[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51472-51474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25140]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the University of 
Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver, 
CO

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

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 and associated 
funerary objects in the possession of the University of Denver 
Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The 
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations within this 
notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the 
University of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of 
Anthropology professional staff in consultation with representatives of 
the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Colorado 
River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona 
and California; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Tribe of the 
Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, 
Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; 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 San Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 
Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo 
Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians 
of Utah; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, 
Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute 
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & 
Utah; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 
Reservation, New Mexico.
    In 1933, human remains representing two individuals (catalog 
numbers DU6002 and DU6180) were recovered from San Luis, Costilla 
County, CO, by Dr. E.B. Renaud, founder of the University of Denver 
Department of Anthropology. No known individuals were identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    In 1938, human remains representing one individual (catalog number 
DU1995.1.7a-b) were recovered in or near Great Sand Dunes National 
Monument and Preserve, Alamosa and Saguache Counties, CO, by Theodore 
Sowers, a graduate of the University of Denver. In 1995, Mr. Sowers' 
daughters donated the remains to the museum so that they could be 
repatriated. Officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National 
Park Service, Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve, have 
determined that the provenience is insufficient to decide

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that these remains came from Federal land and that the University of 
Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology is 
responsible for these remains. No known individual was identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    In 1981, human remains representing one individual (catalog number 
DU CO Y:6:15) were recovered from site 5AL523, Alamosa County, CO, by 
Dr. Jonathan Haas, a member of the University of Denver Department of 
Anthropology. The remains were exposed in a road cut on the Bunker 
Ranch near the Great Sand Dunes National Monument. No known individual 
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    In 1950, human remains representing one individual (catalog number 
DU CO X:16:12) were recovered from site 5CN26, Conejos County, CO, by 
an unknown individual. Mercedes Ortiz reported the site although it is 
not clear if she removed the remains and took them to the museum. No 
known individual was identified. The eight associated funerary objects 
are seven Black-on-White sherds and one chipped stone.
    Black-on-White pottery indicates this site is ancestral Puebloan. 
The scientific literature provides significant evidence of cultural 
affiliation between ancestral Puebloan culture and the Pueblos of 
today. Representatives of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona, Pueblo of Acoma, 
Pueblo of Isleta, Pueblo of Jemez, Zuni Tribe, and Navajo Nation 
provided written and oral testimony confirming cultural affiliation of 
Puebloan peoples with ancestral Puebloan culture.
    In 1933, human remains representing two individuals (catalog number 
DU CO V:9:GEA) were recovered from a site at the edge of McElmo Canyon, 
Montezuma County, CO, by Faye Conklin, a graduate of the University of 
Denver. Ms. Conklin gave the remains to Dr. E.B. Renaud, of the 
University of Denver Department of Anthropology. No known individuals 
were identified. The 50 associated funerary objects are 1 Black-on-
White pottery bowl, 1 Black-on-White pottery bowl fragment, 1 Black-on-
White pottery jar fragment, 25 Black-on-White sherds, 3 redware sherds, 
1 nonhuman bone, 4 nonhuman bone fragments, 1 piece of wood, 8 pieces 
of cordage, 3 beans, and 2 corn kernels.
    Black-on-White pottery indicates this site is ancestral Puebloan. 
The scientific literature provides significant evidence of cultural 
affiliation between ancestral Puebloan culture and the Pueblos of 
today. Representatives of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona, Pueblo of Acoma, 
Pueblo of Isleta, Pueblo of Jemez, Zuni Tribe, and Navajo Nation 
provided written and oral testimony confirming cultural affiliation of 
Puebloan peoples with ancestral Puebloan culture.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing one individual 
(catalog numbers DU6015 and DU6066) were collected from Dove Creek, 
Dolores County, CO, by an unknown individual. In 1943, the remains were 
found in the office of Lee A. Brown, a U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Forest Service employee who had been transferred to Washington, D.C. At 
that time, Dr. E.B. Renaud, of the University of Denver Department of 
Anthropology, was asked to examine the remains; subsequently the 
