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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: 

Fremont County Coroner, Riverton, WY 

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 possession and control of the 

Fremont County Coroner, Riverton, WY. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from 

Fremont County, WY. 

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 is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Fremont 

County Coroner professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming. 

On June 7, 2010, human remains 

representing one individual were 

removed from the Sinks Canyon Site, 

Fremont County, WY. The remains were 

found along a hiking trail that was 

undergoing maintenance for the summer 

hiking season. No known individual 

was identified. The 373 associated 

funerary objects are 2 fragments of 

freshwater clam shells, 32 dentalia shell 

beads, 2 bird bone beads, 8 chokecherry 

seed beads, 162 bone heishi-style beads, 

158 lignite heishi-style beads, 5 

fragmentary bone heishi-style beads, 1 

shell bead, and 3 chert microflakes. 

The Sinks Canyon site is located on 

what was originally part of the Wind 

River Reservation, but subsequently 

transferred and is no longer reservation 

land. The area of the Wind River 

Reservation is the traditional land of the 

Eastern Shoshone, now the Shoshone 

Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, 

Wyoming. The land was chosen by 

Chief Washakie as the reservation for 

his tribe as set forth in the Fort Bridger 

Treaty of 1868. Although the Arapahoe 

Tribe also reside on the Wind River 

Reservation, they were moved onto it at 

a later date after the Treaty of 1868. 

After discovery, the remains were 

submitted to Rick L. Weathermon, 

Osteoarchaeologist, University of 

Wyoming, for examination. The 

examination determined that the human 

remains are those of a Native American 

female between 50 and 70 years of age. 

Some traits and associated funerary 

objects suggest that the remains are from 

the Fremont Culture that inhabited the 

central Wyoming area over 600 years 

ago. Based on consultation with a 

Shoshone tribal representative, there is 

a shared group relationship between the 

Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming, and the Fremont 

Culture, the identifiable earlier group, 

based on oral history. 

Officials of the Fremont County 

Coroner’s Office have determined, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), that the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

Officials of the Fremont County 

Coroner’s Office also have determined, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), that 

the 373 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, 

officials of the Fremont County 

Coroner’s Office 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 Shoshone Tribe of the Wind 

River Reservation, Wyoming. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Edward R. McAuslan, Fremont 

County Coroner, 322 North 8th West, 

Riverton, WY 82501, telephone (307) 

856–7150, before April 14, 2011. 

Repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the 

Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming, may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Fremont County Coroner is 

responsible for notifying the Shoshone 

Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, 

Wyoming, 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: 

University of Wyoming, Anthropology 

Department, Human Remains 

Repository, Laramie, WY 

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 in the possession and control of 

the University of Wyoming 

Anthropology Department, Human 

Remains Repository, Laramie, WY. The 

human remains were removed from the 

east side of the Big Horn Mountains in 

the Buffalo-Sheridan area from 

unknown status lands in Wyoming. 

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 is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by University of 

Wyoming, Anthropology Department, 

Human Remains Repository, 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Crow Tribe of 

Montana. 

In the 1960s or 1970s, human remains 

representing one individual were 

removed from beneath a tree scaffold 

burial by a private individual from the 

east side of the Big Horn Mountains in 

the Buffalo-Sheridan area from 

unknown status lands in Wyoming. The 

remains were sent to the University of 

Wyoming in the mid-1980s and have 

been at the University of Wyoming since 

that time (HR218d). No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Notes transferred with the human 

remains indicate that the burial was that 

of a Crow individual and probably dates 

after the 1870s. The University of 

Wyoming, Anthropology Department, 


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Human Remains Repository, determined 

that the human remains are Native 

American based on the notes that 

accompanied the transfer. Based on the 

notes and the burial location, officials of 

the Human Remains Repository 

reasonably believe that the remains 

represent an individual related to the 

Crow Tribe of Montana. The Crow Tribe 

presented evidence that showed the 

burial location is within their tribal 

homeland as defined by the Treaty of 

Fort Laramie (1851), Indian Claims 

Commission (3 Ind. Cls. Comm. 147), 

and U.S. Court of Claims (284 F.2c 361 

(1960)). 

