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History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

The nine cultural items include: 1 

basket hat; 1 drum; 1 wild celery root; 

1 decorated wooden projectile point; 1 

elk horn purse; 1 grass and bead hair 

wrap; 1 necklace of dentalia shells and 

small round black glass beads; 1 

ceremonial bow; and 1 associated arrow. 

All of the items are from the Horner 

Museum, which was established in 1925 

on the campus of what is now Oregon 

State University in Corvallis, OR. In 

2005, items from the Horner Museum 

were acquired by the Benton County 

Historical Society and Museum (BCHS) 

located in nearby Philomath, OR. At the 

time of the transfer, Oregon State 

University (OSU) was in the process of 

completing NAGPRA requirements for 

items from the Horner Museum. In the 

transfer agreement with OSU, the BCHS 

took physical custody all unclaimed 

NAGPRA items and is now responsible 

for NAGPRA claims for cultural items 

from the collection. 

Six of the cultural items (the hat, the 

drum, the wild celery root, the elk horn 

purse, the projectile point, and the hair 

wrap) are from the collection of Mrs. 

James Edmond Barrett. According to 

notes found in the Horner Museum 

donor file, Mrs. Barrett was a 

schoolteacher in southwestern Oregon 

who collected these cultural items over 

a period of 60 years. In 1927, she loaned 

her collection to the Horner Museum at 

what was then Oregon Agricultural 

College (OAC) to honor her son and 

daughter-in-law who attended OAC. 

This loan was renewed in 1939 and 

again 1947. In 1972, the collection was 

donated to the Horner Museum by Lois 

Barrett, the daughter-in-law of Mrs. 

James Edmond Barrett. According to the 

1934 catalog cards, three items (the elk 

horn purse, the wild celery root and the 

projectile point) originated from Happy 

Camp, CA, and one item (the drum) was 

used in religious festivals held twice a 

year on the Klamath River. The other 

two items do not have catalog cards. 

Two of the cultural items (the bow 

and the arrow) are from the Dr. J. L. Hill 

collection. The J. L. Hill collection was 

donated to OAC in 1924 and formed the 

nucleus of the Horner Museum which 

opened in 1925. Previously, the J. L. Hill 

collection was housed at the Hill 

Museum in Albany, OR. On September 

30, 1924, the Barometer newspaper 

reported, ‘‘The Hill museum of Albany, 

the largest private collection of natural 

history specimens, Indian relics, and 

miscellaneous articles in Oregon, has 

been given to the college by the heirs of 

Dr. J. L. Hill. The material was collected 

by Doctor Hill during a period of sixty 

years from all parts of the earth 

regardless of expense’’ (Barometer, 

OAC, Corvallis, OR). The bow and the 

arrow from the Hill Collection have no 

original catalog card and no known 

provenance. Suggested affiliation, based 

on consultations, include Karuk, Hupa, 

Towla and Duckwater Shoshone. 

One cultural item (the dentalia 

necklace) is from the collection of the 

Kennedy-Tartar family. This collection 

was donated to the Horner Museum in 

1973. The original catalog card does not 

provide any information on the 

provenance of this item. Members of 

Kennedy-Tartar family had a connection 

to Siletz tribal members and donated 

items to the Horner Museum that clearly 

came from the Siletz. There are also 

many items in the Kennedy-Tartar 

collection from the Klamath tribes, 

much of which has been claimed. At 

least one piece of paper in the accession 

file has the word ‘‘Karuk’’ but there is 

no indication of what item is referenced. 

On July 13, 2011, representatives of 

the Karuk Tribe visited the BCHS to 

view unclaimed cultural items. On 

August 15, 2011, the BCHS received a 

claim from the Karuk Tribe for the 

repatriation of nine cultural items. The 

BCHS reviewed the claim and 

determined that cultural affiliation to 

the Karuk Tribe is clearly established for 

six of the cultural items. On November 

17, 2005, Smith River Rancheria 

withdrew a claim for one of the items 

(the basket hat) noting that after 

reviewing the item again they believed 

that in fact it was Karuk in origin. After 

a review of additional evidence 

presented by the Karuk Tribe, the BCHS 

has determined that cultural affiliation 

to the Karuk Tribe exists for all nine 

cultural items and that these cultural 

items are sacred objects that have 

religious significance in the practice of 

traditional ceremony. 

Determinations Made by the Benton 

County Historical Society and Museum 

Officials of the BCSM 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. 

• 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 

Karuk Tribe (formerly Karuk Tribe of 

California). 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the sacred objects should 

contact Mary K. Gallagher, Benton 

County Historical Society and Museum, 

1101 Main Street, PO Box 35, 

Philomath, OR 97370, telephone (541) 

929–6230 before May 21, 2012. 

Repatriation of the sacred objects to the 

Karuk Tribe may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The Benton County Historical Society 

is responsible for notifying the Karuk 

Tribe that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: April 12, 2012. 

