19.32: Collection of two artifacts donated by an individual from Spokane, Washington in 1919.

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1 NAGPRA page NAGPRA artifact text NAGPRA Summary, Wyoming State Museum, May, 2007 The artifacts listed on this page may be subject to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. (Public Law ; 25 U.S.C et seq.) For more information on this act, please visit: Please note that during records research, it was found that these artifacts had at one time been accepted into the collections of the Wyoming State Museum, but the current location of several artifacts is unknown. These artifacts have "[Location unknown]" following the entry. Items are grouped by accession number then by individual artifact number. Notes from written record files are included whenever available. In April, 2007, a letter of notification was sent to all tribal entities believed to be geographically or historically linked to the items below. If you have NAGPRA repatriation questions about any of these artifacts, please e mail the Wyoming State Museum Supervisor of Collections or call (307) : Collection of two artifacts donated by an individual from Spokane, Washington in Knife ( ): Described in records as: "Old Indian knife picked up under Indian's grave on Rawhide Buttes, Wyo., in June 1876." 21.1: Collection of 341 artifacts donated by an individual from Missoula, Montana in Artifacts represent various tribes including: Sioux, Papago, Walapai, Flathead, Apache, Blackfoot, Nez Perce, Pomo, Pima, and Native Alaskan tribes. Artifacts are of various types including baskets, bags, clothing items, jewelry, etc. Pipe ( ): "Hocky Puck" shape carved grey/green metamorphosed siltstone; drilled for stem and bowl. Described in records as: "excavated from Indian grave yard on the Columbia River." Basket ( ): Described in records as: "Very rare and valuable basket with symbolism in false embroidery. When this basket was sold by a squaw named Mary to Mrs. Lusk the Indians were very much disturbed and every Indian that Mrs. Lusk passed spoke to her about this basket. A Treasure Basket seldom sold except in dire need." [Location unknown] Rattle ( ): Described in records as: "Medicine Man's Noise Maker. Flathead Indians." Possible Cultural Patrimony Hat ( ): Described in records as: "Haida Chief's hat, four generations shown and hole in top for other generations to be added."

2 Box ( ): Described in records as: "Alaska Indian Ancient Salmon Box decorated with inlaid shells, symbolical and historical family designs." Bow ( ): Described in records as: "Bow made by Alaska Indians. Symbolical and historical family designs." 42.9: Collection of 8 Native American artifacts donated by an individual from California in Medicine stick (42.9.3): Given to the donor by an associate in Wyoming. Described in records as: "A medicine stick used in the last Sun Dance at Pine Ridge agency when the Indians were preparing for war." [Location unknown] 48.20: Collection of 8 Native American artifacts donated by an individual from Cheyenne, WY in Beads ( a e): Described in records as: "Four stings of crude Indian beads supposedly of the type traded by the Hudson Bay Co. Found in a burial cave near the headwaters of the Mississippi." 54.53: Two artifacts donated by an individual from California in Beads ( ): Described in records as: "Blue and white bone beads from an Indian grave on the river north of Wheatland, WY." 55.6: Collection of over 1,000 archaeological and natural history artifacts collected by a man in Nebraska and donated in 1955 by an individual from Veteran, Wyoming. The artifacts were excavated from a mound in eastern Nebraska. Items on the list noted as "deaccessioned" were previously transferred to the University of Wyoming and subsequently repatriated to the Pawnee tribe. Items in bold have not been located. (?).1 Bone Awl [Location unknown].2 Bone Awl.3 Bison Scapular Hoe M121.4 Bison Scapular Hoe M122 G.5 Sampler [Location unknown].6 Pipe M201.7 Pipe M198.8 Pipe M197.9 Blade M Pipe M Antler Knife handle M Antler Knife handle M Antler Knife handle M Bone M Bone fragment M135

3 .16 Bison horn scoop/spade M Bison horn spoon M Bison femur scraper M Bone fragment M Antler M Antelope mandible M Antelope Mandible M Human Skull M144 ( DEACCESSIONED).24 Human Mandible fragment M143 ( DEACCESSIONED).25 Human Mandible fragment M145 (DEACCESSIONED).26 Bone needle M [Location unknown].27 Bone needle.28 Bone needle M148 [Location unknown].29 Bone needle.30 Bone needle.31 Bone needle.32 Bone awl Bone awl [Location unknown].34 Bone awl.35 Bone awl [Location unknown].36 Bone awl [Location unknown].37 Bone awl M Bone awl.39 Bone tool.40 Bone tool.41 bone awl M Bone awl.43 Bone awl.44 Bone awl.45 Bone awl [Location unknown].46 Bone.47 Bone awl [Location unknown].48 Bone tube.49 Bone awl.50 Bone awl fragment.51 Bone flaker 172 [Location unknown].52 Bone flaker Awl fragment M Awl fragment.55 Awl fragment.56 Needle fragment [Location unknown].57 Needle fragment.58 Bone fragment.59 Bone flaker.60 Bone flaker.61 Bone flaker.62 Bone flaker [Location unknown].63 Bone fragment.64 Bird backbone M186 [Location unknown].65 Charcoal fragment M187 [Location unknown].66 Fish vertebrae M Bone buckle M Bone bead M190

