Notice of Inventory Completion: Rice University, Houston, TX, 17011-17012 [2023-05730]
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40SY1, in Shelby County, TN. The
human remains were found by Nash
Museum staff. The human remains
(40SY1/NA–A, 40SY1/NA–B, 40SY1/
NA–C, 40SY1/NA–D, 40SY1/NA–E,
40SY1/NA–F, 40SY1/NA–G, 40SY1/
NA–H, 40SY1/NA–J) belong to 10
individuals of unknown age and sex. No
known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
On an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from the
Chucalissa site, 40SY1, in Shelby
County, TN. The human remains were
found by Nash Museum staff. The
human remains (40SY1/NA–K, 40SY1/
NA–L) belong to two individuals of
unknown age and sex. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The Chucalissa site (40SY1) was
occupied during the Mississippian
period (ca. 1000–1550 C.E.). Although
the human remains and associated
funerary objects from Unit 12 (40SY1–
12) and Unit 3/6 (40SY1–3/6), as well as
those human remains that were surface
collected from the Chucalissa site
(40SY1) or found on the site, cannot be
assigned a date, the archeological
evidence at the Chucalissa site (40SY1)
suggests they date range beginning with
the Late Woodland and Mississippi
periods/Ensley phase (pre-900 C.E.) and
continuing through the Mitchell (ca.
900–1250 C.E.), Boxtown (ca. 1250–
1400), and Walls (ca. 1250–1540 C.E.)
phases. Archeological and
anthropological evidence support a
cultural affiliation of the Quapaw with
late precontact and early post contact
polities in the northern Lower
Mississippi Valley. The cultural
affiliation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects from the
Chucalissa site (40SY1) with the
Quapaw Nation is also supported by
material cultural, ethnohistoric, and
linguistic evidence.
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Determinations Made by the C.H. Nash
Memorial Museum/Chucalissa
Archaeological Museum, University of
Memphis
Officials of the C.H. Nash Memorial
Museum/Chucalissa Archaeological
Museum, University of Memphis have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 375
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 733 objects described in this notice
are reasonably believed to have been
placed with or near individual human
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remains at the time of death or later as
part of the death rite or ceremony.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
and the Quapaw Nation (previously
listed as The Quapaw Tribe of Indians).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Melissa Buchner, C.H.
Nash Memorial Museum/Chucalissa
Archaeological Museum, University of
Memphis, 1987 Indian Village Drive,
Memphis, TN 38109, telephone (901)
785–3160, email chucalissa@
memphis.edu, by April 20, 2023. After
that date, if no additional requestors
have come forward, transfer of control
of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Quapaw Nation
(previously listed as The Quapaw Tribe
of Indians) may proceed.
The C.H. Nash Memorial Museum/
Chucalissa Archaeological Museum is
responsible for notifying The Consulted
Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: March 15, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Rice
University, Houston, TX
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Rice
University has completed an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects and has determined
that there is a cultural affiliation
between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
in this notice. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from Brazoria County, TX.
SUMMARY:
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Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
April 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Susan K. McIntosh,
Department of Anthropology, MS–20,
Rice University, P.O. Box 1892,
Houston, TX 77251–1892, telephone
(713) 348–3380, email skmci@rice.edu.
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 Rice University.
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 Rice University.
DATES:
Description
In 1971, human remains representing
at minimum, five individuals were
removed from the Shell Point site (41
BZ 2) in Brazoria County, TX, by Rice
University (Rice) during a salvage
project at the eroding shell midden on
the margins of Chocolate Bayou. The
human remains recovered by Rice
included five individuals who had been
interred together at the same time.
Burial #1 contained the human remains
of an adult male, Burial #2 contained
the human remains of a child 5–6 years
old, Burial #3 contained the human
remains of an adult male. Burial #4
contained the human remains of an
adult female, and Burial #5 contained
the human remains of an adult male. No
known individuals were identified.
Eleven associated funerary objects were
removed from the burial pit: five conch
shell beads, one conch shell pendant,
four bone awls, and one bone bead.
Additionally, 137 pottery sherds were
removed from various excavation units
at the site, but could not be determined
by the excavators to be
contemporaneous with the burials. The
11 associated funerary objects are
currently missing from the collection.
Rice University continues to look for
these 11 missing objects.
