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Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 

TX. The single bag of sherds was 

curated at Western New Mexico 

University, Silver City, NM, until the 

early 1990s when it was transferred to 

the Forest Supervisor’s Office, Gila 

National Forest. The sherds are listed as 

having been recovered from a burial 

context. 

LA 11609, LA 83194, LA 147976 and 

LA 148037 are a group of geographically 

and culturally related sites in the Burro 

Mountains of southwestern New 

Mexico. Based on material culture and 

site organization, the four sites have 

been identified as Mogollon villages 

occupied between A.D. 1000 and 1300. 

In 1977, one ceramic vessel was 

removed from a burial context at LA 

65250, Grant County, NM, as a result of 

illegal excavations by an unknown 

individual or individuals. The object 

was subsequently recovered by the 

Forest Service. The objects were curated 

at Western New Mexico University until 

the early 1990s when it was transferred 

to the Forest Supervisor’s Office, Gila 

National Forest. The vessel is listed as 

having been recovered from a burial 

context. 

Based on material culture and site 

organization, LA 65250 has been 

identified as a Mogollon village 

occupied between A.D. 1000 and 1200. 

Continuities between ethnographic 

materials and technology indicate the 

affiliation of the above mentioned two 

Mogollon sites that are located in 

southwestern New Mexico with the 

Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the 

Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. The oral 

traditions of the Pueblo of Acoma, New 

Mexico; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; and 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico support the cultural affiliation 

of these three Indian tribes with 

Mogollon sites in southwestern New 

Mexico. 

In 1973, 32 pottery sherds were 

removed illegally from an unknown site 

or sites in the area of Apache Creek, 

Catron County, NM, by Brad Triplehorn. 

Mr. Triplehorn subsequently donated 

the pottery sherds to the Ohio Historical 

Society, Columbus, OH, where they 

were curated until 2008 when the 

objects were transferred to the Forest 

Supervisor’s Office, Gila National 

Forest. The sherds are listed as having 

been recovered from a burial context. 

Based on material culture, the site(s) 

has been identified as Upland Mogollon 

and occupied between A.D. 600 and 

1300. 

In 1978, two ceramic vessels were 

removed from the WS Ranch Site (LA 

3009) in Grant County, NM, during 

legally authorized excavations by the 

University of Texas at Austin. These 

objects were curated at Western New 

Mexico University until the early 1990s 

when they were transferred to the Forest 

Supervisor’s Office, Gila National 

Forest. The vessels are listed as having 

been recovered from a burial context. 

Based on material culture and site 

organization, the WS Ranch site has 

been identified as an Upland Mogollon 

masonry pueblo which was occupied 

between A.D. 1150 and 1300. 

Continuities between ethnographic 

materials and technology indicate the 

affiliation of the two Upland Mogollon 

sites that are located in west-central 

New Mexico with the Pueblo of Acoma, 

New Mexico; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 

and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico. The oral traditions of the 

Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the 

Zuni Reservation, New Mexico support 

the cultural affiliation of these three 

Indian tribes with Mogollon sites in 

west-central New Mexico. 

Officials of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila 

National Forest have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the 36 

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. Officials of the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Gila National Forest 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 

Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the 

Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

objects should contact Dr. Frank E. 

Wozniak, NAGPRA Coordinator, 

Southwestern Region, USDA Forest 

Service, 333 Broadway Blvd., SE, 

Albuquerque, NM 87102, telephone 

(505) 842–3238, before April 24, 2009. 

Repatriation of the unassociated 

funerary objects to the Pueblo of Acoma, 

New Mexico; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 

and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, Gila National Forest is 

responsible for notifying the Pueblo of 

Acoma, New Mexico; Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: March 6, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–6509 Filed 3–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Texarkana Museums System, 

Texarkana, TX 

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 Texarkana Museums 

System (formerly the Texarkana 

Historical Museum), Texarkana, TX, 

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. 

From 1971 to 2008, private citizens 

from Miller County, AR, and Bowie 

County, TX, donated 209 unassociated 

funerary objects to the museum. There 

are no associated human remains in the 

museum collection for these funerary 

objects. The 209 unassociated funerary 

objects are 57 pieces of pottery; 2 stone 

tools; 1 projectile fragment; 2 stone 

knives; 7 clay pipes; 5 ear spools; and 

135 pottery fragments. 

The objects were found in Southwest 

Arkansas, Northeast Texas, and 

Southeast Oklahoma. These areas are 

associated with the Caddo Nation, and 

are in close proximity to identified and 

suspected Caddo burial sites. The 

decorative and construction techniques 

used in the pottery are consistent with 

Caddo traditional techniques and with 

other identified Caddo artifacts found in 

proximity to Caddo grave sites in the 

region. The unassociated funerary 

objects are related to the Caddo Nation 

who settled the Red River Valley more 

than 1,200 years ago. The Caddo Nation 

remained a strong presence in this 


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region well into the 18th century. Based 

on material culture and provenience, 

the unassociated funerary objects are 

reasonably believed to be culturally 

affiliated with the Caddo Nation of 

Oklahoma. Representatives of the Caddo 

Nation of Oklahoma have viewed the 

unassociated funerary objects and 

support a cultural affiliation of the 

Caddo Nation with these objects. 

