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WA, during excavations by the
University of Oregon prior to
construction of the John Day Dam. No
known individuals were identified. The
55 associated funerary objects are 1
stone knife/scraper; 1 bone awl; 1
obsidian flake; 15 assorted flakes and
shatter fragments; 1 unmodified angular
basalt piece; 3 animal bones; and 33
animal bone fragments.
Site 45–KL–5 is located on the nowinundated, north side shoreline of the
Columbia River adjacent to the town of
Alderdale, WA. Recovered artifacts,
ethnographic accounts, and informant
reports indicate the site served as a long
term camp or village. At the time of the
National Park Service sponsored
excavations, the site was described as
heavily-looted, vandalized, and
damaged by the effects of ongoing
erosion. Radiocarbon dates obtained
from the site, though not from the burial
contexts, suggest the area was occupied
from at least circa 1770 120 years BP
into the historic period, as informant
reports indicate the site was still used
as an Indian village during the early
20th Century.
Based on the associated funerary
objects and the location of the human
remains within the site, all three
individuals have been determined to be
Native American. Oral histories and
published ethnographic documentation
indicate the site described above is
within the shared, traditional territory
of the Wishram, Yakama, Skin-pah,
Wasco, Tenino, Western Columbia River
Sahaptin groups, and Nez Perce bands.
Descendants of the Wishram, Yakama,
Skin-pah, and other ancestral groups are
members of the Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington. Descendants of the
Umatilla, Walla Walla, and Cayuse
tribes are members of the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon. Descendants of the
Wasco, Tenino, and other culturallyaffiliated Western Columbia River
Sahaptin groups are members of the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon.
Descendants of Nez Perce groups are
members of the Nez Perce Tribe of
Idaho.
Officials of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of three individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Portland
District have also determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 55
objects described above are reasonably
believed to have been placed with or
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near individual human remains at the
time of death or later as part of the death
rite or ceremony. Lastly, officials of the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland
District 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
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon; and/or
Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Daniel Mulligan, NAGPRA
Coordinator, Environmental Resources
Branch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Portland District, P.O. Box 2946,
Portland, OR 97208–2946, telephone
(503) 808–4768, before November 20,
2008. Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of
the Yakama Nation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon; and/or
Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Portland District is responsible for
notifying the Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon; and Nez
Perce Tribe of Idaho that this notice has
been published.
Dated: September 10, 2008.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Denver Department of
Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology, Denver, CO; Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
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Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the possession of the University of
Denver Department of Anthropology
and Museum of Anthropology, Denver,
CO.
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 cultural
items. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the University of
Denver Department of Anthropology
and Museum of Anthropology
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Forest Service; U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs; U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management;
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache
Nation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation,
Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly Pueblo
of San Juan); 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 Pojoaque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia,
New Mexico; Southern Ute Indian Tribe
of the Southern Ute Reservation,
Colorado; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo
of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico. The museum
also sent reports and solicited feedback
via telephone and correspondence with
representatives from Colorado River
Indian Tribes of the Colorado River
Indian Reservation, Arizona and
California; Pueblo of Picuris, New
Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New
Mexico; and Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of
Texas.
This notice corrects a Notice of
Inventory Completion published in the
Federal Register of October 9, 2001 (FR
Doc 01–25140, pages 51472–51474) by
deleting paragraphs 4–6, and 11–12, and
substituting paragraphs 7–10 and 13–15.
The original notice is corrected because
after further consideration of museum
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records, consultation with tribal
representatives and Federal agency
officials, the controller for a minimum
of two individuals of the original nine
individuals described in the notice was
misattributed and the cultural affiliation
for the remaining seven individuals was
incorrect.