Officials of the University of 

Wyoming, Anthropology Department, 

Human Remains Repository, have 

determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(9), that the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

University of Wyoming, Anthropology 

Department, Human Remains 

Repository, have also 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 the Crow Tribe of Montana. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Rick L. Weathermon, 

NAGPRA Contact at the University of 

Wyoming, Department 3431, 

Anthropology, 1000 E. University Ave., 

Laramie, WY 82071, telephone (307) 

766–5136, before April 14, 2011. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

the Crow Tribe of Montana may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The University of Wyoming 

Anthropology Department, Human 

Remains Repository, is responsible for 

notifying the Crow Tribe of Montana 

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: 

Bureau of Land Management, Casper 

Field Office, Casper, WY, and 

University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 

Casper Field Office, has completed an 

inventory of human remains, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes, and has determined that 

there is no cultural affiliation between 

the remains and any present-day Tribe. 

Representatives of any Indian Tribe that 

believes itself to be culturally affiliated 

with the human remains may contact 

the Bureau of Land Management, Casper 

Field Office. Disposition of the human 

remains to the Indian Tribe 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 Bureau of Land 

Management, Casper Field Office, at the 

address below by April 14, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with 

provisions of the Native American 

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of Native 

American human remains in the control 

of the U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Land Management, Casper 

Field Office, WY, and in the possession 

of the University of Wyoming, Human 

Remains Repository, Laramie, WY. The 

human remains were removed from two 

adjoining sites (48GA07 and 48GA48), 

in Goshen County, WY. 

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. The National Park Service is 

not responsible for the determinations 

in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of human 

remains was made by Bureau of Land 

Management professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming; Assiniboine and 

Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian 

Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne and 

Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Crow Tribe 

of Montana; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of 

the Northern Cheyenne Indian 

Reservation, Montana; Rosebud Sioux 

Tribe of the Rosebud Indian 

Reservation, South Dakota; and the Ute 

Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 

Reservation, Utah (hereinafter referred 

to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). In addition, The 

Tribes have nominated and do not 

object to the Arapahoe Tribe of the 

Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, as 

the lead contact for disposition of the 

human remains. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1963, human remains representing 

a minimum of nine individuals were 

removed from the Huntley-Table 

Mountain Site (48GO07), in Goshen 

County, WY. Numerous human 

skeletons were discovered during 

construction of a waterfowl pond by the 

Wyoming State Game and Fish 

Department, four miles west of Huntley, 

WY. The individuals were apparently 

buried close to each other in shallow 

graves or laid on the ground and 

covered with dirt in what may have 

been a mound-like configuration. Over 

40 carloads of interested townspeople 

and souvenir collectors from as far away 

as Cheyenne, WY, and Scottsbluff, NE, 

converged upon the site almost 

immediately after the bones were 

discovered, taking human skeletal 

remains and grave goods. On September 

23, 1963, Dr. William Mulloy, 

University of Wyoming Anthropologist, 

and Dr. Paul McGrew, University of 

Wyoming Paleontologist, collected 

fragments of seven individuals that had 

been left by vandals. The general 

assemblage is highly fragmented, and 

includes the remains of three adult 

females, two adult males, one 

indeterminate adult, and one child. 

Subsequently in 1963, a skull from an 

adult male was given to Dr. Mulloy by 

Ted Miller of Gering, NE, which had 

been removed from the site. In 1994, 

additional fragmentary bone 

representing a minimum of one 

individual that had been collected from 

the site in 1963, was brought by Grant 

Willson of Cheyenne, WY, to the 

university. The human remains are 

curated at the University of Wyoming 

Human Remains Repository. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1963, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from the Table Mountain 

Fence Site (48GO48), in Goshen County, 

WY. The remains, which consist of a 

skull, were found and collected by 

Grant Willson of Cheyenne, WY, while 

hiking in the vicinity of the HuntleyTable Mountain burial site. Willson 

gave the skull to Dr. George Gill, 


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