Notice2025-14266
Notice of Inventory Completion: History Colorado, Denver, CO
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Published
July 29, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), History Colorado has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35729-35730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14266]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6343; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040598; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: History Colorado, Denver, CO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
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Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), History Colorado has completed an inventory
of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined
that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after August 28, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Chance Ward, NAGPRA
Collections Specialist, History Colorado, 1200 N Broadway, Denver, CO
80203, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#67040f060904024910061503271413061302490408491214"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0e6d666f606d6b20796f7c6a4e7d7a6f7a6b206d61207b7d">[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. The one associated funerary object is a string of beads.
OAHP case 349: From Jefferson County. One ancestor. No funerary
objects. A private citizen said their grandparent collected Native
American art and this ancestor was in a private collection that was
purchased years ago. No other information is known.
OAHP case 356: From Logan County. One ancestor and one associated
funerary object. The associated funerary object is a string of beads. A
private citizen said their parent collected the remains decades ago
from a site in Logan County. No other information is known.
OAHP case 359: From Pueblo County. Two ancestors. No funerary
objects. Reported as a burial exposed on a hillside due to erosion. No
other information is known.
OAHP case 367: From Boulder County. One ancestor. No funerary
objects. A rancher was prepping his agricultural field and exposed
ancestral human remains. No other information is known.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location and/or acquisition history of the human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice.
Determinations
The 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> The one object described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Pawnee
Nation of Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after August
28, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, History
Colorado must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects 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 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: July 9, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-14266 Filed 7-28-25; 8:45 am]
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