82 FR 13491 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Human Remains Repository, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 47 (March 13, 2017)

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The Human Remains Repository, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the Human Remains Repository, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

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Notice of Inventory Completion: Human Remains Repository, 
Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Human Remains Repository, Department of Anthropology, 
University of Wyoming, has completed an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate 
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that 
there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations. Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request to the Human Remains 
Repository, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains and associated funerary objects to the Indian tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request 
transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary 
objects should submit a written request with information in support of 
the request to the Human Remains Repository, Department of

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Anthropology, University of Wyoming, at the address in this notice by 
April 12, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Rick L. Weathermon, Curator, Human Remains Repository, 
Department 3431, Anthropology, 1000 East University Avenue, University 
of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, telephone (307) 314-2035, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the Human Remains 
Repository, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, 
WY. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from 
an unknown location near Julesburg, Sedgwick County, CO.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). The determinations in this notice are the sole 
responsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has 
control of the Native American human remains and associated funerary 
objects. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Human 
Remains Repository, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, 
Laramie, WY, professional staff in consultation with representatives of 
the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming. The following 
tribes were invited to consult but did not participate in consultation: 
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as the 
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma); and Northern Cheyenne Tribe of 
the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana.

History and Description of the Remains

    At some time prior to 1995, human remains representing, at minimum, 
one individual were removed from an unknown location in near Julesburg, 
Sedgwick County, CO. The human remains and associated funerary objects 
were given to an instructor at the University of Wyoming in 1995. That 
individual transferred the human remains and associated funerary 
objects to the Human Remains Repository, Department of Anthropology, 
University of Wyoming, in 1997. The human remains represent a single 
male individual of American Indian ancestry, over the age of 65 years. 
The human remains and associated funerary objects are recorded as HR201 
in the Human Remains Repository records. No known individual was 
identified. The four associated funerary objects are one (bison) first 
rib, one partial leather knife scabbard, one brass wire bracelet, and 
one lot of leather and fur fragments.

Determinations Made by the Human Remains Repository, Department of 
Anthropology, University of Wyoming

    Officials of the Human Remains Repository, Department of 
Anthropology, University of Wyoming have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on features of the cranium.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the four objects 
described in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed 
with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as 
part of the death rite or ceremony.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day 
Indian tribe.
     According to final judgments of the Indian Claims 
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the 
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects were 
removed is the aboriginal land of the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River 
Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously 
listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma); and Northern 
Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana.
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of the 
Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and 
Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho 
Tribes of Oklahoma); and Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern 
Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to the Arapaho 
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho 
Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of 
Oklahoma); and Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian 
Reservation, Montana.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control 
of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Dr. Rick 
L. Weathermon, Curator, Human Remains Repository, Department 3431, 
Anthropology, 1000 East University Avenue, University of Wyoming, 
Laramie, WY 82071, telephone (307) 314-2035, email [email protected], by 
April 12, 2017. After that date, if no additional requestors have come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, 
Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as 
the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma); and Northern Cheyenne Tribe 
of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana may proceed.
    The Human Remains Repository, Department of Anthropology, 
University of Wyoming, is responsible for notifying the Arapaho Tribe 
of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, 
Oklahoma (previously listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of 
Oklahoma); and Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian 
Reservation, Montana that this notice has been published.

    Dated: February 17, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-04856 Filed 3-10-17; 8:45 am]
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additional claimants come forward, of Natural History) in November 1972. 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO
transfer of control of the cultural items Willis G. Tilton of Tilton Relics 80205, telephone (303) 370–6378, email
to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, obtained AC.4392 from Andrew Pierce Chip.Colwell@dmns.org, by April 12,
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated on an unknown date, it is unclear 2017. After that date, if no additional
in this notice may proceed. whether the mask was purchased or not. claimants have come forward, transfer
DATES: Lineal descendants or The mask was then sold to the Cranes of control of the sacred objects to
representatives of any Indian tribe or on August 22, 1959, the Cranes then Onondaga Nation may proceed.
Native Hawaiian organization not donated it to the DMNS on May 27, The Denver Museum of Nature &
identified in this notice that wish to 1983. The False Face masks (AC.9720 Science is responsible for notifying the
claim these cultural items should and AC.9743) were purchased by the Onondaga Nation that this notice has
submit a written request with Cranes on December 15, 1965, from been published.
information in support of the claim to Gerald Fenstermaker, and were donated Dated: February 27, 2017.
the Denver Museum of Nature & Science to the DMNS on May 27, 1983. The corn
Melanie O’Brien,
at the address in this notice by April 12, husk mask (AC.8552) was purchased
from Fenstermaker by the Cranes on Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
2017.
August 14, 1965, and was donated to the [FR Doc. 2017–04855 Filed 3–10–17; 8:45 am]
ADDRESSES: Chip Colwell, Senior
Curator of Anthropology and NAGPRA DMNS on May 27, 1983. The corn husk BILLING CODE 4312–52–P

