Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 56374-56375 [2018-24661]
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two associated funerary objects are one
ceramic bowl and one ceramic jar.
In 1933, human remains representing,
at minimum, 206 individuals were
removed from the Hazel Site (3PO6) in
Poinsett County, AR. These human
remains and associated funerary objects
were excavated by the University of
Arkansas Museum. No known
individuals were identified. The 1148
associated funerary objects are: One
abrader, three antler fragments, one
arrow point, two bone awls, one ground
stone axe, one raccoon baculum, 30
bone beads, two ceramic beads, four
crinoid beads, 435 shell beads, four bird
bone fragments, three deer bone
fragments, 118 fish bones, four
unidentified animal bone fragments, 80
bottles, 84 bowls, one piece of burned
clay, one mass of burned clay, wood and
animal bone, two pieces of charcoal, one
lot of charred plant remains including
basketry, one sample of red clay, one
sample of white clay, one burned clay
hearth, one copper ornament, two
pieces of sheet copper, one corn cob,
nine daub fragments, three ceramic
discoidals, one ear plug, six shell ear
plugs, one stone ear plug, two effigy
bottles, 12 effigy bowls, one effigy jar,
one effigy pipe, five fragments of a shell
gorget, 43 jars, one chipped stone knife,
one bone needle, one shell pendant, 21
bone pin fragments, two clay pipes, 26
mussel shell pieces, 215 pot sherds, two
soil samples, one textile fragment, one
piece of copper and textile, three beaver
teeth, three turtle shell fragments, and
two twigs. An additional 76 associated
funerary objects are currently missing
from the museum’s collections. They
are: One antler tine, one lot of charcoal
and shell, one bird bill awl, two bone
awls, six shell ear plugs, one lot of
beads, seven shell beads, two pieces of
modified animal bone, eight ceramic
bottles, 11 ceramic bowls, one lot of
charred wood and grass, one effigy
bottle, three effigy bowls, two bone
needles, one ceramic sphere, one clay
pipe, one piece of sheet copper, 19
mussel shell pieces, one pot sherd, five
ceramic vessels, and one sample of soil.
During the Mississippi period (A.D.
950–1541) in the Mississippi valley,
distinctive local groups emerge in the
archeological record that correspond in
geographical extent and cultural
cohesiveness to present-day groups that
include the Quapaw. Quapaw
communities occupied villages located
around the confluence of the Arkansas
and Mississippi Rivers at the time of
late 17th century French exploration.
Based on the archeological context for
these sites and what is presently known
about the peoples who pre-date the
historic Quapaw people, the University
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of Arkansas Museum Collections has
determined the human remains and
associated funerary objects listed here
are culturally affiliated with The
Quapaw Tribe of Indians.
Determinations Made by the University
of Arkansas Museum
Officials of the University of Arkansas
Museum have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 736
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 2,426 objects described and
included 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 Quapaw Tribe of Indians.
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 Mary Suter, University of
Arkansas Museum, Biomass Building
125, 2435 N Hatch Ave., Fayetteville,
AR 72704, telephone (479) 575–3456,
email msuter@uark.edu, by December
13, 2018. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to The Quapaw Tribe of Indians
may proceed.
The University of Arkansas Museum
Collections is responsible for notifying
The Quapaw Tribe of Indians that this
notice has been published.
Dated: October 12, 2018.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026666;
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: University of California, Davis,
Davis, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The University of California,
Davis, 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
University of California, Davis. 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 University of California, Davis at the
address in this notice by December 13,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Megon Noble, NAGPRA
Project Manager, University of
California, Davis, 433 Mrak Hall, One
Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616,
telephone (530) 752–8501, email
mnoble@ucdavis.edu.
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
University of California, Davis, Davis,
CA, 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.
SUMMARY:
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History and Description of the Cultural
Items
Sometime before 1904, 13 cultural
items were removed from a cremation
knoll on Mameluke Hill in El Dorado
County, CA. A schoolteacher and her
son removed the cultural items from the
cremation knoll and gave them to Mr. C.
Hart Merriam in 1904. In 1962, C. Hart
Merriam’s daughter sold the collections
accumulated by her father to the
University of California, Davis. The 13
unassociated funerary objects are 11 sets
of trade beads, one set of barita beads,
and one stone amulet.