In consultation with the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service; U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs; and U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management, the museum has
determined that control of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in paragraphs 11 and 12 is misattributed
for DU 6015 and DU 6066 per 43 CFR
10.2 (a)(3)(ii), see the Notice of
Inventory Completion published in the
Federal Register on August 21, 2008,
(FR Doc E8–19319, pages 49485–49486),
published by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, San Juan National Forest,
Durango, CO. The museum has also
determined that the cultural affiliation
conclusions for human remains and
associated funerary objects referenced in
the notice are incorrect as defined at 25
U.S.C. 3001 (2). Based on this
information, paragraphs 11 and 12 are
deleted from the original notice of
October 9, 2001, (FR Doc 01–25140,
pages 51472–51474). Further
discussions with the U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs are
taking place regarding the human
remains identified as DU UT W: 10:2,
and a separate notice will be published
with that determination.
After October 9, 2001, museum
officials contracted a research
archeologist and conducted additional
consultations with tribal
representatives. After further
consideration of the evidence and tribal
input, museum officials have
determined that the cultural affiliation
of the remaining seven individuals and
associated funerary objects are incorrect
as defined at 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2).
Museum officials have determined
that the human remains representing a
minimum of four individuals referenced
in paragraphs 4–6 (DU6002, DU6180,
DU1995.1.7a–b, and DU CO Y:6:15)
taken from the San Luis Valley, CO, are
human remains that are of Native
American ancestry, but that there is not
sufficient available evidence that can
lead to a reasonable assignment of
cultural affiliation, and are therefore
culturally unidentifiable. Museum
officials have determined that without
further information regarding
archeological context and dating or
material culture, the evidence
surrounding the human remains does
not provide enough data to assign
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cultural affiliation. The San Luis Valley
is an area that was visited and inhabited
by a number of tribes over time and the
evidence does not provide definitive
clues. This conclusion was supported in
tribal consultation and by Douglas
Bowman, Southwestern archeologist
contracted with the Ute Mountain Tribe
of the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah. Based on
this information, paragraphs 4–6 are
deleted from the original notice of
October 9, 2001 (FR Doc 01–25140,
pages 51472–51474).
Museum officials have determined
that the human remains representing a
minimum of three individuals
referenced in paragraphs 7–10 (DU CO
X:16:12 and DU CO V:9:GEA) have a
cultural affiliation that can be narrowed
to the present-day Pueblo tribes. The
original notice of October 9, 2001 (FR
Doc 01–25140, pages 51472–51474) is
corrected by replacing paragraphs 7–10
with the following:
In 1950, human remains representing
one individual (catalog number DU CO
X:16:12) were recovered from site
5CN26, Conejos County, CO, probably
by Harry Christopher Meyers, Jr. who
recorded the site card and conducted a
survey of the area for his master’s thesis.
Mr. Meyers’ thesis is on file at the
University of Denver, Department of
Anthropology, dated May 1950. In his
thesis, Mr. Meyers thanks Mr. Mercedes
Ortiz, of Conejos, CO, for his aid in ‘‘the
survey’’ of portions of the San Luis
Valley. Mr. Ortiz is likely a local land
owner who acted as a guide. Although
the thesis provides a likely contextual
framework for the areas examined and
the types of sites recorded, site 5CN26
was recovered in August 1950 and is not
referenced in any report. No known
individual was identified. The nine
associated funerary objects are seven
black-on-white sherds, one obsidian
core, and one chipped stone.
The site card describes a cave with an
opening onto a flat plain, dropping
down over 10 feet. The interior of the
cave is reported to consist of four rooms
containing dry laid stone walls, lithic
debitage, and pottery sherds. The main,
or upper room, is described as opening
directly off of the opening. Its walls
were apparently about 2 1/2 feet high.
The three other rooms appear to be
contiguous, extending back inside the
cave. An attempt to relocate site 5CN26
was undertaken by an unknown
individual at an unknown date
(presumably after the mid 1980s based
on the form used). Notes of this visit to
the area are recorded on a Cultural
Resource Reevaluation Form on file at
the Colorado Office of Archaeology and
Historic Preservation. The researcher
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notes that the legal location data on the
old site card was poor, so the southern
half of the listed section and the
northern half of the neighboring section
were extensively searched, but ‘‘no
evidence of the site could be found.’’
