Notice2021-15571
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of Denver Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO
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July 22, 2021
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Abstract
The University of Denver Museum of Anthropology, 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 University of Denver 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 138 (Thursday, July 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38755-38758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15571]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032324; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of
Denver Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The University of Denver Museum of Anthropology, 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 University of
Denver 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 the University of Denver Museum
of Anthropology at the address in this notice by August 23, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Amati, University of Denver
Museum of Anthropology, 2000 E Asbury Avenue, Sturm Hall 146, Denver,
CO 80208, telephone (303) 871-2687, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#abcac5c5ce85cac6cadfc2ebcfde85cecfde"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="05646b6b602b646864716c4561702b606170">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 University of Denver Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO,
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.
History and Description of the Cultural Items
At an unknown date, one cultural item was removed from an unknown
site in the state of Arizona. At an unknown date, the item came into
the possession of Kohlberg's Antique Store in Denver, CO, where it was
purchased by Fallis F. Rees. In 1967, Mr. Rees donated the item to the
University of Denver Museum of Anthropology. The one object of cultural
patrimony is a dipper (DU# 3887). It is in the Gila Plain style and was
likely produced between A.D. 200-1450, which encompasses the Hohokam
cultural sequence.
At unknown dates, 16 cultural items were removed from unknown sites
in the state of Arizona. At unknown dates, the items came into the
possession of
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Fallis F. Rees who, in 1967, donated the items to the University of
Denver Museum of Anthropology. The 16 objects of cultural patrimony are
one effigy bowl (DU# 3902), one miniature bowl (DU# 3906), one jar (DU#
3908), one shell needle (DU# 3916), one shell pendant (DU#3917a), two
medicine stones (DU#3919a and b), one bowl (DU# 3926), one ax (DU#
3951), two figurine fragments (DU#3980 and 3981b), one basket (DU#
5762), one jar (DU#3881), one miniature pitcher (DU#4108), one fragment
of amber (DU#2669), and one stone ruler (DU#2671). The 16 objects of
cultural patrimony are consistent with the material type and
manufacture techniques of Hohokam material culture.
At an unknown date, one cultural item was removed from an unknown
site in the state of Arizona. At an unknown date, the one item came
into the possession of the Original Curio Store in Santa Fe, NM, where
it was purchased by Fallis F. Rees. In 1967, Mr. Rees donated the item
to the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology. The one object of
cultural patrimony is a ceremonial container (DU# 3922). It is
consistent with the material type and manufacture techniques of Hohokam
material culture.
At an unknown date, one cultural item was removed from an unknown
site in the state of Arizona. At an unknown date, the item came into
the possession of Gladys Hicks, who gifted it to Fallis F. Rees. In
1967, Mr. Rees donated the item to the University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology. The one object of cultural patrimony is a pipe stem (DU#
4092). It is consistent with the material type and manufacture
techniques of Hohokam material culture.
At an unknown date, one cultural item was removed from Casa
Malpais, near Springerville in Apache County, AZ. At an unknown date,
the item came into the possession of Fallis F. Rees who, in 1967,
donated the item to the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology.
The one object of cultural patrimony is a vesicular basalt phallus (DU#
3940). Casa Malpais is a late Mogollon habitation site which was
occupied from A.D. 1250 to 1400 and encompasses the Hohokam sequence.
At an unknown date, one cultural item was removed from an unknown
site in the Mojave Desert, either in Arizona or California. At an
unknown date, G. and T. Cox obtained the item from the E.R. Callahan
Collection. At an unknown date, G. and T. Cox gifted the item to Fallis
F. Rees, and in 1967, Mr. Rees donated it to the University of Denver
Museum of Anthropology. The one object of cultural patrimony is a human
figure jar (DU#4109). It is consistent with the material type and
manufacture techniques of Hohokam material culture.
At an unknown date, one cultural item was removed from an unknown
site at Roosevelt Lake in Gila County, AZ. At an unknown date, the item
came into the possession of Fallis F. Rees who, in 1967, donated the
item to the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology. The one object
of cultural patrimony is a stone phallus (DU# 3977). It is consistent
with the material type and manufacture techniques of Hohokam material
culture.
At an unknown date, one cultural item was removed from an unknown
site in Maricopa County, AZ. In 1951, the item was accessioned by the
University of Denver Museum of Anthropology. The one object of cultural
patrimony is a drum basket (DU#1675). It is consistent with the
material type and manufacture techniques of Hohokam material culture.
The form and decoration are consistent with items attributable to the
Akimel O'odham, aka Pima, of the Gila River Indian Community of the
Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona.
At an unknown date, two cultural items were removed from the Agua
Fria River Cliffs in Maricopa County, AZ. According to museum records,
the items were found ``seven miles north of Highway 70, 80, and 93.''
