Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Utah State Office of the Bureau of Land Management, Salt Lake City, UT; Museum of Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT; College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum, Price, UT; Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum, Blanding, UT; Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and Anthropology Museum at Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 10767-10771 [E9-5340]
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In 1951, human remains representing
a minimum of seven individuals were
removed from the North Garrison Bay
Site (45–SJ–25) in San Juan County,
WA, during a summer field school in
archeology under the direction of
Professor Carroll Burroughs of the
University of Washington. The North
Garrison Bay Site is a prehistoric village
site north of both the Guss Island Site
and English Camp Site referred to
previously. The fragmentary human
remains were transferred to the Burke
Museum and accessioned by the
National Park Service. No known
individuals were identified. The 11
associated funerary objects are 1 shell
fragment, 1 fused non-human radius
and ulna, 1 deer ulna, 1 carnivore
mandible fragment, 1 non-human rib
fragment, 2 non-human bone fragments,
and 4 lots of organic matter.
Based upon non-destructive
osteological analysis, archeological data,
geographic context and accession data,
the 34 individuals from the four San
Juan Island sites are of Native American
ancestry. Arden King’s analysis of
archeological data from Cattle Point
resulted in the identification of three
prehistoric phases, with the most recent
representing a maritime adaptation that
is ancestral to historic native
populations in the United States and
Canada. Archeological research and
analysis indicates continuous habitation
of San Juan Island, including the four
sites mentioned here, from
approximately 2,000 years ago through
the mid–19th century. Anthropologist
Wayne Suttles has identified the
occupants of San Juan Island as
Northern Straits language-speaking
people, a linguistic subset of a larger
Central Coast Salish population, who
were ancestors of the Lummi Tribe of
the Lummi Reservation, Washington.
Furthermore, Suttles’ anthropological
research in the late 1940s confirmed
that the Lummi primarily occupied San
Juan Island and other nearby islands in
the contact period and during the early
history of the Lummi Reservation that
was established on the mainland in
1855 through Article II of the Treaty of
Point Elliott. San Juan Island is within
the aboriginal territory of the Lummi
Tribe of the Lummi Reservation,
Washington. Lummi oral tradition,
history and anthropological data clearly
associate the Lummi with San Juan
Island.
The Samish Indian Tribe, Washington
is closely associated with the Lummi
Tribe of the Lummi Reservation,
Washington linguistically and
culturally, and the Samish regard San
Juan Island to be within the usual and
accustomed territory shared by both
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tribes at the time of the Point Elliott
Treaty negotiations in 1855. In 2006, the
Samish Indian Tribe, Washington and
the Lummi Tribe of the Lummi
Reservation, Washington entered into a
cooperative agreement to have the
Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation,
Washington take the lead in receiving
repatriated human remains and funerary
objects from San Juan Island National
Historical Park. The traditional territory
of the Swinomish Indians of the
Swinomish Reservation, Washington is
on the mainland in the vicinity of La
Conner, WA, on Whidbey Island and
Fidalgo Island, the site of their
reservation.
Officials of San Juan Island National
Historical Park have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of 34
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of San Juan Island
National Historical Park also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the 134 associated funerary
objects 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 San Juan
Island National Historical Park 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
Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation,
Washington.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Peter Dederich, superintendent,
San Juan Island National Historical
Park, P.O. Box 429, Friday Harbor, WA
98250–04289, telephone (360) 378–
2240, before April 13, 2009.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation,
Washington may proceed after that date
if no additional claimants come
forward.
San Juan Island National Historical
Park is responsible for notifying the
Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation,
Washington; Samish Indian Tribe,
Washington; and Swinomish Indians of
the Swinomish Reservation, Washington
that this notice has been published.
Dated: February 12, 2009.
Sangita Chari,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Utah State
Office of the Bureau of Land
Management, Salt Lake City, UT;
Museum of Peoples and Cultures,
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT;
College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric
Museum, Price, UT; Edge of the Cedars
State Park Museum, Blanding, UT;
Utah Museum of Natural History,
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT;
and Anthropology Museum at
Washington State University, Pullman,
WA
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. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the control of the U.S. Department of
the Interior, Utah State Office, Bureau of
Land Management, Salt Lake City, UT,
and in the possession of the Museum of
Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young
University, Provo, UT; College of
Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum, Price,
UT; Edge of the Cedars State Park
Museum, Blanding, UT; Utah Museum
of Natural History, University of Utah,
Salt Lake City, UT; and Anthropology
Museum at Washington State
University, Pullman, WA. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Carbon, Grand,
Kane, San Juan, Sevier, Tooele,
Washington, and Wayne Counties, UT,
and from unknown locations in Utah.
