Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, San Juan National Forest, Durango, CO, 34125-34127 [2013-13460]
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are Native American based on a
combination of non-invasive forensic
analysis and archaeological
investigation.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of four
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 43 objects described in this notice
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), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects and any
present-day Indian tribe.
• According to final judgments of the
Indian Claims Commission or the Court
of Federal Claims, the land from which
the Native American human remains
and associated funerary objects were
removed is the aboriginal land of the
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan.
• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or
Executive Orders, indicate that the land
from which the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed is the aboriginal land of
the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad
River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills
Indian Community, Michigan; Bois
Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; ChippewaCree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s
Reservation, Montana; Citizen
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Fond du
Lac Band of the Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, Minnesota; Forest County
Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin;
Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Grand
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay
Indian Community, Michigan; Lac
Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa 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; Leech
Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, Minnesota; Little River Band of
Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish
Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan; Mille Lacs Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the
Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed
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as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa
Tribe of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Prairie Band of Potawatomi
Nation (previously listed as the Prairie
Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas);
Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian
Reservation, California & Arizona; 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;
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Indians of North Dakota; White Earth
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota; and the Wyandotte Nation
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects may be to
The Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe
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 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, email
robertsonj3@michigan.gov, by July 8,
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.
The Michigan Department of
Transportation is responsible for
notifying The Tribes that this notice has
been published.
Dated: May 2, 2013.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, San Juan National Forest,
Durango, CO
AGENCY:
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Notice.
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, San
Juan National Forest has completed an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has 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 San Juan National Forest.
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.
SUMMARY:
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 San Juan National Forest
at the address in this notice by July 8,
2013.
DATES:
Julie Coleman, Heritage
Program Manager, San Juan National
Forest, 15 Burnett Court, Durango, CO
81301, telephone (970) 385–1250, email
jacoleman@fs.fed.us.
ADDRESSES:
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
USDA Forest Service, San Juan National
Forest, Durango, CO. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from lands managed by
the USDA Forest Service in LaPlata
County, CO.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
was made by the USDA Forest Service;
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology at Harvard University;
University of Colorado Museum of
Natural History, Boulder; Fort Lewis
College; and Mesa Verde National Park
professional staffs, along with a team of
research consultants, in consultation
with representatives of the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New
Mexico; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico
(previously listed as the Pueblo of Santo
Domingo); 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 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; 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 the Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
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History and Description of the Remains
Between 1937 and 1938, human
remains representing, at minimum, 49
individuals were removed from the
Falls Creek Rock Shelters (site
5LP1434), in Animas Valley, north of
Durango, in LaPlata County, CO. In
1937, I. F. ‘‘Zeke’’ Flora conducted
excavations without a permit in the
burial crevice of the Falls Creek Rock
Shelters, on lands managed by the
USDA Forest Service. In 1938, Earl
Morris, Department of Archaeology, The
Carnegie Institution, conducted
excavations in the north and south cave
shelters of Falls Creek Rock Shelters,
under permit by the USDA. In addition
to the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice,
unassociated funerary objects were
removed from the burial crevice and
north cave shelter and are the subject of
a separate Notice of Intent to Repatriate
Cultural Items published in the Federal
Register.
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A portion of the Flora collection at the
Falls Creek Rock Shelters was housed at
the Durango Public Library, Durango,
CO. In 1945, it was transferred into the
custody of the Mesa Verde National
Park at the request of the Forest Service.
Flora transferred additional items he
collected at the Falls Creek Rock
Shelters into the custody of the Mesa
Verde National Park between 1962 and
1963. In November 2009, Mesa Verde
National Park transferred these items to
the Anasazi Heritage Center in Dolores,
CO, where they are currently located.
