[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 238 (Friday, December 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77007-77008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31320]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-19813; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Hudson Museum, University of 
Maine, Orono, ME

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Hudson Museum, University of Maine 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 Hudson Museum, University of 
Maine. 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 Hudson 
Museum, University of Maine at the address in this notice by January 
11, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Gretchen Faulkner, Hudson Museum, University of Maine, 5746 
Collins Center for the Arts, Orono, ME 04469-5747, telephone (207) 581-
1904, 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 Hudson Museum, Orono, ME. The human remains were 
removed from present-day Kiowa 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) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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 Marcella 
Sorg, Ph.D., D-ABGFA Forensic Anthropologist and Hudson Museum 
professional staff, in consultation with representatives of the 
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as the 
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma).

History and Description of the Remains

    In the 1860s, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed by Colonel Henry Inman from the Smoky Hill 
Reservation, in what was then Kansas. Based on additional research 
undertaken by the Hudson Museum, it would appear that the human remains 
were probably removed from the site of the Sand Creek Massacre in 
present day Kiowa County, CO. The human remains represent one 
individual and consist of a partial cranium of a male age 25-40. The 
human remains came to the Hudson Museum as a transfer from the former 
Portland Museum of Natural History in 1970. They were given catalog 
number AMUa27640. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.

Determinations Made by the Hudson Museum, University of Maine

    Officials of the Hudson Museum, University of Maine have determined 
that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on an analysis by a forensic 
anthropologist.
     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), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and any present-day Indian tribe.
     According to final judgments of the Indian Claims 
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the 
Native American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of 
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as the 
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) and the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind 
River Reservation, Wyoming.
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remains were removed 
is the aboriginal land of Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma 
(previously listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) and the 
Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remain may be to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma 
(previously listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) and the 
Arapaho 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 Gretchen Faulkner, Hudson Museum, 
University of Maine, 5746 Collins Center for the Arts, Orono, ME 04469-
5746, telephone (207) 581-1904, email [email protected], 
by January 11, 2016. After that date, if no additional requestors have 
come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Cheyenne 
and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho 
Tribes of Oklahoma)

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and the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, may 
occur.
    The Hudson Museum, University of Maine is responsible for notifying 
the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as the 
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) and the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind 
River Reservation, Wyoming, that this notice has been published.

    Dated: November 17, 2015.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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