FR Doc E8-24963[Federal Register: October 21, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 204)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Denver Department
of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO; Correction
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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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 of the University of Denver Department of
Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO.
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 cultural
items. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
This notice rescinds a Notice of Inventory Completion published in
the Federal Register of July 2, 2001 (FR Doc 01-16547, pages 34956-
34957). After further consideration of the evidence, museum officials
have determined that the human remains are of Native American ancestry,
but that there is not sufficient available evidence that can lead to a
reasonable assignment of cultural affiliation as defined at 25 U.S.C.
3001 (2). This research conclusion was supported by feedback during
tribal consultations, claims to the area, associated funerary objects,
and a rendering of the pictograph found at Cave 5 on the T.O Ranch.
The original notice identified a relationship of shared group
identity that was reasonably traced between the Native American human
remains and the associated funerary objects with the Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma; Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Fort
McDowell Yavapai Nation Arizona; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma;
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero
Reservation, New Mexico; 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; Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of San Juan); 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;
San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona; Tonto
Apache Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache
Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of
the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
After July 2, 2001, museum officials contracted a research
archeologist and conducted additional consultations with
representatives of the Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona,
New Mexico & Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of
San Juan); 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 Pojoaque,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; and Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. The museum also sent reports
and solicited feedback via telephone and correspondence with
representatives from the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Arapahoe Tribe of
the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation,
Arizona; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo,
New Mexico; San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation,
Arizona; Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe of
the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp
Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona; and Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas.
In the notice of July 2, 2001, the human remains representing a
minimum of one individual (catalog number DU6065) were removed from an
unknown location in the Southwestern part of the United States between
the 1920s and the 1950s, possibly by Dr. E.B. Renaud, founder of the
University of Denver Department of Anthropology, or H.B. Roberts, who
often worked on Dr. Renaud's excavations. The human remains include a
cranium of a young adult female with worn dentition and no evidence of
cranial flattening (cradleboarding). The cranium is labeled by H.B.
Roberts in pencil as "Basketmaker Female Early Southwest." Catalog
records do not identify a specific site or any archeological context.
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are
present. Officials at the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology
recognize that scholars have historically attributed the activity of
cradleboarding to Pueblo Tribes, but during consultation, Pueblo
officials knew of examples of other groups who used cradleboards. In
the absence of specific archeological dates, representatives agreed
that cranial flattening was not specifically a Pueblo cultural
practice.
In the notice of July 2, 2001, the human remains representing one
individual (catalog number DU6067) and 198 associated funerary objects
were recovered from a cave (Renaud number Cave 6) on the T.O. Ranch,
near Folsom, Colfax County, NM, by Dr. E.B. Renaud of the University of
Denver Department of Anthropology in 1929. No known individual was
identified. The 198 associated funerary objects are 9 bone awls, 1
antler flaker, 124 bone beads (found in the configuration of a
necklace), 1 hammerstone, 2 choppers, 1 stone pounder, 1 metate, and 59
chipped stone tools. The assemblage has been dated to the terminal
Archaic/Transitional Basketmaker (circa 200 B.C. to A.D. 700 based on
the archeological context of the site).
Dr. Renaud collected the human remains and funerary objects while
on an expedition sponsored by the Colorado Museum of Natural History
(now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science). The burial site and other
caves in the area included corn cobs as well as fragments of yucca
sandals that Dr. Reynaud says resemble those found by Kidder and
Guernsey in northeastern Arizona. Dr. Renaud characterizes the entire
culture as "primitive maize growers." Dr. Renaud links Cave 6 with
another cave in the area, Cave 5, based on the relative position of the
hearths and the similarity of the lithic and animal bone assemblages.
He concludes that the occupations of these neighboring caves were
essentially the
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same and contemporaneous, and that both reflect the same culture. A
pictograph appears at the opening of Cave 5, described as a small,
conventionalized male figure with squared-shoulders.
The expedition encompassed the Cimarron Valley, including Kenton
Caves in the panhandle of Oklahoma. Based on the material culture,
Renaud groups all the sites in the Cimarron Valley as a discrete
cultural group, which he describes alternatively as "Basketmaker,"
"Primitive Basketmaker," and "Fumerole." The lack of specific
evidence does not make cultural affiliation conclusive. A review of
more recent literature regarding the Cimarron Valley reveals that as a
result of scattered artifact collections, inadequate material
descriptions, and poor provenience information, assigning cultural
affiliation to these sites is impossible.
Based on the information described above, including tribal
consultation and expert opinion, officials of the University of Denver
Museum of Anthropology have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001
(2), a relationship of shared group identity cannot be reasonably
traced between the Native American human remains and associated
funerary objects and any present-day Indian tribe.
Representatives of any Native American tribe who wish to comment on
this notice should address their comments to Dr. Christina Kreps,
University of Denver Museum of Anthropology, Sturm 146, Denver, CO
80208, telephone (303) 871-2688, before November 20, 2008.
The University of Denver Museum of Anthropology is responsible for
notifying the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind
River Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma;
Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Fort
Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache
Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache
Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Ohkay Owingeh, New
Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of San Juan); 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; San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona;
Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort
Apache Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico that this notice has been
published.
Dated: October 6, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-24963 Filed 10-20-08; 8:45 am]
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