83 FR 62893 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 234 (December 6, 2018)
National Park Service
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 234 (December 6, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-26436 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 234 (Thursday, December 6, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 62893-62895] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-26436] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0026945; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 62894]] SUMMARY: The Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 should submit a written request to the Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains 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 request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written request with information in support of the request to the Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University at the address in this notice by January 4, 2019. ADDRESSES: B. Sunday Eiselt, Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, 3225 Daniel Avenue, Heroy Hall #450, Dallas, TX 75205, telephone (214) 768-2915, email [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains under the control of the Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX. The human remains were removed from the R.A. Watts site, Camp County, TX; the Whiterock Spillway site, Dallas County, TX; and the Lower Rockwall site, Rockwall County, TX. 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 human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Consultation A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma. History and Description of the Remains Sometime in the 1960s, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from the R.A. Watts site (41CP14) in Camp County, Texas. The individual was excavated by R. L. Turner, an amateur archeologist and private collector. Subsequently (possibly during the 1960s or 1970s when the Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University was conducting investigations for the Titus County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1 in Camp County, TX), Turner transferred these human remains to the Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University. The burial is labeled Feature 3, Area B. No other information is known about this individual. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Archeologists Timothy L. Sullivan, S. Alan Skinner, and Beverly A. Mitchum have dated the major occupation of the R.A. Watts site to the Titus Focus of the Late Caddo Period (A.D. 1400-1600). The final, published report affiliates this site with the ancestral Caddo. The Caddo Nation of Oklahoma claims Camp County, TX as an area of interest. In December 1940, human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals were removed from the Whiterock Spillway site (41DL83; also known as 18D7-1 and 27A5-19D5) in Dallas County, TX. The site was excavated by two avocational archeologists, Forrest Kirkland and R. King Harris of the Dallas Archeological Society. R. King Harris worked in the Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University and, upon his retirement in 1974, he transferred the remains of these individuals to the Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University. Burial 1 contained an adult male, 30-40 years old, with possible healed mandibular infarctions. Burial 4 contained an adult of unknown sex, 18-25+ years old, with no skeletal pathology. Burial 5 contained an adult male, 40+ years old, with no skeletal pathology. This individual has dental caries, and has completely lost the cusps of the premolars and molars. Burial 7 contained an adult male, 25+ years old, with no skeletal pathology. This individual has one dental cavity, and has completely lost the cusps of the premolars and molars. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Archeologists Mark E. Huff, Jr. and Norman Briggs have dated the Whiterock Spillway site to the Wylie Focus of the Middle to Late Caddo Periods (A.D. 1200-1680). The final, published report affiliates this site with the ancestral Caddo. The Caddo Nation of Oklahoma claims Dallas County, TX, as an area of interest. In 1965, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were removed from the Lower Rockwall Site (41RW1; also known as 27B1-2, RW2) in Rockwall County, TX. The site was excavated by the Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University under contract to the National Park Service. The human remains from Burial 1 consist solely of the cranium of a middle-aged female. This grave had been dug into the side of the inward slope of the north rim of a large pit. The skull was found lying on its right side, with the top of the head to the north and the face to the west. Burial 2 contained an adult female, 35- 45 years old. This individual lay in a flexed position on the left side, with the head to the west. The head was bent downward with the chin resting on the chest and facing toward the east. The right hand rested on the top of the head, and the left arm was bent across the chest. No description is given for the third individual. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Archeologists Dessamae Lorrain and Norma Hoffrichter date the occupation of the Lower Rockwall site between 1000 B.C. and A.D. 1300, i.e. from the Middle/Late Archaic to the Wylie Focus. The final, published report affiliates this site with the ancestral Caddo. The Caddo Nation of Oklahoma claims Rockwall County, TX as an area of interest. Determinations Made by the Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University Officials of the Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University have determined that:Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of eight individuals of Native American ancestry. 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 the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. [[Page 62895]] 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 should submit a written request with information in support of the request to B. Sunday Eiselt, Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, 3225 Daniel Avenue, Heroy Hall #450, Dallas, TX 75205, telephone (214) 768- 2915, email [email protected], by January 4, 2019. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma may proceed. The Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University is responsible for notifying the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma that this notice has been published. Dated: November 7, 2018. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2018-26436 Filed 12-4-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
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of California; Manchester Band of Pomo traditional sources provide evidence of Reservation, California); Scotts Valley
Indians of the Manchester Rancheria, cultural affiliation between the human Band of Pomo Indians of California; and
California (previously listed as the remains and contemporary Pomo the Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo
Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the people. Anthropological sources Indians of California; hereafter referred
Manchester-Point Arena Rancheria, designate Clear Lake as the aboriginal to as ‘‘The Affiliated Tribes.’’ The
California); Middletown Rancheria of territory of Pomo and Lake Miwok closest affiliation of CA–LAK–471 is to
Pomo Indians of California; Pinoleville groups. The Southern Clear Lake/Lower the Southeastern Pomo represented by
Pomo Nation, California (previously Lake area is attributed to the the Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians
listed as the Pinoleville Rancheria of Southeastern Pomo (Kroeber 1925, of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria,
Pomo Indians of California); Potter McCarthy 1985, McLendon and Lowy California and the Koi Nation of
Valley Tribe, California; Redwood 1978, McLendon and Oswalt 1978; Northern California (previously listed as
Valley or Little River Band of Pomo Swanton 1952; White et al. 2002). the Lower Lake Rancheria, California).