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 and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Museum of
Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young
University; College of Eastern Utah
Prehistoric Museum; Edge of the Cedars
State Park Museum; Utah Museum of
Natural History, University of Utah;
Anthropology Museum at Washington
State University; and Utah State Office,
Bureau of Land Management
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Confederated
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Tribes of the Goshute Reservation,
Nevada and Utah; Duckwater Shoshone
Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation,
Nevada; Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada;
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kaibab Band of
Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Moapa Band of
Paiute Indians of the Moapa River
Indian Reservation, Nevada; Navajo
Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah;
Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation
of Utah (Washakie); Ohkay Owingeh,
New Mexico; Paiute Indian Tribe of
Utah (Cedar City Band of Paiutes,
Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem
Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of
Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes);
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; San
Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona;
Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall
Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone-Paiute
Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation,
Nevada; Skull Valley Band of Goshute
Indians of Utah; Southern Ute Indian
Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation,
Colorado; Te-Moak Tribe of Western
Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four
constituent bands: Battle Mountain
Band, Elko Band, South Fork Band and
Wells Band); 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.
In 1973, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from the surface of
archeological site 42SA2799 in San Juan
County, UT, during a legally authorized
inventory effort conducted by Brigham
Young University. The human remains
were subsequently accessioned into the
Museum of Peoples and Cultures,
Brigham Young University. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
In 1973, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from the surface of
archeological site 42SA2800 in San Juan
County, UT, during a legally authorized
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inventory effort conducted by Brigham
Young University. The human remains
were subsequently accessioned into the
Museum of Peoples and Cultures,
Brigham Young University. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
In 1973, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from the surface of
archeological site 42SA2911 in San Juan
County, UT, during a legally authorized
inventory effort conducted by Brigham
Young University. The human remains
were subsequently accessioned into the
Museum of Peoples and Cultures,
Brigham Young University. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Between 1970 and 1972, human
remains representing a minimum of four
individuals were removed from Three
Kiva Pueblo (archeological site
42SA863) in San Juan County, UT,
during legally authorized excavations
conducted by Brigham Young
University. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
subsequently accessioned into the
Museum of Peoples and Cultures,
Brigham Young University. No known
individuals were identified. The two
associated funerary objects are a
projectile point and a stone axe
fragment.
Between 1969 and 1974, human
remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the
surface of archeological site 42SA3581
in San Juan County, UT, during a legally
authorized inventory effort conducted
by Brigham Young University. The
human remains were subsequently
accessioned into the Museum of Peoples
and Cultures, Brigham Young
University. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In 1974, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from the surface of
archeological site 42SA3786 in San Juan
County, UT, during a legally authorized
inventory effort conducted by Brigham
Young University. The human remains
were subsequently accessioned into the
Museum of Peoples and Cultures,
Brigham Young University. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Between 1969 and 1972, human
remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the
surface of archeological site 42SA1782
in San Juan County, UT, during a legally
authorized inventory effort conducted
by Brigham Young University. The
human remains were subsequently
accessioned into the Museum of Peoples
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and Cultures, Brigham Young
University. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Between 1969 and 1972, human
remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the
surface of archeological site 42SA1864
in San Juan County, UT, during a legally
authorized inventory effort conducted
by Brigham Young University. The
human remains were subsequently
accessioned into the Museum of Peoples
and Cultures, Brigham Young
University. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Between 1969 and 1972, human
remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the
surface of archeological site 42SA2117
in San Juan County, UT, during a legally
authorized inventory effort conducted
by Brigham Young University. The
human remains and associated funerary
object were subsequently accessioned
into the Museum of Peoples and
Cultures, Brigham Young University. No
known individual was identified. The
one associated funerary object is a
worked stone flake.
Between 1969 and 1979, human
remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the
surface of archeological site 42SA10862
in San Juan County, UT, during a legally
authorized inventory effort conducted
by Brigham Young University. The
human remains were subsequently
accessioned into the Museum of Peoples
and Cultures, Brigham Young
University. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Between 1969 and 1979, human
remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the
surface of archeological site 42SA10871
in San Juan County, UT, during a legally
authorized inventory effort conducted
by Brigham Young University. The
human remains were subsequently
accessioned into the Museum of Peoples
and Cultures, Brigham Young
University. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Between 1969 and 1979, human
remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the
surface of archeological site 42SA10883
in San Juan County, UT, during a legally
authorized inventory effort conducted
by Brigham Young University. The
human remains were subsequently
accessioned into the Museum of Peoples
and Cultures, Brigham Young
University. No known individual was
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identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Between 1969 and 1979, human
remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the
surface of archeological site 42SA10983
in San Juan County, UT, during a legally
authorized inventory effort conducted
by Brigham Young University. The
human remains were subsequently
accessioned into the Museum of Peoples
and Cultures, Brigham Young
University. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from Mill
Creek Canyon, Grand County, UT.
