82 FR 40802 - Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Fort Worth, TX

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 165 (August 28, 2017)

Page Range		40802-40803
FR Document		2017-18185

The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, 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 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 Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. 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.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23695; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Fort Worth 
Museum of Science and History, Fort Worth, TX

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, 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 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 Fort Worth Museum of Science and 
History. 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 The Fort Worth Museum of Science 
and History at the address in this notice by September 27, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Chanin Voss Scanlon, The Fort Worth Museum of Science and 
History, 1600 Gendy Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107, telephone (817) 255-
9300, 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 Fort Worth Museum of Science and History that meet the 
definition of 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.

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History and Description of the Cultural Item

    On February 15, 1978, The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History 
acquired one yucca, stair-step basket, object identification number 
31N.00139, from Lew Meekins. No other provenance information is 
available.
    Museum accession and catalog records, as well as consultations with 
a representative of the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Tribe, in Lemoore, 
CA, indicated that the basket is of Yokut design, and would have been 
utilized during the Tribe's Traditional Coming of Age Ceremonies. The 
representative of the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Tribe also provided 
supporting ethnographic documentation for the cultural significance of 
the object.

Determinations Made by The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

    Officials of The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History have 
determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the 1 cultural item 
described above has ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural 
importance central to the Native American group or 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 object 
of cultural patrimony and the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 
Rosa 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 Chanin Voss Scanlon, The Fort Worth Museum 
of Science and History, 1600 Gendy Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107, 
telephone (817) 255-9300, email [email protected], by September 27, 
2017. After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, 
transfer of control of the object of cultural patrimony to the Santa 
Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California, may 
proceed.
    The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History is responsible for 
notifying the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, 
California, that this notice has been published.

    Dated: July 3, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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which refers to the ancient sites, Apache Reservation, Arizona, supports DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
pottery, stone tools, petroglyphs, and the repatriation of human remains and
other artifacts left behind by the associated funerary objects from these National Park Service
ancestors as ‘‘Hopi Footprints.’’ This sites and is ready to assist the Hopi
migration history is complex and Tribe of Arizona and Zuni Tribe of the [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23695;
detailed, and includes traditions Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, in their PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
relating specific clans to the Mogollon reburial.
region. Hopi cultural advisors have also Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
identified medicinal and culinary plants Determinations Made by the U.S. Items: The Fort Worth Museum of
at archeological sites in the region. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Science and History, Fort Worth, TX
Their knowledge about these plants was Indian Affairs, and the Arizona State
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
passed down to them from the ancestors Museum, University of Arizona
who inhabited these ancient sites. ACTION: Notice.
