[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52019-52021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20954]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Colorado Museum,
Boulder, CO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 and associated funerary
objects in the control of the University of Colorado Museum, Boulder,
CO. The human remains were removed from Moffat 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.
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A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the
University of Colorado Museum professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Bridgeport Paiute
Indian Colony of California; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Confederated
Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Death Valley Timbi-
Sha Shoshone Band of California; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the
Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Fort
McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian
Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kaibab Band of
Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Kiowa Indian
Tribe of Oklahoma; Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas
Indian Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian
Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian
Reservation, Nevada; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah;
Northwestern Band of the Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie); Paiute
Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes,
Koosharem Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes); Paiute-
Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony,
California; Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony,
Nevada; Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation,
Nevada; Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada; San Juan Southern Paiute
Tribe of Arizona; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho;
Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; Skull
Valley Band of Goshute Indians, Utah; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada;
Susanville Indian Rancheria, California; Te-Moak Tribe of Western
Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four constituent bands: Battle Mountain
Band; Elko Band; South Fork Band and Wells Band); Ute Indian Tribe of
the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Walker River Paiute
Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada; Winnemucca Indian Colony
of Nevada; Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony & Campbell
Ranch, Nevada; Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada;
and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Sometime from the late 1930s through the 1940s, human remains
representing one individual were removed from Yampa Canyon, Moffat
County, CO, by Charlie Mantle. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1939 or 1940, human remains representing one individual were
removed from Big Joe Draw, Yampa Canyon, Moffat County, CO, by Charlie
Mantle. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In both situations described above, field crews from the University
of Colorado Department of Anthropology and the University of Colorado
Museum conducted legally permitted excavations throughout much of Yampa
Canyon during the late 1930s and throughout the 1940s. The expeditions
were directed by Robert F. Burgh, Earl H. Morris, and Charles Scoggin.
Much of this work occurred either within or close to present-day
Dinosaur National Monument. However, catalogue records suggest that the
human remains were given to the excavators by Charlie Mantle, a private
property owner. Mantle's private land holdings were later added to
Dinosaur National Monument. There is a clear gift agreement from
Charlie Mantle to the museum. Based on biological evidence, Mr.
Mantle's apparent extensive knowledge of the Native American sites on
his land and his collecting interests, and the interests of the
excavators, the human remains are reasonably believed to be Native
American.
Officials of the University of Colorado Museum have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of two individuals of Native American
ancestry. Lastly, officials of the University of Colorado Museum have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of
shared group identity cannot reasonably be traced between the Native
American human remains and any present-day Indian tribe.
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is responsible for recommending specific
actions for disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains. In
October 2009, the University of Colorado Museum requested that the
Review Committee recommend disposition of the culturally unidentifiable
human remains to the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah, based on Ute aboriginal land
claims, supported by oral tradition, as well as the support of other
Indian tribes that were consulted. The Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; and Susanville Indian Rancheria, California, signed
the disposition agreement in support of the disposition to the Ute
Mountain Tribe. Furthermore, none of the Indian tribes consulted
objected to the determination of the ``culturally unidentifiable''
status by the University of Colorado Museum and the disposition to the
Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah.
The Review Committee considered the proposal at its October 30-31,
2009, meeting and recommended the disposition of the human remains to
the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah. The Secretary of the Interior agreed with the Review
Committee's recommendation. An April 19, 2010, letter from the
Designated Federal Officer, writing on behalf of the Secretary of the
Interior, transmitted the authorization for the University of Colorado
Museum to effect disposition of the physical remains of the culturally
unidentifiable individuals to the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah, contingent on the
publication of a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal
Register. This notice fulfills that requirement.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Steve
Lekson, Curator of Anthropology, University of Colorado Museum, in care
of Jan Bernstein, Bernstein & Associates, 1041 Lafayette St., Denver,
CO 80218, telephone (303) 894-0648, before September 23, 2010.
Disposition of the human remains to the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah, may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The University of Colorado Museum is responsible for notifying the
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony of
California; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Confederated Tribes of the
Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Death Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone
Band of California; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater
Reservation, Nevada; Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Fort McDermitt
Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation,
Nevada and Oregon; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians
of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma; Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian
Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony,
Nevada;
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Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation,
Nevada; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Northwestern Band of
the Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie); Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah;
Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony,
California; Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony,
Nevada; Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation,
Nevada; Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada; San Juan Southern Paiute
Tribe of Arizona; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho;
Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; Skull
Valley Band of Goshute Indians, Utah; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada;
Susanville Indian Rancheria, California; Te-Moak Tribe of Western
Shoshone Indians of Nevada; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker
River Reservation, Nevada; Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada;
Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch,
Nevada; Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada; and Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: August 18, 2010.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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