Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Army, Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum, Fort Sill, OK, 53769-53770 [2014-21530]
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Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin
Historical Museum, 30 North Carroll
Street, Madison, WI 53703, telephone
(608) 261–2461, email Jennifer.Kolb@
wisconsinhistory.org, by October 10,
2014. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains to the
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin;
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin;
and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
may proceed.
The State Historical Society of
Wisconsin is responsible for notifying
the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin;
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin;
and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 24, 2014.
Melanie O’Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Defense, Army, Fort Sill
National Historic Landmark and
Museum, Fort Sill, OK
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Fort Sill National
Historic Landmark and Museum has
completed an inventory of human
remains, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and present-day Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains should submit
a written request to the Fort Sill
National Historic Landmark and
Museum. If no additional requestors
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to the lineal
descendants, Indian tribes, or Native
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Hawaiian organizations stated in this
notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the Fort Sill National
Historic Landmark and Museum at the
address in this notice by October 10,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Scott A. Neel, Director,
Fort Sill National Historic Landmark
and Museum, U.S. Army Fires Center of
Excellence, Fort Sill, OK 73503,
telephone (580) 442–6570, email
scott.a.neel2.civ@mail.mil.
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 under the control of
the Fort Sill National Historic Landmark
and Museum, Fort Sill, OK.
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 Fort Sill
National Historic Landmark and
Museum and Fort Sill Environmental
Quality Division professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Caddo
Nation of Oklahoma; Cheyenne and
Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously
listed as Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of
Oklahoma); Comanche Nation,
Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma;
Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma;
Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma;
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico &
Utah; The Chickasaw Nation; and the
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita,
Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1874, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were taken
near Lubbock, TX. The human remains
consist of a scalp taken by Chief Big
Bow, a prominent war chief of the
Kiowa who, on a number of occasions,
was reported to have taken scalps from
defeated enemies. In 1962, Chief Big
Bow’s great grandson sold the scalp to
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Fort Sill (62.99.4). The grandson
testified at the time that Chief Big Bow
had taken the scalp from a Navajo in the
1870s. Historical records indicate that in
1874, Navajos stole the horses belonging
to Chief Big Bow in the vicinity of
Yellow House Canyon or Blanco
Canyon, TX. Chief Big Bow was also a
participant in the Red River War in
1874, in the vicinity of Yellow House
Canyon and Blanco Canyon. Other
sources record that Chief Big Bow was
on a foray into New Mexico in 1855,
when he almost single-handedly
captured several ponies and took a
Navajo scalp.
Determinations Made by the Fort Sill
National Historic Landmark and
Museum
Officials of the Fort Sill National
Historic Landmark and Museum have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of one
individual 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
remains and the Navajo Nation,
Arizona, New Mexico & Utah.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains should submit
a written request with information in
support of the request to Dr. Scott A.
Neel, Director, Fort Sill National
Historic Landmark and Museum, U.S.
Army Fires Center of Excellence, Fort
Sill, OK 73503, telephone (580) 442–
6570, email scott.a.neel2.civ@mail.mil,
by October 10, 2014. After that date, if
no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to the Navajo Nation,
Arizona, New Mexico & Utah may
proceed.
The Fort Sill National Historic
Landmark and Museum is responsible
for notifying the Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma; Caddo Nation of Oklahoma;
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma (previously listed as
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of
Oklahoma); Comanche Nation,
Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma;
Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma;
Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma;
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico &
Utah; The Chickasaw Nation; and the
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita,
Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma,
that this notice has been published.
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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 175 / Wednesday, September 10, 2014 / Notices
Dated: July 17, 2014.
Melanie O’Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2014–21530 Filed 9–9–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Massachusetts Amherst,
Department of Anthropology, Amherst,
MA; Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The University of
Massachusetts Amherst, Department of
Anthropology has corrected an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects published in
a Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register on May 15, 2014. This
notice corrects the minimum number of
individuals and number of associated
funerary objects. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
to the University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Department of Anthropology.
If no additional requestors come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the lineal descendants, Indian
tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations
stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the University of
Massachusetts Amherst, Department of
Anthropology at the address in this
notice by October 10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Julie Woods, Repatriation
Coordinator, University of
Massachusetts Amherst, Department of
Anthropology, 215 Machmer Hall, 240
Hicks Way, Amherst, MA 01003,
telephone (413) 545–2702, email repat@
anthro.umass.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
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3003, of the correction of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
University of Massachusetts Amherst,
Department of Anthropology, Amherst,
MA. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from
Gill, Franklin County, MA, and
Northampton, Hampshire County, MA.
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
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
This notice corrects the minimum
number of individuals and number of
associated funerary objects published in
a Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register (79 FR 27926–27928,
May 14, 2014). The associated funerary
objects from the Casley-Stempel site in
Gill, MA, and human remains and
associated funerary objects from the
Bark Wigwams Site, Northampton, MA,
were mistakenly omitted from this
Notice of Inventory Completion.
Transfer of control of the items in this
correction notice has not occurred.
Correction
In the Federal Register (79 FR 27926–
27928, May 14, 2014), paragraph 4,
sentence 2 is corrected by substituting
the following:
The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from the towns of
Westfield in Hampden County, MA;
Easthampton, Northampton, Hatfield,
Hadley, North Hadley, and South Hadley in
Hampshire County, MA; Deerfield, Gill, and
Greenfield in Franklin County, MA; and
Hardwick and Princeton, in Worcester
County, MA.
