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Determinations Made by the Tennessee 

Valley Authority 

Officials of TVA have determined 

that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on their 

presence in prehistoric archeological 

contexts. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

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 and 

any present-day Indian tribe. 

• According to final judgments of the 

Indian Claims Commission or the Court 

of Federal Claims, the land from which 

the Native American human remains 

were removed is the aboriginal land of 

the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians, and the United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(ii), 

TVA has decided to transfer control of 

the culturally unidentifiable human 

remains to the Cherokee Nation, Eastern 

Band of Cherokee Indians, and the 

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians in Oklahoma. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any federally 

recognized Indian tribe not identified in 

this notice that wish to request transfer 

of control of these human remains 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the request to 

Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA, 400 West 

Summit Hill Drive, WT11D, Knoxville, 

TN 37902–1401, telephone (865) 632– 

7458, email tomaher@tva.gov, by March 

6, 2015. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains to the 

Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians, and the United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma may proceed. 

TVA is responsible for notifying the 

Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas 

(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee 

Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee 

Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town; 

Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed 

as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of 

Alabama); Shawnee Tribe; The 

Chickasaw Nation; The Muscogee 

(Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of 

Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; 

and the United Keetoowah Band of 

Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: January 13, 2015. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology, Denver, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The University of Denver 

Museum of Anthropology has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and any present-day Indian tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request to the University of Denver 

Museum of Anthropology. If no 

additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations stated in this notice may 

proceed. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the University of Denver 

Museum of Anthropology at the address 

in this notice by March 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Anne Amati, University of 

Denver Museum of Anthropology, 2000 

E. Asbury Ave., Denver, CO 80208, 

telephone (303) 871–2687, email 

anne.amati@du.edu. 

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 the control of 

the University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology, Denver, CO. The human 

remains were removed from an 

unknown site in Wyoming. 

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 human remains. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the University of 

Denver Museum of Anthropology 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of tribes with aboriginal 

territory in Wyoming. The consultant 

tribes with aboriginal territory in 

Wyoming include: Arapaho Tribe of the 

Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; 

Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, 

Oklahoma (previously listed as the 

Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of 

Oklahoma); Crow Tribe of Montana; Ely 

Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Fort Belknap 

Indian Community of the Fort Belknap 

Reservation of Montana; Keweenaw Bay 

Indian Community, Michigan; PaiuteShoshone Tribe of the Fallon 

Reservation and Colony, Nevada; Santee 

Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Shoshone Tribe 

of the Wind River Reservation, 

Wyoming; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of 

the Fort Hall Reservation; ShoshonePaiute Tribes of the Duck Valley 

Reservation, Nevada; SissetonWahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse 

Reservation, South Dakota; and Yankton 

Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. 

The following tribes with aboriginal 

territory in Wyoming were also invited 

to participate but were not involved in 

consultations: Assiniboine and Sioux 

Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian 

Reservation, Montana; Big Pine Paiute 

Tribe of the Owens Valley (previously 

listed as the Big Pine Band of Owens 

Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians of the 

Big Pine Reservation, California); 

Bishop Paiute Tribe (previously listed as 

the Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the 

Bishop Community of the Bishop 

Colony, California); Cheyenne River 

Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River 

Reservation, South Dakota; ChippewaCree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s 

Reservation, Montana; Crow Creek 

Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek 

Reservation, South Dakota; Death Valley 

Timbi-Sha Shoshone Tribe (previously 

listed as the Death Valley Timbi-Sha 

Shoshone Band of California); 

Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the 

Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; 

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South 

Dakota; Fort McDermitt Paiute and 

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Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt 

Indian Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; 

Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Lone Pine 

Paiute-Shoshone Tribe (previously 

listed as the Paiute-Shoshone Indians of 

the Lone Pine Community of the Lone 

Pine Reservation, California); Lower 

Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule 

Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux 

Indian Community in the State of 

Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe 

(previously listed as the Oglala Sioux 

Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, 

South Dakota); Prairie Island Indian 

Community in the State of Minnesota; 

Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the 

Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; 

Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada; 

Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud 

Indian Reservation, South Dakota; 

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux 

Community of Minnesota; Spirit Lake 

Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock 

Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; 

Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone 

Indians of Nevada (Four constituent 

bands: Battle Mountain Band; Elko 

Band; South Fork Band and Wells 

Band); Three Affiliated Tribes of the 

Fort Berthold Reservation, North 

Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, 

Minnesota; Washoe Tribe of Nevada & 

California (Carson Colony, Dresslerville 

Colony, Woodfords Community, Stewart 

Community, & Washoe Ranches); and 

Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba 

Reservation, Nevada. 

Hereafter, all tribes listed in this 

section are referred to as ‘‘The 

Consulted and Notified Tribes.’’ 

History and Description of the Remains 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 1 individual 

were removed from an unknown site in 

Wyoming. Theodore Sowers collected 

the human remains in the 1930s during 

fieldwork led by Dr. E.B. Renaud of the 

University of Denver Department of 

Anthropology. Mr. Sowers’ daughters, 

Katy Sickles and Jenny Bauer, donated 

the human remains to the University of 

Denver Museum of Anthropology in 

August, 1995, to facilitate repatriation. 

A napkin with the inscription ‘‘A 

Katenia’’ and male/female symbols were 

found with the remains upon donation. 

No known individuals were identified. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the 

Secretary of the Interior may make a 

recommendation for a transfer of control 

of culturally unidentifiable human 

remains. In November 2014, the 

University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology requested that the 

Secretary, through the Native American 

Graves Protection and Repatriation 

Review Committee, recommend the 

proposed transfer of control of the 

culturally unidentifiable Native 

American human remains in this notice 

to the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming; and the 

Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming. The Review 

Committee, acting pursuant to its 

responsibility under 25 U.S.C. 

3006(c)(5), considered the request at its 

November 2014 meeting and 

recommended to the Secretary that the 

proposed transfer of control proceed. A 

December 29, 2014 letter on behalf of 

the Secretary of Interior from the 

Associate Director, Cultural Resources, 

Partnerships, and Science transmitted 

the Secretary’s independent review and 

concurrence with the Review 

Committee that: 

• The University of Denver Museum 

of Anthropology consulted with every 

appropriate Indian tribe or Native 

Hawaiian organization, 

• none of The Consulted and Notified 

Tribes objected to the proposed transfer 

of control, and 

• the University of Denver Museum 

of Anthropology may proceed with the 

agreed upon transfer of control of the 

culturally unidentifiable human 

remains to the Arapaho Tribe of the 

Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; and 

the Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming. 

Transfer of control is contingent on 

the publication of a Notice of Inventory 

Completion in the Federal Register. 

This notice fulfills that requirement. 

Determinations Made by the University 

of Denver Museum of Anthropology 

Officials of the University of Denver 

Museum of Anthropology have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on the 

broader collecting practices of Mr. 

Theodore Sowers and the findings of a 

physical anthropologist employed by 

the University of Denver prior to 

November 1995. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 1 

individual 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 and 

any present-day Indian tribe. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the 

disposition of the human remains will 

be to the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind 

River Reservation, Wyoming; and the 

Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Anne Amati, University of 

Denver Museum of Anthropology, 2000 

East Asbury Ave., Denver, CO 80208, 

telephone (303) 871–2687, email 

anne.amati@du.edu, by March 6, 2015. 

After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains to the 

Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming; and the 

Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming may proceed. 

The University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology is responsible for 

notifying The Consulted and Notified 

Tribes that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: January 9, 2015. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: The 

American Museum of Natural History, 

New York, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The American Museum of 

Natural History has completed an 

inventory of human remains in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, and has determined that 

there is no cultural affiliation between 

the human remains and any present-day 

Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. Representatives of any 

Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains should submit 

a written request to the American 

Museum of Natural History. If no 

additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations stated in this notice may 

proceed. 

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