Notice of Inventory Completion: Pioneer Historical Society of Bent County, Las Animas, CO, 10060 [E8-3454]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Pioneer Historical Society of Bent
County, Las Animas, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
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 in the possession of the Pioneer
Historical Society of Bent County, Las
Animas, CO. The human remains were
removed from La Plata 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 Pioneer Historical
Society of Bent County professional staff
in consultation with representatives of
the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado.
On an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from ‘‘an old
grave’’ found in the vicinity of the
Southern Ute Indian Reservation at
Ignacio, La Plata County, CO. The
human remains were donated to the
museum by Mrs. Will Cooper on an
unknown date. No known individual
was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The general description of the
location from which the human remains
were removed, as well as the collecting
practices of people in the area, suggests
this individual is Native American. The
Southern Ute Reservation is a
checkerboard with many private inholdings from which the human
remains are believed to have been
removed. The U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs does
not exert control over the human
remains in this notice. The Southern
Ute Indian Tribe lives on the Southern
Ute Indian Reservation.
Officials of the Pioneer Historical
Society of Bent County 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 Pioneer Historical
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Society of Bent County 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
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Kathy Finau, Project
Coordinator, Pioneer Historical Society
of Bent County, PO Box 68, Las Animas,
CO 81045, telephone (719) 469–8818,
before March 26, 2008. Repatriation of
the human remains to the Southern Ute
Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
Pioneer Historical Society of Bent
County is responsible for notifying the
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado that
this notice has been published.
Dated: December 20, 2007
Sherry Hutt.
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Southeast Archeological
Center, Tallahassee, FL
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 of the U.S. Department
of the Interior, National Park Service,
Southeast Archeological Center (SEAC),
Tallahassee, FL. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were
removed from the Irene Mound site in
Chatham County, GA.
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 Director, Southeast Archeological
Center.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
was made by Southeast Archeological
Center professional staff in consultation
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with representatives of the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas;
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town,
Oklahoma; Catawba Indian Nation (aka
Catawba Tribe of South Carolina);
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Chickasaw
Nation, Oklahoma; Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma; Coushatta Tribe of
Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians of North Carolina; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band
of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Kialegee
Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Miccosukee
Tribe of Indians of Florida; Mississippi
Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi;
Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma;
Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama; Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida
(Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations);
Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
and United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. The
Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma — a nonfederally recognized Native American
group at the time that they were
consulted, as guests of the federally
recognized Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma and the Absentee-Shawnee
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma — has
since been recognized as eligible for the
special programs and Service’s provided
by the United States to Indians because
of their status as Indians under
provisions of P.L. 106–568.
Between 1937 and 1940, human
remains representing a minimum of 265
individuals were removed from the
Irene site in Chatham County, GA,
under the joint sponsorship of the
Works Progress Administration and the
Chatham County Commission. After
several years of negotiation, the Irene
collection was donated to the National
Park Service by the Chatham County
Commission on January 29, 1942.
According to SEAC records, most of the
human remains from the Irene site were
transferred to the Smithsonian
Institution in February, 1964. When the
SEAC inventory of human remains was
conducted in the early 1990s, it was
discovered that five sets of human
remains representing a minimum of five
individuals were overlooked in this
transfer. No known individuals were
identified. The 119 associated funerary
objects are 56 beads, 13 ceramic jars, 13
animal bones, 8 ceramic bowls, 6
projectile points, 5 sherds, 3 burial urns,
3 shell earplugs, 1 chipped stone flake,
2 shell fragments, 2 shell gorgets, 1
beaker, 1 pin, 1 ceramic bottle, 1 bone
artifact, 1 piece of hematite, 1
groundstone, and 1 bannerstone.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Pioneer Historical Society of
Bent County, Las Animas, 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 (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of the
Pioneer Historical Society of Bent County, Las Animas, CO. The human
remains were removed from La Plata 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 Pioneer
Historical Society of Bent County professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern
Ute Reservation, Colorado.
On an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from ``an old grave'' found in the vicinity of
the Southern Ute Indian Reservation at Ignacio, La Plata County, CO.
The human remains were donated to the museum by Mrs. Will Cooper on an
unknown date. No known individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The general description of the location from which the human
remains were removed, as well as the collecting practices of people in
the area, suggests this individual is Native American. The Southern Ute
Reservation is a checkerboard with many private in-holdings from which
the human remains are believed to have been removed. The U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs does not exert
control over the human remains in this notice. The Southern Ute Indian
Tribe lives on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation.
Officials of the Pioneer Historical Society of Bent County 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 Pioneer Historical Society
of Bent County 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
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Kathy
Finau, Project Coordinator, Pioneer Historical Society of Bent County,
PO Box 68, Las Animas, CO 81045, telephone (719) 469-8818, before March
26, 2008. Repatriation of the human remains to the Southern Ute Indian
Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come forward.
Pioneer Historical Society of Bent County is responsible for
notifying the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado that this notice has been published.
Dated: December 20, 2007
Sherry Hutt.
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-3454 Filed 2-22-08; 8:45 am]
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