Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office, Salt Lake City, UT, and U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Basin Region, Salt Lake City, UT, 13871-13874 [2025-05226]
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Dated: March 17, 2025.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025–05230 Filed 3–26–25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039774;
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile
District, Mobile, AL
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile
District, has completed an inventory of
human remains and associated funerary
objects and has 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
April 28, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Emily Demontalvo, 109
St. Joseph Street, P.O. Box 2288, Mobile,
AL 36628–0001, telephone (251) 690–
3227, email Emily.J.Warner@
usace.army.mil.
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 U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, and
additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in its inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least,
five individuals have been identified.
The 20 associated funerary objects are
three pieces of mica, two pieces of
quartz, one stone axe, two ear spools,
three shell beads, one unmodified rock,
one piece of carved wood, one charcoal,
one lot of flakes, one piece of fabric,
three matrix samples, and one projectile
point. The Park Mound Site (9TP41) is
a multicomponent site with Early
Archaic and Late Mississippian
occupations. The mound was surveyed
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by Harold Huscher in 1967 and again in
1968 as part of the Smithsonian
Institution’s River Basin Survey
program. Huscher conducted
excavations at Park Mound in 1969 and
again in 1972 and 1973. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
have been at the University of Georgia
since their excavation.
Human remains representing, at least,
36 individuals have been identified. The
178 associated funerary objects are 37
lots of faunal remains, 14 fire cracked
rock, 72 lots of potsherds, five charcoal,
eight lots of shell beads, one possible
coprolite, three sandstone, 16 lots of soil
matrix, two bone needles, two lots of
shell, six unmodified rocks, one flake,
two ceramic bowls, one partially
reconstructed bowl, two ear spools, one
ceramic vessel, two bone tools, one
fossil, one piece of copper, and one soil
sample. Avery Mound (9TP64) is an
Early to Late Mississippian mound site.
Harold Huscher conducted preliminary
investigations at Avery Mound in 1966
as part of the Smithsonian’s River Basin
Survey program and returned in 1967
and excavated a number of test units
which identified a number of postholes
and probable burial pits. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
have been at the University of Georgia
since their excavation.
Cultural Affiliation
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Mobile District, has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 41 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 198 objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have
been placed intentionally with or near
individual human remains at the time of
death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
• There is a connection between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in
this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests
for repatriation may be submitted by:
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Dated: March 17, 2025.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039773;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Determinations
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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
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization with cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after April 28, 2025. If
competing requests for repatriation are
received, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Mobile District, 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 U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, 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 10.10.
[FR Doc. 2025–05227 Filed 3–26–25; 8:45 am]
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is clearly identified by the
information available about the human
remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management, Utah State Office,
Salt Lake City, UT, and U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation, Upper Colorado Basin
Region, Salt Lake City, UT
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management, Utah State Office
(BLM) and U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper
Colorado Basin Region (Reclamation)
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
SUMMARY:
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and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from the Glen Canyon
area of San Juan County, UT, Garfield
County, UT, and Kane County, UT, and
are in the custody of the Utah Museum
of Natural History, University of Utah,
Salt Lake City, UT, the American
Museum of Natural History, New York,
NY, and the Museum of Northern
Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ.
Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
April 28, 2025.
DATES:
Diana Barg, U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management, Utah State Office,
440 W 200 S, Suite 500, Salt Lake City,
UT 84101, telephone (801) 539–4214,
email dbarg@blm.gov and Zachary
Nelson, U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado
Basin Region, 125 South State Street,
Room 8100, Salt Lake City, UT 84138,
telephone (801) 379–1164, email
znelson@usbr.gov.
ADDRESSES:
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 BLM and
Reclamation, and additional
information on the determinations in
this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
BLM and Reclamation acknowledge
the deep and abiding connection Indian
Tribes throughout the region have to
Glen Canyon, which was unfortunately
omitted in the 2019 Federal Register
Notices [84 FR 2922, February 8, 2019,
and 84 FR 2917, February 8, 2019].
