Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, 67058-67060 [2022-24221]
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or after December 7, 2022. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the cultural items are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes identified in
this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: October 26, 2022.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Description
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the
vicinity of Waimea in Kauai County, HI.
The human remains consist of an adult
cranium that was collected by Valdemar
Knudsen. Initially, these human
remains were donated to the
Smithsonian Institution. In February of
1869, they were transferred to the Army
Medical Museum (today the National
Museum of Health and Medicine). The
cranium exhibits a healed depression
fracture to the frontal bone. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
National Park Service
Cultural Affiliation
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The human remains in this notice are
connected to one or more identifiable
earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or
cultures. There is a relationship of
shared group identity between the
identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures and one or more
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: anthropological,
geographical, historical, and archival.
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Defense, Defense
Health Agency, National Museum of
Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, MD
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S.
Department of Defense, Defense Health
Agency, National Museum of Health
and Medicine has completed an
inventory of human remains and has
determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The human
remains were removed from the vicinity
of Waimea in Kauai County, HI.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after December 7, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Mr. Brian F. Spatola,
Curator of Anatomical Division,
National Museum of Health and
Medicine, U.S. Army Garrison Forest
Glen, 2500 Linden Lane, Silver Spring,
MD 20910, telephone (301) 319–3353,
email brian.f.spatola.civ@healthl.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA. The
determinations in this notice are the
sole responsibility of the National
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Museum of Health and Medicine. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the inventory or related records held
by the National Museum of Health and
Medicine.
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Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the National Museum of
Health and Medicine has determined
that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
Hawaiian ancestry.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the human remains
described in this notice and the Native
Hawaiian organization Hui Iwi
Kuamo’o.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
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Dated: October 26, 2022.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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1. Any one or more of the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian
Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice who shows,
by a preponderance of the evidence, that
the requestor is a lineal descendant or
a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization.
Repatriation of the human remains in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after December 7, 2022. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the National Museum of Health and
Medicine must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The National
Museum of Health and Medicine is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Native Hawaiian
organization identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and
10.14.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington,
DC
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA),
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, sacred objects, and objects of
cultural patrimony. 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 BIA. If
no additional claimants come forward,
transfer of control of the cultural items
to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes,
SUMMARY:
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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 BIA at the address in this notice by
December 7, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Tamara Billie, NAGPRA
Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
1001 Indian School Road NW, Mailbox
44—Suite 345, Albuquerque, NM 87104,
telephone (505) 879–9711, email
tamara.billie@bia.gov.
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 U.S
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, that
meet the definition of unassociated
funerary objects, sacred objects, and
objects of cultural patrimony 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
Items
All 376 cultural items listed in this
notice were removed at an unknown
date or dates from various sites located
on the Wind River Indian Reservation,
in Fremont County, WY, and at an
unknown date or dates, these cultural
items came into the possession of
Theodore Sowers. In 1995, Sowers’
daughters transferred these cultural
items to Sowers’ alma mater, the
University of Denver. The 376 cultural
items include 25 associated funerary
objects, one sacred object, and 350
objects of cultural patrimony.
The 25 unassociated funerary objects
are one ammunition belt (DU
ID#1995.1.91), one arrow shaft (DU
ID#1995.1.73), one awl (DU
ID#1995.1.84), four fragments of
beadwork (DU ID#1995.1.77 A–B and
1995.1.78 A–B), one bridle (DU
ID#1995.1.83), two Sun Dance brooches
(DU ID#1995.1.88–89), one choker (DU
ID#1995.1.76), one earring (DU
ID#1995.1.74), two gaming sticks (DU
ID#1995.1.82 A–B), one necklace (DU
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ID#1995.1.79), two pouch fragments
(DU ID#1995.1.75 and 1995.1.80), one
riding crop (DU ID#1995.1.93), one
saddle (DU ID#1995.1.92 A–D), one
saddle horn (DU ID#1995.1.90), two
scrapers (DU ID#1995.1.85–86), one
pipe stem (DU ID#1995.1.87), and two
tools (DU ID#1995.1.81 A–B). Museum
records indicate that these 25
unassociated funerary objects were
removed from a burial.
The one sacred object is a Sun Dance
whistle (DU ID #1995.1.72). This
determination is based on information
presented during consultation with
Eastern Shoshone Tribal Historic
Preservation Office (THPO) staff and a
Cultural/Spiritual Representative in
March of 2019.