Migration is also an important attribute Officials of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs and Arizona State Museum have SUMMARY: The Fort Worth Museum of
of Zuni oral tradition and includes
determined that: Science and History, in consultation
accounts of Zuni ancestors passing
with the appropriate Indian Tribes or
through the Upland Mogollon region. • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), Native Hawaiian organizations, has
The ancient villages mark the routes of the 2,544 cultural items described above determined that the cultural items listed
these migrations. Zuni cultural advisors are reasonably believed to have been in this notice meet the definition of
remark that the ancient sites were not placed with or near individual human objects of cultural patrimony. Lineal
abandoned. People returned to these remains at the time of death or later as descendants or representatives of any
places from time to time, either to part of the death rite or ceremony and Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
reoccupy them or for religious are believed, by a preponderance of the organization not identified in this notice
pilgrimages—a practice that has evidence, to have been removed from a that wish to claim these cultural items
continued to the present day. specific burial site of a Native American should submit a written request to The
Archeologists have found ceramic individual. Fort Worth Museum of Science and
evidence at shrines in the Upland
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there History. If no additional claimants come
Mogollon region that confirms these
is a relationship of shared group forward, transfer of control of the
reports. Zuni cultural advisors have
identity that can be reasonably traced cultural items to the lineal descendants,
names for plants endemic to the
between the unassociated funerary Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian
Mogollon region that do not grow on the
objects and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona organizations stated in this notice may
Zuni Reservation. They also have
proceed.
knowledge about traditional medicinal and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation,
and ceremonial uses for these resources, New Mexico. DATES: Lineal descendants or
which has been passed down to them representatives of any Indian Tribe or
from their ancestors. Furthermore, Hopi Additional Requestors and Disposition Native Hawaiian organization not
and Zuni cultural advisors have identified in this notice that wish to
Lineal descendants or representatives claim these cultural items should
recognized that their ancestors may of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
have been co-resident at some of the submit a written request with
organization not identified in this notice information in support of the claim to
sites in this region during their ancestral that wish to claim these cultural items
migrations. The Fort Worth Museum of Science and
should submit a written request with History at the address in this notice by
There are differing points of view information in support of the claim to September 27, 2017.
regarding the possible presence of Anna Pardo, NAGPRA Coordinator,
Apache people in the Upland Mogollon ADDRESSES: Chanin Voss Scanlon, The
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Reston, 12220 Fort Worth Museum of Science and
region during the time that these sites Sunrise Valley Drive, VA 20191,
were occupied. Some Apache traditions History, 1600 Gendy Street, Fort Worth,
telephone (703) 390–6343, email TX 76107, telephone (817) 255–9300,
describe interactions with Ancestral
anna.pardo@bia.gov, by September 27, email cscanlon@fwmsh.org.
Pueblo people during this time, but
2017. After that date, if no additional SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
according to these stories, Puebloan
people and Apache people were claimants have come forward, transfer here given in accordance with the
regarded as having separate identities. of control of the unassociated funerary Native American Graves Protection and
The White Mountain Apache Tribe of objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona, Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
does not claim cultural affiliation with Mexico may proceed. items under the control of The Fort
the human remains and associated The Arizona State Museum is Worth Museum of Science and History
funerary objects from this site. As responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe that meet the definition of objects of
reported by Welch and Ferguson (2005), of Arizona; White Mountain Apache cultural patrimony under 25 U.S.C.
consultations between the White Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, 3001.
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni This notice is published as part of the
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES

Apache Reservation, Arizona, and the Reservation, New Mexico, that this National Park Service’s administrative
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & notice has been published. responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
and Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico, Dated: July 11, 2017. this notice are the sole responsibility of
have indicated that that none of these Melanie O’Brien, the museum, institution, or Federal
Tribes wish to pursue claims of Manager, National NAGPRA Program. agency that has control of the Native
affiliation with sites on White Mountain [FR Doc. 2017–18186 Filed 8–25–17; 8:45 am] American cultural items. The National
Apache Tribal lands. Finally, the White BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
Park Service is not responsible for the
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort determinations in this notice.

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History and Description of the Cultural DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR History and Description of the Cultural
Item Items
On February 15, 1978, The Fort Worth National Park Service
On September 28, 1938, two cultural
Museum of Science and History [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23751; items were removed from the Laws site
acquired one yucca, stair-step basket, PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] (1MS100) on Pine Island in Marshall
object identification number 31N.00139, County, AL, after TVA acquired the land
from Lew Meekins. No other Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural on April 21, 1937. There appear to have
provenance information is available. Items: Tennessee Valley Authority, been at least four occupations at site
Museum accession and catalog Knoxville, TN 1MS100: A pre-ceramic period with
records, as well as consultations with a AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. steatite vessels; a village period with
representative of the Santa Rosa ACTION: Notice. limestone-tempered pottery during the
Rancheria Tachi Tribe, in Lemoore, CA, Flint River phase (A.D. 500–1000); a late
indicated that the basket is of Yokut SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley Mississippian occupation with shell-
design, and would have been utilized Authority (TVA), in consultation with tempered ceramics and rectilinear wall
during the Tribe’s Traditional Coming of the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native trench structures (Crow Creek phase,
Age Ceremonies. The representative of Hawaiian organizations, has determined A.D. 1500–1700); and burials with Euro-
the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Tribe that the cultural items listed in this American trade goods (circa A.D. 1670–
also provided supporting ethnographic notice meet the definition of 1715). The two unassociated funerary
documentation for the cultural unassociated funerary objects. Further, objects are one brass pendant and one
significance of the object. TVA has determined that a cultural brass ring.
affiliation between the unassociated Excavation records from site 1MS100
Determinations Made by The Fort funerary objects and present-day
Worth Museum of Science and History indicated that these two unassociated
federally recognized Indian Tribes can funerary objects were found in burial
Officials of The Fort Worth Museum be reasonably traced. Lineal unit 1 with the fragmentary remains of
of Science and History have determined descendants or representatives of any a child. The human remains are no
that: Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian longer present. The brass ring found in
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), organization not identified in this notice burial unit 1 is similar to the brass rings
the 1 cultural item described above has that wish to claim these cultural items found in burial units 17 and 40 of the
ongoing historical, traditional, or should submit a written request to TVA. same site which were also child burials.
cultural importance central to the If no additional claimants come In a separate Notice of Inventory
Native American group or culture itself, forward, transfer of control of the Completion, the human remains from
rather than property owned by an cultural items to the lineal descendants, burial units 17 and 40 have been
individual. Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian culturally affiliated to Native American
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there organizations stated in this notice may descendants of the Koasati/Kaskinampo.
is a relationship of shared group proceed. These descendants include the
identity that can be reasonably traced DATES: Lineal descendants or Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
between the object of cultural patrimony representatives of any Indian Tribe or (previously listed as the Alabama-
and the Santa Rosa Indian Community Native Hawaiian organization not Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama-
of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California. identified in this notice that wish to Quassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe
Additional Requestors and Disposition claim these cultural items should of Louisiana; and The Muscogee (Creek)
submit a written request with Nation.
Lineal descendants or representatives information in support of the claim to
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian On November 29, 1937, two
TVA at the address in this notice by unassociated funerary objects were
organization not identified in this notice September 27, 2017.
that wish to claim these cultural items excavated from burial unit 6 at site
ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA, 1MS121 on Pine Island in Marshall
should submit a written request with
400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11D, County, AL, after TVA purchased the
information in support of the claim to
Knoxville, TN 37902–1401, telephone land on April 19, 1937. There were
Chanin Voss Scanlon, The Fort Worth
(865) 632–7458, email tomaher@tva.gov. excavations in both the village and
Museum of Science and History, 1600
Gendy Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is adjacent mound. There are no
telephone (817) 255–9300, email here given in accordance with the radiocarbon dates for this site. Artifacts
cscanlon@fwmsh.org, by September 27, Native American Graves Protection and recovered from the site indicate both a
2017. After that date, if no additional Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. Woodland and Mississippian
claimants have come forward, transfer 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural occupation. The two unassociated
of control of the object of cultural items under the control of the funerary objects are one Barton Incised
patrimony to the Santa Rosa Indian Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, jar and one Bell Plain carinated bowl.
Community of the Santa Rosa TN, which meet the definition of Both ceramic vessels are from the
Rancheria, California, may proceed. unassociated funerary objects under 25 Mississippian period.
The Fort Worth Museum of Science U.S.C. 3001. Excavation documents indicate that
and History is responsible for notifying This notice is published as part of the burial unit 6 did contain human
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES

the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the National Park Service’s administrative remains, with these funerary objects
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California, that responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 placed near the head of the individual.
this notice has been published. U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in These human remains are no longer
this notice are the sole responsibility of present. The unassociated funerary
Dated: July 3, 2017. the museum, institution, or Federal objects are similar to those found in
Melanie O’Brien, agency that has control of the Native burial units 2, 4, and 5 of the same site.
Manager, National NAGPRA Program. American cultural items. The National In a separate Notice of Inventory
[FR Doc. 2017–18185 Filed 8–25–17; 8:45 am] Park Service is not responsible for the Completion, the human remains from
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P determinations in this notice. burial units 2, 4, and 5 have been

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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 Fort Worth Museum of Science
FR Citation		82 FR 40802

82 FR 40802 - Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Fort Worth, TX

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORNational Park Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 165 (August 28, 2017)

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