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Officials of the Heard Museum have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (3)(C), the nine cultural items 

described above are specific ceremonial 

objects needed by traditional Native 

American religious leaders for the 

practice of traditional Native American 

religions by their present-day adherents. 

Officials of the Heard Museum also have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (2), there is a relationship of 

shared group identity that can be 

reasonably traced between the sacred 

objects and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the sacred objects should 

contact Frank Goodyear, Jr., Director, 

Heard Museum, 2301 N. Central 

Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004, telephone 

(602) 252–8840, before March 4, 2009. 

Repatriation of the sacred objects to the 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Heard Museum is responsible for 

notifying the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 

Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly 

the Pueblo of San Juan); Pueblo of 

Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 

Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 

Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo 

Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; 

Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: December 31, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–2126 Filed 1–30–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Western Reserve Historical 

Society, Cleveland, OH 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 in the 

possession of the Western Reserve 

Historical Society, Cleveland, OH, that 

meets the definitions of ‘‘unassociated 

funerary objects,’’ and ‘‘sacred objects’’ 

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 cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

The eight objects are one shaman 

crown or headdress (No number); one 

shaman bone necklace (No number); one 

bear bone amulet (Accession 42.417); 

one spirit chaser bone amulet (No 

number, possibly Accession 427); one 

kushdakka bone amulet (Accession 

427); one raven bone amulet (Accession 

427); one eel bone amulet (Accession 

427); and one ivory burial figure 

(Accession 42.1255). 

The Western Reserve Historical 

Society was founded in 1867, and until 

1940 records for accessions were scant 

or non-existent. Starting in 1894, book 

numbers were assigned consecutively to 

objects. This practice was terminated in 

1940. From 1940–1943, a large-scale 

inventory of the Society’s holdings was 

conducted and accession numbers were 

assigned to those objects with no prior 

book number or provenience. No 

cultural affiliation is listed in the 

original accession and catalog records 

for the eight cultural items. Photographs 

of the items and copies of catalog 

records were sent to various Alaskan 

Native Villages and Corporations. 

Collaboration with the Cleveland 

Museum of Natural History aided in the 

cultural identification of the cultural 

items to the Tlingit and Haida. 

The burial figure (42.1255) does not 

have specific provenience information 

other than a catalog card that states 

‘‘burial figure taken from elevated grave 

in Alaska.’’ Based on museum records 

and consultation with representatives of 

the Central Council of the Tlingit & 

Haida Indian Tribes, officials of the 

Western Reserve Historical Society have 

determined that the cultural item is an 

unassociated funerary object, and 

culturally affiliated with the Tlingit. 

The shaman headdress and necklace 

were unfortunately overlooked in the 

1940 inventory process and remain 

without an accession number. No 

provenience information has been found 

in the records. However, based on 

consultation with the Central Council of 

the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes, the 

two cultural items have been 

determined to be sacred objects, and 

culturally affiliated with the Tlingit. 

In 1915, the bear amulet (42.417) was 

given to the Western Reserve Historical 

Society. The cultural item is from the 

Ben G. Goodman collection. Mr. 

Goodman, a former resident of 

Cleveland, spent 16 years as a fur 

trapper and resident of Nome, AK. 

In April 1916, the estate of Colonel 

Orlando John Hodge of Cleveland was 

donated to the Western Reserve 

Historical Society. The accession 

register lists ‘‘four carved ivory 

amulets,’’ which are reasonably believed 

to be these four ivory amulets 

(Accession 427). Col. Hodge’s 

connection to Alaska and how he 

acquired the amulets is unknown. 

However, based on consultation with 

the Central Council of the Tlingit & 

Haida Indian Tribes, the two cultural 

items have been determined to be sacred 

objects, and culturally affiliated with 

the Tlingit. 

The Central Council of the Tlingit & 

Haida Indian Tribes further identified 

the headdress, necklace, and amulets as 

shaman (or ixt’) objects, and as such 

sacred objects. Evidence given during 

consultation with the Central Council of 

the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes have 

indicated that shaman objects would 

have been buried with the shaman, and 

are therefore, funerary objects. Finally, 

consultation evidence of Tlingit 

property rights state that shaman sacred 

objects are also considered property of 

the clan. However, the specific 

shaman(s) and the clan(s) are unknown 

for the cultural items described in this 

notice. 

