Notice of Inventory Completion: History Colorado (Formerly Colorado Historical Society), Denver, CO, 96680 [2024-28486]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039149;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
History Colorado (Formerly Colorado
Historical Society), Denver, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), History
Colorado (formerly Colorado Historical
Society) has 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.
SUMMARY:
Repatriation of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after January 6, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Chance Ward, NAGPRA
Collections Specialist, History Colorado,
1200 N Broadway, Denver, CO 80203,
telephone (303) 866–5751, email
chance.ward@state.co.us.
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 History Colorado,
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:
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Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least,
five individuals have been identified.
No associated funerary objects are
present.
History Colorado has identified locks/
braids of human hair (E.1342.1) in a
collection that was donated to the
Colorado Historical Society in 1944, and
representing four individuals. The hair
locks/braids have been taken from the
Southern Ute Indian Reservation, La
Plata County, Colorado by Joseph O.
Smith, who was an employee of the
Southern Ute Indian Agency in about
1895 and later became an Indian agent
from 1900–1905.
History Colorado also identified a
shirt (E.2005.1) in its collections,
belonging to Severo, with human hair
attached to the shirt. The shirt was
originally removed from La Plata
County, Colorado before being donated
to History Colorado in 1961. Through
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consultation with authorized Tribal
representatives, the hair has been
identified as human remains and
representing, at least one individual.
No presence of hazardous materials
are known.
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 in this notice.
Determinations
History Colorado has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of five individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• There is a connection between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains 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
described in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after January 6, 2025.
If competing requests for repatriation
are received, the History Colorado must
determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests
for joint repatriation of the human
remains are considered a single request
and not competing requests. History
Colorado 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: November 22, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039137;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office
of History and Archaeology,
Anchorage, AK
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Office
of History and Archaeology has
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.
SUMMARY:
Repatriation of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after January 6, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Richard VanderHoek, Ph.D.,
Office of History and Archaeology, 550
W 7th Avenue, Suite 1310, Anchorage,
AK 99501–3561, telephone (907)–269–
8728, email richard.vanderhoek@
alaska.gov.
DATES:
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 Office of
History and Archaeology, 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing at least
two individuals have been identified,
with one mandible (jawbone), and two
cranial (skull) fragments. No associated
funerary objects are present. The
remains were found by Henry Wilson of
Kotzebue, AK along the beach between
Sealing Point (Cape Krusenstern
National Monument) and Kivalina.
Wilson brought the remains to the NPS
Northwest Arctic Heritage Center on
September 23, 2014 for identification.
Michael Wendt, Project Archaeologist
for NPS Western Arctic National
Parklands notified the State Historic
Preservation Office. OHA and SHPO
received the remains on 10/2/2014. The
box containing the remains and some
documentation was found in the OHA
lab 2/2024. Age is unknown, but the
remains are probably archaeological.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039149; 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: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), History Colorado (formerly Colorado
Historical Society) has 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after January 6, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Chance Ward, NAGPRA Collections Specialist, History
Colorado, 1200 N Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone (303) 866-5751,
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
History Colorado, 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, five individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
History Colorado has identified locks/braids of human hair
(E.1342.1) in a collection that was donated to the Colorado Historical
Society in 1944, and representing four individuals. The hair locks/
braids have been taken from the Southern Ute Indian Reservation, La
Plata County, Colorado by Joseph O. Smith, who was an employee of the
Southern Ute Indian Agency in about 1895 and later became an Indian
agent from 1900-1905.
History Colorado also identified a shirt (E.2005.1) in its
collections, belonging to Severo, with human hair attached to the
shirt. The shirt was originally removed from La Plata County, Colorado
before being donated to History Colorado in 1961. Through consultation
with authorized Tribal representatives, the hair has been identified as
human remains and representing, at least one individual.
No presence of hazardous materials are known.
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 in this notice.
Determinations
History Colorado has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
There is a connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Southern
Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after January 6, 2025. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the History Colorado must determine the
most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. History Colorado 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: November 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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