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Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by University of 

Colorado Museum professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Cheyenne–Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma 

and Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the 

Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, 

Montana. 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from Mud 

Creek, a branch of the Purgatoire River 

in southeastern Colorado in or near Bent 

County, CO, by a soldier named Lance. 

No known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Information recorded on the human 

remains indicates that in 1866 or 1869, 

a party of Cheyenne Indians was 

hunting in a small canyon on Mud 

Creek and they were ambushed by a 

party of Ute Indians. Several of the 

Cheyenne Indians were killed. The 

bodies were buried near the creek, and 

some years later, flood waters cut back 

the bank and exposed some of the 

skeletons. Lance, a soldier stationed 

nearby, collected a cranium. The 

cranium was given to his friend, David 

J. Burnett. On June 17, 1962, Mr. 

Burnett’s daughter, Mrs. Ethel Burnett 

Zeigler, donated the cranium to the 

University of Colorado Museum 

(Catalog number 99410). 

Based on the morphology of the teeth 

and cranium, the human remains 

represent a Native American adult male. 

Based on museum records, the human 

remains are Cheyenne. Descendants of 

the Cheyenne are members of the 

Cheyenne–Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma 

and Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the 

Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, 

Montana. 

Officials of the University of Colorado 

Museum 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 the University of Colorado 

Museum 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 Cheyenne–Arapaho Tribes of 

Oklahoma and Northern Cheyenne 

Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian 

Reservation, Montana. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Steve Lekson, Curator of 

Anthropology, University of Colorado 

Museum, Henderson Building, Campus 

Box 218, Boulder, CO 80309–0218, 

telephone (303) 492–6671, before May 2, 

2007. Repatriation of the human 

remains to the Cheyenne–Arapaho 

Tribes of Oklahoma and Northern 

Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern 

Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The University of Colorado Museum 

is responsible for notifying the 

Cheyenne–Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma 

and Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the 

Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, 

Montana that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: March 6, 2007 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E7–5972 Filed 3–30–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural 

Item: University of Kansas, Lawrence, 

KS 

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. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate a cultural item in the 

possession of the University of Kansas, 

Lawrence, KS that meets the definitions 

of ‘‘sacred object’’ and ‘‘object of 

cultural patrimony’’ under 25 U.S.C. 

3001. 

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 cultural 

item. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

The cultural item is a woven basket. 

The University of Kansas acquired the 

basket from an unknown donor in 1917. 

Representatives of the Yurok Tribe of 

the Yurok Reservation, California 

identified the cultural item as a 

ceremonial basket used in the Wo-neekwo-ley-go (Jump Dance). Tribal 

representatives also indicated that 

Yurok law prohibits the sale of such 

ceremonial items. 

Officials of the University of Kansas 

have determined that, pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 3001 (3)(C), the cultural item 

described above is a specific ceremonial 

object needed by traditional Native 

American religious leaders for the 

practice of traditional Native American 

religions by their present-day adherents. 

Officials of the University of Kansas also 

have determined that, pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 3001 (3)(D), the cultural item 

described above has ongoing historical, 

traditional, or cultural importance 

central to the Native American group or 

culture itself, rather than property 

owned by an individual. Lastly, officials 

of the University of Kansas 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 sacred 

object/object of cultural patrimony and 

the Yurok Tribe of the Yurok 

Reservation, California. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the sacred object/object 

of cultural patrimony should contact 

Thomas Foor, NAGPRA Coordinator, 

ARCC, University of Kansas, Spooner 

Hall, 1340 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 5B, 

Lawrence, KS 66045–7500, telephone 

(785) 766–5476, before May 2, 2007. 

Repatriation of the sacred object/object 

of cultural patrimony to the Yurok Tribe 

of the Yurok Reservation, California 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The University of Kansas is 

responsible for notifying the Yurok 

Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, 

California that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: January 24, 2007 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E7–5974 Filed 3–30–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of the Pacific, Stockton, 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 

University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA. 

The human remains were removed from 

San Joaquin 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 


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