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members of the Pawnee Nation of
Oklahoma.
In 1940, 321 cultural items were
removed from cemeteries associated
with the Clarks site (25PK1) in Polk
County, NE. These objects were
recovered during archeological
excavations by the Nebraska State
Historical Society. The 321 objects are
listed as having been recovered from
burials but without any further
attributions. Human skeletal remains
and associated funerary objects from
this site were repatriated to the Pawnee
Nation of Oklahoma in 1990–1991. The
321 unassociated funerary objects are:
15 brass/copper bells, one brass/copper
ornament, one bridle bit, two bullet
molds, five chalk fragments, four
chipped stone flakes, five chipped stone
tools, two clasp knives, three clay
lumps, three cloth and leather
fragments, 14 cobbles/pebbles, one
metal/fabric coil, one cradle board, 15
earbob/tinkling cones, 18 English
gunflints, one fossil antler, 32 scrap
metal fragments, one fringed leather
fragment, three gun parts, one iron axe
head, one iron ball, three iron files, one
iron fixture, one iron hoe, one iron
projectile point, three iron rings, one
kettle fragment, one large brass ring, two
lead arrow points, nine leather straps,
three metal bells, five metal buttons, one
metal disk with cloth, one metal
ornament, seven metal rings, two metal
tubes, one lead musket ball, three
mussel shells, one nail, 63 ochre/
pigment fragments, two pipestone pipes,
one pocket knife, one pronghorn toe
bone, one raptor wing bone, one reed
matting fragment, 22 reed fragments, 17
sandstone abraders, one sandstone pipe,
one sheet brass/copper fragment, one
shell bead, three tinkling cones, one
vegetal fragment, six vegetal pieces with
adhering leather fragments, one white
clay pipestem, 15 white clay pipestem
beads, one wood fragment with
adhering leather, six wood fragments,
one wooden bow segment, and one
wooden bowl with cloth.
The Clarks site was occupied by the
Pawnee (mostly the Grand Band) from
1823–1849. The Clarks site is clearly
associated with the Pawnee Nation of
Oklahoma, based on archeological and
ethnohistorical information, as well as
oral traditional information provided by
members of the Pawnee Nation of
Oklahoma.
In 1941, four cultural items were
removed from cemeteries associated
with the Pike Pawnee site (25WT1) in
Webster County, NE. These objects were
recovered during archeological
excavations by the Nebraska State
Historical Society. The four objects are
listed as having been recovered from
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burials but without any further
attributions. Human skeletal remains
and associated funerary objects from
this site were repatriated to the Pawnee
Nation of Oklahoma in 1990–1991. The
four unassociated funerary objects are
three soil samples and one flintlock
rifle.
This village was occupied by the
Kitkahaki Band of the Pawnee from
about 1775 to 1809, based on
archeological and ethnohistorical
information, as well as oral traditional
information provided by members of the
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.
Determinations Made by History
Nebraska
Officials of History Nebraska have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the 694 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 Pawnee Nation of
Oklahoma.
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
Rob Bozell, History Nebraska, 5050 N
32nd Street, Lincoln, NE 68504,
telephone (402) 525–1624, email
rob.bozell@nebraska.gov, by May 27,
2021. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the unassociated funerary
objects to the Pawnee Nation of
Oklahoma may proceed.
History Nebraska is responsible for
notifying the Pawnee Nation of
Oklahoma that this notice has been
published.
Dated: April 19, 2021.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0031769;
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Valentine 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 Valentine 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 Valentine Museum at the
address in this notice by May 27, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Alicia Starliper, Collection
Project Manager/Registrar, The
Valentine Museum, 1015 E Clay Street,
Richmond, VA 23219, telephone (804)
649–0711 Ext. 329, email astarliper@
thevalentine.org.
SUMMARY:
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
Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Bell Mound
#2, also known as Chief’s Mound, in
Rockbridge County, VA.
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
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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 Valentine
Museum professional staff. The
Chickahominy Indian Tribe;
Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern
Division; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians; Monacan Indian Nation;
Nansemond Indian Nation [previously
listed as Nansemond Indian Tribe];
Pamunkey Indian Tribe; Upper
Mattaponi Tribe; and as well as four
non-federally recognized Indian
groups—the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway)
Indian Tribe; Mattaponi Nation;
Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia; and
the Patawomeck Indian Tribe of
Virginia—were contacted by Valentine
Museum, but no in-person consultation
was requested. Hereafter, all the above
entities are referred to as ‘‘The Tribes
and Groups.’’