Before publication, the following Indian
Tribes shared with Reclamation
information regarding their cultural
affiliation with the Ancestors from this
place: Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai
Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Hualapai Indian Tribe of the
Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona;
Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the
Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona;
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, &
Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico;
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah; Pueblo of
Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico;
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute
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Mountain Ute Tribe; and the Zuni Tribe
of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual were removed from site
42GA553 in Garfield County, Utah. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The University of Utah exhumed the
individual in 1962 as part of the Upper
Colorado River Basin Archeological
Survey Project (UCRBASP) during an
excavation paid for by Reclamation on
land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
11 individuals were removed from site
42SA681 (Rehab Center) in San Juan
County, Utah. The 47 associated
funerary objects are eight textile
fragments, 29 pieces of cordage, one
bundle of cordage, five soil impressions,
three baskets, and one bead. The
University of Utah exhumed the
individuals and associated funerary
objects in 1961 as part of the UCRBASP
during an excavation paid for by
Reclamation on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
seven individuals were removed from
site 42SA735 (Whirlwind Cave) in San
Juan County, Utah. The two associated
funerary objects are one bead group and
one piece of ochre. The University of
Utah exhumed the individuals and
associated funerary objects in 1961 as
part of the UCRBASP during an
excavation paid for by Reclamation on
land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
15 individuals were removed from site
42SA736 (Bernheimer Alcove, Cave 1)
in San Juan County, Utah. The 300
associated funerary objects are 33
ceramic sherds, 10 faunal bones, 24
squash fragments, seven vegetal sticks,
17 corncobs, 10 squash stems, one
vegetal item, one worked vegetal twig,
one piece of knotted bark, 10 vegetal
knots, 22 quids, 54 pieces of cordage, 20
basketry fragments, two bone awls, 13
squashes, two textile or basket
fragments, one hide fragment, one small
wood spatula, two corn stalk fragments,
three pieces of worked yucca, one corn
husk, one bone tool, one projectile
point, 10 pieces of folded yucca, corn
(not found in collection), two pieces of
hair cordage, one piece of gourd tissue,
one wood fire poker, one open mesh
mat, one knotted mat fragment, one hair
bundle or cordage, two stone choppers,
one corncob with kernels, two mat or
basket fragments, three macro-botanical
samples from processed coprolites,
three bracelets, five beads, two shrouds,
two shroud fragments, one textile, two
wood fragments, one cradleboard, two
robe fragments, one piece of impressed
clay, one edge of a fur blanket, one
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bundle of yucca, one hide bag, one piece
of juniper material, one juniper matting
or blanket, one juniper vegetal artifact,
one coiled basket, one textile fragment
with red and black dyes, one incomplete
hide bag, one cedar bark roll, one piece
of cotton cloth, one ball of cotton, one
human hair belt, one juniper bast
covered with animal hide, one necklace,
one twined-woven bag, one stone bead,
and two bone tinklers. Four of the
individuals and 14 of the associated
funerary objects were exhumed on June
11, 1929, by Charles L. Bernheimer, Earl
Morris, and John Wetherill during the
7th Bernheimer Expedition, and
acquired by the American Museum of
Natural History, on land managed by
BLM. The University of Utah exhumed
the other 11 individuals and 286
associated funerary objects in 1961 as
part of the UCRBASP during an
excavation paid for by Reclamation on
land managed by BLM. Three of the
associated funerary objects recovered by
the University of Utah in 1961 are
associated with individuals exhumed by
the 7th Bernheimer Expedition in 1929.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual were removed from site
42SA772 (Cave 2) in San Juan County,
Utah. The seven associated funerary
objects are one split stick cut by stone
tools, two round sticks with ends cut,
one lot consisting of fragments of a
yucca mat, one lot of hide trimmings,
one lot of fur string, and one lot of plain
jar fragments. The individual and
associated funerary objects were
exhumed in 1929 by Charles L.
Bernheimer, Earl Morris, and John
Wetherill during the 7th Bernheimer
Expedition, and acquired by the
American Museum of Natural History,
on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
four individuals were removed from site
42SA847 (Montezuma 1) in San Juan
County, Utah. The 18 associated
funerary objects are one faunal bone,
one polished stone, and 16 ceramic
sherds. The University of Utah exhumed
the individuals and associated funerary
objects in 1945 in an area that became
part of the UCRBASP in the Glen
Canyon area on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual were removed from site
42SA440 in San Juan County, Utah. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The University of Utah exhumed the
individual in 1960 as part of the
UCRBASP during an excavation paid for
by Reclamation on land managed by
BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual were removed from site
42KA1077 in Kane County, Utah. No
associated funerary objects are present.
