Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, San Luis Field Office, Monte Vista, CO, 27914-27915 [2014-11256]
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History and Description of the Remains
In 1965, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from the Sanders site I, in
Waupaca County, WI, by William
Hurley, a graduate student at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. The
human remains were identified in
Mound 3 and represent the fragmentary
remains of one probably female adult.
No known individuals were identified.
No associated funerary objects are
present. The site dates from the Late
Woodland Period, based on an
associated radiocarbon date of A.D. 800
± 70.
In 1966, human remains representing,
at minimum, two individuals were
removed from the Sanders site III, in
Waupaca County, WI, by William
Hurley. The human remains were
removed from House 1 and represent a
mid to old age adult and a child. No
known individuals were identified. The
associated funerary objects are 1 lot of
anculosa shells located on the child’s
forehead.
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Determinations Made by the University
of Wisconsin-Madison Department of
Anthropology
Officials of the University of
Wisconsin-Madison Department of
Anthropology have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on their
examination by a physical
anthropologist, their recovery from
known archeological sites, their welldocumented provenience in the field
records, and associated radiocarbon
dates.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of three
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the one lot of 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.
• 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 Menominee Indian Tribe of
Wisconsin.
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• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects may be to
the Menominee Indian Tribe of
Wisconsin.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 Sissel Schroeder, University
of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of
Anthropology, 1180 Observatory Drive,
5240 Social Sciences Building,
Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608)
262–0317, email sschroeder2@wisc.edu,
by June 16, 2014. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Menominee Indian Tribe
of Wisconsin may proceed.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Anthropology is
responsible for notifying the
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
that this notice has been published.
Dated: March 31, 2014.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management, San Luis Field
Office, Monte Vista, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Bureau of Land
Management 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 present-day Indian tribes.
Lineal descendants or 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 to the Bureau
of Land Management. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of
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control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Indian
tribes stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
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 the Bureau of Land
Management at the address in this
notice by June 16, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Dan Haas, State
Archaeologist, Bureau of Land
Management, Colorado State Office,
2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, CO
80215–7076, telephone (303) 239–3647,
email dhaas@blm.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 Land Management, San Luis Field
Office, Monte Vista, CO and in the
physical custody of the University of
Denver Museum of Anthropology,
Denver, CO. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from site 5CN26 in Conejos
County, CO. This notice establishes the
transfer of custody from the University
of Denver, Museum of Anthropology to
the Bureau of Land Management, San
Luis Field Office.
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 Museum of Anthropology
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Forest Service; the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs; the U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Land
Management, San Luis Field Office; and
the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 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;
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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
University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology also sent reports and
solicited feedback via telephone and
correspondence with representatives
from the Colorado River Indian Tribes of
the Colorado River Indian Reservation,
Arizona and California; 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; and the Ysleta
Del Sur Pueblo of Texas. Hereafter, all
tribes listed in this section are referred
to as ‘‘The Consulted and Notified
Tribes.’’
History and Description of the Remains
In 1950, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual (catalog
number DU CO X:16:12) were recovered
from site 5CN26 in Conejos County, CO,
on public lands administered by the
Bureau of Land Management, San Luis
Field Office, probably by Harry
Christopher Meyers, Jr., who recorded
the site card and conducted a survey of
the area for his master’s thesis. Mr.
Meyers’ thesis is on file at the
University of Denver, Department of
Anthropology, dated May 1950. In his
thesis, Mr. Meyers thanks Mr. Mercedes
Ortiz, of Conejos, CO, for his aid in ‘‘the
survey’’ of portions of the San Luis
Valley. Mr. Ortiz was likely a local
landowner who acted as a guide.
Although the thesis provides a likely
contextual framework for the areas
examined and the types of sites
recorded, site 5CN26 was recorded in
August 1950 but is not referenced in any
report. No known individual was
identified. The nine associated funerary
objects are seven black-on-white sherds,
one obsidian core, and one chipped
stone.
Black-on-white pottery indicates this
site is ancestral Puebloan. The scientific
literature provides significant evidence
of cultural affiliation between ancestral
Puebloan culture and the Pueblos of
today. Mr. Meyers’ thesis work was
specifically looking for Puebloan sites.
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Additionally, a likely source for the
obsidian is New Mexico, which further
supports a Puebloan affiliation.
The site card describes a cave with an
opening onto a flat plain, dropping
down over 10 feet. The interior of the
cave is reported to consist of four rooms
containing dry laid stone walls, lithic
debitage, and pottery sherds. The main,
or upper room, is described as opening
directly off of the opening. Its walls
were apparently about 21⁄2 feet high.
The three other rooms appear to be
contiguous, extending back inside the
cave. An attempt to relocate site 5CN26
was undertaken by an unknown
individual at an unknown date
(presumably after the mid-1980s based
on the form used). Notes of this visit to
the area are recorded on a Cultural
Resource Reevaluation Form on file at
the Colorado Office of Archaeology and
Historic Preservation. The researcher
notes that the legal location data on the
old site card was poor, so the southern
half of the listed section and the
northern half of the neighboring section
were extensively searched, but ‘‘no
evidence of the site could be found.’’
