Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven, CT, 19305-19306 [2013-07352]
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Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the cultural item should
contact The Colorado College at the
address below by April 29, 2013.
ADDRESSES: 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.
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 under the control of The
Colorado College that meets the
definition of unassociated funerary
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 Native
American cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
DATES:
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History and Description of the Cultural
Items
The unassociated funerary object is a
corrugated ceramic cooking vessel
(Lang-Bixby 318). Between 1897 and
1898, human remains, associated and
unassociated funerary objects, as well as
other cultural items were removed from
a cliff ruin in a canyon tributary of
Comb Wash, San Juan County, UT,
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 object is
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 19232–19233, April 12, 2004,
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corrected by 74 FR 42105–42106,
August 20, 2009). The other 36
unassociated funerary objects from this
same location were described in a
Notice of Intent to Repatriate (NIR)
published in the Federal Register (77
FR 15798, March 16, 2012). The human
remains and 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, associated funerary
objects, and unassociated funerary
objects described in the notices above
have been repatriated to the Hopi Tribe
of Arizona. A preponderance of the
evidence supports cultural affiliation of
the unassociated funerary object in this
notice to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
Determinations Made by The Colorado
College
Officials of The Colorado College have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the cultural item described above is
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
object 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
object 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 April 29, 2013.
Repatriation of the unassociated
funerary object 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: February 28, 2013.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Yale Peabody Museum of
Natural History, New Haven, CT
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Yale Peabody Museum of
Natural History, 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
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural
History.
Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the cultural items
should contact the Yale Peabody
Museum of Natural History at the
address below by April 29, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Professor Derek E.G. Briggs,
Director, Yale Peabody Museum of
Natural History, P.O. Box 208118, New
Haven, CT 06520–8118, telephone (203)
432–3752.
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 Yale
Peabody Museum of Natural History
that meets 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.
DATES:
History and Description of the Cultural
Items
In 1871, three unassociated funerary
objects were recovered from Memaloose
Island, OR, by the Yale College
Scientific Expedition. The objects were
transferred to the Yale Peabody Museum
of Natural History in 1873 by Oscar
Harger, a student of the Expedition.
These objects include a wooden bowl, a
stone mortar, and a wooden comb.
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Catalog records and historic
documentation indicate the objects were
recovered from Native American graves
and therefore meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects. The
objects were recovered within the
traditional territory of the Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
and the Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.
Sometime prior to 1902, two
unassociated funerary objects were
removed from The Dalles, Wasco
County, OR, by an unknown person.
The objects were transferred to the Yale
Peabody Museum of Natural History in
1902 by Mr. and Mrs. William H.
Moseley of New Haven, CT. Catalog
records indicate the two objects, a string
of rolled metal tube beads and a string
of shell beads, were recovered from
Native American graves and therefore
meet the definition of unassociated
funerary objects. The objects were
recovered within the traditional
territory of the Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation and the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon.
Based on museum catalog records of
the objects, the geographic origin of the
objects, and the description of
traditional territory of the tribes, these
objects are believed to be culturally
affiliated with the Confederated Tribes
and Bands of the Yakama Nation and
the Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon.
Determinations Made by the Yale
Peabody Museum of Natural History
Officials of the Yale Peabody Museum
of Natural History have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the five 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 and
Bands of the Yakama Nation and the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects should contact Professor Derek
E.G. Briggs, Director, Yale Peabody
Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box
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208118, New Haven, CT 06520–8118,
telephone (203) 432–3752 before April
29, 2013. Repatriation of the
unassociated funerary objects to the
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation and the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural
History is responsible for notifying the
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation and the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon that this notice has been
published.
Dated: February 26, 2013.
Melanie O’Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate a
Cultural Item: U.S. Department of the
Interior, National Park Service, Natchez
Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the
Interior, National Park Service, Natchez
Trace Parkway, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes, has
determined that a cultural item meets
the definition of unassociated funerary
object 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
Natchez Trace Parkway.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the cultural item should
contact Natchez Trace Parkway at the
address below by April 29, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Dale Wilkerson, Acting
Superintendent, Natchez Trace
Parkway, 2680 Natchez Trace Parkway,
Tupelo, MS, 38803, telephone (662)
680–4005.
