Notice2022-24221
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC
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Published
November 7, 2022
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 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 unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and 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 BIA. 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 87, Number 214 (Monday, November 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67058-67060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24221]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034802; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA), 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 unassociated funerary objects,
sacred objects, and 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 BIA. If no additional claimants
come forward, transfer of control of the cultural items to the lineal
descendants, Indian Tribes,
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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 BIA at the address in this
notice by December 7, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Tamara Billie, NAGPRA Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
1001 Indian School Road NW, Mailbox 44--Suite 345, Albuquerque, NM
87104, telephone (505) 879-9711, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4236232f2330236c202b2e2e2b2702202b236c252d34"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="087c6965697a69266a616464616d486a6169266f677e">[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 U.S Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Washington, DC, that meet the definition of unassociated
funerary objects, sacred objects, and 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
All 376 cultural items listed in this notice were removed at an
unknown date or dates from various sites located on the Wind River
Indian Reservation, in Fremont County, WY, and at an unknown date or
dates, these cultural items came into the possession of Theodore
Sowers. In 1995, Sowers' daughters transferred these cultural items to
Sowers' alma mater, the University of Denver. The 376 cultural items
include 25 associated funerary objects, one sacred object, and 350
objects of cultural patrimony.
The 25 unassociated funerary objects are one ammunition belt (DU
ID#1995.1.91), one arrow shaft (DU ID#1995.1.73), one awl (DU
ID#1995.1.84), four fragments of beadwork (DU ID#1995.1.77 A-B and
1995.1.78 A-B), one bridle (DU ID#1995.1.83), two Sun Dance brooches
(DU ID#1995.1.88-89), one choker (DU ID#1995.1.76), one earring (DU
ID#1995.1.74), two gaming sticks (DU ID#1995.1.82 A-B), one necklace
(DU ID#1995.1.79), two pouch fragments (DU ID#1995.1.75 and 1995.1.80),
one riding crop (DU ID#1995.1.93), one saddle (DU ID#1995.1.92 A-D),
one saddle horn (DU ID#1995.1.90), two scrapers (DU ID#1995.1.85-86),
one pipe stem (DU ID#1995.1.87), and two tools (DU ID#1995.1.81 A-B).
Museum records indicate that these 25 unassociated funerary objects
were removed from a burial.
The one sacred object is a Sun Dance whistle (DU ID #1995.1.72).
This determination is based on information presented during
consultation with Eastern Shoshone Tribal Historic Preservation Office
(THPO) staff and a Cultural/Spiritual Representative in March of 2019.
The 350 objects of cultural patrimony are 23 utilized lithic flakes
(DU ID#WY WR.1), one steatite jar (DU ID#2879), 20 tools (DU
ID#1995.1.283-288 and 1995.1.308-321), one stone core (DU
ID#1995.1.1259), one unworked stone (DU ID#1995.1.595), seven fern
fossils (DU ID#1995.1.1826-1832), two fossils (DU ID#1995.1.1835 and
1995.1.1837), one stone knife (DU ID#1995.1.210), three pieces of
petrified wood (1995.1.1833-1834 and 1995.1.1836), four stone scrapers
(DU ID#1995.1.209, 1995.1.217, 1995.1.221, and 1995.1.223), two stone
choppers (DU ID#1995.1.739-740), four stone cores (DU ID#1995.1.733-
736), 23 utilized lithic flakes (DU ID#1995.1.741-763), 18 stone knives
(DU ID#1995.1.715-732), two stone manos (DU ID#1995.1.737-738), 45
stone scrapers (DU ID#1995.1.670-714), 19 stone tools (DU
ID#1995.1.289-307), one stone abrader (DU ID#1995.1.936), eight stone
bifaces (DU ID#1995.1.887-888, 1995.1.891, and 1995.1.893-897), eight
stone choppers (DU ID#1995.1.819, 1995.1.928-933, and 1995.1.938), one
coprolite (DU ID#1995.1.937), two stone cores (DU ID#1995.1.934-935),
four stone drills (DU ID#1995.1.808, 1995.1.905-907), nine lithic
flakes (DU ID#1995.1.913-914, 1995.1.918, 1995.1.921-923, and
1995.1.925-927), four utilized lithic flakes (DU ID#1995.912,
1995.1.919-920, and 1995.1.924), 36 stone knives (DU ID#1995.1.810-818.
1995.1.822-841, 1995.1.889-890, 1995.1.892, 1995.1.898-900, and
1995.1.909), three stone projectile points (DU ID#1995.1.768-770), two
rocks coated in red ochre (DU ID#1995.1.939-940), one lot of stone
scrapers (DU ID#1995.1.776-786, 1995.1.788-807, 1995.1.820-821,
1995.1.842, 1995.1.885-886, 1995.1.901-904, 1995.1.908, 1995.1.911, and
1995.1.915-917), one sinker (DU ID#1995.1.809), one stone uniface
(1995.1.910), one stone knife (DU ID#1995.1.765), one stone projectile
point (DU ID#1995.1.767), two stone scrapers (DU ID#1995.1.764 and
1995.1.766), two lithic flakes (DU ID#1995.1.772-773), one stone
projectile point (DU ID#1995.1.771), three stone scrapers (DU
ID#1995.1.774-775 and 1995.1.787), two stone knives (DU ID#1995.1.874
and 1995.1.878), 40 stone scrapers (DU ID#1995.1.843-873, 1995.1.875-
877, and 1995.1.879-884), six stone choppers (DU ID#1995.1.1279-1284),
one stone core (DU ID#1995.1.1278), 11 stone knives (DU ID#1995.1.1276-
1277, 1995.1.207-208, 1995.1.211-212, 1995.1.222, 1995.1.224-225, and
1995.1.228), and 23 stone scrapers (DU ID#1995.1.1262-1274, 1995.1.206,
1995.1.213-216, 1995.1.218-220, and 1995.1.226-227). This determination
is based on information presented during consultation with Eastern
Shoshone Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) staff and a
Cultural/Spiritual Representative in March of 2019.
Based on information in the possession of the BIA, which includes
information obtained during consultation, the items listed in this
notice are culturally affiliated with the Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the
Wind River Reservation, Wyoming (previously listed as Shoshone Tribe of
the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming). This Indian Tribe has been living
on the Wind River Mountain range and its environs for some 12,000
years.
Determinations Made by the U.S Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs
Officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian
Affairs have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), 25 of the cultural items
described above 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 and are believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native
American individual.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), one of the cultural
items described above is a specific ceremonial object needed by
traditional Native American religious leaders for the practice of
traditional Native American religions by their present-day adherents.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), 350 of the cultural
items described above have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural
importance central to the Native American group or
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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
unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural
patrimony and the Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming (previously listed as Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming).
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 Tamara Billie, NAGPRA Coordinator, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, 1001 Indian School Road NW, Mailbox 44--Suite 345,
Albuquerque, NM 87104, telephone (505) 879-9711, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9de9fcf0fceffcb3fff4f1f1f4f8ddfff4fcb3faf2eb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5e2a3f333f2c3f703c373232373b1e3c373f70393128">[email protected]</span></a>, by December 7, 2022. After that date, if no
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the
unassociated funerary objects, sacred object, and objects of cultural
patrimony to the Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming (previously listed as Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming) may proceed.
The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, with
assistance from the Denver Museum is responsible for notifying the
Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming
(previously listed as Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming) that this notice has been published.
Dated: October 26, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-24221 Filed 11-4-22; 8:45 am]
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