Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest and Thunder Basin National Grassland, Laramie, WY, 62199-62200 [2014-24514]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–16764;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Medicine Bow-Routt National
Forest and Thunder Basin National
Grassland, Laramie, WY
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service,
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
and Thunder Basin National Grassland
(MBRTB) has completed an inventory of
human remains and associated funerary
objects, 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 associated funerary objects 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 objects should submit a written
request to the USDA Forest Service
MBRTB. If no additional requestors
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects 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 and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the USDA Forest Service
MBRTB at the address in this notice by
November 17, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Thomas Whitford, District
Ranger, MBRTB, 2468 Jackson Street,
Laramie, WY 82070–6535, telephone
(307) 745–2300.
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 the
USDA Forest Service MBRTB, Laramie,
WY. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from a
burial site southwest of Upton, Weston
County, WY.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
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responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) 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 and associated funerary objects.
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 USDA Forest
Service MBRTB professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Assiniboine and
Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation, Montana; 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; ChippewaCree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s
Reservation, Montana; Comanche
Nation, Oklahoma; Crow Tribe of
Montana; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of
the Northern Cheyenne Indian
Reservation, Montana; and the Pawnee
Nation of Oklahoma.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1981, human remains representing,
at minimum, four individuals were
removed from the Frog Creek oil field
lands in Weston County, WY. This site
is on Federal land, within the
boundaries of the Medicine Bow-Routt
National Forest and Thunder Basin
National Grassland. Oil company
workers discovered some human
remains under rocks near their worksite
approximately 64 kilometers southwest
of Upton, Wyoming. The burial had
previously been disturbed and the rocks
originally used to cover the individuals
had been moved. The Weston and
Converse County Sheriff’s departments
were notified at the time of discovery
and the human remains were sent to Dr.
George Gill at the University of
Wyoming for biological analysis. On
October 12, 1982, Dr. Gill, George
Darlington, David McKee, and David
Darlington (USDA Forest Service)
conducted follow-up excavations at the
discovery site and collected additional
human remains. The human remains
were found in sand deposits on top of
a butte overlooking the valley below.
They appeared not to have been buried
but simply covered with large flat
stones.
The human remains were analyzed for
Native American heritage, age, and sex
by the professional staff of the
University of Wyoming. The remains
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consist of four American Indian
individuals. They are fragmented, and
many bone elements were not present.
The most complete individual is an
adult female who was 50–65 years of
age. The second set of remains is an
adult male represented by only a few
bone fragments. A third set of remains
is of a child 6–7 years of age. An infant
child is represented by a fourth set of
fragmentary remains. No known
individuals were identified. The two
associated funerary objects are two
small and partial damaged tubular nonhuman (canid) bone beads
Determinations Made by the USDA
Forest Service Medicine Bow-Routt
National Forests and Thunder Basin
National Grassland
Officials of the USDA Forest Service
MBRTB have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on
archaeological evidence.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of four
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the two objects described in this notice
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 and
associated funerary objects 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
and associated funerary objects were
removed is the aboriginal land of the
Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and
Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously
listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes
of Oklahoma); Chippewa-Cree Indians
of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation,
Montana; Crow Tribe of Montana; and
the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects may be to
the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and
Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously
listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes
of Oklahoma); Chippewa-Cree Indians
of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation,
Montana; Crow Tribe of Montana; and
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the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana.
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
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to Thomas Whitford, District
Ranger, USDA Forest Service MBRTB,
2468 Jackson Street, Laramie, WY,
telephone (307) 745–2443, by November
17, 2014. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Arapaho Tribe of the
Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma (previously listed as the
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of
Oklahoma); Chippewa-Cree Indians of
the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana;
Crow Tribe of Montana; and the
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana, may proceed.
The USDA Forest Service MBRTB is
responsible for notifying the of the
Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Assiniboine and
Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation, Montana; 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; ChippewaCree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s
Reservation, Montana; Comanche
Nation, Oklahoma; Crow Tribe of
Montana; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of
the Northern Cheyenne Indian
Reservation, Montana; and the Pawnee
Nation of Oklahoma that this notice has
been published.
Dated: September 22, 2014.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–16686;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
The Spurlock Museum
University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign has completed an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary object, 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 associated funerary object 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 and associated
funerary object should submit a written
request to the Spurlock Museum. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
and associated funerary object to the
lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
SUMMARY:
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 and associated funerary
object should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the Spurlock Museum at the
address in this notice by November 17,
2014.
DATES:
Jennifer White, Registrar,
Spurlock Museum University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South
Gregory Street, Urbana, IL 61801,
telephone (217) 244–3353, email
Jenwhite@illinois.edu.
