Notice of Inventory Completion: History Colorado, Denver, CO, 13627-13629 [2012-5586]
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Gary Rollefson, Maxey
Museum, Whitman College, 345 Boyer
Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362,
telephone (509) 527–4938.
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 associated
funerary objects in the possession of
Maxey Museum. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were
removed from the general vicinity of the
Snake River and Columbia River in the
Columbia River Plateau, in the counties
of Walla Walla, Benton, Franklin, and
Columbia, WA, and Umatilla, 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
American human remains and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
ADDRESSES:
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Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Maxey Museum
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho
(previously listed as Nez Perce Tribe of
Idaho) (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The
Tribes’’); and the Wanapum Band, a
non-Federally recognized Indian group
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Indian
Group’’).
History and Description of the Remains
In the early to middle 20th century,
human remains representing, at
minimum, six individuals were
removed from an unknown location
near the confluence of the Columbia
River and Snake River in the counties of
Walla Walla, Benton, Franklin, and
Columbia, WA, and Umatilla, OR. The
four burials contained the remains of
five adults and one child. No known
individuals were identified. The
accession also contains 26 associated
funerary objects, consisting of: 3
envelopes with writing; 1 lot of small
pieces of leather belt or harness; 1 lot of
charcoal pieces; 3 metal bells; 1 pipe
stem; 1 piece of iron; 1 envelope with
no writing; 1 chert flake; 1 lot of animal
teeth; 1 partially burnt fragment of
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wood; 1 corroded (non-human)
fragment, substance and use unknown;
1 copper ring; 1 copper bell; 3 metal
wheel gears; 1 lot of metal rings from a
pipe stem; 1 lot of glass beads strung on
cotton; 1 large animal tooth; and 3
copper bracelets.
In 1998, the human remains and
associated funerary objects listed above
were discovered in a large box in a
storage closet in Memorial Hall, the
main administrative building of
Whitman College, and subsequently
moved to Maxey Museum at Whitman
College. Since the time of Maxey
Museum’s acquisition, the human
remains and associated funerary objects
were not removed from the box or
intermingled with other collections, nor
were the objects displayed. Envelopes
found in the box read: ‘‘Robert Grant,
Field Representative, Whitman College,
Walla Walla.’’ Many of the associated
funerary objects are personal items, and
others are objects typical to cremation
burials. All of the objects are typical
funerary objects found on the Columbia
River Plateau.
Although minimal provenance
information exists for these objects,
Whitman College was involved with
many excavations along the Columbia
River from Plymouth, WA, to Richland,
WA, and along the Snake River in the
first half of the 20th century, as well as
receiving donated remains and funerary
objects from inadvertent discoveries in
the area. Through consultation with The
Tribes and The Indian Group and an
assessment of the objects as
representative funerary objects
commonly found in Columbia River
Plateau burials, it is asserted that this
collection of associated funerary objects
belongs to the human remains in the
box.
Based on traditional lifeways, past
and present, The Tribes and The Indian
Group are direct descendant
communities of the native people that
jointly used the lower Snake and
Columbia rivers. As aboriginal lifeways
were being extinguished by EuroAmerican settlement of the Pacific
Northwest, treaties were negotiated and
signed with the native communities
during the expansion of Washington
and Oregon territories. The native
peoples in these territories were
removed from the shores of the
Columbia and Snake rivers to the
Colville, Umatilla, Warm Springs,
Yakama and Nez Perce reservations. The
Wanapum Band was removed from the
rivers as well but was not put on a
reservation of their own. Cultural
affiliation is further reinforced by living,
enrolled members of The Tribes and
The Indian Group that have
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documented ancestors buried along the
lower Snake and Columbia rivers.
Determinations Made by Maxey
Museum
Officials of Maxey Museum have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of six
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 26 associated funerary 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.
• 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
to The Tribes and The Indian Group.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe
that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Gary Rollefson, Maxey Museum,
Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
99362, telephone (509) 527–4938, before
April 6, 2012. Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
to The Tribes and The Indian Group
may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
Maxey Museum is responsible for
notifying The Tribes and The Indian
Group that this notice has been
published.
Dated: March 2, 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 and associated funerary objects,
in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes, and has determined that
there is insufficient evidence to
reasonably establish cultural affiliation
SUMMARY:
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between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and presentday Indian tribes. Representatives of any
Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human
remains and associated funerary objects
may contact History Colorado.