Black-on-white pottery indicates this
site is ancestral Puebloan. The scientific
literature provides significant evidence
of cultural affiliation between ancestral
Puebloan culture and the Pueblos of
today. Mr. Meyers’ thesis work was
specifically looking for Puebloan sites.
Additionally, a likely source for the
obsidian is New Mexico, which further
supports a Puebloan affiliation.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing two individuals (catalog
number DU CO V:9:GEA) were
recovered from a site at the edge of
McElmo Canyon, Montezuma County,
CO, 20 miles northwest of Mesa Verde,
by Faye Conklin, a graduate of the
University of Denver. No known
individuals were identified. The 50
associated funerary objects are 1 blackon-white pottery bowl, 1 black-on-white
pottery bowl fragment, 1 black-on-white
pottery jar fragment, 25 black-on-white
sherds, 3 redware sherds, 1 nonhuman
bone, 4 nonhuman bone fragments, 1
piece of wood, 8 pieces of cordage, 3
beans, and 2 corn kernels.
Black-on-white pottery, beans, and
corn indicate this site is ancestral
Puebloan. The scientific literature
provides significant evidence of cultural
affiliation between ancestral Puebloan
culture and the Pueblos of today.
Based on the preponderance of
evidence, including archeology,
architecture, material culture, oral
traditions, and expert opinion, officials
of the University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology have reasonably
determined that the Native American
human remains (catalog numbers DU
CO X:16:12 and U CO V:9:GEA) are
ancestral Puebloan. Descendants of
ancestral Puebloan culture are members
of the present-day tribes of the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Ohkay Owingeh, New
Mexico (formerly Pueblo of San Juan);
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
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; and
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Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
The original notice of October 9, 2001,
(FR Doc 01–25140, pages 51472–51474)
is corrected by replacing paragraphs 13–
15 with the following:
Officials of the University of Denver
Department of Anthropology and
Museum of Anthropology have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of a minimum of three
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the University of
Denver Department of Anthropology
and Museum of Anthropology also have
determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C.3001 (3)(A), the 59 objects
described above are reasonably believed
to have been placed with or near the
individual human remains at the time of
death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony. Lastly, officials of the
University of Denver Department of
Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), the
preponderance of the evidence supports
a relationship of shared group identity
that can be reasonably traced between
the Native American human remains
and associated funerary objects and the
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Ohkay Owingeh,
New Mexico (formerly Pueblo of San
Juan); 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
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; 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 Dr. Christina Kreps, University
of Denver Museum of Anthropology,
Sturm 146, Denver, CO 80208,
telephone (303) 871–2688, before
November 20, 2008. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico; 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
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Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, 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; and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The University of Denver Department
of Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology is responsible for
notifying the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service; U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs; U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management;
Colorado River Indian Tribes of the
Colorado River Indian Reservation,
Arizona and California; Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New
Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New
Mexico & Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, New
Mexico (formerly Pueblo of San Juan);
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
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;
Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of
Utah; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute
Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe
of the Ute 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: October 6, 2008.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Denver Department of
Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology, Denver, 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, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the possession of the University of
Denver Department of Anthropology
and Museum of Anthropology, Denver,
CO.
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 cultural
items. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
This notice corrects the cultural
affiliation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects that were
described in a Notice of Inventory
Completion published in the Federal
Register of October 26, 2001 (FR Doc
01–27050, pages 54284–54285). After
further consultation of museum records,
officials of the University of Denver
Department of Anthropology and
Museum of Anthropology have
determined that the human remains and
associated funerary objects referenced in
the notice have a cultural affiliation that
can be narrowed.
After October 26, 2001, museum
officials contracted a research
archeologist and conducted additional
consultations with representatives of the
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Navajo Nation,
Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly the
Pueblo of San Juan); 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 Pojoaque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia,
New Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico. The museum
also sent reports and solicited feedback
via telephone and correspondence with
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Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Denver Department
of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver, 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, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the University of Denver Department of
Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO.
