Notice of Inventory Completion: Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex, Waco, TX (formerly Baylor University's Strecker Museum; formerly Baylor University Museum), 57852-57853 [2021-22743]
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notifying the Three Affiliated Tribes of
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
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published.
Dated: October 6, 2021.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Baylor
University’s Mayborn Museum
Complex, Waco, TX (formerly Baylor
University’s Strecker Museum;
formerly Baylor University Museum)
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Baylor University’s Mayborn
Museum Complex (formerly Baylor
University’s Strecker Museum; formerly
Baylor University Museum) has
completed an inventory of human
remains 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 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 should submit a written
request to Baylor University’s Mayborn
Museum Complex. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains 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 should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Baylor University’s
Mayborn Museum Complex at the
address in this notice by November 18,
2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anita L. Benedict, Baylor University’s
Mayborn Museum Complex, One Bear
Place #97154, Waco, TX 76798–7154,
telephone (254) 710–4835, email anita_
benedict@baylor.edu.
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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 under the control of
Baylor University’s Mayborn Museum
Complex, Waco, TX. The human
remains are reasonably believed to have
been removed from or near Fort Cobb,
Caddo County, OK.
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. 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 Baylor
University’s Mayborn Museum Complex
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Comanche
Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Nation,
Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians;
Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; The
Osage Nation [previously listed as Osage
Tribe]; Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Wichita and Affiliated
Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco, &
Tawakonie), Oklahoma; and the Ysleta
del Sur Pueblo [previously listed as
Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas]. In
addition, an invitation to consult was
extended to the Alabama-Coushatta
Tribe of Texas [previously listed as
Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas];
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town;
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Cherokee
Nation; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma [previously listed as
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of
Oklahoma]; Coushatta Tribe of
Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Fort McDowell Yavapai
Nation, Arizona; Fort Sill Apache Tribe
of Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw
Indians; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New
Mexico; Kialegee Tribal Town;
Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas;
Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the
Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas;
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero
Apache Tribe of the Mescalero
Reservation, New Mexico; Miccosukee
Tribe of Indians; Mississippi Band of
Choctaw Indians; Northern Arapaho
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming [previously listed as Arapaho
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
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Wyoming]; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of
the Northern Cheyenne Indian
Reservation, Montana; Poarch Band of
Creek Indians [previously known as the
Poarch Band of Creeks and as the
Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama]; Quapaw Nation [previously
listed as The Quapaw Tribe of Indians];
San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San
Carlos Reservation, Arizona; Seminole
Tribe of Florida [previously listed as
Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood, & Tampa
Reservations)]; Shawnee Tribe; The
Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation
of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation; The Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town;
Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; TunicaBiloxi Indian Tribe; United Keetoowah
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma;
White Mountain Apache Tribe of the
Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; and
the Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp
Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona, but
they did not participate. The Tribes
identified in this section are hereafter
referred to as ‘‘The Consulted and
Notified Indian Tribes.’’
History and Description of the Remains
On October 23–24, 1862, human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from or near
Fort Cobb, Caddo County, OK.
Sometime after 1927, the left hand of
the individual was donated to the Texas
Collection at Baylor University by Mr.
Clint Padgitt. In 1989, the human
remains were transferred from the Texas
Collection to the Strecker Museum. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The individual (AR 20799) was
purported to have been killed by Chief
Placido of the Tonkawa, during what is
known as the Tonkawa Massacre.
Stories and newspaper accounts about
the hand relate that Chief Placido of the
Tonkawa killed Chief Black Foot (or
Black Hawk) of the Comanche in a knife
fight, during which Chief Placido was
also wounded and later died of his
wounds. After the fight, Chief Placido
proceeded to cut off Chief Black Foot’s
(or Black Hawk’s) left hand and sent it
to his friend Captain Ross in Texas. The
Padgitt family acquired the hand when
Mr. Clint Padgitt’s father, Mr. Tom
Padgitt, married Captain Ross’ daughter.
On June 15, 2018, the Comanche
Nation informed Baylor University’s
Mayborn Museum Complex that after
extensive research, ‘‘Chief Black Foot’’
is not known to the Comanche Nation.
