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and ecological processes and functions
in the Tomales Bay Watershed.’’
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January 25, 2007, public meeting are
available for inspection at the Seashore
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Road, Point Reyes Station, CA.
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94956, Attn: Giacomini Wetlands
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Dated: April 25, 2007.
George J. Turnbull,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Pierce
College District, Lakewood, WA;
Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
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AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003 (5), of the
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completion of an inventory of human
remains in the possession of the Pierce
College District, Lakewood, WA. The
human remains were removed from site
45–PI–07, also known as the Purdy 1
site, at Carr Inlet, Pierce County, WA.
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. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
This notice corrects the number of
tribes that were determined to be
culturally affiliated in a Notice of
Inventory Completion previously
published in the Federal Register of
November 22, 2006 (FR Doc E6–19790,
pages 67634–67635) by adding the
Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually
Reservation, Washington.
After publication in the Federal
Register of the Notice of Inventory
Completion, Pierce College District
determined that the Nisqually Indian
Tribe of the Nisqually Reservation,
Washington were also culturally
affiliated with the Native American
human remains from site 45–PI–07, also
known as the Purdy 1 site, at Carr Inlet,
Pierce County, WA.
In the Federal Register of November
22, 2006, on page 67634, paragraph
number 5, is corrected by substituting
the following:
Site 45–PI–07 is a shell mound
measuring 5 feet high, 30 feet wide, and
120 feet long. Osteological and
archeological analysis indicate that the
human remains removed from site 45–
PI–07 are of Native American ancestry,
based on the presence of extreme
degrees of dental wear, marked
shoveling of the exposed permanent
incisors, blunt nasal sills, rounded
chins, squatting facets on the talus, and
their flex-kneed burial position, and site
context. Archeological materials
recovered from the site indicate a wide
range of use during the prehistoric and
historic periods. Site 45–PI–07 is
located within the area long occupied
by the Shotlemamish, a Southern
Lushootseed speaking group. Members
of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup
Reservation, Washington speak the
Southern Lushootseed language.
Around 1870s, remaining
Shotlemamish, in what is now the
Purdy I area, moved to the Puyallup
Reservation where there were already
Shotlemamish living on the reservation.
Officials of Pierce College have
reasonably determined that there is also
a shared group identity through
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marriage between the Burley Lagoon,
Purdy Washington Shotlemamish and
Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually
Reservation, Washington. Descendants
of the Shotlemamish are members of the
Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup
Reservation, Washington.
Officials of the Pierce College District
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of 29 individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the
Pierce College District 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 Native
American human remains and the
Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually
Reservation, Washington and Puyallup
Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation,
Washington. Lastly, officials of the
Pierce College District have determined
that there is a preponderance of the
evidence in favor of the Puyallup Tribe
of the Puyallup Reservation,
Washington’s claim.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Chris MacKersie, District
Director of Safety & Security and
Assistant Director of Facilities, Pierce
College District, 9401 Farwest Drive SW,
Lakewood, WA 98498, telephone (253)
912–3655, before August 1, 2007.
Repatriation of the human remains to
the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup
Reservation, Washington may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
Pierce College District is responsible
for notifying the Nisqually Indian Tribe
of the Nisqually Reservation,
Washington and Puyallup Tribe of the
Puyallup Reservation, Washington that
this notice has been published.
Dated: June 13, 2007
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Colorado Museum,
Boulder, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
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(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains in the possession of the
University of Colorado Museum,
Boulder, CO. The human remains were
removed from Montezuma County, CO.
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. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by University of
Colorado Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute
Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah; and Ute Mountain
Ute Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah.
In 1954, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
excavated by Hod Stevenson on his
property at the edge of Yellow Jacket
Canyon, Montezuma County, CO. In
1959, Mr. Stevenson donated the human
remains and associated funerary objects
to the museum. No known individual
was identified. The seven associated
funerary objects are two plain–weave,
diyugi–style Navajo blankets; one coil of
braided rawhide; one small piece of
twined hair; one basket in the shape of
a dipper; one lot of juniper bark; and
one lot of charcoal. A piece of rolled
leather was not collected when the
burial was excavated.
The human remains were found in a
flexed, seated position facing east and
wrapped in two plain–weave, diyugi–
style Navajo blankets in an east–facing
rock shelter, and appear to have been
placed in a shallow pit. The burial had
been covered with juniper bark and the
pit had been filled with sandy sediment.
In 1959, University of Colorado
Museum curator, Joe Ben Wheat, visited
the site and found a small charcoal
pictograph of a long–legged horse and
rider at the back of the rock shelter from
which the burial had been removed.
Based on the burial context, the human
remains are Native American.
The Indian Land Areas Judicially
Established 1978 Map indicates the
claim to land in southwestern Colorado
is based upon historic use by the Ute
and Navajo tribes. The style of the
drawing found in the rock shelter is
similar to historic Ute pictographs
(Legacy on Stone, Sally J. Cole, 1990).
An analysis of the blanket fragments
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places their manufacture at
approximately A.D. 1800. Navajo
diyugi–style blankets were commonly
traded to northern allies in Colorado,
such as the Ute, in the late 18th century.
In the last 250 years, the presence of the
Ute tribes in the area of western
Colorado has been historically
documented by both Spanish and U.S.
records. The present northern boundary
of the Ute Mountain Reservation is only
12 miles to the south of the burial site.
