Notice of Inventory Completion: Aurora History Museum and Historic Sites, Aurora, CO, 54502-54503 [2024-14473]
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(South), California State Department of
Transportation, 703 B Street Marysville,
CA 95901, telephone (530) 812–4569,
email Lisa.Bright@dot.ca.gov.
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 California
Department of Transportation, and
additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at least,
two individuals have been reasonably
identified. The 806 catalog entries of
associated funerary objects are tools,
faunal remains, floral remains, ground
stone, worked bone, and beads and
other ornamental items.
In 1987, 1989, and 1990 the collection
was excavated by the California
Department of Transportation from CA–
GLE–217. Reporting of the data recovery
excavation was completed in 2006.
Repatriation and reburial of ancestors
and associated funerary objects (total
number unknown as this was not
included in reporting or the catalog) was
completed in 2008. Additional human
remains and associated funerary objects
were identified during the inventory
verification completed by the California
Department of Transportation and
Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians in
2024. Of the 806 catalog entries of
associated funerary objects, 61 catalogue
entries are currently missing from the
collection. California State University,
Chico and the California Department of
Transportation continue to look for
them. No potentially hazardous
substances were used to treat any of the
human remains or associated funerary
objects.
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Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is clearly identified by the
information available about the human
remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice.
Determinations
The California Department of
Transportation has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of two individuals of Native
American ancestry.
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• The 806 catalog entries of
associated funerary objects described in
this notice are reasonably believed to
have been placed intentionally with or
near individual human remains at the
time of death or later as part of the death
rite or ceremony.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Grindstone Indian
Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of
California and the Paskenta Band of
Nomlaki Indians of California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in
this notice under 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 July 31, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the California Department of
Transportation 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 California
Department of Transportation is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations identified in
this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: June 24, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038196;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Aurora History Museum and Historic
Sites, Aurora, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Aurora
History Museum and Historic Sites 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after July
31, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Elizabeth Ricci, Aurora
History Museum and Historic Sites,
15051 East Alameda Parkway, Aurora,
CO 80012, telephone (303) 739–6660,
email ericci@auroragov.org.
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 Aurora History
Museum and Historic Sites, and
additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in its inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
SUMMARY:
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least,
two individuals have been identified.
The eight associated funerary objects are
five charcoals, two shells, and one
lithic.
In April of 1982, two neighborhood
children discovered human bone
eroding from the bank of West Toll Gate
Creek in Arapahoe County: Aurora,
Colorado. The children reported their
find, and the site was excavated soon
after. Site 5AH 244 is located on the first
terrace above and on the cut bank of
West Toll Gate Creek. The objective of
the excavation was to recover human
remains, reinter, and document as much
information on the burial as possible. A
Medicine Man, Charlie Kills Enemy of
the Sioux Tribe, was in the area at the
time and brought in to ensure proper
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care of the remains. Charlie Kills Enemy
conducted a ceremony to ask the
ancestors if they have permission to
perform carbon dating test, they agreed.
The ancestors were then asked where
they would like to be reinterred. They
requested to be buried on a hill. The
human remains, an amazonite pendent,
and an atlatl weight were reinterred in
June of 1985 at Golden Gate Canyon
State Park on five acers of land
designated for the Tribes just northwest
of Golden, Colorado prior to NAGPRA
law. A ceremony took place with Elders
from the Shoshone and Cheyenne
Tribes. A Medicine Man was present
from the Arapaho Tribe. The Elders and
Medicine Man were not named.
Reinternment was on a hill as requested.
The exact reinternment site is unknown
to the museum. We are working with
Golden Gate Canyon State Park to find
the location.
We recently discovered a collection of
objects and items related to the burial
site 5AH 244. Within the collection are
soil samples that were taken from the
burial pits, a chest cavity, and
surrounding earth. The soil samples
contain pieces of bone not consistent
with the animal bones that have been
found within the collection. These
bones are seen as remnants of the two
individuals previously found. Items that
appear to be associated funerary objects
are five charcoals, two shells, and one
lithic. There are animal bones, lithics,
flakes, soils, and a petrified wood knife
that are not associated with the burial.