In December of 2020, the name Chief
Black Hawk came to light. On February
9, 2021, the Comanche Nation informed
Baylor University’s Mayborn Museum
Complex that after extensive research,
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‘‘Chief Black Hawk’’ is not known to the
Comanche Nation. On June 24, 2021,
after reviewing new information
uncovered by the Museum about the
Tonkawa Massacre and information the
Comanche Nation acquired from the
Smithsonian Institution, the Comanche
Nation informed the Museum that the
Nation could find no evidence to
support a finding that the individual is
Comanche. Consequently, the tribal
affiliation of the individual is unknown.
Moreover, Delaware, Caddo, Comanche,
Kiowa, and Shawnee individuals were
reported to have been present on
October 23–24, 1862 (although there are
conflicting accounts).
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Determinations Made by Baylor
University’s Mayborn Museum
Complex
Officials of Baylor University’s
Mayborn Museum Complex have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on museum
records, including stories and
newspaper accounts.
• 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), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
any present-day Indian Tribe.
• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or
Executive Orders, indicate that the land
from which the Native American human
remains were removed is the aboriginal
land of the Cheyenne and Arapaho
Tribes, Oklahoma [previously listed as
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of
Oklahoma]; Comanche Nation,
Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw
Indians; Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma; Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Indians; Northern Arapaho Tribe of the
Wind River Reservation, Wyoming
[previously listed as Arapaho Tribe of
the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming];
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana; Quapaw Nation [previously
listed as The Quapaw Tribe of Indians];
The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw
Nation of Oklahoma; Tonkawa Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; and the Wichita
and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi,
Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains may
be to The Tribes.
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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 should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Anita L. Benedict, Baylor
University’s Mayborn Museum
Complex, One Bear Place #97154, Waco,
TX 76798–7154, telephone (254) 710–
4835, email anita_benedict@baylor.edu,
by November 18, 2021. After that date,
if no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to The Tribes may
proceed.
Baylor University’s Mayborn Museum
Complex is responsible for notifying
The Consulted and Notified Indian
Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: October 6, 2021.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021–22743 Filed 10–18–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032768;
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Ohio History Connection,
Columbus, OH
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Ohio History Connection,
in consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, has determined that the
cultural item listed in this notice meets
the definition of an unassociated
funerary object. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
claim this cultural item should submit
a written request to the Ohio History
Connection. If no additional claimants
come forward, transfer of control of the
cultural item 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 this cultural item should submit
a written request with information in
support of the claim to the Ohio History
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Connection at the address in this notice
by November 18, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nekole Alligood, NAGPRA Specialist,
Ohio History Connection, 800 E 17th
Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211,
telephone (405) 933–7643, email
nalligood@ohiohistory.org.
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 a
cultural item under the control of the
Ohio History Connection, Columbus,
OH, that meets the definition of an
unassociated funerary object 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
Item
In 1886, one cultural item was
removed from Duck River in Tennessee.
According to the Ohio History
Connection catalog, the object, a shell
gorget, was part of the W.K. Moorehead
collection. While the collection as a
whole is described on an accession card
as ‘‘general collection of archaeological
specimens, mainly surface, assembled
by W.K. Moorehead,’’ the notes for
catalog number A0067/60 describe the
object as belonging to ‘‘shell ornaments
. . . from a grave, Duck River, Tenn.’’
Based upon evidence linking the
Chickasaw people to the southeastern
United States, including Tennessee, as
documented in the Treaties of 1805 and
1816, a relationship of shared group
identity can reasonably be traced
between Muskogean linguistic cultures
and this object.
Determinations Made by the Ohio
History Connection
Officials of the Ohio History
Connection have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the one cultural item described above is
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
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032770; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Baylor University's Mayborn
Museum Complex, Waco, TX (formerly Baylor University's Strecker Museum;
formerly Baylor University Museum)
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex (formerly Baylor
University's Strecker Museum; formerly Baylor University Museum) has
completed an inventory of human remains 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 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 should submit a written
request to Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains 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 should submit a written
request with information in support of the request to Baylor
University's Mayborn Museum Complex at the address in this notice by
November 18, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anita L. Benedict, Baylor University's
Mayborn Museum Complex, One Bear Place #97154, Waco, TX 76798-7154,
telephone (254) 710-4835, 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 under
the control of Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex, Waco, TX.