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 cultural
items. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the
University of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology professional staff in consultation with representatives of
the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service; U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs; U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla
Apache Nation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah;
Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly Pueblo of San Juan); 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 Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Ysleta Del Sur
Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
The museum also sent reports and solicited feedback via telephone and
correspondence with representatives from Colorado River Indian Tribes
of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California;
Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo
of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico; and
Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas.
This notice corrects a Notice of Inventory Completion published in
the Federal Register of October 9, 2001 (FR Doc 01-25140, pages 51472-
51474) by deleting paragraphs 4-6, and 11-12, and substituting
paragraphs 7-10 and 13-15. The original notice is corrected because
after further consideration of museum
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records, consultation with tribal representatives and Federal agency
officials, the controller for a minimum of two individuals of the
original nine individuals described in the notice was misattributed and
the cultural affiliation for the remaining seven individuals was
incorrect.
In consultation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service; U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs; and
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, the museum
has determined that control of the human remains and associated
funerary objects in paragraphs 11 and 12 is misattributed for DU 6015
and DU 6066 per 43 CFR 10.2 (a)(3)(ii), see the Notice of Inventory
Completion published in the Federal Register on August 21, 2008, (FR
Doc E8-19319, pages 49485-49486), published by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, San Juan National Forest, Durango, CO. The museum has also
determined that the cultural affiliation conclusions for human remains
and associated funerary objects referenced in the notice are incorrect
as defined at 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2). Based on this information, paragraphs
11 and 12 are deleted from the original notice of October 9, 2001, (FR
Doc 01-25140, pages 51472-51474). Further discussions with the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs are taking place
regarding the human remains identified as DU UT W: 10:2, and a separate
notice will be published with that determination.
After October 9, 2001, museum officials contracted a research
archeologist and conducted additional consultations with tribal
representatives. After further consideration of the evidence and tribal
input, museum officials have determined that the cultural affiliation
of the remaining seven individuals and associated funerary objects are
incorrect as defined at 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2).
Museum officials have determined that the human remains
representing a minimum of four individuals referenced in paragraphs 4-6
(DU6002, DU6180, DU1995.1.7a-b, and DU CO Y:6:15) taken from the San
Luis Valley, CO, are human remains that are of Native American
ancestry, but that there is not sufficient available evidence that can
lead to a reasonable assignment of cultural affiliation, and are
therefore culturally unidentifiable. Museum officials have determined
that without further information regarding archeological context and
dating or material culture, the evidence surrounding the human remains
does not provide enough data to assign cultural affiliation. The San
Luis Valley is an area that was visited and inhabited by a number of
tribes over time and the evidence does not provide definitive clues.
This conclusion was supported in tribal consultation and by Douglas
Bowman, Southwestern archeologist contracted with the Ute Mountain
Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah.
Based on this information, paragraphs 4-6 are deleted from the original
notice of October 9, 2001 (FR Doc 01-25140, pages 51472-51474).
Museum officials have determined that the human remains
representing a minimum of three individuals referenced in paragraphs 7-
10 (DU CO X:16:12 and DU CO V:9:GEA) have a cultural affiliation that
can be narrowed to the present-day Pueblo tribes. The original notice
of October 9, 2001 (FR Doc 01-25140, pages 51472-51474) is corrected by
replacing paragraphs 7-10 with the following:
In 1950, human remains representing one individual (catalog number
DU CO X:16:12) were recovered from site 5CN26, Conejos County, CO,
probably by Harry Christopher Meyers, Jr. who recorded the site card
and conducted a survey of the area for his master's thesis. Mr. Meyers'
thesis is on file at the University of Denver, Department of
Anthropology, dated May 1950. In his thesis, Mr. Meyers thanks Mr.
