[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 129 (Thursday, July 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35219-35220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16472]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Completion of Inventory of Native American Human 
Remains within the Rainbow House Collection, Bandelier National 
Monument, Los Alamos County, NM 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior

ACTION: Notice

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    Notice is hereby given under provisions of the Native American 
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d), of the 
completion of the inventory of human remains within the Rainbow House 
collection (LA 217), a Federally curated collection at Bandelier 
National Monument, Los Alamos County, NM.
    The detailed inventory and assessment of the Rainbow House 
collection has been made by National Park Service professional staff 
and consultation with representatives of the following Pueblo groups: 
Pueblo of Santa Clara; Pueblo of San Ildefonso; Pueblo of Tesuque; 
Pueblo of Cochiti; Pueblo of Santo Domingo; Pueblo of Jemez; Pueblo of 
Zuni; and the Hopi Tribe.
    Between 1948 and 1955, Fredrick Worman of Adams State College, CO 
and Louis Caywood of the National Park Service, carried out legally 
authorized archeological excavations on Federal public lands, including 
the Rainbow House archeological site within Bandelier National 
Monument. At Rainbow House one hundred rooms were excavated, as well as 
a kiva and an associated plaza. A minimum of seven 

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fragmentary individuals were found at Rainbow House in the kiva floor 
level and in the plaza room blocks. The occupation date assigned to 
Rainbow House was between AD 1412--1453.
    Artifactual evidence does not allow specific identification of a 
single culturally affiliated Indian tribe. However, examination of 
cultural materials (e.g., ceramics, stone tools, and other items) and 
oral history regarding traditional and religious practice indicate 
probable cultural affiliation between the human remains and various 
Pueblo Indian groups. The National Park Service has determined that 
these human remains are culturally affiliated with: Pueblo of Santa 
Clara; Pueblo of San Ildefonso; Pueblo of Tesuque; Pueblo of Cochiti; 
Pueblo of Santo Domingo; Pueblo of San Felipe; Pueblo of Jemez; Pueblo 
of Zuni; Pueblo of Isleta; Pueblo of Laguna; Pueblo of Acoma; Ysleta 
del Sur Pueblo; Pueblo of Santa Ana; Pueblo of Sandia; Pueblo of Zia; 
and the Hopi Tribe. Other Pueblo peoples may also be culturally 
affiliated with these human remains. No lineal descendants have been 
identified.
    This notice has been sent to consultation representatives of the 
following Indian tribes: Pueblo of Santa Clara; Pueblo of San 
Ildefonso; Pueblo of Tesuque; Pueblo of Cochiti; Pueblo of Santo 
Domingo; Pueblo of Jemez; Pueblo of Zuni; and the Hopi Tribe. 
Representatives of any other Indian tribe which believes itself to be 
culturally affiliated with these human remains should contact 
Superintendent Roy W. Weaver, Bandelier National Monument, HCR 1 Box 1 
Suite 15, Los Alamos, NM, 85744, telephone: (505) 672-3861 fax (505) 
672-9607, before August 4, 1995. Repatriation of these human remains 
may begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: June 29, 1995
Veletta Canouts,
Acting Departmental Consulting Archeologist and
Acting Chief, Archeological Assistance Division
[FR Doc. 95-16472 Filed 7-5-95; 8:45 am]
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