Circumstances of the removal are
unknown. The human remains were
originally housed in the Dan O’Laurie
Museum in Moab and subsequently
were given to a Bureau of Land
Management archeologist because they
could not be properly cared for in the
museum. The human remains were later
transferred to the College of Eastern
Utah Prehistoric Museum. No known
individual was identified. The five
associated funerary objects are one lot of
leather pieces, one lot of grass, one
plaited juniper bark carrier, and one lot
of cording.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from White
Canyon, Grand County, UT.
Circumstances of the removal are
unknown. The human remains were
originally housed in the Dan O’Laurie
Museum in Moab and subsequently
were given to a Bureau of Land
Management archeologist because they
could not be properly cared for in the
museum. The human remains were later
transferred to the College of Eastern
Utah Prehistoric Museum. No known
individual was identified. The three
associated funerary objects are one lot of
leather pieces, one lot of twined juniper
bark carrier pieces, and twisted animal
hide cordage.
In 1977, human remains representing
a minimum of four individuals were
recovered from River House Ruin
(42SA5281) in San Juan County, UT,
during legally authorized excavations.
The human remains were accessioned
by the Edge of the Cedars State Park
Museum. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In 1983, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
recovered from archeological site
42SA14187 in San Juan County, UT,
during legally authorized data recovery
efforts after erosion exposed the burial.
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The human remains were accessioned
by the Edge of the Cedars State Park
Museum. No known individual was
identified. The 170 associated funerary
objects are 4 ceramic vessels; 1 ladle
fragment; 158 ceramic sherds (Mancos
Black-on-White, Piedra Black-on-White,
McElmo Black-on-White, Chapin Gray,
and Mancos neck banded); 1 broken
ceramic pendant; 1 polishing stone; 1
pecking stone; 1 graver; 2 bifaces; and
1 utilized flake.
In 1981, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from site 42SA4856, the Little
Square Tower site, San Juan County,
UT, during legally authorized
excavations for data recovery efforts for
the Recapture Dam Project by Brigham
Young University. The human remains
were accessioned by the Edge of the
Cedars State Park Museum. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
In 1981, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
recovered from site 42SA8875, San Juan
County, UT, during legally authorized
excavations for data recovery efforts for
the Recapture Dam Project by Brigham
Young University. The human remains
were accessioned by the Edge of the
Cedars State Park Museum. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
In 1981, human remains representing
a minimum two individuals were
recovered from site 42SA8876, San Juan
County, UT, during legally authorized
excavations for data recovery efforts for
the Recapture Dam Project by Brigham
Young University. The human remains
were accessioned by the Edge of the
Cedars State Park Museum. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1981, human remains representing
a minimum one individual were
removed from site 42SA8880, the Cist
site, San Juan County, UT, during
legally authorized excavations for data
recovery efforts for the Recapture Dam
Project by Brigham Young University.
The human remains were accessioned
by the Edge of the Cedars State Park
Museum. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In 1981, human remains representing
a minimum two individuals were
removed from site 42SA8887, the
Bullpup Shelter site, San Juan County,
UT, during legally authorized
excavations for data recovery efforts for
the Recapture Dam Project by Brigham
Young University. The human remains
were accessioned by Edge of the Cedars
State Park Museum. No known
individual was identified. The one
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associated funerary object is a polished
tube of turkey bone.
Three individuals were also recovered
during the Recapture Dam Project by
Brigham Young University, and are
assumed to be from the same time
periods and occupations of the other
human remains, although their exact
provenience is not known. The human
remains were accessioned by the Edge
of the Cedars State Park Museum.
In 1965, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
recovered from the surface of a
vandalized site, 42SA5093, in San Juan
County, UT, during legally authorized
surface inventory. The human remains
were accessioned by the Edge of the
Cedars State Park Museum. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
In 1990, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
recovered from archeological site
42SA11624 in Nancy Patterson Canyon,
San Juan County, UT, during legally
authorized excavations. The human
remains were accessioned by the Edge
of the Cedars State Park Museum. No
known individual was identified. The
two associated funerary objects are a
Mancos Corrugated ceramic vessel and
a Mesa Verde white ware ceramic
vessel.
