Notice2023-03236
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
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Published
February 15, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from Weld County, CO.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 9905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03236]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035338; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Northern Colorado,
Greeley, CO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Northern Colorado (UNC)
has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human
remains were removed from Weld County, CO.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after March 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Andrew T. Creekmore III, University of Northern
Colorado, 501 20th Street, Greeley, CO 80638, telephone (970) 351-2761,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b3a353f293e2c7538293e3e303634293e1b2e353834753e3f2e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f3e313b2d3a28713c2d3a3a3432302d3a1f2a313c30713a3b2a">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 the
UNC. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records held by the UNC.
Description
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from Weld County, CO. The human remains belong
to one adult female. No known individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
In the 1970s, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from Weld County, CO. The human remains belong
to one adult of indeterminate sex. No known individual was identified.
No associated funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were
used to reasonably trace the relationship: archeological, biological,
geographical, and oral traditional.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the UNC has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice
and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Fort Belknap Indian
Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana; Northern Arapaho
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Northern Cheyenne Tribe
of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; Southern Ute
Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; and the Ute
Mountain Ute Tribe.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. 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 human remains in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after March 17, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the UNC must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the
human remains are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The UNC is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: February 8, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-03236 Filed 2-14-23; 8:45 am]
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