[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 45911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15102]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036185; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Northern Colorado, 
Greeley, CO

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Northern Colorado (UNC), 
has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that 
there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any 
Indian Tribe. The human remains most likely were removed either from 
New Mexico or Weld County, CO.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after August 17, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Andrew T. Creekmore, III, University of Northern 
Colorado, 501 20th Street, Greeley, CO 80638, telephone (970) 351-2761, 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
UNC. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the inventory or related records held by the UNC.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, 29 individuals most likely 
were removed and donated by Edgar Lee Hewett from New Mexico sometime 
in the early 20th century, or removed and donated by R.W. Bullock from 
New Mexico sometime in the early 20th century or were removed and 
donated by George Fay, or unknown individuals, from Weld County, CO, 
between 1890-1980. The human remains belong to one female adult, one 
male adult, 24 adults of indeterminate sex, two juveniles, and one 
adolescent. No associated funerary objects are present.

Aboriginal Land

    The human remains in this notice were likely removed from known 
geographic locations. These locations are the aboriginal lands of one 
or more Indian Tribes. The following information was used to identify 
the aboriginal land: a final judgment of the Indian Claims Commission.
    The UNC consulted with all Indian Tribes who are aboriginal to the 
area from which these human remains were likely removed. None of these 
Indian Tribes agreed to accept control of the human remains. The UNC 
agreed to transfer control of the human remains to the Indian Tribes 
identified in the Determinations section.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the UNC has determined 
that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 29 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably 
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
     The human remains described in this notice were removed 
from the aboriginal land of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; 
Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New 
Mexico, & Utah; Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, 
Wyoming; and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne 
Indian Reservation, Montana.
     The disposition of the human remains described in this 
notice may be to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute 
Reservation, Colorado, and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.

Requests for Disposition

    Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land 
Indian Tribe.
    Disposition of the human remains described in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after August 17, 2023. If competing requests 
for disposition are received, UNC must determine the most appropriate 
requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the 
human remains are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. UNC is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the 
Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9 and 
10.11.

    Dated: July 6, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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