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Cody. The first mention of the scalp was 

in the museum’s 1931 inventory when 

the collection was under the control of 

Mr. Baker and his wife Olive. Upon 

Olive’s death in 1957, control of the 

collection was transferred to the City of 

Denver, which operates the Buffalo Bill 

Museum and Grave. The inventory done 

in 1957, at the time the collection was 

transferred, includes a ‘‘Crow scalp’’. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The human remains are Native 

American based on the museum 

records. 

Determinations Made by the Buffalo 

Bill Museum and Grave (formerly the 

Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum) 

Officials of the Buffalo Bill Museum 

and Grave (formerly the Buffalo Bill 

Memorial Museum) have determined 

that: 

• 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), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and the Crow Tribe of Montana. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or 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 Steve Friesen, 

Director, Buffalo Bill Museum and 

Grave, 987 1/2 Lookout Mountain Road, 

Golden, CO 80401, telephone (303) 526– 

0744, email steve.friesen@

denvergov.org, by March 6, 2015. After 

that date, if no additional requestors 

have come forward, transfer of control 

of the human remains to the Crow Tribe 

of Montana may proceed. 

The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave 

(formerly the Buffalo Bill Memorial 

Museum) is responsible for notifying the 

Crow Tribe of Montana 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–17479; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, 

TN 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley 

Authority (TVA) has completed an 

inventory of human remains in 

consultation with the appropriate 

federally recognized Indian tribes and 

has determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and any present-day federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

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 to TVA. 

If no additional requestors come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to the federally 

recognized Indian tribes stated in this 

notice may proceed. 

DATES: 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 

TVA at the address in this notice by 

March 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA, 

400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11D, 

Knoxville, TN 37902–1401, telephone 

(865) 632–7458, email tomaher@tva.gov. 

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 and 

possession of TVA. The human remains 

were likely removed from the Citico 

site, 40MR7, in Monroe County, TN, as 

a result of unauthorized digging. The 

human remains were anonymously 

delivered to TVA in the 1990s. 

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 TVA’s 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Absentee 

Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; AlabamaCoushatta Tribe of Texas (previously 

listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes 

of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte 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. 

History and Description of the Remains 

TVA has in its control and possession 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, 12 individuals. All are 

adults. Four have been determined to be 

female and two to be male. The sex of 

the other 6 individuals is indeterminate. 

Composed primarily of cranial bones, 

oral history indicates that the human 

remains were sent to the Tennessee 

Valley Authority after November 16, 

1990, but excavated before the passage 

of NAGPRA. These human remains 

likely resulted from the unauthorized 

digging that took place at the Citico site 

between 1968 and 1978. Their context 

within the site and chronological 

placement is unknown. 

The Citico site was excavated by the 

University of Tennessee in 1967 and 

1968 under a contract with the National 

Park Service. The site was exposed 

using heavy equipment and the 

excavation focused on features, burials, 

and mound stratigraphy. These 

excavations were a result of the 

impoundment of the Little Tennessee 

River as part of TVA’s Tellico Dam and 

Reservoir project. Subsequent to the 

professional excavation, the site was 

damaged by unauthorized digging. 

Excavations at the Citico site revealed 

two dominate occupations: A 

Mississippian Dallas phase occupation 

(A.D. 1300–1550) and a later eighteenth 

century Overhill Cherokee occupation. 

Since no funerary objects accompanied 

these human remains, it is not known if 

they were derived from the Dallas phase 

or the historic Cherokee occupation. 

The lack of any detailed information on 

these human remains leads TVA to 

designate them as culturally 

unidentifiable. 

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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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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17466; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

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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