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fragments, 2 antler digging sticks, 1 

abalone shell pendant, 2 scrapers, 2 

bone awls, 1 piece of matting, 1 flake, 

2 dentalia necklace fragments, 1 small 

box of dentalia beads, 1 bone needle, 1 

copper pendant, 18 rolled copper beads, 

6 dentalium, 1 piece of cordage, 1 long 

jadeite celt and 1 chipped flint 

fragment. 

During the period July 1939 - 

September 1940, funerary objects were 

systematically removed from Site 46 

(45–Stevens–46), Stevens County, WA, 

by Collier, Hudson and Ford due to the 

construction of the Grand Coulee Dam 

and its reservoir (Lake Roosevelt), and 

they were accessioned by the museum 

in 1940 (EWSHS Accession #1027). The 

78 unassociated funerary objects are 6 

pieces worked bone, 1 jadeite chip, 1 

jadeite celt, 44 bone implements, 3 

stone pipes, 3 projectile points, 3 schist 

scrapers, 1 mussel shell, 1 antler wedge, 

1 slate needle, 1 slate pendant, 1 pipe 

fragment, 1 bone awl, 1 slate object, 1 

lot of turgite paint material, 1 arrow 

shaft smoother, 2 hematite pieces, 3 

knives, 1 spear point, 1 antler and 1 

antler horn implement. 

During the period July 1939 - 

September 1940, funerary objects were 

systematically removed from Site 47 

(45–ST–47), Stevens County, WA, by 

Collier, Hudson and Ford due to the 

construction of the Grand Coulee Dam 

and its reservoir (Lake Roosevelt), and 

they were accessioned by the museum 

in 1940 (EWSHS Accession #1027). The 

64 unassociated funerary objects are 1 

copper bracelet, 7 projectile points, 6 

bone combs, 1 bone implement, 1 bone 

spearpoint, 2 bone whistles, 27 bone 

awls, 2 copper and shell pendants, 1 

spear point, 1 carved stone pipe, 1 

jadeite celt, 1 jadeite adze, 2 bone 

ornaments (possible combs), 1 bone 

flute fragment, 1 coiled basket, 1 

turquoise pendant, 1 dentalia, 2 abalone 

pendants, 3 glass beads and 1 arrow 

shaft smoother. 

The unassociated funerary objects 

described above are consistent with 

cultural items typically found in context 

with Native American burials in eastern 

Washington State. Furthermore, 

accession numbers, as well as field 

notes and journal entries, indicate that 

the cultural items were found in 

connection with human remains. 

Extensive museum documentation, the 

geographic locations of the sites, burial 

patterns, and consultation from the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Indian Reservation, Washington, verify 

that the cultural items were removed 

from sites that are within the aboriginal 

territory of the bands of Indians that 

now make up the Confederated Tribes of 

the Colville Indian Reservation, 

Washington. 

Officials of the Northwest Museum of 

Arts & Culture have determined that, 

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

279 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 Northwest 

Museum of Arts & Culture 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 Confederated 

Tribes of the Colville Indian 

Reservation, Washington. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believe themselves to be 

culturally affiliated with the 

unassociated funerary objects should 

contact Mr. Michael Holloman, 

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 

Spokane, WA 99201, telephone (509) 

363–5337, before October 25, 2010. 

Repatriation of the unassociated 

funerary objects to the Confederated 

Tribes of the Colville Indian 

Reservation, Washington, may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Northwest Museum of Arts & 

Culture is responsible for notifying The 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Indian Reservation, Washington, that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: September 10, 2010 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23921 Filed 9–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: American Museum of Natural 

History, New York, NY 

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 American Museum of 

Natural History, New York, NY, that 

meets 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. 

In 1902, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

collected by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka from a 

cave in the vicinity of Sacaton, Pinal 

County, AZ, while Dr. Hrdlicka was a 

member of the Hyde Expedition, 

sponsored by the American Museum of 

Natural History. No 

known individual was identified. 

This individual has been identified as 

Native American based on the American 

Museum of Natural History’s catalog 

entry describing the remains as a ‘‘Pima 

... medicine man.’’ The two associated 

funerary objects were a pair of metal 

spurs. 

In 2006, the human remains and the 

metal spurs were repatriated to the Gila 

River Indian Community. Subsequently, 

the American Museum of Natural 

History discovered among its collections 

additional funerary objects associated 

with this repatriated individual, but not 

previously reported. Therefore, these 

additional funerary objects are now 

considered to be unassociated. The 32 

unassociated funerary objects are 

elements of 1 percussion musket (a 

barrel and trigger and a percussion 

lock); 1 leather bullet pouch and its 

contents (12 metal ball bullets, 3 spent 

percussion caps, 1 shell casing, 3 glass 

marbles, 1 piece of cloth and 1 lot of 

paper scraps); 1 metal flask; 1 teacup; 1 

saucer; 1 pressed metal spoon; 2 blue 

glass beads; 2 claws and 1 piece of sewn 

rawhide. 

