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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. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5863 Filed 3–14–11; 8:45 am] 

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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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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. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5861 Filed 3–14–11; 8:45 am] 

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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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