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removed is the aboriginal land of 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 MeWuk Indians of California; Shingle 

Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle 

Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), 

California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk 

Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of 

California; United Auburn Indian 

Community of the Auburn Rancheria of 

California; Wilton Rancheria, California; 

and two non-Federally recognized 

Native American groups: El Dorado 

Miwok Rancheria; and NashvilleEldorado Miwok. 

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

disposition of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects may be to 

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 MeWuk Indians of California; Shingle 

Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle 

Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), 

California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk 

Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of 

California; United Auburn Indian 

Community of the Auburn Rancheria of 

California; Wilton Rancheria, California; 

and two non-Federally recognized 

Native American groups: El Dorado 

Miwok Rancheria; and NashvilleEldorado Miwok (if joined to the request 

of one or more of the foregoing Indian 

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 and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to Orn Bodvarsson, Dean of the 

College of Social Sciences and 

Interdisciplinary Studies, CSUS, 6000 J 

Street, Sacramento, CA 95819–6109, 

telephone (916) 278–4864, email 

obbodvarsson@csus.edu, by March 6, 

2015. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to 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 MeWuk Indians of California; Shingle 

Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle 

Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), 

California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk 

Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of 

California; United Auburn Indian 

Community of the Auburn Rancheria of 

California; Wilton Rancheria, California; 

and two non-Federally recognized 

Native American groups: El Dorado 

Miwok Rancheria; and NashvilleEldorado Miwok (if joined to the request 

of one or more of the foregoing Indian 

tribes) may proceed. 

California State University, 

Sacramento is responsible for notifying 

the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk 

Indians of California; Cachil DeHe Band 

of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian 

Community of the Colusa Rancheria, 

California; California Valley Miwok 

Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Cortina Indian Rancheria of 

Wintun Indians of California; Ione Band 

of Miwok Indians of California; Jackson 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk 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; Susanville Indian Rancheria, 

California; Table Mountain Rancheria of 

California; Tule River Indian Tribe of 

the Tule River Reservation, California; 

Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of 

the Tuolumne Rancheria of California; 

United Auburn Indian Community of 

the Auburn Rancheria of California; 

Wilton Rancheria, California; Wiyot 

Tribe, California (previously listed as 

the Table Bluff Reservation-Wiyot 

Tribe); and Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, 

California (previously listed as the 

Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun 

Indians of California) that this notice 

has been published. California State 

University, Sacramento will also notify 

the El Dorado Miwok Rancheria; and 

Nashville-Eldorado Miwok, two nonFederally recognized Native American 

groups. 

Dated: December 29, 2014. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02181 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA– 

17456;PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

History Colorado, Formerly Colorado 

Historical Society, Denver, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: History Colorado 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 History Colorado. 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 History Colorado at the 

address in this notice by March 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Sheila Goff, History 

Colorado, 1200 Broadway, Denver, CO 

80203, telephone (303) 866–4531, email 

Sheila.goff@state.co.us. 

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 History Colorado, Denver, CO. 

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 History Colorado 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Arapahoe Tribe of 

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the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; 

Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of 

Oklahoma (previously listed as the 

Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of 

Oklahoma); Comanche Nation, 

Oklahoma; Crow Tribe of Montana; Fort 

Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache 

Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero Apache 

Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New 

Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New 

Mexico & Utah; Northern Cheyenne 

Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian 

Reservation, Montana; Ohkay Owingeh, 

New Mexico (previously listed as the 

Pueblo of San Juan); the Paiute Indian 

Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, 

Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem 

Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of 

Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes) 

(formerly the Paiute Indian Tribe of 

Utah (Cedar City Band of Paiutes, 

Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem 

Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of 

Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes)); 

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Pueblo of 

Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Pojoaque, New Mexico, the Pueblo of 

Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Ildefonso, New Mexico; the Pueblo of 

Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Tesuque, New Mexico; Rosebud Sioux 

Tribe of the Rosebud Indian 

Reservation, South Dakota; Shoshone 

Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, 

Wyoming; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of 

the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; 

Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 

Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe 

of the Ute Mountain Reservation, 

Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Ysleta 

Del Sur Pueblo of Texas and Zuni Tribe 

of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. 

The Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Kewa 

Pueblo, New Mexico (previously listed 

as the Pueblo of Santo Domingo); Kiowa 

Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Oglala Sioux 

Tribe (previously listed as the Oglala 

Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge 

Reservation, South Dakota); Pueblo of 

Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Felipe, New Mexico; the Pueblo of Taos, 

New Mexico; the Pueblo of Zia, New 

Mexico; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of 

the Fort Hall Reservation; and Standing 

Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South 

Dakota were invited to consult but did 

not participate. Hereafter, all tribes 

listed above are referred to as ‘‘The 

Consulted and Invited Tribes.’’ 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1967, History Colorado received a 

collection of 679 Native American 

archeological, ethnographic, and 

historic objects from the estate of Vida 

F. Ellison, a collector who 

predominately collected in the 

American Southwest. Included in the 

donation were human remains, 

representing at minimum, two 

individuals, O.7451.356 and 

O.7451.357. There is no documentation 

as to where they were removed from or 

when. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In 1961, a collection of Native 

American archaeological materials was 

purchased from Tom O. Kimball, a 

collector who predominately collected 

in the American Southwest. In 2004, 

human remains, representing at 

minimum, one individual 

(O.7398.17.A), were found in a 

Coconino gray pitcher in the collection. 