Officials of the Texarkana Museums 

System have determined that, pursuant 

to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the 209 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. 

Officials of the Texarkana Museums 

System 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 Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

objects should contact J.A. Simmons, 

Texarkana Museums System, PO Box 

2343, Texarkana, TX 75504, telephone 

(903) 793–4831, before April 24, 2009. 

Repatriation of the unassociated 

funerary objects to the Caddo Nation of 

Oklahoma may proceed after that date if 

no additional claimants come forward. 

The Texarkana Museums System is 

responsible for notifying the Caddo 

Nation of Oklahoma that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: March 10, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–6510 Filed 3–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Department of Anthropology, 

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 

MA 

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 and associated funerary objects 

in the possession and control of the 

Department of Anthropology, University 

of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects are believed to have been 

removed from a Maine coastal shell 

midden either east of the Penobscot Bay 

and/or possibly Bailey Island, Casco 

Bay, Cumberland County, ME. 

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 and 

associated funerary objects. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains and an inventory of the 

associated funerary objects were made 

by the Department of Anthropology, 

University of Massachusetts, Amherst 

professional staff in consultation with 

Amherst College, Amherst, MA, and 

Smith College, Northampton, MA, and 

with the Wabanaki Intertribal 

Repatriation Committee, a nonFederally recognized Indian group, 

representing the Aroostook Band of 

Micmac Indians of Maine, Houlton 

Band of Maliseet Indians of Maine, 

Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine, and 

Penobscot Tribe of Maine. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of four 

individuals are believed to have been 

removed from an unknown shell 

midden site in Maine. Sometime in the 

1970s, the human remains and 

associated funerary objects became part 

of the collection of the Department of 

Anthropology, University of 

Massachusetts, Amherst, and became 

known as the Bailey Collection. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

128 associated funerary objects are 3 

felsite chunks; 22 carved bone pieces; 6 

beaver teeth fragments; 9 carnivore and 

herbivore teeth fragments; 1 bone point; 

9 animal bone fragments; 1 mammal 

claw; 9 bone harpoon tips; 2 axes, 4 

blanks; 1 possible pestle; 1 axe-like 

lithic; 1 cobble; 8 ground and polished 

stone tools; 43 bifaces; 4 projectile 

points; and 4 pottery sherds. 

The collection records do not provide 

a clear provenience for these materials, 

though they are suggestive that the 

collection was excavated by people 

during the early 20th century. It is 

unknown if the name ‘‘Bailey’’ refers to 

a collector’s name, site name, or 

geographic placename. Additional 

research does not establish an 

association with the archeologist John 

H. Bailey who worked in Vermont in the 

1930s, or with the work of archeologists 

Alfred Bailey or L.W. Bailey. The 

collection may be from a site on Bailey 

Island in Casco Bay, ME, although there 

is no clear association to any known 

archeological excavations at this 

location. Documents in the collections 

records suggest that there might be a 

connection to the work of Professor 

Frederic Loomis of Amherst College, 

who conducted fieldwork at shell 

midden sites in Maine during the 1910s 

to 1930s. In 1914, Loomis donated some 

material collected from shell midden 

sites at Boothbay, Biggers Island, Winter 

Harbor, Sorrento, and Slave Islands to 

Professor Harris Hawthorne Wilder of 

Smith College, who was also excavating 

in Maine at the time. Sometime after 

1966, shell midden materials from these 

sites were transferred from Smith 

College to the Department of 

Anthropology, University of 

Massachusetts, Amherst. Although the 

records from Amherst College and 

Smith College do not specifically 

mention the ‘‘Bailey’’ site, it is possible 

that the Bailey collection was part of 

this transfer. 

In 1990, University of Massachusetts 

Professor Dena Dincauze, in 

consultation with Dr. Bruce Bourque of 

the University of Maine, concluded that 

the artifacts in the Bailey Collection are 

consistent with those recovered from 

coastal shell middens east of the 

Penobscot Bay, ME. During Bourque’s 

assessment of the barbed harpoon forms, 

corner-notched Late Period bifaces, 

pebble adze and other ground stone 

pieces, and raw materials such as Kineo 

felsites and ‘‘trap’’ (possibly hornfels), 

he noted calcium carbonate deposits on 

some of the artifacts, which is typical of 

materials recovered from leaching shell 

middens. According to Dincauze, the 

styles of the artifacts indicate a date to 

the ‘‘Ceramic Period’’ of Maine, 

especially the last 1,500 years before 

European contact, though there are 

some artifacts (e.g., a large biface) that 

are similar to Middle Woodland (2000– 

1600 BP) artifacts. Bourque, Dincauze, 

and Dr. Arthur Spiess, of the Maine 

Historic Preservation Commission, have 

suggested that the style of the bone 

comb top in the collection resembles 

Beothuk or Inuit styles more 

characteristic of Newfoundland than 

Maine. However, since most of the 

materials are from the Ceramic Period, 

the officials of the Department of 

Anthropology, University of 

Massachusetts, Amherst, reasonably 

believe they are from the same type of 

burials. In 2008, a tribal representative 

of the Penobscot Tribe of Maine, after 

reviewing the materials, concurred with 

Dincauze and Bourque and found the 


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