History and Description of the Remains
In 1877, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from Bell Mound #2, also
known as Chief’s Mound in Rockbridge
County, VA. During regular collection
inventory activities, the Valentine
Museum staff discovered a container
with the following exhibition label
description: ‘‘CHIEF’S MOUND On the
farm of John M. Bell, on the Calf Pasture
River, 150 yards from Bell Mound and
about 4 miles from Goshen, Virginia.
Made from earth unlike the surrounding
soil and seemingly brought from a
distance. Circumference was 75 feet,
height 51⁄4 feet at the apex. A tree grew
in the exact center. In digging,
horizontal seams of pulverized charcoal
were found at different levels. About
31⁄2 feet from the center and 31⁄2 feet
below the top were found two
perforated stones, a polished celt, a
polishing stone (?), and a piece of zinc
ore. In the center were found the bones
of a dog, a pot containing hematite upon
a sheet of mica; under this a clear quartz
crystal; a greater mass of charcoal than
any before met, a few charred bones,
and pieces of wood. Nearby was a piece
of worked copper and more mica. It
seems apparent the entire mound was
raised in honour of one man whose
body was cremated.’’ According to a
typed transcription of a first-person
account in the museum archives titled
‘‘The Hero Mound of The White Cliffs,’’
the human remains and associated
funerary objects were excavated from a
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mound on the property of John Marshall
Bell, Esq. (1815—1890), which was
situated on the forks of Cow-Pasture and
Calf-Pasture Rivers in Rockbridge
County, VA. The mound was located
approximately 150 yards west of the
farmhouse. The author of the story is
presumed to be Mann S. Valentine II
(accompanied by his son Granville G.
Valentine), who procured laborers at his
expense to excavate the mound for a
personal collection. The contents of the
mound are described in detail and
match the information provided on the
exhibition label discovered during the
inventory. Debra Gould, author of
‘‘Bioarcheology of Virginia Burial
Mounds,’’ has noted that in August
1877, Mann S. Valentine II and his son
Granville excavated two mounds in
Rockbridge County, VA, which are
known today as Bell Mound #1 and Bell
Mound #2. According to C. G. Holland,
author of the article ‘‘Preceramic and
Ceramic Cultural Patterns in Northwest
Virginia,’’ Chief’s Mound and Bell
Mound #2 are one in the same. No
known individual was identified. The
three associated funerary objects are one
partial vessel, one clear quartz crystal,
and one worked copper object.
Bell Mound #2 (aka Chief’s Mound) is
in the same county as Hayes Creek
Mound, another Rockbridge County site
opened by the Valentine family (in
1901). Following the recommendation
of the NAGPRA Review Committee and
the Secretary of the Interior’s
concurrence, in 2000, the Virginia
Department of Historic Resources
repatriated the remains of 105
individuals from Hayes Creek Mound to
the Monacan Indian Nation, who at the
time were not federally recognized (the
Monacan Indian Nation gained Federal
recognition in 2018). The Valentine
Museum believes that the geographical
proximity of Bell Mound #2 (aka Chief’s
Mound) to Hayes Creek Mound and the
evidence of a cultural connection to the
earlier group at Hayes Creek Mound
previously presented by the Monacan
Indian Nation demonstrate that a
cultural affiliation exists between the
Monacan Indian Nation and the earlier
group at Bell Mound #2 (aka Chief’s
Mound).
Determinations Made by the Valentine
Museum
Officials of the Valentine Museum
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 three objects described in this notice
are reasonably believed to have been
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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 Monacan Indian 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 to Alicia Starliper,
Collection Project Manager/Registrar,
The Valentine Museum, 1015 E Clay
Street, Richmond, VA 23219, telephone
(804) 649–0711 Ext. 329, email
astarliper@thevalentine.org, by May 27,
2021. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Monacan Indian Nation may proceed.
The Valentine Museum is responsible
for notifying The Tribes and Groups that
this notice has been published.
Dated: April 19, 2021.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion: San
Bernardino County Museum,
Redlands, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The San Bernardino County
Museum (SBCM) 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
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0031769; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Valentine 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 Valentine 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 Valentine Museum at the address in this
notice by May 27, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Alicia Starliper, Collection Project Manager/Registrar, The
Valentine Museum, 1015 E Clay Street, Richmond, VA 23219, telephone
(804) 649-0711 Ext. 329, 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 Valentine Museum,
Richmond, VA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from Bell Mound #2, also known as Chief's Mound, in Rockbridge
County, VA.