Additionally, in 1999, USDA Forest
Service Law Enforcement seized a hide
robe from Flora’s daughter that had been
collected by Flora at the Falls Creek
Rock Shelters. Subsequently, in 2009,
Bureau of Land Management Law
Enforcement seized items in the custody
of Vern Crites of Durango, CO, that were
removed by Flora in 1937 at the Falls
Creek Rock Shelters. Finally, in 2011,
the Center for Southwest Studies, Fort
Lewis College, transferred to the
Anasazi Heritage Center a necklace that
had been excavated by Flora at the Falls
Creek Rock Shelters and given to Fort
Lewis College by Helen Sloan Daniels.
The Morris collection at the Falls
Creek Rock Shelters, as well as a portion
of the Flora collection from the site
purchased by Morris for The Carnegie
Institution, was curated by the Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA,
and by the University of Colorado
Museum of Natural History, Boulder,
CO. In February 2009, these items were
transferred into the custody of the
Anasazi Heritage Center in Dolores, CO.
Between February 2009 and March
2013, a team of researchers at the
Anasazi Heritage Center conducted an
intensive non-destructive analysis of the
all of the items collected by Morris and
Flora at the Falls Creek Rock Shelters.
This effort allowed researchers to reassociate human remains and funerary
objects that had been separated and
curated at different places, and to
determine the unassociated funerary
objects in the collection.
The human remains representing, at
minimum, 49 individuals from the Falls
Creek Rock Shelters include: 29
individuals from the burial crevice
(individuals 1–21, and 37–44); 16
individuals from the north cave shelter
(individuals 22–30, 32–36, 45 and 46);
2 individuals from the south cave
shelter (individuals 31 and 47); and 2
lots of commingled, disarticulated
human remains that could not be reassociated with specific individuals. No
known individuals were identified. The
1,202 associated funerary objects
include: 13 woven textiles (aprons,
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rabbit fur blankets, twined yucca bags,
yucca bands, braided rabbit hair sashes);
8 baskets; 33 pieces of cordage made
from human hair, yucca, and hide; 18
hide artifacts (including 2 hide
wrappings); 3 mammal fur tufts; 4 stone
artifacts; 2 bone artifacts; 7 plant
materials (including 2 juniper bark
burial coverings); 460 stone beads; 470
shell beads; 2 bone beads; 176 juniper
seed beads; and 4 shell ornaments. The
stone, shell, bone, juniper seed beads,
and shell ornaments are from 9 separate
necklaces.
The Falls Creek Rock Shelters have
been identified as a Basketmaker II
habitation site, with the main
occupation occurring between 300 B.C.
and A.D. 400, based upon tree-ring
dates. Archaeological, biological, and
geographic evidence, along with oral
traditions, indicate that the Basketmaker
II populations of the Durango/Upper
Animas District, in southwest Colorado,
are culturally affiliated with the modern
Puebloan people (Coleman 2013: 12).
This includes the modern 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 the
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The
Tribes’’).
This determination is based upon the
extensive review of currently available
published and unpublished sources and
information provided by Indian tribes
during consultations. Archaeological
evidence consists of chronological data,
artifacts, and rock art. Recent DNA
research also demonstrates a biological
affiliation between Basketmaker II
populations and modern Puebloans.
Hopi and Zuni oral traditions provide
additional information, including
geographic evidence, for cultural
affiliation between Basketmaker II and
the present day Puebloan people.
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Determinations made by the USDA
Forest Service, San Juan National
Forest
Officials of the San Juan National
Forest have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 49
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
there are 1,202 objects that 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 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 Julie Coleman, Heritage
Program Manager, San Juan National
Forest, 15 Burnett Court, Durango, CO
81301, telephone (970) 385–1250, email
jacoleman@fs.fed.us, by July 8, 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.
