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(INDOT), as well as Indiana State
Archaeologist Dr. Rick Jones. FHWA
notified the Peoria Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma by letter dated July 26, 2010,
and the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and
Shawnee Tribe by letter dated
November 16, 2010. In co-operation
between the FHWA, INDOT, and
archeologists from IPFW, the human
remains were temporarily housed at
IPFW while initial consultation
proceeded with the tribes listed in this
notice and INDOT. On December 5,
2013, the human remains were
transferred from IPFW to the ISMHS.
Upon consultation with the Peoria
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, the
human remains were inventoried and an
osteological analysis by staff at IPFW
was conducted. Staff identified the
human remains as belonging to a single
individual, approximately 18–24
months of age at death. Analyses also
indicated no apparent pathologies
apparent or evidence of pre- or perimortem skeletal trauma. Given the
incomplete nature of the human
remains (only a portion of the upper
body is present) as well as the age of the
individual, sex or stature could not be
determined. No known individuals were
identified. The one associated funerary
object is a pipe made of green stone that
appears to mimic the bowls found on
18th century metal tomahawk pipes.
The pipe bowl is shaped like the more
common kaolin clay pipes and is similar
to examples recovered from the Wea
village near Ouiatenon.
Determinations Made by the Indiana
State Museum and Historic Sites
Officials of the ISMHS have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on analysis
of the physical remains and the
archeological context.
• 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(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), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary object 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
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and associated funerary objects were
removed is the aboriginal land of the
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma;
Forest County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Match-e-benash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi
Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of
the Potawatomi, Michigan (previously
listed as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.);
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
Michigan and Indiana; and Prairie Band
Potawatomi Nation (previously listed as
the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation,
Kansas).
• 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 Citizen Potawatomi Nation,
Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville
Indian Community, Michigan; Match-ebe-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi
Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of
the Potawatomi, Michigan (previously
listed as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.);
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
Michigan and Indiana; and Prairie Band
Potawatomi Nation (previously listed as
the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation,
Kansas).
• Other authoritative governmental
sources identify the removal location of
the human remains as the aboriginal
land of Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Delaware Nation,
Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Ho-Chunk Nation of
Wisconsin; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of
the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas;
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Shawnee
Tribe; and the Winnebago Tribe of
Nebraska.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects may be the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Citizen Potawatomi Nation,
Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma;
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Forest County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk
Nation of Wisconsin; Kickapoo Tribe of
Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in
Kansas; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band
of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan;
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma;
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the
Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed
as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa
Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
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Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation (previously listed as the Prairie
Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas);
Shawnee Tribe Nation of Oklahoma;
and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
(hereafter, ‘‘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 Michele Greenan, Indiana
State Museum and Historic Sites
Corporation, 650 West Washington
Street, Indianapolis, IN 46214,
telephone (317) 473–0836, email
mgreenan@indianamuseum.org, by
September 24, 2018. 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.
The ISMHS is responsible for
notifying The Tribes that this notice has
been published.
Dated: July 17, 2018.
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
SUMMARY:
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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 September 24,
2018.
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 La
Plata County and Montezuma 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); Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Navajo
Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah;
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico
(previously listed as the Pueblo of San
Juan); Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New
Mexico; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of
the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado;
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (previously
listed as the Ute Mountain Tribe of the
Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado,
New Mexico & Utah); Ysleta del Sur
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Pueblo (previously listed as the Ysleta
Del Sur Pueblo of Texas); and Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
The Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Crow
Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek
Reservation, South Dakota; Fort Sill
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Jicarilla
Apache Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero
Apache Tribe of the Mescalero
Reservation, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; and
Pueblo of Tesuque, 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 the 1930s, human remains
representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from private
property in La Plata County, CO, by a
private citizen. In the 1960s, the human
remains were given to another family
member, who mailed them to the Office
of the State Archeologist in June 2017.
The La Plata County Coroner ruled out
a forensic interest in the human
remains. The human remains are
identified as Office of Archeology and
Historic Preservation (OAHP) Case
Number 324. Osteological analysis by
Dr. Christine Pink of Metropolitan State
University of Denver—Human
Identification Laboratory indicates that
the human remains are likely of Native
American ancestry and archeological.
No known individuals were identified.
No associated funerary objects are
present.
About forty years ago, human remains
representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from private
property in Montezuma County, CO, by
a private citizen. In October 2017, she
turned them over to the Mesa County
Coroner, who, with the Montezuma
County Coroner, ruled out a forensic
interest. In December 2017, the human
remains were transferred to the Office of
the State Archeologist (OSAC), where
they are identified as Office of
Archeology and Historic Preservation
(OAHP) Case Number 327. Osteological
analysis by Dr. Christine Pink of
Metropolitan State University of
Denver—Human Identification
Laboratory indicates that the human
remains are likely of Native American
ancestry and archeological. 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
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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. That
consultation led to the drafting of 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’’
(2008, unpublished, on file with the
Colorado Office of Archaeology and
Historic Preservation). The tribes
consulted on the human remains in this
notice are those who have expressed
their wishes to be notified of discoveries
in the Southwest Consultation Region as
established by the ‘‘Process.’’