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The University of Utah exhumed the
individual in 1962 as part of the
UCRBASP during an excavation paid for
by Reclamation on land managed by
BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual were removed from site
42GA103 (Pantry Alcove) in Garfield
County, Utah. No associated funerary
objects are present. The University of
Utah exhumed the individual in 1961 as
part of the UCRBASP during an
excavation paid for by Reclamation on
land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual were removed from site
42KA235 (Davis Pool Site) in Kane
County, Utah. No associated funerary
objects are present. The University of
Utah exhumed the individual in 1957 as
part of the UCRBASP during an
excavation paid for by Reclamation on
land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual were removed from site
42KA274 (Talus Ruin) in Kane County,
Utah. No associated funerary objects are
present. The University of Utah
exhumed the individual in 1958 as part
of the UCRBASP during an excavation
paid for by Reclamation on land
managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual were removed from site
42KA276 (Lizard Alcove) in Kane
County, Utah. No associated funerary
objects are present. The University of
Utah exhumed the individual in 1958 as
part of the UCRBASP during an
excavation paid for by Reclamation on
land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual were removed from site
42KA433 (Benchmark Cave) in Kane
County, Utah. No associated funerary
objects are present. The University of
Utah exhumed the individual during
excavations that occurred in 1958 and
1962 as part of the UCRBASP and paid
for by Reclamation on land withdrawn
from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual were removed from site
42SA377 (Fence Ruin) in San Juan
County, Utah. No associated funerary
objects are present. The University of
Utah exhumed the individual in 1959 as
part of the UCRBASP during an
excavation paid for by Reclamation on
land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual were removed from site
42SA583 (Echo Alcove, Echo Cave) in
San Juan County, Utah. No associated
funerary objects are present. The
University of Utah exhumed the
individual in 1959 as part of the
UCRBASP during an excavation paid for
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by Reclamation on land withdrawn from
BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual were removed from site
42SA633 (Widow’s Ledge) in San Juan
County, Utah. No associated funerary
objects are present. The University of
Utah exhumed the individual in 1962 as
part of the UCRBASP during an
excavation paid for by Reclamation on
land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual were removed from site
42SA598 (Defiance House) in San Juan
County, Utah. No associated funerary
objects are present. The University of
Utah exhumed the individual in 1959 as
part of the UCRBASP during an
excavation paid for by Reclamation on
land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual were removed from site
42SA413 (Forked Stick Alcove, Forked
Stick Shelter) in San Juan County, Utah.
No associated funerary objects are
present. The University of Utah
exhumed the individual in 1959 as part
of the UCRBASP during an excavation
paid for by Reclamation on land
withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual were removed from site
42GA288 (Triangle Cave) in Garfield
County, Utah. No associated funerary
objects are present. The University of
Utah exhumed the individual in 1961 as
part of the UCRBASP during an
excavation paid for by Reclamation on
land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual were removed from site
42GA290 in Garfield County, Utah. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The University of Utah exhumed the
individual in 1961 as part of the
UCRBASP during an excavation paid for
by Reclamation on land managed by
BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual were removed from site
42SA576 (Shady Alcove) in San Juan
County, Utah. No associated funerary
objects are present. The University of
Utah exhumed the individual in 1959 as
part of the UCRBASP during an
excavation paid for by Reclamation on
land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual were removed from site
42SA619 (Gourd House) in San Juan
County, Utah. No associated funerary
objects are present. The University of
Utah exhumed the individual in 1960 as
part of the UCRBASP during an
excavation paid for by Reclamation on
land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual were removed from site
42SA585 (Doll Ruin, Dollhouse Ruin) in
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San Juan County, Utah. No associated
funerary objects are present. The
University of Utah exhumed the
individual in 1959 as part of the
UCRBASP during an excavation paid for
by Reclamation on land withdrawn from
BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual were removed from site
42GA4230 (formerly recorded as
42KA178 and 42GA178) (Gate’s Roost),
which museum records indicate is in
Kane County, Utah. No associated
funerary objects are present. The
University of Utah exhumed the
individual in 1957 as part of the
UCRBASP during an excavation paid for
by Reclamation on land managed by
BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual were removed from site
42GA286 (Circle Terrace) in Garfield
County, Utah. No associated funerary
objects are present. The University of
Utah exhumed the individual in 1961 as
part of the UCRBASP during an
excavation paid for by Reclamation on
land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual were removed from site
42SA649 (NA3729) in San Juan County,
Utah. No associated funerary objects are
present. Gene Foster, an artist and selftaught archaeologist, collected the
human remains from the surface within
an alcove in 1953 during a
reconnaissance survey before
construction of the Glen Canyon Dam in
the area of the UCRBASP on land
managed by BLM. Gene Foster turned
over the collections and site records to
the Museum of Northern Arizona in
1958.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual were removed from site
NA2681 in San Juan County, Utah. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The Museum of Northern Arizona
exhumed the individual in 1959 as part
of the UCRBASP during an excavation
paid for by Reclamation on land
managed by BLM.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is clearly identified by the
information available about the human
remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice.
