Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of Mesa Verde National Park, Mesa Verde, CO; Correction, 9152-9154 [E6-2477]
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from the southern and northern
Southwest, including the Ak Chin
Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak
Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila
River Indian Community of the Gila
River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Salt River PimaMaricopa Indian Community of the Salt
River Reservation, Arizona; Tohono
O’odham Nation of Arizona; and Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico. In addition to the archeological
evidence, oral traditions of the six tribes
support ancestral ties to the Salado
cultural tradition.
Officials of Tonto National Monument
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of eight individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of Tonto
National Monument also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the 52 objects described
above 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. Lastly, officials of Tonto
National Monument have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2),
there is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
and the Ak Chin Indian Community of
the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Gila River Indian
Community of the Gila River Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Bradley S. Traver,
superintendent, Tonto National
Monument, HC 02, Box 4602, Roosevelt,
AZ 85545, telephone (928) 467–2241,
before March 24, 2006. Repatriation of
the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Ak Chin Indian
Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin)
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River
Indian Community of the Gila River
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
Tonto National Monument is
responsible for notifying the Ak Chin
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Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak
Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila
River Indian Community of the Gila
River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Salt River PimaMaricopa Indian Community of the Salt
River Reservation, Arizona; Tohono
O’odham Nation of Arizona; and Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico that this notice has been
published.
Dated: January 27, 2006.
C. Timothy McKeown,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E6–2446 Filed 2–21–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion for
Native American Human Remains and
Associated Funerary Objects in the
Possession of Mesa Verde National
Park, Mesa Verde, CO; Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, Sec. 5, of
the completion of an inventory of
human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Mesa Verde National Park,
Mesa Verde, CO. These human remains
and cultural items were removed from
sites within and near Mesa Verde
National Park.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003, (d)(3). The determinations
in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the superintendent, Mesa Verde
National Park.
This notice corrects the number of
human remains and associated funerary
objects reported in a Notice of Inventory
Completion published in the Federal
Register on August 27, 1999. During the
2001 storage upgrade project, human
remains representing four individuals
and one associated funerary object were
found. The inclusion of sites from
outside park boundaries and the return
of human remains to the park in 2005
resulted in an additional eight human
remains and 26 associated funerary
objects. During the course of developing
this correction errors were found in the
published counts of associated funerary
objects resulting in three fewer
associated funerary objects. The net
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change is 12 additional individuals and
24 additional funerary objects. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects are culturally affiliated with the
same tribes as described in the original
notice.
In the Federal Register of August 27,
1999, FR Doc. 99–22260, pages 46936 46949, the following corrections are
made The tenth paragraph on page 46939 is
corrected by substituting the following
paragraph:
In 1955 and 1956, human remains
representing 17 individuals were
recovered during legally authorized
excavations conducted by University of
Colorado archeologist Robert Lister at
Lister Site No.1 (5MV875), a site within
park boundaries. No known individuals
were identified. The 31 associated
funerary objects include 10 bowls and
bowl fragments, five faunal bones, four
jars and jar fragments, one ladle bowl
fragment, three ladles, seven pitchers,
and one worked sherd.
The eighth paragraph on page 46940
is corrected by substituting the
following paragraph:
Between 1937 and 1989, human
remains representing 211 individuals
were recovered during multiple
episodes from Long House (5MV1200),
a site within park boundaries. In 1937,
a park visitor recovered human remains
representing two individuals during an
unauthorized excavation. From 1958 to
1962, human remains representing 208
individuals were recovered during a
legally authorized National Park Service
excavation. In 1989, human remains
representing one individual were
located in the collection by park
curatorial staff. No known individuals
were identified. The two individuals
recovered in 1937 and the one
individual found in 1989 had no
associated funerary objects. The 208
individuals recovered from 1958 to 1962
had 537 associated funerary objects
consisting of four bone awls, two axes,
one bead, one bone artifact, 277
botanical specimens (juniper and
yucca), 10 bowls and bowl fragments,
one concretion, one cone, one feather/
yucca cordage fragment, two cores, five
corn cobs, three corn kernels, three
cylinders, one disk fragment, 93 faunal
specimens (bone, hide, claw, and
eggshell), 13 flakes, three geologic
specimens (barite, quartz, and shale),
five gizzard stones, seven
hammerstones, six jars and jar
fragments, one ladle cup, one ladle, two
manos, one miniature ladle, 12 mugs
and mug fragments, four pendants, three
points, 71 sherds, one drilled stone
artifact, one pecked and grooved stone
artifact, and one wood artifact. Human
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remains representing two individuals
and three cores are missing from the
original catalogued entry for this site.
