Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Museum of Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM, 23499-23500 [2012-9439]
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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
The 11 unassociated funerary objects
are one basket and 10 ceramic items.
The ceramic items are four bowls; two
pipes; one miniature jar; two ladles, one
of which contains beans; and one
pitcher. The vessel styles are brown-onred zoomorphic; red-ware; Tsegi orangeware; black-on-tan and red; buff-ware;
and oxidized black or brown-on-buff.
Between 1897 and 1898, human
remains, associated and unassociated
funerary objects, as well as other
cultural items were removed from
Canyon de Chelly, Apache County, AZ,
under the auspices of the Lang
Expedition of 1897–1898. Prior to 1900,
General William Jackson Palmer
acquired what became known as the
Lang-Bixby Collection, which he
subsequently transferred to The
Colorado College. Beginning in the late
1960s, the Lang-Bixby Collection was
transferred, along with other collections
from The Colorado College Museum,
through long-term loans to the Fine Arts
Center (formerly known as the Taylor
Museum and the Colorado Springs Fine
Arts Center) and the Denver Museum of
Nature & Science (formerly known as
the Denver Museum of Natural History).
In 1993, the Fine Arts Center included
the unassociated funerary objects from
the Lang-Bixby Collection in its
NAGPRA summary.
The unassociated funerary objects are
ancestral Puebloan based on type and
style. The human remains and
associated funerary objects from this
collection were described in two
Notices of Inventory Completion (NICs)
published in the Federal Register (69
FR 19920, April 14, 2004, and 74 FR
48779–48780, September 24, 2009). The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were determined to be Ancestral
Puebloan. A relationship of shared
group identity can reasonably be traced
between ancestral Puebloan peoples and
modern Puebloan peoples based on oral
tradition and scientific studies. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects have been repatriated to the
Hopi Tribe of Arizona. A preponderance
of the evidence supports cultural
affiliation of the unassociated funerary
objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
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Determinations Made by The Colorado
College
Officials of The Colorado College have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the 11 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 Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects should contact Jermyn Davis,
Chief of Staff, President’s Office,
Colorado College, Armstrong Hall,
Room 201, 14 E. Cache La Poudre,
Colorado Springs, CO 80903, telephone
(719) 389–6201, before May 21, 2012.
Repatriation of the unassociated
funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
The Colorado College is responsible
for notifying the Hopi Tribe of Arizona
that this notice has been published.
Dated: April 12, 2012
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253–665]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Museum of Indian Arts &
Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology,
Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Museum of Indian Arts &
Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology,
Museum of New Mexico, 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
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believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with the cultural items may contact the
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture/
Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of
New Mexico.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the cultural items
should contact the Museum of Indian
Arts & Culture/Laboratory of
Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico,
at the address below by May 21, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Shelby Tisdale, Director,
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture,
Museum of New Mexico, P.O. Box 2087,
Santa Fe, NM 87504, telephone (505)
476–1251.
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 Museum
of Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of
Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico,
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
The 29 cultural items to be repatriated
are funerary objects consisting of two
Agua Fria glaze bowl fragments, four
Agua Fria glaze-on-red bowls, one
Cieneguilla glaze-on-yellow cup, one
Santa Fe black-on-white bowl, one San
Clemente glaze bowl, one selenite
fragment, one ceramic pipe, eight
pendants and pendant fragments, six
bone beads from a cradle board, three
lightening stones, and one fingerstone.
These objects were removed from site
LA 162 (Paa’ko site) in Bernalillo
County, NM, during permitted
excavations, conducted jointly by the
Museum of New Mexico, the School of
American Research, and the University
of New Mexico between 1935 and 1937.
Although the objects are recorded as
excavated from numbered burials at site
LA 162, the associated human remains
are in the custody of the San Diego
Museum of Man. Based on material
culture, architectural features, and
documentary evidence, the Paa’ko site
dates to the period Pueblo IV through
the early historic periods (AD 1300–
1692).
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Based on documentation provided by
the original excavators, the cultural
items have been identified as funerary
objects related to specific burials at the
Paa’ko site. Based on burial location and
associated material culture and
architecture, the burials and funerary
objects have been identified as Native
American. These funerary objects have
been identified as ancestral to the
Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico, by
the museum’s staff in consultation with
representatives of Santa Ana Pueblo and
archeologists working with descendant
tribes who have ancestral ties to the
Galisteo Basin area of northern NM,
which includes the Paa’ko site. The
people who inhabited this site are
linked by Native oral tradition and
archeological evidence to members of
the present-day Pueblo of Santa Ana,
New Mexico.
Determinations Made by the Museum of
Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of
Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico
Officials of the Museum of Indian
Arts & Culture/Laboratory of
Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico
have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the 29 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 funerary objects and the
Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico.
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Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the funerary objects
should contact Dr. Shelby Tisdale,
Director, Museum of Indian Arts &
Culture, P.O. Box 2087, Santa Fe, NM
87504, telephone (505) 476–1251, before
May 21, 2012. Repatriation of the
funerary objects to the Pueblo of Santa
Ana, New Mexico, may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Museum of Indian Arts &
Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology,
Museum of New Mexico is responsible
for notifying the Pueblo of Santa Ana,
New Mexico, that this notice has been
published.