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, authorized the
disposition of culturally unidentifiable
human remains according to the
‘‘Process’’ and NAGPRA, contingent on
the 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
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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.’’
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National Park Service
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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 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(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),
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).
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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 September 24, 2018.
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 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: July 17, 2018.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Florida Department of State,
Tallahassee, FL
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Florida Department of
State 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 Florida
Department of State. 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 Florida Department of
State at the address in this notice by
September 24, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Kathryn Miyar, Florida
Department of State, Mission San Luis
Collections, 2100 West Tennessee
Street, Tallahassee, FL 32304, telephone
(850) 245–6301, email kathryn.miyar@
dos.myflorida.com.
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
the Florida Department of State,
Tallahassee, FL. 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
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Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the remains
was made by the Florida Department of
State professional staff in consultation
with representatives of AlabamaCoushatta Tribe of Texas (previously
listed as Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of
Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal
Town; Kialegee Tribal Town;
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Poarch
Band of Creeks (previously listed as the
Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama); Seminole Tribe of Florida
(previously listed as the Seminole Tribe
of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)); The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma; and Thlopthlocco
Tribal Town. Two non-federally
recognized Indian groups, the Florida
Tribe of Eastern Creek Indians and the
Original Miccosukee Simanolee Nation
of Aboriginal People were also
consulted.
History and Description of the Remains
A braided lock of hair belonging to
Osceola, an advisor to the principal
chief of the Seminole and leader of
Seminole resistance during the Second
Seminole War (89M.041.004), in the
collection of the Florida Department of
State, was donated by one of the
descendants of Dr. Frederick Weedon.
Weedon, who was a medical doctor
under contract to the Army, treated
Osceola during his captivity at Ft.
Marion and later at Ft. Moultrie (1837–
1838). Before he died, Osceola had
given a few personal effects to Dr.
Weedon, but the braided lock of hair is
presumed to have been taken after
death. Osceola’s postcranial remains
were buried at Ft. Moultrie in 1838;
however, his head was retained by Dr.
Weedon. It is believed that, later, the
head was housed at the Surgical and
Pathological Museum in New York City,
and was lost in the fire that destroyed
the museum in 1866.
A lock of Osceola’s hair remained
with the Weedon family from 1838 until
its donation to the Florida Department
of State in 1989. Taking a lock of a
descendant’s hair for a keepsake was a
popular western custom in the 1800s.
The hair is in a braided plait that is 53⁄4″
long, and consists of approximately
seven strands of hair. Presumably, it had
been plaited by a Weedon family
member sometime after its acquisition.
Determinations Made by the Florida
Department of State
Officials of the Florida Department of
State have determined that:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0026061; 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 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
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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 September 24, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Sheila Goff, NAGPRA Liaison, History Colorado, 1200
Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone (303) 866-4531, email
[email protected].
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 La Plata County and Montezuma 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); Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma;
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of
the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; Ohkay Owingeh, New
Mexico (previously listed as the Pueblo of San Juan); Pueblo of Jemez,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico;
Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Southern
Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute
Mountain Ute Tribe (previously listed as the Ute Mountain Tribe of the
Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah); Ysleta del Sur
Pueblo (previously listed as the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas); and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
The Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow
Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma;
Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the
Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; and Pueblo of Tesuque, 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 the 1930s, human remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from private property in La Plata County, CO,
by a private citizen. In the 1960s, the human remains were given to
another family member, who mailed them to the Office of the State
Archeologist in June 2017. The La Plata County Coroner ruled out a
forensic interest in the human remains. The human remains are
identified as Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation (OAHP)
Case Number 324. Osteological analysis by Dr. Christine Pink of
Metropolitan State University of Denver--Human Identification
Laboratory indicates that the human remains are likely of Native
American ancestry and archeological. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
About forty years ago, human remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from private property in Montezuma County, CO,
by a private citizen. In October 2017, she turned them over to the Mesa
County Coroner, who, with the Montezuma County Coroner, ruled out a
forensic interest. In December 2017, the human remains were transferred
to the Office of the State Archeologist (OSAC), where they are
identified as Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation (OAHP)
Case Number 327. Osteological analysis by Dr. Christine Pink of
Metropolitan State University of Denver--Human Identification
Laboratory indicates that the human remains are likely of Native
American ancestry and archeological. 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 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. That
consultation led to the drafting of 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'' (2008,
unpublished, on file with the Colorado Office of Archaeology and
Historic Preservation). The tribes consulted on the human remains in
this notice are those who have expressed their wishes to be notified of
discoveries in the Southwest Consultation Region as established by the
``Process.''
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, authorized
the disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains according to
the ``Process'' and NAGPRA, contingent on the 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
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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 described
in this notice are Native American based on osteological 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(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), 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 [email protected], by September 24, 2018. 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 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: July 17, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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