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Both were collected at an unknown
location at an unknown time, but
accession records indicate ‘‘Pueblo’’ or
‘‘Southwest.’’ In 1949, a cranium and
mandible removed from an unknown
location were donated to the museum
by Pierpoint Fuller, Jr. (A159.2; CUI 43).
Records suggest a possible ‘‘Pueblo’’
Indian from the ‘‘Southwest.’’ No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
These six individuals in the museum’s
collections are only identified as
geographically related to the American
‘‘Southwest.’’
Insufficient geographical, kinship,
biological, archeological, linguistic,
folkore, oral tradition, historical
evidence, other information or expert
opinion exists to reasonably establish
cultural affiliation of the above
individuals with any present-day Indian
tribe, although non-destructive physical
anthropological evidence, contextual
information, documentary evidence,
and collector and institutional histories
support Native American identity.
Officials of the Denver Museum of
Nature & Science have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of 16
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Denver
Museum of Nature & Science also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(3)(A), the four 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 Denver
Museum of Nature & Science 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 associated funerary objects
and any present-day Indian tribe.
The Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is
responsible for recommending specific
actions for the disposition of culturally
unidentifiable human remains. The
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
has determined that the human remains
are ‘‘culturally unidentifiable’’ under
NAGPRA. In 2009, during a major intertribal consultation meeting and through
additional consultation with individual
tribes, an intertribal agreement was
established, for disposition of the
remains and funerary objects to the
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia,
New Mexico; and the Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. In the
agreement, the Hopi Tribe of Arizona
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was designated as the lead in reburying
11 individuals. In addition, the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona will rebury five of the
individuals (CUIs 28–32) with the
assistance of the Ute Mountain Tribe of
the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah. This
agreement was presented to the Review
Committee on October 30, 2009.
Pursuant to this agreement, the Denver
Museum of Nature & Science requested
that the Review Committee recommend
the disposition of the culturally
unidentifiable Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona. The
Review Committee considered the
request and recommended the
disposition. The Secretary of the Interior
agreed with the Review Committee’s
recommendation. A March 4, 2010,
letter from the Designated Federal
Officer, writing on behalf of the
Secretary of the Interior, transmitted the
authorization for the Denver Museum of
Nature & Science to effect disposition of
the physical remains of the culturally
unidentifiable individuals and the
associated funerary objects to the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; and
the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation,
New Mexico, contingent upon the
publication of a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register.
This notice fulfills that requirement. In
the same letter, the Secretary
recommended the transfer of the
associated funerary objects to the Indian
tribe listed above to the extent allowed
by Federal, state, or local law.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Dr. Chip ColwellChanthaphonh, Denver Museum of
Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd.,
Denver, CO 80205, telephone (303) 370–
6378, before August 23, 2010.
Disposition of the Native American
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Zia, New Mexico; and the Zuni Tribe
of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico,
may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Denver Museum of Nature &
Science is responsible for notifying the
Ak Chin Indian Community of the
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of
Arizona, California & Nevada; Fort Sill
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Gila River
Indian Community of the Gila River
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Havasupai
Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation,
Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
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Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Jicarilla
Apache Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero
Apache Tribe of the Mescalero
Reservation, New Mexico; 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;
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos
Apache Tribe of the San Carlos
Reservation, Arizona; Shoshone Tribe of
the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort
Hall Reservation of Idaho; ShoshonePaiute Tribes of the Duck Valley
Reservation, Nevada; Southern Ute
Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado; Tohono
O’odham Nation of Arizona; Ute Indian
Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe
of the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; White
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort
Apache Reservation, Arizona; YavapaiApache Nation of the Camp Verde
Indian Reservation, Arizona; YavapaiPrescott Tribe of the Yavapai
Reservation, Arizona; Ysleta del Sur
Pueblo of Texas; Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico; and the
Southern Paiute Consortium, a nonfederally recognized Indian group, that
this notice has been published.
