96680 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 234 / Thursday, December 5, 2024 / Notices 

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. 

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 

chance.ward@state.co.us. 

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] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039137; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Office 

of History and Archaeology, 

Anchorage, AK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Office 

of History and Archaeology 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: Richard VanderHoek, Ph.D., 

Office of History and Archaeology, 550 

W 7th Avenue, Suite 1310, Anchorage, 

AK 99501–3561, telephone (907)–269– 

8728, email richard.vanderhoek@

alaska.gov. 

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 the Office of 

History and Archaeology, 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 

two individuals have been identified, 

with one mandible (jawbone), and two 

cranial (skull) fragments. No associated 

funerary objects are present. The 

remains were found by Henry Wilson of 

Kotzebue, AK along the beach between 

Sealing Point (Cape Krusenstern 

National Monument) and Kivalina. 

Wilson brought the remains to the NPS 

Northwest Arctic Heritage Center on 

September 23, 2014 for identification. 

Michael Wendt, Project Archaeologist 

for NPS Western Arctic National 

Parklands notified the State Historic 

Preservation Office. OHA and SHPO 

received the remains on 10/2/2014. The 

box containing the remains and some 

documentation was found in the OHA 

lab 2/2024. Age is unknown, but the 

remains are probably archaeological. 


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