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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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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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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 American Museum of 

Natural History at the address in this 

notice by March 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Nell Murphy, Director of 

Cultural Resources, American Museum 

of Natural History, Central Park West at 

79th Street, New York, NY 10024, 

telephone (212) 769–5837, email 

nmurphy@amnh.org. 

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 American Museum of Natural 

History, New York, NY. The human 

remains were removed from an 

unidentified mound in an unknown 

county in MI. 

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 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the American 

Museum of Natural History professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 

Bad River Band of the Lake Superior 

Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad 

River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills 

Indian Community, Michigan; Bois 

Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; ChippewaCree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s 

Reservation, Montana; Citizen 

Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; 

Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware 

Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Eastern 

Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Fond du 

Lac Band of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Tribe, Minnesota; Forest County 

Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; 

Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Grand 

Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian 

Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay 

Indian Community, Michigan; Kickapoo 

Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo 

Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo 

Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe 

of Oklahoma; Lac Courte Oreilles Band 

of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the 

Lac du Flambeau Reservation of 

Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Leech Lake Band of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 

Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, 

Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Band of 

Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-benash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi 

Indians of Michigan; Menominee Indian 

Tribe of Wisconsin; Miami Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Mille Lacs Band of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the 

Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed 

as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 

Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 

Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi 

Nation (previously listed as the Prairie 

Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); 

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red 

Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 

Minnesota; Sac and Fox Nation of 

Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & 

Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe 

of the Mississippi in Iowa; Saginaw 

Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; 

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Seneca Nation of 

Indians (previously listed as the Seneca 

Nation of New York); Seneca-Cayuga 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe; 

Sokaogon Chippewa Community, 

Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians 

of Wisconsin; Tonawanda Band of 

Seneca (previously listed as the 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of 

New York); Turtle Mountain Band of 

Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; 

White Earth Band of Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Wyandotte 

Nation (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘The 

Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

In an unknown year, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one adult 

male individual were removed from a 

mound in Michigan by an unknown 

individual. These remains were in the 

possession of the American Institute of 

Phrenology and the American Museum 

of Natural History does not have any 

information regarding how theses 

remains were acquired. The American 

Museum of Natural History acquired 

these remains as a gift in 1929 as part 

of the Phrenology Collection from Jesse 

Y. Loomis, in the name of Ernest Yates 

Loomis. No known individual was 

identified. 

Determinations Made by the American 

Museum of Natural History 

Officials of the American Museum of 

Natural History have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on 

archaeological context and the presence 

of cranial deformation. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of one 

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. 

• According to final judgments of the 

Indian Claims Commission, the land 

from which the Native American human 

remains were removed is the unknown 

aboriginal land of The Tribes. 

• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or 

Executive Orders indicate that the land 

from which the Native American human 

remains were removed is the aboriginal 

land of The Tribes. 

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

disposition of the human remains may 

be to The Tribes. 

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 Nell Murphy, Director of 

Cultural Resources, American Museum 

of Natural History, Central Park West at 

79th Street, NY, NY 10024, telephone 

212–769–5837, email nmurphy@

amnh.org, by March 6, 2015. After that 

date, if no additional requestors have 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to The Tribes may 

proceed. 

The American Museum of Natural 

History is responsible for notifying The 

Tribes that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: December 19, 2014. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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