The San Juan National Forest is
responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation,
New Mexico; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico
(previously listed as the Pueblo of Santo
Domingo); 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 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; 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,
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Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Ysleta
del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and the Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: May 6, 2013.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Coachella Valley History Museum,
Indio, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Coachella Valley History
Museum has completed an inventory of
human remains and associated funerary
objects, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, and has
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 Coachella Valley History
Museum. 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 Coachella Valley History
Museum at the address in this notice by
July 8, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Erica M. Ward, Coachella
Valley History Museum, 82–616 Miles
Avenue, Indio, CA 92201, telephone
(760) 342–6651, email erica@cvhm.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
SUMMARY:
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3003, of the completion of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
Coachella Valley History Museum,
Indio, CA. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from Salton Sea area, Imperial
County, CA.
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 Coachella
Valley History Museum professional
staff in consultation with
representatives of Torres Martinez
Desert Cahuilla Indians, California
(previously listed as the Torres-Martinez
Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of
California).
History and Description of the Remains
Sometime between 1930 and 1945,
human remains representing, at
minimum, four individuals were
removed from the Salton Sea area in
Imperial County, CA, by Mr. and Mrs.
Homer Sherrod. In 1984, Mr. and Mrs.
Homer Sherrod donated a large
collection of items, including the
human remains and associated funerary
objects, to the Coachella Valley
Historical Society. No known
individuals were identified. The four
associated funerary objects include 1 lot
of charred animal bones, 1 lot of
multiple pieces of charred basketry, 1
lot of multiple pieces of charred beads,
and 1 lot of multiple pieces of charred
cordage and charred residue.
The human remains and associated
funerary items have been determined to
be prehistoric. Based on a geographic
affiliation and consultation, the
Coachella Valley History Museum has
determined a cultural affiliation
between these human remains and
associated funerary objects and the
Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians,
California (previously listed as the
Torres-Martinez Band of Cahuilla
Mission Indians of California).
Determinations Made by the Coachella
Valley History Museum
Officials of the Coachella Valley
History Museum have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-13011; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, San Juan National Forest, Durango, CO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, San
Juan National Forest has completed an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has 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
San Juan National Forest. 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 San Juan National Forest at the address
in this notice by July 8, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Julie Coleman, Heritage Program Manager, San Juan National
Forest, 15 Burnett Court, Durango, CO 81301, telephone (970) 385-1250,
email jacoleman@fs.fed.us.
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 USDA Forest
Service, San Juan National Forest, Durango, CO. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from lands managed by the USDA
Forest Service in LaPlata County, CO.
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.
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Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary
objects was made by the USDA Forest Service; Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University; University of Colorado
Museum of Natural History, Boulder; Fort Lewis College; and Mesa Verde
National Park professional staffs, along with a team of research
consultants, in consultation with representatives of the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico
(previously listed as the Pueblo of Santo Domingo); 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 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; 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 the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
History and Description of the Remains
Between 1937 and 1938, human remains representing, at minimum, 49
individuals were removed from the Falls Creek Rock Shelters (site
5LP1434), in Animas Valley, north of Durango, in LaPlata County, CO. In
1937, I. F. ``Zeke'' Flora conducted excavations without a permit in
the burial crevice of the Falls Creek Rock Shelters, on lands managed
by the USDA Forest Service. In 1938, Earl Morris, Department of
Archaeology, The Carnegie Institution, conducted excavations in the
north and south cave shelters of Falls Creek Rock Shelters, under
permit by the USDA. In addition to the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice, unassociated funerary
objects were removed from the burial crevice and north cave shelter and
are the subject of a separate Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items published in the Federal Register.
A portion of the Flora collection at the Falls Creek Rock Shelters
was housed at the Durango Public Library, Durango, CO. In 1945, it was
transferred into the custody of the Mesa Verde National Park at the
request of the Forest Service. Flora transferred additional items he
collected at the Falls Creek Rock Shelters into the custody of the Mesa
Verde National Park between 1962 and 1963. In November 2009, Mesa Verde
National Park transferred these items to the Anasazi Heritage Center in
Dolores, CO, where they are currently located. Additionally, in 1999,
USDA Forest Service Law Enforcement seized a hide robe from Flora's
daughter that had been collected by Flora at the Falls Creek Rock
Shelters. Subsequently, in 2009, Bureau of Land Management Law
Enforcement seized items in the custody of Vern Crites of Durango, CO,
that were removed by Flora in 1937 at the Falls Creek Rock Shelters.