remains were donated to the museum by Fred R. Johnson, who had found 
the remains in Mr. Brown's office. No known individual was identified. 
No associated funerary objects are present.
    In 1978, human remains representing one individual (catalog number 
DU UT W:10:2) were recovered from a site in Butler Wash, south of 
Bluff, San Juan County, UT, by Mimi Kiser, a former University of 
Denver archeology student, who donated the remains to the museum. No 
known individual was identified. The 47 associated funerary objects are 
1 nonhuman tooth, 1 grass seed, 1 piece of woven cotton fabric, 3 
pieces of knotted cordage with what appears to be feathers, 9 cordage 
fragments, 4 hoops of fiber, 24 knotted fibers, 1 lot of knotted fiber, 
and 3 unidentified organic items.
    Southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah have been identified as 
the ancestral territory of the Hopi, Pueblo of Acoma, Pueblo of 
Cochiti, Pueblo of Isleta, Pueblo of Jemez, Pueblo of Laguna, Pueblo of 
Nambe, Pueblo of Picuris, Pueblo of Pojoaque, Pueblo of San Felipe, 
Pueblo of San Ildefonso, Pueblo of San Juan, Pueblo of Sandia, Pueblo 
of Santa Ana, Pueblo of Santa Clara, Pueblo of Santo Domingo, Pueblo of 
Taos, Pueblo of Tesuque, Pueblo of Zia, Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo, Zuni 
Tribe, Skull Valley Ute, Southern Ute, Uintah and Ouray Ute, and Ute 
Mountain Ute. Consultation evidence also indicates affiliation with the 
Navajo and Jicarilla Apache as well as the Hopi, Pueblo of Acoma, 
Pueblo of Cochiti, Pueblo of Isleta, Pueblo of Jemez, Pueblo of Laguna, 
Pueblo of Nambe, Pueblo of Picuris, Pueblo of Pojoaque, Pueblo of San 
Felipe, Pueblo of San Ildefonso, Pueblo of San Juan, Pueblo of Sandia, 
Pueblo of Santa Ana, Pueblo of Santa Clara, Pueblo of Santo Domingo, 
Pueblo of Taos, Pueblo of Tesuque, Pueblo of Zia, Ysleta Del Sur 
Pueblo, Zuni Tribe, Skull Valley Ute, Southern Ute, Uintah and Ouray 
Ute, and Ute Mountain Ute.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the 
University of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of 
Anthropology have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the 
human remains listed above represent the physical remains of nine 
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the University of 
Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology also have 
determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 105 objects listed 
above 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. Lastly, officials of the University of Denver 
Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology have determined 
that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared 
group identity that can be reasonably traced between these Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects and the Hopi 
Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Tribe of the Jicarilla Apache Indian 
Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; 
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 San Juan, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo 
of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo 
of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New 
Mexico; Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah; Southern Ute 
Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian 
Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe of 
the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Ysleta Del 
Sur Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 
Mexico.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the U.S. Department of 
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Colorado River Indian Tribes of the 
Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California; Hopi Tribe 
of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Tribe of the Jicarilla Apache Indian 
Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; 
Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of

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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 San Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Skull Valley Band of 
Goshute Indians of Utah; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute 
Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 
Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, 
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni 
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. Representatives of any other 
Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with 
these human remains and associated funerary objects should contact Jan 
I. Bernstein, Collections Manager and NAGPRA Coordinator, University of 
Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, 2000 
Asbury, Sturm Hall S-146, Denver, CO 80208-2406, e-mail 
[email protected], telephone (303) 871-2543, before November 8, 2001. 
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects to 
the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Tribe of the Jicarilla 
Apache Indian Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New 
Mexico & Utah; 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 San 
Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, 
New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, 
New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of 
Utah; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, 
Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute 
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & 
Utah; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 
Reservation, New Mexico may begin after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.

    Dated: July 20, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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