Disposition 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
should contact History Colorado at the
address below by April 6, 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 and associated
funerary objects under the control of
History Colorado, Denver, CO. The
human remains were recovered from
various locations in Colorado, including
Huerfano and Pueblo Counties.
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 with representatives of the
Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and
Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (formerly the
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of
Oklahoma); Comanche Nation,
Oklahoma; Crow Tribe of Montana; Fort
Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Jicarilla
Apache Nation, New Mexico; Northern
Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern
Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana;
Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly
the Pueblo of San Juan); Pawnee Nation
of Oklahoma; Pueblo of Cochiti, New
Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New
Mexico; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the
Rosebud Indian Reservation, South
Dakota; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind
River Reservation, Wyoming; Southern
Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
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Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe
of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation,
Utah; and the Ute Mountain Tribe of the
Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado,
New Mexico & Utah. The following
tribes were invited to consult but did
not participate: Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the
Pine Ridge Reservation; Pueblo of Santa
Ana, New Mexico; Shoshone-Bannock
Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of
Idaho; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of
North & South Dakota; Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,
North Dakota; Wichita and Affiliated
Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco &
Tawakonie), Oklahoma; and the Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
In 2000, the following tribes
previously consulted on Office of
Archaeology and Historic Preservation
(OAHP) Case Number 98: Kiowa Indian
Tribe of Oklahoma; Oglala Sioux Tribe
of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South
Dakota; and the Three Affiliated Tribes
of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota. In addition, the following tribes
consulted on OAHP Case Number 175
in 2010: Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Navajo
Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah;
Pueblo of Acoma, 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 Santa Ana, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Ysleta
Del Sur Pueblo, Texas; and the Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
History and Description of the Remains
In July 1994, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from private
property, site 5HR117, in Huerfano
County, CO, by citizens who turned the
remains over to the county coroner. The
coroner notified the State Archaeologist,
who authorized an on-site investigation
and collected additional remains. All
remains were subsequently transferred
to History Colorado, where they are
identified as OAHP Case Number 98. No
known individuals were identified. The
17 non-diagnostic associated funerary
objects are 16 whole and partial disk
shell beads and one deer scapula.
The remains had been disturbed;
therefore, the original burial context is
unknown. A stone enclosure typical of
Apishapa sites is located about 50m
north of where the remains were
recovered but it is not possible to
establish a relationship between the
structure and the remains. Osteological
analysis determined that the individual
is of Native American ancestry.
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In May 1997, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were transferred to History
Colorado by the Denver Medical
Examiner’s Office. They are identified
as OAHP Case Number 128. There is no
information available as to where or
how the remains were recovered.
The medical examiner determined
that the individual is of Native
American ancestry. He observed that
some molars had been intentionally
removed and that there was minor
deterioration of the bone, suggesting an
estimated antiquity of 40 to 150 years.
In 1955, human remains representing,
at minimum, three individuals were
removed from a cave in Pueblo County,
CO, by private citizens. The cave is
located on private land. At some time
after discovery, they were transferred to
Southern Colorado State College. In
1999, when the college closed the
Laboratory of Anthropology, the
remains were transferred to History
Colorado. They are identified as OAHP
Case Number 175. No known
individuals were identified. The eight
non-diagnostic associated funerary
objects are one leather bag in fragments;
one lock of black hair; one lot of corn
cobs; one strand of braided grass; one
modified animal bone, possibly a bone
bead blank; one lot of cordage
fragments; one faunal bone and one
animal tooth.
Osteological analysis determined the
individuals are of Native American
ancestry. One individual exhibits
cranial modification.
In 1981, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from 5PE6811 in Pueblo
County, CO, by a private citizen. The
site is located on private land. In July
2008, he turned the remains over to the
county coroner. The State Archaeologist
was notified as they were determined to
be Native American. The location of
removal was investigated and the
remains transferred to History Colorado.
They are identified as OAHP Case
Number 263. No known individuals
were identified. The 11 non-diagnostic
associated funerary objects are beads
manufactured between 1790 and the late
1800s.
Osteological analysis determined that
the individual was of Native American
ancestry.
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 six
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individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 36 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.
• 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, History Colorado, in
partnership with the Colorado
Commission of Indian Affairs, Southern
Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado, and 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, 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 remains described above were
recovered in or transferred from state
agencies in the Great Plains
Consultation Region, as established by
the Process, and tribes consulted are
those who have expressed their wishes
to be notified of discoveries in this
region.
