Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, 51867-51868 [2017-24233]
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In the Federal Register (79 FR 43775,
July 28, 2014), column 3, paragraph 2,
under the heading ‘‘Determinations
Made by Tuzigoot National Monument,’’
is corrected by substituting the
following paragraphs:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 51
individuals of Native American ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the two
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. The National Park Service intends
to convey the associated funerary objects to
the Tribes pursuant to 54 U.S.C. 102503(g)
through (i) and 54 U.S.C 102504.
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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 object should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Dorothy FireCloud,
Superintendent, Tuzigoot National
Monument, P.O. Box 219, Camp Verde,
AZ 86322, telephone (928) 567–5276,
email dorothy_firecloud@nps.gov, by
December 8, 2017. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Ak Chin Indian
Community (previously listed as the Ak
Chin Indian Community of the
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,
Arizona); Apache Tribe of Oklahoma;
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation,
Arizona; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma; Gila River Indian
Community of the Gila River Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Hualapai Indian Tribe of the
Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona;
Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico;
Mescalero Apache Tribe of the
Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico;
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos
Apache Tribe of the San Carlos
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
Nation of Arizona; Tonto Apache Tribe
of Arizona; White Mountain Apache
Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation,
Arizona; Yavapai-Apache Nation of the
Camp Verde Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe
(previously listed as the YavapaiPrescott Tribe of the Yavapai
Reservation, Arizona); and Zuni Tribe of
the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’)
may proceed.
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Tuzigoot National Monument is
responsible for notifying The Tribes that
this notice has been published.
Dated: September 21, 2017
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024154;
PCU00RP14.R50000–PPWOCRDN0]
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 no cultural affiliation between
the human remains and associated
funerary objects and any present-day
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. 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 Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations stated in this
notice may proceed.
DATES: 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
December 8, 2017.
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.
SUMMARY:
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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. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from a site in the
southern portion of the Blackfeet Indian
Reservation of Montana, Glacier County,
MT.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
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
Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian
Reservation of Montana.
History and Description of the Remains
In September of 1961, human remains
representing, at minimum, four
individuals were removed by Thomas
Kehoe, Archeologist and Curator of the
Museum of the Plains Indian, from a site
in Glacier County, MT. At the time of
this surface removal, the Museum of the
Plains Indian was a part of the Bureau
of Indian Affairs, and Kehoe had been
conducting extensive archeological
surveys throughout the Blackfeet Indian
Reservation. A note found in the box
with these items states, ‘‘Surface burial
found in Southern portion of Blackfeet
Reservation, CUA, 9/61.’’ The human
remains have continued to be housed at
the Museum since being collected. No
known individuals were identified. The
41 associated funerary objects are 5
small wooden ladders, 4 spoons, 1
partial key, 1 bullet press, 1 iron, 1
ladle, 1 enamel tin cup, 2 belt buckles,
1 scissors blade, 1 bucket part, 16 beads,
and 7 brass buttons.
Determinations Made by the Bureau of
Indian Affairs
Officials of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on biological
and historical evidence.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of four
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individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 41 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), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects and any
present-day Indian Tribe.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (15), the
land from which the Native American
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed is the tribal land
of the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet
Indian Reservation of Montana.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects may be to
the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet
Indian Reservation of Montana.
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 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
December 8, 2017. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Blackfeet Tribe of the
Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana
may proceed.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is
responsible for notifying the Blackfeet
Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian
Reservation of Montana that this notice
has been published.
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Dated: September 14, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
History and Description of the Cultural
Items
National Park Service
In 1898, the New York State Museum
(hereafter ‘‘Museum’’) acquired three
wooden medicine masks from Harriet
Maxwell Converse of New York City,
NY. Two of the cultural items were
obtained on the Cattaraugus Reservation
(E–37059, E–37623), and one was
acquired at Salamanca, NY (E–37048).