Officer, Denver Museum of Nature & mask (AC.10791) was originally owned
Science, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, by Josephine Hill, a member of the
Onondaga Nation born in 1896. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Denver, CO 80205, telephone (303) 370–
6378, email Chip.Colwell@dmns.org. Fenstermaker obtained the mask from
National Park Service
her and sold it to Mary and Francis
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
Crane on April 5, 1968. The Cranes then [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22947;
here given in accordance with the donated it to DMNS on May 27, 1983. PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Native American Graves Protection and Museum accession, catalogue, and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. documentary records, as well as Notice of Inventory Completion:
3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural consultation with representatives of the Human Remains Repository,
items under the control of the Denver Onondaga Nation, New York, indicate Department of Anthropology,
Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, that the six cultural items are University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
CO, that meet the definition of sacred Haudenosaunee, and are from the
objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
Onondaga Reservation, New York. The
This notice is published as part of the ACTION: Notice.
six cultural items relate to the False
National Park Service’s administrative Face Society and the Corn Husk Mask
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 SUMMARY: The Human Remains
Society. The False Face masks and the Repository, Department of
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in spirits they represent are called Hodo’wi
this notice are the sole responsibility of Anthropology, University of Wyoming,
by the Onondaga. These masks are used has completed an inventory of human
the museum, institution, or Federal ceremonially by the False Face Society,
agency that has control of the Native remains and associated funerary objects,
a medicine society of the in consultation with the appropriate
American cultural items. The National Haudenosaunee. The corn husk masks
Park Service is not responsible for the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
are associated with the Corn Husk Mask organizations, and has determined that
determinations in this notice. Society and are used in its ceremonies. there is no cultural affiliation between
History and Description of the Cultural Determinations Made by the Denver the human remains and associated
Items Museum of Nature & Science funerary objects and any present-day
Between 1959 and 1968, Mary and Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
Officials of the Denver Museum of organizations. Representatives of any
Francis Crane purchased six cultural Nature & Science have determined that:
items from multiple collectors. The six Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C),
sacred objects are four False Face masks organization not identified in this notice
the six cultural items described above
(AC.4167, AC.4392, AC.9720, and that wish to request transfer of control
are specific ceremonial objects needed
AC.9743) and two corn husk masks of these human remains and associated
by traditional Native American religious
(AC.8552 and AC.10791). Two False funerary objects should submit a written
leaders for the practice of traditional
Face masks (AC.4167 and AC.4392) may request to the Human Remains
Native American religions by their
have been part of a group stolen in 1959 Repository, Department of
present-day adherents.
from Onondaga keepers, Andrew Pierce, • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there Anthropology, University of Wyoming.
or his son, Stanley Pierce. Andrew is a relationship of shared group If no additional requestors come
Pierce was known to have sold False identity that can be reasonably traced forward, transfer of control of the
Face masks, though the sale, trade, between the sacred objects and the human remains and associated funerary
collection, and display of False Face Onondaga Nation. objects to the Indian tribes or Native
masks and corn husk masks has long Hawaiian organizations stated in this
been a controversial practice. Erich Additional Requestors and Disposition notice may proceed.
Kohlberg of Kohlberg’s Antiques and Lineal descendants or representatives DATES: Representatives of any Indian
Indian Arts obtained AC.4167 from of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES

Andrew Pierce on an unknown date, it organization not identified in this notice not identified in this notice that wish to
is unclear whether the mask was that wish to claim these cultural items request transfer of control of these
purchased or not. The mask was then should submit a written request with human remains and associated funerary
sold to Mary and Francis Crane on June information in support of the claim to objects should submit a written request
10, 1959, and the Cranes donated it to Chip Colwell, Senior Curator of with information in support of the
the Denver Museum of Nature & Science Anthropology and NAGPRA Officer, request to the Human Remains
(DMNS; then called the Denver Museum Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Repository, Department of

