Notice2024-28486
Notice of Inventory Completion: History Colorado (Formerly Colorado Historical Society), Denver, CO
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Published
December 5, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), History Colorado (formerly Colorado Historical Society) 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 234 (Thursday, December 5, 2024)]
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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: 2024-28486]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039149; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: History Colorado (Formerly
Colorado Historical Society), 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), History Colorado (formerly Colorado
Historical Society) 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 January 6, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Chance Ward, NAGPRA Collections Specialist, History
Colorado, 1200 N Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone (303) 866-5751,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#187b7079767b7d366f796a7c586b6c796c7d367b77366d6b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="07646f666964622970667563477473667362296468297274">[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
History Colorado, and additional information on the determinations in
this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in its
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, five individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
History Colorado has identified locks/braids of human hair
(E.1342.1) in a collection that was donated to the Colorado Historical
Society in 1944, and representing four individuals. The hair locks/
braids have been taken from the Southern Ute Indian Reservation, La
Plata County, Colorado by Joseph O. Smith, who was an employee of the
Southern Ute Indian Agency in about 1895 and later became an Indian
agent from 1900-1905.
History Colorado also identified a shirt (E.2005.1) in its
collections, belonging to Severo, with human hair attached to the
shirt. The shirt was originally removed from La Plata County, Colorado
before being donated to History Colorado in 1961. Through consultation
with authorized Tribal representatives, the hair has been identified as
human remains and representing, at least one individual.
No presence of hazardous materials are known.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains in this notice.
Determinations
History Colorado has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Southern
Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado.
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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after January 6, 2025. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the History Colorado 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. History Colorado 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: November 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-28486 Filed 12-4-24; 8:45 am]
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