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History and Description of the Remains 

In June of 1966, human remains 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were given to Dr. Alan 

Zeigler by Dr. Grover Krantz, while Dr. 

Zeigler was studying at the University of 

California, Berkeley. No information is 

provided as to the origins of the 

remains, other than a note in Zeigler’s 

1966 catalog listing the location as 

western North America. However, at the 

time, all of Dr. Zeigler’s work focused 

around the Alameda County and Fresno 

areas in California. Presumably, these 

human remains were given to Zeigler to 

complement his research collection. 

Remains representing a minimum of 

two individuals were accompanied by a 

tag that reads, ‘‘Sex? Imm. (2863 A.C. 

Zeigler) Coll? Rec’d from G. Krantz 

Western North America—No other data. 

(No meas’s or wt.) Rec’d Jun-, 1966. 

Composite part, skeleton only, homo 

sapiens.’’ No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

During his time at the University of 

California, Berkeley, much of Dr. 

Zeigler’s collecting was focused on the 

Alameda, Fresno and Northern/Central 

California areas. In 1968, Dr. Zeigler 

published ‘‘Quasi-agriculture in Northcentral California and its effect on 

aboriginal social structure’’ in Kroeber 

Anthropological Society Papers, No. 38, 

pp. 52–67. Thus, the specimens given to 

Dr. Zeigler by Dr. Krantz probably were 

from these regions and were given to Dr. 

Zeigler in support of his studies. The 

geographic locations described lie 

within Yokut territories, which run from 

the San Pablo Bay shores to Tahachapi, 

and encompass Dr. Zeigler’s work area, 

most notably in the East Bay area. 

Determinations Made by the Bishop 

Museum 

Officials of the Bishop Museum have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of two 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• 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 Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe). 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian tribe 

that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Betty Lou Kam, VicePresident, Cultural Resources, Bishop 

Museum, 1525 Bernice St., Honolulu, HI 

96817, telephone (808) 848–4144, before 

March 28, 2012. Repatriation of the 

human remains to the Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe) may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Bishop Museum is responsible 

for notifying the Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe) that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: February 22, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

History Colorado, Denver, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: History Colorado (formerly 

the Colorado Historical Society) has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribes, and has 

determined that there is insufficient 

evidence to reasonably establish 

cultural affiliation between the human 

remains and present-day Indian tribes. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe that 

believes itself to be culturally affiliated 

with the human remains may contact 

History Colorado. Disposition of the 

human remains to the Indian tribes 

stated below may occur if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the human remains 

should contact History Colorado at the 

address below by March 28, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Sheila Goff, NAGPRA 

Liaison, History Colorado, 1200 

Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone 

(303) 866–4531. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under control of 

History Colorado, Denver, CO. The exact 

locations from which the human 

remains were recovered are unknown; 

they were received through police 

seizures or private citizens in Arapaho, 

Boulder, Delta, Dolores, Jefferson, and 

Larimer 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) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 

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. 

Consultation 

In 2010 and 2011, a detailed 

assessment of the human remains was 

made by History Colorado professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Arapahoe Tribe of 

the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; 

Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, 

Oklahoma (formerly the CheyenneArapaho Tribes 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; Ohkay 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 San Ildefonso, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; 

Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Southern Ute Indian Reservation, 

Colorado; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute 

Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New 

Mexico & Utah; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo 

of Texas; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico. The 

following tribes were invited to consult, 

but did not send representatives: Kewa 

Pueblo, New Mexico (formerly the 

Pueblo of Santo Domingo); Pueblo of 

Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New 

Mexico; and the Pueblo of Zia, New 

Mexico. 

For one case, identified as Office of 

Archaeology and Historic Preservation 

(OAHP) Case Number 103, additional 

tribes were contacted during previous 

consultation in 2001 and 2006: 

Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Kiowa 

Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Northern 

Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern 

Cheyenne Reservation, Montana; Oglala 

Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge 

Reservation, South Dakota; Pawnee 


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Nation of Oklahoma; Rosebud Sioux 

Tribe of the Rosebud Indian 

Reservation, South Dakota; Three 

Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold 

Reservation, North Dakota; and the Ute 

Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 

Reservation, Utah. The following tribes 

were invited to consult, but did not 

send representatives: Apache Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind 

River Reservation, Wyoming; and the 

Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, 

Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1994, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were seized 

by the Wheat Ridge Police Department 

during a drug raid in Jefferson County, 

CO. The origin of the remains is 

unknown. The remains were turned 

over to the Jefferson County Coroner, 

who identified them as Native 

American. In February 1995, they were 

transferred to History Colorado. The 

remains are identified as OAHP Case 

Number 103. Additional osteological 

analysis disclosed cranial modification. 

