83 FR 45653 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, and Museum of the Rockies at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
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National Park Service Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 175 (September 10, 2018)
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Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 175 (September 10, 2018)
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 175 (Monday, September 10, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 45653-45654] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-19540] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0026130; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RPI4.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, and Museum of the Rockies at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology at the University of Idaho (``Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology'') and the Museum of the Rockies at Montana State University (``Museum of the Rockies'') have completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and have determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and 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 and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology or the Museum of the Rockies. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects should submit a written request with information in support of the request to the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology or Museum of the Rockies at the address in this notice by October 10, 2018. ADDRESSES: Leah Evans-Janke, Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology, 875 Perimeter Drive, MS 4023, Moscow, ID 83844-4023, telephone (208) 885-1771, email [email protected], or Lisa Verwys, Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman, MT 59717, telephone (406) 994-6622, email [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and [[Page 45654]] Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains under the control of the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology, Moscow, ID, and of associated funerary objects under the control of the Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, MT. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Park County, MT. 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 and associated funerary objects. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Consultation A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology and the Museum of the Rockies professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana; Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation; Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana; Nez Perce Tribe (previously listed as the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho); and Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana. The Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana (previously listed as the Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana); and Crow Tribe of Montana were invited to consult, but did not participate (hereafter referred to as ``The Invited and Consulted Tribes''). History and Description of the Remains In 1929, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were removed from a small cave in Park County, MT, by a private citizen. On November 1, 1988, the private citizen donated the human remains and objects to the Museum of the Rockies. Later that month, Carolyn A. Purcell, Museum of the Rockies Registrar, transferred the human remains to Dr. Roderick Sprague, Director of the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology. The associated funerary objects were retained by the Museum of the Rockies. The human remains consist of a right and left female innominate and a right male humerus. No known individuals were identified. The eight associated funerary objects are six flaked stone projectile points, one flaked stone drill or knife, and one digging stick of pine or spruce. At the time of the excavation and removal of these human remains and associated funerary objects, the land from which the remains and objects were removed was not the tribal land of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. In January 2018, Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology and Museum of the Rockies invited the Crow Tribe of Montana, who is recognized as aboriginal to the area from which these Native American human remains and associated funerary objects were removed, to consult. The Crow Tribe of Montana did not participate in consultation and did not agree to accept control of the human remains and associated funerary objects. In April 2018, the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology and Museum of the Rockies agreed to transfer control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana; Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation; Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana; Nez Perce Tribe (previously listed as the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho); and Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana. Determinations Made by the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology and the Museum of the Rockies Officials of the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology and Museum of the Rockies have determined that:Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice are Native American based on the associated funerary objects found with them. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the eight objects described in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian Tribe. Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(i), the disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects may be to the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana; Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation; Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana; Nez Perce Tribe (previously listed as the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho); and Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana. 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 and associated funerary objects should submit a written request with information in support of the request to Leah Evans-Janke, Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology, 875 Perimeter Drive, MS 4023, Moscow, ID 83844-4023, telephone (208) 885-1771, email [email protected], or Lisa Verwys, Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman, MT 59717, telephone (406) 994-6622, email [email protected], by October 10, 2018. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana; Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation; Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana; Nez Perce Tribe (previously listed as the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho); and Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana, may proceed. The Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology and Museum of the Rockies are responsible for notifying The Invited and Consulted Tribes that this notice has been published. Dated: July 25, 2018. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2018-19540 Filed 9-7-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
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97403–1224, telephone (541) 346–5120, donated several other items from this DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
email endzweig@uoregon.edu. area to the Museum in the 1940s. The
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is human remains consist of an adult male. National Park Service
here given in accordance with the No known individuals were identified. [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026130;
Native American Graves Protection and No associated funerary objects are PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RPI4.R50000]
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. present.
3003, of the completion of an inventory Notice of Inventory Completion: Alfred
Historical documents, ethnographic
of human remains under the control of W. Bowers Laboratory of
sources, and oral history indicate that
the University of Oregon Museum of Anthropology, University of Idaho,
Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, the Plains Miwok and Northern Valley
Moscow, ID, and Museum of the
OR. The human remains were removed Yokuts have occupied this area of the Rockies at Montana State University,
from Hotchkiss Mound, Contra Costa Lower Sacramento Valley since Bozeman, MT
County, CA. precontact times. Based on
This notice is published as part of the archeological context and skeletal AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
National Park Service’s administrative evidence, the individual was ACTION: Notice.