The 350 objects of cultural patrimony
are 23 utilized lithic flakes (DU ID#WY
WR.1), one steatite jar (DU ID#2879), 20
tools (DU ID#1995.1.283–288 and
1995.1.308–321), one stone core (DU
ID#1995.1.1259), one unworked stone
(DU ID#1995.1.595), seven fern fossils
(DU ID#1995.1.1826–1832), two fossils
(DU ID#1995.1.1835 and 1995.1.1837),
one stone knife (DU ID#1995.1.210),
three pieces of petrified wood
(1995.1.1833–1834 and 1995.1.1836),
four stone scrapers (DU ID#1995.1.209,
1995.1.217, 1995.1.221, and
1995.1.223), two stone choppers (DU
ID#1995.1.739–740), four stone cores
(DU ID#1995.1.733–736), 23 utilized
lithic flakes (DU ID#1995.1.741–763), 18
stone knives (DU ID#1995.1.715–732),
two stone manos (DU ID#1995.1.737–
738), 45 stone scrapers (DU
ID#1995.1.670–714), 19 stone tools (DU
ID#1995.1.289–307), one stone abrader
(DU ID#1995.1.936), eight stone bifaces
(DU ID#1995.1.887–888, 1995.1.891,
and 1995.1.893–897), eight stone
choppers (DU ID#1995.1.819,
1995.1.928–933, and 1995.1.938), one
coprolite (DU ID#1995.1.937), two stone
cores (DU ID#1995.1.934–935), four
stone drills (DU ID#1995.1.808,
1995.1.905–907), nine lithic flakes (DU
ID#1995.1.913–914, 1995.1.918,
1995.1.921–923, and 1995.1.925–927),
four utilized lithic flakes (DU
ID#1995.912, 1995.1.919–920, and
1995.1.924), 36 stone knives (DU
ID#1995.1.810–818. 1995.1.822–841,
1995.1.889–890, 1995.1.892,
1995.1.898–900, and 1995.1.909), three
stone projectile points (DU
ID#1995.1.768–770), two rocks coated in
red ochre (DU ID#1995.1.939–940), one
lot of stone scrapers (DU
ID#1995.1.776–786, 1995.1.788–807,
1995.1.820–821, 1995.1.842,
1995.1.885–886, 1995.1.901–904,
1995.1.908, 1995.1.911, and 1995.1.915–
917), one sinker (DU ID#1995.1.809),
one stone uniface (1995.1.910), one
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stone knife (DU ID#1995.1.765), one
stone projectile point (DU
ID#1995.1.767), two stone scrapers (DU
ID#1995.1.764 and 1995.1.766), two
lithic flakes (DU ID#1995.1.772–773),
one stone projectile point (DU
ID#1995.1.771), three stone scrapers
(DU ID#1995.1.774–775 and
1995.1.787), two stone knives (DU
ID#1995.1.874 and 1995.1.878), 40 stone
scrapers (DU ID#1995.1.843–873,
1995.1.875–877, and 1995.1.879–884),
six stone choppers (DU ID#1995.1.1279–
1284), one stone core (DU
ID#1995.1.1278), 11 stone knives (DU
ID#1995.1.1276–1277, 1995.1.207–208,
1995.1.211–212, 1995.1.222,
1995.1.224–225, and 1995.1.228), and
23 stone scrapers (DU ID#1995.1.1262–
1274, 1995.1.206, 1995.1.213–216,
1995.1.218–220, and 1995.1.226–227).
This determination is based on
information presented during
consultation with Eastern Shoshone
Tribal Historic Preservation Office
(THPO) staff and a Cultural/Spiritual
Representative in March of 2019.
Based on information in the
possession of the BIA, which includes
information obtained during
consultation, the items listed in this
notice are culturally affiliated with the
Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind
River Reservation, Wyoming (previously
listed as Shoshone Tribe of the Wind
River Reservation, Wyoming). This
Indian Tribe has been living on the
Wind River Mountain range and its
environs for some 12,000 years.
Determinations Made by the U.S
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs
Officials of the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), 25
of the 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(3)(C),
one of the cultural items described
above is a specific ceremonial object
needed by traditional Native American
religious leaders for the practice of
traditional Native American religions by
their present-day adherents.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D),
350 of the cultural items described
above have ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group or
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culture itself, rather than property
owned by an 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, sacred objects, and objects of
cultural patrimony and the Eastern
Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming (previously listed
as Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming).
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
Tamara Billie, NAGPRA Coordinator,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1001 Indian
School Road NW, Mailbox 44—Suite
345, Albuquerque, NM 87104, telephone
(505) 879–9711, email tamara.billie@
bia.gov, by December 7, 2022. After that
date, if no additional claimants have
come forward, transfer of control of the
unassociated funerary objects, sacred
object, and objects of cultural patrimony
to the Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the
Wind River Reservation, Wyoming
(previously listed as Shoshone Tribe of
the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming)
may proceed.
The U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, with assistance
from the Denver Museum is responsible
for notifying the Eastern Shoshone Tribe
of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming (previously listed as Shoshone
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming) that this notice has been
published.
