Notice of Inventory Completion: History Colorado, Formerly Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO, 6119-6120 [2015-02225]
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increased level of shifting among
populations, especially among
populations who were impacted by
disease, violence, and Euro-American
activities relating to Sutter’s Fort and
later gold-rush activities.
In summary, the ethnographic,
historical, and geographical evidence
available indicate that the burials listed
above are most closely affiliated with
contemporary descendants of the
Nisenan with more distant ties to
neighboring groups, such as Miwok,
Patwin, and Yokut. The earlier remains
from the Middle and Late Horizons
share cultural relations with the Plains
Miwok, Nisenan, and Yokut based on
archeological, biological, and historical
linguistic evidence.
Auburn Rancheria of California that this
notice has been published.
Dated: December 29, 2014.
Melanie O’Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
History Colorado, Formerly Colorado
Historical Society, Denver, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
Determinations Made by California
State University, Sacramento
AGENCY:
Officials of California State
University, Sacramento have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 7
individuals 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 Shingle Springs Band
of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California and
United Auburn Indian Community of
the Auburn Rancheria of California.
SUMMARY:
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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 Orn
Bodvarsson, Dean of the College of
Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary
Studies, CSUS, 6000 J Street,
Sacramento, CA 95819–6109, telephone
(916) 278–4864, email obbodvarsson@
csus.edu, by March 6, 2015. After that
date, if no additional requestors have
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to the Shingle Springs
Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California and
United Auburn Indian Community of
the Auburn Rancheria of California may
proceed.
California State University,
Sacramento is responsible for notifying
the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok
Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria
(Verona Tract), California and United
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History Colorado, formerly
Colorado Historical Society, 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 History Colorado. 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 History Colorado at the
address in this notice by March 6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Sheila Goff, NAGPRA
Liaison, History Colorado, 1200
Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone
(303) 866–4561, email sheila.goff@
state.co.us.
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
History Colorado, Denver, CO. One set
of remains was received through the
Moffat County Coroner and is presumed
to have originated in that county. One
set of remains was the result of an
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inadvertent discovery in Mesa 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 History Colorado
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Crow Creek Sioux
Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation,
South Dakota; Jicarilla Apache Nation,
New Mexico; Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma;
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) (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
San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Santa Clara, New Mexico; Shoshone
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of
the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho;
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Indian Reservation,
Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe (Uintah &
Ouray Reservation), Utah; and Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah.
Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico
(formerly the Pueblo of San Juan);
Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico were invited to consult, but did
not participate. Hereafter, all tribes
listed above are referred to as ‘‘The
Consulted and Invited Tribes.’’
History and Description of the Remains
In March 2014, the Craig Colorado
Police Department was contacted by a
local public school because human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual, were found in a storage
closet. A teacher recalled that the
remains had been used for teaching in
the distant past. Anecdotal information
indicated that they were removed from
a local, unnamed archeological site at an
unknown time in the past. They were
transferred to History Colorado and are
identified as Office of Archaeology and
Historic Preservation (OAHP) Case
Number 303. Osteological analysis
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determined they are of Native American
ancestry. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In May 2014, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were inadvertently
discovered at the bottom of a slope on
private property near Grand Mesa, CO.
The Mesa County Coroner investigated
and ruled out forensic interest. The
exact location from which the human
remains originated could not be located,
but it is presumed they eroded from
higher ground. The human remains
were transferred to History Colorado,
where they are identified as OAHP Case
Number 306. Osteological analysis by
determined that they are of Native
American ancestry. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
History Colorado, in partnership with
the Colorado Commission of Indian
Affairs, Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado,
and the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah, conducted tribal
consultations among the tribes with
ancestral ties to the State of Colorado to
develop the process for disposition of
culturally unidentifiable Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects originating
from inadvertent discoveries on
Colorado State and private lands. As a
result of the consultation, a process was
developed, Process for Consultation,
Transfer, and Reburial of Culturally
Unidentifiable Native American Human
Remains and Associated Funerary
Objects Originating From Inadvertent
Discoveries on Colorado State and
Private Lands, (2008, unpublished, on
file with the Colorado Office of
Archaeology and Historic Preservation).
The tribes consulted are those who have
expressed their wishes to be notified of
discoveries in the Great Basin
Consultation Region as established by
the Process, where these individuals
originated.
The Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is
responsible for recommending specific
actions for disposition of culturally
unidentifiable human remains. On
November 3–4, 2006, the Process was
presented to the Review Committee for
consideration. A January 8, 2007, letter
on behalf of the Review Committee from
the Designated Federal Officer
transmitted the provisional
authorization to proceed with the
Process upon receipt of formal
responses from the Jicarilla Apache
Nation, New Mexico, and the Kiowa
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Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, subject to
forthcoming conditions imposed by the
Secretary of the Interior. On May 15–16,
2008, the responses from the Jicarilla
Apache Nation, New Mexico, and the
Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma were
submitted to the Review Committee. On
September 23, 2008, the Assistant
Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and
Parks, as the designee for the Secretary
of the Interior, transmitted the
authorization for the disposition of
culturally unidentifiable human
remains according to the Process and
NAGPRA, pending publication of a
Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register. This notice fulfills
that requirement.
43 CFR 10.11 was promulgated on
March 15, 2010, to provide a process for
the disposition of culturally
unidentifiable Native American human
remains recovered from tribal or
aboriginal lands as established by the
final judgment of the Indian Claims
Commission or U.S. Court of Claims, a
treaty, Act of Congress, or Executive
Order, or other authoritative
governmental sources. As there is no
evidence indicating that the human
remains reported in this notice
originated from tribal or aboriginal
lands, they are eligible for disposition
under the Process.
