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During consultation, tribal officials and 

elders suggested that the human 

remains are from the Rosebud Sioux 

Tribe of the Rosebud Indian 

Reservation, South Dakota. 

Between 1895 and 1899, human 

remains representing the fragmentary 

and commingled remains of a minimum 

of three individuals were removed from 

an unspecified area on or near the 

Rosebud Indian Reservation in South 

Dakota. Jesse H. Bratley obtained the 

human remains sometime while 

teaching at the Lower Cut Meat School 

on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. At 

Mr. Bratley’s death in 1948, the human 

remains came into the possession of Mr. 

Bratley’s daughter, Hazel Bratley. In 

1961, Mary W.A. Crane and Francis V. 

Crane purchased the human remains 

from Ms. Bratley. In 1983, the Cranes 

donated the human remains to the 

museum and the museum accessioned 

the human remains into the collection 

in the same year. No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Morphological evidence suggests 

scaffold-type burials and staining 

indicative of copper ornaments. 

Museum records, consultation with 

tribal leaders and elders of the Rosebud 

Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian 

Reservation, South Dakota, and 

examination by a physical 

anthropologist indicate that the human 

remains are Native American. Based on 

museum records, physical evidence, 

and information obtained during 

consultation, the human remains most 

likely date from A.D. 1800 to 1890. Mr. 

Bratley collected directly from the 

Rosebud Sioux during the time he lived 

and taught at Lower Cut Meat Creek. 

During consultation, tribal officials and 

elders suggested that the human 

remains are from the Rosebud Sioux 

Tribe of the Rosebud Indian 

Reservation, South Dakota. 

Officials of the Denver Museum of 

Nature & Science have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001, (9-10), the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of at 

least four individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Denver Museum of Nature & Science 

also have determined that, pursuant to 

25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a 

relationship of shared group identity 

that can be reasonably traced between 

the Native American human remains 

and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the 

Rosebud Indian Reservation, South 

Dakota. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Ella Maria Ray, 

NAGPRA Officer, Department of 

Anthropology, Denver Museum of 

Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado 

Boulevard, Denver, CO 80205, 

telephone (303) 370-6056, before 

November 12, 2004. Repatriation of the 

human remains to the Rosebud Sioux 

Tribe of the Rosebud Indian 

Reservation, South Dakota may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Denver Museum of Nature & 

Science is responsible for notifying the 

Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud 

Indian Reservation, South Dakota that 

this notice has been published.

September 15, 2004. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of Defense, Army Corps of 

Engineers, Sacramento District, 

Sacramento, CA, and UCLA Fowler 

Museum, University of California, Los 

Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. 

Department of Defense, Army Corps of 

Engineers, Sacramento District, 

Sacramento, CA (Federal agency that 

has control of the cultural items), and 

UCLA Fowler Museum, University of 

California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 

CA (museum that has physical custody 

of the cultural items), determined that 

the physical remains of six individuals 

of Native American ancestry and five 

associated funerary objects in the 

Federal agency’s collections, described 

below in Information about cultural 

items, are culturally affiliated with the 

Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi 

Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (also known as 

Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Yokut 

Tribe, California); Table Mountain 

Rancheria of California; and Tule River 

Indian Tribe of the Tule River 

Reservation, California and have a 

cultural relationship with the TinoquiChalola Council of Kitanemuk and 

Yowlumne Tejon Indians and the 

Wukchumni Tribe of Yokut Indians 

(nonfederally recognized Indian 

groups). 

The National Park Service publishes 

this notice on behalf of the Federal 

agency as part of the National Park 

Service’s administrative responsibilities 

under NAGPRA. The Federal agency is 

solely responsible for information and 

determinations stated in this notice. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the Federal agency’s determinations. 

Information about NAGPRA is 

available online at http://

www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

to the Santa Rosa Indian Community of 

the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California 

(also known as Santa Rosa Rancheria 

Tachi Yokut Tribe, California) may 

proceed after November 12, 2004, if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

Representatives of any other Indian tribe 

that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the cultural items should 

contact the Federal agency before 

November 12, 2004.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority. 25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq. and 

43 CFR Part 10. 

Contact. Contact Richard M. Perry, 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Sacramento District, 1325 J Street, 

Sacramento, CA 95814, telephone (916) 

557–5218, regarding determinations 

stated in this notice or to claim the 

cultural items described in this notice. 

Consultation. The Federal agency 

identified the cultural items and the 

cultural affiliation of the cultural items 

in consultation with museum officials 

and representatives of the Big Sandy 

Rancheria of Mono Indians of 

California; Cold Springs Rancheria of 

Mono Indians of California; Picayune 

Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of 

California; Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (also known as 

Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Yokut 

Tribe, California); Table Mountain 

Rancheria of California; Tinoqui-Chalola 

Council of Kitanemuk and Yowlumne 

Tejon Indians (a nonfederally 

recognized Indian group); Tule River 

Indian Tribe of the Tule River 

Reservation, California; and 

Wukchumni Tribe of Yokut Indians (a 

nonfederally recognized Indian group). 

