Notice2024-10329
Notice of Inventory Completion: Metropolitan State University of Denver, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Denver, CO
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Published
May 13, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver), Department of Sociology and Anthropology 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 93 (Monday, May 13, 2024)]
[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: 2024-10329]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037914; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Metropolitan State University of
Denver, Department of Sociology and 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 Metropolitan State University of Denver
(MSU Denver), Department of Sociology and Anthropology 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after June 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Michala Stock, MSU Denver Department of Sociology and
Anthropology, Campus Box 28, Cherry Creek Building, Room 239, Denver,
CO 80217-3362, telephone (303) 605-7433, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1b76686f747870285b76686e7f7e756d7e69357e7f6e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="422f31362d212971022f313726272c3427306c272637">[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
MSU Denver Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, eight individuals have been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Prior to 1987, human remains representing, at minimum, eight
individuals were accessioned as inadvertent finds during archaeological
excavations in the State of Colorado. The human remains consist of
cranial and postcranial skeletal remains. University records indicate
that this institution has conducted archaeological excavations
throughout the state; however, archival records lack more specific
geographical provenience for these individuals.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains described in this
notice.
Determinations
The MSU Denver Department of Sociology and Anthropology has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of eight individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
described in this notice and the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Cheyenne and
Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Shoshone
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Fort Belknap Indian
Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana; Jicarilla Apache
Nation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah;
Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Northern
Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana;
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation; Southern Ute
Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; The Osage
Nation; 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 authorized representative identified in this
notice under 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 June 12, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, the MSU Denver Department of Sociology and Anthropology
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 MSU Denver Department of
Sociology and 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 10.10.
Dated: May 3, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-10329 Filed 5-10-24; 8:45 am]
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