4 .69 Beaver tooth pendant M Beaver tooth pendant M Shell pendant M Shell pendant M Shell pendant M Shell pendant M Shell pendant M Shell pendant M Shell pendant M Abrader.79 Abrader.80 pottery fragment found w/.258s &.259s.81 Bone fragment.82 Stone.83 Graver? M199 [Location unknown].84 Graver? M Graver? M Graver? M Graver? M Maul.89 Maul M204/H 8.90 Maul M202/H Blade K30.92 Blade K31.93 Blade K32.94 Blade K33.95 Blade K34.96 Blade K35.97 Blade K36.98 Blade K37.99 Blade K Blade.101 Blade K Blade K40 [Location unknown].103 Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K58 [Location unknown].121 Blade K59

5 .122 Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Blade K Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S70

6 .175 Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S81 [Location unknown].186 Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S91 [Location unknown].196 Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper [Location unknown].201 Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S Scraper S projectile point S303 [Location unknown].218 one lot of 165 flakes [Location unknown].219 projectile point 306 [Location unknown].220 projectile point 327 [Location unknown].221 projectile point projectile point [Location unknown].223 projectile point projectile point 309 [Location unknown].225 projectile point projectile point projectile point 312

7 .228 projectile point 313 [Location unknown].229 projectile point 314 [Location unknown].230 projectile point projectile point 316 [Location unknown].232 projectile point projectile point projectile point 319 [Location unknown].235 projectile point projectile point projectile point projectile point projectile point 326 [Location unknown].240 projectile point projectile point 305 [Location unknown].242 projectile point 307 [Location unknown].243 Bone G.244a c 3 hand hewn nails G.245 Cigar box, wood.246 Bone.247 Bone.248 Bone.249 Bone.250 Bone.251 Bone.252 Bone Scapula.253 Shell.254 Bone stone flakes stone flakes stone flakes pottery fragments (should be 6) pottery fragments (should be 58) circular pottery fragment.261 "clay" pot NH.262 Fossil, Ammonite shell NH sea shells NH marine fossils NH marine fossils NH marine fossils NH marine fossils NH crinoids (marine fossils) NH marine fossil 56.19: One artifact donated by an individual from Wheatland, WY in Bowl ( ): Described in records as: "Indian vase dug up in Arizona about 20 miles from Flagstaff in Two handwritten notes found in the bowl: 'Out of grave 1911, 20 to 30 miles east of Flagstaff/Arizona.' and 'Old Indian vase dug up in Arizona 20 miles from Flagstaff about Three Indians buried in the place at the time.'"

8 56.32: Two artifacts donated by an individual from Sheridan, WY in Arrow shaft straightener ( ): Described in records as: "One 'weaving tool' found 32 miles northwest of Sheridan in 1951 in Indian grave with two skeletons of a man and woman. Appeared to be Sioux or Cheyenne Graves. No Indians here know what tool was used for." 56.67: Two artifacts found in a cave near Evanston, WY ca. 1955, donated by an individual from Green River, WY in Possible Rattle ( ): Described in records as: "Made from a turtle shell." Club ( ) : 181 miscellaneous western and Native American artifacts donated by an individual from California in One card with the following specimens glued on it ( ): a) One brass finger ring with blue glass 'stone" [Location unknown] b,c) One sheet silver with stamped serpentine line, a round hole, and a rectangular hole. May be a barrel key escutcheon from a pistol. d) One fragmentary oval of silver (?), function undetermined. One complex knot of sinew or finely cut buckskin ( ): Handwritten on the card are the words: 'VENAGO CO./ ALLEGHENY RIVER. trade ring part of silver hair buckle gun stock ornament Indian grave Pa.'" (Per file information: from grave located in Venango Co., Allgheny River, PA) Arrow ( ): Described in records as: "One Indian arrow with integral wooden point for ceremonial purposes. Possibly a 'medicine arrow' from a bundle." : 107 archaeological artifacts purchased from a vendor in Cheyenne, WY in The collection is described as an archaeology study collection of materials related to Wyoming's prehistoric Indian cultures. Projectile points ( ): Described in records as: "4 projectile points. Leath Burial Johnson County, Wyoming. See: 'The Leath Burial Site,' The Wyoming Archaeologist, Vol. 5, No. 2, June, 1962, p. 2 8." [Location unknown] 68.94: More than 1,000 miscellaneous archaeological specimens from the Fort Laramie National Historic Site "duplicate study collections". Ft. Laramie is located in Goshen County, Wyoming. These artifacts were transferred to the Wyoming State Museum in 1968 under "Public Law 127, Management of Museum Properties, July, 1955."

