Notice of Inventory Completion: The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO; Correction, 42105-42106 [E9-19976]
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Dated: July 24, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9–19964 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: New
York University College of Dentistry,
New York, NY
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 New
York University College of Dentistry,
New York, NY. The human remains
were removed from Cape Nome, Nome
County, AK.
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 New York
University College of Dentistry
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Nome Eskimo
Community.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an
unidentified site at Cape Nome, AK, by
an unknown individual. By 1924, the
human remains were donated to the
Museum of the American Indian, Heye
Foundation by Mrs. George Heye. In
1956, the human remains were
transferred to Dr. Theodore Kazamiroff,
New York University College of
Dentistry. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Museum of the American Indian
records list the locality of origin as Cape
Nome, AK. The human remains are
well-preserved and the morphology is
consistent with Native American
ancestry. There are four cultural phases
for the Cape Nome area, the Denbigh
Flint Complex, Norton, Birnirk, and
Cape Nome phases. Because
preservation of human remains is
extremely rare for sites in the Cape
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Nome region that predate the Cape
Nome phase, it is likely that the human
remains date to the Cape Nome phase,
circa A.D. 1000–1800. The Cape Nome
phase corresponds to the Western Thule
tradition of the Bering Sea region. In the
Western Thule tradition, the people of
the Seward Peninsula were highly
localized, with differences in their
lifeways based on the particular
resources available in their territory.
Localization may have occurred
alongside the development of
geopolitical boundaries. Cape Nome was
a coastal area with a focus on smaller
sea mammals.
Cape Nome was part of the
Ayaasaeiarmiut or Cape Nome territory
of Inupiaq speakers at the time of
Euroamerican contact. Burials at Cape
Nome were described by Edward Nelson
in the late 19th century. Nelson
observed that human remains were
placed in wooden boxes that were
elevated onto poles. The boxes were
exposed to the elements and highly
visible to collectors.
Archeological and consultation
evidence indicates that the
Ayaasaeiarmiut Inupiaq inhabited the
Cape Nome area since at least A.D.
1000. Today, the descendants of the
people of Cape Nome are represented by
the Nome Eskimo Community.
Officials of New York University
College of Dentistry 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 New York University
College of Dentistry 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 Nome
Eskimo Community.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Dr. Louis Terracio, New
York University College of Dentistry,
345 East 24th St., New York, NY 10010,
telephone (212) 998–9917, before
September 21, 2009. Repatriation of the
human remains to the Nome Eskimo
Community may proceed after that date
if no additional claimants come
forward.
The New York University College of
Dentistry is responsible for notifying the
Nome Eskimo Community that this
notice has been published.
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Dated: July 24, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: The
Colorado College, Colorado Springs,
CO; Correction
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
under the control of The Colorado
College, Colorado Springs, CO. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from sites in the
southwestern United States and a
canyon tributary of Comb Wash, San
Juan County, UT.
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.
This notice corrects the number count
of the associated funerary objects in a
Notice of Inventory Completion
previously published in the Federal
Register (72 FR 19232–193233, April 14,
2004) from one to two. In the Federal
Register notice of April 14, 2004,
paragraph numbers 6–9 are corrected by
substituting the following paragraphs:
Between 1897 and 1898, human
remains representing one individual
were removed from a cliff ruin in a
canyon tributary of Comb Wash, San
Juan County, UT, under the auspices of
the Lang Expedition of 1897–1898. Prior
to 1900, General William Jackson
Palmer acquired what became known as
the Lang-Bixby Collection which he
subsequently transferred to The
Colorado College. With the exception of
the human remains and funerary objects
in direct contact with the human
remains, The Colorado College Museum
collection, which included the LangBixby Collection, was dispersed through
long-term loans primarily to the
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
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(formerly Taylor Museum) and the
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
(formerly Denver Museum of Natural
History) beginning in the late 1960s.
The two associated funerary objects are
a woven fiber robe or blanket and a
piece of buckskin. There is an
additional funerary object associated
with the human remains, a large
ceramic vessel, which is currently
missing from the collection.
A physical anthropological
assessment of the human remains
indicates that the remains are ancestral
Puebloan based on the type of cranial
deformation. The type and style of
associated funerary objects are also
ancestral Puebloan. A relationship of
shared group identity can reasonably be
traced between ancestral Puebloan
peoples and modern Puebloan peoples
based on oral tradition and scientific
studies. A preponderance of evidence
supports cultural affiliation with
modern Puebloan groups. According to
scientific studies and oral tradition, the
Navajo share some cultural practices
with modern Puebloans, however, there
is not a preponderance of evidence to
support Navajo cultural affiliation.
Officials of The Colorado College have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of 11 individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of The
Colorado College also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A),
the two 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 Colorado College 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 Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Ohkay 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.