Information about cultural items. In 

1958, David Pendergast and Clement 

Meighan of the University of California, 

Los Angeles, under joint contract with 

the National Park Service, removed 

human remains representing a 

minimum of six individuals from the 

Greasy Creek site (CA-TUL–1), Tulare 

County, CA. At the time of removal, the 

site was on private land. 

The site was excavated prior to the 

construction of the Terminus Dam by 

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the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 

Human remains representing two 

individuals were recovered from 

burials, while human remains 

representing as many as four 

individuals were recovered from 

midden contexts. No known individuals 

were identified. The five associated 

funerary objects are three animal bones, 

one tubular bone bead, and one lithic 

fragment. 

Burial contexts identify the human 

remains removed from the Greasy Creek 

site as Native American. According to 

the cultural resource specialist from the 

Santa Rosa Rancheria, the site is located 

within the traditional territory of the 

Yokut Indians. The associated funerary 

objects are consistent with Native 

American burial goods found in the 

area. Based on site location, the upper 

levels of the site may be identified with 

the Wukchumni Yokuts historic site of 

cˇoisˇi sˇyu (‘‘dog place’’). Materials from 

the upper levels of the site are generally 

comparable to materials from the nearby 

village of Slick Rock, which dates to the 

period prior to contact. 

Determinations. Under 25 U.S.C. 

3003, Federal agency officials 

determined that the human remains 

represent the physical remains of six 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Federal agency officials 

determined that the five objects 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. Federal 

agency officials determined that the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects are culturally affiliated or have 

a cultural relationship with the Indian 

tribes and groups listed above in 

Summary. 

Notification. The Federal agency is 

responsible for sending copies of this 

notice to the consulted Indian tribes and 

groups listed above in Consultation.

Dated: August 3, 2004. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management, Anasazi Heritage 

Center, Dolores, 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 possession of the U.S. Department 

of the Interior, Bureau of Land 

Management, Anasazi Heritage Center, 

Dolores, CO. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from sites in Dolores and 

Montezuma Counties, 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 is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Bureau of 

Land Management, Anasazi Heritage 

Center professional staff in consultation 

with representatives of the Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New 

Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New 

Mexico & Utah; 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 San Juan, 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 Tribe of the 

Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute 

Indian Tribe of the Uintah&Ouray 

Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe 

of the Ute Reservation, Colorado, New 

Mexico & Utah; and Zuni Tribe of the 

Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects described below were 

removed from sites in Dolores and 

Montezuma Counties, CO, as part of 

cultural resource assessment activities 

associated with the Dolores Project 

Cultural Resources Mitigation Program, 

supervised by the U.S. Department of 

the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. The 

Dolores Project diverted water from the 

Dolores River for impoundment and 

irrigation purposes. Physical custody 

and control of all Dolores Project 

Cultural Resources Mitigation Program 

collections were transferred from the 

Bureau of Reclamation to the Bureau of 

Land Management Anasazi Heritage 

Center in 1998 by Interagency 

Agreement and Transfer of Property 

form (DI–104). 

In 1983, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from site 5DL827, located near 

the Dolores River, Dolores County, CO, 

by University of Colorado staff. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

On the basis of archeological context 

and other types of artifactual evidence, 

site 5DL827 dates to the Basketmaker 

III-Pueblo III periods (A.D. 500–1350). 

Between 1979 and 1983, human 

remains representing a minimum of four 

individuals were removed from site 

5MT23, located on the Dolores River, 

Montezuma County, CO, by University 

of Colorado staff. No known individuals 

were identified. The 27 associated 

funerary objects are 21 partial ceramic 

vessels, 5 stone tools, and 1 bone tool. 

On the basis of archeological context 

and architectural, ceramic, and other 

types of artifactual evidence, site 5MT23 

dates to the Pueblo I period (A.D. 750–

910). 

In 1968, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

removed from site 5MT1640, located 

near Hovenweep Canyon, Montezuma 

County, CO, by University of Colorado 

staff. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

On the basis of archeological context 

and architectural, ceramic, and other 

types of artifactual evidence, site 

5MT1640 dates to the Pueblo II-Pueblo 

III periods (A.D. 900–1350). 

In 1968, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from site 5MT1661, located 

near Hovenweep Canyon, Montezuma 

County, CO, by University of Colorado 

staff. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

On the basis of archeological context 

and architectural, ceramic, and other 

types of artifactual evidence, site 

5MT1661 dates to the Pueblo II period 

(A.D. 900–1150). 

In 1978, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

removed from site 5MT2151, located on 

the Dolores River, Montezuma County, 

CO, by University of Colorado staff. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

On the basis of archeological context 

and architectural, ceramic, and other 

types of artifactual evidence, site 

5MT2151 dates to the Pueblo I period 

(A.D. 750–950).