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Dated: April 28, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9–10547 Filed 5–6–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Chelan County Public Utility District,
Wenatchee, WA and Museum of
Anthropology at Washington State
University, Pullman, WA
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 control of the Chelan County
Public Utility District, Wenatchee, WA,
and in the physical custody of the
Museum of Anthropology at
Washington State University, Pullman,
WA. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from
sites along the Rocky Reach Reservoir in
Chelan and Douglas Counties, 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 and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by professional staff
at the Museum of Anthropology at
Washington State University in
consultation with representatives of the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington and
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington.
In 1954, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from site 45CH53 in Chelan
County, WA, by Richard Daugherty
during a survey of the Rocky Reach Dam
Reservoir. The human remains have
been in the possession of the Museum
of Anthropology at Washington State
University since that time. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The human remains were in a cairn
marked interment of a style common
among late Prehistoric Period burials on
the Columbia Plateau.
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In 1959, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from site 45DO59 in Douglas
County, WA, by Alexander Gunkel
during a site testing project at the Rocky
Reach Dam Reservoir. The human
remains have been in the possession of
the Museum of Anthropology at
Washington State University since that
time. No known individual was
identified. The 29 associated funerary
objects are 1 chipped stone drill, 1
scraper, 3 chipped stone tool tips, 14
olivella shell beads, 1 base of a chipped
stone tool, 1 natural rock, 4 lots of
flakes, 1 lot of wood fragments, 1 lot of
faunal remains, 1 mussel shell pendant,
and 1 lot of ochre.
The determination of the cultural
affiliation of the human remains is
based upon geographical, archeological,
oral tradition, and historic evidence.
Projectile point types suggest an age
ranging from the middle to late
Prehistoric Period (about 6,000 years
ago) to the Contact Period. The olivella
shell beads, red ochre, and mussel shell
pendant are funerary objects common in
Prehistoric burials on the Columbia
Plateau. The human remains and
artifacts indicate that they are from the
Native people who utilized the
Columbia River during the late
Prehistoric Period. Descendant
communities from the Native people
that jointly used the Columbia River are
members of the Confederated Tribes of
the Colville Reservation, Washington
and Confederated Tribes and Bands of
the Yakama Nation, Washington.
Officials of the Chelan County Public
Utility District and Museum of
Anthropology at Washington State
University have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Chelan County
Public Utility District and Museum of
Anthropology at Washington State
University also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 29
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
Chelan County Public Utility District
and Museum of Anthropology at
Washington State University 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
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington and
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Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Mary Collins, Director of the
Museum of Anthropology at
Washington State University, Pullman,
WA 99164–4910, telephone (509) 335–
4314, before June 8, 2009. Repatriation
of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Confederated
Tribes of the Colville Reservation,
Washington and Confederated Tribes
and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington may proceed after that date
if no additional claimants come
forward.
The Museum of Anthropology at
Washington State University is
responsible for notifying the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington and
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington that this
notice has been published.
Dated: April 9, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Colorado Historical Society, Denver,
CO
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 Colorado
Historical Society, Denver, CO. The
human remains were removed from
Jefferson and Larimer Counties, 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.
In 2006 and 2009, a detailed
assessment of the human remains was
made by Colorado Historical Society
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Arapahoe Tribe of
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the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma (formerly Cheyenne and
Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma);
Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Crow
Tribe of Montana; Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New
Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of
the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico;
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico &
Utah; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine
Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly the
Pueblo of San Juan); Paiute Indian Tribe
of Utah (Cedar City Band of Paiute,
Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem
Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of
Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes);
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Pojoaque, 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 Tesuque,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New
Mexico; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the
Rosebud Indian Reservation, South
Dakota; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the
Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho;
Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Southern Ute
Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Indian
Reservation, Colorado; Standing Rock
Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota;
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; Ute
Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe
of the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
In August 1996, human remains
representing a minimum of 19
individuals were seized from a storage
locker by the Lakewood Police
Department in Jefferson County, CO
(Office of Archaeology and Historic
Preservation (OAHP) Case Number 125).
In November 2001, the human remains
were transferred to the Colorado
Historical Society. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The antiquity, age, sex and origin of
the individuals are unknown.
