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reasonably traced between the 

unassociated funerary objects and 

sacred objects and the Central Council 

of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

objects and/or sacred objects should 

contact Danielle Routhier Peck, Senior 

Registrar, Western Reserve Historical 

Society, 10825 East Boulevard, 

Cleveland, OH 44106, telephone (216) 

721–5722 extension 262, before March 

4, 2009. Repatriation of the unassociated 

funerary objects and sacred objects to 

the Central Council of the Tlingit & 

Haida Indian Tribes may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Western Reserve Historical 

Society is responsible for notifying the 

Central Council of Tlingit & Haida 

Indian Tribes, Huna Heritage 

Foundation, and Sealaska Heritage 

Institute that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: December 24, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion for 

Native American Human Remains and 

Associated Funerary Objects in the 

Possession of the University of Denver 

Department of Anthropology and 

Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO, 

and in the Control of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC; 

Correction 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

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 possession 

of the University of Denver Department 

of Anthropology and Museum of 

Anthropology, Denver, CO. The human 

remains were removed from Navajo 

County, AZ and San Juan County, NM. 

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 human 

remains. The National Park Service is 

not responsible for the determinations 

in this notice. 

This notice corrects the Notice of 

Inventory Completion published in the 

Federal Register (67 FR 9002–9003, 

February 27, 2002) because officials of 

the University of Denver Department of 

Anthropology and Museum of 

Anthropology have determined that the 

cultural affiliation conclusions for the 

human remains referenced in the notice 

are incorrect, as defined at 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (2). After further consideration of 

the evidence, museum officials have 

determined that the human remains (DU 

6014 and DU 6056) removed from 

Shiprock, San Juan County, NM, are of 

Native American ancestry, but that, 

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

not sufficient available evidence that 

can lead to a reasonable assignment of 

a shared group relationship with any 

present-day Indian tribe. Furthermore, 

the human remains (DU 6000) removed 

from Marsh Pass, Navajo County, AZ, 

have a cultural affiliation that can be 

narrowed specifically to the Navajo 

Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah. 

The February 27, 2002 notice, 

pursuant to 43 C.F.R. 10.2 (e), identified 

a relationship of shared group identity 

that could be reasonably traced between 

the Native American human remains 

removed from both sites to the Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona; 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; Ysleta Del Sur 

Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the 

Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. Since 

February 27, 2002, museum officials 

contracted a research archeologist and 

conducted additional consultations with 

representatives of the Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New 

Mexico & Utah; Okhay 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 Pojoaque, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New 

Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico. The museum 

also sent reports and solicited feedback 

via telephone and correspondence with 

representatives from the Colorado River 

Indian Tribes of the Colorado River 

Indian Reservation, Arizona and 

California; Pueblo of Picuris, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New 

Mexico; and Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of 

Texas. 

The human remains (catalog numbers 

DU 6014 and DU 6056) were removed 

from Shiprock, San Juan County, NM, 

possibly by Dr. E.B. Renaud, founder of 

the University of Denver Department of 

Anthropology. These two sets of 

remains have been interpreted by a 

physical anthropologist as being the 

remains of one individual, based on the 

similar coloring and size of the bones as 

well as their provenience. Renaud noted 

that the skull is probably male–an adult 

about 40 years of age–and shows 

evidence of cradleboarding. While 

officials at the University of Denver 

Department of Anthropology and 

Museum of Anthropology recognize that 

scholars have historically attributed the 

activity of cradleboarding to the Pueblo 

Tribes, Pueblo consultants cited other 

examples of people who used 

cradleboards. In addition, Shiprock, NM 

is an area that was visited and inhabited 

by a number of tribes over time. In the 

absence of specific archeological dates 

or material culture, tribal 

representatives did not accept the 

determination that cranial flattening 

was specifically a Puebloan cultural 

practice. 

Without further information regarding 

archeological context, dating or material 

culture, museum officials have 

determined that the evidence 

surrounding the human remains (DU 

6014 and DU 6056) did not provide 

enough data to assign cultural 

affiliation. However, the human remains 

(DU 6000) removed from Navajo 

County, AZ, have a cultural affiliation 

that can be narrowed specifically to the 

Navajo Nation. This conclusion was 

supported by tribal information and 

expert opinion. 

