Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and the University of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO, 21408-21409 [2013-08379]
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Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Las Vegas
Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas
Indian Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of
Paiute Indians of the Moapa River
Indian Reservation, Nevada; and Paiute
Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of
Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes,
Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian
Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits
Band of Paiutes) (formerly 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)) may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come
forward.
Grand Canyon National Park is
responsible for notifying The Tribes that
this notice has been published.
Dated: March 11, 2013.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and
the University of Denver Department of
Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology, Denver, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and
the University of Denver Department of
Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology, have completed an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and have determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects and present-day Indian tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request to the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
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and associated funerary objects to the
lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs at the
address in this notice by May 10, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, Museum
Program Manager/NAGPRA
Coordinator, U.S. Department of the
Interior, Indian Affairs, 12220 Sunrise
Valley Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA
20191, telephone (703) 390–6343, email
Anna.Pardo@bia.gov.
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 and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and
in the physical custody of University of
Denver Department of Anthropology
and Museum of Anthropology. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from a site located
south from the town of Bluff, in San
Juan County, UT, and on the Navajo
Indian Reservation.
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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the University of
Denver Department of Anthropology
and Museum of Anthropology
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of Jicarilla Apache
Nation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation,
Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico (previously
listed as the Pueblo of San Juan); Pueblo
of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of
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Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico;
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico. The
following tribes were invited to consult
and were sent copies of the cultural
affiliation findings for comment: Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Kewa Pueblo, New
Mexico (previously listed as the Pueblo
of Santo Domingo); Pueblo of Picuris,
New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New
Mexico; Skull Valley Band of Goshute
Indians of Utah; Ute Indian Tribe of the
Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; and
Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas.
History and Description of the Remains
In June 1978, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from a site
referenced in documentation as UT
W:10:2, located south of the town of
Bluff, in San Juan County, UT, by Mimi
Kiser, a University of Denver student,
who donated the remains to the
University’s Museum of Anthropology
in December 1978. No known
individuals were identified. The 47
associated funerary objects are one nonhuman tooth; one piece of fabric, woven
cotton; one grass seed head; three pieces
of knotted cordage with what appears to
be feathers; nine cordage fragments; 24
knotted fibers; four hoops of fiber; one
lot of knotted fiber; and three
unidentified organic items.
Prior to the beginning of a University
of Denver archeology field school
project at Butler Wash, Ms. Kiser hiked
south of Bluff, UT, crossing the San Juan
River, and came upon a room block, a
kiva, and a pithouse located on one side
of a crevice overlooked by a cliff. The
architecture is described as being
nestled against the indented cliff,
providing sufficient protection. The
burial was found less than one foot
below the ground surface in
sedimentary sand. The burial was found
in a flexed position. Corn, knots, and
twine were buried with the human
remains, though no ceramics were
found. The presence of twine and cord,
a sandal, and corn along with the
absence of ceramics would suggest a late
Basketmaker or early Pueblo
assemblage. There is a well-documented
cultural affiliation between these groups
and the modern-day Pueblo tribes.
Migration stories and oral histories
specify the Four Corners area as being
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highly significant to the ancestors of the
Pueblos. Review of the field records and
maps associated with the excavation of
the site, and review of the land
ownership records of the areas south of
Bluff, indicate that the site is on the
Navajo Indian Reservation.
Based on the preponderance of
evidence, including archeology,
architecture, material culture, oral
traditions, and expert opinion, officials
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs have
reasonably determined that the Native
American human remains are ancestral
Puebloan. Descendants of ancestral
Puebloan culture are members of the
present-day tribes of the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico
(previously listed as the Pueblo of Santo
Domingo); Ohkay Owingeh, New
Mexico (previously listed as 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
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 (hereafter referred to as
‘‘The Tribes’’).
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Determinations Made by the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and
the University of Denver Department of
Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology
Officials of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs and the University of Denver
Department of Anthropology and
Museum of Anthropology 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(3)(A),
the 47 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.
• 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 Tribes.
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Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Anna Pardo, Museum
Program Manager/NAGPRA
Coordinator, U.S. Department of the
Interior, Indian Affairs, 12220 Sunrise
Valley Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA
20191, telephone (703) 390–6343, email
Anna.Pardo@bia.gov, by May 10, 2013.
After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to The
Tribes may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is
responsible for notifying The Tribes that
this notice has been published.
Dated: March 13, 2013.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2013–08379 Filed 4–9–13; 8:45 am]
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Transportation at the address below by
May 10, 2013.
ADDRESSES: James A. Robertson, Staff
Archaeologist, Environmental Section,
Bureau of Highway Development,
Michigan Department of Transportation,
425 West Ottawa, P.O. Box 30150,
Lansing, MI 48909, telephone (517)
335–2637.
