
from which the Native American human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed is the aboriginal land of the Absentee-Shawnee
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Band
of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; and the United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of four individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the seven associated
funerary objects described in this notice 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 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(i), the disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary objects will be to the Absentee-
Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; the Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina; Eastern Shawnee
Tribe of Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; and the United Keetoowah
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains or any other Indian tribe
that believes it satisfies the criteria in 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(i) should
contact the Forest Tribal Liaison, Daniel Boone National Forest,
Winchester, KY 40391, telephone (859) 745-3138, before April 6, 2012.
Disposition of the human remains to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; the Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians of North Carolina; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma may proceed after that date if no additional
claimants or requestors come forward.
The Daniel Boone National Forest is responsible for notifying the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; the Cherokee Nation,
Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this notice has
been published.
Dated: March 2, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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