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object should contact Joan Lloyd, 

Oshkosh Public Museum, 1331 Algoma 

Blvd., Oshkosh, WI 54901, telephone 

(920) 236–5766, before October 20, 

2010. Repatriation of the unassociated 

funerary object to the Ho-Chunk Nation 

of Wisconsin may proceed after that 

date if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The Oshkosh Public Museum is 

responsible for notifying the Ho-Chunk 

Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of 

Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Menominee Indian Tribe of 

Wisconsin; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of 

Indians, Oklahoma; and the Winnebago 

Tribe of Nebraska, that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: September 10, 2010 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23406 Filed 9–17–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Utah 

Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake 

City, UT 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in the possession and control of the 

Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt 

Lake City, UT. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from Millard and Washington 

Counties, UT. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in 

this notice are the sole responsibility of 

the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American human remains and 

associated funerary objects. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Utah Museum 

of Natural History professional staff and 

a report sent to representatives of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Goshute 

Reservation, Nevada and Utah; 

Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation 

of Utah (Washakie); Paiute Indian Tribe 

of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh 

Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of 

Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, 

and Shivwits Band of Paiutes); Skull 

Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah; 

and the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah 

& Ouray Reservation, Utah, on January 

15, 2010, and consultation with the 

Confederated Tribes of the Goshute 

Reservation, Nevada and Utah, and 

Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, followed. 

Before 1931, human remains 

representing a minimum of six 

individuals were removed from a cave 

in Millard County, UT, by a private 

collector. In 1931, the human remains 

and associated funerary objects were 

donated to the University of Utah. On 

November 10, 1972, transfer of the 

University anthropology collections to 

the Utah Museum of Natural History 

occurred. It is unknown if the 

individuals were found together or in 

separate areas of the cave. No known 

individuals were identified. Originally, 

leather fragments were collected, but are 

currently missing. The remaining three 

associated funerary objects are one steel 

knife and two fragments of unworked 

faunal bone. 

The associated funerary objects found 

with the interments indicate that the 

human remains are from the contact 

period. The result of an osteological 

analysis indicates that the individuals 

are Native American and likely of 

Numic descent. Based on the 

geographical location of the burials, it 

has been determined descendants of 

these individuals are members of the 

Kanosh Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe 

of Utah, who inhabited this area during 

the protohistoric and contact periods. 

Between 1990 and 1995, human 

remains representing a minimum of one 

individual were discovered on private 

property in Panguitch, Washington 

County, UT. The human remains were 

taken to the Panguitch Sheriff’s 

department, and then to the Anasazi 

State Park. In 1997, the human remains 

were transferred to the Utah Museum of 

Natural History and accessioned into 

the collections. No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The result of an osteological analysis 

indicates that the individual is Native 

American and likely of Numic descent. 

Based on the geographical location of 

the burial, it has been determined that 

the individual was likely a member of 

the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, who 

inhabited this area during the 

protohistoric and contact periods. The 

Kanosh Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe 

of Utah is taking responsibility for the 

repatriation of this individual. 

In 1932, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from Black Rock Butte, Millard 

County, UT, by a private collector. In 

1932, the human remains were loaned 

to the University of Utah. On November 

10, 1972, transfer of the University 

anthropology collections to the Utah 

Museum of Natural History occurred. In 

1992, the loan was converted to 

ownership by the museum under Utah 

law. No known individual was 

identified. The burial goods claimed to 

have been found with the remains were 

not located in 2009. It is unknown if the 

objects were ever in the possession of 

the University of Utah. Therefore, no 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The result of an osteological analysis 

indicates that the individual is Native 

American and likely of Numic descent. 

Based on the geographical location of 

the burial, it has been determined that 

the individual was likely a member of 

the Kanosh Band of the Paiute Indian 

Tribe of Utah, who inhabited this area 

during the protohistoric and contact 

periods. 

