[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7764-7765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03632]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0024979; 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

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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 26, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Sheila Goff, History Colorado, 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 History Colorado, Denver, CO. The human remains were 
removed from an unknown location in South Dakota.
    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 History 
Colorado professional staff in consultation with representatives of the 
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South 
Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Iowa Tribe of 
Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; 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); Otoe-
Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Indians of 
Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Prairie Island Indian Community in 
the State of Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian 
Reservation, South Dakota; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe 
of the Mississippi in Iowa; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Sisseton-
Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit 
Lake Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South 
Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North 
Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe 
of South Dakota. The Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck 
Indian Reservation, Montana; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek 
Reservation, South Dakota; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; and the Sac & Fox 
Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska were invited to consult, but 
did not participate (hereafter referred to as ``The Invited and 
Consulted Tribes'').

History and Description of the Remains

    At some time before 1996, human remains representing, at minimum, 
one individual were removed from an unknown location in South Dakota 
and delivered to the Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic 
Preservation in 1996. The human remains are of an adult female. No 
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    History Colorado has no evidence that at the time of the excavation 
and removal of these human remains the land from which the human 
remains were removed was the tribal land of any Indian Tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization. Between February 2015 and November 2017, History 
Colorado contacted The Invited and Consulted Tribes, who are recognized 
as aboriginal to the area from which these Native American human 
remains were removed, requesting telephonic consultation. The Cheyenne 
River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota, have 
agreed to accept control of the human remains and the Indian Tribes who 
participated in consultations concurred.

Determinations Made by the 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 at Metropolitan State University of Denver.
     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 
The Invited and Consulted Tribes.
     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 The Invited and Consulted Tribes.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to The Invited and Consulted Tribes.

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, Denver, CO 
80203, telephone (303) 866-4531, email [email protected], by 
March 26, 2018. After that date, if no additional requestors have come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains to The Invited and 
Consulted Tribes may proceed.
    History Colorado is responsible for notifying The Invited and 
Consulted Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: February 2, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-03632 Filed 2-21-18; 8:45 am]
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