Notice of Inventory Completion: Bruce Museum, Inc., Greenwich, CT, 48553-48554 [2020-17488]
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Bruce
Museum, Inc., Greenwich, CT
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Bruce Museum 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 a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects and present-day Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 to the Bruce Museum. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
and associated funerary objects 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
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 Bruce Museum at the
address in this notice by September 10,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Kirsten J. Reinhardt,
NAGPRA Coordinator, Bruce Museum
Inc., 1 Museum Drive, Greenwich, CT
06830, telephone (203) 413–6770, email
kreinhardt@brucemuseum.org.
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
Bruce Museum Inc., Greenwich, CT.
The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from
Goat Rock Dam Site, Lee County, AL.
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
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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 Bruce
Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as Alabama-Coushatta
Tribes of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte
Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe of
Louisiana; and The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The
Consulted Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from Lee
County, AL. The human remains,
together with associated funerary
objects, were donated to the Bruce
Museum in April 1956, by sisters
Elizabeth Barton and Edith Hoisington,
who were active in the Ernest
Thompson Seton Woodcraft Indian
organization. Based on museum records,
the site from which the human remains
and objects were collected may
reasonably be located on the west bank
of the Chattahoochee River, near the
outlet of Soap Creek, and in the vicinity
of the Goat Rock Dam. Exhibition labels
and accession cards read: ‘‘From a
burial uncovered in the excavations of
the Goat River (sic) Dam in Alabama.’’
Goat Rock Dam, located on the
Chattahoochee River, was completed in
1912, and created Goat Rock Lake. The
caption on an undated photograph
associated with this collection reads,
‘‘The Creek at Indian Mound, Alabama,
where the Cranium and pieces of
pottery were found,’’ and in the
background of the photo, the dam is
visible. Tchuko ‘Lako, a Lower Creek
town on the Chattahoochee River settled
by Okfuskee Indians, may reasonably be
identified with a mound and village site
located near the mouth of the
Waucooche Creek, just north of Goat
Rock Dam. The Okfuskee, a Muscogee
tribe, formed part of the former Creek
(Muscogee) Confederacy in Alabama
prior to their removal to the Indian
Territory during the 1830s.
The human remains were determined
to be Native American by Connecticut
State Archaeologist, Nicholas
Bellantoni, who performed a skeletal
and dentition analysis on October 25,
1995, together with Ed Sarabia, Tlingit,
Indian Affairs Coordinator, Connecticut
Commission on Indian Affairs. The
human remains are comprised of one
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cranial vault (frontal, left and right
parietal partial occipital bones), and
belong to a male 40–50 years old. No
known individual was identified. The
32 associated funerary objects are 28
potsherds, three lithic implements, and
one ceramic disk or gaming piece. The
presence of pottery suggests a
Woodland/Mississippian date for the
human remains.
Geographical, oral traditional, and
archeological information, in addition to
the known historical presence of the
Muscogee (Creek) Nation in the area
encompassing the State of Alabama,
support a relationship of shared group
identity which can be reasonably traced
between the present-day Muscogee
(Creek) Nation and the pre-contact
confederacy known as the Lower
Creeks, who established Etulwas (tribal
towns) along the Chattahoochee River in
the region of present-day Lee County.
Determinations Made by the Bruce
Museum, Inc.
Officials of the Bruce Museum, Inc.
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(3)(A),
the 32 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), 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 Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
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 Kirsten J. Reinhardt,
NAGPRA Coordinator, Bruce Museum
Inc.,1 Museum Drive, Greenwich, CT
06830, telephone (914) 671–9321, email
kreinhardt@brucemuseum.org, by
September 10, 2020. After that date, if
no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to The Muscogee (Creek) Nation
may proceed.
The Bruce Museum, Inc. is
responsible for notifying The Consulted
Tribes that this notice has been
published.
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Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Denver Museum of Nature & Science,
Denver, CO, and U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila
National Forest, Silver City, NM
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Denver Museum of
Nature & Science and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Gila National Forest (USFS Gila
National Forest) 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 a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects and present-day Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 to the Denver Museum of Nature
& Science. If no additional requestors
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects 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
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 Denver Museum of Nature
& Science at the address in this notice
by September 10, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Stephen E. Nash, Director of
Anthropology and Senior Curator of
Archaeology, Denver Museum of Nature
& Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver,
CO 80205, telephone (303) 370–6056,
email Stephen.Nash@dmns.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
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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, some of which are
under the control of the Denver
Museum of Nature & Science, Denver,
CO, and some of which are under the
control of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila
National Forest, Silver City, NM. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Catron
County, NM. The human remains of 49
individuals and 30 associated funerary
objects were removed from private
lands, and the human remains of five
individuals were removed from Federal
land belonging to the Gila National
Forest.
