[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66484-66485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29509]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: The Colorado College, Colorado 
Springs, CO

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the 
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of The 
Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO. The human remains were removed 
from Cimarron County, OK, and Baca County, CO.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). 
The determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of 
the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the 
Native American human remains. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations within this notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by The Colorado 
College professional staff in consultation with representatives of the 
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, 
Wyoming; Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma; Comanche Nation, 
Oklahoma; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache Nation, 
New Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of 
the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the 
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; 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 October 1973, human remains representing one individual were 
removed from site 34CI267, feature NCE3 RS2, Cimarron County, OK, by 
archeology field school students under the direction of Professor 
Michael Nowak of The Colorado College Anthropology Department. The 
burial had been disturbed prior to discovery. The human remains were 
curated in the Anthropology Department Archaeology Laboratory in Palmer 
Hall and transferred in 1989 to the Biological Anthropology Research 
Laboratory of Barnes Science Center (Accession no. 1980.2.1). No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present. Cranial morphology indicates that the human remains are Native 
American.
    In October 1979, human remains representing one individual were 
removed from site 5BA317, Baca County, CO, by archeology field school 
students under the direction of Professor Michael Nowak. The human 
remains were curated in The Colorado College Anthropology Department 
Archaeology Laboratory in Palmer Hall and were transferred in 1989 to 
the Biological Anthropology Research Laboratory of Barnes Science 
Center (Accession no. 1980.2.2). No known individuals were identified. 
No associated funerary objects are present. Cranial morphology 
indicates that the human remains are Native American.
    The map ``Indian Land Areas Judicially Established 1978'' indicates 
that Cimarron County, OK, and Baca County, CO, were aboriginally 
occupied by the Apache, Comanche, and Kiowa tribes. The map ``Early 
Indian Tribes, Culture Areas, and Linguistic Stocks'' establishes the 
presence of the Kiowa in Cimarron and Baca Counties at the time of 
contact. The Southern Ute Indian Tribe map ``Original Ute Domain'' 
includes Cimarron and Baca Counties as a part of the hunting ground of 
the Ute, but Mr. Neil Cloud, NAGPRA representative, Southern Ute Indian 
Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado stated that the area is 
too far east. Official tribal representatives from the Cheyenne-Arapaho 
Tribes of Oklahoma; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; and Mescalero Apache 
Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico provided folklore, oral 
tradition, geographical, and historical evidence of cultural 
affiliation, all of which

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indicated that Cimarron County, OK, and Baca County, CO, are part of 
their traditional territory.
    Officials of The Colorado College have determined that, pursuant to 
25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above represent the 
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry. 
Officials of The Colorado College also have determined that, pursuant 
to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group identity 
that can be reasonably traced between the Native American human remains 
and the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River 
Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma; Comanche 
Nation, Oklahoma; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache 
Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache 
Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; and Northern Cheyenne 
Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Joyce 
Eastburg, Legal Assistant, The Colorado College, 14 East Cache La 
Poudre Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, telephone (719) 389-6703, 
before December 26, 2003. Repatriation of the human remains to the 
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, 
Wyoming; Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma; Comanche Nation, 
Oklahoma; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache Nation, 
New Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of 
the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; and Northern Cheyenne Tribe of 
the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana may proceed after 
that date if no additional claimants come forward.
    The Colorado College is responsible for notifying the Apache Tribe 
of Oklahoma; Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; 
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Fort 
Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; 
Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero 
Reservation, New Mexico; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern 
Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; 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 that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: October 28, 2003.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources.
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