[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 26623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12648]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
from Gooseberry Valley, Utah in the Control of the Fishlake National 
Forest, USDA Forest Service, Richfield, UT

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains from Gooseberry 
Valley, Utah in the control of the Fishlake National Forest, USDA 
Forest Service, Richfield, UT.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by University 
of Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah Department of 
Anthropology, and USDA Forest Service professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe, Fort 
McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes, Hopi Tribe, Kaibab Band of Paiute 
Indians, Navajo Nation, Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation, Paiute 
Indian Tribe of Utah, Pueblo of Acoma, Pueblo of Pojoaque, Pueblo of 
San Felipe, Pueblo of San Ildefonso, Pueblo of Sandia, Pueblo of Santa 
Ana, Pueblo of Santa Clara, Pueblo of Santo Domingo, Pueblo of Zia, 
Pueblo of Zuni, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation, 
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Skull Valley 
Band of Goshute Indians, Southern Paiute Consortium (on behalf of the 
Kaibab Paiute Band, Cedar City Paiute Band, Indian Peak Paiute Band, 
Kanosh Paiute Band, Koosharem Paiute Band, Las Vegas Paiute Band, Moapa 
Paiute Band, and Shivwits Paiute Band), Southern Ute Indian Tribe, 
Summit Lake Paiute Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Ute Tribe of the 
Unitah and Ouray Reserveration, and the Yomba Shoshone Tribe.
    During the 1980s, human remains representing one individual were 
recovered from Warezit House (42SV 1060) in the Fishlake National 
Forest during legally authorized excavations conducted by University of 
Utah Department of Anthropology and currently curated at the Utah 
Museum of Natural History. No known individual was identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on material culture of the site, the Warezit House site has 
been identified as a Fremont occupation dating between 780-1260 A.D. 
Based on the context of the burial, this individual as been identified 
as Native American. On review of the available evidence concerning 
Fremont culture and settlement of this area, continuties of 
agriculture, basketry, and ceramics indicate affiliation between the 
Fremont of this area and later puebloan groups. Additionally, 
continuities of ceramics and projectile point chronologies also 
indicate cultural affiliation between the Fremont of this area and the 
historic Numic-speaking groups identified in the area during the 
contact period. Consultation evidence provided by representatives of 
the Hopi Tribe, the Paiute Tribe of Utah, the Pueblo of Zuni, and the 
Ute Tribe of the Unitah and Ouray Reservation have presented data from 
oral traditions that indicate ancestral groups and/or specific clans or 
lineages from their cultures inhabited portions of the area associated 
with the Fremont from the very earliest times onward.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the USDA 
Forest Service have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), 
the human remains listed above represent the physical remains of one 
individual of Native American ancestry. While not clearly culturally 
affiliated, officials of the USDA National Forest Service have further 
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(2)(C), there is a 
reasonable belief of shared group identity given the totality of the 
circumstances surrounding the acquisition of these Native American 
human remains with the Hopi Tribe, the Paiute Tribe of Utah, the Pueblo 
of Zuni, and the Ute Tribe of the Unitah and Ouray Reservation.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Duckwater Shoshone 
Tribe, Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes, Hopi Tribe, Kaibab 
Band of Paiute Indians, Navajo Nation, Northwestern Band of Shoshoni 
Nation, Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, Pueblo of Acoma, Pueblo of 
Pojoaque, Pueblo of San Felipe, Pueblo of San Ildefonso, Pueblo of 
Sandia, Pueblo of Santa Ana, Pueblo of Santa Clara, Pueblo of Santo 
Domingo, Pueblo of Zia, Pueblo of Zuni, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the 
Fort Hall Reservation, Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley 
Reservation, Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians, Southern Paiute 
Consortium (on behalf of the the Kaibab Paiute Band, Cedar City Paiute 
Band, Indian Peak Paiute Band, Kanosh Paiute Band, Koosharem Paiute 
Band, Las Vegas Paiute Band, Moapa Paiute Band, and Shivwits Paiute 
Band), Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Summit Lake Paiute Tribe, Ute 
Mountain Ute Tribe, Ute Tribe of the Unitah and Ouray Reserveration, 
Yomba Shoshone Tribe. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that 
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains 
should contact Robert Leonard, Forest Archeologist, Fishlake National 
Forest, 115 East 900 North, Richfield, UT 84602-3600; telephone: (801) 
896-9233, before June 12, 1998. Repatriation of the human remains to 
the Hopi Tribe, the Paiute Tribe of Utah, the Pueblo of Zuni, and the 
Ute Tribe of the Unitah and Ouray Reservation may begin after that date 
if no additional claimants come forward.
    The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations 
within this notice.
Dated: May 7, 1998.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 98-12648 Filed 5-12-98; 8:45 am]
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