Officials of the Utah Museum of 

Natural History have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of eight 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Utah Museum 

of Natural History also have determined 

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the three objects described 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 Utah Museum of Natural 

History have determined that, pursuant 

to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a 

relationship of shared group identity 

that can be reasonably traced between 

the Native American human remains 

and associated funerary objects and the 

Kanosh Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe 

of Utah. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Duncan Metcalfe, Utah Museum 

of Natural History, 1390 E. Presidents 

Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, 

telephone (801) 581–3876, before 

October 20, 2010. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Kanosh Band of the Paiute 

Indian Tribe of Utah may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Utah Museum of Natural History 

is responsible for notifying the 

Confederated Tribes of the Goshute 

Reservation, Nevada and Utah; 

Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation 

of Utah (Washakie); Paiute Indian Tribe 

of Utah; Skull Valley Band of Goshute 


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Indians of Utah; and the Ute Indian 

Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 

Reservation, Utah, that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: September 10, 2010 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23405 Filed 9–17–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Pioneer Historical Society of Bent 

County, Las Animas, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains in the control of the Pioneer 

Historical Society of Bent County, Las 

Animas, CO. The human remains were 

removed from unknown locations. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in 

this notice are the sole responsibility of 

the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American human remains. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Pioneer 

Historical Society of Bent County 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Apache Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind 

River Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne 

and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Citizen 

Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; 

Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Crow 

Tribe of Montana; Delaware Nation, 

Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi 

Community, Wisconsin; Fort Sill 

Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Hannahville 

Indian Community, Michigan; HoChunk Nation, Wisconsin; Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and 

Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; 

Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the 

Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; 

Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Kickapoo 

Traditional Tribe of Texas; 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; Ohkay Owinegh, New Mexico; 

Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Osage Nation, 

Oklahoma; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of 

Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation of 

Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Prairie Band of Potawatomi 

Nation, Kansas; 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 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; Sac & Fox Tribe of the 

Mississippi in Iowa; Sac & Fox Nation 

of Missouri in Kansas & Nebraska; Sac 

& Fox Nation, Oklahoma; 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; Ute 

Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 

Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & 

Utah; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; 

Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico. 

On unknown dates, human remains 

representing a minimum of two 

individuals were removed from 

unknown locations possibly by B.F. 

Jackson. Jackson later donated them to 

the Pioneer Historical Society of Bent 

County (catalog number O 1298). No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The human remains are more likely 

than not Native American based on 

biological information obtained through 

a non-destructive osteological study. 

Officials of the Pioneer Historical 

Society of Bent County have determined 

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of two 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Lastly, officials of the Pioneer 

Historical Society of Bent County have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(2), a relationship of shared group 

identity cannot reasonably be traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and any present-day Indian 

tribe. 

The Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Review 

Committee (Review Committee) is 

responsible for recommending specific 

actions for the disposition of culturally 

unidentifiable human remains. In 

October 2009, the Pioneer Historical 

Society of Bent County requested that 

the Review Committee recommend 

disposition of four culturally 

unidentifiable human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the 

Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, 

Oklahoma. The Arapahoe Tribe of the 

Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; 

Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Forest 

County Potawatomi Community, 

Wisconsin; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Iowa 

Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache 

Nation, New Mexico; Northern 

Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern 

Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; 

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Pueblo of 

Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; and 

Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado, 

wrote letters in support of the 

disposition to the Cheyenne and 

Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma. The Ute 

Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 

Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & 

Utah, testified in support of the 

disposition to the Cheyenne and 

Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma, before the 

Review Committee during the May 15– 

16, 2008, meeting. Furthermore, none of 

the Indian tribes consulted objected to 

the determination of the ‘‘culturally 

unidentifiable’’ status by the Pioneer 

Historical Society of Bent County and 

the disposition to the Cheyenne and 

Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma. 

The Review Committee considered 

the proposal at its October 30–31, 2009, 

meeting and recommended the 

disposition of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the 

Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, 

Oklahoma. The Secretary of the Interior 

independently reviewed the 

recommendation. A June 3, 2010, letter 

from the Designated Federal Officer, 

writing on behalf of the Secretary of the 

Interior, transmitted the authorization 

for the Pioneer Historical Society of 

Bent County to effect disposition of the 

physical remains of two of the culturally 

unidentifiable individuals to the 

Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, 

Oklahoma, contingent on the 

publication of a Notice of Inventory 

Completion in the Federal Register. 

This notice fulfills that requirement. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Kathryn Finau, Project 

Coordinator, Pioneer Historical Society 

of Bent County, PO Box 68, Las Animas, 


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