15798 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 52 / Friday, March 16, 2012 / Notices 

Dated: March 12, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6334 Filed 3–15–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: The Colorado College, Colorado 

Springs, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Colorado College, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribe, has determined that the 

cultural items meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects and 

repatriation to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona 

may occur if no additional claimants 

come forward. Representatives of any 

Indian tribe that believes itself to be 

culturally affiliated with the cultural 

items may contact The Colorado 

College. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the cultural items 

should contact The Colorado College at 

the address below by April 16, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Jermyn Davis, Chief of Staff, 

President’s Office, Colorado College, 

Armstrong Hall, Room 201, 14 E. Cache 

La Poudre, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, 

telephone (719) 389–6201. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural 

items under the control of The Colorado 

College that meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects 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 Native 

American cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

The 36 unassociated funerary objects 

are ceramic vessels, at least two of 

which contain corn. The vessels are 

bowls, mugs, pitchers, vases (seed jars), 

jars and ladles. The vessel styles are 

black-on-gray, black-on-white, Tusayan 

black-on-red, corrugated and gray ware. 

Between 1897 and 1898, human 

remains, associated and unassociated 

funerary objects, as well as other 

cultural items were removed from a cliff 

ruin in a canyon tributary of Comb 

Wash, San Juan County, UT, under the 

auspices of the Lang Expedition of 

1897–1898. Prior to 1900, General 

William Jackson Palmer acquired what 

became known as the Lang-Bixby 

Collection, which he subsequently 

transferred to The Colorado College. 

Beginning in the late 1960s, the LangBixby Collection was transferred, along 

with other collections from The 

Colorado College Museum, through 

long-term loans to the Fine Arts Center 

(formerly known as the Taylor Museum 

and the Colorado Springs Fine Arts 

Center) and the Denver Museum of 

Nature & Science (formerly known as 

the Denver Museum of Natural History). 

In 1993, the Fine Arts Center included 

the unassociated funerary objects from 

the Lang-Bixby Collection in its 

NAGPRA summary. 

The unassociated funerary objects are 

ancestral Puebloan based on type and 

style. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects from this 

collection were described in two 

Notices of Inventory Completion (NICs) 

published in the Federal Register (74 

FR 42105–42106, August 20, 2009, and 

69 FR 19232–19233, April 12, 2004). 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were determined to be 

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. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects have been 

repatriated to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona. 

A preponderance of the evidence 

supports cultural affiliation of the 

unassociated funerary objects to the 

Hopi Tribe of Arizona. 

Determinations Made by The Colorado 

College 

Officials of The Colorado College have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), 

the 36 cultural items 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 and 

are believed, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, to have been removed from a 

specific burial site of a Native American 

individual. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the unassociated funerary 

objects and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

objects should contact Jermyn Davis, 

Chief of Staff, President’s Office, 

Colorado College, Armstrong Hall, 

Room 201, 14 E. Cache La Poudre, 

Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903, 

telephone (719) 389–6201, before April 

16, 2012. Repatriation of the 

unassociated 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 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: March 12, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6330 Filed 3–15–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: San Francisco State University, 

San Francisco, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The San Francisco State 

University, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribes, has 

determined that the cultural items meet 

the definition of sacred objects and 

repatriation to the Indian tribes stated 

below may occur if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe that 

believes itself to be culturally affiliated 

with the cultural items may contact the 

San Francisco State University. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the cultural items 

should contact the San Francisco State 

University at the address below by April 

16, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Jeffrey Boland Fentress, San 

Francisco State University, Academic 

Affairs-ADM 447, San Francisco, CA 

94132, telephone (415) 338–3075. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 cultural 

items in the possession of the San 

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Francisco State University (SFSU) that 

meet the definition of sacred objects 

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 Native 

American cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

At an unknown date, a basket (item 1– 

3–42/86) was donated to the SFSU 

Treganza Museum. The coiled basket 

with a bundle warp in a round, 

shouldered, small necked shape 

measures 14 cm in height and 10.5 cm 

in diameter and is made of deer grass, 

sedge, redbud and bracken fern root. 

There are no records at the Treganza 

Museum concerning acquisition of this 

item. 

Based on consultation with the Santa 

Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 

Rosa Rancheria, California, (Tachi 

Yokut Tribe) and ethnographic research, 

the basket has been identified as a stairstep coming of age basket. This type of 

basket was given to either a boy or girl 

by a female relative after completion of 

the coming of age ceremony. This type 

of basket often held special personal 

religious items such as crystals, beads, 

feathers or tobacco. 

