Notice of Inventory Completion: Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, and Museum of the Rockies at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 45653-45654 [2018-19540]
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97403–1224, telephone (541) 346–5120,
email endzweig@uoregon.edu.
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 University of Oregon Museum of
Natural and Cultural History, Eugene,
OR. The human remains were removed
from Hotchkiss Mound, Contra Costa
County, CA.
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.
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Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the University of
Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural
History professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk
Indians of California; Chicken Ranch
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Jackson Band of Miwuk
Indians (previously listed as the Jackson
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California); Kletsel Dehe Band of
Wintun Indians (previously listed as the
Cortina Indian Rancheria and the
Cortina Indian Rancheria of Wintun
Indians of California); Picayune
Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of
California; Shingle Springs Band of
Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California;
Table Mountain Rancheria (previously
listed as the Table Mountain Rancheria
of California); Tule River Indian Tribe of
the Tule River Reservation, California;
and Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians
of the Tuolumne Rancheria of
California, hereafter referred to as ‘‘The
Tribes.’’
History and Description of the Remains
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from
Hotchkiss Mound in the lower
Sacramento Valley, Contra Costa
County, CA. It is unknown who
originally donated the human remains
to the museum. Accession records
attribute the human remains to
Hotchkiss Mound. Although there is no
documentation regarding the transfer of
the human remains to the Museum, it is
likely that they were donated by the
archeologist Robert F. Heizer, who
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donated several other items from this
area to the Museum in the 1940s. The
human remains consist of an adult male.
No known individuals were identified.
No associated funerary objects are
present.
Historical documents, ethnographic
sources, and oral history indicate that
the Plains Miwok and Northern Valley
Yokuts have occupied this area of the
Lower Sacramento Valley since
precontact times. Based on
archeological context and skeletal
evidence, the individual was
determined to be of Native American
ancestry and Plains Miwok and/or
Northern Valley Yokuts. The Plains
Miwok and Northern Valley Yokuts are
represented today by The Tribes.
Determinations Made by the University
of Oregon Museum of Natural and
Cultural History
Officials of the University of Oregon
Museum of Natural and Cultural History
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 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 request transfer of control
of these human remains should submit
a written request with information in
support of the request to Dr. Pamela
Endzweig, Director of Collections,
Museum of Natural and Cultural
History, 1224 University of Oregon,
Eugene, OR 97403–1224, telephone
(541) 346–5120, email endzweig@
uoregon.edu, by October 10, 2018. After
that date, if no additional requestors
have come forward, transfer of control
of the human remains to The Tribes may
proceed.
The University of Oregon Museum of
Natural and Cultural History is
responsible for notifying The Tribes that
this notice has been published.
Dated: August 3, 2018.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026130;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RPI4.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Alfred
W. Bowers Laboratory of
Anthropology, University of Idaho,
Moscow, ID, and Museum of the
Rockies at Montana State University,
Bozeman, MT
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Alfred W. Bowers
Laboratory of Anthropology at the
University of Idaho (‘‘Alfred W. Bowers
Laboratory of Anthropology’’) and the
Museum of the Rockies at Montana
State University (‘‘Museum of the
Rockies’’) have completed an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects in consultation with the
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, and have
determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and associated funerary objects and
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 Alfred W. Bowers
Laboratory of Anthropology or the
Museum of the Rockies. 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 Alfred W. Bowers
Laboratory of Anthropology or Museum
of the Rockies at the address in this
notice by October 10, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Leah Evans-Janke, Alfred
W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology,
875 Perimeter Drive, MS 4023, Moscow,
ID 83844–4023, telephone (208) 885–
1771, email leahe@uidaho.edu, or Lisa
Verwys, Museum of the Rockies, 600
West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman, MT
59717, telephone (406) 994–6622, email
lisa.verwys@montana.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
SUMMARY:
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 175 / Monday, September 10, 2018 / Notices
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003, of the completion of an inventory
of human remains under the control of
the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of
Anthropology, Moscow, ID, and of
associated funerary objects under the
control of the Museum of the Rockies,
Bozeman, MT. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from Park 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.
