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agency that has control of the cultural
items. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
In 1951, the Taylor Museum
purchased a Northwest Coast totem pole
(TM 3991) from Ralph C. Altman/
Lumber Yard of Joshua Marks, Los
Angeles, CA. The piece was officially
accessioned into the museum’s
collection on May 7, 1951.
The totem pole, dated circa 1870, is
from the Haida village of Old Kasaan,
Prince of Wales Island, southeastern
Alaska. The totem pole originally stood
in front of a house, and both were used
by Chief Son-i-hat, ‘‘Southeast Wind,’’ of
the Eagle phratry and one of the great
chiefs of Old Kasaan. The house was
named Adolescent Girl House. Chief
Son-i-Hat also had a home not far from
present-day Kasaan, which is currently
the only remaining traditional Haida
longhouse in Alaska.
The pole was bought by a man from
Los Angeles around 1908. The pole and
house were taken to Los Angeles, and
the dismantled house was rebuilt on a
smaller scale. Chief Son-i-hat, who took
along dancing paraphernalia, also
accompanied the house and pole. Chief
Son-i-hat stayed about two years, and
according to his son, staged dances and
gave speeches about the ways of his
fellow Haida people. When the Taylor
Museum of the Colorado Springs Fine
Arts Center acquired the pole, it was
laying in a lumber yard ready to be
sawed up for wood pulp.
In approximately early 2007, the
museum began researching the pole and
started consultations with tribal
representatives from the Organized
Village of Kasaan. Totem poles in the
Haida culture represent clans, serve as
grave markers, and also relate important
events. According to representatives of
the Organized Village of Kasaan, the
totem pole is clan property. A totem
pole is not property owned by an
individual, and no single individual can
alienate or convey this clan property.
Furthermore, the totem pole was clan
property at the time of its alienation,
and ownership of the totem pole and
crest designs depicted are owned by the
clan, Yaadas of Gasa’aan (Old Kasaan).
Therefore, the totem pole is an object of
cultural patrimony under NAGPRA.
Officials of the Taylor Museum of the
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
300(3)(D), the one cultural item
described above has ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group or
culture itself, rather than property
owned by an individual. Officials of the
Taylor Museum of the Colorado Springs
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Fine Arts Center 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 object of cultural patrimony
and the Organized Village of Kasaan
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the object of cultural
patrimony should contact Tariana
Navas-Nieves, Curator of Hispanic and
Native American Art, Taylor Museum of
the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center,
30 West Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO
80903, telephone (719) 477–4334, before
September 2, 2010. Repatriation of the
object of cultural patrimony to the
Organized Village of Kasaan may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Taylor Museum of the Colorado
Springs Fine Arts Center is responsible
for notifying the Organized Village of
Kasaan that this notice has been
published.
Dated: July 26, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Colorado Museum,
Boulder, 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 University
of Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO. The
human remains were removed from
Converse County, WY.
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 University of
Colorado Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Arapahoe
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes
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of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation,
Montana; Cheyenne and Arapaho
Tribes, Oklahoma; Cheyenne River
Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River
Reservation, South Dakota; Comanche
Nation, Oklahoma; Crow Tribe of
Montana; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the
Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota;
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota; Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of
the Lower Brule Reservation, South
Dakota; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine
Ridge Reservation, South Dakota;
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud
Indian Reservation, South Dakota;
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska;
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North &
South Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of
South Dakota.
In 1948, 1949, 1952, 1956, or 1963,
human remains representing a
minimum of one individual were
removed from a cave at Little Box Elder
Site, in Converse County, WY. The
human remains were removed by either
a museum archeological crew, which
excavated the site in 1948 (test), 1949,
1952, and 1956, or by Dr. Robinson,
Paleontology Curator Emeritus, who
excavated stratigraphically at the site in
1963. The property is private and
belonged to Orsa D. Ferguson who
passed away in the 1950s, and then it
belonged to his brother-in-law, William
Barber. The human remains were found
in the Paleontology section of the
museum during re-analysis and
transferred to the Anthropology section
of the museum for NAGPRA
compliance. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The human remains are Native
American based on the biological
assessment and the site context. The
cave dates from recent time to 15,000
years before present. Evidence of human
occupation was present in the upper
levels. The earliest levels contained a
‘‘nest’’ of three spherical stones of
material foreign to the cave deposits,
suggesting the possibility of human
occupation at that time. During
preliminary re-study of material from
the cave, two tools were identified. Both
were made from elements of extinct
horse (Equus conversidens). The site
also yielded several tools made from
mountain goat humeri and metapodial.
Although not extinct, mountain goat is
no longer present in the region of Little
Box Elder.
Officials of the University of Colorado
Museum have determined that,
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pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
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
any present-day Indian tribe.
The Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is
responsible for recommending specific
actions for disposition of culturally
unidentifiable human remains. In
October 2009, the University of
Colorado Museum requested that the
Review Committee recommend
disposition of the culturally
unidentifiable human remains to the
Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming, based on
Arapaho aboriginal land claims and
supported by oral tradition, as well as
the support of the other Indian tribes
consulted. The Comanche Nation,
Oklahoma, signed the disposition
agreement in support of the disposition
to the Arapahoe Tribe. Furthermore,
none of the Indian tribes consulted
objected to the determination of
‘‘culturally unidentifiable’’ status by the
University of Colorado Museum and the
disposition to the Arapahoe Tribe of the
Wind River Reservation, Wyoming.
