Notice of Inventory Completion: History Colorado, formerly Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO, 29297-29298 [2016-11091]
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known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Based on archeological context, the 17
individuals described above are
determined to be Native American.
Historical documents, ethnographic
sources, and oral history indicate
occupation of Chetlessentun (35CU61)
by the Tututni people until 1856.
Burial-associated artifacts and
radiocarbon dates from archeological
associations support a late pre-contact
and early post-contact age of the burials
from 35CU61. Site 35CU62 was
occupied about 3200 years ago, based on
radiocarbon-dated house remains and
associated projectile points styles.
Based on provenience, the Native
American human remains are
reasonably believed to be affiliated with
the Coquille Indian Tribe and the
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians,
Oregon.
Determinations made by the
University of Oregon Museum of
Natural and Cultural History:
Officials of the University of Oregon
Museum of Natural and Cultural History
have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 17
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 21 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), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and the Coquille Indian Tribe
and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Indians, Oregon.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any 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
Dr. Pamela Endzweig, Director of
Collections, University of Oregon
Museum of Natural and Cultural
History, 1224 University of Oregon,
Eugene, OR 97403–1224, telephone
(541) 346–5120, by June 10, 2016. After
that date, if no additional requestors
have come forward, transfer of control
of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Coquille Indian
Tribe and the Confederated Tribes of
Siletz Indians, Oregon may proceed.
The University of Oregon Museum of
Natural and Cultural History is
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responsible for notifying the
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Community of Oregon; the Confederated
Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon
(previously listed as the Confederated
Tribes of the Siletz Reservation);
Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower
Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, Oregon;
the Coquille Indian Tribe (previously
listed as the Coquille Tribe of Oregon);
Elk Valley Rancheria, California; and
the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation (previously
listed as the Smith River Rancheria,
California) that this notice has been
published.
Dated: April 28, 2016.
Melanie O’Brien,
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.
AGENCY:
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
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 June 10, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Sheila Goff, NAGPRA
Liaison, History Colorado, 1200
Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone
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(303) 866–4531, 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 human remains was relinquished to
the County Coroner in Fremont 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Consultation
National Park Service
ACTION:
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A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by History Colorado
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the 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; Crow Tribe of Montana;
Comanche Nation, 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;
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 &
South Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota; and the Ute Mountain Tribe of
the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah.
The Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Crow
Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek
Reservation, South Dakota; Fort Sill
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; 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); and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
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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
On November 12, 2015, the Fremont
County Coroner took possession of one
set of human remains from a private
citizen who indicated they had been
removed by her in about 1980 from a
river bank on the Arkansas River near
Coaldale, CO. After ruling out forensic
interest the Coroner notified the Office
of the State Archaeologist (OSAC), who
took possession of the human remains
in January 2016. The individual is an
adult represented by a mandible and a
small number of post-cranial elements
and is identified as OAHP 312.
Osteological analysis determined that
the human remains 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 Consulted and Invited Tribes 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
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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:
• Based on osteological analysis, the
human remains are Native American.
• 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.
• 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
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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 June 10, 2016. 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: April 27, 2016.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Michigan State Police, Jackson Post,
Jackson, MI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Michigan State Police,
Jackson Post MSP13 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 Michigan State
Police, Jackson Post. 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 Michigan State Police,
Jackson Post at the address in this notice
by June 10, 2016.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-20961; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
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 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 June 10, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Sheila Goff, NAGPRA Liaison, History Colorado, 1200
Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone (303) 866-4531, 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 human remains
was relinquished to the County Coroner in Fremont 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
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; Crow Tribe of Montana; Comanche Nation,
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; 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 & South Dakota; Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; and the Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah.
The Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow
Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma;
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); and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New
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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
On November 12, 2015, the Fremont County Coroner took possession of
one set of human remains from a private citizen who indicated they had
been removed by her in about 1980 from a river bank on the Arkansas
River near Coaldale, CO. After ruling out forensic interest the Coroner
notified the Office of the State Archaeologist (OSAC), who took
possession of the human remains in January 2016. The individual is an
adult represented by a mandible and a small number of post-cranial
elements and is identified as OAHP 312. Osteological analysis
determined that the human remains 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 Consulted and
Invited Tribes 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:
Based on osteological analysis, the human remains are
Native American.
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.
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 June 10, 2016. 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: April 27, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-11091 Filed 5-10-16; 8:45 am]
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