There is no documentation as to where 

they were removed from and when. It is 

unknown if there is a relationship 

between the remains and the pitcher. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 2008, human remains representing, 

at minimum, two individuals (R.2.2008) 

were found in collections in a box with 

a mailing label from the Museum of 

Northern Arizona (MNA). Pottery sherds 

and photographs were also in the box. 

There is no documentation as to where 

the remains were removed from and 

when. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. It was not possible 

to determine an association of remains 

with MNA or the other items in the box. 

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, History 

Colorado 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 Southern 

Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute 

Reservation, Colorado and Ute 

Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 

Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & 

Utah. 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: 

• History Colorado consulted with 

every appropriate Indian tribe or Native 

Hawaiian organization, 

• none of The Consulted and Invited 

Tribes objected to the proposed transfer 

of control, and 

• History Colorado may proceed with 

the agreed upon transfer of control of 

the culturally unidentifiable human 

remains to the Southern Ute Indian 

Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, 

Colorado and Ute Mountain Tribe of the 

Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, 

New Mexico & Utah. 

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 History 

Colorado 

Officials of History Colorado have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on 

osteological analysis conducted by Dr. 

Catherine Gaither and the collecting 

habits of the collectors, when known. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 5 

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. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the 

disposition of the human remains will 

be to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of 

the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado 

and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute 

Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New 

Mexico & Utah. 

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 Sheila Goff, History 

Colorado, 1200 Broadway, Denver, CO 

80203, telephone (303) 866–4531, email 

Sheila.goff@state.co.us.by March 6, 

2015. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains to the 

Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado and 

and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute 

Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New 

Mexico & Utah may proceed. 

History Colorado is responsible for 

notifying ‘‘The Consulted and Invited 

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Tribes’’ that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: January 8, 2015. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02191 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA– 

17331;PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Beneski Museum of Natural History, 

Amherst College, Amherst, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Beneski Museum of 

Natural History, Amherst College 

(formerly the Pratt Museum of Natural 

History) has completed an inventory of 

human remains, in consultation with 

the appropriate Indian tribes, and has 

determined that no cultural affiliation 

between the human remains and any 

present-day Indian tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations can be 

established on the basis of the 

documentation available. 

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 Beneski Museum of 

Natural History, Amherst College. 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 Beneski Museum of 

Natural History, Amherst College at the 

address in this notice by March 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Tekla A. Harms, NAGPRA 

Coordinator, Beneski Museum of 

Natural History, Amherst College, 

Amherst, MA 01002, telephone (413) 

542–2233, email taharms@amherst.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 Beneski Museum of Natural History, 

Amherst College. The human remains 

were removed from Tennessee. 

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 NAGPRA 

Coordinator and museum staff of the 

Beneski Museum of Natural History, 

Amherst College, and their agents, in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians 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; Poarch Band of Creeks 

(previously listed as the Poarch Band of 

Creek Indians of Alabama); Seminole 

Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the 

Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big 

Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa 

Reservations)); Shawnee Tribe; The 

Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation 

of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) 

Nation; The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; 

The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; 

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; and the 

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians in Oklahoma. Representatives of 

the Beneski Museum also contacted, but 

were not able to consult with, the 

Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, 

Kialegee Tribal Town, and the TunicaBiloxi Indian Tribe. 

History and Description of the Remains 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from 

Tennessee. The remains consist of one 

cranium that is without the lower jaw, 

without part of the upper jaw, and 

missing many teeth. The cranium 

appears to have been modified during 

growth. It is markedly flattened in the 

forehead, and flattened and indented on 

the back of the cranium, opposite the 

forehead, so that the forehead and back 

of the cranium slope toward the top of 

the cranium. The sides of the cranium 

bulge out slightly, so that the face looks 

widened, especially in the cheekbones. 

Minor repairs in plaster or putty were 

made to the cranium at some time. 

The Beneski Museum of Natural 

History, Amherst College has no 

collection or provenience information 

for these remains. The only existing 

information derives from inked lettering 

on the cranium, which says: ‘‘Indian S. 

Tennessee Adult [male gender symbol] 

CW.’’ The cranium also bears the 

numbers GT 2045 and A–32, neither of 

which corresponds to any cataloging 

system in use at any time in the history 

of the Beneski Museum. No known 

individuals have been identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Determinations Made by the Beneski 

Museum of Natural History, Amherst 

College 

Officials of the Beneski Museum of 

Natural History, Amherst College have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on the 

physical evidence from the cranium. 

• 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 aboriginal 

land of the Eastern Band of Cherokee 

Indians. 

• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or 

Executive Orders, including Indian 

Land Cessions in the period 1784–1894 

for the State of Tennessee, indicate that 

the land from which the Native 

American human remains were 

removed is the aboriginal land of the 

Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians; The Chickasaw 

Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band 

of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. 

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

disposition of the human remains may 

be the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians; The Chickasaw 

Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band 

of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. 

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 Tekla A. Harms, NAGPRA 

Coordinator, Beneski Museum of 

Natural History, Amherst College, 

Amherst, MA 01002, telephone (413) 

542–2233, email taharms@amherst.edu, 

by March 6, 2015. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

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