Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Hovenweep National Monument, Blanding, UT, 14464-14465 [2010-6564]
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Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute
Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah; and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. The
Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah; and Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of
Texas were contacted for consultation
purposes but did not attend the
consultation meetings.
In 1976, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from the vicinity of the Aneth
Trading Post site on the reservation of
the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New
Mexico & Utah in San Juan County, UT,
possibly by San Jose State University.
The fragmentary state of the remains
likely resulted from grading,
construction, and road building
activities that adversely affected the site.
The Aneth Trading Post site dates from
the Pueblo I (A.D. 700–900) through the
Pueblo III (A.D. 1150–1300) periods. No
known individual was identified. The
four associated funerary objects are one
corrugated sherd and three unidentified
animal bone fragments.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs and
Hovenweep National Monument have
determined that, due to a lack of
contextual information, there is not
sufficient evidence to support a precise
cultural affiliation determination for the
human remains and associated funerary
objects.
Officials of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs and Hovenweep National
Monument have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
Officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
and Hovenweep National Monument
also have determined that, pursuant to
25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the four 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
Bureau of Indian Affairs and
Hovenweep National Monument have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (2), a relationship of shared group
identity cannot reasonably be traced
between the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
and any present-day Indian tribe.
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The Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is
responsible for recommending specific
actions for disposition of culturally
unidentifiable human remains. In
February 2009, the Bureau of Indian
Affairs and Hovenweep National
Monument requested that the Review
Committee recommend disposition of
the culturally unidentifiable human
remains to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Zia, New Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of
the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico
based on geographic proximity. The
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico &
Utah provided a letter of support for the
‘‘culturally unidentifiable’’
determination by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs and Hovenweep National
Monument and the disposition to the
four Indian tribes listed above due to the
unique circumstances of the site. The
Review Committee considered the
proposal at its May 23–24, 2009,
meeting and recommended disposition
of the human remains to the Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico. The Bureau of Indian Affairs
intends to convey the associated
funerary objects to the tribes pursuant to
16 U.S.C. 18f–2.
A September 16, 2009, letter from the
Designated Federal Officer, writing on
behalf of the Secretary of the Interior,
transmitted the authorization for the
Bureau of Indian Affairs and
Hovenweep National Monument to
effect disposition of the physical
remains of the culturally unidentifiable
individual to the four Indian tribes
listed above contingent on the
publication of a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register.
This notice fulfills that requirement.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Coralee S. Hays, superintendent,
Hovenweep National Monument,
McElmo Route, Cortez, CO 81321,
telephone (970) 562–4282, before April
26, 2010. Disposition of the human
remains to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
Pueblo of Acoma, 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 Bureau of Indian Affairs and
Hovenweep National Monument are
responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation,
New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona,
New Mexico & Utah; Ohkay Owingeh,
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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 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;
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: January 26, 2010
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, National
Park Service, Hovenweep National
Monument, Blanding, 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 object
in the possession and control of the U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Hovenweep National
Monument, Blanding, UT. The human
remains and associated funerary object
were removed from three sites in
Montezuma County, CO, and San Juan
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 superintendent, Hovenweep
National Monument.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Hovenweep
National Monument professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
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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 Jemez, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo
of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia,
New Mexico; Southern Ute Indian Tribe
of the Southern Ute Reservation,
Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah
& Ouray Reservation, Utah; and Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico. The Jicarilla Apache Nation,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New
Mexico; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah; and Ysleta del Sur
Pueblo of Texas were contacted for
consultation purposes but did not
attend the consultation meetings.
In 1953, human remains representing
a minimum of three individuals were
removed from an unspecified site, in
San Juan County, UT. The human
remains were discovered by a seasonal
park ranger in a weathering midden 1/
2 mile south of the Square Tower
Group, which consists of five Pueblo II
(A.D. 900–1150) – Pueblo III (A.D.
1150–1300) period complexes. No
known individuals were identified. The
associated funerary object is a crescent
shaped cracked wood object with one
polished end.
In 1975, following unauthorized
disturbance by a pothunter, human
remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an
unspecified site in the Goodman Point
Unit, in Montezuma County, CO, by a
park employee. The human remains
may be associated with Goodman Point
Pueblo, which was likely occupied
during the Pueblo III period (A.D. 1150–
1300). No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In 1976, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from the ‘‘Wickiup 1’’ site, in
San Juan County, UT, by San Jose State
University. The site dates from the
Basketmaker III (A.D. 450–700) through
the Pueblo III (A.D. 1150–1300) periods.
No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Hovenweep National Monument has
determined that, due to a lack of
contextual information, there is not
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sufficient evidence to support a precise
cultural affiliation determination for the
human remains and associated funerary
object.