ADDRESSES:
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
Spurlock Museum University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign. The human
remains and associated funerary object
were removed from Point Barrow
Headland, 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 and
associated funerary object. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains and associated funerary object
was made by the Spurlock Museum
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Native Village of
Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government.
History and Description of the Remains
Between 1913 and 1917, human
remains representing, at minimum, 21
individuals were removed from Point
Barrow Headland, AK. The human
remains are 21 teeth acquired by the
Museum of Natural History at the
University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign and later transferred to the
Spurlock Museum. The human remains
were identified as ‘‘possibly from grave
site’’ from the Point Barrow Headlands
and were acquired on the ‘‘Alaskan
Expedition.’’ Original ledgers from the
Museum of Natural History are missing
and no additional information has been
uncovered regarding further details of
the provenance of these items. The teeth
appear to include ten adult teeth, nine
teeth that are likely to be adult teeth,
and two teeth of a child. No known
individuals were identified. The
associated funerary object is one canid
tooth.
Determinations Made by the Spurlock
Museum
Officials of the Spurlock Museum
have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 21
individuals 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), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and associated funerary object
and the Native Village of Barrow Inupiat
Traditional Government.
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 and associated
funerary object should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Jennifer White, Registrar,
Spurlock Museum University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South
Gregory Street, Urbana, IL 61801,
telephone (217) 244–3353, email
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-16764; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest and Thunder Basin
National Grassland, Laramie, WY
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service,
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest and Thunder Basin National Grassland
(MBRTB) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated
funerary objects, 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 associated funerary
objects 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
objects should submit a written request to the USDA Forest Service
MBRTB. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of
the human remains and associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request with information in support of
the request to the USDA Forest Service MBRTB at the address in this
notice by November 17, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Thomas Whitford, District Ranger, MBRTB, 2468 Jackson
Street, Laramie, WY 82070-6535, telephone (307) 745-2300.
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 the USDA Forest
Service MBRTB, Laramie, WY. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from a burial site southwest of Upton, Weston
County, WY.
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 and associated funerary
objects. 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 USDA
Forest Service MBRTB professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation, Montana; 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; Chippewa-
Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana; Comanche Nation,
Oklahoma; Crow Tribe of Montana; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; and the Pawnee Nation of
Oklahoma.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1981, human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals
were removed from the Frog Creek oil field lands in Weston County, WY.
This site is on Federal land, within the boundaries of the Medicine
Bow-Routt National Forest and Thunder Basin National Grassland. Oil
company workers discovered some human remains under rocks near their
worksite approximately 64 kilometers southwest of Upton, Wyoming. The
burial had previously been disturbed and the rocks originally used to
cover the individuals had been moved. The Weston and Converse County
Sheriff's departments were notified at the time of discovery and the
human remains were sent to Dr. George Gill at the University of Wyoming
for biological analysis. On October 12, 1982, Dr. Gill, George
Darlington, David McKee, and David Darlington (USDA Forest Service)
conducted follow-up excavations at the discovery site and collected
additional human remains. The human remains were found in sand deposits
on top of a butte overlooking the valley below. They appeared not to
have been buried but simply covered with large flat stones.
The human remains were analyzed for Native American heritage, age,
and sex by the professional staff of the University of Wyoming. The
remains consist of four American Indian individuals. They are
fragmented, and many bone elements were not present. The most complete
individual is an adult female who was 50-65 years of age. The second
set of remains is an adult male represented by only a few bone
fragments. A third set of remains is of a child 6-7 years of age. An
infant child is represented by a fourth set of fragmentary remains. No
known individuals were identified. The two associated funerary objects
are two small and partial damaged tubular non-human (canid) bone beads
Determinations Made by the USDA Forest Service Medicine Bow-Routt
National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland
Officials of the USDA Forest Service MBRTB have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on archaeological evidence.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of four individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the two objects
described in this notice 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 and associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects were
removed is the aboriginal land of the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously
listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma); Chippewa-Cree
Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana; Crow Tribe of Montana;
and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian
Reservation, Montana.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to the Arapaho
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho
Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of
Oklahoma); Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation,
Montana; Crow Tribe of Montana; and
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the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian
Reservation, Montana.
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 objects should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to Thomas
Whitford, District Ranger, USDA Forest Service MBRTB, 2468 Jackson
Street, Laramie, WY, telephone (307) 745-2443, by November 17, 2014.
After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as the
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma); Chippewa-Cree Indians of the
Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana; Crow Tribe of Montana; and the
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana, may proceed.
The USDA Forest Service MBRTB is responsible for notifying the of
the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Assiniboine
and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; 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; Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's
Reservation, Montana; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Crow Tribe of Montana;
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana; and the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma that this notice has been
published.
Dated: September 22, 2014.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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