In 1973, an analysis of human
remains from the site was published
(Bulletin of the Texas Archaeological
Society 44 (1973)). (This report included
human remains removed by non-Rice
personnel from three additional
burials—#s 6, 7, and 8—sometime prior
to the Rice excavations, which were not
curated at Rice and whose location is
unknown.) Based on the tall stature and
ruggedness of the three males listed in
this notice, which accords with 19th
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century descriptions of then-living
Karankawa Indians, the 1973 report
concluded that ‘‘there is little doubt that
the Shell Point series can be identified
as Karankawa.’’
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated
funerary objects 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: geographical,
archeological, linguistic, historical, and
oral traditional.
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Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Rice University has
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of five individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 11 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.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Tonkawa Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma.
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:
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
and associated funerary objects in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or
after April 20, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
Rice University must determine the
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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. Rice University is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribe 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.
Dated: March 15, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023–05730 Filed 3–20–23; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Santa
Barbara Museum of Natural History,
Santa Barbara, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Santa
Barbara Museum of Natural History 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 a location near Big Oak
Flat in Tuolumne County, California.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Luke Swetland, President
and CEO, Santa Barbara Museum of
Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol,
Santa Barbara, CA 93105, telephone
(805) 682–4711, email lswetland@
sbnature2.org.
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 Santa Barbara
Museum of Natural History. 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
SUMMARY:
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by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural
History.
Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from a location near Big Oak Flat in
Tuolumne County, California. In 2013, a
box labeled ‘‘Chumash Skull’’ and
containing a human cranium and
mandible was discovered among the
items donated by an estate to a thrift
store in Ojai, California. The Ventura
County Sheriff’s Department released
the cranial remains to Julie TumamaitStenslie, Barbaren˜o/Venturen˜o Band of
Chumash Mission Indians, who in turn
transferred them to the Santa Barbara
Museum of Natural History.
Subsequently, an investigation into the
thrift store donation by the Ventura
County Coroner revealed that these
human remains had been in the donor’s
family for over 100 years, they were
removed from a location near Big Oak
Flat in Tuolumne County, and they
were not Chumash. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
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: geographical,
kinship, biological, archeological,
linguistic, folkloric, oral traditional,
historical, and other information or
expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Santa Barbara
Museum of Natural History has
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the human remains
described in this notice and the
Bridgeport Indian Colony; Tule River
Indian Tribe of the Tule River
Reservation, California; and the
Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of
the Tuolumne Rancheria of California.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035485; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Rice University, Houston, TX
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Rice University has completed an inventory
of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined
that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Brazoria County, TX.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after April 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Susan K. McIntosh, Department of Anthropology, MS-20,
Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892, telephone (713)
348-3380, email [email protected].
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 Rice
University. 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 Rice
University.
Description
In 1971, human remains representing at minimum, five individuals
were removed from the Shell Point site (41 BZ 2) in Brazoria County,
TX, by Rice University (Rice) during a salvage project at the eroding
shell midden on the margins of Chocolate Bayou. The human remains
recovered by Rice included five individuals who had been interred
together at the same time. Burial #1 contained the human remains of an
adult male, Burial #2 contained the human remains of a child 5-6 years
old, Burial #3 contained the human remains of an adult male. Burial #4
contained the human remains of an adult female, and Burial #5 contained
the human remains of an adult male. No known individuals were
identified. Eleven associated funerary objects were removed from the
burial pit: five conch shell beads, one conch shell pendant, four bone
awls, and one bone bead. Additionally, 137 pottery sherds were removed
from various excavation units at the site, but could not be determined
by the excavators to be contemporaneous with the burials. The 11
associated funerary objects are currently missing from the collection.
Rice University continues to look for these 11 missing objects.
In 1973, an analysis of human remains from the site was published
(Bulletin of the Texas Archaeological Society 44 (1973)). (This report
included human remains removed by non-Rice personnel from three
additional burials--#s 6, 7, and 8--sometime prior to the Rice
excavations, which were not curated at Rice and whose location is
unknown.) Based on the tall stature and ruggedness of the three males
listed in this notice, which accords with 19th
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century descriptions of then-living Karankawa Indians, the 1973 report
concluded that ``there is little doubt that the Shell Point series can
be identified as Karankawa.''
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects 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: geographical, archeological, linguistic, historical, and
oral traditional.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Rice University has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
The 11 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.
There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma.
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:
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 and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after April 20, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, Rice University 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. Rice University is responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribe 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.
Dated: March 15, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-05730 Filed 3-20-23; 8:45 am]
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