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University of Wyoming Anthropologist, 

who brought it to the university in 1986. 

The human remains are curated at the 

University of Wyoming Human Remains 

Repository. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Determinations Made by the Bureau of 

Land Management, Casper Field Office 

Officials of the Bureau of Land 

Management, Casper Field Office, have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains represent 10 individuals 

of Native American ancestry, based on 

archeological and radiocarbon evidence. 

However, based on this information and 

other available lines of evidence, a 

relationship of shared group identity 

can not be reasonably traced to any 

specific Federally-recognized Indian 

Tribe. 

• The Native American human 

remains were removed from the land 

determined to be the aboriginal land of 

the Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and 

Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; and 

Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the 

Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, 

Montana, according to the Indian 

Claims Commission Docket 329A–D, 

and illustrated on the ‘‘Indian Land 

Areas Judicially Established,’’ prepared 

by the United States Geological Survey 

in 1989, which is based on information 

provided by the Indian Claims 

Commission. 

• 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 10.11(c)(1), the 

disposition is to the Arapahoe Tribe of 

the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian Tribe 

that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains or 

any other Indian Tribe that believes it 

satisfies the criteria in 43 CFR 

10.11(c)(1) should contact Ranel 

Stephenson Capron, Bureau of Land 

Management, Wyoming State Office 

(930), 5353 Yellowstone Rd., Cheyenne, 

WY 82009, telephone at (307) 775–6108 

or e-mail Ranel_Capron@blm.gov, before 

April 14, 2011. Disposition of the 

human remains to the Arapahoe Tribe of 

the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, 

may proceed after that date and if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Bureau of Land Management is 

responsible for notifying The Tribes that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: March 9, 2011. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and 

U.S. Department of the Interior, 

National Park Service, Mesa Verde 

National Park, Mesa Verde, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 U.S. Department of 

the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Washington, DC, and in the physical 

custody of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, National Park Service, Mesa 

Verde National Park, Mesa Verde, CO. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from 

sites on the Ute Mountain Ute 

Reservation, 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 and 

associated funerary objects. The 

National Park Service National 

NAGPRA Program is not responsible for 

the determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Mesa Verde 

National Park and Bureau of Indian 

Affairs professional staff in consultation 

with representatives of the Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New 

Mexico & Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, New 

Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of San 

Juan); 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; 

Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute 

Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 

Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & 

Utah; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; 

and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico (hereinafter referred to as 

‘‘The Tribes’’). 

In 1927, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed by the National Park Service 

from Hoot Owl House (5MV1012), a site 

located on the Ute Mountain Ute 

Reservation, CO, and outside the 

boundaries of the Mesa Verde National 

Park. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Based on architectural features (6 

rooms, 10 grinding bins, a tower, and 

toeholds), archeological context, 

dendrochronology, and a physical 

anthropology examination, the site 

(5MV1012) and human remains are 

dated to the Pueblo I (A.D. 700–900) and 

Pueblo III (A.D. 1100–1300) periods. 

In 1927, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from Bone Awl House, a site 

located on the Ute Mountain Ute 

Reservation, CO, and outside the 

boundaries of the Mesa Verde National 

Park, during a National Park Service 

field collection project. No known 

individual was identified. The 24 

associated funerary objects are unfired 

sherds. 

Based on architectural features (cliff 

dwelling), archeological context, 

dendrochronology, and a physical 

anthropology examination, the Bone 

Awl House site, human remains, and 

the associated funerary objects are dated 

to the Pueblo III period (A.D. 1100– 

1300). 

In 1959, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed by the National Park Service 

from Pulpit House (5MV1237), a site 

located on the Ute Mountain Ute 

Reservation, CO, and outside the 

boundaries of the Mesa Verde National 

Park. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Based on architectural features (8 

rooms, a rubble mound, a possible kiva, 

and terraces), archeological context, a 

physical anthropology examination, and 

ceramic analysis, the site (5MV1237) 

and human remains are dated to the 

Pueblo III period (A.D. 1100–1300). 

As outlined in a published Notice of 

Inventory Completion (64 FR 46936– 

46949, August 27, 1999), geographical, 


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kinship, biological, archeological, 

anthropological, linguistic, folklore, oral 

tradition, historical, and expert opinion 

evidence was used by Mesa Verde 

National Park to determine cultural 

affiliation for human remains and 

associated funerary objects removed 

from Mesa Verde National Park, which 

borders the Ute Mountain Ute 

Reservation. Officials of the Bureau of 

Indian Affairs and Mesa Verde National 

Park considered this information, and 

also considered the historical and 

geographical evidence for these human 

remains and associated funerary objects, 

and reasonably determined that a 

broader cultural affiliation exists. 