The Review Committee considered
the proposal at its October 30–31, 2009,
meeting and recommended disposition
of the human remains to the Arapahoe
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming. The Secretary of 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 individual to the
Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming, contingent on
the 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 Steve Lekson, Curator of
Anthropology, University of Colorado
Museum, in care of Jan Bernstein,
NAGPRA Consultant, Bernstein &
Associates, 1041 Lafayette St., Denver,
CO 80218, telephone (303) 894-0648,
before September 2, 2010. Disposition of
the human remains to the Arapahoe
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
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Wyoming, 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; Arapahoe Tribe of
the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort
Peck Indian Reservation, Montana;
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
of the Cheyenne River Reservation,
South Dakota; Comanche Nation,
Oklahoma; Crow Tribe of Montana;
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow
Creek Reservation, South Dakota;
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota; Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of
the Lower Brule Reservation, South
Dakota; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine
Ridge Reservation, South Dakota;
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud
Indian Reservation, South Dakota;
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska;
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North &
South Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of
South Dakota, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: July 26, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Siuslaw National Forest,
Waldport, OR
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 U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Siuslaw National Forest,
Waldport, OR. The human remains were
removed from the Cape Perpetua Visitor
Center, Lincoln County, OR.
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
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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 Siuslaw National
Forest professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the Confederated
Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and
Siuslaw Indians of Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde
Community of Oregon; Confederated
Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon; and
the Coquille Tribe of Oregon.
At an unknown date prior to 1988,
human remains representing a
minimum of one individual were
removed near Cape Perpetua, near
Yachats, Lincoln County, OR, and given
to the Cape Perpetua Visitor Center. No
known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The Visitor Center held the human
remains in secure storage until
transferring to the Forest Archaeologist.
No information accompanied the human
remains regarding the specific location
and conditions of discovery other than
the remains were retrieved from a
crevice in the rocky shoreline between
Cape Perpetua and Yachats.
Consultation evidence and the
ethnographic record show that this area
was part of the ancestral territory of the
Alsea Indians. At Contact, the territory
of the Alsea extended along the Oregon
coast and rivers from approximately 8
miles south of Yachats to approximately
10 miles north of Waldport. In 1855,
this land base and the Alsea people
were included within the Coast Indian
Reservation. This reservation was later
referred to as the Siletz Indian
Reservation. For approximately 10 years
during the reservation era, other tribes,
including the Coos, Lower Umpqua,
Coquille, and some Siuslaw people
whose traditional territories lay to the
south of the Alsea, were forcibly held at
the Alsea Sub-agency of the Coast
Indian Reservation, which was located
at present-day Yachats. Of these tribal
peoples, only the Alsea are known to
have primarily practiced above ground
interment at locations similar to that
identified for this individual.
Descendants of the Alsea are members
of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Indians of Oregon.
Officials of the Siuslaw National
Forest have determined that, pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the
Siuslaw National Forest 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
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Colorado Museum,
Boulder, 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
University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO. The human remains were
removed from Converse County, WY.
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
University of Colorado Museum professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Arapahoe Tribe of the
Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the
Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation,
South Dakota; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Crow Tribe of Montana; Crow
Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota;
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South
Dakota; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian
Reservation, Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation,
South Dakota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation,
South Dakota; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
of North & South Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
In 1948, 1949, 1952, 1956, or 1963, human remains representing a
minimum of one individual were removed from a cave at Little Box Elder
Site, in Converse County, WY. The human remains were removed by either
a museum archeological crew, which excavated the site in 1948 (test),
1949, 1952, and 1956, or by Dr. Robinson, Paleontology Curator
Emeritus, who excavated stratigraphically at the site in 1963. The
property is private and belonged to Orsa D. Ferguson who passed away in
the 1950s, and then it belonged to his brother-in-law, William Barber.
The human remains were found in the Paleontology section of the museum
during re-analysis and transferred to the Anthropology section of the
museum for NAGPRA compliance. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains are Native American based on the biological
assessment and the site context. The cave dates from recent time to
15,000 years before present. Evidence of human occupation was present
in the upper levels. The earliest levels contained a ``nest'' of three
spherical stones of material foreign to the cave deposits, suggesting
the possibility of human occupation at that time. During preliminary
re-study of material from the cave, two tools were identified. Both
were made from elements of extinct horse (Equus conversidens). The site
also yielded several tools made from mountain goat humeri and
metapodial. Although not extinct, mountain goat is no longer present in
the region of Little Box Elder.
Officials of the University of Colorado Museum have determined
that,
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pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American
ancestry. 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 any present-day Indian tribe.
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is responsible for recommending specific
actions for disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains. In
October 2009, the University of Colorado Museum requested that the
Review Committee recommend disposition of the culturally unidentifiable
human remains to the Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming, based on Arapaho aboriginal land claims and supported by oral
tradition, as well as the support of the other Indian tribes consulted.
The Comanche Nation, Oklahoma, signed the disposition agreement in
support of the disposition to the Arapahoe Tribe. Furthermore, none of
the Indian tribes consulted objected to the determination of
``culturally unidentifiable'' status by the University of Colorado
Museum and the disposition to the Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming.
The Review Committee considered the proposal at its October 30-31,
2009, meeting and recommended disposition of the human remains to the
Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming. The Secretary of
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 individual to the Arapahoe
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, contingent on the
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 Steve
Lekson, Curator of Anthropology, University of Colorado Museum, in care
of Jan Bernstein, NAGPRA Consultant, Bernstein & Associates, 1041
Lafayette St., Denver, CO 80218, telephone (303) 894-0648, before
September 2, 2010. Disposition of the human remains to the Arapahoe
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, 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; Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota;
Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Crow Tribe of Montana; Crow Creek Sioux
Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau Santee
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Lower
Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota;
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South
Dakota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South
Dakota; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of
North & South Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota,
that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 26, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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