[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6108-6109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02186]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-17374; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave 
(formerly the Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum), Golden, CO

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave (formerly the Buffalo Bill 
Memorial Museum) has completed an inventory of human remains, in 
consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation 
between the human remains and present-day Indian tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any 
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this 
notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains 
should submit a written request to the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave 
(formerly the Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum). If no additional 
requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to 
the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations 
stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to the 
Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave (formerly the Buffalo Bill Memorial 
Museum) at the address in this notice by March 6, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Steve Friesen, Director, Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, 987 
1/2 Lookout Mountain Road, Golden, CO 80401, telephone (303) 526-0744, 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under 
the control of the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave (formerly the Buffalo 
Bill Memorial Museum), Golden, CO. The human remains were removed from 
an unknown location.
    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 in 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 in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Buffalo 
Bill Museum and Grave (formerly the Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum) 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Crow 
Tribe of Montana.

History and Description of the Remains

    Prior to 1931, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual came into the possession of Johnny Baker, foster son of 
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Cody. The first mention of the scalp was in the museum's 1931 inventory 
when the collection was under the control of Mr. Baker and his wife 
Olive. Upon Olive's death in 1957, control of the collection was 
transferred to the City of Denver, which operates the Buffalo Bill 
Museum and Grave. The inventory done in 1957, at the time the 
collection was transferred, includes a ``Crow scalp''. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present. The human remains are Native American based on the museum 
records.

Determinations Made by the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave (formerly the 
Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum)

    Officials of the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave (formerly the 
Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum) have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of 
Native American ancestry.
     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 Crow Tribe of Montana.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Steve 
Friesen, Director, Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, 987 1/2 Lookout 
Mountain Road, Golden, CO 80401, telephone (303) 526-0744, email 
[email protected], by March 6, 2015. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains to the Crow Tribe of Montana may proceed.
    The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave (formerly the Buffalo Bill 
Memorial Museum) is responsible for notifying the Crow Tribe of Montana 
that this notice has been published.

    Dated: December 19, 2014.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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