[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6124-6126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02191]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-17456;PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: History Colorado, Formerly 
Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: History Colorado 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 History Colorado. 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 History Colorado 
at the address in this notice by March 6, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Sheila Goff, History Colorado, 1200 Broadway, Denver, CO 
80203, telephone (303) 866-4531, 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 History Colorado, Denver, 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 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 History 
Colorado professional staff in consultation with representatives of the 
Arapahoe Tribe of

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the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of 
Oklahoma (previously listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of 
Oklahoma); Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Crow Tribe of Montana; Fort Sill 
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache 
Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero 
Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; 
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, 
Montana; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (previously listed as the Pueblo of 
San Juan); the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, 
Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of 
Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes) (formerly the Paiute Indian 
Tribe of Utah (Cedar City Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, 
Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits 
Band of Paiutes)); Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Pueblo of Acoma, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Pojoaque, New Mexico, the Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 
Ildefonso, New Mexico; the Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Rosebud Sioux 
Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota; Shoshone Tribe 
of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; 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. The Apache 
Tribe of Oklahoma; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico (previously listed as the 
Pueblo of Santo Domingo); Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Oglala Sioux 
Tribe (previously listed as the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge 
Reservation, South Dakota); Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
San Felipe, New Mexico; the Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; the Pueblo of 
Zia, New Mexico; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation; 
and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota were invited to 
consult but did not participate. Hereafter, all tribes listed above are 
referred to as ``The Consulted and Invited Tribes.''

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1967, History Colorado received a collection of 679 Native 
American archeological, ethnographic, and historic objects from the 
estate of Vida F. Ellison, a collector who predominately collected in 
the American Southwest. Included in the donation were human remains, 
representing at minimum, two individuals, O.7451.356 and O.7451.357. 
There is no documentation as to where they were removed from or when. 
No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects 
are present.
    In 1961, a collection of Native American archaeological materials 
was purchased from Tom O. Kimball, a collector who predominately 
collected in the American Southwest. In 2004, human remains, 
representing at minimum, one individual (O.7398.17.A), were found in a 
Coconino gray pitcher in the collection. There is no documentation as 
to where they were removed from and when. It is unknown if there is a 
relationship between the remains and the pitcher. No known individuals 
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    In 2008, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals 
(R.2.2008) were found in collections in a box with a mailing label from 
the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA). Pottery sherds and photographs 
were also in the box. There is no documentation as to where the remains 
were removed from and when. No known individuals were identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present. It was not possible to 
determine an association of remains with MNA or the other items in the 
box.
    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, History Colorado 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 Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute 
Reservation, Colorado and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah. 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:
     History Colorado consulted with every appropriate Indian 
tribe or Native Hawaiian organization,
     none of The Consulted and Invited Tribes objected to the 
proposed transfer of control, and
     History Colorado may proceed with the agreed upon transfer 
of control of the culturally unidentifiable human remains to the 
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado and 
Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New 
Mexico & Utah.
    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 History Colorado

    Officials of History Colorado have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on osteological analysis 
conducted by Dr. Catherine Gaither and the collecting habits of the 
collectors, when known.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 5 individuals 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 Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute 
Reservation, Colorado and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah.

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 Sheila Goff, History Colorado, 1200 
Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone (303) 866-4531, 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 Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute 
Reservation, Colorado and and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah may proceed.
    History Colorado is responsible for notifying ``The Consulted and 
Invited

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Tribes'' that this notice has been published.

    Dated: January 8, 2015.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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