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Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Chris Melcher, Legal Counsel/
Director of Business, The Colorado
College c/o Jan Bernstein, President,
Bernstein & Associates - NAGPRA
Consultants, 1041 Lafayette St., Denver,
CO 80218, telephone (303) 894–0648,
janbernstein@nagpra.info, before
September 21, 2009. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Colorado College is responsible
for notifying the Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico &
Utah; Ohkay 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: August 5, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9–19976 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: New
York University College of Dentistry,
New York, NY
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 possession of the New
York University College of Dentistry,
New York, NY. The human remains
were removed from Bronx County, NY.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
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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 New York
University College of Dentistry
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Delaware Nation
of Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe (part of
the Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma); and
Stockbridge Munsee Community,
Wisconsin.
In 1911, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from a grave at Broadway and
Isham Streets, Inwood, New York, NY,
by Reginald P. Bolton. In 1917, the
human remains were accessioned by the
Department of Physical Anthropology at
the Museum of the American Indian,
Heye Foundation. In 1956, the human
remains were transferred to Dr.
Theodore Kazamiroff, New York
University College of Dentistry. No
known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Museum of the American Indian
records identify the locality of origin of
the human remains as ‘‘Aboriginal
burial, Broadway and Isham Streets,
New York City.’’ This location is in
present-day Inwood, on the island of
Manhattan, New York City, Bronx
County. The cranial morphology of the
human remains is consistent with an
individual of Native American ancestry.
Objects found at the Broadway and
Isham Street location, but not in the
museum’s collection, suggest that the
site dates to the late Late Woodland,
Protohistoric or early Historic Periods,
A.D. 1400–1650. The Inwood area is
documented historically,
archeologically and by tribal traditions
as the territory of the Munsee Delawarespeaking people since at least the Late
Woodland period. Manhattan was
largely vacated by the Munsee during
the late 17th and early 18th centuries,
and the Munsee of Manhattan joined
other Munsee communities to their
north and west. Some Munsee people
became part of the Stockbridge
community that eventually settled in
Wisconsin. Today, their descendants are
members of the Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin. Other Munsee
were integrated into Unami Delawarespeaking groups who moved through
the Midwest and/or Texas before
settling on reservation land in
Oklahoma. Today, these groups are
known as the Delaware Nation of
Oklahoma and the Delaware Tribe of the
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: The Colorado College, Colorado
Springs, CO; Correction
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 and associated funerary
objects under the control of The Colorado College, Colorado Springs,
CO. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
sites in the southwestern United States and a canyon tributary of Comb
Wash, San Juan County, UT.
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.
This notice corrects the number count of the associated funerary
objects in a Notice of Inventory Completion previously published in the
Federal Register (72 FR 19232-193233, April 14, 2004) from one to two.
In the Federal Register notice of April 14, 2004, paragraph numbers 6-9
are corrected by substituting the following paragraphs:
Between 1897 and 1898, human remains representing one individual
were removed from a cliff ruin in a canyon tributary of Comb Wash, San
Juan County, UT, under the auspices of the Lang Expedition of 1897-
1898. Prior to 1900, General William Jackson Palmer acquired what
became known as the Lang-Bixby Collection which he subsequently
transferred to The Colorado College. With the exception of the human
remains and funerary objects in direct contact with the human remains,
The Colorado College Museum collection, which included the Lang-Bixby
Collection, was dispersed through long-term loans primarily to the
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
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(formerly Taylor Museum) and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
(formerly Denver Museum of Natural History) beginning in the late
1960s. The two associated funerary objects are a woven fiber robe or
blanket and a piece of buckskin. There is an additional funerary object
associated with the human remains, a large ceramic vessel, which is
currently missing from the collection.
A physical anthropological assessment of the human remains
indicates that the remains are ancestral Puebloan based on the type of
cranial deformation. The type and style of associated funerary objects
are also ancestral Puebloan. A relationship of shared group identity
can reasonably be traced between ancestral Puebloan peoples and modern
Puebloan peoples based on oral tradition and scientific studies. A
preponderance of evidence supports cultural affiliation with modern
Puebloan groups. According to scientific studies and oral tradition,
the Navajo share some cultural practices with modern Puebloans,
however, there is not a preponderance of evidence to support Navajo
cultural affiliation.
Officials of The Colorado College have determined that, pursuant to
25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above represent the
physical remains of 11 individuals of Native American ancestry.
Officials of The Colorado College also have determined that, pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the two 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 Colorado College 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 Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Ohkay 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.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Chris Melcher, Legal Counsel/Director of
Business, The Colorado College c/o Jan Bernstein, President, Bernstein
& Associates - NAGPRA Consultants, 1041 Lafayette St., Denver, CO
80218, telephone (303) 894-0648, janbernstein@nagpra.info, before
September 21, 2009. Repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Colorado College is responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Ohkay 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: August 5, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9-19976 Filed 8-19-09; 8:45 am]
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