Notice of Inventory Completion: History Colorado, Denver, CO, 11573-11575 [2012-4531]
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History and Description of the Remains
In June of 1966, human remains
representing, at minimum, two
individuals were given to Dr. Alan
Zeigler by Dr. Grover Krantz, while Dr.
Zeigler was studying at the University of
California, Berkeley. No information is
provided as to the origins of the
remains, other than a note in Zeigler’s
1966 catalog listing the location as
western North America. However, at the
time, all of Dr. Zeigler’s work focused
around the Alameda County and Fresno
areas in California. Presumably, these
human remains were given to Zeigler to
complement his research collection.
Remains representing a minimum of
two individuals were accompanied by a
tag that reads, ‘‘Sex? Imm. (2863 A.C.
Zeigler) Coll? Rec’d from G. Krantz
Western North America—No other data.
(No meas’s or wt.) Rec’d Jun-, 1966.
Composite part, skeleton only, homo
sapiens.’’ No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
During his time at the University of
California, Berkeley, much of Dr.
Zeigler’s collecting was focused on the
Alameda, Fresno and Northern/Central
California areas. In 1968, Dr. Zeigler
published ‘‘Quasi-agriculture in Northcentral California and its effect on
aboriginal social structure’’ in Kroeber
Anthropological Society Papers, No. 38,
pp. 52–67. Thus, the specimens given to
Dr. Zeigler by Dr. Krantz probably were
from these regions and were given to Dr.
Zeigler in support of his studies. The
geographic locations described lie
within Yokut territories, which run from
the San Pablo Bay shores to Tahachapi,
and encompass Dr. Zeigler’s work area,
most notably in the East Bay area.
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Determinations Made by the Bishop
Museum
Officials of the Bishop Museum have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• 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 Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut
Tribe).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe
that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Betty Lou Kam, Vice-
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President, Cultural Resources, Bishop
Museum, 1525 Bernice St., Honolulu, HI
96817, telephone (808) 848–4144, before
March 28, 2012. Repatriation of the
human remains to the Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut
Tribe) may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Bishop Museum is responsible
for notifying the Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut
Tribe) that this notice has been
published.
Dated: February 22, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253–665]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
History Colorado, Denver, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
History Colorado (formerly
the Colorado Historical Society) has
completed an inventory of human
remains, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes, and has
determined that there is insufficient
evidence to reasonably establish
cultural affiliation between the human
remains and present-day Indian tribes.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with the human remains may contact
History Colorado. Disposition of the
human remains to the Indian tribes
stated below may occur if no additional
claimants come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the human remains
should contact History Colorado at the
address below by March 28, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Sheila Goff, NAGPRA
Liaison, History Colorado, 1200
Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone
(303) 866–4531.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under control of
History Colorado, Denver, CO. The exact
locations from which the human
remains were recovered are unknown;
they were received through police
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seizures or private citizens in Arapaho,
Boulder, Delta, Dolores, Jefferson, and
Larimer Counties, CO.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
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.
Consultation
In 2010 and 2011, a detailed
assessment of the human remains was
made by History Colorado professional
staff in consultation with
representatives of the Arapahoe Tribe of
the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma (formerly the CheyenneArapaho Tribes of Oklahoma); Fort Sill
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe
of 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
(formerly the 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 Pojoaque, New Mexico;
Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico;
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Indian Reservation,
Colorado; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo
of Texas; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico. The
following tribes were invited to consult,
but did not send representatives: Kewa
Pueblo, New Mexico (formerly the
Pueblo of Santo Domingo); Pueblo of
Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New
Mexico; and the Pueblo of Zia, New
Mexico.
For one case, identified as Office of
Archaeology and Historic Preservation
(OAHP) Case Number 103, additional
tribes were contacted during previous
consultation in 2001 and 2006:
Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Kiowa
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Northern
Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern
Cheyenne Reservation, Montana; Oglala
Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge
Reservation, South Dakota; Pawnee
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Nation of Oklahoma; Rosebud Sioux
Tribe of the Rosebud Indian
Reservation, South Dakota; Three
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota; and the Ute
Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah. The following tribes
were invited to consult, but did not
send representatives: Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind
River Reservation, Wyoming; and the
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita,
Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma.