Therefore, upon examination of the 

historical and geographical information, 

officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

and Mesa Verde National Park have 

determined that the Southern Ute 

Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute 

Indian Tribe share a historic and 

continuing cultural affiliation with the 

lands on the Ute Mountain Ute 

Reservation. 

Officials of the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs and Mesa Verde National Park 

have determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(9), that the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of three individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs and Mesa 

Verde National Park have also 

determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(3)(A), that the 24 associated 

funerary objects described above are 

reasonably believed to have been placed 

with or near individual human remains 

at the time of death or later as part of 

the death rite or ceremony. Lastly, the 

officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

and Mesa Verde National Park have 

determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(2), that there is a relationship of 

shared group identity that can be 

reasonably traced between the Native 

American human remains and 

associated funerary objects and The 

Tribes. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

Tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Cliff Spencer, Superintendent, 

Mesa Verde National Park, PO Box 8, 

Mesa Verde, CO 81330, telephone (970) 

529–4600, before April 14, 2011. 

Repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to The 

Tribes may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Bureau of Indian Affairs and 

Mesa Verde National Monument are 

responsible for notifying The Tribes this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: March 9, 2011. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 

Denver, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Denver Museum of 

Nature & Science has completed an 

inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribes, and has determined that 

there is no cultural affiliation between 

the remains and associated funerary 

objects and any present-day Indian 

tribe. Representatives of any Indian tribe 

that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects may contact 

the museum. Disposition of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

to the Indian tribes stated below may 

occur if no additional requestors come 

forward. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the human remains 

should contact the Denver Museum of 

Nature & Science at the address below 

by April 14, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Chip ColwellChanthaphonh, Denver Museum of 

Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., 

Denver, CO 80205, telephone (303) 370– 

6378. 

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 and associated 

funerary objects in the possession of the 

Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 

Denver, CO. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from Miami-Dade County and 

possibly Monroe County, FL. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 

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 and associated funerary objects. 

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 Denver 

Museum of Nature & Science 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Miccosukee Tribe 

of Indians of Florida, Seminole Nation 

of Oklahoma, and the Seminole Tribe of 

Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, 

Hollywood & Tampa Reservations) 

(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1964, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

removed from a burial context at an 

unknown mound site in the Upper Keys 

of Miami-Dade County, FL, by Jerry Ellis 

and Dr. David Milliman. On July 21, 

1964, Francis V. and Mary W.A. Crane 

obtained the human remains from Mr. 

Ellis. The Cranes donated the remains to 

the museum in 1968 and they were 

accessioned into the collections 

(AC.8315A (CUI 68) and AC.8315B (CUI 

69)). The remains include partial cranial 

fragments representing two adult males. 

Catalogue records suggested a possible 

affiliation of Calusa. No known 

individuals were identified. The six 

associated funerary objects are one clam 

shell mortar and pestle, one shell drill, 

one shell pendant, and two shell 

scrapers (DMNS catalogue numbers 

AC.8316A–B; AC.8317; AC.8318; 

AC8319; and AC.8320). 

Between 1957 and 1958, human 

remains representing a minimum of one 

individual were reportedly removed 

from a burial context at the Tallman Site 

on Plantation Key, Monroe County, FL, 

by Hugh and Hilda Davis, Dan Laxson, 

and George B. Stevenson. Additional 

catalogue records, however, indicate 

that the same human remains may have 

been removed from the DuPont Plaza 

Site in Miami-Dade County, FL. In 1959, 

Stevenson and Laxson donated the 

remains and various other materials 

excavated from the site to the Southeast 

Museum of the American Indian (a 

private museum founded by Francis V. 

and Mary W.A. Crane). In 1968, the 

Cranes donated their collection to the 

Denver Museum of Nature & Science 

(then the Denver Museum of Natural 

History) (AC.9248A (CUI 70)). No 

known individual was identified. The 

100 associated funerary objects are 94 

animal bones, 1 potsherd, 3 coral 

fragments, 1 shell fragment, and 1 bag 

of dirt and unsorted animal skeletal 

material (DMNS catalogue number AC. 

9248B). 


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