Determinations
The BLM and Reclamation have
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of at least 60 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
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• The 374 objects, or lots of objects,
described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed
intentionally with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or
later as part of the death rite or
ceremony.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Colorado River
Indian Tribes of the Colorado River
Indian Reservation, Arizona and
California; Confederated Tribes of the
Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah;
Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind
River Reservation, Wyoming; Fort Sill
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Havasupai
Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation,
Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Jicarilla
Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kaibab
Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Mescalero
Apache Tribe of the Mescalero
Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo
Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah;
Northwestern Band of the Shoshone
Nation; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico;
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band
of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes,
Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and
Shivwits Band of Paiutes); 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; San
Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona;
Santo Domingo Pueblo; Skull Valley
Band of Goshute Indians of Utah;
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute
Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Ute
Tribe; Yavapai-Apache Nation of the
Camp Verde Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo; and the
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
Requests for Repatriation
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Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intended Repatriation:
University of California, Berkeley,
Berkeley, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
University of California, Berkeley
intends to repatriate certain cultural
items that meet the definition of sacred
objects and/or objects of cultural
patrimony and that have a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice.
SUMMARY:
Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
April 28, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Alexandra Lucas, Director
of Repatriation/Repatriation
Coordinator, Government and
Community Relations (Chancellor’s
DATES:
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representatives identified in
this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests
for repatriation may be submitted by:
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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 April 28, 2025. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
BLM and Reclamation 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. BLM and
Reclamation are 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 10.10.
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Office), University of California,
Berkeley, 200 California Hall, Berkeley,
CA 94720, telephone (510) 570–0964,
email nagpra-ucb@berkeley.edu.
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 University of
California, Berkeley, and additional
information on the determinations in
this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the
summary or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of nine Pomo cultural items
have been requested for repatriation.
The sacred objects and objects of
cultural patrimony are from the
following accessions Acc.1377, Acc.
1307, and Acc.1702 in the Phoebe A
Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the
University of California, Berkeley.
In February 1963, the Lowie Museum
of Anthropology purchased one sacred
object/object of cultural patrimony. The
one sacred object/object of cultural
patrimony is a Big-head dance
headdress (Acc.1702) from the maker
and owner Vivian Fred of Big Valley
Rancheria in Lakeport, California. The
purchase was marked urgent and
purchased via rush check in 1963.
On February 7, 1960, Samuel A.
Barrett acquired eastern and
southeastern Pomo cultural items for the
Lowie Museum of Anthropology
(Pheobe A Hearst Museum, Accession
Acc.1307). The four objects of cultural
patrimony include a tule ‘blanket’ for a
cradle basket and cradle basket, a mud
hen bird trap, and a basket start. The
one sacred object/object of cultural
patrimony are components of Bighead
dance regalia. The circumstances of
these acquisitions by Barrett are
unknown.
On December 16, 1960, Samuel A.
Barrett collected and gifted three Pomo
cultural items via the American Indian
Films Project to the Lowie Museum of
Anthropology (Phoebe A Hearst
Museum) under Accession 1377. The
one object of cultural patrimony is a tule
boat with grapevine binding made at
Clear Lake, Lake County, attributed to
Harry/Henry Holmes. The two sacred
objects/objects of cultural patrimony
include a feathered headdress, and a
headdress comprising a red cloth square
bordered with green fringes.
