Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 34987-34988 [2012-14309]
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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 U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, LIBI, Crow Agency, MT
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 Superintendent, LIBI.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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History and Description of the Cultural
Items
The 18 cultural items are part of a
medicine bundle and are one satchel
made out of animal hide, 13 small
medicine bags, and four stones. The
items belonged to Spotted Hawk who
resided on the Northern Cheyenne
Reservation. On August 4, 1930, Cecilia
Spotted Wolf, Spotted Hawk’s sister,
traded or gifted the items to Dr. Thomas
B. Marquis, a physician on the Tongue
River Reservation (Northern Cheyenne).
In 1942, the 18 objects were donated to
Custer Battlefield National Cemetery,
now known as LIBI, by Dr. Marquis’
daughters, Mrs. Millie Ellen Marquis
Hastings and Mrs. Anna Rose Octavia
Marquis Heil.
Jean Spotted Wolf Emmons, greatgrand niece of Spotted Hawk, is
requesting repatriation of the 18 cultural
items. The medicine bundle is needed
by Mrs. Emmons to continue traditional
ceremonies. LIBI consulted with the
Northern Cheyenne Cultural
Commission and Tribal Historic
Preservation Office to determine that
Jean Emmons is an appropriate recipient
under the Northern Cheyenne
traditional kinship system and common
law system of descendance.
Determinations Made by Little Bighorn
Battlefield National Monument
Officials of LIBI have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C),
the 18 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. 3005(a)(5)(A),
Mrs. Emmons is the direct lineal
descendant of the individual who
owned these sacred objects.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Any other individuals who believe
they are lineal descendants of the
individual who owned these sacred
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objects and who wish to claim the items
should contact Gus Sanchez, Acting
Superintendent, Little Bighorn
Battlefield National Monument, P.O.
Box 39, Crow Agency, MT 59022–0039,
telephone (406) 638–3201, before July
12, 2012. Repatriation of the sacred
objects to Mrs. Jean Spotted Wolf
Emmons may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
LIBI is responsible for notifying Mrs.
Jean Spotted Wolf Emmons; the
Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Assiniboine and
Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne and
Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (formerly the
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of
Oklahoma); Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
of the Cheyenne River Reservation,
South Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
of the Crow Creek Reservation, South
Dakota; Crow Tribe of Montana;
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the
Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota;
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine
Ridge Reservation, South Dakota;
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud
Indian Reservation, South Dakota;
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska;
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake
Traverse Reservation, South Dakota;
Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota;
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North &
South Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of
South Dakota that this notice has been
published.
Dated: June 7, 2012.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology & Anthropology,
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology &
Anthropology has completed an
inventory of human remains in
consultation with the appropriate
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Indian tribe and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and a present-day
Indian tribe. Representatives of any
Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human
remains may contact the Museum.
Repatriation of the human remains to
the Indian tribe 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 Museum at the
address below by July 12, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Richard Hodges,
Director, University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology &
Anthropology, University of
Pennsylvania, 3260 South Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19104, telephone (215)
898–4050.
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 possession of
the University of Pennsylvania Museum
of Archaeology & Anthropology,
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA. The human remains
were removed from a site on the Platte
River, near Overton, NE., and from an
unknown site on or near the Missouri
River, probably in Missouri or Nebraska.
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 the University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology &
Anthropology’s professional staff in
consultation with the Pawnee Nation of
Oklahoma.
History and Description of the Remains
On April 18, 1820, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from a Pawnee
winter camp near the Platte River
approximately six and half miles from
Overton, in Dawson County, NE., by Dr.
Thomas Say, zoologist for the Stephen
H. Long Expedition to the Rocky
Mountains. Upon the completion of the
expedition, the human remains were
sent to the Philadelphia Museum
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Company, also known as the Peale
Museum. At an unknown date, the
human remains were loaned to Dr.
Samuel Morton for his study of human
crania. Dr. Morton assigned the remains
the catalogue number ‘‘P’’ and sometime
between 1846 and 1849, Dr. Morton
accessioned the cranium (No. 540) into
his collections. From approximately
1830 until Dr. Morton’s death in 1851,
the Academy of Natural Science in
Philadelphia provided storage space for
much of Dr. Morton’s collection,
including the human remains. In 1853,
the collection was purchased from Dr.
Morton’s estate and formally presented
to the Academy. In 1966, Dr. Morton’s
collection, including these human
remains (Museum accession number
97–606–540), was loaned to the
University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology. In
1997, the collection was formally gifted
to the University of Pennsylvania
Museum. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The human remains have been
identified as Native American based on
the specific cultural and geographic
attribution in the museum records.
Collector’s records, museum
documentation, and published sources
(Morton 1839, 1840, and 1849; Meigs
1857) identify the human remains as
those of a female Pawnee Indian who
was killed in 1820 at a Pawnee winter
village near the Platte River, in present
day Nebraska. The museum
documentation further dates the
remains to the Historic Period.
Scholarly publications indicate that the
Platte River in Nebraska is the ancestral
homeland of the Pawnee Indians before
their removal to Oklahoma.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed by an
unknown individual from a site on or
near the Missouri River in Missouri or
Nebraska. At an unknown date, the
human remains were transferred to Dr.
B.B. Brown of St. Louis, Missouri.
Sometime prior to 1849, Dr. Brown sent
the human remains to Dr. Samuel
Morton of Philadelphia, who
accessioned the human remains as No.
