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(formerly Taylor Museum) and the 

Denver Museum of Nature and Science 

(formerly Denver Museum of Natural 

History) beginning in the late 1960s. 

The two associated funerary objects are 

a woven fiber robe or blanket and a 

piece of buckskin. There is an 

additional funerary object associated 

with the human remains, a large 

ceramic vessel, which is currently 

missing from the collection. 

A physical anthropological 

assessment of the human remains 

indicates that the remains are ancestral 

Puebloan based on the type of cranial 

deformation. The type and style of 

associated funerary objects are also 

ancestral Puebloan. A relationship of 

shared group identity can reasonably be 

traced between ancestral Puebloan 

peoples and modern Puebloan peoples 

based on oral tradition and scientific 

studies. A preponderance of evidence 

supports cultural affiliation with 

modern Puebloan groups. According to 

scientific studies and oral tradition, the 

Navajo share some cultural practices 

with modern Puebloans, however, there 

is not a preponderance of evidence to 

support Navajo cultural affiliation. 

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 11 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of The 

Colorado College also have determined 

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

the two 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 Colorado College 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 

associated funerary objects and the Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona; Ohkay Owingeh, New 

Mexico; 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; 

Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Chris Melcher, Legal Counsel/ 

Director of Business, The Colorado 

College c/o Jan Bernstein, President, 

Bernstein & Associates - NAGPRA 

Consultants, 1041 Lafayette St., Denver, 

CO 80218, telephone (303) 894–0648, 

janbernstein@nagpra.info, before 

September 21, 2009. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The Colorado College is responsible 

for notifying the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 

Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & 

Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico; 

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; 

Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: August 5, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–19976 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: New 

York University College of Dentistry, 

New York, NY 

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 New 

York University College of Dentistry, 

New York, NY. The human remains 

were removed from Bronx County, NY. 

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 New York 

University College of Dentistry 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Delaware Nation 

of Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe (part of 

the Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma); and 

Stockbridge Munsee Community, 

Wisconsin. 

In 1911, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from a grave at Broadway and 

Isham Streets, Inwood, New York, NY, 

by Reginald P. Bolton. In 1917, the 

human remains were accessioned by the 

Department of Physical Anthropology at 

the Museum of the American Indian, 

Heye Foundation. In 1956, the human 

remains were transferred to Dr. 

Theodore Kazamiroff, New York 

University College of Dentistry. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Museum of the American Indian 

records identify the locality of origin of 

the human remains as ‘‘Aboriginal 

burial, Broadway and Isham Streets, 

New York City.’’ This location is in 

present-day Inwood, on the island of 

Manhattan, New York City, Bronx 

County. The cranial morphology of the 

human remains is consistent with an 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

Objects found at the Broadway and 

Isham Street location, but not in the 

museum’s collection, suggest that the 

site dates to the late Late Woodland, 

Protohistoric or early Historic Periods, 

A.D. 1400–1650. The Inwood area is 

documented historically, 

archeologically and by tribal traditions 

as the territory of the Munsee Delawarespeaking people since at least the Late 

Woodland period. Manhattan was 

largely vacated by the Munsee during 

the late 17th and early 18th centuries, 

and the Munsee of Manhattan joined 

other Munsee communities to their 

north and west. Some Munsee people 

became part of the Stockbridge 

community that eventually settled in 

Wisconsin. Today, their descendants are 

members of the Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin. Other Munsee 

were integrated into Unami Delawarespeaking groups who moved through 

the Midwest and/or Texas before 

settling on reservation land in 

Oklahoma. Today, these groups are 

known as the Delaware Nation of 

Oklahoma and the Delaware Tribe of the 

Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma. 


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Consultation evidence supports the 

identification of the human remains 

from the Broadway and Isham Streets 

site as Munsee and their cultural 

affiliation with the Delaware Nation of 

Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of the 

Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; and 

Stockbridge Munsee Community, 

Wisconsin. 

Officials of New York University 

College of Dentistry have determined 

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), 

the human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

Officials of New York University 

College of Dentistry 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 

Delaware Nation of Oklahoma; Delaware 

Tribe of the Cherokee Nation, 

Oklahoma; and Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Louis Terracio, New 

York University College of Dentistry, 

345 East 24th St., New York, NY 10010, 

telephone (212) 998–9917, before 

September 21, 2009. Repatriation of the 

human remains to the Delaware Nation 

of Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of the 

Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; and 

Stockbridge Munsee Community, 

Wisconsin, may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The New York University College of 

Dentistry is responsible for notifying the 

Delaware Nation of Oklahoma; Delaware 

Tribe of the Cherokee Nation, 

Oklahoma; and Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: July 24, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–19975 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: The 

Public Museum, Grand Rapids, MI 

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 Public 

Museum, Grand Rapids, MI. The human 

remains were removed from the vicinity 

of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, 

CA. 

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 Public 

Museum’s professional staff in 

consultation with professional staff of 

the University of California at Santa 

Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, and with 

the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash 

Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez 

Reservation, California. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of three 

individuals were removed from the 

vicinity of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara 

County, CA. In June 1917, The Public 

Museum purchased collections from 

E.H. Crane that contained these 

individuals. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The human remains consist of the 

partial crania from two adult 

individuals and a relatively complete 

cranium from a third individual. 

Museum accession records indicate the 

human remains originated from the 

Santa Barbara area. There were no 

associated funerary objects or other 

records to use as a basis for dating the 

human remains. It is the expert opinion 

of Dr. Phil Watson, Anthropologist from 

the University of California at Santa 

Barbara, that the human remains are 

affiliated with the Santa Ynez Tribe of 

Mission Indians, based on demonstrated 

cultural continuity for this group in the 

Santa Barbara area for 6,000 years. 

Based on the expert opinion and other 

information supplied by Dr. Watson, as 

well as tribal consultation evidence, 

officials of The Public Museum 

reasonably believe the human remains 

are Native American and culturally 

affiliated to the Santa Ynez Band of 

Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa 

Ynez Reservation, California. 

Officials of The Public Museum 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 

Public Museum have also 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 Santa Ynez Band of 

Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa 

Ynez Reservation, California. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Marilyn Merdzinski, 

Director of Collections and Preservation, 

The Public Museum, 272 Pearl St. NW., 

Grand Rapids, MI 49504, telephone 

(616) 456–3521, before September 21, 

2009. Repatriation of the human 

remains to the Santa Ynez Band of 

Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa 

Ynez Reservation, California may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The Public Museum is responsible for 

notifying the Santa Ynez Band of 

Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa 

Ynez Reservation, California that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: July 9, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–19979 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Department of Anthropology Museum 

at the University of California, Davis, 

Davis, CA 

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 

Department of Anthropology Museum at 

the University of California, Davis, 

Davis, CA. The human remains were 

removed from Sonoma County, CA. 

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 Department of 

Anthropology Museum at the University 

of California, Davis professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 


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