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Anthropology, University of Wyoming, of Wyoming, in 1997. The human Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and
at the address in this notice by April 12, remains represent a single male Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously
2017. individual of American Indian ancestry, listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes
ADDRESSES: Dr. Rick L. Weathermon, over the age of 65 years. The human of Oklahoma); and Northern Cheyenne
Curator, Human Remains Repository, remains and associated funerary objects Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian
Department 3431, Anthropology, 1000 are recorded as HR201 in the Human Reservation, Montana.
East University Avenue, University of Remains Repository records. No known
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, individual was identified. The four
associated funerary objects are one Representatives of any Indian tribe or
telephone (307) 314–2035, email rikw@
(bison) first rib, one partial leather knife Native Hawaiian organization not
uwyo.edu.
scabbard, one brass wire bracelet, and identified in this notice that wish to
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is request transfer of control of these
here given in accordance with the one lot of leather and fur fragments.
human remains and associated funerary
Native American Graves Protection and Determinations Made by the Human objects should submit a written request
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. Remains Repository, Department of with information in support of the
3003, of the completion of an inventory Anthropology, University of Wyoming request to Dr. Rick L. Weathermon,
of human remains and associated Officials of the Human Remains Curator, Human Remains Repository,
funerary objects under the control of the Repository, Department of Department 3431, Anthropology, 1000
Human Remains Repository, Anthropology, University of Wyoming East University Avenue, University of
Department of Anthropology, University have determined that: Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071,
of Wyoming, Laramie, WY. The human • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the telephone (307) 314–2035, email rikw@
remains and associated funerary objects human remains described in this notice uwyo.edu, by April 12, 2017. After that
were removed from an unknown are Native American based on features date, if no additional requestors have
location near Julesburg, Sedgwick of the cranium. come forward, transfer of control of the
County, CO. • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains and associated funerary
This notice is published as part of the human remains described in this notice objects to the Arapaho Tribe of the
National Park Service’s administrative represent the physical remains of one Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 individual of Native American ancestry. Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), Oklahoma (previously listed as the
The determinations in this notice are the four objects described in this notice Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of
the sole responsibility of the museum, are reasonably believed to have been Oklahoma); and Northern Cheyenne
institution, or Federal agency that has placed with or near individual human Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian
control of the Native American human remains at the time of death or later as Reservation, Montana may proceed.
remains and associated funerary objects. part of the death rite or ceremony. The Human Remains Repository,
The National Park Service is not • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a Department of Anthropology, University
responsible for the determinations in relationship of shared group identity of Wyoming, is responsible for notifying
this notice. cannot be reasonably traced between the the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
Native American human remains and Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and
Consultation
associated funerary objects and any Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously
A detailed assessment of the human present-day Indian tribe. listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes
remains was made by the Human • According to final judgments of the of Oklahoma); and Northern Cheyenne
Remains Repository, Department of Indian Claims Commission or the Court Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian
Anthropology, University of Wyoming, of Federal Claims, the land from which Reservation, Montana that this notice
Laramie, WY, professional staff in the Native American human remains has been published.
consultation with representatives of the and associated funerary objects were
Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Dated: February 17, 2017.
removed is the aboriginal land of the
Reservation, Wyoming. The following Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Melanie O’Brien,
tribes were invited to consult but did Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
not participate in consultation: Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously [FR Doc. 2017–04856 Filed 3–10–17; 8:45 am]
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
Oklahoma (previously listed as the of Oklahoma); and Northern Cheyenne
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian
Oklahoma); and Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Montana. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian • Treaties, Acts of Congress, or
Executive Orders, indicate that the land National Park Service
Reservation, Montana.
from which the Native American human [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23006;
History and Description of the Remains PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
remains and associated funerary objects
At some time prior to 1995, human were removed is the aboriginal land of
remains representing, at minimum, one the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Notice of Inventory Completion:
individual were removed from an Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and Nebraska State Historical Society,
unknown location in near Julesburg, Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously Lincoln, NE
Sedgwick County, CO. The human listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
remains and associated funerary objects of Oklahoma); and Northern Cheyenne ACTION: Notice.
were given to an instructor at the Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian
University of Wyoming in 1995. That Reservation, Montana. SUMMARY: The Nebraska State Historical
individual transferred the human • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the Society (NSHS) has completed an
remains and associated funerary objects disposition of the human remains and inventory of human remains, in
to the Human Remains Repository, associated funerary objects may be to consultation with the appropriate
Department of Anthropology, University the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian

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82 FR 13491 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Human Remains Repository, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

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