Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: New Mexico State University Museum, Las Cruces, NM; U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office, Las Cruces, NM; and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila National Forest, Silver City, NM, and Apache Sitgreaves National Forest, Springerville, AZ, 11931-11932 [2023-03815]
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Lake (GSL) ecosystem, the Refuge is a
priority area within the Bear River
Watershed Conservation Area and plays
a critical role in providing habitat for
migratory birds along the Central and
Pacific Flyways. More than 210 species
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion
Amendment: New Mexico State
University Museum, Las Cruces, NM;
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Land Management, New Mexico
State Office, Las Cruces, NM; and U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Gila National Forest, Silver
City, NM, and Apache Sitgreaves
National Forest, Springerville, AZ
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; amendment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the New
Mexico State University Museum; U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management, New Mexico State
Office; and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila
National Forest and Apache Sitgreaves
National Forest have amended a Notice
of Inventory Completion published in
the Federal Register on January 12,
2023. This notice amends the cultural
affiliation of a collection removed from
Apache County AZ, Don˜a Ana County,
NM, Grant County, NM, Lincoln
County, NM, Luna County, NM, Otero
County, NM, Sierra County, NM and, in
certain instances, from locations
unknown.
SUMMARY:
Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
March 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Fumi Arakawa, New
Mexico State University Museum
Director’s Office, 1525 Stewart, Room
331, P.O. Box 30001, MSC:3BV, Las
Cruces, NM 88003–8001, email
farakawa@nmsu.edu.
DATES:
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This
notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA. The
determinations in this notice are the
sole responsibility of the New Mexico
State University Museum (University
Museum); U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
New Mexico State Office (BLM); and the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Gila National Forest, Silver
City, NM (Gila NF), and Apache
Sitgreaves National Forest,
Springerville, AZ (Apache Sitgreaves
NF). The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice. Additional information on
the amendments and determinations in
this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records held by the
University Museum.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Amendment
This notice amends the
determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal
Register (88 FR 2129–2132, January 12,
2023). Repatriation of the items in the
original Notice of Inventory Completion
has not occurred. This amendment adds
to the list of culturally affiliated Indian
Tribes. Some of the culturally affiliated
Indian Tribes were inadvertently
omitted from the published notice.
Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the New Mexico State
University Museum, Bureau of Land
Management, Apache Sitgreaves
National Forest, and Gila National
Forest has determined that:
• The human remains represent the
physical remains of 288 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
• The 1,079 objects 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.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and the
Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Mescalero Apache
Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New
Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New
Mexico, & Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, New
Mexico; 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;
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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;
Santo Domingo Pueblo; White Mountain
Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache
Reservation, Arizona; Ysleta del Sur
Pueblo; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico.
Requests for Repatriation
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Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian
Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice who shows,
by a preponderance of the evidence, that
the requestor is a lineal descendant or
a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization.
Repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or
after March 27, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the University Museum; BLM; Gila NF
or Apache Sitgreaves NF must
determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests
for joint repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
are considered a single request and not
competing requests. The University
Museum is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes
and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, § 10.10,
§ 10.13, and § 10.14.
Dated: February 15, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Minnesota Twin Cities,
Minneapolis MN; Minnesota Indian
Affairs Council, St. Paul/Bemidji, MN;
Science Museum of Minnesota, Saint
Paul, MN; University of Colorado
Museum (Boulder), Boulder, CO;
Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee,
WI; Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO;
Yale Peabody Museum, New Haven,
CT; and Cleveland Museum of Art,
Cleveland, OH
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
(UMN); Minnesota Indian Affairs
Council; Science Museum of Minnesota;
University of Colorado Museum
(Boulder); Milwaukee Public Museum;
Denver Art Museum; Yale Peabody
Museum; and Cleveland Museum of Art,
hereafter the Collaborating Museums,
have completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
and have determined that there is a
cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Grant and Catron
Counties, NM.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
March 27, 2023.
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ADDRESSES: Alejandra Pen
Weisman Art Museum, University of
Minnesota, 333 East River Road,
Minneapolis, MN 55455, telephone
(612) 624–5934, email apenagut@
umn.edu.
