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Historical Society and Museum at the 

address below by May 21, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Mary K. Gallagher, Benton 

County Historical Society and Museum, 

1101 Main Street, P.O. Box 35, 

Philomath, OR 97370, telephone (541) 

929–6230. 

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 Benton 

County Historical Society and Museum, 

Philomath, OR, that meet the definition 

of 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 

The 29 cultural items include: 1 

basket mortar; 4 baskets; 1 acorn 

strainer; 1 gathering basket; 2 storage 

baskets; 10 trinket baskets; 1 basket lid; 

2 basket bottles; 4 basketry cups and 

saucers; 1 basketry candlestick; 1 

basketry table mat; and 1 basketry 

napkin ring. 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. 

All of the above cultural items 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 in 1947. In 1972, the 

collection was donated to the Horner 

Museum by Lois Barrett, the daughterin-law of Mrs. James Edmond Barrett. 

According to the 1934 catalog cards, 28 

of the cultural items are identified, but 

one item has no provenance indicated 

on the original catalog card. Karuk 

affiliation of the objects was 

substantiated for 23 of the items by 

Martha Matthewson who acted as a 

consultant for OSU during the inventory 

process. For five of the cultural items, 

Ms. Matthewson indicated possible 

Karuk affiliation, but also suggested 

Yurok, Yokuts or Hupa affiliation. For 

one item, a trinket basket, consultants 

suggested affiliation to the Klamath, 

Grand Ronde, Warm Springs, Santa 

Rosa Rancheria and Karuk tribes. 

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 29 cultural items. The 

BCHS has reviewed the claim and 

determined that cultural affiliation to 

the Karuk Tribe is clearly established for 

28 of the cultural items. After a review 

of additional evidence, the BCHS has 

determined that cultural affiliation to 

the Karuk Tribe exists for all 29 cultural 

items and that these cultural items meet 

the definition of objects of cultural 

patrimony. 

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)(D), 

the 29 cultural items described above 

have ongoing historical, traditional, or 

cultural importance central to the 

Native American group or culture itself, 

rather than property owned by an 

individual. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the objects of cultural 

patrimony 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 objects of cultural 

patrimony 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 objects of 

cultural patrimony to the Karuk Tribe 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Benton County Historical Society 

and Museum 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. 2012–9434 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: Benton County Historical 

Society and Museum, Philomath, OR 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Benton County Historical 

Society and Museum (BCHS), in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribes, 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 

Benton County Historical Society and 

Museum. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the cultural items 

should contact the Benton County 

Historical Society and Museum at the 

address below by May 21, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Mary K. Gallagher, Benton 

County Historical Society and Museum, 

1101 Main Street, P.O. Box 35, 

Philomath, OR 97370, telephone (541) 

929–6230. 

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 Benton 

County Historical Society and Museum, 

Philomath, OR, that meet the definition 

of 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 Native 

American cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

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23498 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 76 / Thursday, April 19, 2012 / Notices 

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] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

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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