No known individuals were identified. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

The remains were first reported in a 

Notice of Inventory Completion in the 

Federal Register (66 FR 10906–10909, 

Tuesday, February 20, 2001) and jointly 

affiliated with twelve Plains Tribes. 

Additional research changed the 

affiliation to culturally unidentifiable 

and this was reported in a Notice of 

Inventory Completion Correction in the 

Federal Register (76 FR 58037–58038, 

Monday, September 19, 2011). 

At an unknown date prior to 2002, 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, three individuals were taken 

from Colorado State University in 

Larimer County, CO. The exact origins 

of these individuals are not known. The 

human remains were claimed as private 

property by the widow of Dr. Michael 

Charney, a former professor at the 

University, who died in 1998. The 

human remains were subsequently 

taken into custody by the Larimer 

County Sheriff’s Office. Following 

litigation, in 2006, the human remains, 

which were initially identified as Native 

American, were transferred to History 

Colorado by court order to be 

repatriated in accordance with Colorado 

state burial law and NAGPRA. They are 

identified as OAHP Case Number 200. 

Subsequent osteological analysis by 

History Colorado determined that they 

exhibit cranial modification and are of 

Native American ancestry. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In May 2005, human remains 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were transferred to History 

Colorado by the Dolores County, CO, 

Sheriff’s office. They are identified as 

OAHP Case Number 225. The remains 

had been stored in an evidence locker 

for at least five years. The exact origin 

of these individuals is not known. 

Osteological analysis arranged by the 

sheriff indicated that the remains 

exhibit cranial modification and are of 

Native American ancestry. Estimated 

antiquity is A.D. 700–1300. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In January 2006, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were transferred to History 

Colorado by the Delta County Coroner’s 

office. They are identified as OAHP 

Case Number 235. The remains had 

reportedly been in the possession of a 

Delta County family for years and 

allegedly were discovered when another 

family member was plowing his field in 

Cortez, CO. Osteological examination 

determined that the remains exhibit 

cranial modification and are of Native 

American ancestry. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In February 2007, human remains 

representing, at minimum, three 

individuals were recovered from the 

closet of a private citizen in Dolores 

County, CO. The exact origin of the 

remains is unknown. Osteological 

analysis determined that the remains 

exhibit cranial modification and are of 

Native American ancestry. The Dolores 

County Sheriff transferred the remains 

to History Colorado in March 2007. 

They are identified as OAHP Case 

Number 247. No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. One ceramic 

cylinder, 1 polished stone, and 3 blackon-white potsherds were found with the 

remains in the closet, but it is not 

possible to determine if they are 

associated funerary objects and were 

part of the original burial context. These 

objects will be transferred with the 

individuals. 

In March 2007, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were seized from the home of 

a private citizen in Arapaho County, 

CO. The citizen stated that he had 

obtained them at a swap meet in 

Summit County, CO. The origin of the 

remains is unknown. The Arapaho 

County Coroner transferred the remains 

to History Colorado in March 2007. 

They are identified as OAHP Case 

Number 249. Osteological analysis 

determined the remains exhibit cranial 

modification and are of Native 

American ancestry. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In June 2007, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were transferred to History 

Colorado by the Boulder County 

Coroner’s Office. They are identified as 

OAHP Case Number 251. The remains 

had originally been taken to the Native 

American Rights Fund office in Boulder 

by a private citizen, who stated that she 

had found them in her deceased father’s 

basement. They had been abandoned by 

one of his renters. She was advised to 

take them to the county coroner. The 

origin of the remains is unknown. 

Osteological examination determined 

that the remains exhibit cranial 

modification and are of Native 

American ancestry. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Determinations Made by History 

Colorado 

Officials at History Colorado have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9)–(10), 

the human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of 12 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains 

described above and any present-day 

Indian tribe. 

History Colorado has determined that 

the human remains are ‘‘culturally 

unidentifiable’’ under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 

10.9 (e)(6). In 2006, the History 

Colorado, in partnership with the 

Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs, 

Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado, 

and the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute 

Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New 

Mexico & Utah conducted consultations 

with the tribes that have ancestral ties 

to the state of Colorado to develop the 

process for disposition of culturally 

unidentifiable Native American human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

originating from inadvertent discoveries 

on Colorado state and private lands. As 

a result of the consultation, a process 

was developed, titled Process for 

Consultation, Transfer, and Reburial of 

Culturally Unidentifiable Native 

American Human Remains and 

Associated Funerary Objects Originating 

From Inadvertent Discoveries on 

Colorado State and Private Lands (2008) 

(unpublished, on file with the Colorado 

Office of Archaeology and Historic 

Preservation). The presence of cranial 

modification suggested that these 


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individuals may have originated from 

the southwestern Colorado, but without 

additional evidence, it is not possible to 

make a cultural affiliation. The tribes 

consulted were those who expressed 

their wishes to be notified of discoveries 

in the Southwest Consultation Region as 

established by the Process. 

The Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Review 

Committee (Review Committee) is 

responsible for recommending specific 

actions for disposition of culturally 

unidentifiable human remains. On 

November 3–4, 2006, the Process was 

presented to the Review Committee for 

consideration. A January 8, 2007 letter 

on behalf of the Review Committee from 

the Designated Federal Officer 

transmitted the provisional 

authorization to proceed with the 

Process upon receipt of formal 

responses from the Jicarilla Apache 

Nation, New Mexico, and Kiowa Indian 

Tribe of Oklahoma, and subject to 

forthcoming conditions imposed by the 

Secretary of the Interior. On May 15–16, 

2008, the responses from the Jicarilla 

Apache Nation, New Mexico, and 

Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma were 

submitted to the Review Committee. On 

September 23, 2008, the Assistant 

Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and 

Parks, as the designee for the Secretary 

of the Interior, transmitted the 

authorization for the disposition of 

culturally unidentifiable human 

remains according to the Process and 

NAGPRA, pending publication of a 

Notice of Inventory Completion in the 

Federal Register. This notice fulfills 

that requirement. 

43 CFR 10.11 was promulgated March 

15, 2010, providing a process for the 

disposition of culturally unidentifiable 

Native American human remains 

recovered from tribal or aboriginal lands 

as established by the final judgment of 

the Indian Claims Commission or U.S. 

Court of Claims, a treaty, Act of 

Congress, or Executive Order, or other 

authoritative governmental sources. 

There is no evidence indicating that the 

human remains reported in this notice 

originated from tribal or aboriginal 

lands, making them eligible for 

disposition under the Process. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Sheila Goff, NAGPRA 

Liaison, History Colorado, 1200 

Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone 

(303) 866–4531, before March 28, 2012. 

Transfer of control of the human 

remains to the Southern Ute Indian 

Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, 

Colorado, and the Ute Mountain Tribe 

of the Ute Mountain Reservation, 

Colorado, New Mexico & Utah may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

History Colorado is responsible for 

notifying the Apache Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind 

River Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne 

and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; 

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the 

Cheyenne River Reservation, South 

Dakota; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; 

Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow 

Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Crow 

Tribe of Montana; Fort Sill Apache 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New 

Mexico; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico 

(formerly Pueblo of Santo Domingo); 

Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Mescalero Apache Tribe of the 

Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; 

Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & 

Utah; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the 

Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, 

Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine 

Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Ohkay 

Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly the 

Pueblo of San Juan); Paiute Indian Tribe 

of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh 

Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of 

Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, 

and Shivwits Band of Paiutes) (formerly 

Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar City 

Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of 

Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, 

Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and 

Shivwits Band of Paiutes)); Pawnee 

Nation of Oklahoma; 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 Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, 

New Mexico; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of 

the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South 

Dakota; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 

of Arizona; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of 

the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho; 

Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming; Southern Ute 

Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Indian 

Reservation, Colorado; Standing Rock 

Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; 

Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort 

Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; Ute 

Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 

Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe 

of the Ute Mountain Reservation, 

Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Wichita 

and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, 

Waco & Tawakoni), Oklahoma; Ysleta 

Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and the Zuni 

Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico, that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: February 22, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Grand 

Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, 

MI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Grand Rapids Public 

Museum has completed an inventory of 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribes, and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and associated funerary objects and 

present-day Indian tribes. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe that 

believes itself to be culturally affiliated 

with the human remains and associated 

funerary objects may contact the Grand 

Rapids Public Museum. Repatriation of 

the human remains and associated 

funerary objects to the Indian tribes 

stated below may occur if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the human remains and 

associated funerary object should 

contact the Grand Rapids Public 

Museum at the address below by March 

28, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Marilyn Merdzinski, 

Director of Collections and Preservation, 

Grand Rapids Public Museum, 272 Pearl 

St. NW., Grand Rapids, MI 49504, 

telephone (616) 929–1801. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 an associated 

funerary object in the possession of the 

Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand 

Rapids, MI. The human remains and 

associated funerary object were removed 

from an unknown location. 


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