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History and Description of the Remains
In 1994, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were seized
by the Wheat Ridge Police Department
during a drug raid in Jefferson County,
CO. The origin of the remains is
unknown. The remains were turned
over to the Jefferson County Coroner,
who identified them as Native
American. In February 1995, they were
transferred to History Colorado. The
remains are identified as OAHP Case
Number 103. Additional osteological
analysis disclosed cranial modification.
No known individuals were identified.
No associated funerary objects are
present.
The remains were first reported in a
Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register (66 FR 10906–10909,
Tuesday, February 20, 2001) and jointly
affiliated with twelve Plains Tribes.
Additional research changed the
affiliation to culturally unidentifiable
and this was reported in a Notice of
Inventory Completion Correction in the
Federal Register (76 FR 58037–58038,
Monday, September 19, 2011).
At an unknown date prior to 2002,
human remains representing, at
minimum, three individuals were taken
from Colorado State University in
Larimer County, CO. The exact origins
of these individuals are not known. The
human remains were claimed as private
property by the widow of Dr. Michael
Charney, a former professor at the
University, who died in 1998. The
human remains were subsequently
taken into custody by the Larimer
County Sheriff’s Office. Following
litigation, in 2006, the human remains,
which were initially identified as Native
American, were transferred to History
Colorado by court order to be
repatriated in accordance with Colorado
state burial law and NAGPRA. They are
identified as OAHP Case Number 200.
Subsequent osteological analysis by
History Colorado determined that they
exhibit cranial modification and are of
Native American ancestry. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
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In May 2005, human remains
representing, at minimum, two
individuals were transferred to History
Colorado by the Dolores County, CO,
Sheriff’s office. They are identified as
OAHP Case Number 225. The remains
had been stored in an evidence locker
for at least five years. The exact origin
of these individuals is not known.
Osteological analysis arranged by the
sheriff indicated that the remains
exhibit cranial modification and are of
Native American ancestry. Estimated
antiquity is A.D. 700–1300. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In January 2006, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were transferred to History
Colorado by the Delta County Coroner’s
office. They are identified as OAHP
Case Number 235. The remains had
reportedly been in the possession of a
Delta County family for years and
allegedly were discovered when another
family member was plowing his field in
Cortez, CO. Osteological examination
determined that the remains exhibit
cranial modification and are of Native
American ancestry. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In February 2007, human remains
representing, at minimum, three
individuals were recovered from the
closet of a private citizen in Dolores
County, CO. The exact origin of the
remains is unknown. Osteological
analysis determined that the remains
exhibit cranial modification and are of
Native American ancestry. The Dolores
County Sheriff transferred the remains
to History Colorado in March 2007.
They are identified as OAHP Case
Number 247. No known individuals
were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present. One ceramic
cylinder, 1 polished stone, and 3 blackon-white potsherds were found with the
remains in the closet, but it is not
possible to determine if they are
associated funerary objects and were
part of the original burial context. These
objects will be transferred with the
individuals.
In March 2007, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were seized from the home of
a private citizen in Arapaho County,
CO. The citizen stated that he had
obtained them at a swap meet in
Summit County, CO. The origin of the
remains is unknown. The Arapaho
County Coroner transferred the remains
to History Colorado in March 2007.
They are identified as OAHP Case
Number 249. Osteological analysis
determined the remains exhibit cranial
modification and are of Native
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American ancestry. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In June 2007, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were transferred to History
Colorado by the Boulder County
Coroner’s Office. They are identified as
OAHP Case Number 251. The remains
had originally been taken to the Native
American Rights Fund office in Boulder
by a private citizen, who stated that she
had found them in her deceased father’s
basement. They had been abandoned by
one of his renters. She was advised to
take them to the county coroner. The
origin of the remains is unknown.
Osteological examination determined
that the remains exhibit cranial
modification and are of Native
American ancestry. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Determinations Made by History
Colorado
Officials at History Colorado have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9)–(10),
the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of 12
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains
described above and any present-day
Indian tribe.
