[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 57 (Monday, March 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13649-13650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7008]


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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 American 
Museum of Natural History, New York, NY

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 American Museum of Natural 
History, New York, NY.
     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 American

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Museum of Natural History professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute 
Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 
Reservation, Utah; and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah.
    In 1921, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were collected by Charles L. Bernheimer and Earl Morris from the 
vicinity of Long Hollow, La Plata River, La Plata County, CO, during an 
expedition sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History. No 
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    This individual has been identified as Native American based on the 
American Museum of Natural History's documentation, which refers to 
these remains as ``Ute.'' These human remains originate from an area 
utilized by Ute bands during the postcontact period.
     Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the 
American Museum of Natural History have determined that, pursuant to 43 
CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical 
remains of a minimum of one individual of Native American ancestry. 
Officials of the American Museum of Natural History also 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 the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the 
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & 
Ouray Reservation, Utah; and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Southern Ute Indian 
Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of 
the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute 
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah. Representatives of 
any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated 
with these human remains should contact Elaine Guthrie, Acting Director 
of Cultural Resources, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park 
West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192, telephone (212) 769-5835, 
before April 24 2002. Repatriation of the human remains to the Southern 
Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian 
Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; and Ute Mountain Tribe 
of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah may begin 
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: February 5, 2002.
Robert Stearns,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 02-7008 Filed 3-22-02; 8:45 am]
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