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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 102946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29942]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039213; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Intended Repatriation: History Colorado (formerly the 
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 intends to repatriate a 
certain cultural item that meets the definition of a sacred object and 
that has a known lineal descendant.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or 
after January 17, 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 the 
summary or related records. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation. 
The one item is a headdress (E.1993.2) that belonged to Sapiah, or 
Buckskin Charley. Through consultation with authorized tribal 
representatives and known lineal descendants, this item has been 
determined to belong to an individual who performed religious 
ceremonies and the headdress is a sacred object. The headdress was 
removed from La Plata County, Colorado at an unknown date, and later 
donated to History Colorado (then the Colorado Historical Society) in 
1961.

Determinations

    History Colorado has determined that:
     The one sacred object described in this notice is a 
specific ceremonial object needed by a traditional Native American 
religious leader for present-day adherents to practice traditional 
Native American religion, according to the Native American traditional 
knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
     A known lineal descendant (name withheld per request) is 
connected to the cultural item described in this notice.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item 
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified 
in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be 
submitted by 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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after January 17, 2025. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, History Colorado must determine the most 
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the cultural item 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 and to any other consulting 
parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.

    Dated: December 11, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-29942 Filed 12-17-24; 8:45 am]
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