These human remains and associated
funerary objects have not been included
in the total counts.
The sixteenth paragraph on page
46942 is corrected by substituting the
following paragraph:
In 1963, human remains representing
one individual were recovered during a
legally authorized National Park Service
field collection project conducted at
5MV1575, a site within park
boundaries. No known individuals were
identified. The 31 associated funerary
objects are 30 sherds and 1 jar.
The seventeenth paragraph on page
46943 is corrected by substituting the
following paragraph:
In 1966, human remains representing
20 individuals were recovered during a
legally authorized excavation conducted
by University of Colorado archeologist
David Breternitz at 5MV1930, a site
within park boundaries. No known
individuals were identified. The 240
associated funerary objects include one
axe fragment, eight basket fragments
(burned), one botanical specimen (reed),
one core, 20 faunal bones, five
hammerstones, one jar, eight manos,
two palette and palette fragments, 187
sherds, five ground stone artifacts, and
one battered and ground stone artifact.
After the thirteenth paragraph on page
46944 insert the following paragraph:
In 1995, human remains representing
three individuals were found in the
Mesa Verde Research Center collection
and identified as being from Yellow
Jacket. No other documentation was
found. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects were present.
After the seventeenth paragraph on
page 46947 insert the following
paragraphs:
In 1995, human remains representing
one individual were found in the Mesa
Verde Research Center collection.
Documentation found with the human
remains indicated that they were
recovered at Ignacio, CO, a site outside
park boundaries. No known individuals
were identified. The 26 associated
funerary objects include one bowl, one
corn cob, five faunal bones, two jars,
and 17 sherds.
Based on ceramic analysis and a
physical anthropology examination, this
site (Ignacio, CO), these human remains,
and the associated funerary objects are
dated to Basketmaker III (A.D. 500–700).
In 2001, human remains representing
two individuals were found in the Mesa
Verde Research Center collection. Based
on documentation with the human
remains, these individuals were
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identified as coming from Mesa Verde.
These human remains have been
identified on the NAGPRA Inventory as
No Provenience (1584A). No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects were
present.
Based on the documentation found on
the human remains and on geographic
location, these human remains are
identified as Ancestral Puebloan (pre
A.D. 1300).
In 2001, human remains representing
one individual were found in the Mesa
Verde Research Center collection. The
only identification was the accession
number 1081. The accession was used
by the Wetherill Mesa Archeological
Project in 1961 and 1963 to collect
artifacts from various sites within Mesa
Verde. Therefore, the exact site from
which the human remains originated is
unknown. These human remains have
been identified on the NAGPRA
Inventory as No Provenience (1081). No
known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects were
present.
Based on documentation, and the fact
that the possible sites from which the
human remains are from are all within
Mesa Verde, these human remains are
identified as Ancestral Puebloan (pre
A.D. 1300).
In 2001, human remains representing
one individual were found in the Mesa
Verde Research Center collection. The
only identification was the site number
5MV3678. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects were present.
Based on architectural features (kiva
depression, circular rubble mound, and
trash area) and archeological context,
this site (5MV3678) and these human
remains are dated to Pueblo II-Pueblo III
(A.D. 900–1300).
In 2005, human remains representing
four individuals were returned to Mesa
Verde National Park. Documentation
indicates that the remains are from a
puebloan site and that Ancestral
Puebloan pottery was found when the
human remains were removed. These
human remains have been identified on
the NAGPRA Inventory as No
Provenience (1586). No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects were
present.
Based on the documentation found
with the human remains and on
geographic location, these human
remains are identified as Ancestral
Puebloan (pre A.D. 1300).