SUMMARY:
This
notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA. The
determinations in this notice are the
sole responsibility of the Collaborating
Museums. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the determinations
in this notice. Additional information
on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related
records held by the Collaborating
Museums.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Description
Cameron Creek and Warm Springs: In
1928, human remains representing, at
minimum, 58 individuals were removed
from Grant County, NM, by University
of Minnesota professor Albert Jenks.
Jenks secured funding from the
Minneapolis Institute of the Arts to
sponsor his participation, along with
four students, in an excavation
organized jointly by the School for
American Research (today the School
for Advanced Research), the Santa Fe
Museum (today the Museum of Indian
Arts and Culture), and the University of
New Mexico under the direction of
Wesley Bradford. Jenks and his students
stayed in New Mexico from June
through September of that year, and at
the conclusion of the season the
excavated human remains and funerary
objects were divided among the
participating institutions. In some cases,
human remains and associated funerary
objects were separated from each other.
Initially, these human remains were
sent to the University of Minnesota.
Between 1989 and 1997, they were
transferred to the Minnesota Indian
Affairs Council in accordance with
Minnesota Statute 307.08. These human
remains belong to 31 adults, two
adolescents, 17 children, seven infants,
and one individual of indeterminate
age. No known individuals were
identified. At the conclusion of the 1928
field season, some of the funerary
objects associated with these
individuals were brought to the Santa
Fe Museum (Museum of Indian Arts and
Culture), while most of them were sent
to the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts.
In 1959, the associated funerary objects
at the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts
were transferred to the University of
Minnesota Department of Anthropology.
Subsequently, most of these associated
funerary objects were transferred to
other institutions, including the Science
Museum of Minnesota (in 1962), the
Milwaukee Public Museum (in 1964),
the University of Colorado Boulder
Natural History Museum (in 1970), the
Denver Art Museum (in 1972), and the
Cleveland Art Museum, and in 1992, the
remainder was transferred internally to
the Weisman Art Museum at the
University of Minnesota. In total, across
the Collaborating Museums, there are
571 associated funerary objects, of
which four are currently missing. The
567 locatable associated funerary objects
are one carved jade pendant, 92 stone
tools or other items, two carved shell or
stone items, 43 shell items, one shell
pendant, 16 bead lots, seven turquoise
item lots, 45 bone tools or other items,
187 ceramic vessels, one non-vessel
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035385; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: New Mexico State
University Museum, Las Cruces, NM; U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office, Las Cruces, NM; and
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila National Forest,
Silver City, NM, and Apache Sitgreaves National Forest, Springerville,
AZ
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the New Mexico State University Museum; U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State
Office; and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila
National Forest and Apache Sitgreaves National Forest have amended a
Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on
January 12, 2023. This notice amends the cultural affiliation of a
collection removed from Apache County AZ, Do[ntilde]a Ana County, NM,
Grant County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Luna County, NM, Otero County,
NM, Sierra County, NM and, in certain instances, from locations
unknown.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after March 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Fumi Arakawa, New Mexico State University Museum
Director's Office, 1525 Stewart, Room 331, P.O. Box 30001, MSC:3BV, Las
Cruces, NM 88003-8001, email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
New Mexico State University Museum (University Museum); U.S. Department
of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office
(BLM); and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila
National Forest, Silver City, NM (Gila NF), and Apache Sitgreaves
National Forest, Springerville, AZ (Apache Sitgreaves NF). The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the amendments and determinations in this
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records held by the University Museum.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (88 FR 2129-2132, January
12, 2023). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of
Inventory Completion has not occurred. This amendment adds to the list
of culturally affiliated Indian Tribes. Some of the culturally
affiliated Indian Tribes were inadvertently omitted from the published
notice.
Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the New Mexico State University Museum, Bureau of Land
Management, Apache Sitgreaves National Forest, and Gila National Forest
has determined that:
The human remains represent the physical remains of 288
individuals of Native American ancestry.
The 1,079 objects 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.
There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects and the Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo
Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico; 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;
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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; Santo Domingo Pueblo; White Mountain
Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; Ysleta del Sur
Pueblo; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after March 27, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the University
Museum; BLM; Gila NF or Apache Sitgreaves NF must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The University
Museum is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian
Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, Sec.
10.10, Sec. 10.13, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: February 15, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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