Determinations Made by History
Colorado
Officials of History Colorado have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains are Native American
based on osteological analysis.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of two
individuals 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.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(ii)
and the Process, the disposition of the
human remains may be to the Southern
Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado, and the Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah.
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 Sheila Goff, NAGPRA
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Liaison, History Colorado, 1200
Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone
(303) 866–4531, email sheila.goff@
state.co.us by March 6, 2015. After that
date, if no additional requestors have
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to the Southern Ute
Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado, and the Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah may proceed.
History Colorado is responsible for
notifying The Consulted and Invited
Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: December 19, 2014.
Melanie O’Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: The
American Museum of Natural History,
New York, NY
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The American Museum of
Natural History 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 American
Museum of Natural History. 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 American Museum of
Natural History at the address in this
notice by March 6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Nell Murphy, Director of
Cultural Resources, American Museum
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion: History Colorado, Formerly
Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: History Colorado, formerly Colorado Historical Society, 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 History Colorado. 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 History Colorado
at the address in this notice by March 6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Sheila Goff, NAGPRA Liaison, History Colorado, 1200
Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone (303) 866-4561, email
sheila.goff@state.co.us.
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 History Colorado, Denver, CO. One set of remains was
received through the Moffat County Coroner and is presumed to have
originated in that county. One set of remains was the result of an
inadvertent discovery in Mesa 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 History
Colorado professional staff in consultation with representatives of the
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota;
Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma; 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) (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 San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico;
Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Shoshone-Bannock
Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho; Southern Ute Indian Tribe
of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe
(Uintah & Ouray Reservation), Utah; and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah.
Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of San Juan); Pueblo
of San Felipe, New Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico were invited to consult, but did not participate. Hereafter, all
tribes listed above are referred to as ``The Consulted and Invited
Tribes.''
History and Description of the Remains
In March 2014, the Craig Colorado Police Department was contacted
by a local public school because human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual, were found in a storage closet. A teacher
recalled that the remains had been used for teaching in the distant
past. Anecdotal information indicated that they were removed from a
local, unnamed archeological site at an unknown time in the past. They
were transferred to History Colorado and are identified as Office of
Archaeology and Historic Preservation (OAHP) Case Number 303.
Osteological analysis
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determined they are of Native American ancestry. No known individuals
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
In May 2014, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were inadvertently discovered at the bottom of a slope on private
property near Grand Mesa, CO. The Mesa County Coroner investigated and
ruled out forensic interest. The exact location from which the human
remains originated could not be located, but it is presumed they eroded
from higher ground. The human remains were transferred to History
Colorado, where they are identified as OAHP Case Number 306.
Osteological analysis by determined that they are of Native American
ancestry. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
History Colorado, in partnership with the Colorado Commission of
Indian Affairs, Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado, and the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah, conducted tribal
consultations among the tribes with ancestral ties to the State of
Colorado to develop the process for disposition of culturally
unidentifiable Native American human remains and associated funerary
objects originating from inadvertent discoveries on Colorado State and
private lands. As a result of the consultation, a process was
developed, Process for Consultation, Transfer, and Reburial of
Culturally Unidentifiable Native American Human Remains and Associated
Funerary Objects Originating From Inadvertent Discoveries on Colorado
State and Private Lands, (2008, unpublished, on file with the Colorado
Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation). The tribes consulted
are those who have expressed their wishes to be notified of discoveries
in the Great Basin Consultation Region as established by the Process,
where these individuals originated.
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is responsible for recommending specific
actions for disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains. On
November 3-4, 2006, the Process was presented to the Review Committee
for consideration. A January 8, 2007, letter on behalf of the Review
Committee from the Designated Federal Officer transmitted the
provisional authorization to proceed with the Process upon receipt of
formal responses from the Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico, and the
Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, subject to forthcoming conditions
imposed by the Secretary of the Interior. On May 15-16, 2008, the
responses from the Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico, and the Kiowa
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma were submitted to the Review Committee. On
September 23, 2008, the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and
Parks, as the designee for the Secretary of the Interior, transmitted
the authorization for the disposition of culturally unidentifiable
human remains according to the Process and NAGPRA, pending publication
of a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register. This
notice fulfills that requirement.
43 CFR 10.11 was promulgated on March 15, 2010, to provide a
process for the disposition of culturally unidentifiable Native
American human remains recovered from tribal or aboriginal lands as
established by the final judgment of the Indian Claims Commission or
U.S. Court of Claims, a treaty, Act of Congress, or Executive Order, or
other authoritative governmental sources. As there is no evidence
indicating that the human remains reported in this notice originated
from tribal or aboriginal lands, they are eligible for disposition
under the Process.
Determinations Made by History Colorado
Officials of History Colorado have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains are
Native American based on osteological analysis.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals 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.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(ii) and the Process, the
disposition of the human remains may be to the Southern Ute Indian
Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado, and the Ute Mountain
Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah.
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 Sheila Goff, NAGPRA Liaison, History
Colorado, 1200 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone (303) 866-4531,
email sheila.goff@state.co.us by March 6, 2015. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado, and the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah may proceed.
History Colorado is responsible for notifying The Consulted and
Invited Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: December 19, 2014.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2015-02225 Filed 2-3-15; 8:45 am]
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