The sixth paragraph on page 46948 is
corrected by replacing the first two
sentences of the paragraph with the
following sentences:
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Based on the above information,
officials of the National Park Service
have determined that pursuant to 43
CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains
listed above represent the physical
remains of at least 1,536 individuals of
Native American ancestry. National
Park Service officials have also
determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR
10.2 (d)(2), the 4,887 associated funerary
objects listed above 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.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Larry Wiese, superintendent,
Mesa Verde National Park, PO Box 8,
Mesa Verde, CO 81733, telephone (970)
529–4600, before March 24, 2006.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico;
Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico;
Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico;
Pueblo of San Juan, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New
Mexico; Navajo Nation of Arizona, New
Mexico & Utah; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo
of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
Mesa Verde National Park is
responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico;
Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico;
Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico;
Pueblo of San Juan, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New
Mexico; Navajo Nation of Arizona, New
Mexico, & Utah; Southern Ute Indian
Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation,
Colorado; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
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Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo
of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico that this
notice has been published.
Dated: January 30, 2006.
C. Timothy McKeown,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E6–2477 Filed 2–21–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–50–S
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Saint
Martin’s Waynick Museum, Lacey, WA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
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 in the possession of the Saint
Martin’s Waynick Museum, Lacey, WA.
The human remains were removed from
King County, WA.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). 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. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Saint Martin’s
Waynick Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup
Reservation, Washington.
In 1938, human remains representing
a minimum of two individuals were
removed from a cist burial mound on
Vashon-Maury Island, King County,
WA, by Lynne ‘‘Black Eagle’’ Waynick.
Mr. Waynick later donated the human
remains to the Saint Martin’s Waynick
Museum. The human remains were
found in the museum’s collection in
2003. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The morphology of the human
remains is consistent with that of Native
American populations. Archeological
and historical documentation identifies
Vashon-Maury Island as a site of several
Puyallup villages at or before the
signing of the Medicine Creek Treaty of
1854. The Vashon-Maury Island is
located in the historically documented
traditional territory of the Puyallup
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tribe. Descendants of the Puyallup are
members of the Puyallup Tribe of the
Puyallup Reservation, Washington.
Officials of Saint Martin’s Waynick
Museum have determined that to the
best of their ability, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of two individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of Saint
Martin’s Waynick Museum also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be
reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and the
Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup
Reservation, Washington.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Brother Luke Devine,
Curator, Saint Martin’s Waynick
Museum, 5300 Pacific Avenue SE,
Lacey, WA 98503, telephone (360) 438–
4458, before March 24, 2006.
Repatriation of the human remains to
the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup
Reservation, Washington may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
Saint Martin’s Waynick Museum is
responsible for notifying the Puyallup
Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation,
Washington that this notice has been
published.
Dated: February 9, 2006.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E6–2448 Filed 2–21–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural
Item: The Trustees of Reservations,
Beverly, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate a cultural item in the
possession of The Trustees of
Reservations, Beverly, MA, that meets
the definition of ‘‘object of cultural
patrimony’’ under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations
in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the museum, institution, or Federal
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agency that has control of the cultural
items. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
The one cultural item is a four-piece
pewter communion set. The pieces are
one flagon (circa 1825–1854), made by
Thomas Danforth Boardman, Hartford,
CT (MH.A.E.1); one goblet (circa 1825–
1854), made by Sherman Boardman and
Thomas Danforth Boardman
(MH.A.E.2); one goblet (circa 1820–
1850), by an unknown maker
(MH.A.E.3); and one charger (circa
1758–1788) possibly made by Joseph
Danforth, Middletown, CT (MH.A.E.4).
In the 1730s, the Stockbridge
Mohicans, now the Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin, accepted the
Reverend John Sergeant as a Christian
missionary in Stockbridge, MA. This
communion set was acquired by the
tribe’s mission church in the early
1800s, when they were living in upstate
New York. Around 1911, the
communion set was placed in the care
of the church by Elder Jamison (Soat)
Quinney, for many years the caretaker
for objects on behalf of the Stockbridge
Munsee Community.
In 1930, Miss Mabel Choate, working
through an agent, purchased the
communion set, along with a twovolume Bible (returned to the
Stockbridge Munsee Community,
Wisconsin in 1991), from the John
Sergeant Memorial Presbyterian Church
in Red Springs, WI., for display at the
Mission House Museum in Stockbridge,
MA. In 1948, Miss Choate donated the
Mission House complete with all its
contents, including the communion set,
to The Trustees of Reservations.
