Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 219 / Monday, November 13, 2000 / Notices 67759

Dated: October 30, 2000.

John Robbins,

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

[FR Doc. 00–28858 Filed 11–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

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

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

in the possession of the University of

Denver Department of Anthropology

and Museum of Anthropology, Denver,

CO. This notice is published as part of

the National Park Service’s

administrative responsibilities under

NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The

determinations within this notice are

the sole responsibility of the museum,

institution, or Federal agency that has

control of these Native American human

remains. The National Park Service is

not responsible for the determinations

within this notice.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by University of

Denver Department of Anthropology

and Museum of Anthropology

professional staff and a contract

physical anthropologist, in consultation

with representatives of the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas; AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma;

Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Chickasaw

Nation, Oklahoma; Choctaw Nation of

Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee

Indians of North Carolina; Jena Band of

Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Kialegee

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Mississippi

Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi;

Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma;

Poarch Band of Creek Indians of

Alabama; Quapaw Tribe of Indians,

Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town,

Oklahoma; and the United Keetoowah

Band of Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma.

At an unknown date, an unknown

person removed human remains

representing two individuals from the

Hales’ Point Mound, Lauderdale

County, TN. At a later date in the 1950’s

or 1960’s the remains and their

associated funerary objects were

purchased from Tilton Indian Relics by

Mr. Fallis F. Rees, who donated the

remains and funerary objects to the

University of Denver Department of

Anthropology and Museum of

Anthropology in 1967. No known

individuals were identified. The eight

associated funerary objects are one

mortuary jar, two water bottles, one of

which is Bell Plain, one elbow pipe,

three unidentified clay objects with

indentations, and one double jar with

red slip and shell temper.

The Hales’ Point site has been

identified archeologically as a Walls

phase site. The Walls phase is a Late

Mississippian (A.D. 1200-1540) and

Early Historic Period (A.D. 1540-1700)

cultural unit in the central Mississippi

Valley of southwestern Tennessee and

eastern Arkansas. The funerary objects

support a late precontact date for the

remains. At the time that Europeans first

visited the region around Hales’ Point,

in the mid-16th century, both the

Quapaw and the Chickasaw lived in the

central Mississippi Valley. During

consultations, representatives of both

the Quapaw Tribe of Indians,

Oklahoma, and the Chickasaw Nation,

Oklahoma, presented evidence from oral

tradition, ethnohistory, archeology, and

material culture, specifically

continuities in ceramic traditions, to

demonstrate their cultural affiliation to

the Hales’ Point site.

Based on the above-mentioned

information, officials of the University

of Denver Department of Anthropology

and Museum of Anthropology have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed

above represent the physical remains of

two individuals of Native American

ancestry. Officials of the University of

Denver Department of Anthropology

and Museum of Anthropology also have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2 (d)(2), the eight objects listed 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. Also,

officials of the University of Denver

Department of Anthropology and

Museum of Anthropology have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared

group identity that can be reasonably

traced between these Native American

human remains and associated funerary

objects and the Chickasaw Nation,

Oklahoma, and the Quapaw Tribe of

Indians, Oklahoma.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of

Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town,

Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma;

Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma; Choctaw

Nation of Oklahoma; Eastern Band of

Cherokee Indians of North Carolina;

Jena Band of Choctaw Indians,

Louisiana; Kialegee Tribal Town,

Oklahoma; Mississippi Band of Choctaw

Indians, Mississippi; Muscogee (Creek)

Nation, Oklahoma; Poarch Band of

Creek Indians of Alabama; Quapaw

Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma;

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma;

and the United Keetoowah Band of

Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma.

Representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with these human remains and

associated funerary objects should

contact Jan I. Bernstein, Collections

Manager and NAGPRA Coordinator at

the University of Denver Museum of

Anthropology, 2000 Asbury, Sturm Hall

S–146, Denver, CO 80208–2406, email

jbernste@du.edu, telephone (303) 871–

2543, before December 13, 2000.

Repatriation of the human remains and

associated funerary objects to the

Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma, and the

Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma,

may begin after that date if no

additional claimants come forward.

Dated: October 31, 2000.

John Robbins,

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

[FR Doc. 00–28859 Filed 11–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects in the

Control of the Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Washington, DC, and in the

Possession of the University of Denver

Department of Anthropology and

Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

in the control of the Bureau of Indian

Affairs, Washington, DC, and in the

possession of the University of Denver

Department of Anthropology and

Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO.

This notice is published as part of the

National Park Service’s administrative

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR

10.2 (c). The determinations within this