Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the University of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO, and in the Control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC; Correction, 5852-5853 [E9-2111]
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reasonably traced between the
unassociated funerary objects and
sacred objects and the Central Council
of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects and/or sacred objects should
contact Danielle Routhier Peck, Senior
Registrar, Western Reserve Historical
Society, 10825 East Boulevard,
Cleveland, OH 44106, telephone (216)
721–5722 extension 262, before March
4, 2009. Repatriation of the unassociated
funerary objects and sacred objects to
the Central Council of the Tlingit &
Haida Indian Tribes may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Western Reserve Historical
Society is responsible for notifying the
Central Council of Tlingit & Haida
Indian Tribes, Huna Heritage
Foundation, and Sealaska Heritage
Institute that this notice has been
published.
Dated: December 24, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion for
Native American Human Remains and
Associated Funerary Objects in the
Possession of the University of Denver
Department of Anthropology and
Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO,
and in the Control of the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC;
Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
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 and associated funerary objects
in the control of the U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Washington, DC, and in the possession
of the University of Denver Department
of Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology, Denver, CO. The human
remains were removed from Navajo
County, AZ and San Juan County, NM.
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
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in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the human
remains. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the determinations
in this notice.
This notice corrects the Notice of
Inventory Completion published in the
Federal Register (67 FR 9002–9003,
February 27, 2002) because officials of
the University of Denver Department of
Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology have determined that the
cultural affiliation conclusions for the
human remains referenced in the notice
are incorrect, as defined at 25 U.S.C.
3001 (2). After further consideration of
the evidence, museum officials have
determined that the human remains (DU
6014 and DU 6056) removed from
Shiprock, San Juan County, NM, are of
Native American ancestry, but that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is
not sufficient available evidence that
can lead to a reasonable assignment of
a shared group relationship with any
present-day Indian tribe. Furthermore,
the human remains (DU 6000) removed
from Marsh Pass, Navajo County, AZ,
have a cultural affiliation that can be
narrowed specifically to the Navajo
Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah.
The February 27, 2002 notice,
pursuant to 43 C.F.R. 10.2 (e), identified
a relationship of shared group identity
that could be reasonably traced between
the Native American human remains
removed from both sites to the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Navajo Nation,
Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Zia, New Mexico; Ysleta Del Sur
Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. Since
February 27, 2002, museum officials
contracted a research archeologist and
conducted additional consultations with
representatives of the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New
Mexico & Utah; Okhay Owingeh, New
Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of San
Juan); Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New
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Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New
Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico. The museum
also sent reports and solicited feedback
via telephone and correspondence with
representatives from the Colorado River
Indian Tribes of the Colorado River
Indian Reservation, Arizona and
California; Pueblo of Picuris, New
Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New
Mexico; and Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of
Texas.
The human remains (catalog numbers
DU 6014 and DU 6056) were removed
from Shiprock, San Juan County, NM,
possibly by Dr. E.B. Renaud, founder of
the University of Denver Department of
Anthropology. These two sets of
remains have been interpreted by a
physical anthropologist as being the
remains of one individual, based on the
similar coloring and size of the bones as
well as their provenience. Renaud noted
that the skull is probably male–an adult
about 40 years of age–and shows
evidence of cradleboarding. While
officials at the University of Denver
Department of Anthropology and
Museum of Anthropology recognize that
scholars have historically attributed the
activity of cradleboarding to the Pueblo
Tribes, Pueblo consultants cited other
examples of people who used
cradleboards. In addition, Shiprock, NM
is an area that was visited and inhabited
by a number of tribes over time. In the
absence of specific archeological dates
or material culture, tribal
representatives did not accept the
determination that cranial flattening
was specifically a Puebloan cultural
practice.
Without further information regarding
archeological context, dating or material
culture, museum officials have
determined that the evidence
surrounding the human remains (DU
6014 and DU 6056) did not provide
enough data to assign cultural
affiliation. However, the human remains
(DU 6000) removed from Navajo
County, AZ, have a cultural affiliation
that can be narrowed specifically to the
Navajo Nation. This conclusion was
supported by tribal information and
expert opinion.