History Colorado has determined that
the human remains are ‘‘culturally
unidentifiable’’ under NAGPRA, 43 CFR
10.9 (e)(6). In 2006, the History
Colorado, in partnership with the
Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs,
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado,
and the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah conducted consultations
with the tribes that have ancestral ties
to the state of Colorado to develop the
process for disposition of culturally
unidentifiable Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
originating from inadvertent discoveries
on Colorado state and private lands. As
a result of the consultation, a process
was developed, titled Process for
Consultation, Transfer, and Reburial of
Culturally Unidentifiable Native
American Human Remains and
Associated Funerary Objects Originating
From Inadvertent Discoveries on
Colorado State and Private Lands (2008)
(unpublished, on file with the Colorado
Office of Archaeology and Historic
Preservation). The presence of cranial
modification suggested that these
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individuals may have originated from
the southwestern Colorado, but without
additional evidence, it is not possible to
make a cultural affiliation. The tribes
consulted were those who expressed
their wishes to be notified of discoveries
in the Southwest Consultation Region as
established by the Process.
The Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is
responsible for recommending specific
actions for disposition of culturally
unidentifiable human remains. On
November 3–4, 2006, the Process was
presented to the Review Committee for
consideration. A January 8, 2007 letter
on behalf of the Review Committee from
the Designated Federal Officer
transmitted the provisional
authorization to proceed with the
Process upon receipt of formal
responses from the Jicarilla Apache
Nation, New Mexico, and Kiowa Indian
Tribe of Oklahoma, and subject to
forthcoming conditions imposed by the
Secretary of the Interior. On May 15–16,
2008, the responses from the Jicarilla
Apache Nation, New Mexico, and
Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma were
submitted to the Review Committee. On
September 23, 2008, the Assistant
Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and
Parks, as the designee for the Secretary
of the Interior, transmitted the
authorization for the disposition of
culturally unidentifiable human
remains according to the Process and
NAGPRA, pending publication of a
Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register. This notice fulfills
that requirement.
43 CFR 10.11 was promulgated March
15, 2010, providing a process for the
disposition of culturally unidentifiable
Native American human remains
recovered from tribal or aboriginal lands
as established by the final judgment of
the Indian Claims Commission or U.S.
Court of Claims, a treaty, Act of
Congress, or Executive Order, or other
authoritative governmental sources.
There is no evidence indicating that the
human remains reported in this notice
originated from tribal or aboriginal
lands, making them eligible for
disposition under the Process.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Sheila Goff, NAGPRA
Liaison, History Colorado, 1200
Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone
(303) 866–4531, before March 28, 2012.
Transfer of control of the human
remains to the Southern Ute Indian
Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation,
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Colorado, and the Ute Mountain Tribe
of the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
History Colorado is responsible for
notifying the Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma; Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind
River Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne
and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma;
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the
Cheyenne River Reservation, South
Dakota; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma;
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow
Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Crow
Tribe of Montana; Fort Sill Apache
Tribe of Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New
Mexico; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico
(formerly Pueblo of Santo Domingo);
Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma;
Mescalero Apache Tribe of the
Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico;
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico &
Utah; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine
Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly the
Pueblo of San Juan); Paiute Indian Tribe
of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh
Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of
Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes,
and Shivwits Band of Paiutes) (formerly
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar City
Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of
Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes,
Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and
Shivwits Band of Paiutes)); Pawnee
Nation of Oklahoma; Pueblo of Acoma,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of
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 Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia,
New Mexico; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of
the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South
Dakota; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe
of Arizona; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of
the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho;
Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Southern Ute
Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Indian
Reservation, Colorado; Standing Rock
Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota;
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; Ute
Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe
of the Ute Mountain Reservation,
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Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Wichita
and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi,
Waco & Tawakoni), Oklahoma; Ysleta
Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and the Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: February 22, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Grand
Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids,
MI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Grand Rapids Public
Museum has completed an inventory of
human remains and associated funerary
objects, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes, and has
determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and associated funerary objects and
present-day Indian tribes.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with the human remains and associated
funerary objects may contact the Grand
Rapids Public Museum. Repatriation of
the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Indian tribes
stated below may occur if no additional
claimants come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the human remains and
associated funerary object should
contact the Grand Rapids Public
Museum at the address below by March
28, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Marilyn Merdzinski,
Director of Collections and Preservation,
Grand Rapids Public Museum, 272 Pearl
St. NW., Grand Rapids, MI 49504,
telephone (616) 929–1801.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 an associated
funerary object in the possession of the
Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand
Rapids, MI. The human remains and
associated funerary object were removed
from an unknown location.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: History Colorado, Denver, CO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: History Colorado (formerly the Colorado Historical Society)
has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined that there is
insufficient evidence to reasonably establish cultural affiliation
between the human remains and present-day Indian tribes.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains may contact History
Colorado. Disposition of the human remains to the Indian tribes stated
below may occur if no additional claimants come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the human remains should contact History
Colorado at the address below by March 28, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Sheila Goff, NAGPRA Liaison, History Colorado, 1200
Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone (303) 866-4531.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under
control of History Colorado, Denver, CO. The exact locations from which
the human remains were recovered are unknown; they were received
through police seizures or private citizens in Arapaho, Boulder, Delta,
Dolores, Jefferson, and Larimer Counties, CO.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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.