Mercedes Ortiz, of Conejos, CO, for his aid in ``the survey'' of
portions of the San Luis Valley. Mr. Ortiz is likely a local land owner
who acted as a guide. Although the thesis provides a likely contextual
framework for the areas examined and the types of sites recorded, site
5CN26 was recovered in August 1950 and is not referenced in any report.
No known individual was identified. The nine associated funerary
objects are seven black-on-white sherds, one obsidian core, and one
chipped stone.
The site card describes a cave with an opening onto a flat plain,
dropping down over 10 feet. The interior of the cave is reported to
consist of four rooms containing dry laid stone walls, lithic debitage,
and pottery sherds. The main, or upper room, is described as opening
directly off of the opening. Its walls were apparently about 2 1/2 feet
high. The three other rooms appear to be contiguous, extending back
inside the cave. An attempt to relocate site 5CN26 was undertaken by an
unknown individual at an unknown date (presumably after the mid 1980s
based on the form used). Notes of this visit to the area are recorded
on a Cultural Resource Reevaluation Form on file at the Colorado Office
of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. The researcher notes that the
legal location data on the old site card was poor, so the southern half
of the listed section and the northern half of the neighboring section
were extensively searched, but ``no evidence of the site could be
found.''
Black-on-white pottery indicates this site is ancestral Puebloan.
The scientific literature provides significant evidence of cultural
affiliation between ancestral Puebloan culture and the Pueblos of
today. Mr. Meyers' thesis work was specifically looking for Puebloan
sites. Additionally, a likely source for the obsidian is New Mexico,
which further supports a Puebloan affiliation.
At an unknown date, human remains representing two individuals
(catalog number DU CO V:9:GEA) were recovered from a site at the edge
of McElmo Canyon, Montezuma County, CO, 20 miles northwest of Mesa
Verde, by Faye Conklin, a graduate of the University of Denver. No
known individuals were identified. The 50 associated funerary objects
are 1 black-on-white pottery bowl, 1 black-on-white pottery bowl
fragment, 1 black-on-white pottery jar fragment, 25 black-on-white
sherds, 3 redware sherds, 1 nonhuman bone, 4 nonhuman bone fragments, 1
piece of wood, 8 pieces of cordage, 3 beans, and 2 corn kernels.
Black-on-white pottery, beans, and corn indicate this site is
ancestral Puebloan. The scientific literature provides significant
evidence of cultural affiliation between ancestral Puebloan culture and
the Pueblos of today.
Based on the preponderance of evidence, including archeology,
architecture, material culture, oral traditions, and expert opinion,
officials of the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology and Museum
of Anthropology have reasonably determined that the Native American
human remains (catalog numbers DU CO X:16:12 and U CO V:9:GEA) are
ancestral Puebloan. Descendants of ancestral Puebloan culture are
members of the present-day tribes of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly Pueblo of San Juan); 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 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; and
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Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
The original notice of October 9, 2001, (FR Doc 01-25140, pages
51472-51474) is corrected by replacing paragraphs 13-15 with the
following:
Officials of the University of Denver Department of Anthropology
and Museum of Anthropology have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (9-10), the human remains described above represent the physical
remains of a minimum of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
Officials of the University of Denver Department of Anthropology and
Museum of Anthropology also have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C.3001 (3)(A), the 59 objects described above are reasonably
believed to have been placed with or near the individual human remains
at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
Lastly, officials of the University of Denver Department of
Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology have determined that, pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), the preponderance of the evidence supports a
relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human remains and associated funerary
objects and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico
(formerly Pueblo of San Juan); 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 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;
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 Dr. Christina Kreps, University of Denver Museum
of Anthropology, Sturm 146, Denver, CO 80208, telephone (303) 871-2688,
before November 20, 2008. Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico; 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
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;
and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The University of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology is responsible for notifying the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service; U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs; U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land
Management; Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian
Reservation, Arizona and California; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla
Apache Nation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah;
Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly Pueblo of San Juan); 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 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; Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians
of Utah; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation,
Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute 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: October 6, 2008.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-24961 Filed 10-20-08; 8:45 am]
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