[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6110-6111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02189]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-17466; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Denver Museum of 
Anthropology, Denver, CO

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The University of Denver Museum of Anthropology has completed 
an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate 
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that 
there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any 
present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 
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 University 
of Denver Museum of Anthropology. If no additional requestors come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Indian tribes 
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: 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 University of 
Denver Museum of Anthropology at the address in this notice by March 6, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Anne Amati, University of Denver Museum of Anthropology, 
2000 E. Asbury Ave., Denver, CO 80208, telephone (303) 871-2687, 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 University of Denver Museum of Anthropology, Denver, 
CO. The human remains were removed from an unknown site in Wyoming.
    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 
University of Denver Museum of Anthropology professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of tribes with aboriginal territory 
in Wyoming. The consultant tribes with aboriginal territory in Wyoming 
include: Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne 
and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho 
Tribes of Oklahoma); Crow Tribe of Montana; Ely Shoshone Tribe of 
Nevada; Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation 
of Montana; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Paiute-Shoshone 
Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada; Santee Sioux 
Nation, Nebraska; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, 
Wyoming; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation; 
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; 
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; 
and Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
    The following tribes with aboriginal territory in Wyoming were also 
invited to participate but were not involved in consultations: 
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, 
Montana; Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley (previously listed 
as the Big Pine Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians of the Big 
Pine Reservation, California); Bishop Paiute Tribe (previously listed 
as the Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop 
Colony, California); Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River 
Reservation, South Dakota; Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's 
Reservation, Montana; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek 
Reservation, South Dakota; Death Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Tribe 
(previously listed as the Death Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of 
California); Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation, 
Nevada; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Fort McDermitt 
Paiute and

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Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada and 
Oregon; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, 
Michigan; Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe (previously listed as the 
Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine 
Reservation, California); Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule 
Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of 
Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe (previously listed as the Oglala Sioux 
Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota); Prairie Island 
Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe 
of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, 
Nevada; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South 
Dakota; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Spirit Lake 
Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; 
Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four constituent 
bands: Battle Mountain Band; Elko Band; South Fork Band and Wells 
Band); Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North 
Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; Washoe Tribe of Nevada & 
California (Carson Colony, Dresslerville Colony, Woodfords Community, 
Stewart Community, & Washoe Ranches); and Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the 
Yomba Reservation, Nevada.
    Hereafter, all tribes listed in this section are referred to as 
``The Consulted and Notified Tribes.''

History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, 1 
individual were removed from an unknown site in Wyoming. Theodore 
Sowers collected the human remains in the 1930s during fieldwork led by 
Dr. E.B. Renaud of the University of Denver Department of Anthropology. 
Mr. Sowers' daughters, Katy Sickles and Jenny Bauer, donated the human 
remains to the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology in August, 
1995, to facilitate repatriation. A napkin with the inscription ``A 
Katenia'' and male/female symbols were found with the remains upon 
donation. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the Secretary of the Interior may make a 
recommendation for a transfer of control of culturally unidentifiable 
human remains. In November 2014, the University of Denver Museum of 
Anthropology requested that the Secretary, through the Native American 
Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee, recommend the 
proposed transfer of control of the culturally unidentifiable Native 
American human remains in this notice to the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind 
River Reservation, Wyoming; and the Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River 
Reservation, Wyoming. The Review Committee, acting pursuant to its 
responsibility under 25 U.S.C. 3006(c)(5), considered the request at 
its November 2014 meeting and recommended to the Secretary that the 
proposed transfer of control proceed. A December 29, 2014 letter on 
behalf of the Secretary of Interior from the Associate Director, 
Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and Science transmitted the 
Secretary's independent review and concurrence with the Review 
Committee that:
     The University of Denver Museum of Anthropology consulted 
with every appropriate Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization,
     none of The Consulted and Notified Tribes objected to the 
proposed transfer of control, and
     the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology may 
proceed with the agreed upon transfer of control of the culturally 
unidentifiable human remains to the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River 
Reservation, Wyoming; and the Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River 
Reservation, Wyoming.
    Transfer of control is contingent on the publication of a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register. This notice fulfills that 
requirement.

Determinations Made by the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology

    Officials of the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology have 
determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on the broader collecting 
practices of Mr. Theodore Sowers and the findings of a physical 
anthropologist employed by the University of Denver prior to November 
1995.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 1 individual of Native 
American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and any present-day Indian tribe.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the disposition of the human 
remains will be to the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, 
Wyoming; and the Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    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 Anne Amati, University of Denver Museum of 
Anthropology, 2000 East Asbury Ave., Denver, CO 80208, telephone (303) 
871-2687, 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 Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, 
Wyoming; and the Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming 
may proceed.
    The University of Denver Museum of Anthropology is responsible for 
notifying The Consulted and Notified Tribes that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: January 9, 2015.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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