Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Fort Worth, TX, 40802-40803 [2017-18185]
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which refers to the ancient sites,
pottery, stone tools, petroglyphs, and
other artifacts left behind by the
ancestors as ‘‘Hopi Footprints.’’ This
migration history is complex and
detailed, and includes traditions
relating specific clans to the Mogollon
region. Hopi cultural advisors have also
identified medicinal and culinary plants
at archeological sites in the region.
Their knowledge about these plants was
passed down to them from the ancestors
who inhabited these ancient sites.
Migration is also an important attribute
of Zuni oral tradition and includes
accounts of Zuni ancestors passing
through the Upland Mogollon region.
The ancient villages mark the routes of
these migrations. Zuni cultural advisors
remark that the ancient sites were not
abandoned. People returned to these
places from time to time, either to
reoccupy them or for religious
pilgrimages—a practice that has
continued to the present day.
Archeologists have found ceramic
evidence at shrines in the Upland
Mogollon region that confirms these
reports. Zuni cultural advisors have
names for plants endemic to the
Mogollon region that do not grow on the
Zuni Reservation. They also have
knowledge about traditional medicinal
and ceremonial uses for these resources,
which has been passed down to them
from their ancestors. Furthermore, Hopi
and Zuni cultural advisors have
recognized that their ancestors may
have been co-resident at some of the
sites in this region during their ancestral
migrations.
There are differing points of view
regarding the possible presence of
Apache people in the Upland Mogollon
region during the time that these sites
were occupied. Some Apache traditions
describe interactions with Ancestral
Pueblo people during this time, but
according to these stories, Puebloan
people and Apache people were
regarded as having separate identities.
The White Mountain Apache Tribe of
the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona,
does not claim cultural affiliation with
the human remains and associated
funerary objects from this site. As
reported by Welch and Ferguson (2005),
consultations between the White
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort
Apache Reservation, Arizona, and the
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico &
Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico;
and Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico,
have indicated that that none of these
Tribes wish to pursue claims of
affiliation with sites on White Mountain
Apache Tribal lands. Finally, the White
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort
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Apache Reservation, Arizona, supports
the repatriation of human remains and
associated funerary objects from these
sites and is ready to assist the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, in their
reburial.
Determinations Made by the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, and the Arizona State
Museum, University of Arizona
Officials of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs and Arizona State Museum have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the 2,544 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
and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation,
New Mexico.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Anna Pardo, NAGPRA Coordinator,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Reston, 12220
Sunrise Valley Drive, VA 20191,
telephone (703) 390–6343, email
anna.pardo@bia.gov, by September 27,
2017. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the unassociated funerary
objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico may proceed.
The Arizona State Museum is
responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; White Mountain Apache
Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation,
Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico, that this
notice has been published.
Dated: July 11, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23695;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: The Fort Worth Museum of
Science and History, Fort Worth, TX
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Fort Worth Museum of
Science and History, in consultation
with the appropriate Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations, has
determined that the cultural items listed
in this notice meet the definition of
objects of cultural patrimony. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request to The
Fort Worth Museum of Science and
History. If no additional claimants come
forward, transfer of control of the
cultural items 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
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
The Fort Worth Museum of Science and
History at the address in this notice by
September 27, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Chanin Voss Scanlon, The
Fort Worth Museum of Science and
History, 1600 Gendy Street, Fort Worth,
TX 76107, telephone (817) 255–9300,
email cscanlon@fwmsh.org.
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 Fort
Worth Museum of Science and History
that meet the definition of 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.
SUMMARY:
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History and Description of the Cultural
Item
On February 15, 1978, The Fort Worth
Museum of Science and History
acquired one yucca, stair-step basket,
object identification number 31N.00139,
from Lew Meekins. No other
provenance information is available.
Museum accession and catalog
records, as well as consultations with a
representative of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria Tachi Tribe, in Lemoore, CA,
indicated that the basket is of Yokut
design, and would have been utilized
during the Tribe’s Traditional Coming of
Age Ceremonies. The representative of
the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Tribe
also provided supporting ethnographic
documentation for the cultural
significance of the object.
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Determinations Made by The Fort
Worth Museum of Science and History
Officials of The Fort Worth Museum
of Science and History have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D),
the 1 cultural item 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.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the object of cultural patrimony
and the Santa Rosa Indian Community
of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Chanin Voss Scanlon, The Fort Worth
Museum of Science and History, 1600
Gendy Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107,
telephone (817) 255–9300, email
cscanlon@fwmsh.org, by September 27,
2017. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the object of cultural
patrimony to the Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California, may proceed.