Therefore, based on expert opinion,
additional research, and tribal
information, the changes to cultural
affiliation in the Federal Register notice
of February 27, 2002, is corrected by
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deleting paragraphs 6 to 8, and
replacing paragraphs 4, 5, 9 and 10 with
the following paragraphs:
In 1953, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual (catalog
number DU 6000) were removed from
Marsh Pass, Navajo County, AZ, by
Arnold Withers, a University of Denver
Department of Anthropology faculty
member, who donated the remains to
the University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology that same year. No field
notes exist for these remains. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Marsh Pass is on the Navajo
Reservation. The human remains were
found in a deserted hogan. According to
the scientific literature, hogans are a
Navajo form of habitation, and under
certain circumstances are also
traditional Navajo burial places. Tribal
information also largely supports a
Navajo affiliation. The preponderance of
the evidence, including archeology,
architecture, oral traditions, and expert
opinion, indicates that a relationship of
shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and
the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New
Mexico & Utah.
Officials of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs and University of Denver
Department of Anthropology and
Museum of Anthropology have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of a minimum of one individual
of Native American ancestry. Officials of
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and
University of Denver Department of
Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology have also determined
that, based on the preponderance of the
evidence, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001
(2), a relationship of shared group
identity can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and the Navajo Nation,
Arizona, New Mexico & Utah.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Dr. Christina Kreps,
University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology, Sturm 146, Denver, CO
80208, telephone (303) 871–2688, before
March 4, 2009. Repatriation of the
human remains to the Navajo Nation,
Arizona, New Mexico & Utah may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology is responsible for
notifying the Bureau of Indian Affairs;
Colorado River Indian Tribes of the
Colorado River Indian Reservation,
Arizona and California; Hopi Tribe of
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Arizona; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New
Mexico & Utah; Okhay Owingeh, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo
Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico;
Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico that this notice has been
published.
Dated: January 5, 2009
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Raymond M. Alf Museum of
Paleontology, Claremont, CA
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 in the control of the Raymond
M. Alf Museum of Paleontology,
Claremont, CA. The human remains
were removed from Kern County, CA.
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 the Raymond M.
Alf Museum of Paleontology
professional staff and University of
California, Los Angeles professional
staff member Archeologist Gail
Kennedy, in consultation with
representatives of the Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut
Tribe).
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At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of six
individuals were removed from the
Kern Valley area near Kernville, Kern
County, CA. No known individuals
were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The Kern Valley area is near
Kernville, Kern County, in the Central
California area. Museum officials
reasonably believe, based on locations
where the museum has previously
collected non-paleontological
specimens, that these six individuals
may have been collected from the same
area associated with another individual
described in a published Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal
Register (73 FR 34318, June 17, 2008),
although at the time of publication the
museum was unable to relate the six
individuals in this notice to that
individual. However, officials of the
Raymond M. Alf Museum have
subsequently determined that the six
individuals in this notice are probably
from the same area, and possibly the
same site as the individual in the June
17, 2008 notice, based on two separate
analyses, museum collection history,
and tribal consultation.
An investigation of the human
remains conducted by Dr. Gail Kennedy,
Physical Anthropologist, University of
California, Los Angeles, determined that
the individuals were California Native
American based on dental wear. Tribal
representatives of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria conducted a second analysis,
and independently concluded that the
human remains are Native American.
The Kern Valley site is most likely
either the habitation site of the
Tubatulabal from which the individual
in the June 17, 2008 notice had been
removed, or a similar site. The
Tubatulabal were loosely organized into
three discrete bands called Pahkanapil,
Palagewan, and Bankalachi
(Smithsonian Institution, Handbook of
North American Indians, Book 8, 1978).
The Tubatulabal are considered Kern
River Indians, speak an Uto-Aztecan
language, and live in the Kern River/
Lake Isabella area, which includes the
south fork (Palagewan) and the lower
Kern River below the south fork
(Tubatulabal). Their neighbors are the
Kawaiisu and the Yokuts. The
Bankalachi, who were located a few
miles from the Palagewan, resided in
Yokuts territory.
In 1857, the Kern River gold rush
began in Palagewan territory. During
1862, a few Tubatulabal joined the
Owens Valley Paiute in hostilities
against the Whites, and about this time,
a group of Koso Indians settled in the
Tubatulabal area, intermarrying with the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the University of
Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver,
CO, and in the Control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC; Correction
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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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 and associated funerary
objects in the control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in the possession of the
University of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology, Denver, CO. The human remains were removed from Navajo
County, AZ and San Juan County, NM.
