Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southwest Regional Office, Albuquerque, NM, 15800-15801 [2012-6323]

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• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 52 (Friday, March 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15800-15801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6323]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[2253-665]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Southwest Regional Office, Albuquerque, NM

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In furtherance of notices sent to Federally-recognized tribes 
in 1995, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has completed an inventory 
of human remains in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, 
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the 
human remains and a present-day Indian tribe. Representatives of any 
Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the 
human remains may contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southwest 
Regional Office. Repatriation of the human remains to the Indian tribes 
stated below may occur if no additional claimants come forward.

DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a 
cultural affiliation with the human remains should contact the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, Southwest Regional Office, at the address 
below by April 16, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Benjamin J. Tuggle, Regional Director, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, 500 Gold Ave. SW., P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 
87103. Procedural questions may be addressed to David Siegel, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, telephone (505) 248-7396.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under 
the control of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and in the possession 
of the Maxwell Museum, Albuquerque, NM. The human remains were removed 
from the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro County, NM.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution or Federal

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agency that has control of the Native American human remains. The 
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this 
notice.

Consultation

    In 1995, a detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service professional staff in consultation with 
the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo 
of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 
Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New 
Mexico; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 
Reservation, New Mexico (hereinafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1980, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro County, 
NM. The partial set of human remains, exposed and undercut by 
floodwaters, was removed by the University of New Mexico Office of 
Contract Archeology. The remains from the excavations are housed at the 
Maxwell Museum in Albuquerque, NM. No known individual was identified. 
No associated funerary objects are present. The remains are of 
prehistoric, Puebloan origins. Based on cultural traditions, 
ethnographic sources, and oral history, the remains are culturally 
affiliated to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona.

Determinations Made by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southwest 
Regional Office

    Officials of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have determined 
that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of 
Native American ancestry.
     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 Hopi Tribe of Arizona.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be 
culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Dr. 
Benjamin J. Tuggle, Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
500 Gold Ave. SW., P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103. Procedural 
questions may be addressed to David Siegel, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, telephone (505) 248-7396, before April 16, 2012. Repatriation 
of the human remains to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona may proceed after 
that date if no additional claimants come forward.
    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is responsible for notifying The 
Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: March 12, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2012-6323 Filed 3-15-12; 8:45 am]
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