In 1976, human remains representing
a minimum of two individuals were
recovered from the surface of
archeological site 42SA5622 in Butler
Wash, San Juan County, UT, during a
survey by the University of Denver. The
human remains were scattered on the
surface of a disturbed and looted site.
The human remains were accessioned
by the Edge of the Cedars State Park
Museum. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In 1965, human remains representing
a minimum of two individuals were
recovered from the surface of
archeological site 42SA5156, San Juan
County, UT, during inventory for a
chaining at Westwater Point. The
human remains were accessioned by the
Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum.
No known individuals were identified.
No associated funerary objects are
present.
Prior to 1979, human remains
representing a minimum of two
individuals were recovered from an
unknown site in an unknown location.
The human remains and the objects
were held in the Monticello Field
Office, Bureau of Land Management
until 1983 when they were transferred
to and accessioned by the Edge of the
Cedars State Park for appropriate care.
No known individuals were identified.
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The five associated funerary objects are
one ceramic sherd, two worked/tanned
animal hides, one turkey feather
blanket, and one yucca cordage.
In 1983, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
delivered to the Edge of the Cedars
Museum by a Bureau of Land
Management staff archeologist in
California, and accessioned into the
museum collections as under the
control of the Bureau of Land
Management. The Bureau of Land
Management acquired the human
remains from a collector who indicated
they had been looted from a site near
Blanding in San Juan County, UT. No
additional information regarding the
original place or manner of removal is
available. No known individual was
identified. The two associated funerary
objects are a yucca fiber and a turkey
feather blanket.
In 1989, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
collected by hikers from an exposed
burial on the surface of an unrecorded
site on Bureau of Land Management
public lands in the Grand Gulch area of
San Juan County, UT. The human
remains and the associated funerary
object were turned over to Bureau of
Land Management and subsequently
taken to Edge of the Cedars State Park
for appropriate care. No known
individual was identified. The one
associated funerary object is a turkey
feather legging fragment.
Between 1972 and 1973, human
remains representing a minimum of one
individual were recovered from site
42SA2137, during excavations as part of
a U.S. 95 highway improvement project
in San Juan County, UT. Subsequently,
the Utah Museum of Natural History
accessioned the materials into its
collections. No known individual was
identified. The 48 associated funerary
objects are 1 McElmo Black-on-White
jar, 2 McElmo Black-on-White
fragments, 1 bowl, and 44 sherds.
Between 1972 and 1973, human
remains representing a minimum of one
individual were recovered from site
42SA2139, Surprise Village, San Juan
County, UT, during excavations as part
of a U.S. 95 highway improvement
project. Subsequently, the Utah
Museum of Natural History accessioned
the materials into its collections. No
known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Between 1972 and 1973, human
remains representing a minimum of two
individuals were recovered from site
42SA2140, Gnat Knoll, San Juan
County, UT, during excavations as part
of a U.S. 95 highway improvement
project. Subsequently, the Utah
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Museum of Natural History accessioned
the materials into its collections. No
known individuals were identified. The
one associated funerary object is one lot
of ceramics sherds.
Between 1972 and 1973, human
remains representing a minimum of two
individuals were recovered from site
42SA2164, Mule Canyon Ruins, San
Juan County, UT, during excavations as
part of a U.S. 95 highway improvement
project. Subsequently, the Utah
Museum of Natural History accessioned
the materials into its collections. No
known individuals were identified. The
one associated funerary object is a small
bowl made from a handleless dipper.
