[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 181 (Monday, September 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57289-57290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23426]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Pioneer Historical Society of
Bent County, Las Animas, 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 in the control of the
Pioneer Historical Society of Bent County, Las Animas, 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.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Pioneer
Historical Society of Bent County professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Arapahoe Tribe of
the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Comanche Nation,
Oklahoma; Crow Tribe of Montana; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Forest
County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation,
Wisconsin; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska;
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kickapoo
Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe
of Oklahoma; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; 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; Ohkay
Owinegh, New Mexico; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Osage Nation, Oklahoma;
Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma;
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation,
Kansas; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, 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 Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Sac &
Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in
Kansas & Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Southern Ute Indian
Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; Ute Indian Tribe
of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Winnebago Tribe of
Nebraska; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico.
On unknown dates, human remains representing a minimum of two
individuals were removed from unknown locations possibly by B.F.
Jackson. Jackson later donated them to the Pioneer Historical Society
of Bent County (catalog number O 1298). No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains are more likely than not Native American based on
biological information obtained through a non-destructive osteological
study.
Officials of the Pioneer Historical Society of Bent County 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 Pioneer Historical
Society of Bent County 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 the disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains.
In October 2009, the Pioneer Historical Society of Bent County
requested that the Review Committee recommend disposition of four
culturally unidentifiable human remains and associated funerary objects
to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma. The Arapahoe Tribe of the
Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Forest
County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Iowa
Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache
Nation, New Mexico; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne
Indian Reservation, Montana; Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; and Southern Ute Indian
Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado, wrote letters in
support of the disposition to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma. The Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah, testified in support of the disposition to
the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma, before the Review Committee
during the May 15-16, 2008, meeting. Furthermore, none of the Indian
tribes consulted objected to the determination of the ``culturally
unidentifiable'' status by the Pioneer Historical Society of Bent
County and the disposition to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma.
The Review Committee considered the proposal at its October 30-31,
2009, meeting and recommended the disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma. The Secretary of the Interior independently reviewed the
recommendation. A June 3, 2010, letter from the Designated Federal
Officer, writing on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior,
transmitted the authorization for the Pioneer Historical Society of
Bent County to effect disposition of the physical remains of two of the
culturally unidentifiable individuals to the Cheyenne and Arapaho
Tribes, Oklahoma, 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 Kathryn
Finau, Project Coordinator, Pioneer Historical Society of Bent County,
PO Box 68, Las Animas,
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CO 81045, telephone (719) 469-8818, before October 20, 2010.
Disposition of the human remains to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma, may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
The Pioneer Historical Society of Bent County is responsible for
notifying the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind
River Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma;
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Crow
Tribe of Montana; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Hannahville
Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation, Wisconsin; Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma;
Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the
Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Kickapoo
Traditional Tribe of Texas; 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; Ohkay Owinegh, New Mexico; Omaha
Tribe of Nebraska; Osage Nation, Oklahoma; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of
Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians
of Oklahoma; Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas; Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, 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 Santo
Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi
in Iowa; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas & Nebraska; Sac & Fox
Nation, Oklahoma; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; Ysleta Del
Sur Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico, that this notice has been published.
Dated: September 10, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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