Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: La Plata County Historical Society, Durango, CO, 14497-14498 [2018-06834]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0025170;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items: La Plata County Historical
Society, Durango, CO
AGENCY:
ACTION:
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
The La Plata County
Historical Society, 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. 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
La Plata County Historical Society. 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 La Plata County Historical Society at
the address in this notice by May 4,
2018.
DATES:
Kathy McKenzie, Board
President, La Plata County Historical
Society, 3065 W 2nd Avenue, Durango,
CO 81301, telephone (970) 259–2402,
email director@animasmuseum.org.
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 La Plata
County Historical Society, Durango, CO,
that 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.
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History and Description of the Cultural
Items
Between 1951 and 1971, 117
unassociated funerary objects were
removed from 31 archeological sites
within Dolores, La Plata, and
Montezuma Counties in Colorado and
San Juan and Rio Arriba Counties in
New Mexico. They were excavated by
George F. Stewart, an amateur
archeologist and private collector from
La Plata County, CO, who donated most
of his collection to the La Plata County
Historical Society in 1978. These
unassociated funerary objects are all
from Ancestral Puebloan sites dating
from the Basketmaker III (A.D. 500) to
the Pueblo III (A.D. 1300) periods. These
objects include 107 ceramic objects (54
bowls, 16 jars, 13 pitchers, 7 seed jars,
6 ladles, 5 ollas, 4 pipes, and 2 dippers).
Additionally, there are 2 stone
pendants, 1 stone pipe, 1 flake, 1
concretion, 1 sandstone bowl, 1 bone
awl, 1 bone bead, and 2 unidentifiable
objects.
Between 1934 and 1936, one
unassociated funerary object was
removed from archeological site Ignacio
15:51, in the vicinity of Blue Mesa
immediately south of the City of
Durango, in La Plata County, CO. It was
excavated by I.E. ‘‘Zeke’’ Flora, an
avocational archeologist in the Durango
area who then gave it to Helen Sloan
Daniels for display in the Durango
Public Library until it was donated to
the La Plata County Historical Society in
1989. The one unassociated funerary
object is a Rosa Black-on-White bowl
and most likely belongs to the Pueblo I
period in the Durango area (A.D. 700–
850).
At an unknown time but between
1973 and 1985, one unassociated
funerary object was removed from
Morris 41 (LA5631), a large
archeological site in San Juan County,
NM. The previous owner of the
property, Jon Pomeroy, was known to
have bulldozed the site and donated a
collection of artifacts to the La Plata
County Historical Society in 1985. The
one unassociated funerary object is a
Mesa Verde Black-on-White ceramic
mug and dates to the Pueblo III time
period (A.D. 1050–1300) in
northwestern New Mexico.
In summary, these 119 unassociated
funerary objects were removed from
archeological sites within southwest
Colorado and northwest New Mexico.
These unassociated funerary objects are
all from Ancestral Puebloan sites dating
from the Basketmaker III (A.D. 500) to
the Pueblo III (A.D. 1300) periods.
Archeological evidence indicates that
these unassociated funerary objects can
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be classified as Ancestral Pueblo, but
that no more specific cultural affiliation
can be assigned reliably enough to make
an affiliation statement to any particular
Puebloan group. Cultural affiliation
studies consulted include those from
Mesa Verde, Navajo Reservoir, Canyons
of the Ancients, and Animas La Plata.
The preponderance of geographical,
kinship, archeological, biological,
linguistic, oral tradition, folklore, and
ethnohistorical and/or historic
evidence, as well as expert opinion,
supports the conclusion that Ancestral
Puebloan sites are culturally affiliated
with modern Puebloan Tribes.
The possibility of shared group
identity between the Athapaskanspeaking tribes of the Southwest (Navajo
and Jicarilla Apache) and Ancestral
Puebloans, as well as the Ute tribes and
Ancestral Puebloans was also
considered, but cultural affiliation was
not supported by a preponderance of
evidence. The Athapaskan-speaking
Tribes of the Southwest have
geographic, folklore, oral tradition,
ethnohistorical, and/or historical ties to
the area. Cross-cultural influences and
intermarriage with Pueblos also support
a relationship of shared group identity
between Athapaskan and Pueblo groups.
