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Between 1890 and 1900, human 

remains representing a minimum of two 

individuals were removed from 

Watson’s Hill, south side of Town 

Brook, in Plymouth, Plymouth County, 

MA, by the Douglas family while the 

family was digging a cellar for their 

house. The human remains were 

transferred to Dr. George H. Jackson of 

Plymouth at an unknown date. In 1939, 

the human remains were donated to the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology by Dr. Jackson through the 

Pilgrim Society of Plymouth. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Osteological characteristics indicate 

that the individuals are Native 

American. The interments most likely 

date to the Late Woodland period or 

later (post-A.D. 1000). Historical 

documentation, as well as information 

from the Pilgrim Society, describes 

Watson’s Hill as a known Late 

Woodland (A.D. 1000–1500) and 

Historic/Contact period (post-A.D. 1500) 

Native American site. Oral tradition and 

historical documentation also indicate 

that Plymouth is within the aboriginal 

and historic homeland of the 

Wampanoag Nation. The present-day 

tribes that are most closely affiliated 

with the Wampanoag Nation are the 

Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head 

(Aquinnah) of Massachusetts; Assonet 

Band of the Wampanoag Nation, a nonfederally recognized Indian group; and 

Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe, a 

non-federally recognized Indian group. 

Officials of the Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology have 

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

3001 (9–10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology 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 Native American human remains 

and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head 

(Aquinnah) of Massachusetts. 

Furthermore, officials of the Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 

have determined that there is a cultural 

relationship between the human 

remains and the Assonet Band of the 

Wampanoag Nation, a non-federally 

recognized Indian group, and Mashpee 

Wampanoag Indian Tribe, a nonfederally recognized Indian group. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Patricia Capone, 

Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, 11 Divinity Ave., 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–3702, before April 16, 2007. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

the Wampanoag Repatriation 

Confederation on behalf of the 

Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head 

(Aquinnah) of Massachusetts; Assonet 

Band of the Wampanoag Nation, a nonfederally recognized Indian group; and 

Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe, a 

non-federally recognized Indian group 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology 

and Ethnology is responsible for 

notifying the Wampanoag Repatriation 

Confederation, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay 

Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts; 

Assonet Band of the Wampanoag 

Nation, a non-federally recognized 

Indian group; and Mashpee Wampanoag 

Indian Tribe, a non-federally recognized 

Indian group that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: January 30, 2007 

Sherry Hutt, 

National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E7–4727 Filed 3–14–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Thomas Burke Memorial Washington 

State Museum, University of 

Washington, Seattle, WA 

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. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains in the possession of the Thomas 

Burke Memorial Washington State 

Museum (Burke Museum), University of 

Washington, Seattle, WA. The human 

remains were removed from Okanogan 

County, WA. 

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. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Burke Museum 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Confederated 

Tribes of the Colville Reservation, 

Washington. 

In 1908, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from Winthrop in Okanogan 

County, WA, by CPT Frank Lord. In 

1910, the human remains were received 

from Captain Lord and accessioned by 

the Burke Museum (Burke Accn. No. 

242). No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The human remains had previously 

been identified non- Native American. 

However, after further review, the 

preponderance of the evidence 

identifies the human remains as Native 

American. The original donor identified 

the human remains as ‘‘Indian’’. The 

majority of the osteological evidence 

identified by physical anthropologists 

determined that the human remains are 

Native American. 

According to early and late 

ethnographic documentation the 

Methow Tribe are the aboriginal 

occupants of the Winthrop area (Miller 

1998; Mooney 1896; Ray 1936; Spier 

1936). The Colville Reservation was 

established by Executive Order in 1872 

for Methow Tribe and other tribes. The 

Moses Columbia Reservation was later 

established in 1879 and also included 

members of the Methow Tribe. In 1886, 

the Moses Columbia Reservation was 

disbanded and the residents were 

moved to the Colville Reservation. 

Descendants of the Methow Tribe are 

members of the Confederated Tribes of 

the Colville Reservation, Washington. 

Officials of the Burke Museum have 

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

3001 (9–10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Burke 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 Native American human 

remains and the Confederated Tribes of 

the Colville Reservation, Washington. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Peter Lape, Burke 

Museum, University of Washington, Box 

353010, Seattle, WA 98195–3010, 

telephone (206) 685–2282, before April 

16, 2007. Repatriation of the human 

remains to the Confederated Tribes of 

the Colville Reservation, Washington 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Burke Museum is responsible for 

notifying the Confederated Tribes of the 

Colville Reservation, Washington that 

this notice has been published. 