At an unknown date, the items came into the possession of Omar Turney,
a Phoenix archeologist and engineer who studied prehistoric irrigation
canals in the Salt River Valley. At an unknown date, Turney transferred
the two items to Frank Midvale, a Casa Grande Monument ranger and
archeologist who had been Turney's student at Arizona State University
(ASU). In 1963, Midvale was dispersing his collection to various
museums and began sending material to Fallis F. Rees. In 1967, Mr. Rees
donated the item to the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology.
The two objects of cultural patrimony are petroglyphs (DU# 4295a-b).
They are consistent with the material type and manufacture techniques
of Hohokam material culture.
At an unknown date, two cultural items were removed from a location
near La Ciudad (Grande) Ruin in Maricopa County, AZ. At unknown dates,
one of the cultural items came into the possession of Fallis F. Rees
and the other cultural item came into the possession of Frank Midvale.
In 1963, Midvale was dispersing his collection to various museums and
began sending material to Fallis F. Rees. In 1967, Mr. Rees donated the
two items to the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology. The two
objects of cultural patrimony are: One medicine stone (DU# 3979) and
one stone phallus (DU#3975). La Ciudad (Grande) Ruin is a prehistoric
Hohokam habitation site which was occupied from A.D. 200-1450.
At an unknown date, two cultural items were removed from ``Gila
Bend Pyramid'' in Maricopa County, AZ, by Dr. William Wasley. Based on
archival research, museum staff believes that ``Gila Bend Pyramid'' is
a reference to the Hohokam Platform Mound at the Gatlin Site, located
three miles north of Gila Bend, AZ. At an unknown date the items came
into the possession of Frank Midvale. In 1963, Midvale was dispersing
his collection to various museums and began sending material to Fallis
F. Rees. In 1967, Mr. Rees donated the items to the University of
Denver Museum of Anthropology. The two objects of cultural patrimony
are copper bells (DU# 3914a&b). Gatlin site is a prehistoric Hohokam
habitation site which was occupied from A.D. 800-1200.
At an unknown date, two cultural items were removed from a ditch
near Mesa Grande Ruin in Maricopa County, AZ. At an unknown date, the
items came into the possession of Frank Midvale. In 1963, Midvale was
dispersing his collection to various museums and began sending material
to Fallis F. Rees. In 1967, Mr. Rees donated the two items to the
University of Denver Museum of Anthropology. The two objects of
cultural patrimony are one jar (DU# 3888a) and one bowl sherd (DU#
3888b). Mesa Grande Ruin is a prehistoric Hohokam habitation site which
was occupied from A.D. 1100-1400.
At an unknown date, one cultural item was removed from an unknown
site near Phoenix in Maricopa County, AZ. At an unknown date, the item
came into the possession of Fallis F. Rees who, in 1967, donated the
item to the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology. The one object
of cultural patrimony is a stone censer (DU# 3978) identified as
belonging to the Santa Cruz-Sacaton period--an identification
consistent with the Hohokam cultural sequence--and produced between
A.D. 800-1100.
At an unknown date, one cultural item was removed from the ruins on
the north side of the Salt River opposite Mesa, in Maricopa County, AZ.
At an unknown date, the item came into the
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possession of Frank Midvale. In 1963, Midvale was dispersing his
collection to various museums and began sending material to Fallis F.
Rees. In 1967, Mr. Rees donated the item to the University of Denver
Museum of Anthropology. The one object of cultural patrimony is a shell
bracelet fragment (DU# 3982). It is consistent with the material type
and manufacture techniques of Hohokam material culture.
Between 1920 and 1947, three cultural items were removed from an
unknown site northwest of Peoria in Maricopa County, AZ, by E.B.
Renaud, during an archeological expedition sponsored by the University
of Denver. Museum records document the site as ``on first level above
wash, half mile square, pit house of transitional type (oblong with
rounded corners) colonial and sedentary Hohokam.'' The three objects of
cultural patrimony are three stone palette fragments (DU# misc. coll.
AZ25-2.2) identified as belonging to the Colonial-Sedentary period--an
identification consistent with the Hohokam cultural sequence--and
produced between A.D. 700-1150.
At an unknown date, one cultural item was removed from Walker
School Ruin near Phoenix, in Maricopa County, AZ. At an unknown date,
the item came into the possession of Fallis F. Rees who, in 1967,
donated the item to the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology.
The one object of cultural patrimony is red ochre (DU# 3936). It is
consistent with the material type and manufacture techniques of Hohokam
material culture.
At an unknown date, one cultural item was removed from the Salt
River Valley near Phoenix, in Maricopa County, AZ. At an unknown date,
the item came into the possession of Fallis F. Rees who, in 1967,
donated the item to the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology.
The one object of cultural patrimony is a stone palette fragment (DU#
3985). The form and decoration are consistent with the Hohokam cultural
sequence between 300 B.C. to A.D. 1100.
