Notice2026-18327
Notice of Intended Repatriation: History Colorado. Denver, CO
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Published
September 9, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), History Colorado intends to repatriate certain a cultural item that meets the definition of an unassociated funerary object and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 9, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57379-57380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18327]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7480; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0043685; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), History Colorado intends to repatriate
certain a cultural item that meets the definition of an unassociated
funerary object and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after October 9, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural item in this notice to Chance Ward, History Colorado, 1200
Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b38333a35383e752c3a293f1b282f3a2f3e753834752e28"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c1a2a9a0afa2a4efb6a0b3a581b2b5a0b5a4efa2aeefb4b2">[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 the
summary or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
The one unassociated funerary object is a beaded cradleboard
(E.1987.3). Available information indicates that the cradleboard was
removed from a grave near Ashland, Montana in an unknown year. The
bottom portion of the cradleboard is damaged and missing, and the
remaining portion appears to have been burned. Mr. L.D. Bax donated the
cradleboard to History Colorado (then the Colorado Historical Society)
in September 1960. L.D. Bax (Lionel Drewyer Bax, 1898-1984) was a
Colorado-based collector who assembled a collection of Native American
cultural materials associated with Native peoples of the Great Plains
and western United States. Available information does not indicate that
the cradleboard itself was tested for or treated with hazardous
substances. However, during its time in museum collections, it may have
been stored in proximity to or alongside other cultural materials that
had been treated with hazardous substances.
Determinations
History Colorado has determined that:
<bullet> The one unassociated funerary object described in this
notice is reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or
near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death or
later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary object has been identified by a preponderance of
the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a connection between the cultural item described
in this notice and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne
Indian Reservation, Montana.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified
in this notice under 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 item in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after October 9, 2026. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, History Colorado must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the cultural item are
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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
to any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: September 1, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-18327 Filed 9-8-26; 8:45 am]
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