[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62839-62842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26164]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Colorado Museum,
Boulder, CO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The University of Colorado Museum has completed an inventory
of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes,
and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the
human remains and any present-day Indian tribe. Representatives of any
Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the
human remains may contact the University of Colorado Museum.
Disposition of the human remains to the Indian tribes stated below may
occur if no additional requestors come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the human remains should contact the
University of Colorado Museum at the address below by November 10,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Steve Lekson, Curator of Anthropology, University of
Colorado Museum, Campus Box 218, Boulder, CO 80309, telephone (303)
492-6671.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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
possession of the University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO. The human
remains were removed from California.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by University
of Colorado Museum professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians,
California; Alturas Indian Rancheria, California; Augustine Band of
Cahuilla Mission Indians, California; Barona Group of Capitan Grande
Ban of Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation, California; Bear
River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria, California; Berry Creek Rancheria
of Maidu Indians of California; Big Lagoon Rancheria, California; Big
Pine Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians of the Big Pine
Reservation, California; Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians of
California; Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley
Rancheria, California; Blue Lake Rancheria, California; Bridgeport
Paiute Indian Colony of California; Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk
Indians of California; Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian
Colony of Oregon; Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, California; Cachil
DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the
Colusa Rancheria, California; Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Cahto Indian
Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria, California; Cahuilla Band of
Mission Indians of the Cahuilla Reservation, California; California
Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians
of the Campo Reservation, California; Cedarville Rancheria, California;
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation, California;
Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, California;
Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Cloverdale
Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono
Indians of California; Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado
River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California; Confederated Tribes
of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the
Siletz Reservation, Oregon; Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians of
California; Death Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of California; Dry
Creek Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Elem Indian Colony of
Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria, California; Elk Valley
Rancheria, California; Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of
California; Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians, California; Federated
Indians of Graton Rancheria, California; Fort Bidwell Indian Community
of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of California; Fort Independence Indian
Community of Paiute of the Fort Independence Reservation, California;
Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian
Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona;
Fort Mohave Indian Tribes of Arizona, California & Nevada; Greenville
Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Grindstone Indian Rancheria
of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of California; Guidiville Rancheria of
California; Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake, California; Hoopa Valley
Tribe, California; Hopland Band of Pomo Indians of the Hopland
Rancheria, California; Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, California; Inaja
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation,
California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Rancheria
of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Jamul Indian Village of California;
Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Karuk Tribe; Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point
Rancheria, California; Klamath Tribes, Oregon; La Jolla Band of Luiseno
Indians, California; La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the
La Posta Indian Reservation, California; Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute
Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Los Coyotes Band of
Cahuilla & Cupeno Indians, California; Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the
Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; Lower Lake Rancheria, California;
Lytton Rancheria of California; Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the
Manchester-Point Arena
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Rancheria, California; Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of
the Manzanita Reservation, California; Mechoopda Indian Tribe of the
Chico Rancheria, California; Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission
Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, California; Middletown
Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Moapa Band of Paiute Indians
of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada; Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma;
Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Morongo Band of
Cahuilla Mission Indians, California; Northfork Rancheria of Mono
Indians of California; Northwest 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); Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the
Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony, California; Paiute-Shoshone of
the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada; Paiute-Shoshone Indians of
the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine Reservation, California; Pala
Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pala Reservation, California;
Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of California; Pauma Band of Luiseno
Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California; Pechanga
Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation,
California; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California;
Pinoleville Pomo Nation, California; Pit River Tribe, California
(includes XL Ranch, Big Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery Creek and
Roaring Creek Rancherias); Potter Valley Tribe, California; Pyramid
Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; Quartz
Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley Reservation of California;
Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California &
Arizona; Ramona Band of Cahuilla, California; Redding Rancheria
California; Redwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California;
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada; Resighini Rancheria, California;
Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the San Manuel Reservation,
California; Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Round
Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation, California; San
Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; San Manuel Band of Mission
Indians, California; San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of
California; Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians; Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Santa Ynez Band of
Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California;
Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California; Sherwood Valley
Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok
Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California;
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; Smith
River Rancheria, California; Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians,
California; Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Susanville Indian
Rancheria, California; Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation; Table
Mountain Rancheria of California; Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone
Indians of Nevada (Four constituent bands: Battle Mountain Band; Elko
Band; South Fork Band and Wells Band); Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla
Indians, California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River
Reservation, California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the
Tuolumne Rancheria of California; Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission
Indians of California; United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn
Rancheria of California; Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton
Paiute Reservation, California; Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan
Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas Reservation, California;
Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada;
Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California (Carson Colony, Dresslerville
Colony, Woodfords Community, Stewart Community, & Washoe Ranches);
Wiyot Tribe, California; Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony &
Campbell Ranch, Nevada Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California; and Yurok
Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, California (herein after ``The
Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
On an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from California by Joe Ben Wheat, the curator
of anthropology at the University of Colorado Museum from 1953 to 1988.
In November 2009, the human remains (a tooth) (TIN 0058) were found in
the collection. No known individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Determinations Made by the University of Colorado Museum
Officials of the University of Colorado Museum have determined
that:
Based on the collecting history of Joe Ben Wheat, the
human remains are Native American.
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 any present-day Indian tribe.