1043. From approximately 1830 until
Dr. Morton’s death in 1851, the
Academy of Natural Science in
Philadelphia provided storage space for
much of Dr. Morton’s collection,
including the human remains. In 1853,
the collection was purchased from Dr.
Morton’s estate and formally presented
to the Academy. In 1966, Dr. Morton’s
collection, including these human
remains (Museum accession number
97–606–1043), was loaned to the
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University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology. In
1997, the collection was formally gifted
to the University of Pennsylvania
Museum. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The human remains have been
identified as Native American based on
the specific cultural and geographic
attribution in the museum records.
Collector’s records, museum
documentation, and published sources
(Morton 1849; Meigs 1857) identify the
human remains as those of a female
Pawnee Indian and date them to the
Historic Period.
Determinations Made by the University
of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology
Officials of the University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of two
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
remain and the Pawnee Nation of
Oklahoma.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe
that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Director Dr. Richard
Hodges, University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology &
Anthropology, University of
Pennsylvania, 3260 South Street,
Philadelphia, PA, 19104, telephone
(215) 898–4050 before July 12, 2012.
Repatriation of the human remains to
the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology is responsible for
notifying the Pawnee Nation of
Oklahoma that this notice has been
published.
Dated: June 7, 2012.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: San
Diego State University, San Diego, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
San Diego State University
Archeology Collections Management
Program 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 San Diego
State University Archeology Collections
Management Program. 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 San Diego State University
Archeology Collections Management
Program at the address below by July 12,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Jaime Lennox, Interim
Director, San Diego State University
Archeology Collections Management
Program, 5500 Campanile Dr., San
Diego, CA 92182–6040, telephone (619)
594–4575.
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 San
Diego State University Archeology
Collections Management Program, San
Diego, CA. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from the Buchanan Reservoir
site in Madera County, CA.
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
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-10346; 2200-1100-665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Pennsylvania Museum
of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology &
Anthropology has completed an inventory of human remains in
consultation with the appropriate Indian tribe and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and a
present-day Indian tribe. Representatives of any Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the human remains may
contact the Museum. Repatriation of the human remains to the Indian
tribe 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 Museum
at the address below by July 12, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Richard Hodges, Director, University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, 3260
South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, telephone (215) 898-4050.
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
possession of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology &
Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. The human
remains were removed from a site on the Platte River, near Overton,
NE., and from an unknown site on or near the Missouri River, probably
in Missouri or Nebraska.
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 the
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology's
professional staff in consultation with the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.
History and Description of the Remains
On April 18, 1820, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from a Pawnee winter camp near the Platte River
approximately six and half miles from Overton, in Dawson County, NE.,
by Dr. Thomas Say, zoologist for the Stephen H. Long Expedition to the
Rocky Mountains. Upon the completion of the expedition, the human
remains were sent to the Philadelphia Museum
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Company, also known as the Peale Museum. At an unknown date, the human
remains were loaned to Dr. Samuel Morton for his study of human crania.
Dr. Morton assigned the remains the catalogue number ``P'' and sometime
between 1846 and 1849, Dr. Morton accessioned the cranium (No. 540)
into his collections. From approximately 1830 until Dr. Morton's death
in 1851, the Academy of Natural Science in Philadelphia provided
storage space for much of Dr. Morton's collection, including the human
remains. In 1853, the collection was purchased from Dr. Morton's estate
and formally presented to the Academy. In 1966, Dr. Morton's
collection, including these human remains (Museum accession number 97-
606-540), was loaned to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology. In 1997, the collection was formally
gifted to the University of Pennsylvania Museum. No known individuals
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains have been identified as Native American based on
the specific cultural and geographic attribution in the museum records.
Collector's records, museum documentation, and published sources
(Morton 1839, 1840, and 1849; Meigs 1857) identify the human remains as
those of a female Pawnee Indian who was killed in 1820 at a Pawnee
winter village near the Platte River, in present day Nebraska. The
museum documentation further dates the remains to the Historic Period.
Scholarly publications indicate that the Platte River in Nebraska is
the ancestral homeland of the Pawnee Indians before their removal to
Oklahoma.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed by an unknown individual from a site on or near
the Missouri River in Missouri or Nebraska. At an unknown date, the
human remains were transferred to Dr. B.B. Brown of St. Louis,
Missouri. Sometime prior to 1849, Dr. Brown sent the human remains to
Dr. Samuel Morton of Philadelphia, who accessioned the human remains as
No. 1043. From approximately 1830 until Dr. Morton's death in 1851, the
Academy of Natural Science in Philadelphia provided storage space for
much of Dr. Morton's collection, including the human remains. In 1853,
the collection was purchased from Dr. Morton's estate and formally
presented to the Academy. In 1966, Dr. Morton's collection, including
these human remains (Museum accession number 97-606-1043), was loaned
to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology. In 1997, the collection was formally gifted to the
University of Pennsylvania Museum. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains have been identified as Native American based on
the specific cultural and geographic attribution in the museum records.
Collector's records, museum documentation, and published sources
(Morton 1849; Meigs 1857) identify the human remains as those of a
female Pawnee Indian and date them to the Historic Period.
Determinations Made by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology
Officials of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of two 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 remain and the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Director
Dr. Richard Hodges, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology &
Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, 3260 South Street,
Philadelphia, PA, 19104, telephone (215) 898-4050 before July 12, 2012.
Repatriation of the human remains to the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma may
proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology is responsible for notifying the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
that this notice has been published.
Dated: June 7, 2012.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2012-14309 Filed 6-11-12; 8:45 am]
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