Consultation
In 2010 and 2011, a detailed assessment of the human remains was
made by History Colorado professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (formerly the Cheyenne-
Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma); Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Hopi
Tribe of 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 (formerly the 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 Pojoaque,
New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New
Mexico; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Indian
Reservation, Colorado; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of
Texas; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. The
following tribes were invited to consult, but did not send
representatives: Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of Santo
Domingo); Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; and
the Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico.
For one case, identified as Office of Archaeology and Historic
Preservation (OAHP) Case Number 103, additional tribes were contacted
during previous consultation in 2001 and 2006: Comanche Nation,
Oklahoma; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of
the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the
Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Pawnee
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Nation of Oklahoma; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian
Reservation, South Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota; and the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah &
Ouray Reservation, Utah. The following tribes were invited to consult,
but did not send representatives: Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Shoshone
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; and the Wichita and
Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1994, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were seized by the Wheat Ridge Police Department during a drug raid in
Jefferson County, CO. The origin of the remains is unknown. The remains
were turned over to the Jefferson County Coroner, who identified them
as Native American. In February 1995, they were transferred to History
Colorado. The remains are identified as OAHP Case Number 103.
Additional osteological analysis disclosed cranial modification. No
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
The remains were first reported in a Notice of Inventory Completion
in the Federal Register (66 FR 10906-10909, Tuesday, February 20, 2001)
and jointly affiliated with twelve Plains Tribes. Additional research
changed the affiliation to culturally unidentifiable and this was
reported in a Notice of Inventory Completion Correction in the Federal
Register (76 FR 58037-58038, Monday, September 19, 2011).
At an unknown date prior to 2002, human remains representing, at
minimum, three individuals were taken from Colorado State University in
Larimer County, CO. The exact origins of these individuals are not
known. The human remains were claimed as private property by the widow
of Dr. Michael Charney, a former professor at the University, who died
in 1998. The human remains were subsequently taken into custody by the
Larimer County Sheriff's Office. Following litigation, in 2006, the
human remains, which were initially identified as Native American, were
transferred to History Colorado by court order to be repatriated in
accordance with Colorado state burial law and NAGPRA. They are
identified as OAHP Case Number 200. Subsequent osteological analysis by
History Colorado determined that they exhibit cranial modification and
are of Native American ancestry. No known individuals were identified.
No associated funerary objects are present.
In May 2005, human remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals were transferred to History Colorado by the Dolores County,
CO, Sheriff's office. They are identified as OAHP Case Number 225. The
remains had been stored in an evidence locker for at least five years.
The exact origin of these individuals is not known. Osteological
analysis arranged by the sheriff indicated that the remains exhibit
cranial modification and are of Native American ancestry. Estimated
antiquity is A.D. 700-1300. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In January 2006, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were transferred to History Colorado by the Delta County
Coroner's office. They are identified as OAHP Case Number 235. The
remains had reportedly been in the possession of a Delta County family
for years and allegedly were discovered when another family member was
plowing his field in Cortez, CO. Osteological examination determined
that the remains exhibit cranial modification and are of Native
American ancestry. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
In February 2007, human remains representing, at minimum, three
individuals were recovered from the closet of a private citizen in
Dolores County, CO. The exact origin of the remains is unknown.
Osteological analysis determined that the remains exhibit cranial
modification and are of Native American ancestry. The Dolores County
Sheriff transferred the remains to History Colorado in March 2007. They
are identified as OAHP Case Number 247. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. One ceramic
cylinder, 1 polished stone, and 3 black-on-white potsherds were found
with the remains in the closet, but it is not possible to determine if
they are associated funerary objects and were part of the original
burial context. These objects will be transferred with the individuals.
