24398 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 93 / Monday, May 14, 2001 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects in the

Possession of the Colorado Historical

Society, Denver, CO

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

in the possession of Colorado State

Historical Society, Denver, CO.

This notice is published as part of the

National Park Service’s administrative

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR

10.2(c). The determinations within this

notice are the sole responsibility of the

museum, institution, or Federal agency

that has control of these Native

American human remains and

associated funerary objects. The

National Park Service is not responsible

for the determinations within this

notice.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains and associated funerary objects

was made by Colorado Historical

Society professional staff in

consultation with representatives of the

Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River

Reservation, Wyoming; CheyenneArapaho Tribes of Oklahoma; Comanche

Indian Tribe, Oklahoma; Fort Sill

Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Kiowa

Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Northern

Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern

Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana;

Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge

Reservation, South Dakota; Pawnee

Nation of Oklahoma; Rosebud Sioux

Tribe of the Rosebud Indian

Reservation, South Dakota; Southern

Ute Tribe of the Southern Ute

Reservation, Colorado; Three Affiliated

Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,

North Dakota; Ute Indian Tribe of the

Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; and

Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain

Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &

Utah. The following tribes were invited,

but were unable to participate in

consultations: Apache Tribe of

Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache Tribe of the

Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation,

New Mexico; Shoshone Tribe of the

Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; and

Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita,

Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma.

In August 1994, human remains

representing one individual were

observed by a Colorado Springs man

and his children in an arroyo slump in

Colorado Springs, CO. Without

disturbing the remains, the man

contacted the Colorado Springs sheriff,

who visited the site to collect all of the

visible remains. The Office of the State

Archaeologist was contacted on August

26 and, with the assistance of local

archaeologists, the remaining portions

of the burial were excavated between

August 26 and 30, 1994. The remains,

consisting of the nearly complete

skeleton of an adult male, were

originally buried in a flexed position.

The teeth show unusually heavy wear

and polish on all sides, with wear

patterns on the front teeth suggestive of

their use as tools. The totality of these

circumstances supports the

identification of this individual as

Native American. No known individual

was identified. The six associated

funerary objects are a jasper biface, a

ground and polished animal scapula,

three flakes, and a piece of stone shatter.

Based on the totality of the

circumstances surrounding the

acquisition of these human remains and

associated funerary objects, and

evidence of traditional territories, oral

traditions, archaeological context,

material culture, and dentition, officials

of the Colorado Historical Society have

determined that the burial dates to the

prehistoric period, and that there is

cultural affiliation with the present-day

tribes who jointly claim a presence in

the region prior to and during the

contact period. Official representatives

of 12 tribes signed and submitted a

document to the Colorado Historical

Society on October 12, 2000, jointly

claiming cultural affiliation to these

human remains and associated funerary

objects. The 12 tribes are the CheyenneArapaho Tribes of Oklahoma; Comanche

Indian Tribe, Oklahoma; Fort Sill

Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Kiowa

Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Northern

Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern

Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana;

Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge

Reservation, South Dakota; Pawnee

Nation of Oklahoma; Rosebud Sioux

Tribe of the Rosebud Indian

Reservation, South Dakota; Southern

Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute

Reservation, Colorado; Three Affiliated

Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,

North Dakota; Ute Indian Tribe of the

Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; and

Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain

Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &

Utah.

Based on the above-mentioned

information, officials of the Colorado

Historical Society have determined that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(1), the

human remains listed above represent

the physical remains of one individual

of Native American ancestry. Officials of

the Colorado Historical Society also

have determined that, pursuant to 43

CFR 10.2(d)(2), the six objects listed

above are reasonably believed to have

been placed with or near individual

human remains at the time of death or

later as part of the death rite or

ceremony. Lastly, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2(e), officials of the Colorado

Historical Society have determined that,

based upon traditional territories and

oral traditions, there is a relationship of

shared group identity that can be

reasonably traced between these Native

American human remains and the

Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma;

Comanche Indian Tribe, Oklahoma; Fort

Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Kiowa

Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Northern

Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern

Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana;

Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge

Reservation, South Dakota; Pawnee

Nation of Oklahoma; Rosebud Sioux

Tribe of the Rosebud Indian

Reservation, South Dakota; Southern

Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute

Reservation, Colorado; Three Affiliated

Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,

North Dakota; Ute Indian Tribe of the

Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; and

Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain

Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &

Utah.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma;

Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River

Reservation, Wyoming; CheyenneArapaho Tribes of Oklahoma; Cheyenne

River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River

Reservation, South Dakota; Comanche

Indian Tribe, Oklahoma; Crow Tribe of

Montana; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the

Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota;

Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma;

Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache

Tribe of the Jicarilla Apache Indian

Reservation, New Mexico; Kiowa Indian

Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache

Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New

Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New

Mexico & Utah; Northern Cheyenne

Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian

Reservation, Montana; Oglala Sioux

Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation,

South Dakota; Pawnee Nation of

Oklahoma; Pueblo of Acoma, New

Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico;

Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of

Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna,

New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New

Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico;

Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico;

Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico;

Pueblo of San Juan, New Mexico;

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Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico;

Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo

of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of

Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of

Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of

Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque,

New Mexico, Pueblo of Zia, New

Mexico; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the

Rosebud Indian Reservation, South

Dakota; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind

River Reservation, Wyoming; ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall

Reservation of Idaho; Southern Ute

Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute

Reservation, Colorado; Standing Rock

Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota;

Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort

Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; Ute

Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray

Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe

of the Ute Mountain Reservation,

Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Wichita

and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi,

Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma; and

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New

Mexico. Representatives of any other

Indian tribe that believes itself to be

culturally affiliated with these human

remains should contact Anne W. Bond,

Director of Collections and Exhibitions,

Colorado Historical Society, 1300

Broadway, Denver, CO 80203–2137,

telephone (303) 866–4691, before June

13, 2001. Repatriation of the human

remains to the Cheyenne-Arapaho

Tribes of Oklahoma; Comanche Indian

Tribe, Oklahoma; Fort Sill Apache Tribe

of Oklahoma; Kiowa Indian Tribe of

Oklahoma; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of

the Northern Cheyenne Indian

Reservation, Montana; Oglala Sioux

Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation,

South Dakota; Pawnee Nation of

Oklahoma; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the

Rosebud Indian Reservation, South

Dakota; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of

the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado;

Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort

Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; Ute

Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray

Reservation, Utah; and Ute Mountain

Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation,

Colorado, New Mexico & Utah may

begin after that date if no additional

claimants come forward.

Dated: April 27, 2001.

John Robbins,

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects in the

Possession of the Kansas State

Historical Society, Topeka, KS

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

in the possession of the Kansas State

Historical Society, Topeka, KS.

This notice is published as part of the

National Park Service’s administrative

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR

10.2(c). The determinations within this

notice are the sole responsibility of the

museum, institution, or Federal agency

that has control of these Native

American human remains and

associated funerary objects. The

National Park Service is not responsible

for the determinations within this

notice.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by Kansas State

Historical Society professional staff in

consultation with representatives of the

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.

In 1975, human remains representing

four individuals were donated to the

Kansas State Historical Society by Jerry

Bobey who reportedly excavated these

human remains from a low rock-filled

earthen mound at the Bobey site,

14RP325, on a bluff above Salt Creek in

Republic County, KS. No known

individuals were identified. The 68

associated funerary objects are pottery

shards, a pipebowl section, chipped

stone tools and debris, and 12 pieces of

limestone.

Based on osteological analysis, the

reported archeological context, and the

associated funerary objects, these

individuals have been identified as

Native American. Based on geographic

location and material culture,

particularly pottery characteristics, the

Bobey site has been identified as a

manifestation of the Central Plains

Tradition (C.E. 900–1400). Based on

temporal position and continuities of

material culture, the Central Plains

Tradition has been identified as

ancestral to the present-day Pawnee

Nation of Oklahoma.

Based on the above-mentioned

information, officials of the Kansas State

Historical Society have determined that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(1), the

human remains listed above represent

the physical remains of four individuals

of Native American ancestry. Officials of

the Kansas State Historical Society also

have determined that, pursuant to 43

CFR 10.2(d)(2), the 68 objects listed

above are reasonably believed to have

been placed with or near individual

human remains at the time of death or

later as part of the death rite or

ceremony. Lastly, officials of the Kansas

State Historical Society have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2(e), there is a relationship of shared

group identity that can be reasonably

traced between these Native American

human remains and associated funerary

objects and the Pawnee Nation of

Oklahoma. This notice has been sent to

officials of the Pawnee Nation of

Oklahoma. Representatives of any other

Indian tribe that believes itself to be

culturally affiliated with these human

remains and associated funerary objects

should contact Randall M. Thies,

Archaeologist, Kansas State Historical

Society, 6425 Southwest Sixth Avenue,

Topeka, KS 66615–1099, telephone

(785) 272–8681, extension 267, before

June 13, 2001. Repatriation of the

human remains and associated funerary

objects to the Pawnee Nation of

Oklahoma may begin after that date if

no additional claimants come forward.

Dated: April 20, 2001.

John Robbins,

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Correction—Notice of Inventory

Completion for Native American

Human Remains and Associated

Funerary Objects in the Possession of

the Peabody Museum of Archaeology

and Ethnology, Harvard University,

Cambridge, MA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior

ACTION: Correction

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

in the possession of the Peabody

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,

Cambridge, MA.

This notice is published as part of the

National Park Service’s administrative