In consultations, representatives of the
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado and
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah provided evidence in the
form of histories and oral traditions that
place their tribes in a very large area
that encompasses the location of the
burial. Representatives from both Indian
tribes identified details about the burial
as possibly Ute.
At the estimated time of the burial,
historical accounts located the Ute
bands whose descendants are now
members of the Southern Ute Indian
Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation,
Colorado and Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of
the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah in an
area stretching from southwestern to
south central Colorado to northwestern
New Mexico. Historical accounts placed
the other Ute bands whose descendants
are members of the Ute Indian Tribe of
the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah in
an area between the Gunnison River in
Colorado and the Uintah Basin in Utah
in A.D. 1800. Officials of the University
of Colorado Museum reasonably believe
the human remains are Ute based on the
preponderance of the evidence
including geographical, archeological,
historical, oral–tradition, and expert
opinion. Descendants of the Ute are
members of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe
of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation,
Utah; and Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of the
Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado,
New Mexico & Utah
Officials of the University of Colorado
Museum have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
Officials of the University of Colorado
Museum also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the
seven objects 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. Lastly,
officials of the University of Colorado
Museum also have determined that,
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pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is
a relationship of shared group identity
that can be reasonably traced between
the Native American human remains
and associated funerary objects and the
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute
Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah; and Ute Mountain
Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Steve Lekson, Curator of
Anthropology, University of Colorado
Museum, Henderson Building, Campus
Box 218, Boulder, CO 80309–0218,
telephone (303) 492–6671, before
August 1, 2007. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe
of the Southern Ute Reservation,
Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah
& Ouray Reservation, Utah; and Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
University of Colorado Museum is
responsible for notifying the Southern
Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe
of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation,
Utah; and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah that this notice has been
published.
Dated: June 11, 2007
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Colorado Museum,
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National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003 (5), of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the possession of the University of
Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO. The
human remains and cultural items were
removed from Adams, Arapahoe, Baca,
Boulder, Fremont, Huerfano, Larimer,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Colorado Museum,
Boulder, CO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
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(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human
remains in the possession of the University of Colorado Museum,
Boulder, CO. The human remains were removed from Montezuma County, CO.
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. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by University
of Colorado Museum professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah; and Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah.
In 1954, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were excavated by Hod Stevenson on his property at the edge of Yellow
Jacket Canyon, Montezuma County, CO. In 1959, Mr. Stevenson donated the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the museum. No known
individual was identified. The seven associated funerary objects are
two plain-weave, diyugi-style Navajo blankets; one coil of braided
rawhide; one small piece of twined hair; one basket in the shape of a
dipper; one lot of juniper bark; and one lot of charcoal. A piece of
rolled leather was not collected when the burial was excavated.
The human remains were found in a flexed, seated position facing
east and wrapped in two plain-weave, diyugi-style Navajo blankets in an
east-facing rock shelter, and appear to have been placed in a shallow
pit. The burial had been covered with juniper bark and the pit had been
filled with sandy sediment. In 1959, University of Colorado Museum
curator, Joe Ben Wheat, visited the site and found a small charcoal
pictograph of a long-legged horse and rider at the back of the rock
shelter from which the burial had been removed. Based on the burial
context, the human remains are Native American.
The Indian Land Areas Judicially Established 1978 Map indicates the
claim to land in southwestern Colorado is based upon historic use by
the Ute and Navajo tribes. The style of the drawing found in the rock
shelter is similar to historic Ute pictographs (Legacy on Stone, Sally
J. Cole, 1990). An analysis of the blanket fragments places their
manufacture at approximately A.D. 1800. Navajo diyugi-style blankets
were commonly traded to northern allies in Colorado, such as the Ute,
in the late 18th century. In the last 250 years, the presence of the
Ute tribes in the area of western Colorado has been historically
documented by both Spanish and U.S. records. The present northern
boundary of the Ute Mountain Reservation is only 12 miles to the south
of the burial site. In consultations, representatives of the Southern
Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado and Ute
Mountain Ute Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah provided evidence in the form of histories and oral
traditions that place their tribes in a very large area that
encompasses the location of the burial. Representatives from both
Indian tribes identified details about the burial as possibly Ute.
At the estimated time of the burial, historical accounts located
the Ute bands whose descendants are now members of the Southern Ute
Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado and Ute Mountain
Ute Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah
in an area stretching from southwestern to south central Colorado to
northwestern New Mexico. Historical accounts placed the other Ute bands
whose descendants are members of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah &
Ouray Reservation, Utah in an area between the Gunnison River in
Colorado and the Uintah Basin in Utah in A.D. 1800. Officials of the
University of Colorado Museum reasonably believe the human remains are
Ute based on the preponderance of the evidence including geographical,
archeological, historical, oral-tradition, and expert opinion.
Descendants of the Ute are members of the Southern Ute Reservation,
Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; and
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah
Officials of the University of Colorado Museum have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described
above represent the physical remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the University of Colorado Museum also
have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the seven
objects 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. Lastly, officials of the University
of Colorado 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 Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah &
Ouray Reservation, Utah; and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Steve Lekson, Curator of Anthropology,
University of Colorado Museum, Henderson Building, Campus Box 218,
Boulder, CO 80309-0218, telephone (303) 492-6671, before August 1,
2007. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation,
Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; and
Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah may proceed after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
University of Colorado Museum is responsible for notifying the
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado;
Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; and Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah that this notice has been published.
Dated: June 11, 2007
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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