76780 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 245 / Wednesday, December 22, 2004 / Notices 

The Arizona State Museum is 

responsible for notifying the Ak Chin 

Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak 

Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila 

River Indian Community of the Gila 

River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona; Salt River 

Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of 

the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; 

Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona; 

and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico that this notice has been 

published.

Dated: November 16, 2004

Sherry Hutt,

Manager, National NAGPRA Program.

[FR Doc. 04–27999 Filed 12–21–04; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion: The 

Colorado College, Colorado Springs, 

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 in the possession of The 

Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO. 

The human remains were removed from 

Rio Grande County and Saguache 

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. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice.

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by The Colorado 

College professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Fort Sill 

Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe 

of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, 

New Mexico; Mescalero Apache Tribe of 

the Mescalero Reservation, 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 

Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute 

Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe 

of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, 

Utah; 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.

On March 11, 1981, human remains 

representing one individual were 

discovered during a construction project 

1.2 miles east of Del Norte, Rio Grande 

County, CO. The county coroner 

determined that the human remains 

were not of forensic significance and 

transferred the human remains to The 

Colorado College. The human remains 

were curated from 1981 until 1989 in 

the Anthropology Department 

Archaeology Laboratory in Palmer Hall. 

In 1989 the human remains were moved 

to the Biological Anthropology 

Classroom/Laboratory of Barnes Science 

Center. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present.

On September 2, 1981, human 

remains representing two individuals 

were discovered in Saguache County, 

CO. The county coroner determined that 

the human remains were not of forensic 

significance and transferred the human 

remains to the State archeologist, who 

transferred the human remains to The 

Colorado College. The human remains 

were curated from 1981 until 1989 in 

the Anthropology Department 

Archaeology Laboratory in Palmer Hall. 

In 1989, the human remains were 

moved to the Biological Anthropology 

Classroom/Laboratory of Barnes Science 

Center. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present.

A physical anthropological 

assessment of the human remains 

resulted in a determination that the 

individuals are most likely Native 

American based on cranial morphology. 

The Colorado Office of Archaeology and 

Historic Preservation map ‘‘Estimated 

Tribal Territories in Colorado During 

the Late Nineteenth Century,’’

establishes the presence of the Apache, 

Navajo, Pueblo groups, and the Ute in 

Rio Grande and Saguache Counties at 

that time. The Southern Ute Indian tribe 

map ‘‘Original Ute Domain’’ includes 

Rio Grande County and Saguache 

County as a part of the original domain 

of the Ute; another map of the Southern 

Ute Indian tribe ‘‘Ute Territory of 1868’’

includes these counties in Southern Ute 

territory. The map ‘‘Early Indian Tribes, 

Culture Areas, and Linguistic Stocks’’

(W. Sturtevant, Smithsonian Institution, 

1967) shows the presence of the Ute and 

the Jicarilla Apache in Rio Grande and 

Saguache Counties at the time of contact 

with Europeans. Tribal oral tradition 

supports the presence of the Eastern 

Apache, Ute, Puebloans, and Navajo 

peoples in Rio Grande and Saguache 

Counties.

Officials of The Colorado College have 

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

3001 (9–10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of three individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of The 

Colorado College also have determined 

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot reasonably be traced between the 

human remains and any present-day 

Indian tribe.

According to the Native American 

Graves Protection and Repatriation 

Review Committee’s charter, the Review 

Committee is responsible for 

recommending specific actions for 

disposition of culturally unidentifiable 

human remains. In May 2004, the 

Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado 

submitted a request to The Colorado 

College for repatriation of the culturally 

unidentifiable human remains. In 

August 2004, The Colorado College 

requested that the Review Committee 

make a recommendation regarding the 

disposition of the remains of three 

culturally unidentifiable human 

remains to the Southern Ute Indian 

Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, 

Colorado and to any other Indian tribe 

that also requested repatriation prior to 

the Review Committee meeting. The 

Review Committee considered the 

proposal at its September 2004 meeting 

in Washington, DC, and recommended 

repatriation of the human remains to the 

Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado. A 

September 21, 2004, letter from the 

Designated Federal Officer, on behalf of 

the interim chair of the Review 

Committee, to The Colorado College 

transmitted the Review Committee’s 

recommendation that the museum 

repatriate the culturally unidentifiable 

human remains to the Southern Ute 

Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute 

Reservation, Colorado.

