Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 45 / Wednesday, March 7, 2012 / Notices 13629 individuals of Native American 2008, the responses from the Jicarilla Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine ancestry. Apache Nation, New Mexico, and Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Ohkay • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma were Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly the the 36 objects described above are submitted to the Review Committee. On Pueblo of San Juan); Paiute Indian Tribe reasonably believed to have been placed September 23, 2008, the Assistant of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh with or near individual human remains Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of at the time of death or later as part of Parks, as the designee for the Secretary Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, the death rite or ceremony. of the Interior, transmitted the and Shivwits Band of Paiutes) (formerly • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a authorization for the disposition of Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar City relationship of shared group identity culturally unidentifiable human Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of cannot be reasonably traced between the remains according to the Process and Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Native American human remains NAGPRA, pending publication of a Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and described above and any present-day Notice of Inventory Completion in the Shivwits Band of Paiutes)); Pawnee Indian tribe. Federal Register. This notice fulfills Nation of Oklahoma; Pueblo of Acoma, History Colorado has determined that that requirement. New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New the human remains are ‘‘culturally 43 CFR 10.11 was promulgated March Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; unidentifiable’’ under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 15, 2010, providing a process for the Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of 10.9(e)(6). In 2006, History Colorado, in disposition of culturally unidentifiable Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, partnership with the Colorado Native American human remains New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Commission of Indian Affairs, Southern recovered from tribal or aboriginal lands Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute as established by the final judgment of Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New Reservation, Colorado, and Ute the Indian Claims Commission or U.S. Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Court of Claims, a treaty, Act of Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Congress, or Executive Order, or other Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Utah conducted consultations with the authoritative governmental sources. Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; tribes that have ancestral ties to the state There is no available evidence Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of of Colorado to develop the process for indicating that the human remains Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, disposition of culturally unidentifiable reported in this notice originated from New Mexico; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of Native American human remains and tribal or aboriginal lands, thus making the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South associated funerary objects originating them eligible for disposition under the Dakota; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe from inadvertent discoveries on Process. of Arizona; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Colorado state and private lands. As a Additional Requestors and Disposition the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho; result of the consultation, a process was Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River developed, Process for Consultation, Representatives of any other Indian Reservation, Wyoming; Southern Ute Transfer, and Reburial of Culturally tribe that believes itself to be culturally Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Indian Unidentifiable Native American Human affiliated with the human remains Reservation, Colorado; Standing Rock Remains and Associated Funerary should contact Sheila Goff, NAGPRA Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; Objects Originating From Inadvertent Liaison, History Colorado, 1200 Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Discoveries on Colorado State and Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; Ute Private Lands (2008) (unpublished, on (303) 866–4531, before April 6, 2012. Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray file with the Colorado Office of Transfer of control of the human Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe Archaeology and Historic Preservation). remains to the Southern Ute Indian of the Ute Mountain Reservation, The remains described above were Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Wichita recovered in or transferred from state Colorado, and the Ute Mountain Tribe and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, agencies in the Great Plains of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Waco & Tawakoni), Oklahoma; Ysleta Consultation Region, as established by Colorado, New Mexico & Utah may Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and the Zuni the Process, and tribes consulted are proceed after that date if no additional Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New those who have expressed their wishes claimants come forward. Mexico, that this notice has been to be notified of discoveries in this History Colorado is responsible for published. region. notifying the Apache Tribe of The Native American Graves Oklahoma; Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind Dated: March 2, 2012. Protection and Repatriation Review River Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne Sherry Hutt, Committee (Review Committee) is and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Manager, National NAGPRA Program. responsible for recommending specific Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the [FR Doc. 2012–5586 Filed 3–6–12; 8:45 am] actions for disposition of culturally Cheyenne River Reservation, South BILLING CODE 4312–50–P unidentifiable human remains. On Dakota; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; November 3–4, 2006, the Process was Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow presented to the Review Committee for Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Crow DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR consideration. A January 8, 2007 letter Tribe of Montana; Fort Sill Apache National Park Service on behalf of the Review Committee from Tribe of Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of the Designated Federal Officer Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New [2253–665] transmitted the provisional Mexico; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico authorization to proceed with the (formerly Pueblo of Santo Domingo); Notice of Inventory Completion: Process upon receipt of formal Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; History Colorado, Denver, CO responses from the Jicarilla Apache Mescalero Apache Tribe of the AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Nation, New Mexico, and Kiowa Indian Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; ACTION: Notice. Tribe of Oklahoma, and subject to Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & forthcoming conditions imposed by the Utah; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the SUMMARY: History Colorado (formerly Secretary of the Interior. On May 15–16, Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, the Colorado Historical Society) has VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:40 Mar 06, 2012 Jkt 226001 PO 00000 Frm 00101 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\07MRN1.SGM 07MRN1 srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 13630 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 45 / Wednesday, March 7, 2012 / Notices completed an inventory of human Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute individuals of Native American remains, in consultation with the Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray ancestry. appropriate Indian tribes, and has Reservation, Utah; and the Ute • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), a determined that there is insufficient Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain relationship of shared group identity evidence to reasonably establish Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & cannot be reasonably traced between the cultural affiliation between the human Utah. The following Tribes were invited Native American human remains remains and present-day Indian tribes. to consult but did not participate: Kiowa described above and any present-day Representatives of any Indian tribe that Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Pueblo of Indian tribe. believes itself to be culturally affiliated Santa Ana, New Mexico; Shoshone- History Colorado has determined that with the human remains may contact Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall the human remains are ‘‘culturally History Colorado. Disposition of the Reservation of Idaho; and the Zuni Tribe unidentifiable’’ under NAGPRA, 43 CFR human remains to the Indian tribes of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. 10.9 (e)(6). In 2006, History Colorado, in partnership with the Colorado stated below may occur if no additional History and Description of Remains claimants come forward. Commission of Indian Affairs, Southern In the 1930s, human remains Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a cultural representing, at minimum, one Reservation, Colorado, and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain affiliation with the human remains individual were removed from Routt Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & should contact History Colorado at the County, CO, on or near the Sullivan Utah conducted consultations with the address below by April 6, 2012. Ranch by a private citizen. They are identified as Office of Archaeology and tribes that have ancestral ties to the state ADDRESSES: Sheila Goff, NAGPRA Historic Preservation (OAHP) Case of Colorado to develop the process for Liaison, History Colorado, 1200 Number 271. In March 2009, after the disposition of culturally unidentifiable Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone citizen passed away, the remains were