Notice2025-11930
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
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Published
June 27, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver) 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 90, Number 122 (Friday, June 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 27672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11930]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040430; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Colorado Denver,
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), University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver)
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 July 28, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Christopher S.
Beekman, CU Denver, Campus Box 103, P.O. Box 173364, Denver, CO 80217-
3364, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f1b299839882859e81999483df9394949a9c909fb1849295949f879483df949584"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d291baa0bba1a6bda2bab7a0fcb0b7b7b9bfb3bc92a7b1b6b7bca4b7a0fcb7b6a7">[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 CU
Denver, 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, four individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The collection
consists of 40 bones representing at least four individuals. More than
half of these are cranial bones. The origin of the collection is
unknown apart from a note stating that it probably came from Eastern
Colorado. We have not noted any hazardous material used to treat the
bones.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location of the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
CU Denver has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of at least four individuals of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> There is a 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 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 July 28, 2025. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, CU Denver 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. CU Denver is responsible for sending a copy of
this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice and any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: June 17, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-11930 Filed 6-26-25; 8:45 am]
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