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
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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
Valentine Museum professional staff. The Chickahominy Indian Tribe;
Chickahominy Indian Tribe--Eastern Division; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians; Monacan Indian Nation; Nansemond Indian Nation [previously
listed as Nansemond Indian Tribe]; Pamunkey Indian Tribe; Upper
Mattaponi Tribe; and as well as four non-federally recognized Indian
groups--the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe; Mattaponi Nation;
Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia; and the Patawomeck Indian Tribe of
Virginia--were contacted by Valentine Museum, but no in-person
consultation was requested. Hereafter, all the above entities are
referred to as ``The Tribes and Groups.''
History and Description of the Remains
In 1877, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from Bell Mound #2, also known as Chief's Mound in
Rockbridge County, VA. During regular collection inventory activities,
the Valentine Museum staff discovered a container with the following
exhibition label description: ``CHIEF'S MOUND On the farm of John M.
Bell, on the Calf Pasture River, 150 yards from Bell Mound and about 4
miles from Goshen, Virginia. Made from earth unlike the surrounding
soil and seemingly brought from a distance. Circumference was 75 feet,
height 5\1/4\ feet at the apex. A tree grew in the exact center. In
digging, horizontal seams of pulverized charcoal were found at
different levels. About 3\1/2\ feet from the center and 3\1/2\ feet
below the top were found two perforated stones, a polished celt, a
polishing stone (?), and a piece of zinc ore. In the center were found
the bones of a dog, a pot containing hematite upon a sheet of mica;
under this a clear quartz crystal; a greater mass of charcoal than any
before met, a few charred bones, and pieces of wood. Nearby was a piece
of worked copper and more mica. It seems apparent the entire mound was
raised in honour of one man whose body was cremated.'' According to a
typed transcription of a first-person account in the museum archives
titled ``The Hero Mound of The White Cliffs,'' the human remains and
associated funerary objects were excavated from a mound on the property
of John Marshall Bell, Esq. (1815--1890), which was situated on the
forks of Cow-Pasture and Calf-Pasture Rivers in Rockbridge County, VA.
The mound was located approximately 150 yards west of the farmhouse.
The author of the story is presumed to be Mann S. Valentine II
(accompanied by his son Granville G. Valentine), who procured laborers
at his expense to excavate the mound for a personal collection. The
contents of the mound are described in detail and match the information
provided on the exhibition label discovered during the inventory. Debra
Gould, author of ``Bioarcheology of Virginia Burial Mounds,'' has noted
that in August 1877, Mann S. Valentine II and his son Granville
excavated two mounds in Rockbridge County, VA, which are known today as
Bell Mound #1 and Bell Mound #2. According to C. G. Holland, author of
the article ``Preceramic and Ceramic Cultural Patterns in Northwest
Virginia,'' Chief's Mound and Bell Mound #2 are one in the same. No
known individual was identified. The three associated funerary objects
are one partial vessel, one clear quartz crystal, and one worked copper
object.
Bell Mound #2 (aka Chief's Mound) is in the same county as Hayes
Creek Mound, another Rockbridge County site opened by the Valentine
family (in 1901). Following the recommendation of the NAGPRA Review
Committee and the Secretary of the Interior's concurrence, in 2000, the
Virginia Department of Historic Resources repatriated the remains of
105 individuals from Hayes Creek Mound to the Monacan Indian Nation,
who at the time were not federally recognized (the Monacan Indian
Nation gained Federal recognition in 2018). The Valentine Museum
believes that the geographical proximity of Bell Mound #2 (aka Chief's
Mound) to Hayes Creek Mound and the evidence of a cultural connection
to the earlier group at Hayes Creek Mound previously presented by the
Monacan Indian Nation demonstrate that a cultural affiliation exists
between the Monacan Indian Nation and the earlier group at Bell Mound
#2 (aka Chief's Mound).
Determinations Made by the Valentine Museum
Officials of the Valentine Museum 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 three 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 Monacan
Indian 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 to Alicia Starliper, Collection Project Manager/
Registrar, The Valentine Museum, 1015 E Clay Street, Richmond, VA
23219, telephone (804) 649-0711 Ext. 329, email
[email protected], by May 27, 2021. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Monacan Indian
Nation may proceed.
The Valentine Museum is responsible for notifying The Tribes and
Groups that this notice has been published.
Dated: April 19, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-08769 Filed 4-26-21; 8:45 am]
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