Notice of Inventory Completion: Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave (formerly the Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum), Golden, CO, 6108-6109 [2015-02186]
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time period for the human remains
could not be established. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
On July 19, 2008, human remains,
representing at minimum, one
individual were removed from a
residence in Blendon Township, Ottawa
County, MI. On July 31, 2008, Ottawa
County Sherriff officers Kik, Garvelink,
and Blakely transferred the remains to
the GVSUAL. The remains are an adult
female, 35–55 years old. Presence of
wormian bones in sagittal suture
suggests possible European or shared
European ancestry. No other ethnic
markers present. Sheriff’s office
provided no information on how the
remains came to be in a private
residence. No date or time period could
be established. No known individuals
were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
On an unknown date(s) between 1970
and 1990, and during June 2010, human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the Sand
Creek Site (20OT66) in Ottawa County,
MI. The remains are one adult of
undetermined sex and were recovered
during surface collection and
excavations conducted by GVSU in the
1970s and again during June 2010. The
date and time period for the remains is
unknown because the site is multicomponent dating from the Archaic and
Woodland periods (3000 B.C.—A.D.
1640) and from the historic period (19th
century) when an Ottawa village was
located in the vicinity. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Determinations Made by Grand Valley
State University
Officials of Grand Valley State
University have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on cranial
morphology, dental traits, accession
documentation, and archeological
context.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 111
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 1,473 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
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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
Tribes.
• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or
Executive Orders, indicate that the land
from which the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed is the aboriginal land of
The Tribes.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects may be to
The Tribes.
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 Dr. Janet Brashler, Professor
and Curator of Anthropology, Grand
Valley State University, 1 Campus
Drive, Allendale, MI 49401, telephone
(616) 331–3694, email brashlej@
gvsu.edu, by March 6, 2015. After that
date, if no additional requestors have
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to The Tribes may proceed.
Grand Valley State University is
responsible for notifying The Tribes that
this notice has been published.
Dated: January 14, 2015.
Melanie O’Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave
(formerly the Buffalo Bill Memorial
Museum), Golden, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Buffalo Bill Museum and
Grave (formerly the Buffalo Bill
Memorial Museum) has completed an
inventory of human remains, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that
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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 Buffalo Bill
Museum and Grave (formerly the
Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum). 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 Buffalo Bill Museum
and Grave (formerly the Buffalo Bill
Memorial Museum) at the address in
this notice by March 6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Steve Friesen, Director,
Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, 987 1/
2 Lookout Mountain Road, Golden, CO
80401, telephone (303) 526–0744, email
steve.friesen@denvergov.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 under the control of
the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave
(formerly the Buffalo Bill Memorial
Museum), Golden, CO. The human
remains were removed from an
unknown location.
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 Buffalo Bill
Museum and Grave (formerly the
Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum)
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Crow Tribe of
Montana.
History and Description of the Remains
Prior to 1931, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual came into the possession of
Johnny Baker, foster son of Buffalo Bill
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Cody. The first mention of the scalp was
in the museum’s 1931 inventory when
the collection was under the control of
Mr. Baker and his wife Olive. Upon
Olive’s death in 1957, control of the
collection was transferred to the City of
Denver, which operates the Buffalo Bill
Museum and Grave. The inventory done
in 1957, at the time the collection was
transferred, includes a ‘‘Crow scalp’’. No
known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains are Native
American based on the museum
records.
Determinations Made by the Buffalo
Bill Museum and Grave (formerly the
Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum)
Officials of the Buffalo Bill Museum
and Grave (formerly the Buffalo Bill
Memorial Museum) have determined
that:
• 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), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and the Crow Tribe of Montana.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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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 Steve Friesen,
Director, Buffalo Bill Museum and
Grave, 987 1/2 Lookout Mountain Road,
Golden, CO 80401, telephone (303) 526–
0744, email steve.friesen@
denvergov.org, by March 6, 2015. After
that date, if no additional requestors
have come forward, transfer of control
of the human remains to the Crow Tribe
of Montana may proceed.
The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave
(formerly the Buffalo Bill Memorial
Museum) is responsible for notifying the
Crow Tribe of Montana that this notice
has been published.
Dated: December 19, 2014.