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
U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Natchez Trace
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Parkway, Tupelo, MS that meets the
definition of unassociated funerary
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 Superintendent, Natchez Trace
Parkway.
History and Description of the Cultural
Item
In 1972, a funerary object was
removed from the Emerald Mound site
in Adams County, MS, during legally
authorized excavation projects. The
whereabouts of the human remains are
unknown, and it is not clear from
excavation documentation if the
remains were excavated. The one
unassociated funerary object is an Addis
Plain vessel.
The Emerald Mound site consists of
two mounds and a plaza area. On the
basis of artifacts recovered during
excavation, the site was occupied
during the late precontact phase of the
Mississippian period (A.D. 1200–1650,
or later). Ceramic types that have been
historically associated with the Natchez
Indians were found throughout the site.
Mound construction and burial
practices at the site were also consistent
with those of the Natchez Indians.
Historical evidence indicates the
dispersal of the Natchez Indians into
Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Creek tribal
groups. In 1542, Hernando de Soto’s
expedition heard of, and later
encountered hostile Indians along the
lower Mississippi River believed to have
been the Natchez and their allies. In
1682, the de La Salle expedition
specifically identified the Natchez as
living along the banks of the lower
Mississippi River. Following an
unsuccessful rebellion against the
French in 1729, the Natchez were
dispersed. About 400 individuals
surrendered to the French and were sent
to the West Indies as slaves. The
remaining Natchez withdrew among the
Chickasaw and ultimately separated
into two main bands, one settling among
the Upper Creeks and the other uniting
with the Cherokee. The Natchez
language was still spoken by some in
the Creek Nation until the early 20th
century and by some among the
Cherokee until the 1940s. Given
territorial proximity and complexities of
modern Cherokee tribal alignments in
Oklahoma, both the Cherokee Nation
and the United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians are likely to include
tribal members of Natchez descent.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-12450; PCU00RP14.R50000-PPWOCRADN0]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Yale Peabody
Museum of Natural History, New Haven, CT
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 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 Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the cultural items should contact the Yale
Peabody Museum of Natural History at the address below by April 29,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Professor Derek E.G. Briggs, Director, Yale Peabody Museum
of Natural History, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT 06520-8118,
telephone (203) 432-3752.
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 Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History that meets 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 1871, three unassociated funerary objects were recovered from
Memaloose Island, OR, by the Yale College Scientific Expedition. The
objects were transferred to the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
in 1873 by Oscar Harger, a student of the Expedition. These objects
include a wooden bowl, a stone mortar, and a wooden comb.
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Catalog records and historic documentation indicate the objects were
recovered from Native American graves and therefore meet the definition
of unassociated funerary objects. The objects were recovered within the
traditional territory of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon.
Sometime prior to 1902, two unassociated funerary objects were
removed from The Dalles, Wasco County, OR, by an unknown person. The
objects were transferred to the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
in 1902 by Mr. and Mrs. William H. Moseley of New Haven, CT. Catalog
records indicate the two objects, a string of rolled metal tube beads
and a string of shell beads, were recovered from Native American graves
and therefore meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects. The
objects were recovered within the traditional territory of the
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation and the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.
Based on museum catalog records of the objects, the geographic
origin of the objects, and the description of traditional territory of
the tribes, these objects are believed to be culturally affiliated with
the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation and the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.
Determinations Made by the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
Officials of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History have
determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the five 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 and Bands of
the Yakama Nation and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the unassociated funerary objects should
contact Professor Derek E.G. Briggs, Director, Yale Peabody Museum of
Natural History, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT 06520-8118, telephone
(203) 432-3752 before April 29, 2013. Repatriation of the unassociated
funerary objects to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama
Nation and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of
Oregon may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History is responsible for
notifying the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation and
the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon that
this notice has been published.
Dated: February 26, 2013.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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