Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, 77004-77005 [2015-31316]
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History has determined that the
headdress is possibly the most complete
example currently known of a Kaitcoxo.
Kaitcoxo headdresses are important
objects worn in Chemehuevi traditional
religious and tribal ceremonies. The Los
Angeles County Museum of Natural
History also has determined that, in
accordance with traditional
Chemehuevi practice, an object of this
importance to the group as a whole
could not have been alienated by any
individual. The research also leads the
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural
History to believe that a preponderance
of the evidence indicates that this
Kaitcoxo came into the hands of Mr.
Amman, Sr., from one or more
Chemehuevi persons, who were trading
with Mr. Amman, Sr., between 1895 and
1915 while he was operating his bakery
and store in Needles, CA. For the
Chemehuevi people, this was a period
of dislocation, successive moves, and
removal to reservations.
The Los Angeles County Museum of
Natural History’s consultations included
communication with the three
Federally-recognized Chemehuevi
tribes: Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the
Chemehuevi Reservation, California;
Colorado River Indian Tribes of the
Colorado River Indian Reservation,
Arizona and California; and TwentyNine Palms Band of Mission Indians of
California. On July 31, 2015, the Los
Angeles County Museum of Natural
History received a letter dated March
31, 2015, and signed by the tribal
chairmen of all three Federallyrecognized Chemehuevi tribes stating
the three tribes ‘‘without exception,
enter into this agreement with full
consensus, that it is our stated and
formal request that the Chemehuevi
Headdress . . . be repatriated . . . to
the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission
Indians.’’
Determinations Made by the Los
Angeles County Museum of Natural
History
Officials of the Los Angeles County
Museum of Natural History have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C),
the single Kaitcoxo 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.
• In addition, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(3)(D), the single Kaitcoxo
described above has ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group or
culture itself, rather than property
owned by an individual.
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• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the single Kaitcoxo and the
Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission
Indians of California.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe not identified in this
notice that wish to claim this cultural
item should submit a written request
with information in support of the claim
to James R. Gilson, Vice President and
General Counsel, Los Angeles County
Museum of Natural History Foundation,
900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles,
CA 90007, telephone (213) 763–3305,
email jgilson@nhm.org, by January 11,
2016. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the single Kaitcoxo to the
Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission
Indians of California may proceed.
The Los Angeles County Museum of
Natural History is responsible for
notifying the following Federallyrecognized tribes that this notice has
been published: Chemehuevi Indian
Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation,
California; Colorado River Indian Tribes
of the Colorado River Indian
Reservation, Arizona and California;
and the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of
Mission Indians of California.
Dated: November 6, 2015.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs has
completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects,
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 associated funerary
objects 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
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that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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 Bureau of Indian Affairs
at the address in this notice by January
11, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, Museum
Program Manager/NAGPRA
Coordinator, U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220
Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084,
Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390–
6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov.
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 under the control of the
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and
in the physical custody of the Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University (Peabody Museum),
Cambridge, MA. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were
removed from Burns Township,
Shiawassee County, MI.
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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1915, human remains representing,
at minimum, two individuals were
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removed from a site three miles
northwest of Byron, Burns Township,
Shiawassee County, MI. The human
remains were removed by Arthur W.
Carpenter as part of a Peabody Museum
expedition to investigate the historic
Ojibwe Reservation of
Keetchewaundaugnink. Mr. Carpenter
donated these human remains—one of
an adult male and the other of a child
of indeterminate sex—to the Peabody
Museum in 1915. No known individuals
were identified. The three associated
funerary objects are a porcupine skull
and mandible, a faunal remain, and a
wood fragment.
Peabody Museum records describe the
site three miles northwest of Byron, MI,
as ‘‘Mound 1’’ and ‘‘Ojibwa Historic
Burial Site, Keetchewaundaugnink
Reservation.’’ The reservation
encompasses a village site of the same
name that was established circa 1810.
The reservation itself was established by
the Treaty of Saginaw in September
1819, and ceded in 1837 after a small
pox epidemic. The presence of mounds
and graves near the
Keetchewaundaugnink village site are
known from historic accounts. An early
written history of Shiawassee County
indicates that a large cemetery was
known to be associated with the
Keetchewaundaugnink village.
Consultation with representatives of the
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan indicates that the
Keetchewaundaugnink Reservation was
an early reservation of the Saginaw
Chippewa in the historic period.
Determinations Made by the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs
Officials of the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs 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(3)(A),
the three 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 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 associated funerary objects
and the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
of Michigan.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
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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 Anna Pardo, Museum
Program Manager/NAGPRA
Coordinator, U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220
Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084,
Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390–
6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov, by
January 11, 2016. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan may proceed.