Melanie O’Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Consultation
National Park Service
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by TVA’s
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Absentee
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; AlabamaCoushatta Tribe of Texas (previously
listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes
of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal
Town; Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee
Tribe of Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal
Town; Poarch Band of Creeks
(previously listed as the Poarch Band of
Creek Indians of Alabama); Shawnee
Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco
Tribal Town; and the United Keetoowah
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville,
TN
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA) has completed an
inventory of human remains in
consultation with the appropriate
federally recognized Indian tribes and
has determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and any present-day federally
recognized Indian tribes.
Representatives of any federally
recognized Indian tribe not identified in
this notice that wish to request transfer
of control of these human remains
should submit a written request to TVA.
If no additional requestors come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to the federally
recognized Indian tribes stated in this
notice may proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any federally
recognized Indian tribe 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
TVA at the address in this notice by
March 6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA,
400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11D,
Knoxville, TN 37902–1401, telephone
(865) 632–7458, email tomaher@tva.gov.
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 and
possession of TVA. The human remains
were likely removed from the Citico
site, 40MR7, in Monroe County, TN, as
a result of unauthorized digging. The
human remains were anonymously
delivered to TVA in the 1990s.
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.
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History and Description of the Remains
TVA has in its control and possession
human remains representing, at
minimum, 12 individuals. All are
adults. Four have been determined to be
female and two to be male. The sex of
the other 6 individuals is indeterminate.
Composed primarily of cranial bones,
oral history indicates that the human
remains were sent to the Tennessee
Valley Authority after November 16,
1990, but excavated before the passage
of NAGPRA. These human remains
likely resulted from the unauthorized
digging that took place at the Citico site
between 1968 and 1978. Their context
within the site and chronological
placement is unknown.
The Citico site was excavated by the
University of Tennessee in 1967 and
1968 under a contract with the National
Park Service. The site was exposed
using heavy equipment and the
excavation focused on features, burials,
and mound stratigraphy. These
excavations were a result of the
impoundment of the Little Tennessee
River as part of TVA’s Tellico Dam and
Reservoir project. Subsequent to the
professional excavation, the site was
damaged by unauthorized digging.
Excavations at the Citico site revealed
two dominate occupations: A
Mississippian Dallas phase occupation
(A.D. 1300–1550) and a later eighteenth
century Overhill Cherokee occupation.
Since no funerary objects accompanied
these human remains, it is not known if
they were derived from the Dallas phase
or the historic Cherokee occupation.
The lack of any detailed information on
these human remains leads TVA to
designate them as culturally
unidentifiable.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-17374; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave
(formerly the Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum), Golden, CO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave (formerly the Buffalo Bill
Memorial Museum) 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 Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave
(formerly the Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum). 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
Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave (formerly the Buffalo Bill Memorial
Museum) at the address in this notice by March 6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Steve Friesen, Director, Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, 987
1/2 Lookout Mountain Road, Golden, CO 80401, telephone (303) 526-0744,
email steve.friesen@denvergov.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 under
the control of the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave (formerly the Buffalo
Bill Memorial Museum), Golden, CO. The human remains were removed from
an unknown location.
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 Buffalo
Bill Museum and Grave (formerly the Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum)
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Crow
Tribe of Montana.
History and Description of the Remains
Prior to 1931, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual came into the possession of Johnny Baker, foster son of
Buffalo Bill
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Cody. The first mention of the scalp was in the museum's 1931 inventory
when the collection was under the control of Mr. Baker and his wife
Olive. Upon Olive's death in 1957, control of the collection was
transferred to the City of Denver, which operates the Buffalo Bill
Museum and Grave. The inventory done in 1957, at the time the
collection was transferred, includes a ``Crow scalp''. No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present. The human remains are Native American based on the museum
records.
Determinations Made by the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave (formerly the
Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum)
Officials of the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave (formerly the
Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum) have determined that:
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), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and the Crow Tribe of Montana.
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 Steve
Friesen, Director, Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, 987 1/2 Lookout
Mountain Road, Golden, CO 80401, telephone (303) 526-0744, email
steve.friesen@denvergov.org, by March 6, 2015. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to the Crow Tribe of Montana may proceed.
The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave (formerly the Buffalo Bill
Memorial Museum) is responsible for notifying the Crow Tribe of Montana
that this notice has been published.
Dated: December 19, 2014.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2015-02186 Filed 2-3-15; 8:45 am]
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