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Dated: April 12, 2012.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2012–9439 Filed 4–18–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253–665]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Milwaukee Public Museum,
Milwaukee, WI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Milwaukee Public
Museum, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribe, 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
Milwaukee Public Museum.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the cultural items
should contact the Milwaukee Public
Museum at the address below by May
21, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Dawn Scher Thomae,
Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W.
Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233,
telephone (414) 278–6157.
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 under the control of the
Milwaukee Public Museum that meet
the definition of sacred object under 25
U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the cultural
items. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
SUMMARY:
History and Description of the Cultural
Items
The five cultural items are a water
drum, a fastening ring, a drumstick, a
drum head and a flour sack (accessions
E65165a–e/27301) collected by
anthropologist James Howard. After his
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death, private donors raised money to
purchase his collection for the
Milwaukee Public Museum, and the
collection came to the museum in
December 1985. Documentation from
the James Howard collection states that
these items are ‘‘from the Turtle
Mountain band of Plains-Ojibwa.’’ The
documentation indicates the items were
given to James Howard by Joseph
Greatwalker, in Rolla, ND, on December
25, 1960. The items were used in the
Midewiwin ceremonies of the Turtle
Mountain Band of Plains-Ojibwa, and
based on the workmanship of the drum,
the objects date to before 1950. The last
Midewiwin rites were held in 1952 or
1953.
Review of extant documentation,
including the museum catalog book,
catalog cards and documentation files
indicate that these objects are in the
possession and control of the
Milwaukee Public Museum, and no
restrictions of title apply to the
disposition of these materials. These
items are affiliated with the Turtle
Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of
North Dakota. Based on documentation,
the objects were acquired from a tribal
member in Rolla, ND, an area long
associated with this tribe. The objects
meet the definition sacred object based
on the documented use of these objects
during the Midewiwin ceremonies.
Determinations Made by the Milwaukee
Public Museum
Officials of the Milwaukee Public
Museum have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C),
the five cultural items described in this
notice 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
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Indians of North Dakota.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the sacred objects should
contact Dawn Scher Thomae,
Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W.
Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233,
telephone (414) 278–6157, before May
21, 2012. Repatriation of the sacred
objects to the Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa Indians of North Dakota may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Milwaukee Public Museum is
responsible for notifying the Turtle
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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 76 (Thursday, April 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Museum of Indian
Arts & Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico, Santa
Fe, NM
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of
Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico, 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 Museum of
Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the cultural items should contact the Museum
of Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New
Mexico, at the address below by May 21, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Shelby Tisdale, Director, Museum of Indian Arts &
Culture, Museum of New Mexico, P.O. Box 2087, Santa Fe, NM 87504,
telephone (505) 476-1251.
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 Museum of Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of
Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico, 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
The 29 cultural items to be repatriated are funerary objects
consisting of two Agua Fria glaze bowl fragments, four Agua Fria glaze-
on-red bowls, one Cieneguilla glaze-on-yellow cup, one Santa Fe black-
on-white bowl, one San Clemente glaze bowl, one selenite fragment, one
ceramic pipe, eight pendants and pendant fragments, six bone beads from
a cradle board, three lightening stones, and one fingerstone. These
objects were removed from site LA 162 (Paa'ko site) in Bernalillo
County, NM, during permitted excavations, conducted jointly by the
Museum of New Mexico, the School of American Research, and the
University of New Mexico between 1935 and 1937. Although the objects
are recorded as excavated from numbered burials at site LA 162, the
associated human remains are in the custody of the San Diego Museum of
Man. Based on material culture, architectural features, and documentary
evidence, the Paa'ko site dates to the period Pueblo IV through the
early historic periods (AD 1300-1692).
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Based on documentation provided by the original excavators, the
cultural items have been identified as funerary objects related to
specific burials at the Paa'ko site. Based on burial location and
associated material culture and architecture, the burials and funerary
objects have been identified as Native American. These funerary objects
have been identified as ancestral to the Pueblo of Santa Ana, New
Mexico, by the museum's staff in consultation with representatives of
Santa Ana Pueblo and archeologists working with descendant tribes who
have ancestral ties to the Galisteo Basin area of northern NM, which
includes the Paa'ko site. The people who inhabited this site are linked
by Native oral tradition and archeological evidence to members of the
present-day Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico.
Determinations Made by the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory
of Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico
Officials of the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of
Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 29 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
funerary objects and the Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the funerary objects should contact Dr.
Shelby Tisdale, Director, Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, P.O. Box
2087, Santa Fe, NM 87504, telephone (505) 476-1251, before May 21,
2012. Repatriation of the funerary objects to the Pueblo of Santa Ana,
New Mexico, may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology,
Museum of New Mexico is responsible for notifying the Pueblo of Santa
Ana, New Mexico, that this notice has been published.
Dated: April 12, 2012.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2012-9439 Filed 4-18-12; 8:45 am]
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