Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 76 / Thursday, April 19, 2012 / Notices 23501 

Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of 

North Dakota that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: April 12, 2012. 

David Tarler, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9437 Filed 4–18–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Item: University of Denver Department 

of Anthropology and Museum of 

Anthropology, Denver, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The University of Denver 

Department of Anthropology and 

Museum of Anthropology, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribes, has determined that the 

cultural item meets the definition of 

unassociated funerary object 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 item may contact the 

University of Denver Department of 

Anthropology and Museum of 

Anthropology. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the cultural item should 

contact the University of Denver 

Department of Anthropology and 

Museum of Anthropology at the address 

below by May 21, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Anne Amati, NAGPRA 

Coordinator/Registrar, University of 

Denver Department of Anthropology 

and Museum of Anthropology, 2000 E. 

Asbury, Sturm 146, Denver, CO 80208, 

telephone (303) 871–2687. 

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 a 

cultural item in the possession of the 

University of Denver Department of 

Anthropology and Museum of 

Anthropology, Denver, CO (DUMA), 

that meets the definition of unassociated 

funerary object 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 item. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

The one cultural object (no. 4217) 

consists of burned wooden and cord 

wrapped fragments attached to a glass 

slide. The cultural object came into the 

possession of Fallis F. Rees at an 

unknown date. In 1968, Mr. Rees 

donated his collection, including this 

item, to the University of Denver. 

In consultation with Santa Rosa 

Indian Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria representatives, this object 

was determined to be an unassociated 

funerary object under NAGPRA. 

Geographical and anthropological 

evidence supports cultural affiliation 

with the Santa Rosa Indian Community 

of the Santa Rosa Rancheria. Museum 

records indicate that the burned 

fragments originated from a cremation 

burial at Vernon Mound, in Sacramento 

County, CA. Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria 

representatives provided maps 

identifying aboriginal territory inclusive 

of Sacramento County as well as an 

ethnographic report identifying 

cremation as a traditional Yokut 

funerary practice. 

Determinations Made by the University 

of Denver Department of Anthropology 

and Museum of Anthropology 

Officials of the University of Denver 

Department of Anthropology and 

Museum of Anthropology have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), 

the one cultural item described above is 

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 is 

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 

object and the Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

object should contact Anne Amati, 

University of Denver Department of 

Anthropology and Museum of 

Anthropology, 2000 E Asbury Ave., 

Sturm 146, Denver, CO 80208, 

telephone (303) 871–2687, before May 

21, 2012. Repatriation of the 

unassociated funerary object to the 

Santa Rosa Indian Community of the 

Santa Rosa Rancheria, California, may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The University of Denver Department 

of Anthropology and Museum of 

Anthropology is responsible for 

notifying the Buena Vista Rancheria of 

Me-Wuk Indians of California; 

California Valley Miwok Tribe, 

California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of 

Me-Wuk Indians of California; Ione 

Band of Miwok Indians of California; 

Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Middletown Rancheria of 

Pomo Indians of California; Picayune 

Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of 

California; Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California; Shingle Springs 

Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 

Rancheria (Verona Tract), California, 

Table Mountain Rancheria of California; 

Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule 

River Reservation, California; and the 

Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of 

the Tuolumne Rancheria of California 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: April 12, 2012. 

David Tarler, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9459 Filed 4–18–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Sheboygan County Historical Museum, 

Sheboygan, WI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Sheboygan County 

Historical Museum has completed an 

inventory of human remains, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribes, and has determined that 

there is no cultural affiliation between 

the remains and any present-day Indian 

tribe. Representatives of any Indian tribe 

that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains may 

contact the Sheboygan County 

Historical Museum. Disposition of the 

human remains to the Indian tribes 

stated below may occur if no additional 

requestors come forward. 

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