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(916) 278–4864, email obbodvarsson@

csus.edu, by March 6, 2015. After that 

date, if no additional claimants have 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

unassociated funerary objects 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, Wilton Rancheria, California; 

United Auburn Indian Community of 

the Auburn Rancheria of California; and 

two non-Federally recognized Native 

American groups: El Dorado Miwok 

Rancheria; and Nashville-Eldorado 

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 

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. 2015–02182 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17467; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Denver Museum of Nature & 

Science, Denver, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Denver Museum of 

Nature & Science, in consultation with 

the appropriate Indian tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, has determined 

that the cultural items listed in this 

notice meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request to the 

Denver Museum of Nature & Science. If 

no additional claimants come forward, 

transfer of control of the cultural items 

to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, 

or Native Hawaiian organizations stated 

in this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

the Denver Museum of Nature & Science 

at the address in this notice by March 

6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Chip Colwell, Denver 

Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 

Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO, 

telephone (303) 370–6378, email 

chip.colwell@dmns.org. 

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 cultural 

items under the control of the Denver 

Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, 

CO, that meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects 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 items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

Prior to 1951, 11 cultural items were 

removed from ‘‘graves’’ or ‘‘burial 

mounds’’ in Humboldt County, CA. Ten 

of these cultural items were obtained, 

either through collection or excavation, 

by George and Ethel Smith. One 

necklace (AC.2256) is noted to have 

been excavated by Dr. Ben Hathaway of 

the State Museum in Sacramento and 

obtained by George Smith through an 

exchange. All of the cultural items were 

a part of the collection at the Smith 

Museum, a small museum off Star Route 

in Orange Cove, Fresno County, CA, run 

by George and Ethel Smith from the 

mid-1930s until 1950. In 1951, Mary 

W.A. Crane and Francis V. Crane 

purchased the cultural items from the 

Smith Museum. In 1968, the Cranes 

donated the cultural items to the Denver 

Museum of Natural History (later 

renamed to the Denver Museum of 

Nature & Science). In 1983, the cultural 

items were formally accessioned into 

the collections. The 11 unassociated 

funerary objects are 4 shell bead 

necklaces (AC.1946, AC.1947, AC.2256, 

AC.2257), 3 shell objects (AC.1939, 

AC.2154A–B), 1 stone pestle (AC.2093), 

2 stone ear plugs (AC.2133A–B; note the 

location of AC.2133B is currently 

unknown), and 1 lot of shell beads 

(AC.2258). 

Museum records indicate that all of 

these cultural items were excavated 

from Native American graves or burial 

mounds located within Humboldt 

County, CA. Based on archival 

documents and expert opinion, it is 

reasonable to conclude that they were 

likely removed from a burial mound in 

Humboldt Bay known as HUM–67 and 

Tuluwat, located on Indian Island 

(formerly Gunther Island)—a place 

closely associated with Wiyot history. 

Stylistic attributes of material culture 

found at Tuluwat indicate that the site 

was occupied after A.D. 900. Multiple 

lines of evidence suggest the Wiyot 

culture has developed in-situ within 

Humboldt County over the last 

thousand years or more. Given this long 

term development the shared group 

identity is evident. The identifiable 

earlier group is the Wiyot and presentday tribes are those with Wiyot 

members: The Bear River Band of 

Rohnerville Rancheria, California, Blue 

Lake Rancheria, California, and the 

Wiyot Tribe, California (previously 

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listed as the Table Bluff ReservationWiyot Tribe). 