The U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs is responsible
for notifying the Saginaw Chippewa
Indian Tribe of Michigan that this notice
has been published.
Dated: November 12, 2015.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: San Francisco State University,
San Francisco, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
San Francisco State
University, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes, has
determined that the cultural items in
this notice meet the definition of sacred
objects and objects of cultural
patrimony 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 San
Francisco State University.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the cultural items
should contact San Francisco State
University at the address below by
January 11, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Jeffrey Boland Fentress, San
Francisco State University NAGPRA
Program, c/o Department of
Anthropology, San Francisco, CA
94132, telephone (415) 338–3075.
SUMMARY:
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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 San Francisco
State University (SFSU) that meet the
definition of sacred objects and objects
of 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 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
History and Description of the Cultural
Items
On an unknown date, a basket (item
1–2–6/20; 1–3–24/72; 1–3-(38)/5; I–III–
15) was donated to the San Francisco
State University (SFSU) Treganza
Anthropology Museum. There are no
records at the Treganza Anthropology
Museum concerning the acquisition of
this item. The three-rod, closed coiled
basket has a globular bowl, measures 13
cm in height and 23 cm in diameter, is
made of willow, sedge, bulrush root,
and bracken fern, and is decorated with
feathers, trade beads, and clam shell
disk beads. The use of trade beads to
ornament a three-rod coiled basket was
characteristic of Dry Creek Pomo
weavers. Based on consultation with the
Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo
Indians, California (previously listed as
the Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo
Indians of California) and other
ethnographic research, the basket is an
object of cultural patrimony, identified
as a gift basket created for an important
occasion, and is an item of cultural
patrimony.
On an unknown date, a basket (item
1–3–/80; (A73)) was donated to the
SFSU Treganza Anthropology Museum.
There are no records at the Treganza
Anthropology Museum concerning the
acquisition of this item. The closed
twined basket has a globular bowl,
measures 25 cm in height and 34 cm in
diameter, and is made of willow, sedge,
conifer root, and bracken fern root. The
specific design techniques and elements
used in this basket were characteristic of
Dry Creek Pomo weavers. Based on
consultation with the Dry Creek
Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians,
California (previously listed as the Dry
Creek Rancheria of Pomo Indians of
California), and other ethnographic
research, the object is a cooking basket
used with the traditional stone boiling
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-19770; PCU00RP14.R50000-PPWOCRDN0]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects, 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 associated funerary objects
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 and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request to the Bureau of Indian
Affairs. 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 Bureau of Indian Affairs at the address
in this notice by January 11, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, Museum Program Manager/NAGPRA Coordinator, U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220 Sunrise
Valley Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390-6343,
email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov.
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 under the control of the U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in the
physical custody of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University (Peabody Museum), Cambridge, MA. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were removed from Burns Township,
Shiawassee County, MI.
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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs professional staff
in consultation with representatives of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1915, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals
were
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removed from a site three miles northwest of Byron, Burns Township,
Shiawassee County, MI. The human remains were removed by Arthur W.
Carpenter as part of a Peabody Museum expedition to investigate the
historic Ojibwe Reservation of Keetchewaundaugnink. Mr. Carpenter
donated these human remains--one of an adult male and the other of a
child of indeterminate sex--to the Peabody Museum in 1915. No known
individuals were identified. The three associated funerary objects are
a porcupine skull and mandible, a faunal remain, and a wood fragment.
Peabody Museum records describe the site three miles northwest of
Byron, MI, as ``Mound 1'' and ``Ojibwa Historic Burial Site,
Keetchewaundaugnink Reservation.'' The reservation encompasses a
village site of the same name that was established circa 1810. The
reservation itself was established by the Treaty of Saginaw in
September 1819, and ceded in 1837 after a small pox epidemic. The
presence of mounds and graves near the Keetchewaundaugnink village site
are known from historic accounts. An early written history of
Shiawassee County indicates that a large cemetery was known to be
associated with the Keetchewaundaugnink village. Consultation with
representatives of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan
indicates that the Keetchewaundaugnink Reservation was an early
reservation of the Saginaw Chippewa in the historic period.
Determinations Made by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs
Officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian
Affairs 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(3)(A), the three 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 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 associated funerary objects and the Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan.
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 Anna Pardo, Museum Program Manager/NAGPRA
Coordinator, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA 20191, telephone
(703) 390-6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov, by January 11, 2016. After
that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan may proceed.
The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs is
responsible for notifying the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan
that this notice has been published.
Dated: November 12, 2015.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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