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Joyce Eastburg, Legal 

Assistant, The Colorado College, 14 East 

Cache La Poudre Street, Colorado

Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 245 / Wednesday, December 22, 2004 / Notices 76781

Springs, Colorado 80903, telephone 

(719) 389–6703, before January 21, 2005. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Southern Ute Indian Reservation, 

Colorado may proceed after that date if 

no additional claimants come forward.

The Colorado College is responsible 

for notifying the Apache Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 

Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; 

Mescalero Apache Tribe of the 

Mescalero Reservation, 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 

Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute 

Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe 

of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, 

Utah; 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 that this 

notice has been published.

Dated: November 12, 2004

Sherry Hutt,

Manager, National NAGPRA Program.

[FR Doc. 04–28005 Filed 12–21–04; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and 

Arizona State Museum, University of 

Arizona, Tucson, AZ

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 Arizona State Museum, 

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from sites within 

the boundaries of the Gila River Indian 

Reservation, Pinal County, AZ.

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 Arizona State 

Museum professional staff and Bureau 

of Indian Affairs professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Ak Chin Indian Community of the 

Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Gila River Indian Community 

of the Gila River Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt 

River Pima-Maricopa Indian 

Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham 

Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the 

Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. The 

Zuni Tribe has withdrawn from this 

consultation. The Gila River Indian 

Community of the Gila River Indian 

Reservation, Arizona is acting on behalf 

of the Ak Chin Indian Community of the 

Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa 

Indian Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono 

O’odham Nation of Arizona; and 

themselves.

In September 1964, human remains 

representing one individual were 

collected from the surface of the 

Snaketown site (AZ:U:13:1 ASM) on the 

Gila River Indian Reservation, Pinal 

County, AZ, by F.V. Crane. No known 

individual was identified. The five 

associated funerary objects are three 

sherds and two lithic artifacts. Other 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects from this site were published in 

a notice of inventory completion in the 

Federal Register on December 29, 2000, 

pages 83079-81, FR Doc. 00-33272.

Mr. Crane removed the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

from the Snaketown site and donated 

them, with M.W.A. Crane, to the Denver 

Museum of Natural History in 1983. In 

July 2002, officials from the Bureau of 

Indian Affairs transferred custody of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Arizona State Museum.

The archeological evidence, including 

characteristics of portable material 

culture, attributes of ceramic styles, 

domestic and ritual architecture, site 

organization, and canal-based 

agriculture of the settlement, places the 

Snaketown site within the 

archeologically-defined Hohokam 

tradition and within the Phoenix Basin 

local variant of that tradition. The 

occupation of the Snaketown site spans 

the years circa A.D. 500/700-1100/1150.

At an unknown date between 1931 

and 1934, human remains representing 

one individual were removed from a 

cremation feature at an unknown site in 

the vicinity of Sacaton (AZ U:14:--) area, 

Gila River Indian Reservation, Pinal 

County, AZ, by Carl A. Moosberg. No 

known individual was identified. The 

one associated funerary object is a 

Sacaton Red-on-buff jar in which the 

remains had been placed subsequent to 

cremation. The vessel and the human 

remains were donated to the Arizona 

State Museum by Carl A. Moosberg in 

1935. In 1953, the vessel and the 

remains were sent to the Denver 

Museum of Natural History as part of an 

exchange. In July 2002, officials from 

the Bureau of Indian Affairs transferred 

custody of the human remains and the 

vessel back to the Arizona State 

Museum.

Based on characteristics of the 

mortuary pattern and the attributes of 

the ceramic style, this burial has been 

identified as being associated with the 

Sedentary Phase of the Hohokam 

archeological tradition, which spanned 

the years circa A.D. 950-1150.

Continuities of mortuary practices, 

ethnographic materials, and technology 

indicate affiliation of Hohokam 

settlements with present-day O’odham 

(Piman), Pee Posh (Maricopa), and 

Puebloan cultures. Oral traditions 

documented for the Ak Chin Indian 

Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) 

Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River 

Indian Community of the Gila River 

Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe 

of Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa 

Indian Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham 

Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the 

Zuni Reservation, New Mexico support 

affiliation with Hohokam sites in central 

Arizona.

Officials of the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs and Arizona State Museum have 

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

3001 (9-10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs and Arizona 

State Museum also have determined 

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

the six cultural items described above 

are reasonably believed to have been 

placed with or near individual human