In 1905, Arthur C. Parker, Museum
ethnologist and archeologist, acquired
two wooden medicine masks from the
Cattaraugus Reservation for the
Museum. Parker reported one of the
masks, made of wood and rabbit skin,
was used to expel the causes of venereal
disease (E–36897). The other reportedly
represented Ganuska, the Stone Giant,
and was purchased from Nancy Cook
through Mrs. A. C. Parker (E–36928).
In 1908, Arthur C. Parker obtained
four wooden medicine masks for the
Museum from Delos Kettle of Lawton,
NY. Parker attributed three of the
medicine masks to the I’dos Society (E–
36864, E–36865, E–36866). A fourth
medicine mask was unattributed (E–
37022).
In June of 1909, Arthur C. Parker
commissioned one partially carved
medicine mask for the Museum to be
made on the Cattaraugus Reservation
(E–36917). The face was carved on the
trunk of a basswood tree by a man
named either Jonas or Green, with Delos
Kettle in attendance.
In 1910, Arthur C. Parker acquired
two cornhusk medicine masks on the
Cattaraugus Reservation in New York
for the Museum (E–36922A, E–36922B).
In 1933, Willard A. Gibson of
Salamanca, NY, donated one cultural
item to the Museum. The item is a
cornhusk medicine mask that was given
to him by Louis Plummer at Allegany,
NY (E–37965).
In 1956, the Museum purchased two
cultural items from the Logan Museum
of Anthropology at Beloit College, WI.
The cultural items were part of a larger
collection made by Albert Green Heath.
One of the cultural items is a wooden
medicine mask that Heath purchased
from Wilson Stevens on the Cattaraugus
Reservation (E–50315). The other is a
miniature cornhusk medicine mask that
he obtained from Delos Big Kettle at
Lawtons, NY, in 1912 (E–50312).
Traditional religious leaders of the
Seneca Nation of Indians (previously
listed as the Seneca Nation of New
York) have identified these 15 medicine
faces as being needed for the practice of
traditional Native American religions by
present-day adherents. Museum
documentation, supported by oral
evidence presented during consultation
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: New York State Museum,
Albany, NY
AGENCY:
ACTION:
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
The New York State Museum,
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 sacred objects. 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
New York State Museum. 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.
SUMMARY:
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 New York State Museum at the
address in this notice by December 8,
2017.
DATES:
Lisa Anderson, New York
State Museum, 3049 Cultural Education
Center, Albany, NY 12230, telephone
(518) 486–2020, email lisa.anderson@
nysed.gov.
ADDRESSES:
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 New York
State Museum, Albany, NY, 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 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:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0024154; 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 no cultural
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects
and any present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations.
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 Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: 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 December 8, 2017.
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. The human
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from a site in the
southern portion of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana,
Glacier County, MT.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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 Blackfeet Tribe of
the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana.
History and Description of the Remains
In September of 1961, human remains representing, at minimum, four
individuals were removed by Thomas Kehoe, Archeologist and Curator of
the Museum of the Plains Indian, from a site in Glacier County, MT. At
the time of this surface removal, the Museum of the Plains Indian was a
part of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Kehoe had been conducting
extensive archeological surveys throughout the Blackfeet Indian
Reservation. A note found in the box with these items states, ``Surface
burial found in Southern portion of Blackfeet Reservation, CUA, 9/61.''
The human remains have continued to be housed at the Museum since being
collected. No known individuals were identified. The 41 associated
funerary objects are 5 small wooden ladders, 4 spoons, 1 partial key, 1
bullet press, 1 iron, 1 ladle, 1 enamel tin cup, 2 belt buckles, 1
scissors blade, 1 bucket part, 16 beads, and 7 brass buttons.
Determinations Made by the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on biological and historical
evidence.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of four
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individuals of Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 41 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), a relationship of shared
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day
Indian Tribe.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (15), the land from which the
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed is the tribal land of the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet
Indian Reservation of Montana.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to the Blackfeet
Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana.
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 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 December 8, 2017. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Blackfeet Tribe of
the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana may proceed.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is responsible for notifying the
Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana that
this notice has been published.
Dated: September 14, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-24233 Filed 11-7-17; 8:45 am]
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