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 determined to be of Native American
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in ancestry and Plains Miwok and/or SUMMARY: The Alfred W. Bowers
this notice are the sole responsibility of Northern Valley Yokuts. The Plains Laboratory of Anthropology at the
the museum, institution, or Federal Miwok and Northern Valley Yokuts are University of Idaho (‘‘Alfred W. Bowers
agency that has control of the Native represented today by The Tribes. Laboratory of Anthropology’’) and the
American human remains. The National Museum of the Rockies at Montana
Park Service is not responsible for the Determinations Made by the University State University (‘‘Museum of the
determinations in this notice. of Oregon Museum of Natural and Rockies’’) have completed an inventory
Cultural History of human remains and associated
Consultation funerary objects in consultation with the
A detailed assessment of the human Officials of the University of Oregon appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
remains was made by the University of Museum of Natural and Cultural History Hawaiian organizations, and have
Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural have determined that: determined that there is no cultural
History professional staff in • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the affiliation between the human remains
consultation with representatives of the human remains described in this notice and associated funerary objects and
Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk represent the physical remains of one present-day Indian Tribes or Native
Indians of California; Chicken Ranch individual of Native American ancestry. Hawaiian organizations. Representatives
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
California; Jackson Band of Miwuk • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there organization not identified in this notice
Indians (previously listed as the Jackson is a relationship of shared group that wish to request transfer of control
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of identity that can be reasonably traced of these human remains and associated
California); Kletsel Dehe Band of between the Native American human funerary objects should submit a written
Wintun Indians (previously listed as the remains and The Tribes. request to the Alfred W. Bowers
Cortina Indian Rancheria and the Laboratory of Anthropology or the
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Cortina Indian Rancheria of Wintun Museum of the Rockies. If no additional
Indians of California); Picayune Lineal descendants or representatives requestors come forward, transfer of
Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian control of the human remains and
California; Shingle Springs Band of organization not identified in this notice associated funerary objects to the Indian
Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs that wish to request transfer of control Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; of these human remains should submit stated in this notice may proceed.
Table Mountain Rancheria (previously a written request with information in DATES: Representatives of any Indian
listed as the Table Mountain Rancheria Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
support of the request to Dr. Pamela
of California); Tule River Indian Tribe of not identified in this notice that wish to
the Tule River Reservation, California; Endzweig, Director of Collections,
Museum of Natural and Cultural request transfer of control of these
and Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians human remains and associated funerary
of the Tuolumne Rancheria of History, 1224 University of Oregon,
Eugene, OR 97403–1224, telephone objects should submit a written request
California, hereafter referred to as ‘‘The with information in support of the
Tribes.’’ (541) 346–5120, email endzweig@
uoregon.edu, by October 10, 2018. After request to the Alfred W. Bowers
History and Description of the Remains that date, if no additional requestors Laboratory of Anthropology or Museum
At an unknown date, human remains have come forward, transfer of control of the Rockies at the address in this
representing, at minimum, one notice by October 10, 2018.
of the human remains to The Tribes may
individual were removed from proceed. ADDRESSES: Leah Evans-Janke, Alfred
Hotchkiss Mound in the lower W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology,
The University of Oregon Museum of 875 Perimeter Drive, MS 4023, Moscow,
Sacramento Valley, Contra Costa
Natural and Cultural History is ID 83844–4023, telephone (208) 885–
County, CA. It is unknown who
responsible for notifying The Tribes that 1771, email leahe@uidaho.edu, or Lisa
originally donated the human remains
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to the museum. Accession records this notice has been published. Verwys, Museum of the Rockies, 600
attribute the human remains to Dated: August 3, 2018. West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman, MT
Hotchkiss Mound. Although there is no Melanie O’Brien, 59717, telephone (406) 994–6622, email
documentation regarding the transfer of lisa.verwys@montana.edu.
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
the human remains to the Museum, it is [FR Doc. 2018–19525 Filed 9–7–18; 8:45 am]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
likely that they were donated by the here given in accordance with the
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
archeologist Robert F. Heizer, who Native American Graves Protection and
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Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. were identified. The eight associated • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(i),
3003, of the completion of an inventory funerary objects are six flaked stone the disposition of the human remains
of human remains under the control of projectile points, one flaked stone drill and associated funerary objects may be
the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of or knife, and one digging stick of pine to the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet
Anthropology, Moscow, ID, and of or spruce. Indian Reservation of Montana;
associated funerary objects under the At the time of the excavation and Confederated Salish and Kootenai
control of the Museum of the Rockies, removal of these human remains and Tribes of the Flathead Reservation; Fort
Bozeman, MT. The human remains and associated funerary objects, the land Belknap Indian Community of the Fort
associated funerary objects were from which the remains and objects Belknap Reservation of Montana; Nez
removed from Park County, MT. were removed was not the tribal land of Perce Tribe (previously listed as the Nez
This notice is published as part of the any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
National Park Service’s administrative Perce Tribe of Idaho); and Northern
organization. In January 2018, Alfred W. Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology and
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana.