Collections and collection spaces at
the Phoebe A Hearst Museum of
Anthropology were treated with
substances for preservation and pest
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 58 (Thursday, March 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13871-13874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05226]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039773; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office, Salt Lake City, UT, and
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado
Basin Region, Salt Lake City, UT
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Land Management, Utah State Office (BLM) and U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Basin Region
(Reclamation) 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
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and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from the
Glen Canyon area of San Juan County, UT, Garfield County, UT, and Kane
County, UT, and are in the custody of the Utah Museum of Natural
History, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, the American Museum of
Natural History, New York, NY, and the Museum of Northern Arizona,
Flagstaff, AZ.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after April 28, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Diana Barg, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land
Management, Utah State Office, 440 W 200 S, Suite 500, Salt Lake City,
UT 84101, telephone (801) 539-4214, email [email protected] and Zachary
Nelson, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper
Colorado Basin Region, 125 South State Street, Room 8100, Salt Lake
City, UT 84138, telephone (801) 379-1164, 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
BLM and Reclamation, and additional information on the determinations
in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in
the inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
BLM and Reclamation acknowledge the deep and abiding connection
Indian Tribes throughout the region have to Glen Canyon, which was
unfortunately omitted in the 2019 Federal Register Notices [84 FR 2922,
February 8, 2019, and 84 FR 2917, February 8, 2019]. Before
publication, the following Indian Tribes shared with Reclamation
information regarding their cultural affiliation with the Ancestors
from this place: Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation, Arizona;
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, &
Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah; Pueblo of
Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New
Mexico; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation,
Colorado; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42GA553 in Garfield County, Utah. No associated funerary
objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed the individual in
1962 as part of the Upper Colorado River Basin Archeological Survey
Project (UCRBASP) during an excavation paid for by Reclamation on land
managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, 11 individuals were removed
from site 42SA681 (Rehab Center) in San Juan County, Utah. The 47
associated funerary objects are eight textile fragments, 29 pieces of
cordage, one bundle of cordage, five soil impressions, three baskets,
and one bead. The University of Utah exhumed the individuals and
associated funerary objects in 1961 as part of the UCRBASP during an
excavation paid for by Reclamation on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, seven individuals were
removed from site 42SA735 (Whirlwind Cave) in San Juan County, Utah.
The two associated funerary objects are one bead group and one piece of
ochre. The University of Utah exhumed the individuals and associated
funerary objects in 1961 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation
paid for by Reclamation on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, 15 individuals were removed
from site 42SA736 (Bernheimer Alcove, Cave 1) in San Juan County, Utah.
The 300 associated funerary objects are 33 ceramic sherds, 10 faunal
bones, 24 squash fragments, seven vegetal sticks, 17 corncobs, 10
squash stems, one vegetal item, one worked vegetal twig, one piece of
knotted bark, 10 vegetal knots, 22 quids, 54 pieces of cordage, 20
basketry fragments, two bone awls, 13 squashes, two textile or basket
fragments, one hide fragment, one small wood spatula, two corn stalk
fragments, three pieces of worked yucca, one corn husk, one bone tool,
one projectile point, 10 pieces of folded yucca, corn (not found in
collection), two pieces of hair cordage, one piece of gourd tissue, one
wood fire poker, one open mesh mat, one knotted mat fragment, one hair
bundle or cordage, two stone choppers, one corncob with kernels, two
mat or basket fragments, three macro-botanical samples from processed
coprolites, three bracelets, five beads, two shrouds, two shroud
fragments, one textile, two wood fragments, one cradleboard, two robe
fragments, one piece of impressed clay, one edge of a fur blanket, one
bundle of yucca, one hide bag, one piece of juniper material, one
juniper matting or blanket, one juniper vegetal artifact, one coiled
basket, one textile fragment with red and black dyes, one incomplete
hide bag, one cedar bark roll, one piece of cotton cloth, one ball of
cotton, one human hair belt, one juniper bast covered with animal hide,
one necklace, one twined-woven bag, one stone bead, and two bone
tinklers. Four of the individuals and 14 of the associated funerary
objects were exhumed on June 11, 1929, by Charles L. Bernheimer, Earl
Morris, and John Wetherill during the 7th Bernheimer Expedition, and
acquired by the American Museum of Natural History, on land managed by
BLM. The University of Utah exhumed the other 11 individuals and 286
associated funerary objects in 1961 as part of the UCRBASP during an
excavation paid for by Reclamation on land managed by BLM. Three of the
associated funerary objects recovered by the University of Utah in 1961
are associated with individuals exhumed by the 7th Bernheimer
Expedition in 1929.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42SA772 (Cave 2) in San Juan County, Utah. The seven
associated funerary objects are one split stick cut by stone tools, two
round sticks with ends cut, one lot consisting of fragments of a yucca
mat, one lot of hide trimmings, one lot of fur string, and one lot of
plain jar fragments. The individual and associated funerary objects
were exhumed in 1929 by Charles L. Bernheimer, Earl Morris, and John
Wetherill during the 7th Bernheimer Expedition, and acquired by the
American Museum of Natural History, on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, four individuals were removed
from site 42SA847 (Montezuma 1) in San Juan County, Utah. The 18
associated funerary objects are one faunal bone, one polished stone,
and 16 ceramic sherds. The University of Utah exhumed the individuals
and associated funerary objects in 1945 in an area that became part of
the UCRBASP in the Glen Canyon area on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42SA440 in San Juan County, Utah. No associated funerary
objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed the individual in
1960 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid for by
Reclamation on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42KA1077 in Kane County, Utah. No associated funerary objects
are present.
