Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC and U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Hovenweep National Monument, Blanding, UT, 14463-14464 [2010-6566]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Washington, Department
of Anthropology, Seattle, WA
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 in the possession of the
University of Washington, Department
of Anthropology, Seattle, WA. The
human remains were removed from
Huckleberry Island, Skagit County, WA.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations
in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American human remains 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 the University of
Washington, Department of
Anthropology and Burke Museum staff
in consultation with representatives of
the Samish Indian Tribe, Washington.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from
Huckleberry Island, Skagit County, WA.
No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains were determined
to be consistent with Native American
morphology, as evidenced through
cranial deformation and presence of
wormian bones.
Huckleberry Island is a small island
located approximately 1/4 mile
southeast of Guemes Island, in Skagit
County, WA. This area falls within the
Central Coast Salish cultural group
(Suttles 1990). Historical documentation
indicates that the Samish people
traditionally occupied Guemes Island
(Amoss 1978, Roberts 1975, Ruby and
Brown 1986, Smith 1941, Suttles 1951,
Swanton 1952) and Huckleberry Island
(Barg 2008, unpublished report) both
before and after contact. Today, the
Samish people are represented by the
Samish Indian Nation, Washington.
Officials of the University of
Washington, Department of
Anthropology have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
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represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
Officials of the University of
Washington, Department of
Anthropology have also determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2),
there is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and the Samish Indian Tribe,
Washington.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Dr. Bettina ShellDuncan, University of Washington,
Department of Anthropology, Box
353100, Seattle, WA 98195, telephone
(206) 543–9607, before April 26, 2010.
Repatriation of the human remains to
the Samish Indian Tribe, Washington
may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The University of Washington
Department of Anthropology and the
Burke Museum is responsible for
notifying the Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the
Chehalis Reservation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Hoh Indian
Tribe of the Hoh Indian Reservation,
Washington; Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
of Washington; Kalispel Indian
Community of the Kalispel Reservation,
Washington; Lower Elwha Tribal
Community of the Lower Elwha
Reservation, Washington; Lummi Tribe
of the Lummi Reservation, Washington;
Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian
Reservation, Washington; Muckleshoot
Indian Tribe of the Muckleshoot
Reservation, Washington; Nisqually
Indian Tribe of the Nisqually
Reservation, Washington; Nooksack
Indian Tribe of Washington; Port
Gamble Indian Community of the Port
Gamble Reservation, Washington;
Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup
Reservation, Washington; Quileute
Tribe of the Quileute Reservation,
Washington; Quinault Tribe of the
Quinault Reservation, Washington;
Samish Indian Tribe, Washington; SaukSuiattle Indian Tribe of Washington;
Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater
Bay Indian Reservation, Washington;
Skokomish Indian Tribe of the
Skokomish Reservation, Washington;
Spokane Tribe of the Spokane
Reservation, Washington; Squaxin
Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island
Reservation, Washington; Stillaguamish
Tribe of Washington; Suquamish Indian
Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation,
Washington; Swinomish Indians of the
Swinomish Reservation, Washington;
Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip
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Reservation, Washington; and Upper
Skagit Indian Tribe of Washington that
this notice has been published.
Dated: March 8, 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, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC and
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 objects
in the control of the U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Washington, DC, and the possession of
the U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Hovenweep
National Monument, Blanding, UT. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from the vicinity
of the Aneth Trading Post site in 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 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 and associated funerary objects
was made by Hovenweep National
Monument professional staff and the
Bureau of Indian Affairs in consultation
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 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
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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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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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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC and 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
objects in the control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and the possession of the U.S.
Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Hovenweep National
Monument, Blanding, UT. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from the vicinity of the Aneth Trading Post site
in 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
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 and associated funerary
objects was made by Hovenweep National Monument professional staff and
the Bureau of Indian Affairs in consultation 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 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
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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.
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, 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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