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12192 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 50 / Thursday, March 15, 2007 / Notices 

Dated: January 26, 2007. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E7–4732 Filed 3–14–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: University of Colorado Museum, 

Boulder, CO 

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 University of Colorado 

Museum, Boulder, CO, that meet the 

definition of ‘‘unassociated funerary 

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. 

Between 1954 and 1990, cultural 

items were legally excavated on private 

land near Yellow Jacket Pueblo (5MT5), 

Montezuma County, CO, by Dr. Joe Ben 

Wheat, during University of Colorado 

Museum sponsored archeological field 

schools. The excavated cultural items 

were collected from graves and legally 

transferred to the museum each season. 

The human remains were not collected 

due to deterioration or other 

circumstances. The 68 cultural items are 

66 ceramic items (whole vessels, broken 

vessels, and sherd lots), 1 stone ax, and 

1 bone awl. 

The three habitation sites, identified 

on the National Register of Historic 

Places as the Joe Ben Wheat Site 

Complex, are at the head of Yellow 

Jacket Canyon to the west of Tatum 

Draw and southwest of the very large 

archeological site, Yellow Jacket Pueblo. 

The Yellow Jacket burials were 

predominantly single interments, 

appearing in a wide variety of locations, 

including abandoned rooms and kivas, 

storage pits, subfloor burial pits, 

extramural burial pits, and middens. 

The habitation sites were occupied at 

various times during the Basketmaker 

III, Pueblo II, and Pueblo III periods, 

approximately A.D. 550 - 1250, with a 

temporary abandonment during the 

Pueblo I period, approximately A.D. 750 

- 900. Based on the general continuity 

in the material culture and the 

architecture of these sites, it appears 

that the community that lived in this 

area had long-standing ties to the region 

and returned to sites even after 

migrations away from the locale that 

lasted more than one hundred years. 

However, by the late 13th century, both 

the Yellow Jacket sites and the nearby 

Mesa Verde region showed no evidence 

of human habitation. The sites are not 

used again until the 1920s when the 

locale was homesteaded and farmed. 

The archeological evidence supports 

identification with Basketmaker and 

later Pueblo (Hisatsinom, Ancestral 

Puebloan, or Anasazi) cultures, which 

prehistorically occupied southwestern 

Colorado. Both Basketmaker and Pueblo 

occupations are represented in the 

archeology at the Yellow Jacket site. 

Archeologists have noted in the 

scientific literature the striking 

similarity between the technology and 

style of material culture of 13th century 

archeological sites in southwestern 

Colorado and the material culture 

remains of 14th century Puebloan sites 

in Arizona and New Mexico. 

Oral-tradition evidence, which 

consists of migration stories, clan 

histories, and origin stories, was 

provided by representatives of the Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona; Navajo Nation, 

Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Pueblo of 

Acoma, 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 San 

Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Juan, 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 Ysleta del Sur, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; and 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico. Folkloric evidence in the form 

of songs was provided by tribal 

representatives of the Pueblo of Acoma, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; and 

Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico. 

Tribal representatives of the Pueblo of 

Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, 

New Mexico; and Pueblo of Taos, New 

Mexico provided linguistic evidence 

rooted in place names. Pueblo of 

Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, 

New Mexico; and Pueblo of Santa Clara, 

New Mexico provided archeological 

evidence based on architecture and 

material culture of their shared 

relationship. 

Archeological, historical and 

linguistic evidence presently points to 

Navajo migration to the Yellow Jacket 

and Monument Ruin area after A.D. 

1300. During consultation, the Navajo 

Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah 

emphasized their long presence in the 

Four Corners and their origin in this 

area, but there is not a preponderance of 

the evidence to support Navajo cultural 

affiliation. 

Based on a preponderance of 

evidence, including oral tradition, 

folklore, linguistic, geographic, 

archeology, historical, and scientific 

studies, cultural affiliation can be traced 

between the 68 unassociated funerary 

objects and modern Puebloan peoples. 

Modern Puebloan peoples are members 

of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 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. 

Officials of the University of Colorado 

Museum have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the 68 

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 

University of Colorado 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 

unassociated funerary objects and the 

Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 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, 


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