The metal flask is painted green and 

has a knotted cloth plug. The tea cup 

and saucer are white glazed ceramic. 

The two beads are made of blue glass. 

The two claws are from a jaguar. The 

rawhide piece is sewn with a rawhide 

thong. 

The geographic location is consistent 

with the post-contact territory of the 

Pima, who are represented by the Ak 

Chin Indian Community of the 

Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; the Gila River Indian 

Community of the Gila River Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; and the Salt River 

Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of 

the Salt River Reservation, Arizona. The 

presence of items such as metal spurs, 

a rifle and white ceramic teacup suggest 

a post-contact date for this burial. 

Officials of the American Museum of 

Natural History have determined that, 


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pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 32 

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 American 

Museum of Natural History have 

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

3001(2), there is a shared group identity 

that can be traced between the 

unassociated funerary objects and the 

Ak Chin Indian Community of the 

Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Gila River Indian Community 

of the Gila River Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; and Salt River Pima-Maricopa 

Indian Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

objects should contact Nell Murphy, 

Director of Cultural Resources, 

American Museum of Natural History, 

Central Park West at 79th St., New York, 

NY 10024, telephone (212) 769–5837, 

before October 25, 2010. Repatriation of 

the unassociated funerary objects to the 

Ak Chin Indian Community of the 

Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Gila River Indian Community 

of the Gila River Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; and Salt River Pima-Maricopa 

Indian Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona, may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The American Museum of Natural 

History is responsible for notifying the 

Ak Chin Indian Community of the 

Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Gila River Indian Community 

of the Gila River Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; and Salt River Pima-Maricopa 

Indian Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona, that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: September 10, 2010 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23933 Filed 9–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Thomas Gilcrease Institute of 

American History and Art, Tulsa, OK 

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 Thomas Gilcrease 

Institute of American History and Art 

(Gilcrease Museum), Tulsa, OK, 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 cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

The nine cultural items are Waxo’be 

bundles belonging to the Osage people. 

The bundles were part of the Emil 

Lenders Collection that was brought to 

the Gilcrease Museum during the early 

half of the 20th Century. The bundles 

were part of a sizeable collection of 

Native American artifacts acquired by 

the Gilcrease Museum for the 

preservation of North American history. 

The first bundle is made of buckskin 

with a scalp lock and twisted wool that 

are seen from the open end (84.1749). 

The second bundle has a long buckskin 

strap for an Osage War bundle that has 

an eagle foot and human scalp attached 

(84.1750 a-h). The third bundle is made 

with a wrapped buckskin strap that ties 

a woven buffalo hair bag with eagle foot 

and human scalp attached (84.1751 a-i). 

The fourth bundle is made of buckskin 

and laced at the ends with buckskin 

thongs, buckskin tying strap, and a 

woven inner bag (84.1753 a-b). The fifth 

bundle is made of buckskin and 

contains a partially woven inner bag 

and woven buffalo hair bag and tied 

with two leather thongs (84.1754). The 

sixth bundle has an outer strip and an 

outer bag, as well as two inner bags, and 

a buckskin strap for tying prisoners 

(84.1757 a-i). The seventh bundle has an 

outer bag of woven buffalo hair with an 

inner bag made of buckskin with a 

woven mat inside (84.1759). The outer 

strap has animal hair and human scalp 

locks on buckskin with a rawhide ring 

tied on the bundle with calico. The 

eighth bundle has an outer covering of 

woven matting with borders of natural, 

black and red eagle quills (84.1761). The 

ninth bundle has an outer bag of woven 

buffalo hair with an inner bag of 

buckskin and woven mat inside. The 

outer strap is animal hair and human 

scalp locks on buckskin (84.1762). 

Waxo’be bundles and their 

components have on-going historical 

and cultural importance to the Osage 

people. They are also owned by the 

Osage people and not by any single 

individual. In the past, bundles and 

their components were the central 

symbolic elements of ceremonies related 

to Osage cosmology, the traditional 

religion practiced before adoption of the 

Native American Church by the Osage. 

While these specific ceremonies related 

to Osage cosmology are no longer 

practiced today, bundles and their 

components continue to hold immense 

spiritual significance and sacred power 

for the Osage people requiring 

protection of these objects and 

extremely limited exposure. 

Officials of the Gilcrease Museum 

have determined that, pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the nine 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. 

Officials of the Gilcrease 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 objects of 

cultural patrimony and the Osage 

Nation, Oklahoma. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the objects of cultural 

patrimony should contact Dr. Duane H. 

King, Executive Director, or Eric 

Singleton, Assistant Curator of 

Anthropology, Gilcrease Museum, 1400 

N. Gilcrease Museum Rd., Tulsa, OK 

74127, telephone (918) 596–2793 before 

October 25, 2010. Repatriation of the 

objects of cultural patrimony to the 

Osage Nation, Oklahoma, will proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Gilcrease Museum is responsible 

for notifying the Osage Nation, 

Oklahoma, that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: September 10, 2010 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23930 Filed 9–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: The 

Colorado College, Colorado Springs, 

CO; Correction 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 


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