[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11327-11328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03716]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0031480; 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 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 
University of Denver Museum of Anthropology. 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 
University of Denver Museum of Anthropology at the address in this 
notice by March 26, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Anne Amati, University of Denver Museum of Anthropology, 
2000 E Asbury Avenue, Sturm Hall 146, 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 the Buick Camp Site, Elbert 
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). 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 the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.
    The Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River 
Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma [previously 
listed as Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma]; Cheyenne River Sioux 
Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Comanche Nation, 
Oklahoma; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South 
Dakota; Crow Tribe of Montana; Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River 
Reservation, Wyoming [previously listed as Shoshone Tribe of the Wind 
River Reservation, Wyoming]; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Hopi 
Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kewa Pueblo, New 
Mexico [previously listed as Pueblo of Santo Domingo]; Kiowa Indian 
Tribe of Oklahoma; 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; 
Oglala Sioux Tribe [previously listed as Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine 
Ridge Reservation, South Dakota]; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico [previously 
listed as Pueblo of San Juan]; Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo 
of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian 
Reservation, South Dakota; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern 
Ute Reservation, Colorado; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South 
Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North 
Dakota; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe [previously listed as Ute Mountain Tribe 
of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico, & Utah]; and the 
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico were invited to consult 
but did not participate (hereafter, the non-participating Indian Tribes 
are referred to as ``The Invited Tribes'').

History and Description of the Remains

    In the 1950s, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from the Buick Camp Site in Elbert County, CO, 
by Dr. Arnold M. Withers of the University of Denver. In January of 
2020, the human remains were discovered in faunal collections at the 
University of Denver Museum of

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Anthropology. The human remains are a shovel shaped incisor with a 
groove between the enamel and the tooth root. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Museum records indicate that the Buick Camp Site represents a High 
Plains Upper Republican occupation. Radiocarbon analysis dates the 
Buick Camp Site to 664-770 A.D., which corresponds to the Plains 
Woodland Period. Archeologists identify the Upper Republican culture as 
ancestral Pawnee. Elbert County is within the cultural landscape of the 
Pawnee Nation. Based on archeological and historical evidence, the 
Buick Camp Site was situated in an area where bison were harvested at 
least bi-annually.

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 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 Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.

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 Anne 
Amati, University of Denver Museum of Anthropology, 2000 E Asbury 
Avenue, Sturm Hall 146, Denver, CO 80208, telephone (303) 871-2687, 
email [email protected], by March 26, 2021. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains to the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma may proceed.
    The University of Denver Museum of Anthropology is responsible for 
notifying the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and The Invited Tribes that 
this notice has been published.

    Dated: February 5, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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