In March 2007, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were seized from the home of a private citizen in Arapaho
County, CO. The citizen stated that he had obtained them at a swap meet
in Summit County, CO. The origin of the remains is unknown. The Arapaho
County Coroner transferred the remains to History Colorado in March
2007. They are identified as OAHP Case Number 249. Osteological
analysis determined the remains exhibit cranial modification and are of
Native American ancestry. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In June 2007, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were transferred to History Colorado by the Boulder County
Coroner's Office. They are identified as OAHP Case Number 251. The
remains had originally been taken to the Native American Rights Fund
office in Boulder by a private citizen, who stated that she had found
them in her deceased father's basement. They had been abandoned by one
of his renters. She was advised to take them to the county coroner. The
origin of the remains is unknown. Osteological examination determined
that the remains exhibit cranial modification and are of Native
American ancestry. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Determinations Made by History Colorado
Officials at History Colorado have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9)-(10), the human remains
described above represent the physical remains of 12 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains described above and any present-day Indian tribe.
History Colorado has determined that the human remains are
``culturally unidentifiable'' under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.9 (e)(6). In
2006, the History Colorado, in partnership with the Colorado Commission
of Indian Affairs, Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado, and the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah conducted consultations with
the tribes that have ancestral ties to the state of Colorado to develop
the process for disposition of culturally unidentifiable Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects originating from
inadvertent discoveries on Colorado state and private lands. As a
result of the consultation, a process was developed, titled Process for
Consultation, Transfer, and Reburial of Culturally Unidentifiable
Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects
Originating From Inadvertent Discoveries on Colorado State and Private
Lands (2008) (unpublished, on file with the Colorado Office of
Archaeology and Historic Preservation). The presence of cranial
modification suggested that these
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individuals may have originated from the southwestern Colorado, but
without additional evidence, it is not possible to make a cultural
affiliation. The tribes consulted were those who expressed their wishes
to be notified of discoveries in the Southwest Consultation Region as
established by the Process.
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is responsible for recommending specific
actions for disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains. On
November 3-4, 2006, the Process was presented to the Review Committee
for consideration. A January 8, 2007 letter on behalf of the Review
Committee from the Designated Federal Officer transmitted the
provisional authorization to proceed with the Process upon receipt of
formal responses from the Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico, and
Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, and subject to forthcoming conditions
imposed by the Secretary of the Interior. On May 15-16, 2008, the
responses from the Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico, and Kiowa
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma were submitted to the Review Committee. On
September 23, 2008, the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and
Parks, as the designee for the Secretary of the Interior, transmitted
the authorization for the disposition of culturally unidentifiable
human remains according to the Process and NAGPRA, pending publication
of a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register. This
notice fulfills that requirement.
43 CFR 10.11 was promulgated March 15, 2010, providing a process
for the disposition of culturally unidentifiable Native American human
remains recovered from tribal or aboriginal lands as established by the
final judgment of the Indian Claims Commission or U.S. Court of Claims,
a treaty, Act of Congress, or Executive Order, or other authoritative
governmental sources. There is no evidence indicating that the human
remains reported in this notice originated from tribal or aboriginal
lands, making them eligible for disposition under the Process.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Sheila
Goff, NAGPRA Liaison, History Colorado, 1200 Broadway, Denver, CO
80203, telephone (303) 866-4531, before March 28, 2012. Transfer of
control of the human remains to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado, and the Ute Mountain Tribe of the
Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants come forward.
History Colorado is responsible for notifying the Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma; Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of
the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Comanche Nation,
Oklahoma; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South
Dakota; Crow Tribe of Montana; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kewa Pueblo, New
Mexico (formerly Pueblo of Santo Domingo); Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New
Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Northern Cheyenne
Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; Oglala
Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Ohkay Owingeh,
New Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of San Juan); Paiute Indian Tribe of
Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of
Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes)
(formerly Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar City Band of Paiutes,
Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of
Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes)); Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma;
Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of 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 Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Zia, New Mexico; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation,
South Dakota; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; Shoshone-
Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone Tribe of
the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Indian Reservation, Colorado; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of
North & South Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita,
Keechi, Waco & Tawakoni), Oklahoma; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and
the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, that this notice
has been published.
Dated: February 22, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2012-4531 Filed 2-24-12; 8:45 am]
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