Dated: July 13, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Colorado Museum,
Boulder, CO
AGENCY:
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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 University of
Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO. The
human remains were removed from
Grand County, UT, and Mesa 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 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 the University of
Colorado Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Bridgeport
Paiute Indian Colony of California;
Comanche Nation, Oklahoma;
Confederated Tribes of the Goshute
Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Death
Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of
California; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe
of the Duckwater Reservation, Nevada;
Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Fort
McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes
of the Fort McDermitt Indian
Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute
Indians of the Kaibab Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Kiowa Indian
Tribe of Oklahoma; Las Vegas Tribe of
Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian
Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute Tribe
of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada;
Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the
Moapa River Indian Reservation,
Nevada; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New
Mexico & Utah; Northwestern Band of
the Shoshoni Nation of Utah
(Washakie); Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah
(Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of
Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes,
and Shivwits Band of Paiutes); PaiuteShoshone Indians of the Bishop
Community of the Bishop Colony,
California; Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the
Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada;
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the
Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada;
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada;
San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of
Arizona; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind
River Reservation, Wyoming; ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall
Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone Paiute
Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation,
Nevada; Skull Valley Band of Goshute
Indians, Utah; Southern Ute Indian
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Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation,
Colorado; Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of
Nevada; Susanville Indian Rancheria,
California; Te-Moak Tribe of Western
Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four
constituent bands: Battle Mountain
Band; Elko Band; South Fork Band and
Wells Band); Ute Indian Tribe of the
Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah; Walker River Paiute Tribe of the
Walker River Reservation, Nevada;
Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada;
Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington
Colony & Campbell Ranch, Nevada;
Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba
Reservation, Nevada; and Zuni Tribe of
the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
In 1951, human remains representing
a minimum of two individuals were
removed from Luster Cave site, Grand
County, UT, with the landowner’s
permission by a field crew under the
direction of Robert H. Lister of the
University of Colorado, Boulder,
Department of Anthropology, and
Herbert W. Dick of the University of
Colorado Museum. Luster Cave was on
property owned by James J. Luster and
located west of the Little Dolores River.
No known individuals were identified.
The one associated funerary object is a
rabbit fur blanket.
The human remains are Native
American based on site dates,
stratigraphy, and the associated funerary
object/burial context. The archeological
evidence provides a date range of 1700
B.C. -A.D. 1300 for the Luster Cave site.
Based on the stratigraphical evidence,
the remains of an infant found wrapped
in the rabbit fur blanket that was tied
with yucca fiber are reasonably believed
to date to A.D. 1300 or later. Based on
the stratigraphy at the site, the second
individual, represented by a single tooth
cap found 48–60’’ below the surface, is
reasonably believed to predate the
infant burial.
In 1951, human remains representing
two individuals were removed from
5ME449, Roth Cave site, Mesa County,
CO, with the landowner’s permission by
a field crew under the direction of Lister
and Dick. Roth Cave was on property
owned by J.D. Roth and located north of
the Little Dolores River. No known
individuals were identified. The one
associated funerary object is shredded
juniper bark wrapping.
The human remains are Native
American based on site dates,
stratigraphy, and the associated funerary
object/burial context. Roth Cave site
dates archeologically to A.D. 500–1100.
Based on the stratigraphical evidence,
the remains of a child, found wrapped
in the shredded juniper bark, are
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reasonably believed to date to A.D. 1100
or later. Based on the stratigraphy at the
site, the second individual, represented
by adult teeth, found below the surface,
is reasonably believed to predate the
child burial.
In 1951, human remains representing
one individual were removed from
5ME453, Arroyo Site C2–2, Mesa
County, CO, by a field crew under the
direction of Lister and Dick. Arroyo Site
C2–2 site was on property owned by J.D.
Roth and located just north of the Little
Dolores River, on the north side of
Sieber Canyon. No known individual
was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The human remains are Native
American based on the site dates, and
the orientation and position of the
burial. Arroyo Site C2–2 dates
archeologically to A.D. 500–1000.
Officials of the University of Colorado
Museum have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of five
individuals 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 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 University of Colorado
Museum have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot reasonably be traced between the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects and any
present-day Indian tribe.
The Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is
responsible for recommending specific
actions for the disposition of culturally
unidentifiable human remains. In
October 2009, the University of
Colorado Museum requested that the
Review Committee recommend the
disposition of the culturally
unidentifiable human remains to the
Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah, based on Ute aboriginal land
claims supported by oral tradition, as
well as the support of other Indian
tribes that were consulted. The
Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; and Susanville Indian
Rancheria, California, signed the
disposition agreement in support of the
disposition to the Ute Mountain Tribe.
Furthermore, none of the Indian tribes
consulted objected to the determination
of the ‘‘culturally unidentifiable’’ status
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by the University of Colorado Museum
and the disposition to the Ute Mountain
Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah.
The Review Committee considered
the proposal at its October 30–31, 2009,
meeting and recommended the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah. The Secretary of the Interior
agreed with the Review Committee’s
recommendation. An April 19, 2010,
letter from the Designated Federal
Officer, writing on behalf of the
Secretary of the Interior, transmitted the
authorization for the University of
Colorado Museum to effect disposition
of the physical remains of the culturally
unidentifiable individuals to the Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah, contingent on the publication of a
Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register. This notice fulfills
that requirement. In the same letter, the
Secretary recommended the transfer of
the associated funerary objects to the
Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah, to the extent allowed by Federal,
state, or local law.