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,
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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 available evidence
indicating that the human remains
reported in this notice originated from
tribal or aboriginal lands, thus 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 April 6, 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,
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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: March 2, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2012–5586 Filed 3–6–12; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
History Colorado, Denver, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
History Colorado (formerly
the Colorado Historical Society) has
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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 and associated funerary
objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, and has
determined that there is insufficient evidence to reasonably establish
cultural affiliation
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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 History Colorado. Disposition
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 should contact History
Colorado at the address below by April 6, 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 and
associated funerary objects under the control of History Colorado,
Denver, CO. The human remains were recovered from various locations in
Colorado, including Huerfano and Pueblo Counties.
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 with representatives of the
Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and
Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (formerly the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of
Oklahoma); Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Crow Tribe of Montana; Fort Sill
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Northern
Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana;
Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of San Juan); Pawnee
Nation of Oklahoma; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Rosebud Sioux
Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota; Shoshone Tribe
of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of
the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah
& Ouray Reservation, Utah; and the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah. The following tribes
were invited to consult but did not participate: Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation; Pueblo of
Santa Ana, New Mexico; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall
Reservation of Idaho; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South
Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota; Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco &
Tawakonie), Oklahoma; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
In 2000, the following tribes previously consulted on Office of
Archaeology and Historic Preservation (OAHP) Case Number 98: Kiowa
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge
Reservation, South Dakota; and the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. In addition, the following tribes
consulted on OAHP Case Number 175 in 2010: Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, 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 Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Tesuque, New Mexico; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo, Texas; and the Zuni Tribe
of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
History and Description of the Remains
In July 1994, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from private property, site 5HR117, in Huerfano
County, CO, by citizens who turned the remains over to the county
coroner. The coroner notified the State Archaeologist, who authorized
an on-site investigation and collected additional remains. All remains
were subsequently transferred to History Colorado, where they are
identified as OAHP Case Number 98. No known individuals were
identified. The 17 non-diagnostic associated funerary objects are 16
whole and partial disk shell beads and one deer scapula.
The remains had been disturbed; therefore, the original burial
context is unknown. A stone enclosure typical of Apishapa sites is
located about 50m north of where the remains were recovered but it is
not possible to establish a relationship between the structure and the
remains. Osteological analysis determined that the individual is of
Native American ancestry.
In May 1997, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were transferred to History Colorado by the Denver Medical Examiner's
Office. They are identified as OAHP Case Number 128. There is no
information available as to where or how the remains were recovered.
The medical examiner determined that the individual is of Native
American ancestry. He observed that some molars had been intentionally
removed and that there was minor deterioration of the bone, suggesting
an estimated antiquity of 40 to 150 years.
In 1955, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals
were removed from a cave in Pueblo County, CO, by private citizens. The
cave is located on private land. At some time after discovery, they
were transferred to Southern Colorado State College. In 1999, when the
college closed the Laboratory of Anthropology, the remains were
transferred to History Colorado. They are identified as OAHP Case
Number 175. No known individuals were identified. The eight non-
diagnostic associated funerary objects are one leather bag in
fragments; one lock of black hair; one lot of corn cobs; one strand of
braided grass; one modified animal bone, possibly a bone bead blank;
one lot of cordage fragments; one faunal bone and one animal tooth.
Osteological analysis determined the individuals are of Native
American ancestry. One individual exhibits cranial modification.
In 1981, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from 5PE6811 in Pueblo County, CO, by a private citizen.
The site is located on private land. In July 2008, he turned the
remains over to the county coroner. The State Archaeologist was
notified as they were determined to be Native American. The location of
removal was investigated and the remains transferred to History
Colorado. They are identified as OAHP Case Number 263. No known
individuals were identified. The 11 non-diagnostic associated funerary
objects are beads manufactured between 1790 and the late 1800s.
Osteological analysis determined that the individual was of Native
American ancestry.
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 six
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individuals of Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 36 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.
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,
History Colorado, in partnership with the Colorado Commission of Indian
Affairs, Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation,
Colorado, and 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, 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 remains described above
were recovered in or transferred from state agencies in the Great
Plains Consultation Region, as established by the Process, and tribes
consulted are those who have expressed their wishes to be notified of
discoveries in this region.
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 available evidence indicating that
the human remains reported in this notice originated from tribal or
aboriginal lands, thus 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 April 6, 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: March 2, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2012-5586 Filed 3-6-12; 8:45 am]
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