In 1976, Margaret Molarsky donated a 

basket (item 1–3–42/104) to the SFSU 

Treganza Museum. The donor records 

state it was originally in the collection 

of Frank Latta. The coiled basket with 

a bundle warp in a flared bowl shape 

measures 22 cm in height with a 

maximum diameter of 44 cm and is 

made of deer grass, saw grass, redbud 

and bracken fern root. A tag attached to 

the basket was labeled ‘‘Wahnomkot, 

Yokuts, c. 1925.’’ 

Based on consultation with the Santa 

Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 

Rosa Rancheria, California, (Tachi 

Yokut Tribe) and ethnographic research, 

the basket has been identified as a 

ceremonial cooking basket for the Yokut 

Spring Ceremony. The name on the 

basket tag, Wahnomkot, also known as 

Aida Icho, has been identified as a 

Wukchumne Yokut basket weaver. This 

type of basket uses a design with 

multiple bands of rattlesnakes and was 

used to prepare special foods and carry 

religious items. 

At an unknown date, a basket (item 1– 

3–42/75) was donated to the SFSU 

Treganza Museum. The coiled basket, 

closed stitched, with a three-stick warp 

in a round, shouldered, bottle-neck 

shape measures 20 cm in height with a 

maximum diameter of 18 cm and is 

made of deer grass, sedge, redbud and 

bracken fern root. A row on the 

shoulder was decorated with dyed red 

wool and quail top-knot feathers. There 

are no records at the Treganza Museum 

concerning acquisition of this item. 

Based on consultation with the Santa 

Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 

Rosa Rancheria, California, (Tachi 

Yokut Tribe) and ethnographic research, 

the basket has been identified as a 

rattlesnake treasure basket. This type of 

basket held special items such as 

abalone pendants and anklets that 

protected the dancers during the 

Rattlesnake Spring Ceremony. 

At an unknown date, a basket (item 

73–5–5) was donated to the SFSU 

Treganza Museum. The coiled basket, 

gap stitched, with a bundle warp in a 

flared bowl shape measures 16.5 cm in 

height with a maximum diameter of 

31.6 cm and is made of deer grass and 

redbud. There are no records at the 

Treganza Museum concerning 

acquisition of this cultural item. 

Based on consultation with the Santa 

Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 

Rosa Rancheria, California, (Tachi 

Yokut Tribe) and ethnographic research, 

the basket has been identified as an 

offering basket that was filled with food 

offerings to be left at sacred sites and 

burial grounds. 

In 1977, Margaret Molarsky donated a 

basket (item 77–01–2) to the SFSU 

Treganza Museum. The coiled basket, 

gap stitched, with a bundle warp in a 

flared bowl shape measures 15.8 cm in 

height with a maximum diameter of 

30.5 cm and is made of deer grass, 

sedge, redbud and bracken fern. 

Based on consultation with the Santa 

Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 

Rosa Ranc heria, California, (Tachi 

Yokut Tribe) and ethnographic research, 

the basket has been identified as an 

offering basket that was filled with food 

offerings to be left at sacred sites and 

burial grounds. 

In 1977, Margaret Molarsky donated a 

basket (item 77–01–3) to the SFSU 

Treganza Museum. The coiled basket, 

gap stitched, with a bundle warp in a 

large flared bowl shape measures 18 cm 

in height with a maximum diameter of 

46.5 cm and is made of deer grass, sedge 

and redbud. 

Based on consultation with the Santa 

Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 

Rosa Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe), and ethnographic research, the 

basket has been identified as a 

ceremonial cooking basket for the Yokut 

Spring Ceremony. This type of basket 

was used for preparing or serving 

special foods during ceremonies or 

religious rites. 

Determinations Made by the San 

Francisco State University 

Officials of the San Francisco State 

University have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the six cultural items described above 

are specific ceremonial objects needed 

by traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present-day adherents. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the six baskets and the Santa 

Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 

Rosa Rancheria, California, (Tachi 

Yokut Tribe). 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the sacred objects should 

contact Jeffrey Boland Fentress, San 

Francisco State University, Academic 

Affairs-ADM 447, San Francisco, CA 

94132, telephone (415) 338–3075 before 

April 16, 2012. Repatriation of the 

sacred objects 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 San Francisco State University is 

responsible for notifying the Picayune 

Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of 

California; Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California, (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe); Table Mountain Rancheria of 

California; and the Tule River Indian 

Reservation of the Tule River 

Reservation, California, that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: March 12, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6325 Filed 3–15–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate a 

Cultural Item: San Francisco State 

University, San Francisco, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The San Francisco State 

University, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribes, has 

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