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determined they are of Native American 

ancestry. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In May 2014, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were inadvertently 

discovered at the bottom of a slope on 

private property near Grand Mesa, CO. 

The Mesa County Coroner investigated 

and ruled out forensic interest. The 

exact location from which the human 

remains originated could not be located, 

but it is presumed they eroded from 

higher ground. The human remains 

were transferred to History Colorado, 

where they are identified as OAHP Case 

Number 306. Osteological analysis by 

determined that they are of Native 

American ancestry. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

History Colorado, in partnership with 

the Colorado Commission of Indian 

Affairs, Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado, 

and the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute 

Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New 

Mexico & Utah, conducted tribal 

consultations among the tribes with 

ancestral ties to the State of Colorado to 

develop the process for disposition of 

culturally unidentifiable Native 

American human remains and 

associated funerary objects originating 

from inadvertent discoveries on 

Colorado State and private lands. As a 

result of the consultation, a process was 

developed, Process for Consultation, 

Transfer, and Reburial of Culturally 

Unidentifiable Native American Human 

Remains and Associated Funerary 

Objects Originating From Inadvertent 

Discoveries on Colorado State and 

Private Lands, (2008, unpublished, on 

file with the Colorado Office of 

Archaeology and Historic Preservation). 

The tribes consulted are those who have 

expressed their wishes to be notified of 

discoveries in the Great Basin 

Consultation Region as established by 

the Process, where these individuals 

originated. 

The Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Review 

Committee (Review Committee) is 

responsible for recommending specific 

actions for disposition of culturally 

unidentifiable human remains. On 

November 3–4, 2006, the Process was 

presented to the Review Committee for 

consideration. A January 8, 2007, letter 

on behalf of the Review Committee from 

the Designated Federal Officer 

transmitted the provisional 

authorization to proceed with the 

Process upon receipt of formal 

responses from the Jicarilla Apache 

Nation, New Mexico, and the Kiowa 

Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, subject to 

forthcoming conditions imposed by the 

Secretary of the Interior. On May 15–16, 

2008, the responses from the Jicarilla 

Apache Nation, New Mexico, and the 

Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma were 

submitted to the Review Committee. On 

September 23, 2008, the Assistant 

Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and 

Parks, as the designee for the Secretary 

of the Interior, transmitted the 

authorization for the disposition of 

culturally unidentifiable human 

remains according to the Process and 

NAGPRA, pending publication of a 

Notice of Inventory Completion in the 

Federal Register. This notice fulfills 

that requirement. 

43 CFR 10.11 was promulgated on 

March 15, 2010, to provide a process for 

the disposition of culturally 

unidentifiable Native American human 

remains recovered from tribal or 

aboriginal lands as established by the 

final judgment of the Indian Claims 

Commission or U.S. Court of Claims, a 

treaty, Act of Congress, or Executive 

Order, or other authoritative 

governmental sources. As there is no 

evidence indicating that the human 

remains reported in this notice 

originated from tribal or aboriginal 

lands, they are eligible for disposition 

under the Process. 

Determinations Made by History 

Colorado 

Officials of History Colorado have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains are Native American 

based on osteological analysis. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of two 

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 10.11(c)(2)(ii) 

and the Process, the disposition of the 

human remains may be to the Southern 

Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute 

Reservation, Colorado, and the 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, NAGPRA 

Liaison, 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 the Ute 

Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 

Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & 

Utah may proceed. 

History Colorado is responsible for 

notifying The Consulted and Invited 

Tribes that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: December 19, 2014. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17371; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

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. 

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 

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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 the Grand 

Hotel, Mackinac Island, Mackinac 

County, 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 Bay Mills Indian 

Community, Michigan; Grand Traverse 

Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Hannahville Indian 

Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay 

Indian Community, Michigan; Lac 

Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Michigan; 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; 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.); Pokagon 

Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan 

and Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian 

Tribe of Michigan; and the Sault Ste. 

Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan (hereinafter referred to as 

‘‘The Tribes’’). 

Additional requests for consultation 

were sent to the Absentee-Shawnee 

Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River 

Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of 

Chippewa Indians of the Bad River 

Reservation, Wisconsin; Bois Forte Band 

(Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Tribe, Minnesota; Chippewa-Cree 

Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, 

Montana; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, 

Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 

Delaware Tribe of Indians; 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; 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; Leech Lake Band of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 

Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; 

Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe 

of Indians of Oklahoma; 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; Shawnee Tribe; 

Sokaogon Chippewa Community, 

Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians 

of Wisconsin; Sac and Fox Nation of 

Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & 

Fox Nation of Oklahoma; Sac & Fox 

Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; 

Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Seneca Nation of Indians (previously 

listed as the Seneca Nation of New 

York); 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; and the Wyandotte Nation. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In an unknown year, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one adult 

male individual were collected by an 

unknown individual near the 

foundation of the porch of the Grand 

Hotel, Mackinac Island, Mackinac 

County, MI, on Mackinac Island. The 

American Museum of Natural History 

acquired these remains as a gift from 

Mr. Nicholas Lambaris in 1957 and 

accessioned these remains in 1959. No 

known individuals were 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 

archeological context and museum 

records. 

• 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 from Mackinac 

Island which is the aboriginal land of 

the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of 

Michigan. 

• 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, 212–769– 

5837, email nmurphy@amnh.org, 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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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17404; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

California State University, 

Sacramento, Sacramento, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: California State University, 

Sacramento has completed an inventory 

of human remains and associated 

funerary objects, in consultation with 

the appropriate Indian tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

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