C. Hart Merriam noted that the
cultural items show evidence of
burning, and were collected from a
cremation knoll. Cremation is the
historically documented burial practice
of Nisenan peoples. Merriam affiliated
the cultural items with the Nisenan.
Mameluke Hill is located in the
historically documented aboriginal
territory of the Nisenan, who are today
represented by the Ione Band of Miwok
Indians of California; Jackson Band of
Miwuk Indians (previously listed as the
Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California); Shingle Springs Band of
Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California;
United Auburn Indian Community of
the Auburn Rancheria of California; and
the Wilton Rancheria, California,
hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes.’’
The glass trade beads date to the historic
period.
Determinations Made by the University
of California, Davis
Officials of the University of
California, Davis have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the 13 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 Tribes.
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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 claim these cultural items
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Megon Noble, NAGPRA Project
Manager, University of California,
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Davis, 433 Mrak Hall, One Shields
Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, telephone
(530) 752–8501, email mnoble@
ucdavis.edu, by December 13, 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 University of California, Davis is
responsible for notifying The Tribes that
this notice has been published.
Dated: October 4, 2018.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Historic Westville, Inc., Columbus, GA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Historic Westville, Inc. 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 Historic Westville, Inc. 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 Historic Westville, Inc. at the
address in this notice by December 13,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Terra Martinez, Historic
Westville, Inc., 1130 Martin Luther King
Jr. Blvd., Columbus, GA 31906,
telephone (706) 940–0057, email office@
westville.org.
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.
3003, of the completion of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of
Historic Westville, Inc., Columbus, GA.
The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from
unknown parts of northern Georgia and
southern Tennessee.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Historic
Westville, Inc. professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of
Texas (previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); Cherokee
Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians; Poarch Band of Creek Indians
(previously listed as the Poarch Band of
Creek Indians of Alabama); Seminole
Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the
Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa
Reservations)); The Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation; The Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; and the United Keetoowah
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma,
hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Consulted
Tribes.’’
History and Description of the Remains
In 1985, human remains representing,
at minimum, four individuals were
donated to Historic Westville, Inc. along
with approximately 13,000 other Native
American artifacts and reproductions.
The collection was donated by Dr.
Austin Flint. All attempts by the staff of
Historic Westville to reach Dr. Flint or
his descendants have been
unsuccessful. Documentation of the
donation consists of a handwritten
inventory done by an appraiser
preceding the donation and a signed
deed of gift. The collection was rediscovered by current staff in 2016. The
four individuals include one subadult of
indeterminate sex based on the
mandible fragment with unerupted teeth
and three individuals of indeterminate
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0026666; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of
California, Davis, Davis, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The University of California, Davis, 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 University of California, Davis.
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 University of California,
Davis at the address in this notice by December 13, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Megon Noble, NAGPRA Project Manager, University of
California, Davis, 433 Mrak Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616,
telephone (530) 752-8501, 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 University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 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
Sometime before 1904, 13 cultural items were removed from a
cremation knoll on Mameluke Hill in El Dorado County, CA. A
schoolteacher and her son removed the cultural items from the cremation
knoll and gave them to Mr. C. Hart Merriam in 1904. In 1962, C. Hart
Merriam's daughter sold the collections accumulated by her father to
the University of California, Davis. The 13 unassociated funerary
objects are 11 sets of trade beads, one set of barita beads, and one
stone amulet.
C. Hart Merriam noted that the cultural items show evidence of
burning, and were collected from a cremation knoll. Cremation is the
historically documented burial practice of Nisenan peoples. Merriam
affiliated the cultural items with the Nisenan. Mameluke Hill is
located in the historically documented aboriginal territory of the
Nisenan, who are today represented by the Ione Band of Miwok Indians of
California; Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians (previously listed as the
Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California); Shingle Springs
Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract),
California; United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of
California; and the Wilton Rancheria, California, hereafter referred to
as ``The Tribes.'' The glass trade beads date to the historic period.
Determinations Made by the University of California, Davis
Officials of the University of California, Davis have determined
that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 13 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 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 Megon Noble, NAGPRA Project Manager,
University of California, Davis, 433 Mrak Hall, One Shields Avenue,
Davis, CA 95616, telephone (530) 752-8501, email [email protected], by
December 13, 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 University of California, Davis is responsible for notifying
The Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: October 4, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-24661 Filed 11-9-18; 8:45 am]
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