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The University of Utah exhumed the individual in 1962 as part of the
UCRBASP during an excavation paid for by Reclamation on land managed by
BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42GA103 (Pantry Alcove) in Garfield County, Utah. No
associated funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed
the individual in 1961 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid
for by Reclamation on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42KA235 (Davis Pool Site) in Kane County, Utah. No associated
funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed the
individual in 1957 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid for
by Reclamation on land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42KA274 (Talus Ruin) in Kane County, Utah. No associated
funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed the
individual in 1958 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid for
by Reclamation on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42KA276 (Lizard Alcove) in Kane County, Utah. No associated
funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed the
individual in 1958 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid for
by Reclamation on land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42KA433 (Benchmark Cave) in Kane County, Utah. No associated
funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed the
individual during excavations that occurred in 1958 and 1962 as part of
the UCRBASP and paid for by Reclamation on land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42SA377 (Fence Ruin) in San Juan County, Utah. No associated
funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed the
individual in 1959 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid for
by Reclamation on land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42SA583 (Echo Alcove, Echo Cave) in San Juan County, Utah. No
associated funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed
the individual in 1959 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid
for by Reclamation on land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42SA633 (Widow's Ledge) in San Juan County, Utah. No
associated funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed
the individual in 1962 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid
for by Reclamation on land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42SA598 (Defiance House) in San Juan County, Utah. No
associated funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed
the individual in 1959 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid
for by Reclamation on land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42SA413 (Forked Stick Alcove, Forked Stick Shelter) in San
Juan County, Utah. No associated funerary objects are present. The
University of Utah exhumed the individual in 1959 as part of the
UCRBASP during an excavation paid for by Reclamation on land withdrawn
from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42GA288 (Triangle Cave) in Garfield County, Utah. No
associated funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed
the individual in 1961 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid
for by Reclamation on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42GA290 in Garfield County, Utah. No associated funerary
objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed the individual in
1961 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid for by
Reclamation on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42SA576 (Shady Alcove) in San Juan County, Utah. No
associated funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed
the individual in 1959 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid
for by Reclamation on land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42SA619 (Gourd House) in San Juan County, Utah. No associated
funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed the
individual in 1960 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid for
by Reclamation on land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42SA585 (Doll Ruin, Dollhouse Ruin) in San Juan County, Utah.
No associated funerary objects are present. The University of Utah
exhumed the individual in 1959 as part of the UCRBASP during an
excavation paid for by Reclamation on land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42GA4230 (formerly recorded as 42KA178 and 42GA178) (Gate's
Roost), which museum records indicate is in Kane County, Utah. No
associated funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed
the individual in 1957 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid
for by Reclamation on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42GA286 (Circle Terrace) in Garfield County, Utah. No
associated funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed
the individual in 1961 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid
for by Reclamation on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42SA649 (NA3729) in San Juan County, Utah. No associated
funerary objects are present. Gene Foster, an artist and self-taught
archaeologist, collected the human remains from the surface within an
alcove in 1953 during a reconnaissance survey before construction of
the Glen Canyon Dam in the area of the UCRBASP on land managed by BLM.
Gene Foster turned over the collections and site records to the Museum
of Northern Arizona in 1958.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site NA2681 in San Juan County, Utah. No associated funerary
objects are present. The Museum of Northern Arizona exhumed the
individual in 1959 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid for
by Reclamation on land managed by BLM.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
The BLM and Reclamation have determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of at least 60 individuals of Native American
ancestry.
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The 374 objects, or lots of objects, described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with
or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part
of the death rite or ceremony.
There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the
Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation,
Arizona and California; Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation,
Nevada and Utah; Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Havasupai Tribe of the
Havasupai Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Hualapai Indian
Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona; Jicarilla Apache
Nation, New Mexico; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero
Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah;
Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico;
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of
Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes);
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; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; Santo
Domingo Pueblo; Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah; Southern
Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian
Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe;
Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian 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
authorized representatives identified in this notice under 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 April 28, 2025. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, BLM and Reclamation
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. BLM and Reclamation are 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 10.10.
Dated: March 17, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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