[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 108 (Monday, June 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34291-34292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12116]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034001; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Colorado Museum, 
Boulder, CO

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The University of Colorado Museum 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 Colorado Museum. 
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 
Colorado Museum at the address in this notice by July 6, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Samantha G. Fladd, University of 
Colorado Museum, 1030 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80309, telephone (303) 492-
6671, 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 Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO. The 
human remains were removed from unknown locations.
    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 and associated funerary 
objects was made by the University of Colorado professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes of 
the Fort Peck Reservation, Montana; 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; Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind 
River Reservation, Wyoming (previously listed as Shoshone Tribe of the 
Wind River Reservation, Wyoming); Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla 
Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero 
Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, 
Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River 
Reservation, Wyoming (previously listed as Arapaho Tribe of the Wind 
River Reservation, Wyoming); Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern 
Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico 
(previously listed as Pueblo of San Juan); Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; 
Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 
Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; 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-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation; 
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; 
The Osage Nation (previously listed as Osage Tribe); Ute Indian Tribe 
of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe 
(previously listed as Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico, & Utah); Wichita and Affiliated 
Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma; and the Ysleta 
del Sur Pueblo (previously listed as Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas).
    The following Indian Tribes were invited to consult but did not 
participate: Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Crow Tribe of Montana; Fort Sill 
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Oglala Sioux Tribe (previously listed as 
Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota); Pueblo 
of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, 
New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; San Juan 
Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; Santo Domingo Pueblo (previously 
listed as Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico, and as Pueblo of Santo Domingo); 
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; Three Affiliated 
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; and the Zuni 
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
    Hereafter, all the Indian 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, 121 
individuals (TIN 738-746) were removed from multiple unknown locations. 
The human remains represent seven infants, 29 children, and 85 adults, 
many of whom are represented by only a small number of skeletal 
elements. 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 the culturally 
unidentifiable human remains. In February 2022, the University of 
Colorado Museum 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 the Ute Mountain 
Ute Tribe (previously listed as 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 February 2022 meeting and recommended to 
the Secretary that the proposed transfer of control proceed. An April 
2022 letter on behalf of the Secretary of Interior from the Designated 
Federal Official transmitted the

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Secretary's independent review and concurrence with the Review 
Committee that:
     the University of Colorado Museum consulted with every 
appropriate Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization,
     none of The Consulted and Notified Tribes objected to the 
proposed disposition, and
     the University of Colorado Museum may proceed with the 
proposed disposition of the culturally unidentifiable humans to the 
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado and 
the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (previously listed as 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 the University of Colorado Museum

    Officials of the University of Colorado Museum have determined 
that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American, based on an osteological analysis 
by the Metropolitan State University Human Identification Laboratory 
and the research and collecting practices of the Anthropology 
Department of the University of Colorado.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 121 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 10.10(g)(2) and 10.16, the disposition 
of the human remains may be to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the 
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe 
(previously listed as Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico, & Utah) (hereafter referred to as 
``The 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 Dr. Samantha G. Fladd, University of 
Colorado Museum, 1030 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80309, telephone (303) 492-
6671, email [email protected], by July 6, 2022. After that 
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains to The Tribes may proceed.
    The University of Colorado Museum is responsible for notifying The 
Consulted and Notified Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: May 25, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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