According to final judgments of the Indian Claims
Commission, the land from which the Native American human remains were
removed is the aboriginal land of the Colorado River Indian Tribes of
the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California; Fort
McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian
Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona;
Fort Mohave Indian Tribes of Arizona, California & Nevada; Kaibab Band
of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Klamath
Tribes, Oregon; Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas
Indian Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River
Indian Reservation, Nevada; 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); Paiute-Shoshone
Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada; Pit River Tribe,
California (includes XL Ranch, Big Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery
Creek and Roaring Creek Rancherias); Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the
Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian
Reservation, California & Arizona; Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada;
Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada;
Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California (Carson Colony, Dresslerville
Colony, Woodfords Community, Stewart Community, & Washoe Ranches);
Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona;
and Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch,
Nevada.
Multiple lines of evidence, including treaties, Acts of
Congress, and Executive Orders, indicate that the land from which the
Native American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of
the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians, California;
Augustine Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians, California; Berry Creek
Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Big Pine Band of Owens Valley
Paiute Shoshone Indians of the Big Pine Reservation, California; Big
Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; Big Valley Band of Pomo
Indians of the Big Valley Rancheria, California; Bridgeport Paiute
Indian Colony of California; Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Burns Paiute Tribe of the
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Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon; Caddo Nation of Oklahoma;
California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of
Me-Wuk Indians of California; Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians of
California; Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of California;
Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation,
Arizona and California; Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde
Community of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation,
Oregon; Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California; Dry Creek
Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Elem Indian Colony of Pomo
Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria, California; Enterprise Rancheria
of Maidu Indians of California; Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone
Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada and Oregon;
Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of California;
Hoopa Valley Tribe, California; Hopland Band of Pomo Indians of the
Hopland Rancheria, California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of
California; Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Kaibab
Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona;
Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria,
California; Klamath Tribes, Oregon; La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians,
California; Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian
Colony, Nevada; Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla & Cupeno Indians,
California; Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony,
Nevada; Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester-Point Arena
Rancheria, California; Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of
California; Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian
Reservation, Nevada; Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma; Mooretown Rancheria of
Maidu Indians of California; Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians,
California; Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California;
Northwest 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); Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop
Colony, California; Paiute-Shoshone of the Fallon Reservation and
Colony, Nevada; Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community of
the Lone Pine Reservation, California; Pala Band of Luiseno Mission
Indians of the Pala Reservation, California; Paskenta Band of Nomlaki
Indians of California; Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the
Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California; Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission
Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, California; Picayune Rancheria of
Chukchansi Indians of California; Pinoleville Pomo Nation, California;
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada;
Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California &
Arizona; Ramona Band of Cahuilla, California; Redwood Valley Rancheria
of Pomo Indians of California; Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians
of the San Manuel Reservation, California; Robinson Rancheria of Pomo
Indians of California; Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley
Reservation, California; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; San
Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California; Santa Rosa
Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Santa Rosa
Band of Cahuilla Indians; Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians of
California; Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California;
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria
(Verona Tract), California; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley
Reservation, Nevada; Smith River Rancheria, California; Soboba Band of
Luiseno Indians, California; Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Table
Mountain Rancheria of California; Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone
Indians of Nevada (Four constituent bands: Battle Mountain Band; Elko
Band; South Fork Band and Wells Band); Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla
Indians, California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River
Reservation, California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the
Tuolumne Rancheria of California; Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the
Benton Paiute Reservation, California; Walker River Paiute Tribe of the
Walker River Reservation, Nevada; Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California
(Carson Colony, Dresslerville Colony, Woodfords Community, Stewart
Community, & Washoe Ranches); and Yerington Paiute Tribe of the
Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch, Nevada.
Other credible lines of evidence indicate that the land
from which the Native American human remains and associated funerary
object were removed is the aboriginal land of the Alturas Indian
Rancheria, California; Barona Group of Capitan Grande Ban of Mission
Indians of the Barona Reservation, California; Bear River Band of
Rohnerville Rancheria, California; Big Lagoon Rancheria, California;
Blue Lake Rancheria, California; Cabazon Band of Mission Indians,
California; Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian
Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California; Cahto Indian Tribe of
the Laytonville Rancheria, California; Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians
of the Cahuilla Reservation, California; Campo Band of Diegueno Mission
Indians of the Campo Reservation, California; Cedarville Rancheria,
California; Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation,
California; Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria,
California; Death Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of California; Elk
Valley Rancheria, California; Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians,
California; Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California; Fort
Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of California;
Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute of the Fort Independence
Reservation, California; Greenville Rancheria of Maidu Indians of
California; Guidiville Rancheria of California; Habematolel Pomo of
Upper Lake, California; Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, California; Inaja
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation,
California; Jamul Indian Village of California; Karuk Tribe; La Posta
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation,
California; Lower Lake Rancheria, California; Lytton Rancheria of
California; Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Manzanita
Reservation, California; Mechoopda Indian Tribe of the Chico Rancheria,
California; Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa
Grande Reservation, California; Potter Valley Tribe, California; Quartz
Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley Reservation of California;
Redding Rancheria California; Resighini Rancheria California; San
Manuel Band of Mission Indians, California; Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California; Susanville
Indian Rancheria, California; Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation;
Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians of California; United Auburn
Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria or California; Viejas (Baron
Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas
Reservation, California; Wiyot Tribe, California; Yocha Dehe Wintun
Nation, California; and Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation,
California.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
above
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represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American
ancestry.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains is to the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains or any other Indian tribe
that believes it satisfies the criteria in 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1) should
contact Steve Lekson, Curator of Anthropology, University of Colorado
Museum, Campus Box 218, Boulder, CO 80309, telephone (303) 492-6671,
before November 10, 2011. Disposition of the human remains to the Santa
Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California may
proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The University of Colorado Museum is responsible for notifying The
Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: October 3, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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