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corrugated ceramics, inhumation
burials, cradleboard cranial
deformation, grooved stone axes and
bone artifacts. The combination of the
material culture attributes and a
subsistence pattern that included
hunting and gathering augmented by
maize agriculture helps to recognize an
identifiable earlier group. Archeologists
have also remarked that there are strong
similarities between this earlier group
and present-day tribes included in the
Western Pueblo ethnographic group,
especially including the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico. The
similarities in ceramic traditions, burial
practices, architectural forms and
settlement patterns have led
archeologists to believe that the
prehistoric inhabitants of the Mogollon
Rim region migrated north and west to
the Hopi mesas, and north and east to
the Zuni River Valley. Certain objects
found in Upland Mogollon
archeological sites have been found to
have strong resemblances with ritual
paraphernalia that are used in
continuing religious practices by the
Hopi and Zuni. Some petroglyphs on
the Fort Apache Indian Reservation
have also persuaded archeologists of
continuities between the earlier
identified group and current-day
Western Pueblo people. Biological
information from the site of
Grasshopper Pueblo, which is located in
close proximity to the five sites listed
above, supports the view that the
prehistoric occupants of the Upland
Mogollon region had migrated from
various locations to the north and west
of the region.
The archeological evidence for
migration is paralleled by Hopi and
Zuni oral traditions. Migration figures
prominently in Hopi oral tradition,
which refers to the ancient sites,
pottery, stone tools, petroglyphs and
other artifacts left behind by the
ancestors as ‘‘Hopi Footprints.’’ This
migration history is complex and
detailed and includes traditions relating
specific clans to the Mogollon region.
Hopi cultural advisors have also
identified medicinal and culinary plants
at archeological sites in the region.
Their knowledge about these plants was
passed down to them from the ancestors
who inhabited these ancient sites.
Migration is also an important attribute
of Zuni oral tradition and includes
accounts of Zuni ancestors passing
through the Upland Mogollon region.
The ancient villages mark the routes of
these migrations. Zuni cultural advisors
remark that the ancient sites were not
abandoned. People returned to these
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places from time to time, either to
reoccupy them or for the purpose of
religious pilgrimages — a practice that
has continued to the present-day.
Archeologists have found ceramic
evidence at shrines in the Upland
Mogollon region that confirms these
reports. Zuni cultural advisors have
names for plants endemic to the
Mogollon region which do not grow on
the Zuni Reservation. They also have
knowledge about traditional medicinal
and ceremonial uses for these resources,
which has been passed down to them
from their ancestors. Furthermore, Hopi
and Zuni cultural advisors have
recognized that their ancestors may
have been co-resident at some of the
sites in this region during their ancestral
migrations.
There are differing points of view
regarding the possible presence of
Apache people in the Upland Mogollon
region during the time that these ancient
sites were occupied. Some Apache
traditions describe interactions with
Ancestral Pueblo people during this
time, but according to these stories,
Puebloan people and Apache people
were regarded as having separate
identities. The White Mountain Apache
Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation,
Arizona, does not claim cultural
affiliation with the human remains and
associated funerary objects from these
five ancestral Upland Mogollon sites. As
reported by Welch and Ferguson (2005),
consultations between the White
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort
Apache Reservation, Arizona, and the
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico &
Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico;
and Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico,
have indicated that that none of these
tribes wish to pursue claims of
affiliation with sites on White Mountain
Apache Tribal lands. Finally, the White
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort
Apache Reservation, Arizona, supports
the repatriation of human remains and
associated funerary objects from these
five ancestral Upland Mogollon sites
and is ready to assist the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico, in reburial on
tribal land.
Officials of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs and Arizona State Museum have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(9), the human remains described
above represent the physical remains of
77 individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs and Arizona State
Museum also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the
180 objects described above are
reasonably believed to have been placed
with or near individual human remains
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at the time of death or later as part of
the death rite or ceremony. Lastly,
officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
and Arizona State Museum 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
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 John McClelland, NAGPRA
Coordinator, Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
85721, telephone (520) 626-2950, before
September 23, 2010. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico, may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
The Arizona State Museum is
responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe
of Arizona and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico, that this
notice has been published.
Dated: August 18, 2010.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010–20946 Filed 8–23–10; 8:45 am]
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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 and associated funerary objects
in the control of the University of
Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO. The
human remains were removed from
Moffat 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. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
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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
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.