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, in care of Jan Bernstein,
Bernstein & Associates, 1041 Lafayette
St., Denver, CO 80218, telephone (303)
894–0648, before August 23, 2010.
Disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to 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 University of Colorado Museum
is responsible for notifying the Apache
Tribe of Oklahoma; Bridgeport Paiute
Indian Colony of California; Comanche
Nation, Oklahoma; Confederated Tribes
of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and
Utah; Death Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone
Band of California; Duckwater Shoshone
Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation,
Nevada; Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada;
Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone
Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian
Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute
Indians of the Kaibab Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Kiowa Indian
Tribe of Oklahoma; Las Vegas Tribe of
Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian
Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute Tribe
of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada;
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Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the
Moapa River Indian Reservation,
Nevada; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New
Mexico & Utah; Northwestern Band of
the Shoshoni Nation of Utah
(Washakie); Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah;
Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop
Community of the Bishop Colony,
California; Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the
Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada;
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the
Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada;
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada;
San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of
Arizona; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind
River Reservation, Wyoming; ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall
Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone Paiute
Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation,
Nevada; Skull Valley Band of Goshute
Indians, Utah; Southern Ute Indian
Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation,
Colorado; Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of
Nevada; Susanville Indian Rancheria,
California; Te-Moak Tribe of Western
Shoshone Indians of Nevada; Ute Indian
Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe
of the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Walker
River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River
Reservation, Nevada; Winnemucca
Indian Colony of Nevada; Yerington
Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony &
Campbell Ranch, Nevada; Yomba
Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba
Reservation, Nevada; and Zuni Tribe of
the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, that
this notice has been published.
Dated: July 13, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert
S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology,
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
AGENCY:
ACTION:
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
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 associated
funerary objects in the control of the
Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology, Phillips Academy,
Andover, MA. The associated funerary
objects were removed from the Tecolote
Pueblo ruin, San Miguel County, NM.
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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 associated
funerary objects. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the
associated funerary objects was made by
Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Navajo Nation,
Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly 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 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.
In 1929, human remains representing
12 individuals and 7 lots of associated
funerary objects were removed from the
Tecolote Pueblo ruin (LA296), San
Miguel County, NM, by Alfred V.
Kidder under the auspices of the
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA.
Kidder acquired the collection for the
museum as part of the Andover Pecos
Expedition. On October 28, 1936, the
human remains were donated to the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology at Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA (a completely separate
institution from the Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology). The Robert S.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology
retained control of the associated
funerary objects, two of which are
currently missing. The missing
associated funerary objects are a bone
awl and one lot of olla sherds. The five
associated funerary objects are one shell
bead necklace (restrung), one
fragmented Haliotis shell disc
(pendant), an Olivella shell bead
necklace, one quartzite projectile point,
and one clay ‘‘cloud-blower’’ pipe.
Tecolote Pueblo ruin is located near
Tecolote Creek, San Miguel County,
NM. Similarities in site architecture,
including Kivas and material culture,
associated funerary objects, and
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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 University of Colorado Museum, Boulder,
CO. The human remains were removed from Grand County, UT, and Mesa
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 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 the
University of Colorado Museum professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Bridgeport Paiute
Indian Colony of California; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Confederated
Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Death Valley Timbi-
Sha Shoshone Band of California; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the
Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Fort
McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian
Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kaibab Band of
Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Kiowa Indian
Tribe of Oklahoma; Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas
Indian Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian
Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian
Reservation, Nevada; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah;
Northwestern Band of the Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie); Paiute
Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes,
Koosharem Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes); Paiute-
Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony,
California; Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony,
Nevada; Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation,
Nevada; Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada; San Juan Southern Paiute
Tribe of Arizona; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho;
Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; Skull
Valley Band of Goshute Indians, Utah; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada;
Susanville Indian Rancheria, California; Te-Moak Tribe of Western
Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four constituent bands: Battle Mountain
Band; Elko Band; South Fork Band and Wells Band); Ute Indian Tribe of
the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Walker River Paiute
Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada; Winnemucca Indian Colony
of Nevada; Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony & Campbell
Ranch, Nevada; Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada;
and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
In 1951, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals
were removed from Luster Cave site, Grand County, UT, with the
landowner's permission by a field crew under the direction of Robert H.
Lister of the University of Colorado, Boulder, Department of
Anthropology, and Herbert W. Dick of the University of Colorado Museum.