Dated: October 26, 2022.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Beloit College, Logan Museum
of Anthropology, Beloit, WI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Beloit College, Logan
Museum of Anthropology, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, has determined that the
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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 Beloit
College, Logan Museum of
Anthropology. 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
Beloit College, Logan Museum of
Anthropology at the address in this
notice by December 7, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nicolette B. Meister, Beloit College,
Logan Museum of Anthropology, 700
College Street, Beloit, WI 53511,
telephone (608) 363–2305, email
meistern@beloit.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 Beloit
College, Logan Museum of
Anthropology, Beloit, WI, 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.
History and Description of the Cultural
Items
On an unknown date, six cultural
items were removed from Elliot Mound,
No. 3, in Sacramento County, CA.
Museum catalog information states the
items most likely belong to the Horatio
Nelson Rust Collection. A native of
Amherst, Massachusetts, Horatio Nelson
Rust (1826–1906) was a lifelong
antiquarian and amateur archeologist
who began collecting archeological and
ethnographic items as a traveling
salesman on the East Coast. He accepted
artifacts for trade or payment, and
contracted the sale or collection of
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artifacts from institutions in the East. In
1880, Rust moved to California, where
he served as a United States Indian
Agent. In 1892, Rust sold approximately
3,000 items to Frank Granger Logan. In
1894, Logan donated the Rust Collection
to the Logan Museum of Anthropology.
The six unassociated funerary objects
(catalog number 4902) are one lot of
coiled basketry fragments; one lot of
loose weave net fragments; one lot of
compact weave net fragments; one lot of
twisted cordage fragments; one bundle
of twisted threads; and one lot of woven
blanket fragments.
Based on archeological,
anthropological, geographical,
ethnohistoric, ethnographic, linguistic,
and oral traditional information, the
Sacramento Valley and Delta regions,
where Elliot Mound No. 3 is located, are
home to Nisenan-speaking groups, of
which Wilton Rancheria, California is
one.
Determinations Made by Beloit College,
Logan Museum of Anthropology
Officials of Beloit College, Logan
Museum of Anthropology have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the six 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 Wilton Rancheria,
California.
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
Nicolette B. Meister, Beloit College,
Logan Museum of Anthropology, 700
College Street, Beloit, WI 53511,
telephone (608) 363–2305, email
meistern@beloit.edu, by December 7,
2022. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the unassociated funerary
objects to the Wilton Rancheria,
California may proceed.
Beloit College, Logan Museum of
Anthropology is responsible for
notifying the Wilton Rancheria,
California that this notice has been
published.
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National Park Service
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA), 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,
sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony. 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 BIA. If no additional claimants
come forward, transfer of control of the cultural items to the lineal
descendants, Indian Tribes,
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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 BIA at the address in this
notice by December 7, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Tamara Billie, NAGPRA Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
1001 Indian School Road NW, Mailbox 44--Suite 345, Albuquerque, NM
87104, telephone (505) 879-9711, 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 U.S Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Washington, DC, that meet the definition of unassociated
funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony
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 Items
All 376 cultural items listed in this notice were removed at an
unknown date or dates from various sites located on the Wind River
Indian Reservation, in Fremont County, WY, and at an unknown date or
dates, these cultural items came into the possession of Theodore
Sowers. In 1995, Sowers' daughters transferred these cultural items to
Sowers' alma mater, the University of Denver. The 376 cultural items
include 25 associated funerary objects, one sacred object, and 350
objects of cultural patrimony.
The 25 unassociated funerary objects are one ammunition belt (DU
ID#1995.1.91), one arrow shaft (DU ID#1995.1.73), one awl (DU
ID#1995.1.84), four fragments of beadwork (DU ID#1995.1.77 A-B and
1995.1.78 A-B), one bridle (DU ID#1995.1.83), two Sun Dance brooches
(DU ID#1995.1.88-89), one choker (DU ID#1995.1.76), one earring (DU
ID#1995.1.74), two gaming sticks (DU ID#1995.1.82 A-B), one necklace
(DU ID#1995.1.79), two pouch fragments (DU ID#1995.1.75 and 1995.1.80),
one riding crop (DU ID#1995.1.93), one saddle (DU ID#1995.1.92 A-D),
one saddle horn (DU ID#1995.1.90), two scrapers (DU ID#1995.1.85-86),
one pipe stem (DU ID#1995.1.87), and two tools (DU ID#1995.1.81 A-B).
Museum records indicate that these 25 unassociated funerary objects
were removed from a burial.
The one sacred object is a Sun Dance whistle (DU ID #1995.1.72).
This determination is based on information presented during
consultation with Eastern Shoshone Tribal Historic Preservation Office
(THPO) staff and a Cultural/Spiritual Representative in March of 2019.