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 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 Denver
Museum of Nature & Science
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; and the
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
History and Description of the Remains
Between 1977 and 1993, human
remains representing, at minimum, 54
individuals were removed from LA 3009
(a.k.a. the W.S. Ranch Site), LA 33704
(a.k.a. the Eva Faust Site), WS–5 (no
known LA number), LA 29372 (a.k.a.
WS–17 and HO Bar Site), LA 2949
(a.k.a. Apache Creek Pueblo), and LA
4437 (a.k.a. Devil’s Park Pueblo) in
Catron County, NM, during excavations
by the University of Texas at Austin,
under the direction of Dr. James Neely.
Following excavation, these human
remains and associated funerary objects
were curated at the Texas
Archaeological Research Laboratory
(TARL) in Austin, TX. Since 2017, the
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
(DMNS) has had possession of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects removed during the excavations
from private lands, and has had custody
of the human remains removed during
the excavations from Federal land
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Bruce Museum, Inc., Greenwich, CT
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bruce Museum 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 a cultural affiliation between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and present-day Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations. 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 to the
Bruce Museum. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects 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
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 Bruce Museum at the address in this
notice by September 10, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Kirsten J. Reinhardt, NAGPRA Coordinator, Bruce Museum Inc.,
1 Museum Drive, Greenwich, CT 06830, telephone (203) 413-6770, 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. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects under the control of the Bruce Museum Inc.,
Greenwich, CT. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from Goat Rock Dam Site, Lee County, AL.
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 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 Bruce
Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously listed as Alabama-
Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta
Tribe of Louisiana; and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation (hereafter referred
to as ``The Consulted Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from Lee County, AL. The human remains,
together with associated funerary objects, were donated to the Bruce
Museum in April 1956, by sisters Elizabeth Barton and Edith Hoisington,
who were active in the Ernest Thompson Seton Woodcraft Indian
organization. Based on museum records, the site from which the human
remains and objects were collected may reasonably be located on the
west bank of the Chattahoochee River, near the outlet of Soap Creek,
and in the vicinity of the Goat Rock Dam. Exhibition labels and
accession cards read: ``From a burial uncovered in the excavations of
the Goat River (sic) Dam in Alabama.'' Goat Rock Dam, located on the
Chattahoochee River, was completed in 1912, and created Goat Rock Lake.
The caption on an undated photograph associated with this collection
reads, ``The Creek at Indian Mound, Alabama, where the Cranium and
pieces of pottery were found,'' and in the background of the photo, the
dam is visible. Tchuko `Lako, a Lower Creek town on the Chattahoochee
River settled by Okfuskee Indians, may reasonably be identified with a
mound and village site located near the mouth of the Waucooche Creek,
just north of Goat Rock Dam. The Okfuskee, a Muscogee tribe, formed
part of the former Creek (Muscogee) Confederacy in Alabama prior to
their removal to the Indian Territory during the 1830s.
The human remains were determined to be Native American by
Connecticut State Archaeologist, Nicholas Bellantoni, who performed a
skeletal and dentition analysis on October 25, 1995, together with Ed
Sarabia, Tlingit, Indian Affairs Coordinator, Connecticut Commission on
Indian Affairs. The human remains are comprised of one
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cranial vault (frontal, left and right parietal partial occipital
bones), and belong to a male 40-50 years old. No known individual was
identified. The 32 associated funerary objects are 28 potsherds, three
lithic implements, and one ceramic disk or gaming piece. The presence
of pottery suggests a Woodland/Mississippian date for the human
remains.
Geographical, oral traditional, and archeological information, in
addition to the known historical presence of the Muscogee (Creek)
Nation in the area encompassing the State of Alabama, support a
relationship of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced
between the present-day Muscogee (Creek) Nation and the pre-contact
confederacy known as the Lower Creeks, who established Etulwas (tribal
towns) along the Chattahoochee River in the region of present-day Lee
County.
Determinations Made by the Bruce Museum, Inc.
Officials of the Bruce Museum, Inc. 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(3)(A), the 32 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), 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 Muscogee
(Creek) Nation.
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 Kirsten J. Reinhardt, NAGPRA Coordinator, Bruce
Museum Inc.,1 Museum Drive, Greenwich, CT 06830, telephone (914) 671-
9321, email [email protected], by September 10, 2020. After
that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation may proceed.
The Bruce Museum, Inc. is responsible for notifying The Consulted
Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 7, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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