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 and associated
funerary objects in the possession of the
Michigan Department of Transportation
(MDOT). The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from Iosco County, MI.
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.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Consultation
National Park Service
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Michigan
Department of Transportation
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Bad River Band of
the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa
Indians of the Bad River Reservation,
Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian
Community, Michigan; Chippewa-Cree
Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation,
Montana; Grand Traverse Band of
Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community, Michigan; Lac Courte
Oreilles Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du
Flambeau Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of the Lac du
Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac
Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six
component reservations: Bois Forte
Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band;
Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band;
Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band);
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red
Lake Band of Chippewa Indians,
Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan;
Sokaogon Chippewa Community,
Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians
of Wisconsin; and the Turtle Mountain
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–12585;
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Michigan Department of
Transportation, Van Wagoner Building,
Lansing, MI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Michigan Department of
Transportation has completed an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes, and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects and a present-day Indian tribe.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with the human remains and associated
funerary objects may contact the
Michigan Department of Transportation.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Indian
tribe 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 and
associated funerary objects should
contact the Michigan Department of
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-12561;
PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and the University of Denver
Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
and the University of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology, have completed an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and have determined
that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and present-day Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this
notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains
and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs. If no
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human
remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants,
Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice
may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Indian Affairs at the address in this notice by May 10, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, Museum Program Manager/NAGPRA Coordinator, U.S.
Department of the Interior, Indian Affairs, 12220 Sunrise Valley Drive,
Room 6084, Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390-6343, email
Anna.Pardo@bia.gov.
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 and
associated funerary objects under the control of the U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in the
physical custody of University of Denver Department of Anthropology and
Museum of Anthropology. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from a site located south from the town of Bluff,
in San Juan County, UT, and on the Navajo Indian Reservation.
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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the
University of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology professional staff in consultation with representatives of
Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico
& Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (previously listed as the Pueblo of
San Juan); Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Southern Ute
Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Mountain
Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; and
the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. The following
tribes were invited to consult and were sent copies of the cultural
affiliation findings for comment: Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kewa Pueblo,
New Mexico (previously listed as the Pueblo of Santo Domingo); Pueblo
of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, New Mexico; Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah;
Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; and Ysleta
Del Sur Pueblo of Texas.
History and Description of the Remains
In June 1978, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from a site referenced in documentation as UT
W:10:2, located south of the town of Bluff, in San Juan County, UT, by
Mimi Kiser, a University of Denver student, who donated the remains to
the University's Museum of Anthropology in December 1978. No known
individuals were identified. The 47 associated funerary objects are one
non-human tooth; one piece of fabric, woven cotton; one grass seed
head; three pieces of knotted cordage with what appears to be feathers;
nine cordage fragments; 24 knotted fibers; four hoops of fiber; one lot
of knotted fiber; and three unidentified organic items.
Prior to the beginning of a University of Denver archeology field
school project at Butler Wash, Ms. Kiser hiked south of Bluff, UT,
crossing the San Juan River, and came upon a room block, a kiva, and a
pithouse located on one side of a crevice overlooked by a cliff. The
architecture is described as being nestled against the indented cliff,
providing sufficient protection. The burial was found less than one
foot below the ground surface in sedimentary sand. The burial was found
in a flexed position. Corn, knots, and twine were buried with the human
remains, though no ceramics were found. The presence of twine and cord,
a sandal, and corn along with the absence of ceramics would suggest a
late Basketmaker or early Pueblo assemblage. There is a well-documented
cultural affiliation between these groups and the modern-day Pueblo
tribes. Migration stories and oral histories specify the Four Corners
area as being
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highly significant to the ancestors of the Pueblos. Review of the field
records and maps associated with the excavation of the site, and review
of the land ownership records of the areas south of Bluff, indicate
that the site is on the Navajo Indian Reservation.
Based on the preponderance of evidence, including archeology,
architecture, material culture, oral traditions, and expert opinion,
officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs have reasonably determined
that the Native American human remains are ancestral Puebloan.
Descendants of ancestral Puebloan culture are members of the present-
day tribes of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico
(previously listed as the Pueblo of Santo Domingo); Ohkay Owingeh, New
Mexico (previously listed as 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 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 (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
Determinations Made by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and the University of Denver Department
of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology
Officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the University of
Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology 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(3)(A), the 47 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.
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 Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to Anna Pardo, Museum Program Manager/NAGPRA
Coordinator, U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Affairs, 12220
Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390-
6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov, by May 10, 2013. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to The Tribes may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is responsible for notifying The
Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: March 13, 2013.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2013-08379 Filed 4-9-13; 8:45 am]
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