Museum of the Rockies invited the
The determinations in this notice are Crow Tribe of Montana, who is Additional Requestors and Disposition
the sole responsibility of the museum, recognized as aboriginal to the area from
institution, or Federal agency that has which these Native American human Representatives of any Indian Tribe or
control of the Native American human remains and associated funerary objects Native Hawaiian organization not
remains and associated funerary objects. were removed, to consult. The Crow identified in this notice that wish to
The National Park Service is not Tribe of Montana did not participate in request transfer of control of these
responsible for the determinations in consultation and did not agree to accept human remains and associated funerary
this notice. control of the human remains and objects should submit a written request
Consultation associated funerary objects. In April with information in support of the
2018, the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory request to Leah Evans-Janke, Alfred W.
A detailed assessment of the human
of Anthropology and Museum of the Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology, 875
remains was made by the Alfred W.
Rockies agreed to transfer control of the Perimeter Drive, MS 4023, Moscow, ID
Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology and
the Museum of the Rockies professional human remains and associated funerary 83844–4023, telephone (208) 885–1771,
staff in consultation with objects to the Blackfeet Tribe of the email leahe@uidaho.edu, or Lisa
representatives of the Blackfeet Tribe of Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Verwys, Museum of the Rockies, 600
the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana; Confederated Salish and West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman, MT
Montana; Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead 59717, telephone (406) 994–6622, email
Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation; Fort Belknap Indian lisa.verwys@montana.edu, by October
Reservation; Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap 10, 2018. After that date, if no
Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana; Nez Perce additional requestors have come
Reservation of Montana; Nez Perce Tribe (previously listed as the Nez Perce
forward, transfer of control of the
Tribe (previously listed as the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho); and Northern Cheyenne
human remains and associated funerary
Tribe of Idaho); and Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian
objects to Blackfeet Tribe of the
Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana.
Blackfeet Indian Reservation of
Reservation, Montana. The Assiniboine Determinations Made by the Alfred W. Montana; Confederated Salish and
and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead
Reservation, Montana; Chippewa Cree and the Museum of the Rockies Reservation; Fort Belknap Indian
Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Community of the Fort Belknap
Montana (previously listed as the Officials of the Alfred W. Bowers
Laboratory of Anthropology and Reservation of Montana; Nez Perce
Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky
Museum of the Rockies have Tribe (previously listed as the Nez Perce
Boy’s Reservation, Montana); and Crow
determined that: Tribe of Idaho); and Northern Cheyenne
Tribe of Montana were invited to
consult, but did not participate • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Invited human remains described in this notice Reservation, Montana, may proceed.
and Consulted Tribes’’). are Native American based on the The Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of
associated funerary objects found with Anthropology and Museum of the
History and Description of the Remains them. Rockies are responsible for notifying
In 1929, human remains representing, • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the The Invited and Consulted Tribes that
at minimum, two individuals were human remains described in this notice this notice has been published.
removed from a small cave in Park represent the physical remains of two
County, MT, by a private citizen. On individuals of Native American Dated: July 25, 2018.
November 1, 1988, the private citizen ancestry. Melanie O’Brien,
donated the human remains and objects • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
to the Museum of the Rockies. Later that the eight objects described in this notice [FR Doc. 2018–19540 Filed 9–7–18; 8:45 am]
month, Carolyn A. Purcell, Museum of are reasonably believed to have been BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
the Rockies Registrar, transferred the placed with or near individual human
human remains to Dr. Roderick Sprague, remains at the time of death or later as
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
Director of the Alfred W. Bowers part of the death rite or ceremony.
Laboratory of Anthropology. The • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
associated funerary objects were relationship of shared group identity
retained by the Museum of the Rockies. cannot be reasonably traced between the
The human remains consist of a right Native American human remains and
and left female innominate and a right associated funerary objects and any
male humerus. No known individuals present-day Indian Tribe.
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