Officials of Hovenweep National
Monument have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of five
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of Hovenweep
National Monument also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the object described above
is 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 Hovenweep National
Monument have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot reasonably be traced between the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary object and any
present-day Indian tribe.
The Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is
responsible for recommending specific
actions for disposition of culturally
unidentifiable human remains. In
February 2009, Hovenweep National
Monument requested that the Review
Committee recommend disposition of
the culturally unidentifiable human
remains to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Zia, New Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of
the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico
based on geographic proximity. The
Review Committee considered the
proposal at its May 23–24, 2009,
meeting, and recommended disposition
of the human remains to the Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico. The National Park Service
intends to convey the associated
funerary object to the tribes pursuant to
16 U.S.C. 18f–2.
A September 16, 2009, letter from the
Designated Federal Officer, writing on
behalf of the Secretary of the Interior,
transmitted the authorization for the
park to effect disposition of the physical
remains of the culturally unidentifiable
individuals to the four Indian tribes
listed above contingent on the
publication of a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register.
This notice fulfills that requirement.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary object should
contact Coralee S. Hays, superintendent,
Hovenweep National Monument,
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McElmo Route, Cortez, CO 81321,
telephone (970) 562–4282, before April
26, 2010. Disposition of the human
remains to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
Pueblo of Acoma, 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.
Hovenweep National Monument is
responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation,
New Mexico; 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 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;
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: January 26, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010–6564 Filed 3–24–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Riverside Metropolitan Museum,
Riverside, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 Riverside
Metropolitan Museum, Riverside, CA.
The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from San
Diego County, CA.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Hovenweep National Monument, Blanding, UT
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
object in the possession and control of the U.S. Department of the
Interior, National Park Service, Hovenweep National Monument, Blanding,
UT. The human remains and associated funerary object were removed from
three sites in Montezuma County, CO, and San Juan 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
superintendent, Hovenweep National Monument.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Hovenweep
National Monument professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the
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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 Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Southern Ute
Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian
Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. The Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo
Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Ute Mountain Tribe of
the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; and Ysleta
del Sur Pueblo of Texas were contacted for consultation purposes but
did not attend the consultation meetings.
In 1953, human remains representing a minimum of three individuals
were removed from an unspecified site, in San Juan County, UT. The
human remains were discovered by a seasonal park ranger in a weathering
midden 1/2 mile south of the Square Tower Group, which consists of five
Pueblo II (A.D. 900-1150) - Pueblo III (A.D. 1150-1300) period
complexes. No known individuals were identified. The associated
funerary object is a crescent shaped cracked wood object with one
polished end.
In 1975, following unauthorized disturbance by a pothunter, human
remains representing a minimum of one individual were removed from an
unspecified site in the Goodman Point Unit, in Montezuma County, CO, by
a park employee. The human remains may be associated with Goodman Point
Pueblo, which was likely occupied during the Pueblo III period (A.D.
1150-1300). No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In 1976, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from the ``Wickiup 1'' site, in San Juan County, UT, by
San Jose State University. The site dates from the Basketmaker III
(A.D. 450-700) through the Pueblo III (A.D. 1150-1300) periods. No
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Hovenweep National Monument has determined that, due to a lack of
contextual information, there is not sufficient evidence to support a
precise cultural affiliation determination for the human remains and
associated funerary object.
Officials of Hovenweep National Monument have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of five individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of Hovenweep National Monument also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the object described above is
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 Hovenweep National Monument have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), a relationship of
shared group identity cannot reasonably be traced between the Native
American human remains and associated funerary object and any present-
day Indian tribe.
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is responsible for recommending specific
actions for disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains. In
February 2009, Hovenweep National Monument requested that the Review
Committee recommend disposition of the culturally unidentifiable human
remains to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico based on geographic proximity. The Review Committee considered
the proposal at its May 23-24, 2009, meeting, and recommended
disposition of the human remains to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo
of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. The National Park Service intends to
convey the associated funerary object to the tribes pursuant to 16
U.S.C. 18f-2.
A September 16, 2009, letter from the Designated Federal Officer,
writing on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior, transmitted the
authorization for the park to effect disposition of the physical
remains of the culturally unidentifiable individuals to the four Indian
tribes listed above contingent on the publication of a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register. This notice fulfills that
requirement.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
object should contact Coralee S. Hays, superintendent, Hovenweep
National Monument, McElmo Route, Cortez, CO 81321, telephone (970) 562-
4282, before April 26, 2010. Disposition of the human remains to the
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, 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.
Hovenweep National Monument is responsible for notifying the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; 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
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;
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: January 26, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010-6564 Filed 3-24-10; 8:45 am]
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