The cultural item’s cultural affiliation
with the Stockbridge Munsee
Community is established through
records held in the archives of the
Mission House. Consultation with
representatives of the Stockbridge
Munsee Community confirmed that no
single member nor a group of members
of the John Sergeant Memorial
Presbyterian Church had the right to sell
cultural items owned by the
community. The communion set was an
integral part of the mission church
begun in the 1730s in western
Massachusetts and continues to have
ongoing historical, traditional, and
cultural importance central to the
Stockbridge Munsee Community,
Wisconsin.
Officials of The Trustees of
Reservations have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(D), the
cultural item described above has an
ongoing historical, traditional, or
cultural importance central to the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of Mesa Verde
National Park, Mesa Verde, CO; Correction
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, Sec. 5, of
the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Mesa Verde National Park, Mesa Verde, CO. These
human remains and cultural items were removed from sites within and
near Mesa Verde National Park.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003, (d)(3).
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
superintendent, Mesa Verde National Park.
This notice corrects the number of human remains and associated
funerary objects reported in a Notice of Inventory Completion published
in the Federal Register on August 27, 1999. During the 2001 storage
upgrade project, human remains representing four individuals and one
associated funerary object were found. The inclusion of sites from
outside park boundaries and the return of human remains to the park in
2005 resulted in an additional eight human remains and 26 associated
funerary objects. During the course of developing this correction
errors were found in the published counts of associated funerary
objects resulting in three fewer associated funerary objects. The net
change is 12 additional individuals and 24 additional funerary objects.
The human remains and associated funerary objects are culturally
affiliated with the same tribes as described in the original notice.
In the Federal Register of August 27, 1999, FR Doc. 99-22260, pages
46936 - 46949, the following corrections are made -
The tenth paragraph on page 46939 is corrected by substituting the
following paragraph:
In 1955 and 1956, human remains representing 17 individuals were
recovered during legally authorized excavations conducted by University
of Colorado archeologist Robert Lister at Lister Site No.1 (5MV875), a
site within park boundaries. No known individuals were identified. The
31 associated funerary objects include 10 bowls and bowl fragments,
five faunal bones, four jars and jar fragments, one ladle bowl
fragment, three ladles, seven pitchers, and one worked sherd.
The eighth paragraph on page 46940 is corrected by substituting the
following paragraph:
Between 1937 and 1989, human remains representing 211 individuals
were recovered during multiple episodes from Long House (5MV1200), a
site within park boundaries. In 1937, a park visitor recovered human
remains representing two individuals during an unauthorized excavation.
From 1958 to 1962, human remains representing 208 individuals were
recovered during a legally authorized National Park Service excavation.
In 1989, human remains representing one individual were located in the
collection by park curatorial staff. No known individuals were
identified. The two individuals recovered in 1937 and the one
individual found in 1989 had no associated funerary objects. The 208
individuals recovered from 1958 to 1962 had 537 associated funerary
objects consisting of four bone awls, two axes, one bead, one bone
artifact, 277 botanical specimens (juniper and yucca), 10 bowls and
bowl fragments, one concretion, one cone, one feather/yucca cordage
fragment, two cores, five corn cobs, three corn kernels, three
cylinders, one disk fragment, 93 faunal specimens (bone, hide, claw,
and eggshell), 13 flakes, three geologic specimens (barite, quartz, and
shale), five gizzard stones, seven hammerstones, six jars and jar
fragments, one ladle cup, one ladle, two manos, one miniature ladle, 12
mugs and mug fragments, four pendants, three points, 71 sherds, one
drilled stone artifact, one pecked and grooved stone artifact, and one
wood artifact. Human
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remains representing two individuals and three cores are missing from
the original catalogued entry for this site. These human remains and
associated funerary objects have not been included in the total counts.
The sixteenth paragraph on page 46942 is corrected by substituting
the following paragraph:
In 1963, human remains representing one individual were recovered
during a legally authorized National Park Service field collection
project conducted at 5MV1575, a site within park boundaries. No known
individuals were identified. The 31 associated funerary objects are 30
sherds and 1 jar.
