Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 76 / Thursday, April 19, 2012 / Notices 23499 

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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Based on documentation provided by 

the original excavators, the cultural 

items have been identified as funerary 

objects related to specific burials at the 

Paa’ko site. Based on burial location and 

associated material culture and 

architecture, the burials and funerary 

objects have been identified as Native 

American. These funerary objects have 

been identified as ancestral to the 

Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico, by 

the museum’s staff in consultation with 

representatives of Santa Ana Pueblo and 

archeologists working with descendant 

tribes who have ancestral ties to the 

Galisteo Basin area of northern NM, 

which includes the Paa’ko site. The 

people who inhabited this site are 

linked by Native oral tradition and 

archeological evidence to members of 

the present-day Pueblo of Santa Ana, 

New Mexico. 

Determinations Made by the Museum of 

Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of 

Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico 

Officials of the Museum of Indian 

Arts & Culture/Laboratory of 

Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), 

the 29 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 funerary objects and the 

Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the funerary objects 

should contact Dr. Shelby Tisdale, 

Director, Museum of Indian Arts & 

Culture, P.O. Box 2087, Santa Fe, NM 

87504, telephone (505) 476–1251, before 

May 21, 2012. Repatriation of the 

funerary objects to the Pueblo of Santa 

Ana, New Mexico, may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Museum of Indian Arts & 

Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology, 

Museum of New Mexico is responsible 

for notifying the Pueblo of Santa Ana, 

New Mexico, that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: April 12, 2012. 

David Tarler, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9439 Filed 4–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Milwaukee Public Museum, 

Milwaukee, WI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Milwaukee Public 

Museum, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribe, has determined 

that the cultural items meet the 

definition of sacred 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 

Milwaukee Public Museum. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the cultural items 

should contact the Milwaukee Public 

Museum at the address below by May 

21, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Dawn Scher Thomae, 

Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W. 

Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233, 

telephone (414) 278–6157. 

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 

Milwaukee Public Museum that meet 

the definition of sacred object 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. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

The five cultural items are a water 

drum, a fastening ring, a drumstick, a 

drum head and a flour sack (accessions 

E65165a–e/27301) collected by 

anthropologist James Howard. After his 

death, private donors raised money to 

purchase his collection for the 

Milwaukee Public Museum, and the 

collection came to the museum in 

December 1985. Documentation from 

the James Howard collection states that 

these items are ‘‘from the Turtle 

Mountain band of Plains-Ojibwa.’’ The 

documentation indicates the items were 

given to James Howard by Joseph 

Greatwalker, in Rolla, ND, on December 

25, 1960. The items were used in the 

Midewiwin ceremonies of the Turtle 

Mountain Band of Plains-Ojibwa, and 

based on the workmanship of the drum, 

the objects date to before 1950. The last 

Midewiwin rites were held in 1952 or 

1953. 

Review of extant documentation, 

including the museum catalog book, 

catalog cards and documentation files 

indicate that these objects are in the 

possession and control of the 

Milwaukee Public Museum, and no 

restrictions of title apply to the 

disposition of these materials. These 

items are affiliated with the Turtle 

Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of 

North Dakota. Based on documentation, 

the objects were acquired from a tribal 

member in Rolla, ND, an area long 

associated with this tribe. The objects 

meet the definition sacred object based 

on the documented use of these objects 

during the Midewiwin ceremonies. 

Determinations Made by the Milwaukee 

Public Museum 

Officials of the Milwaukee Public 

Museum have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the five cultural items described in this 

notice 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 

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa 

Indians of North Dakota. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the sacred objects should 

contact Dawn Scher Thomae, 

Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W. 

Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233, 

telephone (414) 278–6157, before May 

21, 2012. Repatriation of the sacred 

objects to the Turtle Mountain Band of 

Chippewa Indians of North Dakota may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The Milwaukee Public Museum is 

responsible for notifying the Turtle 

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