However, current archeological
evidence does not support a common
Athapaskan and Pueblo origin prior to
about A.D. 1500. Thus, from an
archeological perspective, the evidence
does not support cultural affiliation for
the Athapaskan-speaking Tribes with
these Basketmaker and Pueblo period
unassociated funerary objects. The
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, the Ute
Mountain Ute Tribe, and the Ute Indian
Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray
Reservation have geographic,
ethnohistorical, and/or historical ties to
the area and linguistic ties to the Hopi
tribe. Intermarriage with Pueblo peoples
is also recognized as a potential link
between these groups. However, the
body of evidence does not collectively
support a common Ute and Pueblo
origin. Therefore, a preponderance of
evidence does not support cultural
affiliation for the contemporary Ute
tribes with these Basketmaker and
Pueblo period unassociated funerary
objects.
Determinations Made by the La Plata
County Historical Society, Durango, CO
Officials of the La Plata County
Historical Society have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the 119 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
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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;
Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico (previously
listed as the Pueblo of Santo Domingo);
Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico
(previously listed as the Pueblo of San
Juan); Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico;
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (previously listed
as the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas);
and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico, hereafter
referred to as ‘‘The Tribes.’’
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
Kathy McKenzie, Board President, La
Plata County Historical Society, 3065 W.
2nd Avenue, Durango, CO 81301,
telephone (970) 259–2402, email
director@animasmuseum.org, by May 4,
2018. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the unassociated funerary
objects to The Tribes may proceed.
The La Plata County Historical
Society is responsible for notifying The
Tribes that this notice has been
published.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion: West
Virginia Division of Culture and
History, Charleston, WV
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The West Virginia Division of
Culture and History (WVDCH) 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 WVDCH. 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 WVDCH at the address in
this notice by May 4, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Caryn Gresham, Deputy
Commissioner, West Virginia Division
of Culture and History, 1900 Kanawha
Boulevard East, Charleston WV 25305–
0300, telephone (304) 558–0220, email
caryn.s.gresham@wv.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
WVDCH, Charleston, WV. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from the Buffalo Site
(46PU31), Putnam County, WV.
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,
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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 WVDCH
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Absentee–
Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Cayuga Nation; Cherokee Nation;
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware
Tribe of Indians; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee
Tribe of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of
Nebraska; Seneca Nation of Indians
(previously listed as the Seneca Nation
of New York); Shawnee Tribe; The
Osage Nation (previously listed as the
Osage Tribe); The Quapaw Tribe of
Indians; Tonawanda Band of Seneca
(previously listed as the Tonawanda
Band of Seneca Indians of New York);
Tuscarora Nation; and United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma. An invitation to consult was
also extended to the Catawba Indian
Nation (aka Catawba Tribe of South
Carolina); Kaw Nation, Oklahoma;
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Omaha Tribe
of Nebraska; Oneida Nation (previously
listed as the Oneida Tribe of Indians of
Wisconsin); Oneida Indian Nation
(previously listed as the Oneida Nation
of New York; Onondaga Nation; Saint
Regis Mohawk Tribe (previously listed
as the St. Regis Band of Mohawk
Indians of New York); Seneca-Cayuga
Nation (previously listed as the SenecaCayuga Tribe of Oklahoma); Stockbridge
Munsee Community, Wisconsin;
Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe; and
Wyandotte Nation, hereafter referred to
as ‘‘The Consulted and Invited Tribes.’’
History and Description of the Remains
From 1963 through 1965, human
remains representing, at minimum,
1,031 individuals were removed from
the Buffalo Site, Putnam County, WV.
Union Carbide Corporation (UCC)
‘‘acquired the property in the 1960s
with the intention of building a plant at
the site. Dr. Edward V. McMichael of
the West Virginia Geologic and
Economic Survey (WVGES) Archeology
Office requested permission from UCC
to excavate at the site. In 1963, a lease
agreement was signed by UCC and the
WVGES, wherein the state of West
Virginia was given the right to all
cultural items excavated at the site.
From May through October 1963, Dr.
McMichael and a crew excavated the
site. In 1965, the site excavations
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0025170; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: La Plata County
Historical Society, Durango, CO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The La Plata County Historical Society, 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. 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 La Plata County Historical
Society. 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 La Plata County Historical
Society at the address in this notice by May 4, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Kathy McKenzie, Board President, La Plata County Historical
Society, 3065 W 2nd Avenue, Durango, CO 81301, telephone (970) 259-
2402, email [email protected].
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 La Plata County Historical Society, Durango, CO, that
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.
