Notice of Inventory Completion: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, 8310 [2023-02632]

Download as PDF 8310 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 26 / Wednesday, February 8, 2023 / Notices identified. The two associated funerary objects are one cremation urn and one lot of mixed materials. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0035289; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Cultural Affiliation Notice of Inventory Completion: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Navajo County, AZ. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after March 10, 2023. ADDRESSES: Michael Christiano, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, 30 W Dale Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, telephone (719) 477–4311, email mchristiano@ ColoradoCollege.edu. SUMMARY: This notice is published as part of the National Park Service’s administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Description Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were removed from ‘‘Four-Mile’’ in Navajo County, AZ. On December 17, 2019, cremated remains were found at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center during a collections inventory. At the time, the museum could not determine whether the cremated remains were human or faunal. On March 16, 2022, the remains were identified as human cremations of one adult and one juvenile. No known individuals were VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:59 Feb 07, 2023 Jkt 259001 The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were used to reasonably trace the relationship: archeological and geographical. Determinations Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry. • The two 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. • There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, 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 Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Santo Domingo Pueblo; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. Requests for Repatriation Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated: February 1, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–02632 Filed 2–7–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement [Docket ID BSEE–2023–0002; EEEE500000 234E1700D2 ET1SF0000.EAQ000: OMB Control Number 1014–0010] Agency Information Collection Activities; Decommissioning Activities Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Interior. ACTION: Notice of Information Collection; request for comment. AGENCY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) proposes to renew an information collection. SUMMARY: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before April 10, 2023. ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request (ICR) by either of the following methods listed below: DATES: Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by: PO 00000 1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice. 2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after March 10, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this notice. Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, § 10.10, and § 10.14. E:\FR\FM\08FEN1.SGM 08FEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035289; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center 
at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at 
Colorado College has completed an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects 
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The 
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Navajo 
County, AZ.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after March 10, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Michael Christiano, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at 
Colorado College, 30 W Dale Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, 
telephone (719) 477-4311, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. 
Additional information on the determinations in this notice, including 
the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related 
records held by the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado 
College.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
removed from ``Four-Mile'' in Navajo County, AZ. On December 17, 2019, 
cremated remains were found at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center 
during a collections inventory. At the time, the museum could not 
determine whether the cremated remains were human or faunal. On March 
16, 2022, the remains were identified as human cremations of one adult 
and one juvenile. No known individuals were identified. The two 
associated funerary objects are one cremation urn and one lot of mixed 
materials.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice 
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity 
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures 
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The 
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the 
relationship: archeological and geographical.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado 
College has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The two 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.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary 
objects described in this notice and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Ohkay 
Owingeh, New Mexico; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, 
New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Laguna, 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 
Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Santo Domingo Pueblo; Ysleta del Sur 
Pueblo; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 
may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after March 10, 2023. If 
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Colorado Springs 
Fine Arts Center at Colorado College must determine the most 
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects are 
considered a single request and not competing requests. The Colorado 
Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College is responsible for sending 
a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, Sec.  
10.10, and Sec.  10.14.

    Dated: February 1, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-02632 Filed 2-7-23; 8:45 am]
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