Officials of the Western Reserve 

Historical Society have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 

eight 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 an Native 

American individual. Officials of the 

Western Reserve Historical Society also 

have determined that, pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 3001 (3)(C), the seven cultural 

items described above are specific 

ceremonial objects needed by traditional 

Native American religious leaders for 

the practice of traditional Native 

American religions by their present-day 

adherents. Lastly, officials of the 

Western Reserve Historical Society have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (2), there is a relationship of 

shared group identity that can be 


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reasonably traced between the 

unassociated funerary objects and 

sacred objects and the Central Council 

of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

objects and/or sacred objects should 

contact Danielle Routhier Peck, Senior 

Registrar, Western Reserve Historical 

Society, 10825 East Boulevard, 

Cleveland, OH 44106, telephone (216) 

721–5722 extension 262, before March 

4, 2009. Repatriation of the unassociated 

funerary objects and sacred objects to 

the Central Council of the Tlingit & 

Haida Indian Tribes may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Western Reserve Historical 

Society is responsible for notifying the 

Central Council of Tlingit & Haida 

Indian Tribes, Huna Heritage 

Foundation, and Sealaska Heritage 

Institute that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: December 24, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–2114 Filed 1–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion for 

Native American Human Remains and 

Associated Funerary Objects in the 

Possession of the University of Denver 

Department of Anthropology and 

Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO, 

and in the Control of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC; 

Correction 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

Notice is here 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 and associated funerary objects 

in the control of the U.S. Department of 

the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Washington, DC, and in the possession 

of the University of Denver Department 

of Anthropology and Museum of 

Anthropology, Denver, CO. The human 

remains were removed from Navajo 

County, AZ and San Juan County, NM. 

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 human 

remains. The National Park Service is 

not responsible for the determinations 

in this notice. 

This notice corrects the Notice of 

Inventory Completion published in the 

Federal Register (67 FR 9002–9003, 

February 27, 2002) because officials of 

the University of Denver Department of 

Anthropology and Museum of 

Anthropology have determined that the 

cultural affiliation conclusions for the 

human remains referenced in the notice 

are incorrect, as defined at 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (2). After further consideration of 

the evidence, museum officials have 

determined that the human remains (DU 

6014 and DU 6056) removed from 

Shiprock, San Juan County, NM, are of 

Native American ancestry, but that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is 

not sufficient available evidence that 

can lead to a reasonable assignment of 

a shared group relationship with any 

present-day Indian tribe. Furthermore, 

the human remains (DU 6000) removed 

from Marsh Pass, Navajo County, AZ, 

have a cultural affiliation that can be 

narrowed specifically to the Navajo 

Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah. 

The February 27, 2002 notice, 

pursuant to 43 C.F.R. 10.2 (e), identified 

a relationship of shared group identity 

that could be reasonably traced between 

the Native American human remains 

removed from both sites to the Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona; Navajo Nation, 

Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Pueblo of 

Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Zia, New Mexico; Ysleta Del Sur 

Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the 

Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. Since 

February 27, 2002, museum officials 

contracted a research archeologist and 

conducted additional consultations with 

representatives of the Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New 

Mexico & Utah; Okhay Owingeh, New 

Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of San 

Juan); Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New 

Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico. The museum 

also sent reports and solicited feedback 

via telephone and correspondence with 

representatives from the Colorado River 

Indian Tribes of the Colorado River 

Indian Reservation, Arizona and 

California; Pueblo of Picuris, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New 

Mexico; and Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of 

Texas. 

The human remains (catalog numbers 

DU 6014 and DU 6056) were removed 

from Shiprock, San Juan County, NM, 

possibly by Dr. E.B. Renaud, founder of 

the University of Denver Department of 

Anthropology. These two sets of 

remains have been interpreted by a 

physical anthropologist as being the 

remains of one individual, based on the 

similar coloring and size of the bones as 

well as their provenience. Renaud noted 

that the skull is probably male–an adult 

about 40 years of age–and shows 

evidence of cradleboarding. While 

officials at the University of Denver 

Department of Anthropology and 

Museum of Anthropology recognize that 

scholars have historically attributed the 

activity of cradleboarding to the Pueblo 

Tribes, Pueblo consultants cited other 

examples of people who used 

cradleboards. In addition, Shiprock, NM 

is an area that was visited and inhabited 

by a number of tribes over time. In the 

absence of specific archeological dates 

or material culture, tribal 

representatives did not accept the 

determination that cranial flattening 

was specifically a Puebloan cultural 

practice. 

Without further information regarding 

archeological context, dating or material 

culture, museum officials have 

determined that the evidence 

surrounding the human remains (DU 

6014 and DU 6056) did not provide 

enough data to assign cultural 

affiliation. However, the human remains 

(DU 6000) removed from Navajo 

County, AZ, have a cultural affiliation 

that can be narrowed specifically to the 

Navajo Nation. This conclusion was 

supported by tribal information and 

expert opinion. 

Therefore, based on expert opinion, 

additional research, and tribal 

information, the changes to cultural 

affiliation in the Federal Register notice 

of February 27, 2002, is corrected by 


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