Notice of Inventory Completion: History Colorado, Formerly Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO, 20622-20623 [2017-08872]
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History and Description of the Cultural
Item
In 1904, one cultural item was
removed from a grave near Fort Clark,
Mercer County, ND, and donated to the
Peabody Museum of Natural History in
1915. The one unassociated funerary
object is a swan bone whistle.
Museum documentation identifies the
provenience as an Arikara grave near
Fort Clark, ND. In 1830, the Fort Clark
Trading Post was established in an area
south of a Mandan village by James
Kipp, an employee of the American Fur
Company. The Mandan occupied the
village until 1837, when a disastrous
smallpox epidemic forced their removal.
Before the Mandan could return, a
group of Arikara moved into the village
and remained until about 1861.
Descendants of the Arikara and Mandan
of the Fort Clark, ND, region are today
members of the Three Affiliated Tribes
of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota.
Determinations Made by the Peabody
Museum of Natural History
Officials of the Peabody Museum of
Natural History have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the one cultural item described above 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 and are
believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a
specific burial site of a Native American
individual.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the unassociated funerary
object and the Three Affiliated Tribes of
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota.
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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 claim this cultural item
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Professor David Skelly, Director, Yale
Peabody Museum of Natural History,
P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT
06520–8118, telephone (203) 432–3752,
by June 2, 2017. After that date, if no
additional claimants have come
forward, transfer of control of the
unassociated funerary object to the
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Reservation, North Dakota,
may proceed.
The Peabody Museum of Natural
History is responsible for notifying the
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Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, that
this notice has been published.
Dated: March 22, 2017.
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:
ACTION:
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 June 2, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Sheila Goff, NAGPRA
Liaison, History Colorado, 1200
Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone
(303) 866–4531, email sheila.goff@
state.co.us.
SUMMARY:
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. The
human remains were removed from an
unknown location in Pueblo County,
CO.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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; Comanche Nation,
Oklahoma; Crow Tribe of Montana;
Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind
River Reservation, Wyoming (previously
listed as the Shoshone Tribe of the
Wind River Reservation, Wyoming);
Fort Sill Apache Tribe of 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; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico
(previously listed as the Pueblo of San
Juan); Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma;
Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico;
Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico;
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; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
(previously listed as the Ute Mountain
Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah); and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico. The following tribes were
invited to consult but did not
participate: the Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of
the Crow Creek Reservation, South
Dakota; Oglala Sioux Tribe (previously
listed as the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the
Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota);
and Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the
Rosebud Indian Reservation, South
Dakota. Hereafter all tribes listed above
are referred to as ‘‘The Consulted and
Invited Tribes.’’
History and Description of the Remains
In the 1950s, human remains
representing, at minimum, three
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individuals were removed from an
unknown location in Pueblo County,
CO, by a private citizen. The human
remains were discovered in the estate of
a private individual and turned over to
the Pueblo Police Department who ruled
out forensic interest. On July 25, 2016,
the Pueblo Police Department notified
the Office of the State Archaeologist and
transferred the human remains to
History Colorado. The human remains
(OAHP 318) were determined to be of
Native American ancestry and of
indeterminate sex and age. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
At the time of the excavation and
removal of these human remains, the
land from which the human remains
were removed was not the tribal land of
any Indian tribe. In January and
February 2017, History Colorado
consulted with all Indian tribes who are
recognized as aboriginal to Pueblo
County, CO, where these Native
American human remains were
removed. These tribes are the Arapaho
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho
Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as
the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of
Oklahoma); and the Northern Cheyenne
Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian
Reservation, Montana. None of these
Indian tribes agreed to accept control of
the human remains. The aboriginal land
tribes requested in writing that the
human remains be transferred according
to the 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 (Process) (2008,
unpublished, on file with the Colorado
Office of Archaeology and Historic
Preservation). Consultation with the
additional tribes listed under
Consultation in this notice was
conducted with tribes in the Great
Plains Consultation Region of the
Process to determine disposition. Under
the Process, 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 agreed to
accept transfer of the human remains.
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 Ute Tribe
(previously listed as 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
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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, the Process
was developed.
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 to suggest that the human
remains originated from tribal land and
the tribes with aboriginal land did not
wish to accept transfer of control, the
human remains listed in this notice are
eligible for transfer of control 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 described in this notice
are Native American based on
osteological analysis.
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• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of three
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)(i)
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 Ute Tribe (previously listed as
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 2, 2017. 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 Ute
Mountain Ute Tribe (previously listed as
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: March 27, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Items: Museum of Northern Arizona,
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National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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Arizona, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, has determined
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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 June 2, 2017.
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. The human remains were
removed from an unknown location in Pueblo 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; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Crow Tribe of
Montana; Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming
(previously listed as the Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming); Fort Sill Apache Tribe of 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; Ohkay Owingeh, New
Mexico (previously listed as the Pueblo of San Juan); Pawnee Nation of
Oklahoma; Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; 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; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (previously
listed as the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah); and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation,
New Mexico. The following tribes were invited to consult but did not
participate: the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of
the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Oglala Sioux Tribe
(previously listed as the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge
Reservation, South Dakota); and Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud
Indian Reservation, South Dakota. Hereafter all tribes listed above are
referred to as ``The Consulted and Invited Tribes.''
History and Description of the Remains
In the 1950s, human remains representing, at minimum, three
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individuals were removed from an unknown location in Pueblo County, CO,
by a private citizen. The human remains were discovered in the estate
of a private individual and turned over to the Pueblo Police Department
who ruled out forensic interest. On July 25, 2016, the Pueblo Police
Department notified the Office of the State Archaeologist and
transferred the human remains to History Colorado. The human remains
(OAHP 318) were determined to be of Native American ancestry and of
indeterminate sex and age. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
At the time of the excavation and removal of these human remains,
the land from which the human remains were removed was not the tribal
land of any Indian tribe. In January and February 2017, History
Colorado consulted with all Indian tribes who are recognized as
aboriginal to Pueblo County, CO, where these Native American human
remains were removed. These tribes are the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind
River Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma
(previously listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma); and the
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana. None of these Indian tribes agreed to accept control of the
human remains. The aboriginal land tribes requested in writing that the
human remains be transferred according to the 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 (Process)
(2008, unpublished, on file with the Colorado Office of Archaeology and
Historic Preservation). Consultation with the additional tribes listed
under Consultation in this notice was conducted with tribes in the
Great Plains Consultation Region of the Process to determine
disposition. Under the Process, 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 agreed to accept
transfer of the human remains.
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 Ute Tribe (previously
listed as 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, the Process was developed.
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 to
suggest that the human remains originated from tribal land and the
tribes with aboriginal land did not wish to accept transfer of control,
the human remains listed in this notice are eligible for transfer of
control 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 described
in this notice 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 three 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)(i) 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
Ute Tribe (previously listed as 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 2, 2017. 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 Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (previously listed as
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: March 27, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-08872 Filed 5-2-17; 8:45 am]
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