In 1995, the University of Denver
Museum of Anthropology conducted an
inventory of their collections, and the
site forms and maps for site 5CN26
documented that the site was located on
private land. In 2012, the Bureau of
Land Management field visited the
location of site 5CN26 and determined
that it is located on lands administered
by the Bureau of Land Management. The
University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology will physically transfer
the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Bureau of Land
Management, San Luis Field Office for
repatriation.
Determinations Made by the Bureau of
Land Management
Officials of the Bureau of Land
Management 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 nine 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), 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 Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kewa
Pueblo, New Mexico (previously listed
as the Pueblo of Santo Domingo); Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly Pueblo
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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; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or 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
Dan Haas, State Archaeologist, Bureau
of Land Management, Colorado State
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street,
Lakewood, CO 80215–7076, telephone
(303) 239–3647, email dhaas@blm.gov,
by June 16, 2014. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico (previously
listed as the Pueblo of Santo Domingo);
Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly
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; and the Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may
proceed.
The Bureau of Land Management is
responsible for notifying The Consulted
and Notified Tribes that this notice has
been published.
Dated: March 31, 2014.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-15435; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, San Luis Field Office, Monte Vista, CO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management 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 present-day Indian tribes. Lineal descendants or 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 to the Bureau of Land
Management. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the
Indian tribes stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or 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 the
Bureau of Land Management at the address in this notice by June 16,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Dan Haas, State Archaeologist, Bureau of Land Management,
Colorado State Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, CO 80215-7076,
telephone (303) 239-3647, email dhaas@blm.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 Land Management, San Luis Field Office, Monte
Vista, CO and in the physical custody of the University of Denver
Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from site 5CN26 in Conejos County, CO.
This notice establishes the transfer of custody from the University of
Denver, Museum of Anthropology to the Bureau of Land Management, San
Luis Field Office.
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 Museum of Anthropology professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service; the U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs; the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Land Management, San Luis Field Office; and the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; 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;
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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 University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology also sent reports and solicited feedback via telephone and
correspondence with representatives from the Colorado River Indian
Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and
California; 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; and the Ysleta Del Sur
Pueblo of Texas. Hereafter, all tribes listed in this section are
referred to as ``The Consulted and Notified Tribes.''
History and Description of the Remains
In 1950, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
(catalog number DU CO X:16:12) were recovered from site 5CN26 in
Conejos County, CO, on public lands administered by the Bureau of Land
Management, San Luis Field Office, probably by Harry Christopher
Meyers, Jr., who recorded the site card and conducted a survey of the
area for his master's thesis. Mr. Meyers' thesis is on file at the
University of Denver, Department of Anthropology, dated May 1950. In
his thesis, Mr. Meyers thanks Mr. Mercedes Ortiz, of Conejos, CO, for
his aid in ``the survey'' of portions of the San Luis Valley. Mr. Ortiz
was likely a local landowner who acted as a guide. Although the thesis
provides a likely contextual framework for the areas examined and the
types of sites recorded, site 5CN26 was recorded in August 1950 but is
not referenced in any report. No known individual was identified. The
nine associated funerary objects are seven black-on-white sherds, one
obsidian core, and one chipped stone.
Black-on-white pottery indicates this site is ancestral Puebloan.
The scientific literature provides significant evidence of cultural
affiliation between ancestral Puebloan culture and the Pueblos of
today. Mr. Meyers' thesis work was specifically looking for Puebloan
sites. Additionally, a likely source for the obsidian is New Mexico,
which further supports a Puebloan affiliation.
The site card describes a cave with an opening onto a flat plain,
dropping down over 10 feet. The interior of the cave is reported to
consist of four rooms containing dry laid stone walls, lithic debitage,
and pottery sherds. The main, or upper room, is described as opening
directly off of the opening. Its walls were apparently about 2\1/2\
feet high. The three other rooms appear to be contiguous, extending
back inside the cave. An attempt to relocate site 5CN26 was undertaken
by an unknown individual at an unknown date (presumably after the mid-
1980s based on the form used). Notes of this visit to the area are
recorded on a Cultural Resource Reevaluation Form on file at the
Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. The
researcher notes that the legal location data on the old site card was
poor, so the southern half of the listed section and the northern half
of the neighboring section were extensively searched, but ``no evidence
of the site could be found.''
In 1995, the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology conducted
an inventory of their collections, and the site forms and maps for site
5CN26 documented that the site was located on private land. In 2012,
the Bureau of Land Management field visited the location of site 5CN26
and determined that it is located on lands administered by the Bureau
of Land Management. The University of Denver Museum of Anthropology
will physically transfer the human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Bureau of Land Management, San Luis Field Office for
repatriation.
Determinations Made by the Bureau of Land Management
Officials of the Bureau of Land Management 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 nine 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), 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 Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico (previously listed as the
Pueblo of Santo Domingo); Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly 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; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation,
New Mexico.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or 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 Dan Haas,
State Archaeologist, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office,
2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, CO 80215-7076, telephone (303) 239-
3647, email dhaas@blm.gov, by June 16, 2014. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico (previously listed as the Pueblo of
Santo Domingo); Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly 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; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation,
New Mexico may proceed.
The Bureau of Land Management is responsible for notifying The
Consulted and Notified Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: March 31, 2014.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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