The seventeenth paragraph on page 46943 is corrected by
substituting the following paragraph:
In 1966, human remains representing 20 individuals were recovered
during a legally authorized excavation conducted by University of
Colorado archeologist David Breternitz at 5MV1930, a site within park
boundaries. No known individuals were identified. The 240 associated
funerary objects include one axe fragment, eight basket fragments
(burned), one botanical specimen (reed), one core, 20 faunal bones,
five hammerstones, one jar, eight manos, two palette and palette
fragments, 187 sherds, five ground stone artifacts, and one battered
and ground stone artifact.
After the thirteenth paragraph on page 46944 insert the following
paragraph:
In 1995, human remains representing three individuals were found in
the Mesa Verde Research Center collection and identified as being from
Yellow Jacket. No other documentation was found. No known individuals
were identified. No associated funerary objects were present.
After the seventeenth paragraph on page 46947 insert the following
paragraphs:
In 1995, human remains representing one individual were found in
the Mesa Verde Research Center collection. Documentation found with the
human remains indicated that they were recovered at Ignacio, CO, a site
outside park boundaries. No known individuals were identified. The 26
associated funerary objects include one bowl, one corn cob, five faunal
bones, two jars, and 17 sherds.
Based on ceramic analysis and a physical anthropology examination,
this site (Ignacio, CO), these human remains, and the associated
funerary objects are dated to Basketmaker III (A.D. 500-700).
In 2001, human remains representing two individuals were found in
the Mesa Verde Research Center collection. Based on documentation with
the human remains, these individuals were identified as coming from
Mesa Verde. These human remains have been identified on the NAGPRA
Inventory as No Provenience (1584A). No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary objects were present.
Based on the documentation found on the human remains and on
geographic location, these human remains are identified as Ancestral
Puebloan (pre A.D. 1300).
In 2001, human remains representing one individual were found in
the Mesa Verde Research Center collection. The only identification was
the accession number 1081. The accession was used by the Wetherill Mesa
Archeological Project in 1961 and 1963 to collect artifacts from
various sites within Mesa Verde. Therefore, the exact site from which
the human remains originated is unknown. These human remains have been
identified on the NAGPRA Inventory as No Provenience (1081). No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects were
present.
Based on documentation, and the fact that the possible sites from
which the human remains are from are all within Mesa Verde, these human
remains are identified as Ancestral Puebloan (pre A.D. 1300).
In 2001, human remains representing one individual were found in
the Mesa Verde Research Center collection. The only identification was
the site number 5MV3678. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects were present.
Based on architectural features (kiva depression, circular rubble
mound, and trash area) and archeological context, this site (5MV3678)
and these human remains are dated to Pueblo II-Pueblo III (A.D. 900-
1300).
In 2005, human remains representing four individuals were returned
to Mesa Verde National Park. Documentation indicates that the remains
are from a puebloan site and that Ancestral Puebloan pottery was found
when the human remains were removed. These human remains have been
identified on the NAGPRA Inventory as No Provenience (1586). No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects were
present.
Based on the documentation found with the human remains and on
geographic location, these human remains are identified as Ancestral
Puebloan (pre A.D. 1300).
The sixth paragraph on page 46948 is corrected by replacing the
first two sentences of the paragraph with the following sentences:
Based on the above information, officials of the National Park
Service have determined that pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human
remains listed above represent the physical remains of at least 1,536
individuals of Native American ancestry. National Park Service
officials have also determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2),
the 4,887 associated funerary objects listed above 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.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Larry Wiese, superintendent, Mesa Verde National
Park, PO Box 8, Mesa Verde, CO 81733, telephone (970) 529-4600, before
March 24, 2006. Repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque,
New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso,
New Mexico; Pueblo of San Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico;
Navajo Nation of Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of
Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Mesa Verde National Park is responsible for notifying the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Navajo Nation of Arizona, New Mexico, &
Utah; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation,
Colorado; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
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Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Ysleta Del Sur
Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico
that this notice has been published.
Dated: January 30, 2006.
C. Timothy McKeown,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E6-2477 Filed 2-21-06; 8:45 am]
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