In November 2001, human remains
representing a minimum of six
individuals were removed from an
unknown location (OAHP Case Number
198). The human remains were
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inadvertently discovered by a
homeowner in a box in the home’s
crawl space and taken to the Jefferson
County Coroner’s Office. The human
remains were reportedly collected by
the previous owner from ‘‘a mine’’
sometime between 1958 to 1965. In
November 2001, the human remains
were transferred to the Colorado
Historical Society. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains represent four
adults and two subadults, sex unknown.
The estimated antiquity of the human
remains is unknown.
At an unknown date, but prior to
2002, human remains representing a
minimum of 11 individuals were
removed from Colorado State University
in Larimer County, CO (OAHP Case
Number 200). The exact origin or origins
of these individuals are not known. The
human remains were claimed as private
property by the widow of Dr. Michael
Charney, a former professor at the
University who died in 1998. The
human remains were subsequently
taken into custody by the Larimer
County Sheriff’s Office. Following
litigation, in 2006, the human remains,
which were initially identified as Native
American, were transferred to the
Colorado Historical Society by court
order to be repatriated in accordance
with Colorado State burial law and
NAGPRA. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The human remains represent four
adult males, four adult females, one subadult female and two adults whose sex
is indeterminate. The estimated
antiquity of the human remains is
unknown.
In June 2008, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were discovered by a private
citizen in Jefferson County, CO (OAHP
Case Number 260) during the execution
of her deceased father’s estate. The exact
origin of the individual is unknown. In
June 2008, the human remains were
transferred to the Colorado Historical
Society. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The antiquity, age, and sex of the
individual are unknown.
Insufficient geographical, kinship,
biological, archeological, linguistic,
folkore, oral tradition, historical
evidence or other information or expert
opinion exists to reasonably establish
cultural affiliation of the individuals
described above with any present-day
Indian tribe, although physical
anthropological evidence supports
Native American identity.
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Officials of the Colorado Historical
Society have determined that, pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human
remains described above represent the
physical remains of 37 individuals of
Native American ancestry. Officials of
the Colorado Historical Society also
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (2), a relationship of shared
group identity cannot be reasonably
traced between the Native American
human remains and any present-day
Indian tribe.
Colorado Historical Society has
determined that the human remains are
‘‘culturally unidentifiable’’ under
NAGPRA, 43 C.F.R. 10.9 (e)(6). Federal
regulations currently preclude
disposition of culturally unidentifiable
human remains absent an overriding
legal requirement or a recommendation
from the Secretary of the Interior, 43
C.F.R 10.9 (e)(6). In 2006, the Colorado
Historical Society, in partnership with
the Colorado Commission of Indian
Affairs, Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado,
and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah conducted tribal
consultations among the tribes with
ancestral ties to the State of Colorado to
develop the process for disposition of
culturally unidentifiable Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects originating
from inadvertent discoveries on
Colorado State and private lands As a
result of the consultation, a process was
developed, Process for Consultation,
Transfer, and Reburial of Culturally
Unidentifiable Native American Human
Remains and Associated Funerary
Objects Originating From Inadvertent
Discoveries on Colorado State and
Private Lands, (2008), (unpublished, on
file with the Colorado Office of
Archaeology and Historic Preservation).
The origins of the Native American
human remains described above are
unknown, however, they were received
through police seizures or private
citizens on Colorado State and private
lands in Jefferson and Larimer Counties,
CO. Jefferson and Larimer Counties are
located in the Great Plains Consultation
Region, as established by the Process.
The Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is
responsible for recommending specific
actions for disposition of culturally
unidentifiable human remains. On
November 3–4, 2006, the Process was
presented to the Review Committee for
consideration. A January 8, 2007, letter
on behalf of the Review Committee from
the Designated Federal Officer
transmitted the provisional
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authorization to proceed with the
Process upon receipt of formal
responses from the Jicarilla Apache
Nation, New Mexico and Kiowa Indian
Tribe of Oklahoma, subject to
forthcoming conditions imposed by the
Secretary of the Interior. On May 15–16,
2008, the responses from the Jicarilla
Apache Nation, New Mexico and Kiowa
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma were
submitted to the Review Committee. On
September 23, 2008, the Assistant
Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and
Parks, as the designee for the Secretary
of the Interior, transmitted the
authorization for the disposition of
culturally unidentifiable human
remains according to the Process and
NAGPRA, pending publication of a
Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register. This notice fulfills
that requirement.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Sheila Goff, NAGPRA
Liaison, Colorado Historical Society,
1300 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203,
telephone (303) 866–4531, before June
8, 2009. Disposition of the human
remains to the Southern Ute Indian
Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation,
Colorado, and the Ute Mountain Tribe
of the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Colorado Historical Society is
responsible for notifying the Apache
Tribe of Oklahoma; Arapahoe Tribe of
the Wind River Reservation of
Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho
Tribes, Oklahoma; Cheyenne River
Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River
Reservation, South Dakota; Comanche
Nation, Oklahoma; Crow Creek Sioux
Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation,
South Dakota; Crow Tribe of Montana;
Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma;
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache
Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa Indian
Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache
Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New
Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New
Mexico & Utah; Northern Cheyenne
Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian
Reservation, Montana; Oglala Sioux
Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation,
South Dakota; Ohkay Owingeh, New
Mexico; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah;
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; 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
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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;
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud
Indian Reservation, South Dakota; San
Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona;
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort
Hall Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of
the Southern Ute Indian Reservation,
Colorado; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of
North & South Dakota; Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,
North Dakota; Ute Indian Tribe of the
Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah; Wichita and Affiliated Tribes
(Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakoni),
Oklahoma; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of
Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico that this
notice has been published.
Dated: April 13, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Colorado Historical Society, Denver,
CO
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 Colorado Historical
Society, Denver, CO. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Alamosa, Costilla,
La Plata, and Saguache Counties, 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 and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
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In 2006 and 2009, a detailed
assessment of the human remains and
associated funerary objects was made by
Colorado Historical Society professional
staff in consultation with
representatives of the Arapahoe Tribe of
the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma (formerly Cheyenne and
Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma);
Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Crow
Tribe of Montana; Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New
Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of
the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico;
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico &
Utah; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine
Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly the
Pueblo of San Juan); Paiute Indian Tribe
of Utah (Cedar City Band of Paiute,
Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem
Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of
Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes);
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Pojoaque, 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 Tesuque,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New
Mexico; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the
Rosebud Indian Reservation, South
Dakota; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the
Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho;
Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Southern Ute
Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Indian
Reservation, Colorado; Standing Rock
Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota;
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; Ute
Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe
of the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
In April 1997, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from private
land in Costilla County, CO (Office of
Archaeology and Historic Preservation
(OAHP) Case Number 132; 5CT.271).
The human remains were inadvertently
discovered on the surface of the land by
a private citizen looking for antler sheds
on the Blanca Trinchera Ranch. The
human remains were transferred to
Colorado College by Costilla County
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Colorado Historical Society,
Denver, 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 control of the
Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO. The human remains were removed
from Jefferson and Larimer Counties, 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.
In 2006 and 2009, a detailed assessment of the human remains was
made by Colorado Historical Society professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the Arapahoe Tribe of
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the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma (formerly Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma); Comanche
Nation, Oklahoma; Crow Tribe of Montana; Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma;
Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo
Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe of
the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico
(formerly the Pueblo of San Juan); Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar
City Band of Paiute, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes,
Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes); Pawnee
Nation of Oklahoma; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Pojoaque, 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 Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New
Mexico; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South
Dakota; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho;
Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Southern Ute
Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation, Colorado; Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; Ute Indian Tribe of the
Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; and Zuni Tribe of
the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
In August 1996, human remains representing a minimum of 19
individuals were seized from a storage locker by the Lakewood Police
Department in Jefferson County, CO (Office of Archaeology and Historic
Preservation (OAHP) Case Number 125). In November 2001, the human
remains were transferred to the Colorado Historical Society. No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
The antiquity, age, sex and origin of the individuals are unknown.
In November 2001, human remains representing a minimum of six
individuals were removed from an unknown location (OAHP Case Number
198). The human remains were inadvertently discovered by a homeowner in
a box in the home's crawl space and taken to the Jefferson County
Coroner's Office. The human remains were reportedly collected by the
previous owner from ``a mine'' sometime between 1958 to 1965. In
November 2001, the human remains were transferred to the Colorado
Historical Society. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The human remains represent four adults and two subadults, sex
unknown. The estimated antiquity of the human remains is unknown.
