Notice of Inventory Completion: Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO, 35773-35775 [2014-14736]

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• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35773-35775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14736]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-15714; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Denver Museum of Nature & 
Science, Denver, CO

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Denver Museum of Nature & Science has completed an 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary object, in 
consultation with Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, and 
has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human 
remains and associated funerary object 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 and 
associated funerary object should submit a written request to the 
Denver Museum of Nature & Science. If no additional requestors come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated 
funerary object 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 Denver Museum 
of Nature & Science at the address in this notice by July 24, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh, Denver Museum of Nature and 
Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80205-5798, telephone (303) 
370-6367, email chip.c-c@dmns.org.

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 object under the control of the Denver Museum of 
Nature & Science (DMNS). The human remains and associated funerary 
object were removed from unknown locations.
    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 object. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary 
object was first made by the DMNS professional staff in consultation 
with representatives of the Cayuga Nation; Central Council of the 
Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes; Onondaga Nation; Pueblo of Acoma, New 
Mexico; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (previously the St. Regis Band of 
Mohawk Indians of New York); Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 
Rosa Rancheria, California; Seneca Nation of Indians (previously listed 
as the Seneca Nation of New York); The Osage Nation (previously listed 
as the Osage Tribe); Tonawanda Band of Seneca (previously listed as the 
Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York); Tuscarora Nation; and 
Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New 
Mexico & Utah, during a February 26, 2013 meeting. Others who expressed 
interest in assisting but were unable to attend this meeting were the 
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; and Hui Malama 
I Na Kupuna 'O Hawaii Nei. The intent was to have a broad range of 
geographic locations represented.
    On April 15, 2013, letters were mailed to all tribes listed as 
Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible to Receive Services from the 
United States Bureau of Indian Affairs (77 FR 47868-47873, August 10, 
2012) (hereafter referred to as ``The Notified Indian Tribes''). In 
addition, letters were sent to Native Hawaiian organizations, including 
Aha Kane; Aha Moku O Kahikinui; Aha Moku o Maui Inc.; Aha Wahine; 
'Ahahui Siwila Hawai`i O Kapolei; Ahupua`a o Moloka`i; Aloha First; 
Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs; Association of Hawaiians for 
Homestead Lands; Au Puni O Hawaii; Brian Kaniela Nae`ole Naauao; 
Charles Pelenui Mahi Ohana; Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement; 
Four Points Global Services, Corp.; Friends of `Iolani Palace; Friends 
of Moku`ula, Inc.; George K. Cypher `Ohana; God's Country Waimanalo; 
Hau`ouiwi Homestead Association on Lana`i; Hawai`i Maoli; Hawaii Island 
Burial Council; Hawaiian Civic Club of Hilo; Ho Ohana; Ho`okano Family 
Land Trust; Hui Ho`oniho; Hui Huliau; Hui Kako`o `Aina Ho`opulapula; 
Hui Kaleleiki Ohana; Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawaii Nei; Kako`o 
`Oiwi; Kalaeloa Heritage and Legacy Foundation; Kalama`ula Mauka 
Homestead Association; Kamealoha; Kamehameha Schools--Community 
Relations and Communications Group, Government Relations; Kamiloloa One 
Alii Homestead Association; Kanu o ka `Aina Learning `Ohana; Kapolei 
Community Development Corporation; Kauai/Niihau Island Burial Council; 
Kawaihapai Ohana; Keoni Kealoha Alvarez; Ko`olau Foundation; 
Ko`olaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club; La`i `Opua 2020; Lahui Kaka`ikahi; 
Ma`a `Ohana; Machado-Akana-Aona-