The human remains are reasonably believed to have been removed from or
near Fort Cobb, Caddo County, OK.
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. The National Park Service
is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Baylor
University's Mayborn Museum Complex professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware
Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma; The Osage Nation [previously listed as Osage Tribe]; Tonkawa
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita,
Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma; and the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo
[previously listed as Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas]. In addition, an
invitation to consult was extended to the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of
Texas [previously listed as Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas];
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Cherokee
Nation; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma [previously listed as
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma]; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New
Mexico; Kialegee Tribal Town; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas;
Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas;
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero
Reservation, New Mexico; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Mississippi Band
of Choctaw Indians; Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming [previously listed as Arapaho Tribe of the Wind
River Reservation, Wyoming]; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern
Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; Poarch Band of Creek Indians
[previously known as the Poarch Band of Creeks and as the Poarch Band
of Creek Indians of Alabama]; Quapaw Nation [previously listed as The
Quapaw Tribe of Indians]; San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos
Reservation, Arizona; Seminole Tribe of Florida [previously listed as
Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood, &
Tampa Reservations)]; Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw
Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona;
Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe; United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians
in Oklahoma; White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache
Reservation, Arizona; and the Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde
Indian Reservation, Arizona, but they did not participate. The Tribes
identified in this section are hereafter referred to as ``The Consulted
and Notified Indian Tribes.''
History and Description of the Remains
On October 23-24, 1862, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from or near Fort Cobb, Caddo County, OK.
Sometime after 1927, the left hand of the individual was donated to the
Texas Collection at Baylor University by Mr. Clint Padgitt. In 1989,
the human remains were transferred from the Texas Collection to the
Strecker Museum. No associated funerary objects are present.
The individual (AR 20799) was purported to have been killed by
Chief Placido of the Tonkawa, during what is known as the Tonkawa
Massacre. Stories and newspaper accounts about the hand relate that
Chief Placido of the Tonkawa killed Chief Black Foot (or Black Hawk) of
the Comanche in a knife fight, during which Chief Placido was also
wounded and later died of his wounds. After the fight, Chief Placido
proceeded to cut off Chief Black Foot's (or Black Hawk's) left hand and
sent it to his friend Captain Ross in Texas. The Padgitt family
acquired the hand when Mr. Clint Padgitt's father, Mr. Tom Padgitt,
married Captain Ross' daughter.
On June 15, 2018, the Comanche Nation informed Baylor University's
Mayborn Museum Complex that after extensive research, ``Chief Black
Foot'' is not known to the Comanche Nation. In December of 2020, the
name Chief Black Hawk came to light. On February 9, 2021, the Comanche
Nation informed Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex that after
extensive research,
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``Chief Black Hawk'' is not known to the Comanche Nation. On June 24,
2021, after reviewing new information uncovered by the Museum about the
Tonkawa Massacre and information the Comanche Nation acquired from the
Smithsonian Institution, the Comanche Nation informed the Museum that
the Nation could find no evidence to support a finding that the
individual is Comanche. Consequently, the tribal affiliation of the
individual is unknown. Moreover, Delaware, Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa, and
Shawnee individuals were reported to have been present on October 23-
24, 1862 (although there are conflicting accounts).
Determinations Made by Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex
Officials of Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex have
determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on museum records, including
stories and newspaper accounts.
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), a relationship of shared
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and any present-day Indian Tribe.
Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate
that the land from which the Native American human remains were removed
is the aboriginal land of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma
[previously listed as Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma]; Comanche
Nation, Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; Northern Arapaho Tribe
of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming [previously listed as Arapaho
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming]; Northern Cheyenne Tribe
of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; Quapaw Nation
[previously listed as The Quapaw Tribe of Indians]; The Chickasaw
Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco
& Tawakonie), Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains may be to The Tribes.
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 should submit a written request with information
in support of the request to Anita L. Benedict, Baylor University's
Mayborn Museum Complex, One Bear Place #97154, Waco, TX 76798-7154,
telephone (254) 710-4835, email [email protected], by November
18, 2021. After that date, if no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the human remains to The Tribes may
proceed.
Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex is responsible for
notifying The Consulted and Notified Indian Tribes that this notice has
been published.
Dated: October 6, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-22743 Filed 10-18-21; 8:45 am]
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