At an unknown date, but prior to 2002, human remains representing a
minimum of 11 individuals were removed from Colorado State University
in Larimer County, CO (OAHP Case Number 200). The exact origin or
origins of these individuals are not known. The human remains were
claimed as private property by the widow of Dr. Michael Charney, a
former professor at the University who died in 1998. The human remains
were subsequently taken into custody by the Larimer County Sheriff's
Office. Following litigation, in 2006, the human remains, which were
initially identified as Native American, were transferred to the
Colorado Historical Society by court order to be repatriated in
accordance with Colorado State burial law and NAGPRA. No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
The human remains represent four adult males, four adult females,
one sub-adult female and two adults whose sex is indeterminate. The
estimated antiquity of the human remains is unknown.
In June 2008, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were discovered by a private citizen in Jefferson County, CO
(OAHP Case Number 260) during the execution of her deceased father's
estate. The exact origin of the individual is unknown. In June 2008,
the human remains were transferred to the Colorado Historical Society.
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
The antiquity, age, and sex of the individual are unknown.
Insufficient geographical, kinship, biological, archeological,
linguistic, folkore, oral tradition, historical evidence or other
information or expert opinion exists to reasonably establish cultural
affiliation of the individuals described above with any present-day
Indian tribe, although physical anthropological evidence supports
Native American identity.
Officials of the Colorado Historical Society have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of 37 individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Colorado Historical Society also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), a relationship of
shared group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and any present-day Indian tribe.
Colorado Historical Society has determined that the human remains
are ``culturally unidentifiable'' under NAGPRA, 43 C.F.R. 10.9 (e)(6).
Federal regulations currently preclude disposition of culturally
unidentifiable human remains absent an overriding legal requirement or
a recommendation from the Secretary of the Interior, 43 C.F.R 10.9
(e)(6). In 2006, the Colorado Historical Society, in partnership with
the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs, Southern Ute Indian Tribe of
the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado, and Ute Mountain Tribe of the
Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah conducted tribal
consultations among the tribes with ancestral ties to the State of
Colorado to develop the process for disposition of culturally
unidentifiable Native American human remains and associated funerary
objects originating from inadvertent discoveries on Colorado State and
private lands As a result of the consultation, a process was developed,
Process for Consultation, Transfer, and Reburial of Culturally
Unidentifiable Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary
Objects Originating From Inadvertent Discoveries on Colorado State and
Private Lands, (2008), (unpublished, on file with the Colorado Office
of Archaeology and Historic Preservation). The origins of the Native
American human remains described above are unknown, however, they were
received through police seizures or private citizens on Colorado State
and private lands in Jefferson and Larimer Counties, CO. Jefferson and
Larimer Counties are located in the Great Plains Consultation Region,
as established by the Process.
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is responsible for recommending specific
actions for disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains. On
November 3-4, 2006, the Process was presented to the Review Committee
for consideration. A January 8, 2007, letter on behalf of the Review
Committee from the Designated Federal Officer transmitted the
provisional
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authorization to proceed with the Process upon receipt of formal
responses from the Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico and Kiowa Indian
Tribe of Oklahoma, subject to forthcoming conditions imposed by the
Secretary of the Interior. On May 15-16, 2008, the responses from the
Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico and Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma
were submitted to the Review Committee. On September 23, 2008, the
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, as the designee
for the Secretary of the Interior, transmitted the authorization for
the disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains according to
the Process and NAGPRA, pending publication of a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register. This notice fulfills that
requirement.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Sheila
Goff, NAGPRA Liaison, Colorado Historical Society, 1300 Broadway,
Denver, CO 80203, telephone (303) 866-4531, before June 8, 2009.
Disposition of the human remains to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of
the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado, and the Ute Mountain Tribe of
the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Colorado Historical Society is responsible for notifying the
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation
of Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Cheyenne River Sioux
Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Comanche Nation,
Oklahoma; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South
Dakota; Crow Tribe of Montana; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa Indian
Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation,
New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Northern
Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana;
Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah; Pawnee Nation of
Oklahoma; 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;
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota;
San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of
the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Indian Reservation, Colorado; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North &
South Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,
North Dakota; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah;
Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah; Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco &
Tawakoni), Oklahoma; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of
the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico that this notice has been published.
Dated: April 13, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9-10534 Filed 5-6-09; 8:45 am]
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