Between 1972 and 1973, human
remains representing a minimum of one
individual were recovered from site
42SA3203, Tall Pine Site, San Juan
County, UT, during excavations as part
of a U.S. 95 highway improvement
project. Subsequently, the Utah
Museum of Natural History accessioned
the materials into its collections. No
known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1975, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from the surface of site HS C1–
3 near the head of Polly’s Canyon, a
tributary of Grand Gulch in San Juan
County, UT, as part of the Cedar Mesa
Project. The human remains were
subsequently accession by the
Anthropology Museum at Washington
State University. No known individual
was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
All the human remains and associated
funerary objects evidence an affiliation
with the archeological cultural known
as Anasazi or Ancestral Puebloan. The
Anasazi culture developed in Utah and
elsewhere in the Southwest from about
1200 B.C. through the 13th and/or 14th
centuries, after which there was an
abandonment of some areas. Anasazi
sites are also commonly referred to as
Ancestral Puebloan because of a clear
linkage and continuity to extant
Puebloan culture from prehistoric times
to the present. Ceramics, architecture,
rock art, and other cultural traits
documented in the archeological record,
as well as the oral traditions of Puebloan
tribes, provide relevant evidence for a
general cultural affiliation to Puebloan
tribes. Other tribes who have lived in
the area since Anasazi abandonment of
the region in the 13th and/or 14th
centuries also claim a relationship with
Anasazi archeological sites. To the
extent that there has been intermarriage
and gene flow across tribal populations
in the Southwest, and transfer of some
cultural traits through time and
association, some argument could be
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made for broad affiliation. However, a
focus on the culture in place during the
time of Anasazi occupation, and
continuity of key cultural traits through
time justifies affiliation to Puebloans
and not to tribes who appear to have
entered the region after Anasazi
abandonment. Determinations of
cultural affiliation are based on a simple
preponderance of the evidence. Based
on archeological evidence and oral
traditions/folklore, there is a general
affiliation to extant Pueblo Tribes,
which are 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;
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
Officials of the Utah State Office,
Bureau of Land Management have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of 51 individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the Utah
State Office, Bureau of Land
Management also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the
242 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 the Utah State Office, Bureau
of Land Management 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 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
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Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo
Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico;
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas; 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 Byron Loosle, Utah State
NAGPRA Coordinator, BLM Utah State
Office, P.O. Box 45155, 440 West 200
South, Suite 600, Salt Lake City, UT
84145–0155, telephone (801) 539–4276,
before April 13, 2009. 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;
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.
The Utah State Office, Bureau of Land
Management is responsible for notifying
the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute
Reservation, Nevada and Utah;
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the
Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Ely
Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute
Indians of the Kaibab Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Moapa Band of
Paiute Indians of the Moapa River
Indian Reservation, Nevada; Navajo
Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah;
Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation
of Utah (Washakie); Ohkay Owingeh,
New Mexico; Paiute Indian Tribe of
Utah; 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
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Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; San
Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona;
Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall
Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone-Paiute
Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation,
Nevada; Skull Valley Band of Goshute
Indians of Utah; Southern Ute Indian
Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation,
Colorado; Te-Moak Tribe of Western
Shoshone Indians of Nevada; 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: January 29, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Utah State
Office, Bureau of Land Management,
Salt Lake City, UT and Utah Museum of
Natural History, University of Utah, Salt
Lake City, UT
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. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the control of the U.S. Department of
the Interior, Utah State Office, Bureau of
Land Management, Salt Lake City, UT,
and in the possession of the Utah
Museum of Natural History, University
of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Kane County, UT.
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 and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Utah Museum of
Natural History, University of Utah, and
Utah State Office, Bureau of Land
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Management professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Confederated Tribes of the Goshute
Reservation, Nevada and Utah;
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the
Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Ely
Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute
Indians of the Kaibab Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Moapa Band of
Paiute Indians of the Moapa River
Indian Reservation, Nevada; Navajo
Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah;
Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation
of Utah (Washakie); Ohkay Owingeh,
New Mexico; Paiute Indian Tribe of
Utah (Cedar City Band of Paiutes,
Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem
Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of
Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes);
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; San
Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona;
Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall
Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone-Paiute
Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation,
Nevada; Skull Valley Band of Goshute
Indians of Utah; Southern Ute Indian
Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation,
Colorado; Te-Moak Tribes of Western
Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four
constituent bands: Battle Mountain
Band, Elko Band, South Fork Band and
Wells Band); 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.
In 1962 and 1963, human remains
representing a minimum of four
individuals were removed from site
42Ka1076, the Bonanza Dune site, in
Kane County, UT, as part of the
University of Utah’s archeological field
schools. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
subsequently accessioned into the Utah
Museum of Natural History. No known
individuals were identified. The 41
associated funerary objects are 1
Shinarump Brown jar, 1 Black Mesa B/
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Utah State Office of the Bureau of Land Management, Salt Lake City, UT;
Museum of Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT;
College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum, Price, UT; Edge of the
Cedars State Park Museum, Blanding, UT; Utah Museum of Natural History,
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and Anthropology Museum at
Washington State University, Pullman, WA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Utah
State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Salt Lake City, UT, and in the
possession of the Museum of Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young
University, Provo, UT; College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum,
Price, UT; Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum, Blanding, UT; Utah
Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and
Anthropology Museum at Washington State University, Pullman, WA. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Carbon,
Grand, Kane, San Juan, Sevier, Tooele, Washington, and Wayne Counties,
UT, and from unknown locations in Utah.