Indians of the Redwood Valley Linguistic evidence suggests that Clear
Rancheria California (previously listed Determinations Made by the University
Lake is the proto-Pomo homeland (Golla of California, Davis
as the Redwood Valley Rancheria of 2007, Oswalt 1964, Whistler1984).
Pomo Indians of California); Robinson Information provided by the Koi Nation Officials of the University of
Rancheria (previously listed as the indicates that this area is the center of California, Davis have determined that:
Robinson Rancheria Band of Pomo Koi ancestral lands and the tribe’s pre- • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
Indians, California and the Robinson contact political, cultural, and spiritual human remains described in this notice
Rancheria of Pomo Indians of center. Pomo are represented today by represent the physical remains of two
California); Round Valley Indian Tribes, the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of individuals of Native American
Round Valley Reservation, California the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of ancestry.
(previously listed as the Round Valley • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
the Big Valley Rancheria, California;
Indian Tribes of the Round Valley is a relationship of shared group
Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians
Reservation, California); Scotts Valley identity that can be reasonably traced
of California; Coyote Valley Band of
Band of Pomo Indians of California; and between the Native American human
Pomo Indians of California; Dry Creek
the Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo remains and The Affiliated Tribes.
Rancheria of Pomo Indians, California
Indians of California, hereafter referred
(previously listed as the Dry Creek Additional Requestors and Disposition
to as ‘‘The Tribes Invited to Consult,’’
Rancheria of Pomo Indians of Lineal descendants or representatives
were invited to consult on the NAGPRA
California); Elem Indian Colony of Pomo of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
Inventory and either deferred or did not
Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria, organization not identified in this notice
respond.
California; Federated Indians of Graton that wish to request transfer of control
History and Description of the Remains Rancheria, California; Guidiville of these human remains should submit
In 1977, human remains representing, Rancheria of California; Habematolel a written request with information in
at minimum, two individuals were Pomo of Upper Lake, California; support of the request to Megon Noble,
removed from CA–LAK–471 on the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians, NAGPRA Project Manager, University of
southeastern shore of Clear Lake, California (formerly Hopland Band of California, Davis, 433 Mrak Hall, One
adjacent to Anderson Marsh in Lake Pomo Indians of the Hopland Rancheria, Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616,
County, CA. The site was disturbed California); Kashia Band of Pomo telephone (530)752–8501 email
during installation of a sewage Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria, mnoble@ucdavis.edu, by January 4,
treatment system. The State Water California; Koi Nation of Northern 2019. After that date, if no additional
Resources Control Board, Division of California (previously listed as the requestors have come forward, transfer
Water Quality contracted Ann Peak and Lower Lake Rancheria, California), The of control of the human remains to The
Associates to perform a test excavation Consulted Tribe; Lytton Rancheria of Affiliated Tribes may proceed.
of the site. Human remains were California; Manchester Band of Pomo UC Davis is responsible for notifying
identified and reinterred at the time of Indians of the Manchester Rancheria, The Tribes Invited to Consult and The
the excavation in cooperation with the California (previously listed as the Affiliated Tribes that this notice has
Elem Indian Colony. In 1981–1982, the Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the been published.
collection was transferred to the UC Manchester-Point Arena Rancheria,
California); Middletown Rancheria of Dated: November 7, 2018.
Davis Department of Anthropology
Pomo Indians of California; Pinoleville Melanie O’Brien,
Museum. In 2016, human remains were
newly identified within faunal Pomo Nation, California (previously Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
collections from the site. No known listed as the Pinoleville Rancheria of [FR Doc. 2018–26445 Filed 12–4–18; 8:45 am]
individuals were identified. No Pomo Indians of California); Potter BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
associated funerary objects are present. Valley Tribe, California; Redwood
The human remains have been Valley or Little River Band of Pomo
determined to be Native American Indians of the Redwood Valley DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
based on the archeological context of Rancheria California (previously listed
the site. Cultural material from the site as the Redwood Valley Rancheria of National Park Service
includes projectile points, bifaces, Pomo Indians of California); Robinson [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026945;
flakes, fauna, and groundstone. One Rancheria (previously listed as the
khammond on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
radiocarbon date indicate occupation of Robinson Rancheria Band of Pomo
the site approximately 3,500 to 2,100 Indians, California and the Robinson Notice of Inventory Completion:
years ago. Projectile points indicates a Rancheria of Pomo Indians of Department of Anthropology, Southern
broad temporal range, from 10,000 years California); Round Valley Indian Tribes, Methodist University, Dallas, TX
ago to the late prehistoric period. Round Valley Reservation, California AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
Geographic, anthropological, (previously listed as the Round Valley
ACTION: Notice.
archeological, historical, linguistic, and Indian Tribes of the Round Valley
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Additional Requestors and Disposition request transfer of control of these male between the ages of 30 and 50, and
Lineal descendants or representatives human remains should submit a written one individual of indeterminate age and
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian request with information in support of sex. The Geneva Lake Archeological
organization not identified in this notice the request to the Wisconsin Historical Survey donated the human remains to
that wish to request transfer of control Society at the address in this notice by the Wisconsin Historical Society in
of these human remains should submit January 4, 2019. 1928. No known individuals were
a written request with information in ADDRESSES: Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin identified. No associated funerary
support of the request to B. Sunday Historical Society, 816 State St., objects are present.
