Notice2023-24529
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of Denver Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO
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Published
November 7, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and one cultural item that meets the definition of a sacred object and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Cheyenne County, NE, Phillips County, KS, an unknown county in KS, and an unknown county and state.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24529]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036871; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of
Denver Museum of Anthropology, Denver, 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 Denver Museum of
Anthropology intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary objects and one cultural item that
meets the definition of a sacred object and that have a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice. The cultural items were removed from Cheyenne County, NE,
Phillips County, KS, an unknown county in KS, and an unknown county and
state.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after December 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Anne Amati, University of Denver Museum of Anthropology,
2000 E Asbury Ave, Sturm Hall 146, Denver, CO 80210, telephone (303)
871-2687, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#50313e3e357e313d3124391034257e353425"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7f1e11111a511e121e0b163f1b0a511a1b0a">[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
University of Denver Museum of Anthropology. 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 summary or related records held by
the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology.
Description
One cultural item was removed from an unknown location. It was
donated to the museum by an unknown person in March of 1972. The one
sacred object is a black elbow pipe (DU ID# 5743).
One cultural item was removed from the Republican River area, KS.
At an unknown date, the item came into the possession of George E.
Cuneo and was subsequently transferred to Fallis F. Rees. In 1967, Mr.
Rees donated the item to the University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology. The one unassociated funerary object is a stone pipe (DU
ID#4120).
Forty-seven cultural items were removed from Phillips County, KS.
Museum records indicate that the cultural items were collected from a
site identified as a possible cemetery in 1965 by Mary Webster. The 47
unassociated funerary objects are one lot of charcoal pieces (DU ID#
KS-Temp 1), 15 shells (DU ID# KS-Temp 2), one lot of fragments of non-
human bones (DU ID# KS-Temp 3), six ceramic sherds (DU ID# KS-Temp 4),
20 stone flakes (DU ID# KS-Temp 5), one projectile point fragment (DU
ID# KS-Temp 6), one projectile point (DU ID# KS-Temp 7), one stone
knife (DU ID# KS-Temp 8), and one unmodified piece of wood (DU ID# KS-
Temp 9).
Fifty-eight cultural items were removed from Cheyenne County, NE.
Museum records indicate the items were removed from a rock shelter site
by R.E. Cape of Dalton, NE, and that human remains were present. At an
unknown date, the cultural items were transferred to E.B. Renaud,
founder of the museum. The 58 unassociated funerary objects are 11
ceramic sherds (DU ID# NE I:12:4.1), 38 stone flakes (DU ID# NE
I:12:4.2), seven pieces of ground stone (DU ID# NE I:12:4.3), one stone
needle fragment (DU ID# NE I:12:4.4), and one polishing stone (DU ID#
NE I:12:4.5).
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items 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: geographical information and
oral tradition.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology has
determined that:
<bullet> The 106 cultural items 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 and
are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed
from a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
<bullet> The one cultural item described above is a specific
ceremonial object needed by traditional Native American religious
leaders for the practice of
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traditional Native American religions by their present-day adherents.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Cheyenne and
Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after December 7, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The University
of Denver Museum of Anthropology is responsible for sending a copy of
this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: October 27, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-24529 Filed 11-6-23; 8:45 am]
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