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increased level of shifting among 

populations, especially among 

populations who were impacted by 

disease, violence, and Euro-American 

activities relating to Sutter’s Fort and 

later gold-rush activities. 

In summary, the ethnographic, 

historical, and geographical evidence 

available indicate that the burials listed 

above are most closely affiliated with 

contemporary descendants of the 

Nisenan with more distant ties to 

neighboring groups, such as Miwok, 

Patwin, and Yokut. The earlier remains 

from the Middle and Late Horizons 

share cultural relations with the Plains 

Miwok, Nisenan, and Yokut based on 

archeological, biological, and historical 

linguistic evidence. 

Determinations Made by California 

State University, Sacramento 

Officials of California State 

University, Sacramento have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 7 

individuals 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 Shingle Springs Band 

of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 

Rancheria (Verona Tract), California and 

United Auburn Indian Community of 

the Auburn Rancheria of California. 

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 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 to the Shingle Springs 

Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 

Rancheria (Verona Tract), California and 

United Auburn Indian Community of 

the Auburn Rancheria of California may 

proceed. 

California State University, 

Sacramento is responsible for notifying 

the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok 

Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria 

(Verona Tract), California and United 

Auburn Indian Community of the 

Auburn Rancheria of California that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: December 29, 2014. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02227 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17370; 

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, formerly 

Colorado Historical Society, 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, NAGPRA 

Liaison, History Colorado, 1200 

Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone 

(303) 866–4561, 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 

History Colorado, Denver, CO. One set 

of remains was received through the 

Moffat County Coroner and is presumed 

to have originated in that county. One 

set of remains was the result of an 

inadvertent discovery in Mesa County, 

CO. 

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 History Colorado 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Crow Creek Sioux 

Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, 

South Dakota; Jicarilla Apache Nation, 

New Mexico; Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma; 

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) (formerly 

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)); Pueblo of 

San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Santa Clara, New Mexico; Shoshone 

Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, 

Wyoming; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of 

the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho; 

Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Southern Ute Indian Reservation, 

Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe (Uintah & 

Ouray Reservation), Utah; and Ute 

Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 

Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & 

Utah. 

Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico 

(formerly the Pueblo of San Juan); 

Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; and 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico 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 March 2014, the Craig Colorado 

Police Department was contacted by a 

local public school because human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual, were found in a storage 

closet. A teacher recalled that the 

remains had been used for teaching in 

the distant past. Anecdotal information 

indicated that they were removed from 

a local, unnamed archeological site at an 

unknown time in the past. They were 

transferred to History Colorado and are 

identified as Office of Archaeology and 

Historic Preservation (OAHP) Case 

Number 303. Osteological analysis 

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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. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02225 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

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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