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Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Alfred W.
Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology and
the Museum of the Rockies professional
staff in consultation with
representatives of the Blackfeet Tribe of
the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of
Montana; Confederated Salish and
Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead
Reservation; Fort Belknap Indian
Community of the Fort Belknap
Reservation of Montana; Nez Perce
Tribe (previously listed as the Nez Perce
Tribe of Idaho); and Northern Cheyenne
Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian
Reservation, Montana. The Assiniboine
and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation, Montana; Chippewa Cree
Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation,
Montana (previously listed as the
Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky
Boy’s Reservation, Montana); and Crow
Tribe of Montana were invited to
consult, but did not participate
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Invited
and Consulted Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
In 1929, human remains representing,
at minimum, two individuals were
removed from a small cave in Park
County, MT, by a private citizen. On
November 1, 1988, the private citizen
donated the human remains and objects
to the Museum of the Rockies. Later that
month, Carolyn A. Purcell, Museum of
the Rockies Registrar, transferred the
human remains to Dr. Roderick Sprague,
Director of the Alfred W. Bowers
Laboratory of Anthropology. The
associated funerary objects were
retained by the Museum of the Rockies.
The human remains consist of a right
and left female innominate and a right
male humerus. No known individuals
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were identified. The eight associated
funerary objects are six flaked stone
projectile points, one flaked stone drill
or knife, and one digging stick of pine
or spruce.
At the time of the excavation and
removal of these human remains and
associated funerary objects, the land
from which the remains and objects
were removed was not the tribal land of
any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization. In January 2018, Alfred W.
Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology and
Museum of the Rockies invited the
Crow Tribe of Montana, who is
recognized as aboriginal to the area from
which these Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed, to consult. The Crow
Tribe of Montana did not participate in
consultation and did not agree to accept
control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects. In April
2018, the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory
of Anthropology and Museum of the
Rockies agreed to transfer control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Blackfeet Tribe of the
Blackfeet Indian Reservation of
Montana; Confederated Salish and
Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead
Reservation; Fort Belknap Indian
Community of the Fort Belknap
Reservation of Montana; Nez Perce
Tribe (previously listed as the Nez Perce
Tribe of Idaho); and Northern Cheyenne
Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian
Reservation, Montana.
Determinations Made by the Alfred W.
Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology
and the Museum of the Rockies
Officials of the Alfred W. Bowers
Laboratory of Anthropology and
Museum of the Rockies have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on the
associated funerary objects found with
them.
• 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 eight 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.
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• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(i),
the disposition of the human remains
and associated funerary objects may be
to the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet
Indian Reservation of Montana;
Confederated Salish and Kootenai
Tribes of the Flathead Reservation; Fort
Belknap Indian Community of the Fort
Belknap Reservation of Montana; Nez
Perce Tribe (previously listed as the Nez
Perce Tribe of Idaho); and Northern
Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern
Cheyenne Indian Reservation, 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 Leah Evans-Janke, Alfred W.
Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology, 875
Perimeter Drive, MS 4023, Moscow, ID
83844–4023, telephone (208) 885–1771,
email leahe@uidaho.edu, or Lisa
Verwys, Museum of the Rockies, 600
West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman, MT
59717, telephone (406) 994–6622, email
lisa.verwys@montana.edu, by October
10, 2018. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to Blackfeet Tribe of the
Blackfeet Indian Reservation of
Montana; Confederated Salish and
Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead
Reservation; Fort Belknap Indian
Community of the Fort Belknap
Reservation of Montana; Nez Perce
Tribe (previously listed as the Nez Perce
Tribe of Idaho); and Northern Cheyenne
Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian
Reservation, Montana, may proceed.
The Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of
Anthropology and Museum of the
Rockies are responsible for notifying
The Invited and Consulted Tribes that
this notice has been published.
Dated: July 25, 2018.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0026130; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RPI4.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of
Anthropology, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, and Museum of the
Rockies at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology at the
University of Idaho (``Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology'')
and the Museum of the Rockies at Montana State University (``Museum of
the Rockies'') have completed an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects in consultation with the appropriate Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and have determined that there
is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated
funerary objects and 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 Alfred W. Bowers
Laboratory of Anthropology or the Museum of the Rockies. 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 Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology or
Museum of the Rockies at the address in this notice by October 10,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Leah Evans-Janke, Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of
Anthropology, 875 Perimeter Drive, MS 4023, Moscow, ID 83844-4023,
telephone (208) 885-1771, email [email protected], or Lisa Verwys,
Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman, MT 59717,
telephone (406) 994-6622, email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
[[Page 45654]]
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an
inventory of human remains under the control of the Alfred W. Bowers
Laboratory of Anthropology, Moscow, ID, and of associated funerary
objects under the control of the Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, MT.
The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
Park 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 Alfred
W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology and the Museum of the Rockies
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the
Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana;
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation;
Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of
Montana; Nez Perce Tribe (previously listed as the Nez Perce Tribe of
Idaho); and Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian
Reservation, Montana. The Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck
Indian Reservation, Montana; Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's
Reservation, Montana (previously listed as the Chippewa-Cree Indians of
the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana); and Crow Tribe of Montana were
invited to consult, but did not participate (hereafter referred to as
``The Invited and Consulted Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
In 1929, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals
were removed from a small cave in Park County, MT, by a private
citizen. On November 1, 1988, the private citizen donated the human
remains and objects to the Museum of the Rockies. Later that month,
Carolyn A. Purcell, Museum of the Rockies Registrar, transferred the
human remains to Dr. Roderick Sprague, Director of the Alfred W. Bowers
Laboratory of Anthropology. The associated funerary objects were
retained by the Museum of the Rockies. The human remains consist of a
right and left female innominate and a right male humerus. No known
individuals were identified. The eight associated funerary objects are
six flaked stone projectile points, one flaked stone drill or knife,
and one digging stick of pine or spruce.
At the time of the excavation and removal of these human remains
and associated funerary objects, the land from which the remains and
objects were removed was not the tribal land of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization. In January 2018, Alfred W. Bowers
Laboratory of Anthropology and Museum of the Rockies invited the Crow
Tribe of Montana, who is recognized as aboriginal to the area from
which these Native American human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed, to consult. The Crow Tribe of Montana did not
participate in consultation and did not agree to accept control of the
human remains and associated funerary objects. In April 2018, the
Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology and Museum of the Rockies
agreed to transfer control of the human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of
Montana; Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead
Reservation; Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap
Reservation of Montana; Nez Perce Tribe (previously listed as the Nez
Perce Tribe of Idaho); and Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern
Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana.
Determinations Made by the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology
and the Museum of the Rockies
Officials of the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology and
Museum of the Rockies have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on the associated funerary
objects found with them.
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 eight 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 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(i), the disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to the Blackfeet
Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana; Confederated
Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation; Fort Belknap
Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana; Nez Perce
Tribe (previously listed as the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho); and Northern
Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, 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 Leah
Evans-Janke, Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology, 875 Perimeter
Drive, MS 4023, Moscow, ID 83844-4023, telephone (208) 885-1771, email
[email protected], or Lisa Verwys, Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy
Boulevard, Bozeman, MT 59717, telephone (406) 994-6622, email
[email protected], by October 10, 2018. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to Blackfeet Tribe of the
Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana; Confederated Salish and
Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation; Fort Belknap Indian
Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana; Nez Perce Tribe
(previously listed as the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho); and Northern
Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana,
may proceed.
The Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology and Museum of the
Rockies are responsible for notifying The Invited and Consulted Tribes
that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 25, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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