Determinations Made by the Denver 

Museum of Nature & Science 

Officials of the Denver Museum of 

Nature & Science have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), 

the 11 cultural items described 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 and 

are 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 

objects and the Bear River Band of 

Rohnerville Rancheria, California, Blue 

Lake Rancheria, California, and the 

Wiyot Tribe, California (previously 

listed as the Table Bluff ReservationWiyot Tribe). 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Dr. Chip Colwell, Denver Museum of 

Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado 

Boulevard, Denver, CO, telephone (303) 

370–6378, email chip.colwell@

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

date, if no additional claimants have 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

unassociated funerary objects to Bear 

River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria, 

California, Blue Lake Rancheria, 

California, and the Wiyot Tribe, 

California (previously listed as the Table 

Bluff Reservation-Wiyot Tribe) may 

proceed. The Wiyot Tribe, California 

(previously listed as the Table Bluff 

Reservation-Wiyot Tribe) has made a 

formal claim for the cultural items, 

which has been supported by Bear River 

Band of Rohnerville Rancheria, 

California and Blue Lake Rancheria, 

California. 

The Denver Museum of Nature & 

Science is responsible for notifying the 

Bear River Band of Rohnerville 

Rancheria, California, Blue Lake 

Rancheria, California, and the Wiyot 

Tribe, California (previously listed as 

the Table Bluff Reservation-Wiyot Tribe) 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: January 9, 2015. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02188 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17465; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, 

National Park Service, Horseshoe 

Bend National Military Park, Daviston, 

AL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, National Park Service, 

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, 

in consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, has determined that the 

cultural items listed in this notice meet 

the definition of unassociated funerary 

objects. Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request to Horseshoe 

Bend National Military Park. If no 

additional claimants come forward, 

transfer of control of the cultural items 

to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, 

or Native Hawaiian organizations stated 

in this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park 

at the address in this notice by March 

6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Doyle Sapp, 

Superintendent, Horseshoe Bend 

National Military Park, 11288 Horseshoe 

Bend Road, Daviston, AL 36256, 

telephone (256) 234–7111x226, email 

doyle_sapp@nps.gov. 

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 cultural 

items under the control of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Horseshoe Bend National 

Military Park, Daviston, AL that meet 

the definition of unassociated funerary 

objects 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 Superintendent, Horseshoe Bend 

National Military Park. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

At an unknown date, 140 cultural 

items were removed from an unknown 

site within the boundaries of Horseshoe 

Bend National Military Park in 

Tallapoosa County, AL. The cultural 

items were donated to Horseshoe Bend 

National Military Park in 1965 by James 

Warren. While the original provenience 

of the objects is unknown, park 

donation receipts indicate that they 

were removed from burial contexts. The 

whereabouts of the human remains are 

unknown. The 140 unassociated 

funerary objects are 88 straight brass 

pins, 6 antler fragments, 7 small 

spherical brass bells, 1 ball and pendant 

cone silver earring, 2 rolled sheet 

copper metal fragments, 3 metal 

buckles, 1 flat copper wire bracelet, 5 

copper disc buttons, 2 semi-circular 

grey flint tools, 2 small polished stone 

pebbles, 2 complete cone-shaped brass 

buttons, 16 cone-shaped brass button 

fragments, 3 stone projectile points, and 

2 calcined marine shells. 

In 1921, 125 cultural items were 

removed from an unnamed site near 

Enitachopco Creek, in Tallapoosa 

County, AL. The cultural items were 

donated to Horseshoe Bend National 

Military Park in 1978 by Mrs. Joe 

Murphee. Ms. Murphee indicated on a 

donation questionnaire that the items 

were removed from a Native American 

grave near the farm of Andrew H. 

Watson by Jim Brittain, a tenant of Ms. 

Murphee’s uncle. The whereabouts of 

the human remains are unknown. The 

125 unassociated funerary objects are 

125 trade beads. 

The unassociated funerary objects 

date to the historic period (late 16thearly 19th century), and originate from 

Tallapoosa County, AL. The Tallapoosa 

County area was historically occupied 

by Upper Creek Muscogee peoples. 

Upper Creek Muscogee descendants 

now are members of several Indian 

tribes including Kialegee Tribal Town, 

Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed 

as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of 

Alabama), The Muscogee Creek Nation, 

and Thlopthlocco Tribal Town. The area 

was also historically occupied by 

Alabama and Coushatta peoples, who 

were later members of the Creek 

confederacy and shared many cultural 

traditions with the Creek. Descendants 

of these groups now are members of the 

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