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Namakaeha Ohana; Mahu Ohana; Makaha Hawaiian Civic Club; Maku`u Farmers 
Association; Malu`ohai Residents Association; Maui/Lani Island Burial 
Council; Meleana Kawaiaea, LLC; Moku o Kaupo; Molokai Island Burial 
Council; Na Aikane O Maui; Na Ku`auhau `o Kahiwakaneikopolei; Na Ohana 
o Puaoi a me Hanawahine; Nanakuli Housing Corporation; Native Hawaiian 
Church; Native Hawaiian Economic Alliance; Native Hawaiian Education 
Council; Nekaifes Ohana; O'ahu Burial Council; Office of Hawaiian 
Affairs; Pacific American Foundation; Pacific Justice & Reconciliation 
Center; Papa Ola Lokahi; Papakolea Community Development Corporation; 
Paukukalo Hawaiian Homes Community Association; Peahi Ohana; Piihonua 
Hawaiian Homestead Community Association; Royal Hawaiian Academy of 
Traditional Arts; The Friends of Hokule`a and Hawai`iloa; The I Mua 
Group; Wai`anae Hawaiian Civic Club; Waiehu Kou Phase 3 Association; 
and Waimanalo Hawaiian Homes Association (hereafter referred to as 
``The Notified Native Hawaiian organizations''). Enclosed with each of 
the letters was a disposition request and statement of support for 
disposition as well as an invitation to participate in a meeting 
scheduled for October 9, 2013.
    On October 9, 2013, the Bishop Paiute Tribe (previously listed as 
the Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop 
Colony, California); Cayuga Nation; Central Council of the Tlingit & 
Haida Indian Tribes; Death Valley Timbi-sha Shoshone Tribe (previously 
listed as the Death Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of California); 
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Hui Kaleleiki 
Ohana; Hui Ho'oniho; Hui Malama I Na Kupuna `O Hawaii Nei; Mashpee 
Wampanoag Tribe (previously listed as the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian 
Tribal Council, Inc.); Mohegan Indian Tribe of Connecticut; Morongo 
Band of Mission Indians, California (previously listed as the Morongo 
Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Morongo Reservation); Nondalton 
Village; Onondaga Nation; 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)); Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Saint Regis 
Mohawk Tribe (previously the St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of New 
York); Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, 
California; Seneca Nation of Indians (previously listed as the Seneca 
Nation of New York); Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute 
Reservation, Colorado; Susanville Indian Rancheria, California; The 
Osage Nation (previously listed as the Osage Tribe); Tonawanda Band of 
Seneca (previously listed as the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of 
New York); Tuscarora Nation; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 
Reservation, Utah; and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah, consulted with the DMNS 
during an all-day meeting. Several other tribes initiated brief 
telephone consultations with the DMNS.
    DMNS received requests for joint transfer of control of the human 
remains to the Aloha First; Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River 
Reservation, Wyoming; Blue Lake Rancheria, California; California 
Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida 
Indian Tribes; Cocopah Tribe of Arizona; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; 
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (previously 
listed as the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon); 
Crow Tribe of Montana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Elk Valley 
Rancheria, California; Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort 
Belknap Reservation of Montana; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Hui Ho`oniho; 
Hui Kaleleiki Ohana; Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawaii Nei; Iowa Tribe 
of Kansas and Nebraska; Kokhanok Village; Koyukuk Native Village; Lac 
Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little 
River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Mahu Ohana; Makaha Hawaiian 
Civic Club; Malu`ohai Residents Association; Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe 
(previously listed as the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, 
Inc.); Mentasta Traditional Council; Mohegan Indian Tribe of 
Connecticut; Native Village of Port Graham; Native Village of 
Shaktoolik; Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; 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)); Papa Ola Lokahi; 
Paukukalo Hawaiian Homes Community Association; Pueblo of Isleta, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; 
Qagan Tayagungin Tribe of Sand Point Village; Royal Hawaiian Academy of 
Traditional Arts; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; San Carlos 
Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona; Skull Valley Band 
of Goshute Indians of Utah; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort 
Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; Tohono O'Odham Nation of Arizona; 
Tonawanda Band of Seneca (previously listed as the Tonawanda Band of 
Seneca Indians of New York); Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 
Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; Tuscarora Nation; United Keetoowah Band 
of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Village of Stony River; and 
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska (hereafter referred to as ``The Requesting 
Indian Tribes'' and ``The Requesting Native Hawaiian organizations''). 
DMNS received a request for transfer of control of the associated 
funerary object to the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah.
    Statements of support for the proposed transfer of control have 
been received from the Bishop Paiute Tribe (previously listed as the 
Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony, 
California); Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa 
Tribe, Minnesota; Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad 
Rancheria, California; Cowlitz Indian Tribe; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 
Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, 
Arizona; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Jamestown S'Kallam Tribe; Jena 
Band of Choctaw Indians; Mashantucket Pequot Indian Tribe (previously 
listed as the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe of Connecticut); Mechoopda 
Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California; Native Village of Chenega 
(aka Chanega); Native Village of Eyak (Cordova); Native Village of 
Tatitlek; Pala Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pala Reservation, 
California; Samish Indian Nation (previously listed as the Samish 
Indian Tribe, Washington); Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians, 
California (previously listed as the Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla 
Mission Indians of the Santa Rosa Reservation); Santa Ynez Band of 
Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California; 
Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California; Sherwood Valley 
Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of 
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Reservation, Colorado; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South 
Dakota; Swinomish Indian Tribal Community (previously listed as the 
Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish Reservation of Washington); Wiyot 
Tribe, California (previously listed as the Table Bluff Reservation--
Wiyot Tribe); Wrangell Cooperative Association; and Yupiit of 
Andreafski.
    There are no objections by The Notified Indian Tribes or The 
Notified Native Hawaiian organizations to the proposed transfer of 
control of the human remains. There are no objections by The Notified 
Indian Tribes or The Notified Native Hawaiian organizations to the 
proposed transfer of control of the associated funerary object.