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 and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Museum of
Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young University; College of Eastern Utah
Prehistoric Museum; Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum; Utah Museum
of Natural History, University of Utah; Anthropology Museum at
Washington State University; and Utah State Office, Bureau of Land
Management professional staff in consultation with representatives of
the Confederated
[[Page 10768]]
Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Duckwater Shoshone
Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Ely Shoshone Tribe of
Nevada; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the
Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the
Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New
Mexico & Utah; Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie);
Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar City Band
of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian
Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes); 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; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of
Arizona; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho;
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; Skull
Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of
the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Te-Moak Tribe of Western
Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four constituent bands: Battle Mountain
Band, Elko Band, South Fork Band and Wells Band); 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.
In 1973, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from the surface of archeological site 42SA2799 in San
Juan County, UT, during a legally authorized inventory effort conducted
by Brigham Young University. The human remains were subsequently
accessioned into the Museum of Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young
University. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In 1973, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from the surface of archeological site 42SA2800 in San
Juan County, UT, during a legally authorized inventory effort conducted
by Brigham Young University. The human remains were subsequently
accessioned into the Museum of Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young
University. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In 1973, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from the surface of archeological site 42SA2911 in San
Juan County, UT, during a legally authorized inventory effort conducted
by Brigham Young University. The human remains were subsequently
accessioned into the Museum of Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young
University. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Between 1970 and 1972, human remains representing a minimum of four
individuals were removed from Three Kiva Pueblo (archeological site
42SA863) in San Juan County, UT, during legally authorized excavations
conducted by Brigham Young University. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were subsequently accessioned into the Museum of
Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young University. No known individuals
were identified. The two associated funerary objects are a projectile
point and a stone axe fragment.
Between 1969 and 1974, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the surface of archeological site 42SA3581
in San Juan County, UT, during a legally authorized inventory effort
conducted by Brigham Young University. The human remains were
subsequently accessioned into the Museum of Peoples and Cultures,
Brigham Young University. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1974, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from the surface of archeological site 42SA3786 in San
Juan County, UT, during a legally authorized inventory effort conducted
by Brigham Young University. The human remains were subsequently
accessioned into the Museum of Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young
University. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Between 1969 and 1972, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the surface of archeological site 42SA1782
in San Juan County, UT, during a legally authorized inventory effort
conducted by Brigham Young University. The human remains were
subsequently accessioned into the Museum of Peoples and Cultures,
Brigham Young University. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Between 1969 and 1972, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the surface of archeological site 42SA1864
in San Juan County, UT, during a legally authorized inventory effort
conducted by Brigham Young University. The human remains were
subsequently accessioned into the Museum of Peoples and Cultures,
Brigham Young University. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Between 1969 and 1972, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the surface of archeological site 42SA2117
in San Juan County, UT, during a legally authorized inventory effort
conducted by Brigham Young University. The human remains and associated
funerary object were subsequently accessioned into the Museum of
Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young University. No known individual was
identified. The one associated funerary object is a worked stone flake.
Between 1969 and 1979, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the surface of archeological site
42SA10862 in San Juan County, UT, during a legally authorized inventory
effort conducted by Brigham Young University. The human remains were
subsequently accessioned into the Museum of Peoples and Cultures,
Brigham Young University. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Between 1969 and 1979, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the surface of archeological site
42SA10871 in San Juan County, UT, during a legally authorized inventory
effort conducted by Brigham Young University. The human remains were
subsequently accessioned into the Museum of Peoples and Cultures,
Brigham Young University. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Between 1969 and 1979, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the surface of archeological site
42SA10883 in San Juan County, UT, during a legally authorized inventory
effort conducted by Brigham Young University. The human remains were
subsequently accessioned into the Museum of Peoples and Cultures,
Brigham Young University. No known individual was
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identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Between 1969 and 1979, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the surface of archeological site
42SA10983 in San Juan County, UT, during a legally authorized inventory
effort conducted by Brigham Young University. The human remains were
subsequently accessioned into the Museum of Peoples and Cultures,
Brigham Young University. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from Mill Creek Canyon, Grand County, UT.
Circumstances of the removal are unknown. The human remains were
originally housed in the Dan O'Laurie Museum in Moab and subsequently
were given to a Bureau of Land Management archeologist because they
could not be properly cared for in the museum. The human remains were
later transferred to the College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum. No
known individual was identified. The five associated funerary objects
are one lot of leather pieces, one lot of grass, one plaited juniper
bark carrier, and one lot of cording.
At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from White Canyon, Grand County, UT.
Circumstances of the removal are unknown. The human remains were
originally housed in the Dan O'Laurie Museum in Moab and subsequently
were given to a Bureau of Land Management archeologist because they
could not be properly cared for in the museum. The human remains were
later transferred to the College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum. No
known individual was identified. The three associated funerary objects
are one lot of leather pieces, one lot of twined juniper bark carrier
pieces, and twisted animal hide cordage.