Finally, in 2011, the Center for Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College,
transferred to the Anasazi Heritage Center a necklace that had been
excavated by Flora at the Falls Creek Rock Shelters and given to Fort
Lewis College by Helen Sloan Daniels.
The Morris collection at the Falls Creek Rock Shelters, as well as
a portion of the Flora collection from the site purchased by Morris for
The Carnegie Institution, was curated by the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, and by
the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, CO. In
February 2009, these items were transferred into the custody of the
Anasazi Heritage Center in Dolores, CO. Between February 2009 and March
2013, a team of researchers at the Anasazi Heritage Center conducted an
intensive non-destructive analysis of the all of the items collected by
Morris and Flora at the Falls Creek Rock Shelters. This effort allowed
researchers to re-associate human remains and funerary objects that had
been separated and curated at different places, and to determine the
unassociated funerary objects in the collection.
The human remains representing, at minimum, 49 individuals from the
Falls Creek Rock Shelters include: 29 individuals from the burial
crevice (individuals 1-21, and 37-44); 16 individuals from the north
cave shelter (individuals 22-30, 32-36, 45 and 46); 2 individuals from
the south cave shelter (individuals 31 and 47); and 2 lots of
commingled, disarticulated human remains that could not be re-
associated with specific individuals. No known individuals were
identified. The 1,202 associated funerary objects include: 13 woven
textiles (aprons, rabbit fur blankets, twined yucca bags, yucca bands,
braided rabbit hair sashes); 8 baskets; 33 pieces of cordage made from
human hair, yucca, and hide; 18 hide artifacts (including 2 hide
wrappings); 3 mammal fur tufts; 4 stone artifacts; 2 bone artifacts; 7
plant materials (including 2 juniper bark burial coverings); 460 stone
beads; 470 shell beads; 2 bone beads; 176 juniper seed beads; and 4
shell ornaments. The stone, shell, bone, juniper seed beads, and shell
ornaments are from 9 separate necklaces.
The Falls Creek Rock Shelters have been identified as a Basketmaker
II habitation site, with the main occupation occurring between 300 B.C.
and A.D. 400, based upon tree-ring dates. Archaeological, biological,
and geographic evidence, along with oral traditions, indicate that the
Basketmaker II populations of the Durango/Upper Animas District, in
southwest Colorado, are culturally affiliated with the modern Puebloan
people (Coleman 2013: 12). This includes the modern 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
the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico (hereafter referred
to as ``The Tribes'').
This determination is based upon the extensive review of currently
available published and unpublished sources and information provided by
Indian tribes during consultations. Archaeological evidence consists of
chronological data, artifacts, and rock art. Recent DNA research also
demonstrates a biological affiliation between Basketmaker II
populations and modern Puebloans. Hopi and Zuni oral traditions provide
additional information, including geographic evidence, for cultural
affiliation between Basketmaker II and the present day Puebloan people.
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Determinations made by the USDA Forest Service, San Juan National
Forest
Officials of the San Juan National Forest have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 49 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), there are 1,202 objects
that 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 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 Julie Coleman, Heritage Program Manager, San
Juan National Forest, 15 Burnett Court, Durango, CO 81301, telephone
(970) 385-1250, email jacoleman@fs.fed.us, by July 8, 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.
The San Juan National Forest is responsible for notifying the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kewa Pueblo, New
Mexico (previously listed as the Pueblo of Santo Domingo); 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 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; 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 the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico, that this notice has been published.
Dated: May 6, 2013.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2013-13460 Filed 6-5-13; 8:45 am]
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