Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Denver Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO, 35776-35778 [2014-14725]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–15768;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Completion of Inventory of
Native American Human Remains
From the Hawaiian Islands in the
Collections of the Peabody Museum of
Natural History, Yale University;
Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
The Peabody Museum of
Natural History has corrected an
inventory of human remains published
in a Notice of Inventory Completion in
the Federal Register on February 25,
1994. This notice corrects the minimum
number of individuals. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains should submit
a written request to the Peabody
Museum of Natural History. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes,
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated
in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the Peabody Museum of
Natural History at the address in this
notice by July 24, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Professor Derek E.G. Briggs,
Director, Yale Peabody Museum of
Natural History, P.O. Box 208118, New
Haven, CT 06520–8118, telephone (203)
432–3752.
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 correction of an inventory
of human remains under the control of
the Peabody Museum of Natural
History, New Haven, CT. The human
remains were removed from the
Hawaiian Islands.
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
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Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
This notice corrects the minimum
number of individuals published in a
Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register (59 FR 9248–9249,
February 25, 1994). Subsequent
inventories identified additional human
remains originating from the Hawaiian
Islands. Transfer of control of the items
in this correction notice has not
occurred.
Correction
In the Federal Register (59 FR 9248–
9249, February 25, 1994), paragraph
four, sentence two is corrected by
substituting the following sentence:
The 1872 accession consists of eleven
skulls, one nearly complete skeleton, and one
calotte described in fifteen catalogue entries
and is identified in the accession ledger as
having been collected by George H. Dole.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains should submit
a written request with information in
support of the request to Professor Derek
E.G. Briggs, Director, Yale Peabody
Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box
208118, New Haven, CT 06520–8118,
telephone (203) 432–3752, by July 24,
2014. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains to Hui
Malama I Na Kupuna ‘O Hawai’I Nei
and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs may
proceed.
The Peabody Museum of Natural
History is responsible for notifying the
Native Hawaiian organizations that this
notice has been published.
Dated: May 7, 2014.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology, Denver, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The University of Denver
Museum of Anthropology has
completed an inventory of human
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remains, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and any present-day Indian tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations.
Representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request to the University of Denver
Museum of Anthropology. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may
proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the University of Denver
Museum of Anthropology at the address
in this notice by July 24, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Anne Amati, University of
Denver Museum of Anthropology, 2000
East Asbury Avenue, Denver, CO 80208,
telephone (303) 871–2687, email
anne.amati@du.edu.
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 the control of
the University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology, Denver, CO. Based on
information possessed by the University
of Denver Museum of Anthropology, the
geographical affiliation of the human
remains is identified as the Turkey
Creek Crevice Burial (5PE4277), Pueblo
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) 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
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the University of
Denver Museum of Anthropology
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of Arapaho Tribe of the
Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma (previously listed as the
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Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of
Oklahoma); Comanche Nation,
Oklahoma; Crow Tribe of Montana; Ely
Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Fort Belknap
Indian Community of the Fort Belknap
Reservation of Montana; Fort Sill
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Keweenaw
Bay Indian Community, Michigan;
Mescalero Apache Tribe of the
Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico;
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana; Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the
Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada;
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Pueblo of
San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Santa Clara, New Mexico; Santee Sioux
Nation, Nebraska; Shoshone-Bannock
Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation;
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck
Valley Reservation, Nevada; SissetonWahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse
Reservation, South Dakota; Southern
Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado; Ute Mountain
Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; and
Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Consulting
Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
In 1968, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from the Turkey Creek Crevice
Burial (5PE4277) in Pueblo County, CO.
On February 1, 1968, Paul Stewart and
Lawrence Parsons found the remains
weathering out of a cliff crevice. Mr.
Stewart and Mr. Parsons were in the
Turkey Creek area of Pueblo Reservoir
making field investigations for the
Bureau of Reclamation’s FryingpanArkansas Project. The Project office
notified the archeologist who had made
the survey of Pueblo Reservoir, Dr.
Arnold Withers of the University of
Denver. Several months passed before
Dr. Withers visited the site and by then
it had been vandalized. The burial was
photographed and a memo written
about it by employees of the Bureau of
Reclamation. The burial contained an
adult, flexed, head to the southeast,
probably with knees partly under the
body. Sex was not determined. Traces of
ash and charcoal possibly indicate the
individual was partly cremated. The
remains were said to have a greenish
cast. The memo stated that ‘‘part of the
skeleton, including half the skull was
later recovered and sent to the
University of Denver.’’ No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1998, human remains
(DU#1987.1.1) were found in collections
at the University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology during an inventory of
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the Fryingpan-Arkansas Archeological
collection. The remains, approximately
37 fragments of cranium, were found in
a box labeled ‘‘Turkey Creek.’’
Approximately half of the fragments
show signs of burning. The remains
were of an adult and have a very faint
green hue. The University of Denver
Museum of Anthropology has
determined that the remains found in
collection (1987.1.1) were removed from
the Turkey Creek Crevice Burial
(5PE4277).