In 1977, human remains representing a minimum of four individuals
were recovered from River House Ruin (42SA5281) in San Juan County, UT,
during legally authorized excavations. The human remains were
accessioned by the Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum. No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
In 1983, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were recovered from archeological site 42SA14187 in San Juan County,
UT, during legally authorized data recovery efforts after erosion
exposed the burial. The human remains were accessioned by the Edge of
the Cedars State Park Museum. No known individual was identified. The
170 associated funerary objects are 4 ceramic vessels; 1 ladle
fragment; 158 ceramic sherds (Mancos Black-on-White, Piedra Black-on-
White, McElmo Black-on-White, Chapin Gray, and Mancos neck banded); 1
broken ceramic pendant; 1 polishing stone; 1 pecking stone; 1 graver; 2
bifaces; and 1 utilized flake.
In 1981, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from site 42SA4856, the Little Square Tower site, San Juan
County, UT, during legally authorized excavations for data recovery
efforts for the Recapture Dam Project by Brigham Young University. The
human remains were accessioned by the Edge of the Cedars State Park
Museum. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In 1981, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were recovered from site 42SA8875, San Juan County, UT, during legally
authorized excavations for data recovery efforts for the Recapture Dam
Project by Brigham Young University. The human remains were accessioned
by the Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
In 1981, human remains representing a minimum two individuals were
recovered from site 42SA8876, San Juan County, UT, during legally
authorized excavations for data recovery efforts for the Recapture Dam
Project by Brigham Young University. The human remains were accessioned
by the Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
In 1981, human remains representing a minimum one individual were
removed from site 42SA8880, the Cist site, San Juan County, UT, during
legally authorized excavations for data recovery efforts for the
Recapture Dam Project by Brigham Young University. The human remains
were accessioned by the Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
In 1981, human remains representing a minimum two individuals were
removed from site 42SA8887, the Bullpup Shelter site, San Juan County,
UT, during legally authorized excavations for data recovery efforts for
the Recapture Dam Project by Brigham Young University. The human
remains were accessioned by Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum. No
known individual was identified. The one associated funerary object is
a polished tube of turkey bone.
Three individuals were also recovered during the Recapture Dam
Project by Brigham Young University, and are assumed to be from the
same time periods and occupations of the other human remains, although
their exact provenience is not known. The human remains were
accessioned by the Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum.
In 1965, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were recovered from the surface of a vandalized site, 42SA5093, in San
Juan County, UT, during legally authorized surface inventory. The human
remains were accessioned by the Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum.
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
In 1990, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were recovered from archeological site 42SA11624 in Nancy Patterson
Canyon, San Juan County, UT, during legally authorized excavations. The
human remains were accessioned by the Edge of the Cedars State Park
Museum. No known individual was identified. The two associated funerary
objects are a Mancos Corrugated ceramic vessel and a Mesa Verde white
ware ceramic vessel.
In 1976, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals
were recovered from the surface of archeological site 42SA5622 in
Butler Wash, San Juan County, UT, during a survey by the University of
Denver. The human remains were scattered on the surface of a disturbed
and looted site. The human remains were accessioned by the Edge of the
Cedars State Park Museum. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1965, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals
were recovered from the surface of archeological site 42SA5156, San
Juan County, UT, during inventory for a chaining at Westwater Point.
The human remains were accessioned by the Edge of the Cedars State Park
Museum. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Prior to 1979, human remains representing a minimum of two
individuals were recovered from an unknown site in an unknown location.
The human remains and the objects were held in the Monticello Field
Office, Bureau of Land Management until 1983 when they were transferred
to and accessioned by the Edge of the Cedars State Park for appropriate
care. No known individuals were identified.
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The five associated funerary objects are one ceramic sherd, two worked/
tanned animal hides, one turkey feather blanket, and one yucca cordage.
In 1983, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were delivered to the Edge of the Cedars Museum by a Bureau of Land
Management staff archeologist in California, and accessioned into the
museum collections as under the control of the Bureau of Land
Management. The Bureau of Land Management acquired the human remains
from a collector who indicated they had been looted from a site near
Blanding in San Juan County, UT. No additional information regarding
the original place or manner of removal is available. No known
individual was identified. The two associated funerary objects are a
yucca fiber and a turkey feather blanket.