At an unknown date, two cultural items were removed from Cashion
Ruin near the juncture of the Gila, Salt, and Fria Rivers, in Maricopa
County, AZ. At an unknown date, the items came into the possession of
Fallis F. Rees who, in 1967, donated the items to the University of
Denver Museum of Anthropology. The two objects of cultural patrimony
are figurine fragments (DU# 3918a & b). They are consistent with the
material type and manufacture techniques of Hohokam material culture.
At an unknown date, one cultural item was removed from an unknown
site at Blackwater in Pinal County, AZ. At an unknown date, the item
came into the possession of Frank Midvale. In 1963, Midvale was
dispersing his collection to various museums and began sending material
to Fallis F. Rees. In 1967, Rees donated the item to the University of
Denver Museum of Anthropology. The one object of cultural patrimony is
a bird figurine (DU# 4106). It is consistent with the material type and
manufacture techniques of Hohokam material culture.
At unknown dates, two cultural items were removed from unknown
sites in the state of Arizona. At unknown dates, the items came into
the possession of Frank Midvale, Casa Grande Monument ranger and
archeologist. In 1963, Midvale was dispersing his collection to various
museums and began sending material to Fallis F. Rees. In 1967, Rees
donated the items to the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology.
The two objects of cultural patrimony are one figurine fragment (DU#
3983) and one bowl (DU# 3912). The figurine fragment (DU# 3983) is
identified as belonging to the Estrella period and was produced between
300 B.C. to A.D. 550. The bowl (DU#3912) is identified as Santa Cruz
red-on-buff ware and was produced between A.D. 700-900. Both objects
fall within the Hohokam cultural sequence.
At an unknown date, one cultural item was removed from an unknown
site in either southeastern Arizona or southwestern New Mexico. At an
unknown date, the item came into the possession of Fallis F. Rees who,
in 1967, donated the item to the University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology. The one object of cultural patrimony is one lot of beads
(DU# 4299). This object is consistent with the material type and
manufacture techniques of Hohokam material culture.
At unknown dates, eight cultural items were removed from unknown
sites either near the Gila River or in the Gila Valley, in southwestern
Arizona. At unknown dates, the items came into the possession of Fallis
F. Rees who, in 1967, donated them to the University of Denver Museum
of Anthropology. The eight objects of cultural patrimony are one
sandstone ball (DU# 3964), one mano (DU# 3974), one medicine stone (DU#
4204), four pendants (DU# 3931a-b & e-f), and one ram-head figurine
(DU# 3981a).
The ram-head figurine (DU# 3981a) is an effigy form associated with
the Gila River area near the Estrella Mountains (Komadke) and South
Mountain Range (Muahadag).The sandstone ball (DU# 3964) is culturally
affiliated with the Akimel O'odham, aka Pima, of the Gila River Indian
Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona. The mano (DU#
3974), medicine stone (DU# 4204), and four pendants (DU# 3931a-b & e-f)
are consistent with the material type and manufacture techniques of
Hohokam material culture.
All of the cultural items described above have ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance central to the Gila River Indian
Community of the Gila River Reservation, Arizona and the Salt River
Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona
rather than being property owned by an individual.
The Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian
Reservation, Arizona, and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona have requested the repatriation
of the cultural items described above as follows: The Gila River Indian
Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona, has requested
DU#s 1675, 1691, 2669, 2671, 3881, 3906, 3908, 3912, 3936, 3940, 3951,
3964, 3974, 3978, 3979, 3982, 3983, 3985, 4106, 4204, 4299, 3917a,
3918a-b, 3931a-b, 3931e-f, 3981a-b, and misc. coll. AZ25-2.2; the Salt
River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation,
Arizona, has requested DU#s 3926, 3975, 3977, 3888a-b, 3914a-b, 3919a-
b, and 4295a-b; and jointly, the Gila River Indian Community of the
Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona, and the Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona, have
requested DU#s 3887, 3902, 3916, 3922, 3980, 4092, 4108, 4109, and
5762.
Determinations Made by the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology
Officials of the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology have
determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the 52 cultural items
described above have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural
importance central to the Native American group or culture itself,
rather than property owned by an individual.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the objects
of cultural patrimony and the Gila River Indian Community of the Gila
River Reservation, Arizona and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona (hereafter referred to
as ``The Tribes'').
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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 Anne Amati, University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology, 2000 E Asbury Avenue, Sturm Hall 146, Denver, CO 80208,
telephone (303) 871-2687, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e4858a8a81ca858985908da48091ca818091"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="492827272c672824283d20092d3c672c2d3c">[email protected]</span></a>, by August 23, 2021.
After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the objects of cultural patrimony to The Tribes may
proceed.
The University of Denver Museum of Anthropology is responsible for
notifying The Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 14, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-15571 Filed 7-21-21; 8:45 am]
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