Therefore, based on expert opinion, 

additional research, and tribal 

information, the changes to cultural 

affiliation in the Federal Register notice 

of February 27, 2002, is corrected by 


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deleting paragraphs 6 to 8, and 

replacing paragraphs 4, 5, 9 and 10 with 

the following paragraphs: 

In 1953, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual (catalog 

number DU 6000) were removed from 

Marsh Pass, Navajo County, AZ, by 

Arnold Withers, a University of Denver 

Department of Anthropology faculty 

member, who donated the remains to 

the University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology that same year. No field 

notes exist for these remains. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Marsh Pass is on the Navajo 

Reservation. The human remains were 

found in a deserted hogan. According to 

the scientific literature, hogans are a 

Navajo form of habitation, and under 

certain circumstances are also 

traditional Navajo burial places. Tribal 

information also largely supports a 

Navajo affiliation. The preponderance of 

the evidence, including archeology, 

architecture, oral traditions, and expert 

opinion, indicates that a relationship of 

shared group identity can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains and 

the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New 

Mexico & Utah. 

Officials of the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs and University of Denver 

Department of Anthropology and 

Museum of Anthropology have 

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

3001 (9–10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of a minimum of one individual 

of Native American ancestry. Officials of 

the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 

University of Denver Department of 

Anthropology and Museum of 

Anthropology have also determined 

that, based on the preponderance of the 

evidence, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 

(2), a relationship of shared group 

identity can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and the Navajo Nation, 

Arizona, New Mexico & Utah. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Christina Kreps, 

University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology, Sturm 146, Denver, CO 

80208, telephone (303) 871–2688, before 

March 4, 2009. Repatriation of the 

human remains to the Navajo Nation, 

Arizona, New Mexico & Utah may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology is responsible for 

notifying the Bureau of Indian Affairs; 

Colorado River Indian Tribes of the 

Colorado River Indian Reservation, 

Arizona and California; Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New 

Mexico & Utah; Okhay 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: January 5, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Raymond M. Alf Museum of 

Paleontology, Claremont, 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 control of the Raymond 

M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, 

Claremont, CA. The human remains 

were removed from Kern 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 Raymond M. 

Alf Museum of Paleontology 

professional staff and University of 

California, Los Angeles professional 

staff member Archeologist Gail 

Kennedy, in consultation with 

representatives of the Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe). 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of six 

individuals were removed from the 

Kern Valley area near Kernville, Kern 

County, CA. No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The Kern Valley area is near 

Kernville, Kern County, in the Central 

California area. Museum officials 

reasonably believe, based on locations 

where the museum has previously 

collected non-paleontological 

specimens, that these six individuals 

may have been collected from the same 

area associated with another individual 

described in a published Notice of 

Inventory Completion in the Federal 

Register (73 FR 34318, June 17, 2008), 

although at the time of publication the 

museum was unable to relate the six 

individuals in this notice to that 

individual. However, officials of the 

Raymond M. Alf Museum have 

subsequently determined that the six 

individuals in this notice are probably 

from the same area, and possibly the 

same site as the individual in the June 

17, 2008 notice, based on two separate 

analyses, museum collection history, 

and tribal consultation. 

An investigation of the human 

remains conducted by Dr. Gail Kennedy, 

Physical Anthropologist, University of 

California, Los Angeles, determined that 

the individuals were California Native 

American based on dental wear. Tribal 

representatives of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria conducted a second analysis, 

and independently concluded that the 

human remains are Native American. 

The Kern Valley site is most likely 

either the habitation site of the 

Tubatulabal from which the individual 

in the June 17, 2008 notice had been 

removed, or a similar site. The 

Tubatulabal were loosely organized into 

three discrete bands called Pahkanapil, 

Palagewan, and Bankalachi 

(Smithsonian Institution, Handbook of 

North American Indians, Book 8, 1978). 

The Tubatulabal are considered Kern 

River Indians, speak an Uto-Aztecan 

language, and live in the Kern River/ 

Lake Isabella area, which includes the 

south fork (Palagewan) and the lower 

Kern River below the south fork 

(Tubatulabal). Their neighbors are the 

Kawaiisu and the Yokuts. The 

Bankalachi, who were located a few 

miles from the Palagewan, resided in 

Yokuts territory. 

In 1857, the Kern River gold rush 

began in Palagewan territory. During 

1862, a few Tubatulabal joined the 

Owens Valley Paiute in hostilities 

against the Whites, and about this time, 

a group of Koso Indians settled in the 

Tubatulabal area, intermarrying with the 


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