9 a c: Described in records as: "Small lot burial (?) material." Includes five glass beads of various sizes and shapes, one dentalium shell bead, and one small piece of leather with lazy stitched glass seed beads : Eight Unio shell disc beads and one fragment. All evidently drilled with a stone drill. Described in records as:: "Indian squaw grave, L.C. Bishop ranch, 3 miles SW of Douglas." : One artifact donated by an individual from Portland, Oregon in Projectile point ( a): Described in records as: "One stone projectile point of dark red jasper. Oblique parallel flaking upper right to lower left. Apparently from Late Prehistoric Period. Found by on or near land homesteaded by in the 1930s. Environment: 'Indian Burial Caves.'" : 61 miscellaneous artifacts were purchased from a vendor in Springfield, Oregon in The collection was identified as: "Small lot of trade material from Indian cremations dug out by vendor in Klamath County, Oregon. This was from the area occupied by the Klamath Tribe in historic times. A large battle is known to have taken place in this area around " All but one artifact were deaccessioned by the Wyoming State Museum and transferred to the Scotland County Museum in Laurinburg, North Carolina in Furniture hardware fragment ( ): "brass fitting for trunk handle" : 22 miscellaneous Native American artifacts purchased from vendor in Denver, CO in Described in records as: "One box containing remnants of a Medicine Man's Kit.' Probably is a more common medicine bundle. Moth destroyed... Contains feathers and parts, two wood tubes of unknown function, braid of sweet grass, bundle of grass, remains of hawk or eagle skull and skin, and other small items. Wrapping for the bundle is otter skin which now has hair only around toe areas." Note: items below marked with an * are in bundle photo in file. Not clear whether other items were part of bundle : Wolverine or fisher skin, without tail (bundle wrapping.) [Location unknown]* a c: Tail from Bald (?) Eagle (immature if so)* : Beak and neck skin from same.* : Single eagle feather tied together at base with buckskin thong : Isolated shaft of same.*

10 : Braids of sweet grass, tied together at big ends with buckskin thong.* : Round bundle of swamp grass (?) tied in form of brush with strip of yellow cloth and strip of print cloth.* : Tail feather from red shafted flicker.* : Flageolet, apparently of bamboo : Same as above : Pouch, apparently made from section of animal paunch, containing what appears to be a mixture of tobacco and reddish inner bark (kimnikinik).* (actually #ed.20): Piece of print cloth (24 x 72) showing water (?) stains and adhering frass and pupal cocoons is a strip of blue, red, yellow, and white striped reddish orange cotton print. There is slight evidence of insect damage. The cloth was in association with the other material of the time of insect activity the construction of the cocoons directly on the cloth appears certain. This cloth may have served as an overwrap for the entire bundle." : Box containing a mixture of tobacco and cedar bark (from pouch ) a, b: Two feather drops. [Location unknown] : Feather band : 44 miscellaneous archaeological artifacts donated by an individual from Cheyenne, WY in ( ): Described in records as: "Eleven items from Leath Burial Site, Johnson County, WY. See "The Leath Burial, A Preliminary Report," Eugene Galloway, The Wyoming Archaeologist, Vo. V, No. 2, June 1962, p. 2 8, Fig. 3, Nos "" [Location unknown] ( ): Described in records as:"four items from Leath Burial Site. See fig. 2, Nos. 29, 30, 31. Flake marked "PR 1 4" is not illustrated." [Location unknown] ( ): Described in records as:"small bones from Leath Burial, apparently a grave offering. See above mentioned report, p. 3, paragraph 4." [Location unknown] 70.65: 15 Native American artifacts purchased from an individual from Valley, WY in Rattle ( ): Described in records as: "Light brown mink skin, stuffed and sewn closed. Each leg wrapped with sea green cotton thread and weasel skin strips and tied with buckskin thong. Twelve large hawk bells and nine small hawk bells attached with grocery string. (replacements) Function unknown. May constitute a bundle, a bundle content, or simply a specialized noisemaker. Possibly of Crow origin."

11 71.49: 7 Native American artifacts donated by an individual from California in Necklace ( ): Described as a Medicine Man's necklace by donor. The donor states that her half uncle, Frank Grouard found the necklace the day after Custer's battle. Grouard was scouting ahead of Custer's army, so he took no part in the battle : 1 artifact received in an exchange from a museum in Nebraska in : Described in records as: "Remnants of tobacco offering bundle." : 32 miscellaneous artifacts donated by an individual from Ft. Bridger in Described in records as: "Treasure found at grave of Jim Bridger's wife" including: Eleven beads ( ) (old # ) Six brass trade bells, three attached to leather strip and three completely separate ( and.25 a c) (old # ) Saddle fragments ( a d) (old # a c) Seven Bracelets ( ) (old # ) 78.35: Six Native American artifacts donated by an individual from Cheyenne in : Described in records as:"two parfleches from a Shoshoni burial cave."