It was requested by the Arapaho and
Cheyenne council that the entire
collection including non-associated
items be reinterred in the exact spot of
the original reinternment or as close as
possible.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is reasonably identified by the
geographical location or acquisition
history of the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
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Determinations
The Aurora History Museum and
Historic Sites has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of two individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The eight objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have
been placed intentionally with or near
individual human remains at the time of
death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
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• There is a connection between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in
this notice under 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
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization with cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after July 31, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are
received, the Aurora History Museum
and Historic Sites 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 Aurora History
Museum and Historic Sites is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations identified in
this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: June 24, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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completed an inventory of human
remains and has determined that there
is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice.
Repatriation of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after July 31, 2024
ADDRESSES: Tamara Serrao-Leiva, San
Bernardino County Museum, 2024
Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374,
telephone (909) 798–8623, email
tserrao-leiva@sbcm.sbcounty.gov.
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 San
Bernardino County Museum and
additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in its inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
DATES:
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least,
three individuals have been identified
from Smith Mound, Henderson County,
Kentucky. These human remains were
donated by a private collector at an
unknown date. It was deposited to the
museum before 2015, at which time it
was given a box number N#15. In 2016
an inventory was conducted for human
remains in the museum’s anthropology
storage area, where one box listed
ancestors were found at ‘‘Smith Mound,
Kentucky (Henderson Co).’’ Human
remains were confirmed by osteologist
in June of 2024. No further
documentation exists.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is reasonably identified by the
geographical location or acquisition
history of the human remains described
in this notice.
National Park Service
Determinations
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The San Bernardino County Museum
has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of three individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• There is a connection between the
human remains described in this notice
and the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Shawnee Tribe; The Osage Nation; and
Notice of Inventory Completion: San
Bernardino County Museum,
Redlands, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the San
Bernardino County Museum has
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038196; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Aurora History Museum and
Historic Sites, Aurora, 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 Aurora History Museum and Historic Sites
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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after July 31, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Elizabeth Ricci, Aurora History Museum and Historic Sites,
15051 East Alameda Parkway, Aurora, CO 80012, telephone (303) 739-6660,
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
Aurora History Museum and Historic Sites, and additional information on
the determinations in this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in its inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, two individuals have been
identified. The eight associated funerary objects are five charcoals,
two shells, and one lithic.
In April of 1982, two neighborhood children discovered human bone
eroding from the bank of West Toll Gate Creek in Arapahoe County:
Aurora, Colorado. The children reported their find, and the site was
excavated soon after. Site 5AH 244 is located on the first terrace
above and on the cut bank of West Toll Gate Creek. The objective of the
excavation was to recover human remains, reinter, and document as much
information on the burial as possible. A Medicine Man, Charlie Kills
Enemy of the Sioux Tribe, was in the area at the time and brought in to
ensure proper
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care of the remains. Charlie Kills Enemy conducted a ceremony to ask
the ancestors if they have permission to perform carbon dating test,
they agreed. The ancestors were then asked where they would like to be
reinterred. They requested to be buried on a hill. The human remains,
an amazonite pendent, and an atlatl weight were reinterred in June of
1985 at Golden Gate Canyon State Park on five acers of land designated
for the Tribes just northwest of Golden, Colorado prior to NAGPRA law.
A ceremony took place with Elders from the Shoshone and Cheyenne
Tribes. A Medicine Man was present from the Arapaho Tribe. The Elders
and Medicine Man were not named. Reinternment was on a hill as
requested. The exact reinternment site is unknown to the museum. We are
working with Golden Gate Canyon State Park to find the location.
We recently discovered a collection of objects and items related to
the burial site 5AH 244. Within the collection are soil samples that
were taken from the burial pits, a chest cavity, and surrounding earth.
The soil samples contain pieces of bone not consistent with the animal
bones that have been found within the collection. These bones are seen
as remnants of the two individuals previously found. Items that appear
to be associated funerary objects are five charcoals, two shells, and
one lithic. There are animal bones, lithics, flakes, soils, and a
petrified wood knife that are not associated with the burial. It was
requested by the Arapaho and Cheyenne council that the entire
collection including non-associated items be reinterred in the exact
spot of the original reinternment or as close as possible.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The Aurora History Museum and Historic Sites has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
The eight objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
There is a connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Cheyenne
and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in this notice under 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after July 31,
2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Aurora
History Museum and Historic Sites 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 Aurora History Museum and
Historic Sites is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this
notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: June 24, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-14473 Filed 6-28-24; 8:45 am]
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