Sometime from the late 1930s through
the 1940s, human remains representing
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one individual were removed from
Yampa Canyon, Moffat County, CO, by
Charlie Mantle. No known individual
was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In 1939 or 1940, human remains
representing one individual were
removed from Big Joe Draw, Yampa
Canyon, Moffat County, CO, by Charlie
Mantle. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In both situations described above,
field crews from the University of
Colorado Department of Anthropology
and the University of Colorado Museum
conducted legally permitted excavations
throughout much of Yampa Canyon
during the late 1930s and throughout
the 1940s. The expeditions were
directed by Robert F. Burgh, Earl H.
Morris, and Charles Scoggin. Much of
this work occurred either within or
close to present-day Dinosaur National
Monument. However, catalogue records
suggest that the human remains were
given to the excavators by Charlie
Mantle, a private property owner.
Mantle’s private land holdings were
later added to Dinosaur National
Monument. There is a clear gift
agreement from Charlie Mantle to the
museum. Based on biological evidence,
Mr. Mantle’s apparent extensive
knowledge of the Native American sites
on his land and his collecting interests,
and the interests of the excavators, the
human remains are reasonably believed
to be Native American.
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 two
individuals 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
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
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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
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 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.
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,
Bernstein & Associates, 1041 Lafayette
St., Denver, CO 80218, telephone (303)
894–0648, before September 23, 2010.
Disposition of the human remains 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: August 18, 2010.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010–20954 Filed 8–23–10; 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 Port Clarence, Nome
County, AK.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
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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 Native Village of
Brevig Mission and Native Village of
Teller.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an
unidentified site at Port Clarence, Nome
County, 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 (NYUCD #334). No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Museum of the American Indian
records list the origin of the human
remains as Port Clarence, AK, which is
located on the Seward Peninsula. The
morphology of the human remains is
consistent with Native American
ancestry. In the late 19th century,
Edward William Nelson, Smithsonian
Institution naturalist, observed burials
in the region. The human remains were
placed in wooden boxes that were
elevated onto poles. The boxes or poles
were marked with totems to which tools
or other necessary items were attached.
The boxes were exposed and highly
visible to collectors. Based on the
preservation observed in excavations on
the Seward Peninsula, it is likely that
the human remains are associated with
the Western Thule tradition, and
postdate A.D. 1000.
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. Port Clarence
was focused on whaling, and was part
of the Sinrarmiut or Port Clarence
territory of Inupiaq speakers at the time
of European contact. Today, the
descendants of the people of Port
Clarence are represented by the Native
Villages of Brevig Mission and Teller.
Both communities made seasonal use of
Port Clarence in the 20th century, and
tribal representatives have identified
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Port Clarence as part of their ancestral
territory.
Officials of New York University
College of Dentistry 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 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 Native Village
of Brevig Mission and Native Village of
Teller.
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 23, 2010. Repatriation of the
human remains to the Native Village of
Brevig Mission and Native Village of
Teller may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The New York University College of
Dentistry is responsible for notifying the
Native Village of Brevig Mission and
Native Village of Teller that this notice
has been published.
Dated: August 18, 2010.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010–20950 Filed 8–23–10; 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 an unknown
location.
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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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Colorado Museum,
Boulder, CO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
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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 Moffat 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. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
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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.
Sometime from the late 1930s through the 1940s, human remains
representing one individual were removed from Yampa Canyon, Moffat
County, CO, by Charlie Mantle. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1939 or 1940, human remains representing one individual were
removed from Big Joe Draw, Yampa Canyon, Moffat County, CO, by Charlie
Mantle. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In both situations described above, field crews from the University
of Colorado Department of Anthropology and the University of Colorado
Museum conducted legally permitted excavations throughout much of Yampa
Canyon during the late 1930s and throughout the 1940s. The expeditions
were directed by Robert F. Burgh, Earl H. Morris, and Charles Scoggin.
Much of this work occurred either within or close to present-day
Dinosaur National Monument. However, catalogue records suggest that the
human remains were given to the excavators by Charlie Mantle, a private
property owner. Mantle's private land holdings were later added to
Dinosaur National Monument. There is a clear gift agreement from
Charlie Mantle to the museum. Based on biological evidence, Mr.
Mantle's apparent extensive knowledge of the Native American sites on
his land and his collecting interests, and the interests of the
excavators, the human remains are reasonably believed to be Native
American.
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 two individuals 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 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 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 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.
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, Bernstein & Associates, 1041 Lafayette St., Denver,
CO 80218, telephone (303) 894-0648, before September 23, 2010.
Disposition of the human remains 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; 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: August 18, 2010.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010-20954 Filed 8-23-10; 8:45 am]
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