The 350 objects of cultural patrimony are 23 utilized lithic flakes
(DU ID#WY WR.1), one steatite jar (DU ID#2879), 20 tools (DU
ID#1995.1.283-288 and 1995.1.308-321), one stone core (DU
ID#1995.1.1259), one unworked stone (DU ID#1995.1.595), seven fern
fossils (DU ID#1995.1.1826-1832), two fossils (DU ID#1995.1.1835 and
1995.1.1837), one stone knife (DU ID#1995.1.210), three pieces of
petrified wood (1995.1.1833-1834 and 1995.1.1836), four stone scrapers
(DU ID#1995.1.209, 1995.1.217, 1995.1.221, and 1995.1.223), two stone
choppers (DU ID#1995.1.739-740), four stone cores (DU ID#1995.1.733-
736), 23 utilized lithic flakes (DU ID#1995.1.741-763), 18 stone knives
(DU ID#1995.1.715-732), two stone manos (DU ID#1995.1.737-738), 45
stone scrapers (DU ID#1995.1.670-714), 19 stone tools (DU
ID#1995.1.289-307), one stone abrader (DU ID#1995.1.936), eight stone
bifaces (DU ID#1995.1.887-888, 1995.1.891, and 1995.1.893-897), eight
stone choppers (DU ID#1995.1.819, 1995.1.928-933, and 1995.1.938), one
coprolite (DU ID#1995.1.937), two stone cores (DU ID#1995.1.934-935),
four stone drills (DU ID#1995.1.808, 1995.1.905-907), nine lithic
flakes (DU ID#1995.1.913-914, 1995.1.918, 1995.1.921-923, and
1995.1.925-927), four utilized lithic flakes (DU ID#1995.912,
1995.1.919-920, and 1995.1.924), 36 stone knives (DU ID#1995.1.810-818.
1995.1.822-841, 1995.1.889-890, 1995.1.892, 1995.1.898-900, and
1995.1.909), three stone projectile points (DU ID#1995.1.768-770), two
rocks coated in red ochre (DU ID#1995.1.939-940), one lot of stone
scrapers (DU ID#1995.1.776-786, 1995.1.788-807, 1995.1.820-821,
1995.1.842, 1995.1.885-886, 1995.1.901-904, 1995.1.908, 1995.1.911, and
1995.1.915-917), one sinker (DU ID#1995.1.809), one stone uniface
(1995.1.910), one stone knife (DU ID#1995.1.765), one stone projectile
point (DU ID#1995.1.767), two stone scrapers (DU ID#1995.1.764 and
1995.1.766), two lithic flakes (DU ID#1995.1.772-773), one stone
projectile point (DU ID#1995.1.771), three stone scrapers (DU
ID#1995.1.774-775 and 1995.1.787), two stone knives (DU ID#1995.1.874
and 1995.1.878), 40 stone scrapers (DU ID#1995.1.843-873, 1995.1.875-
877, and 1995.1.879-884), six stone choppers (DU ID#1995.1.1279-1284),
one stone core (DU ID#1995.1.1278), 11 stone knives (DU ID#1995.1.1276-
1277, 1995.1.207-208, 1995.1.211-212, 1995.1.222, 1995.1.224-225, and
1995.1.228), and 23 stone scrapers (DU ID#1995.1.1262-1274, 1995.1.206,
1995.1.213-216, 1995.1.218-220, and 1995.1.226-227). This determination
is based on information presented during consultation with Eastern
Shoshone Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) staff and a
Cultural/Spiritual Representative in March of 2019.
Based on information in the possession of the BIA, which includes
information obtained during consultation, the items listed in this
notice are culturally affiliated with the Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the
Wind River Reservation, Wyoming (previously listed as Shoshone Tribe of
the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming). This Indian Tribe has been living
on the Wind River Mountain range and its environs for some 12,000
years.
Determinations Made by the U.S Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs
Officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian
Affairs have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), 25 of the 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(3)(C), one of the cultural
items described above is a specific ceremonial object needed by
traditional Native American religious leaders for the practice of
traditional Native American religions by their present-day adherents.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), 350 of the cultural
items described above have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural
importance central to the Native American group or
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culture itself, rather than property owned by an 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, sacred objects, and objects of cultural
patrimony and the Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming (previously listed as Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming).
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 Tamara Billie, NAGPRA Coordinator, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, 1001 Indian School Road NW, Mailbox 44--Suite 345,
Albuquerque, NM 87104, telephone (505) 879-9711, email
[email protected], by December 7, 2022. After that date, if no
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the
unassociated funerary objects, sacred object, and objects of cultural
patrimony to the Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming (previously listed as Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming) may proceed.
The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, with
assistance from the Denver Museum is responsible for notifying the
Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming
(previously listed as Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming) that this notice has been published.
Dated: October 26, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-24221 Filed 11-4-22; 8:45 am]
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