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 human
remains. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
This notice corrects the Notice of Inventory Completion published
in the Federal Register (67 FR 9002-9003, February 27, 2002) because
officials of the University of Denver Department of Anthropology and
Museum of Anthropology have determined that the cultural affiliation
conclusions for the human remains referenced in the notice are
incorrect, as defined at 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2). After further
consideration of the evidence, museum officials have determined that
the human remains (DU 6014 and DU 6056) removed from Shiprock, San Juan
County, NM, are of Native American ancestry, but that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is not sufficient available evidence that can
lead to a reasonable assignment of a shared group relationship with any
present-day Indian tribe. Furthermore, the human remains (DU 6000)
removed from Marsh Pass, Navajo County, AZ, have a cultural affiliation
that can be narrowed specifically to the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New
Mexico & Utah.
The February 27, 2002 notice, pursuant to 43 C.F.R. 10.2 (e),
identified a relationship of shared group identity that could be
reasonably traced between the Native American human remains removed
from both sites to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Navajo Nation, Arizona,
New Mexico & Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. Since February 27, 2002,
museum officials contracted a research archeologist and conducted
additional consultations with representatives of the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Okhay Owingeh, New
Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of San Juan); Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Zia, New Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
The museum also sent reports and solicited feedback via telephone and
correspondence with representatives from the Colorado River Indian
Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and
California; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo,
New Mexico; and Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas.
The human remains (catalog numbers DU 6014 and DU 6056) were
removed from Shiprock, San Juan County, NM, possibly by Dr. E.B.
Renaud, founder of the University of Denver Department of Anthropology.
These two sets of remains have been interpreted by a physical
anthropologist as being the remains of one individual, based on the
similar coloring and size of the bones as well as their provenience.
Renaud noted that the skull is probably male-an adult about 40 years of
age-and shows evidence of cradleboarding. While officials at the
University of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology recognize that scholars have historically attributed the
activity of cradleboarding to the Pueblo Tribes, Pueblo consultants
cited other examples of people who used cradleboards. In addition,
Shiprock, NM is an area that was visited and inhabited by a number of
tribes over time. In the absence of specific archeological dates or
material culture, tribal representatives did not accept the
determination that cranial flattening was specifically a Puebloan
cultural practice.
Without further information regarding archeological context, dating
or material culture, museum officials have determined that the evidence
surrounding the human remains (DU 6014 and DU 6056) did not provide
enough data to assign cultural affiliation. However, the human remains
(DU 6000) removed from Navajo County, AZ, have a cultural affiliation
that can be narrowed specifically to the Navajo Nation. This conclusion
was supported by tribal information and expert opinion.
Therefore, based on expert opinion, additional research, and tribal
information, the changes to cultural affiliation in the Federal
Register notice of February 27, 2002, is corrected by
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deleting paragraphs 6 to 8, and replacing paragraphs 4, 5, 9 and 10
with the following paragraphs:
In 1953, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
(catalog number DU 6000) were removed from Marsh Pass, Navajo County,
AZ, by Arnold Withers, a University of Denver Department of
Anthropology faculty member, who donated the remains to the University
of Denver Museum of Anthropology that same year. No field notes exist
for these remains. No known individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Marsh Pass is on the Navajo Reservation. The human remains were
found in a deserted hogan. According to the scientific literature,
hogans are a Navajo form of habitation, and under certain circumstances
are also traditional Navajo burial places. Tribal information also
largely supports a Navajo affiliation. The preponderance of the
evidence, including archeology, architecture, oral traditions, and
expert opinion, indicates that a relationship of shared group identity
can be reasonably traced between the human remains and the Navajo
Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah.
Officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and University of Denver
Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described
above represent the physical remains of a minimum of one individual of
Native American ancestry. Officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and
University of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology have also determined that, based on the preponderance of
the evidence, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), a relationship of shared
group identity can be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Dr.
Christina Kreps, University of Denver Museum of Anthropology, Sturm
146, Denver, CO 80208, telephone (303) 871-2688, before March 4, 2009.
Repatriation of the human remains to the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New
Mexico & Utah may proceed after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The University of Denver Museum of Anthropology is responsible for
notifying the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Colorado River Indian Tribes of
the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Okhay
Owingeh, New Mexico; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico;
Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation,
New Mexico that this notice has been published.
Dated: January 5, 2009
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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