The Bureau of Reclamation does not
believe that the geographical affiliation
of the human remains found in the
collection at the University of Denver
Museum of Anthropology (1987.1.1) can
be identified as the Turkey Creek
Crevice Burial (5PE4277). Consequently,
the Bureau of Reclamation and the
University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology have agreed that the
University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology shall proceed with
NAGPRA compliance activities with
respect to these human remains.
Determinations Made By the University
of Denver Museum of Anthropology
Officials of the University of Denver
Museum of Anthropology have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on the
flexing and location of the burial.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of one
individual 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 and
any present-day Indian tribe.
• According to final judgments of the
Indian Claims Commission or the Court
of Federal Claims, the land from which
the Native American human remains
were removed is the aboriginal land of
Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and
Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously
listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes
of Oklahoma); and Northern Cheyenne
Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian
Reservation, Montana.
• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or
Executive Orders, indicate that the land
from which the Native American human
remains were removed is the aboriginal
land of Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; and Cheyenne
and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma
(previously listed as the CheyenneArapaho Tribes of Oklahoma).
• Other credible lines of evidence
from authoritative Governmental
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sources, including information gathered
during consultation, indicate that the
land from which the Native American
human remains were removed is the
aboriginal land of Apache Tribe of
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; Jicarilla
Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero
Apache Tribe of the Mescalero
Reservation, New Mexico; Oglala Sioux
Tribe (previously listed as the Oglala
Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge
Reservation, South Dakota); Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico (previously
listed as the Pueblo of San Juan);
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Pueblo of
San Felipe, 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;
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North and
South Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah; Wichita and Affiliated
Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco &
Tawakonie), Oklahoma; and Zuni Tribe
of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains may
be to Apache Tribe of Oklahoma;
Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and
Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously
listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes
of 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;
Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico;
Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma;
Mescalero Apache Tribe of the
Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico;
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe
(previously listed as the Oglala Sioux
Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation,
South Dakota); Ohkay Owingeh, New
Mexico (previously listed as the Pueblo
of San Juan); Pawnee Nation of
Oklahoma; Pueblo of San Felipe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New
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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; Standing Rock
Sioux Tribe of North and South Dakota;
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah; Wichita and Affiliated Tribes
(Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie),
Oklahoma; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Anne Amati, University of
Denver Museum of Anthropology, 2000
E. Asbury Avenue, Denver, CO 80208,
telephone (303) 871–2687, email
anne.amati@du.edu, by July 24, 2014.
After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains to
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Arapaho
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho
Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as
the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of
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; Jicarilla
Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero
Apache Tribe of the Mescalero
Reservation, New Mexico; Northern
Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern
Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana;
Oglala Sioux Tribe (previously listed as
the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge
Reservation, South Dakota); Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico (previously
listed as the Pueblo of San Juan);
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Pueblo of
San Felipe, 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;
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North and
South Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah; Wichita and Affiliated
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Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco &
Tawakonie), Oklahoma; and Zuni Tribe
of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico,
may proceed.
The University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology is responsible for
notifying The Consulting Tribes that
this notice has been published.
Dated: May 15, 2014.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Alutiiq
Museum and Archaeological
Repository, Kodiak, AK
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Alutiiq Museum and
Archaeological Repository has
completed an inventory of human
remains, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and present-day Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains should submit
a written request to the Alutiiq Museum
and Archaeological Repository. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes,
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated
in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the Alutiiq Museum and
Archaeological Repository at the
address in this notice by July 24, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Alisha Drabek,
Executive Director, Alutiiq Museum and
Archaeological Repository, 215 Mission
Road, Suite 101, Kodiak, AK 99615,
telephone (907) 486–7004.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
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Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003, of the completion of an inventory
of human remains in the possession of
the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological
Repository, Kodiak, AK. The human
remains were removed from the
northern half of the Kodiak Archipelago,
AK.
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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Alutiiq
Museum and Archaeological Repository
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Native Village of
Afognak, Native Village of Ouzinkie,
Native Village of Port Lions, the Sun’aq
Tribe of Kodiak (previously listed as the
Shoonaq’ Tribe of Kodiak), and the
Tangirnaq Native Village (formerly
Lesnoi Village (aka Woody Island)).
History and Description of the Remains
At an unknown date in the 1970s,
human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from the northern half of the Kodiak
Archipelago, AK. The human remains
were removed by a researcher who
participated in excavations in the 1970s
in the Kodiak Archipelago, including
Afognak Island and Uganik Bay. Ms.
Judith Grossman of Cambridge, MA,
sent the human remains to the Alutiiq
Museum on September 12, 2011, to keep
the identity of the original collector
anonymous. The human remains
include a human cranium wrapped in a
modern sea otter skin and represent an
adult of possibly prehistoric age. No
known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
An examination of the human
remains shows humic staining on the
bones and worn dentition with no
evidence of modern dentistry.
Archeological data indicate that modern
Alutiiqs evolved from societies of the
Kodiak region, and can trace their
ancestry back over 7,500 years in the
region. The human remains are most
closely affiliated with the modern
Kodiak Alutiiq people, represented
today by the Native Village of Afognak,
Native Village of Ouzinkie, Native
Village of Port Lions, the Sun’aq Tribe
of Kodiak (previously listed as the
Shoonaq’ Tribe of Kodiak), and the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-15831; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology, Denver, CO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The University of Denver Museum of Anthropology has completed
an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that
there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any
present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations.
Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of
these human remains should submit a written request to the University
of Denver Museum of Anthropology. If no additional requestors come
forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Indian tribes
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request
transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of the request to the University of
Denver Museum of Anthropology at the address in this notice by July 24,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Anne Amati, University of Denver Museum of Anthropology,
2000 East Asbury Avenue, Denver, CO 80208, telephone (303) 871-2687,
email anne.amati@du.edu.
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
the control of the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology, Denver,
CO. Based on information possessed by the University of Denver Museum
of Anthropology, the geographical affiliation of the human remains is
identified as the Turkey Creek Crevice Burial (5PE4277), Pueblo 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) 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
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the
University of Denver Museum of Anthropology professional staff in
consultation with representatives of Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously
listed as the
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Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma); Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Crow
Tribe of Montana; Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Fort Belknap Indian
Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana; Fort Sill Apache
Tribe of Oklahoma; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Mescalero
Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Northern
Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana;
Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada;
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Santa Clara, New Mexico; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Shoshone-
Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of
the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the
Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of
the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; and Yankton Sioux
Tribe of South Dakota (hereafter referred to as ``The Consulting
Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
In 1968, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from the Turkey Creek Crevice Burial (5PE4277) in Pueblo
County, CO. On February 1, 1968, Paul Stewart and Lawrence Parsons
found the remains weathering out of a cliff crevice. Mr. Stewart and
Mr. Parsons were in the Turkey Creek area of Pueblo Reservoir making
field investigations for the Bureau of Reclamation's Fryingpan-Arkansas
Project. The Project office notified the archeologist who had made the
survey of Pueblo Reservoir, Dr. Arnold Withers of the University of
Denver. Several months passed before Dr. Withers visited the site and
by then it had been vandalized. The burial was photographed and a memo
written about it by employees of the Bureau of Reclamation. The burial
contained an adult, flexed, head to the southeast, probably with knees
partly under the body. Sex was not determined. Traces of ash and
charcoal possibly indicate the individual was partly cremated. The
remains were said to have a greenish cast. The memo stated that ``part
of the skeleton, including half the skull was later recovered and sent
to the University of Denver.'' No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1998, human remains (DU1987.1.1) were found in
collections at the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology during
an inventory of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Archeological collection. The
remains, approximately 37 fragments of cranium, were found in a box
labeled ``Turkey Creek.'' Approximately half of the fragments show
signs of burning. The remains were of an adult and have a very faint
green hue. The University of Denver Museum of Anthropology has
determined that the remains found in collection (1987.1.1) were removed
from the Turkey Creek Crevice Burial (5PE4277).
The Bureau of Reclamation does not believe that the geographical
affiliation of the human remains found in the collection at the
University of Denver Museum of Anthropology (1987.1.1) can be
identified as the Turkey Creek Crevice Burial (5PE4277). Consequently,
the Bureau of Reclamation and the University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology have agreed that the University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology shall proceed with NAGPRA compliance activities with
respect to these human remains.
Determinations Made By the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology
Officials of the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology have
determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on the flexing and location of
the burial.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual 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 and any present-day Indian tribe.
According to final judgments of the Indian Claims
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the
Native American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of
Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and
Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho
Tribes of Oklahoma); and Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern
Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana.
Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate
that the land from which the Native American human remains were removed
is the aboriginal land of Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming; and Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed
as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma).
Other credible lines of evidence from authoritative
Governmental sources, including information gathered during
consultation, indicate that the land from which the Native American
human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of Apache Tribe of
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; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero
Reservation, New Mexico; Oglala Sioux Tribe (previously listed as the
Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota); Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico (previously listed as the Pueblo of San Juan);
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Pueblo of San Felipe, 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; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of
North and South Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Wichita and Affiliated Tribes
(Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma; and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains may be to Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Arapaho Tribe of the
Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma
(previously listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of 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; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero
Reservation, New Mexico; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern
Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe (previously
listed as the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South
Dakota); Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (previously listed as the Pueblo of
San Juan); Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico;
Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New
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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; Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe of North and South Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; Ute Mountain Tribe of the
Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Wichita and
Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma; and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains should submit a written request with information
in support of the request to Anne Amati, University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology, 2000 E. Asbury Avenue, Denver, CO 80208, telephone (303)
871-2687, email anne.amati@du.edu, by July 24, 2014. After that date,
if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of
the human remains to Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Arapaho Tribe of the
Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma
(previously listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of 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; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero
Reservation, New Mexico; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern
Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe (previously
listed as the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South
Dakota); Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (previously listed as the Pueblo of
San Juan); Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Pueblo of San Felipe, 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; Standing Rock
Sioux Tribe of North and South Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of the
Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Wichita and
Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma; and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, may proceed.
The University of Denver Museum of Anthropology is responsible for
notifying The Consulting Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: May 15, 2014.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2014-14725 Filed 6-23-14; 8:45 am]
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