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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 234 (Thursday, December 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 96680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28486]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039149; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Inventory Completion: History Colorado (Formerly 
Colorado Historical Society), Denver, CO

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), History Colorado (formerly Colorado 
Historical Society) has completed an inventory of human remains and has 
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human 
remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this 
notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after January 6, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Chance Ward, NAGPRA Collections Specialist, History 
Colorado, 1200 N Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone (303) 866-5751, 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of 
History Colorado, and additional information on the determinations in 
this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in its 
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Human remains representing, at least, five individuals have been 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    History Colorado has identified locks/braids of human hair 
(E.1342.1) in a collection that was donated to the Colorado Historical 
Society in 1944, and representing four individuals. The hair locks/
braids have been taken from the Southern Ute Indian Reservation, La 
Plata County, Colorado by Joseph O. Smith, who was an employee of the 
Southern Ute Indian Agency in about 1895 and later became an Indian 
agent from 1900-1905.
    History Colorado also identified a shirt (E.2005.1) in its 
collections, belonging to Severo, with human hair attached to the 
shirt. The shirt was originally removed from La Plata County, Colorado 
before being donated to History Colorado in 1961. Through consultation 
with authorized Tribal representatives, the hair has been identified as 
human remains and representing, at least one individual.
    No presence of hazardous materials are known.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available 
about the human remains in this notice.

Determinations

    History Colorado has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a connection between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Southern 
Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this 
notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation.
    Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after January 6, 2025. If competing requests 
for repatriation are received, the History Colorado must determine the 
most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. History Colorado is responsible for sending a 
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: November 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-28486 Filed 12-4-24; 8:45 am]
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