[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 51141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24476]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
From Gunnison County, CO in the Possession of the Colorado Historical 
Society, Denver, CO

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains from Gunnison 
County, CO in the possession of Colorado Historical Society, Denver, 
CO.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Colorado 
Historical Society professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute 
Reservation, the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, 
and the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation.
    In 1999, human remains representing one individual were recovered 
during a housing construction project in Gunnison County, CO by the 
Colorado State Archeologist following notification of the Mount Crested 
Butte Police Department and the Gunnison County Coroner. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Based on the condition of the human remains and skeletal 
morphology, this individual has been identified as Native American from 
the historic period. Gunnison County, CO is part of the pre-1900 
homeland of the present-day Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray 
Reservation, specifically the Uncompahgre Band (Taveewach).
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Colorado 
Historical Society have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 
(d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical remains 
of one individual of Native American ancestry. Officials of the 
Colorado Historical Society have also determined that, pursuant to 43 
CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group identity which 
can be reasonably traced between these Native American human remains 
and the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Southern Ute Indian 
Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, the Ute Mountain Tribe of the 
Ute Mountain Reservation, and the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & 
Ouray Reservation. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that 
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains 
should contact Susan Collins, Colorado State Archeologist, Colorado 
Historical Society, 1300 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203; telephone: (303) 
866-2736, before October 21, 1999. Repatriation of the human remains to 
the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation may begin 
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: September 14, 1999.
Veletta Canouts,
    Acting Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
    Deputy Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 99-24476 Filed 9-20-99; 8:45 am]
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