In the Federal Register (79 FR 27926–
27928, May 14, 2014), paragraph 16,
sentences 9–11 are corrected by
substituting the following:
From the Casley-Stemple site, 4,190
associated funerary objects were removed.
The associated funerary objects include
individual non-lithic funerary objects and
849 lots of lithic artifacts. The non-lithic
artifacts include 1,870 pottery sherds, 506
unidentified faunal bones, 838 pieces of
charcoal, 5 unidentified seeds, 1 piece of
whiteware, 5 pieces of brick, 1 piece of glass,
3 pieces of soapstone, 1 piece of iron, 5 sets
of red ocher fragments, 14 pieces of shell and
92 unidentified artifacts. The 849 lots of
lithic artifacts include a majority of flakes,
fragments, and chipping debris of various
materials; partial and complete projectile
points; preforms and chunks of quartz and
other materials; perforators; edge tools;
hammerstones; and cobbles.
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In the Federal Register (79 FR 27926–
27928, May 14, 2014), after paragraph
19, insert the following:
During a Field School in 1985, an
inadvertent discovery of a burial led to the
excavation of two individuals at the Bark
Wigwams site, Northampton, Hampshire
County, MA, by faculty and students of the
University of Massachusetts, Department of
Anthropology, as requested by the
Massachusetts State Archaeologist. The
individuals were transferred to the
Massachusetts Historical Commission and
were believed to be reinterred at an unknown
date. Soil samples containing bone and teeth
fragments representing, at minimum, one
individual and associated funerary objects
have remained at the University. No known
individuals were identified. From the Bark
Wigwams site 38 lots of associated funerary
objects were removed, including 5 lots of
historic material (glass, metals, ceramics and
brick), 1 lot of charred nuts, 8 lots of lithic
flakes, 5 lots of stone tool fragments, 1 lot of
rock, 3 lots of lithic debitage, 2 lots of
projectile points, 3 lots of unidentified faunal
bone, 1 lot of unidentified charred bone, 1 lot
of organic material, 4 lots of soil samples and
4 lots of burial soil.
In the Federal Register (79 FR 27926–
27928, May 14, 2014), paragraph 22 is
corrected by substituting the following:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human
remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 95 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
In the Federal Register (79 FR 27926–
27928, May 14, 2014), paragraph 23 is
corrected by substituting the following:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 4,234
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.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Julie Woods, Repatriation
Coordinator, University of
Massachusetts Amherst, Department of
Anthropology, 215 Machmer Hall, 240
Hicks Way, Amherst, MA 01003,
telephone (413) 545–2702, email repat@
anthro.umass.edu, by October 10, 2014.
After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Narragansett Indian Tribe; Stockbridge
Munsee Community, Wisconsin; and
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah) may proceed.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-16307; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Army,
Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum, Fort Sill, OK
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum has
completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations.
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a
written request to the Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum.
If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native
Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to the Fort
Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum at the address in this
notice by October 10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Scott A. Neel, Director, Fort Sill National Historic
Landmark and Museum, U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence, Fort Sill,
OK 73503, telephone (580) 442-6570, email scott.a.neel2.civ@mail.mil.
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 under
the control of the Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum,
Fort Sill, OK.
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 Fort
Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum and Fort Sill Environmental
Quality Division professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Caddo Nation of
Oklahoma; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma); Comanche Nation, Oklahoma;
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Kiowa
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah;
The Chickasaw Nation; and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita,
Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1874, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were taken near Lubbock, TX. The human remains consist of a scalp taken
by Chief Big Bow, a prominent war chief of the Kiowa who, on a number
of occasions, was reported to have taken scalps from defeated enemies.
In 1962, Chief Big Bow's great grandson sold the scalp to Fort Sill
(62.99.4). The grandson testified at the time that Chief Big Bow had
taken the scalp from a Navajo in the 1870s. Historical records indicate
that in 1874, Navajos stole the horses belonging to Chief Big Bow in
the vicinity of Yellow House Canyon or Blanco Canyon, TX. Chief Big Bow
was also a participant in the Red River War in 1874, in the vicinity of
Yellow House Canyon and Blanco Canyon. Other sources record that Chief
Big Bow was on a foray into New Mexico in 1855, when he almost single-
handedly captured several ponies and took a Navajo scalp.
Determinations Made by the Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and
Museum
Officials of the Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum
have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual 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 remains and the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico &
Utah.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to Dr. Scott
A. Neel, Director, Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum,
U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence, Fort Sill, OK 73503, telephone
(580) 442-6570, email scott.a.neel2.civ@mail.mil, by October 10, 2014.
After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains to the Navajo Nation, Arizona,
New Mexico & Utah may proceed.
The Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum is responsible
for notifying the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Caddo Nation of Oklahoma;
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as Cheyenne-
Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma); Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware
Nation, Oklahoma; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Kiowa Indian
Tribe of Oklahoma; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; The
Chickasaw Nation; and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita,
Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma, that this notice has been
published.
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Dated: July 17, 2014.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2014-21530 Filed 9-9-14; 8:45 am]
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