David Tarler, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9433 Filed 4–18–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: The Colorado College, Colorado 

Springs, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Colorado College, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribe, has determined that the 

cultural items meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects and 

repatriation to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona 

may occur if no additional claimants 

come forward. Representatives of any 

Indian tribe that believes itself to be 

culturally affiliated with the cultural 

items may contact The Colorado 

College. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the cultural items 

should contact The Colorado College at 

the address below by May 21, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Jermyn Davis, Chief of Staff, 

President’s Office, Colorado College, 

Armstrong Hall, Room 201, 14 E. Cache 

La Poudre, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, 

telephone (719) 389–6201. 

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 Colorado 

College that meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects under 25 

U.S.C. 3001. 

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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 

The 11 unassociated funerary objects 

are one basket and 10 ceramic items. 

The ceramic items are four bowls; two 

pipes; one miniature jar; two ladles, one 

of which contains beans; and one 

pitcher. The vessel styles are brown-onred zoomorphic; red-ware; Tsegi orangeware; black-on-tan and red; buff-ware; 

and oxidized black or brown-on-buff. 

Between 1897 and 1898, human 

remains, associated and unassociated 

funerary objects, as well as other 

cultural items were removed from 

Canyon de Chelly, Apache County, AZ, 

under the auspices of the Lang 

Expedition of 1897–1898. Prior to 1900, 

General William Jackson Palmer 

acquired what became known as the 

Lang-Bixby Collection, which he 

subsequently transferred to The 

Colorado College. Beginning in the late 

1960s, the Lang-Bixby Collection was 

transferred, along with other collections 

from The Colorado College Museum, 

through long-term loans to the Fine Arts 

Center (formerly known as the Taylor 

Museum and the Colorado Springs Fine 

Arts Center) and the Denver Museum of 

Nature & Science (formerly known as 

the Denver Museum of Natural History). 

In 1993, the Fine Arts Center included 

the unassociated funerary objects from 

the Lang-Bixby Collection in its 

NAGPRA summary. 

The unassociated funerary objects are 

ancestral Puebloan based on type and 

style. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects from this 

collection were described in two 

Notices of Inventory Completion (NICs) 

published in the Federal Register (69 

FR 19920, April 14, 2004, and 74 FR 

48779–48780, September 24, 2009). The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were determined to be Ancestral 

Puebloan. A relationship of shared 

group identity can reasonably be traced 

between ancestral Puebloan peoples and 

modern Puebloan peoples based on oral 

tradition and scientific studies. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects have been repatriated to the 

Hopi Tribe of Arizona. A preponderance 

of the evidence supports cultural 

affiliation of the unassociated funerary 

objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona. 

Determinations Made by The Colorado 

College 

Officials of The Colorado College have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), 

the 11 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. 

• 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. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

objects should contact Jermyn Davis, 

Chief of Staff, President’s Office, 

Colorado College, Armstrong Hall, 

Room 201, 14 E. Cache La Poudre, 

Colorado Springs, CO 80903, telephone 

(719) 389–6201, before May 21, 2012. 

Repatriation of the unassociated 

funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona may proceed after that date if 

no additional claimants come forward. 

The Colorado College is responsible 

for notifying the Hopi Tribe of Arizona 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: April 12, 2012 

David Tarler, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9441 Filed 4–18–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Museum of Indian Arts & 

Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology, 

Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Museum of Indian Arts & 

Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology, 

Museum of New Mexico, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribe, has determined that the 

cultural items meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects and 

repatriation to the Indian tribe stated 

below may occur if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe that 

believes itself to be culturally affiliated 

with the cultural items may contact the 

Museum of Indian Arts & Culture/ 

Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of 

New Mexico. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the cultural items 

should contact the Museum of Indian 

Arts & Culture/Laboratory of 

Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico, 

at the address below by May 21, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Shelby Tisdale, Director, 

Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 

Museum of New Mexico, P.O. Box 2087, 

Santa Fe, NM 87504, telephone (505) 

476–1251. 

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 in the possession of the Museum 

of Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of 

Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico, 

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 Native 

American cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

The 29 cultural items to be repatriated 

are funerary objects consisting of two 

Agua Fria glaze bowl fragments, four 

Agua Fria glaze-on-red bowls, one 

Cieneguilla glaze-on-yellow cup, one 

Santa Fe black-on-white bowl, one San 

Clemente glaze bowl, one selenite 

fragment, one ceramic pipe, eight 

pendants and pendant fragments, six 

bone beads from a cradle board, three 

lightening stones, and one fingerstone. 

These objects were removed from site 

LA 162 (Paa’ko site) in Bernalillo 

County, NM, during permitted 

excavations, conducted jointly by the 

Museum of New Mexico, the School of 

American Research, and the University 

of New Mexico between 1935 and 1937. 

Although the objects are recorded as 

excavated from numbered burials at site 

LA 162, the associated human remains 

are in the custody of the San Diego 

Museum of Man. Based on material 

culture, architectural features, and 

documentary evidence, the Paa’ko site 

dates to the period Pueblo IV through 

the early historic periods (AD 1300– 

1692). 

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