In 1989, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were collected by hikers from an exposed burial on the surface of an
unrecorded site on Bureau of Land Management public lands in the Grand
Gulch area of San Juan County, UT. The human remains and the associated
funerary object were turned over to Bureau of Land Management and
subsequently taken to Edge of the Cedars State Park for appropriate
care. No known individual was identified. The one associated funerary
object is a turkey feather legging fragment.
Between 1972 and 1973, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were recovered from site 42SA2137, during excavations as
part of a U.S. 95 highway improvement project in San Juan County, UT.
Subsequently, the Utah Museum of Natural History accessioned the
materials into its collections. No known individual was identified. The
48 associated funerary objects are 1 McElmo Black-on-White jar, 2
McElmo Black-on-White fragments, 1 bowl, and 44 sherds.
Between 1972 and 1973, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were recovered from site 42SA2139, Surprise Village, San
Juan County, UT, during excavations as part of a U.S. 95 highway
improvement project. Subsequently, the Utah Museum of Natural History
accessioned the materials into its collections. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Between 1972 and 1973, human remains representing a minimum of two
individuals were recovered from site 42SA2140, Gnat Knoll, San Juan
County, UT, during excavations as part of a U.S. 95 highway improvement
project. Subsequently, the Utah Museum of Natural History accessioned
the materials into its collections. No known individuals were
identified. The one associated funerary object is one lot of ceramics
sherds.
Between 1972 and 1973, human remains representing a minimum of two
individuals were recovered from site 42SA2164, Mule Canyon Ruins, San
Juan County, UT, during excavations as part of a U.S. 95 highway
improvement project. Subsequently, the Utah Museum of Natural History
accessioned the materials into its collections. No known individuals
were identified. The one associated funerary object is a small bowl
made from a handleless dipper.
Between 1972 and 1973, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were recovered from site 42SA3203, Tall Pine Site, San Juan
County, UT, during excavations as part of a U.S. 95 highway improvement
project. Subsequently, the Utah Museum of Natural History accessioned
the materials into its collections. No known individual was identified.
No associated funerary objects are present.
In 1975, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from the surface of site HS C1-3 near the head of Polly's
Canyon, a tributary of Grand Gulch in San Juan County, UT, as part of
the Cedar Mesa Project. The human remains were subsequently accession
by the Anthropology Museum at Washington State University. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
All the human remains and associated funerary objects evidence an
affiliation with the archeological cultural known as Anasazi or
Ancestral Puebloan. The Anasazi culture developed in Utah and elsewhere
in the Southwest from about 1200 B.C. through the 13th and/or 14th
centuries, after which there was an abandonment of some areas. Anasazi
sites are also commonly referred to as Ancestral Puebloan because of a
clear linkage and continuity to extant Puebloan culture from
prehistoric times to the present. Ceramics, architecture, rock art, and
other cultural traits documented in the archeological record, as well
as the oral traditions of Puebloan tribes, provide relevant evidence
for a general cultural affiliation to Puebloan tribes. Other tribes who
have lived in the area since Anasazi abandonment of the region in the
13th and/or 14th centuries also claim a relationship with Anasazi
archeological sites. To the extent that there has been intermarriage
and gene flow across tribal populations in the Southwest, and transfer
of some cultural traits through time and association, some argument
could be made for broad affiliation. However, a focus on the culture in
place during the time of Anasazi occupation, and continuity of key
cultural traits through time justifies affiliation to Puebloans and not
to tribes who appear to have entered the region after Anasazi
abandonment. Determinations of cultural affiliation are based on a
simple preponderance of the evidence. Based on archeological evidence
and oral traditions/folklore, there is a general affiliation to extant
Pueblo Tribes, which are 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;
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation,
New Mexico.
Officials of the Utah State Office, Bureau of Land Management have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains
described above represent the physical remains of 51 individuals of
Native American ancestry. Officials of the Utah State Office, Bureau of
Land Management also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001
(3)(A), the 242 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
the Utah State Office, Bureau of Land Management 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 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
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Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico;
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas; 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 Byron Loosle, Utah State NAGPRA Coordinator, BLM
Utah State Office, P.O. Box 45155, 440 West 200 South, Suite 600, Salt
Lake City, UT 84145-0155, telephone (801) 539-4276, before April 13,
2009. 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; 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.
The Utah State Office, Bureau of Land Management is responsible for
notifying the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada
and Utah; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation,
Nevada; Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kaibab
Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Moapa
Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada;
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Northwestern Band of
Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie); Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico; Paiute
Indian Tribe of Utah; 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;
San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind
River Reservation, Wyoming; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall
Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley
Reservation, Nevada; Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah;
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado;
Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada; 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: January 29, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9-5340 Filed 3-11-09; 8:45 am]
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