History and Description of the Cultural Items
Between 1951 and 1971, 117 unassociated funerary objects were
removed from 31 archeological sites within Dolores, La Plata, and
Montezuma Counties in Colorado and San Juan and Rio Arriba Counties in
New Mexico. They were excavated by George F. Stewart, an amateur
archeologist and private collector from La Plata County, CO, who
donated most of his collection to the La Plata County Historical
Society in 1978. These unassociated funerary objects are all from
Ancestral Puebloan sites dating from the Basketmaker III (A.D. 500) to
the Pueblo III (A.D. 1300) periods. These objects include 107 ceramic
objects (54 bowls, 16 jars, 13 pitchers, 7 seed jars, 6 ladles, 5
ollas, 4 pipes, and 2 dippers). Additionally, there are 2 stone
pendants, 1 stone pipe, 1 flake, 1 concretion, 1 sandstone bowl, 1 bone
awl, 1 bone bead, and 2 unidentifiable objects.
Between 1934 and 1936, one unassociated funerary object was removed
from archeological site Ignacio 15:51, in the vicinity of Blue Mesa
immediately south of the City of Durango, in La Plata County, CO. It
was excavated by I.E. ``Zeke'' Flora, an avocational archeologist in
the Durango area who then gave it to Helen Sloan Daniels for display in
the Durango Public Library until it was donated to the La Plata County
Historical Society in 1989. The one unassociated funerary object is a
Rosa Black-on-White bowl and most likely belongs to the Pueblo I period
in the Durango area (A.D. 700-850).
At an unknown time but between 1973 and 1985, one unassociated
funerary object was removed from Morris 41 (LA5631), a large
archeological site in San Juan County, NM. The previous owner of the
property, Jon Pomeroy, was known to have bulldozed the site and donated
a collection of artifacts to the La Plata County Historical Society in
1985. The one unassociated funerary object is a Mesa Verde Black-on-
White ceramic mug and dates to the Pueblo III time period (A.D. 1050-
1300) in northwestern New Mexico.
In summary, these 119 unassociated funerary objects were removed
from archeological sites within southwest Colorado and northwest New
Mexico. These unassociated funerary objects are all from Ancestral
Puebloan sites dating from the Basketmaker III (A.D. 500) to the Pueblo
III (A.D. 1300) periods. Archeological evidence indicates that these
unassociated funerary objects can be classified as Ancestral Pueblo,
but that no more specific cultural affiliation can be assigned reliably
enough to make an affiliation statement to any particular Puebloan
group. Cultural affiliation studies consulted include those from Mesa
Verde, Navajo Reservoir, Canyons of the Ancients, and Animas La Plata.
The preponderance of geographical, kinship, archeological, biological,
linguistic, oral tradition, folklore, and ethnohistorical and/or
historic evidence, as well as expert opinion, supports the conclusion
that Ancestral Puebloan sites are culturally affiliated with modern
Puebloan Tribes.
The possibility of shared group identity between the Athapaskan-
speaking tribes of the Southwest (Navajo and Jicarilla Apache) and
Ancestral Puebloans, as well as the Ute tribes and Ancestral Puebloans
was also considered, but cultural affiliation was not supported by a
preponderance of evidence. The Athapaskan-speaking Tribes of the
Southwest have geographic, folklore, oral tradition, ethnohistorical,
and/or historical ties to the area. Cross-cultural influences and
intermarriage with Pueblos also support a relationship of shared group
identity between Athapaskan and Pueblo groups. However, current
archeological evidence does not support a common Athapaskan and Pueblo
origin prior to about A.D. 1500. Thus, from an archeological
perspective, the evidence does not support cultural affiliation for the
Athapaskan-speaking Tribes with these Basketmaker and Pueblo period
unassociated funerary objects. The Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and the Ute
Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation have geographic,
ethnohistorical, and/or historical ties to the area and linguistic ties
to the Hopi tribe. Intermarriage with Pueblo peoples is also recognized
as a potential link between these groups. However, the body of evidence
does not collectively support a common Ute and Pueblo origin.
Therefore, a preponderance of evidence does not support cultural
affiliation for the contemporary Ute tribes with these Basketmaker and
Pueblo period unassociated funerary objects.
Determinations Made by the La Plata County Historical Society, Durango,
CO
Officials of the La Plata County Historical Society have determined
that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 119 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
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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; Kewa
Pueblo, New Mexico (previously listed as the Pueblo of Santo Domingo);
Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (previously listed as the Pueblo of San
Juan); Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (previously listed as
the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas); and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico, hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes.''
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 Kathy McKenzie, Board President, La Plata
County Historical Society, 3065 W. 2nd Avenue, Durango, CO 81301,
telephone (970) 259-2402, email [email protected], by May 4,
2018. After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward,
transfer of control of the unassociated funerary objects to The Tribes
may proceed.
The La Plata County Historical Society is responsible for notifying
The Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: March 5, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-06834 Filed 4-3-18; 8:45 am]
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