Luster Cave was on property owned by James J. Luster and located west
of the Little Dolores River. No known individuals were identified. The
one associated funerary object is a rabbit fur blanket.
The human remains are Native American based on site dates,
stratigraphy, and the associated funerary object/burial context. The
archeological evidence provides a date range of 1700 B.C. -A.D. 1300
for the Luster Cave site. Based on the stratigraphical evidence, the
remains of an infant found wrapped in the rabbit fur blanket that was
tied with yucca fiber are reasonably believed to date to A.D. 1300 or
later. Based on the stratigraphy at the site, the second individual,
represented by a single tooth cap found 48-60'' below the surface, is
reasonably believed to predate the infant burial.
In 1951, human remains representing two individuals were removed
from 5ME449, Roth Cave site, Mesa County, CO, with the landowner's
permission by a field crew under the direction of Lister and Dick. Roth
Cave was on property owned by J.D. Roth and located north of the Little
Dolores River. No known individuals were identified. The one associated
funerary object is shredded juniper bark wrapping.
The human remains are Native American based on site dates,
stratigraphy, and the associated funerary object/burial context. Roth
Cave site dates archeologically to A.D. 500-1100. Based on the
stratigraphical evidence, the remains of a child, found wrapped in the
shredded juniper bark, are reasonably believed to date to A.D. 1100 or
later. Based on the stratigraphy at the site, the second individual,
represented by adult teeth, found below the surface, is reasonably
believed to predate the child burial.
In 1951, human remains representing one individual were removed
from 5ME453, Arroyo Site C2-2, Mesa County, CO, by a field crew under
the direction of Lister and Dick. Arroyo Site C2-2 site was on property
owned by J.D. Roth and located just north of the Little Dolores River,
on the north side of Sieber Canyon. No known individual was identified.
No associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains are Native American based on the site dates, and
the orientation and position of the burial. Arroyo Site C2-2 dates
archeologically to A.D. 500-1000.
Officials of the University of Colorado Museum have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of five individuals 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 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 University of
Colorado Museum have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
relationship of shared group identity cannot reasonably be traced
between the Native American human remains and associated funerary
objects and any present-day Indian tribe.
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is responsible for recommending specific
actions for the disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains.
In October 2009, the University of Colorado Museum requested that the
Review Committee recommend the disposition of the culturally
unidentifiable human remains to the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah, based on Ute
aboriginal land claims supported by oral tradition, as well as the
support of other Indian tribes that were consulted. The Comanche
Nation, Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; and Susanville Indian
Rancheria, California, signed the disposition agreement in support of
the disposition to the Ute Mountain Tribe. Furthermore, none of the
Indian tribes consulted objected to the determination of the
``culturally unidentifiable'' status
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by the University of Colorado Museum and the disposition to the Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah.
The Review Committee considered the proposal at its October 30-31,
2009, meeting and recommended the disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah. The Secretary of the
Interior agreed with the Review Committee's recommendation. An April
19, 2010, letter from the Designated Federal Officer, writing on behalf
of the Secretary of the Interior, transmitted the authorization for the
University of Colorado Museum to effect disposition of the physical
remains of the culturally unidentifiable individuals to the Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah, contingent on the publication of a Notice of Inventory Completion
in the Federal Register. This notice fulfills that requirement. In the
same letter, the Secretary recommended the transfer of the associated
funerary objects to the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah, to the extent allowed by
Federal, state, or local law.
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, in care of Jan Bernstein, Bernstein &
Associates, 1041 Lafayette St., Denver, CO 80218, telephone (303) 894-
0648, before August 23, 2010. Disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to 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 University of Colorado Museum is responsible for notifying the
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony of
California; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Confederated Tribes of the
Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Death Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone
Band of California; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater
Reservation, Nevada; Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Fort McDermitt
Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation,
Nevada and Oregon; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians
of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma; Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian
Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony,
Nevada; Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian
Reservation, Nevada; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah;
Northwestern Band of the Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie); Paiute
Indian Tribe of Utah; Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community
of the Bishop Colony, California; Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon
Reservation and Colony, Nevada; Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the
Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada;
San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind
River Reservation, Wyoming; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall
Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley
Reservation, Nevada; Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians, Utah;
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado;
Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Susanville Indian Rancheria,
California; Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada; Ute
Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain
Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah;
Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada;
Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada; Yerington Paiute Tribe of the
Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch, Nevada; Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the
Yomba Reservation, Nevada; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico, that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 13, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010-17876 Filed 7-21-10; 8:45 am]
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