The Fort Worth Museum of Science
and History is responsible for notifying
the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California, that
this notice has been published.
Dated: July 3, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23751;
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Tennessee Valley Authority,
Knoxville, TN
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA), in consultation with
the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, has determined
that the cultural items listed in this
notice meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects. Further,
TVA has determined that a cultural
affiliation between the unassociated
funerary objects and present-day
federally recognized Indian Tribes can
be reasonably traced. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request to TVA.
If no additional claimants come
forward, transfer of control of the
cultural items 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
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
TVA at the address in this notice by
September 27, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA,
400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11D,
Knoxville, TN 37902–1401, telephone
(865) 632–7458, email tomaher@tva.gov.
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
Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville,
TN, which 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.
SUMMARY:
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History and Description of the Cultural
Items
On September 28, 1938, two cultural
items were removed from the Laws site
(1MS100) on Pine Island in Marshall
County, AL, after TVA acquired the land
on April 21, 1937. There appear to have
been at least four occupations at site
1MS100: A pre-ceramic period with
steatite vessels; a village period with
limestone-tempered pottery during the
Flint River phase (A.D. 500–1000); a late
Mississippian occupation with shelltempered ceramics and rectilinear wall
trench structures (Crow Creek phase,
A.D. 1500–1700); and burials with EuroAmerican trade goods (circa A.D. 1670–
1715). The two unassociated funerary
objects are one brass pendant and one
brass ring.
Excavation records from site 1MS100
indicated that these two unassociated
funerary objects were found in burial
unit 1 with the fragmentary remains of
a child. The human remains are no
longer present. The brass ring found in
burial unit 1 is similar to the brass rings
found in burial units 17 and 40 of the
same site which were also child burials.
In a separate Notice of Inventory
Completion, the human remains from
burial units 17 and 40 have been
culturally affiliated to Native American
descendants of the Koasati/Kaskinampo.
These descendants include the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe
of Louisiana; and The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation.
On November 29, 1937, two
unassociated funerary objects were
excavated from burial unit 6 at site
1MS121 on Pine Island in Marshall
County, AL, after TVA purchased the
land on April 19, 1937. There were
excavations in both the village and
adjacent mound. There are no
radiocarbon dates for this site. Artifacts
recovered from the site indicate both a
Woodland and Mississippian
occupation. The two unassociated
funerary objects are one Barton Incised
jar and one Bell Plain carinated bowl.
Both ceramic vessels are from the
Mississippian period.
Excavation documents indicate that
burial unit 6 did contain human
remains, with these funerary objects
placed near the head of the individual.
These human remains are no longer
present. The unassociated funerary
objects are similar to those found in
burial units 2, 4, and 5 of the same site.
In a separate Notice of Inventory
Completion, the human remains from
burial units 2, 4, and 5 have been
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23695; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Fort Worth
Museum of Science and History, Fort Worth, TX
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, in consultation
with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations,
has determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the
definition of objects of cultural patrimony. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request to The Fort Worth Museum of Science and
History. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control
of the cultural items 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
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to The Fort Worth Museum of Science
and History at the address in this notice by September 27, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Chanin Voss Scanlon, The Fort Worth Museum of Science and
History, 1600 Gendy Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107, telephone (817) 255-
9300, email cscanlon@fwmsh.org.
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 Fort Worth Museum of Science and History that meet the
definition of 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.
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History and Description of the Cultural Item
On February 15, 1978, The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
acquired one yucca, stair-step basket, object identification number
31N.00139, from Lew Meekins. No other provenance information is
available.
Museum accession and catalog records, as well as consultations with
a representative of the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Tribe, in Lemoore,
CA, indicated that the basket is of Yokut design, and would have been
utilized during the Tribe's Traditional Coming of Age Ceremonies. The
representative of the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Tribe also provided
supporting ethnographic documentation for the cultural significance of
the object.
Determinations Made by The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
Officials of The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History have
determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the 1 cultural item
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.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the object
of cultural patrimony and the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa
Rosa Rancheria, California.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim
these cultural items should submit a written request with information
in support of the claim to Chanin Voss Scanlon, The Fort Worth Museum
of Science and History, 1600 Gendy Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107,
telephone (817) 255-9300, email cscanlon@fwmsh.org, by September 27,
2017. After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward,
transfer of control of the object of cultural patrimony to the Santa
Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California, may
proceed.
The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History is responsible for
notifying the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria,
California, that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 3, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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