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###### Department of the Interior

###### National Park Service

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

# AGENCY:

National Park Service, Interior.

# ACTION:

Notice.

# 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                         *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 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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