History and Description of the Remains

    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, three 
individuals (A144.1, A145.1, A147.1) were removed from an unknown 
location. In 1946, the human remains were anonymously donated to the 
DMNS. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, three 
individuals (A1515.1, A1515.2, A1515.3) were removed from an unknown 
location. In 1988, they were anonymously donated to the DMNS. No known 
individuals were identified. The one associated funerary object is a 
wild turkey bone (A1515.5).
    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, five 
individuals (A1987.1, A1987.2, A1987.3, A1997.1, A1998.1) were removed 
from an unknown location. In 1994, the human remains were inventoried 
for the first time in the DMNS Anthropology Department collections and 
were assigned accession numbers. No known individuals were identified. 
No associated funerary objects are present.
    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, three 
individuals (A1988.2, A1988.3, and A1988.4) were removed from an 
unknown location. In 1994, the human remains were inventoried for the 
first time in the DMNS Anthropology Department collections and were 
assigned accession numbers. They were transferred to the Anthropology 
Department from the DMNS Education Collection. No known individuals 
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual (E-783 through E-791) were removed from an unknown location. 
In 1980, the Gates Medical Clinic donated the human remains to the DMNS 
Education Collection, which later transferred them to the DMNS 
Anthropology Department. No known individuals were identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.

Determinations Made By the Denver Museum of Nature & Science

    Officials of the DMNS have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based the morphological evidence, 
institutional history, and oral tradition.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 15 individual of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object described 
in this notice is 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 and associated funerary object and any present-day Indian 
tribe.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the disposition of the human 
remains will be to The Requesting Indian Tribes and The Requesting 
Native Hawaiian organizations.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the disposition of the 
associated funerary object will be to the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute 
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah.

NAGPRA Review Committee Actions

    Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the Secretary of the Interior may make a 
recommendation for the transfer of control of culturally unidentifiable 
human remains. In April 2014, the DMNS requested that the Secretary, 
through the NAGPRA Review Committee, recommend the proposed transfer of 
control of the culturally unidentifiable Native American human remains 
in this notice to The Requesting Indian Tribes and The Requesting 
Native Hawaiian organizations. The Requesting Indian Tribes and The 
Requesting Native Hawaiian organizations jointly requested transfer of 
control of the human remains. The Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute 
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah requested transfer of 
control of the associated funerary object.
    The Review Committee, acting pursuant to its responsibility under 
25 U.S.C. 3006(c)(5), considered the request at its April 10, 2014 
meeting and recommended to the Secretary that the proposed transfer of 
control proceed. A May 5, 2014, letter on behalf of the Secretary of 
Interior from the Designated Federal Official transmitted the 
Secretary's independent review and concurrence with the Review 
Committee that:
     The DMNS consulted with appropriate Indian tribes and 
Native Hawaiian organizations,
     none of The Notified Indian Tribes or The Notified Native 
Hawaiian organizations objected to the proposed transfer of control, 
and
     the DMNS may proceed with the agreed upon transfer of 
control of the culturally unidentifiable human remains to The 
Requesting Indian Tribes and The Requesting Native Hawaiian 
organizations
     the DMNS may proceed with the agreed upon transfer of 
control of the associated funerary object to the Ute Mountain Tribe of 
the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah.
Transfer of control is contingent on the publication of a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register. This notice fulfills that 
requirement.

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 and associated funerary object should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Chip 
Colwell-Chanthaphonh, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 
Colorado Blvd., Denver CO 80205-5798, telephone (303) 370-6367, email 
chip.c-c@dmns.org, by July 24, 2014. After that date, if no additional 
requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains 
to The Requesting Indian Tribes and The Requesting Native Hawaiian 
organizations may proceed, and transfer of control of the associated 
funerary object to the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah may proceed.
    The DMNS is responsible for notifying The Notified Indian Tribes 
and The Notified Native Hawaiian organizations that this notice has 
been published.

    Dated: May 5, 2014.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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