Eiselt, Department of Anthropology, Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608) Determinations Made by the Wisconsin
Southern Methodist University, 3225 264–6434, email Jennifer.Kolb@ Historical Society
Daniel Avenue, Heroy Hall #450, Dallas, wisconsinhistory.org.
Officials of the Wisconsin Historical
TX 75205, telephone (214) 768–2915, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Society have determined that:
email seiselt@smu.edu, by January 4, hereby given in accordance with the • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
2019. After that date, if no additional Native American Graves Protection and human remains described in this notice
requestors have come forward, transfer Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. are Native American based on
of control of the human remains to the 3003, of the completion of an inventory Wisconsin Historical Society records,
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma may of human remains under the control of burial location, archeological context,
proceed. the Wisconsin Historical Society, oral histories, and skeletal analysis.
The Department of Anthropology, Madison, WI. The human remains were • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
Southern Methodist University is removed from the Northwestern human remains described in this notice
responsible for notifying the Caddo Military and Naval Academy Mounds, represent the physical remains of two
Nation of Oklahoma, and the Wichita Walworth County, WI. individuals of Native American
and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, This notice is published as part of the ancestry.
Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma that this National Park Service’s administrative • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
notice has been published. responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 relationship of shared group identity
Dated: November 7, 2018. U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). cannot be reasonably traced between the
Melanie O’Brien, The determinations in this notice are Native American human remains and
Manager, National NAGPRA Program. the sole responsibility of the museum, any present-day Indian Tribe.
institution, or Federal agency that has • According to final judgments of the
[FR Doc. 2018–26436 Filed 12–4–18; 8:45 am]
control of the Native American human Indian Claims Commission or the Court
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
remains. The National Park Service is of Federal Claims, the land from which
not responsible for the determinations the Native American human remains
in this notice. were removed is the aboriginal land of
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
the Citizen Potawatomi Nation,
Consultation Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
National Park Service
A detailed assessment of the human Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026957; remains was made by the Wisconsin Indian Community, Michigan; Match-e-
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] be-nash-she-wish Band of Potawatomi
Historical Society professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Indians of Michigan; Nottawaseppi
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Forest County Potawatomi Community, Huron Band of the Potawatomi,
Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison,
Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk Nation of Michigan (previously listed as the
WI
Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Pokagon Band
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
ACTION: Notice. Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Indiana; and the Prairie Band
Wisconsin; Menominee Indian Tribe of Potawatomi Nation (previously listed as
SUMMARY: The Wisconsin Historical Wisconsin; and the Upper Sioux the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation,
Society has completed an inventory of Community, Minnesota, hereafter Kansas), hereafter referred to as ‘‘The
human remains, in consultation with referred to as ‘‘The Consulting Tribes.’’ Aboriginal Land Tribes.’’
the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native • Treaties, Acts of Congress, or
Hawaiian organizations, and has History and Description of the Remains Executive Orders, indicate that the land
determined that there is no cultural In 1927, human remains representing, from which the Native American human
affiliation between the human remains at minimum, two individuals were remains were removed is the aboriginal
and any present-day Indian Tribes or removed from the Northwestern land of the Bad River Band of the Lake
Native Hawaiian organizations. Military and Naval Academy Mounds Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of
Representatives of any Indian Tribe or (47–WL–0061) in Walworth County, WI. the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin;
Native Hawaiian organization not The Northwestern Military and Naval Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan;
identified in this notice that wish to Academy Mounds site is comprised of Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky
request transfer of control of these five conical mounds and a habitation Boy’s Reservation, Montana (previously
human remains should submit a written site. Charles E. Brown and members of listed as the Chippewa-Cree Indians of
request to the Wisconsin Historical the Geneva Lake Archeological Survey the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana);
Society. If no additional requestors excavated Mounds 1 and 2 in 1927. A Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma;
khammond on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES
come forward, transfer of control of the single burial feature was excavated near Forest County Potawatomi Community,
human remains to the Indian Tribes or the center of Mound 2 just beneath the Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in surface of the ground upon which the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
this notice may proceed. mound was constructed. Skeletal Michigan; Hannahville Indian
DATES: Representatives of any Indian analysis completed by Wisconsin Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay
Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization Historical Society staff determined that Indian Community, Michigan; Lac
not identified in this notice that wish to the human remains represent one adult Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior
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