[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 157 (Friday, August 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 43721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21885]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Associated Funerary Objects in 
the Possession of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of 
Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM

AGENCY: National Park Service

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 associated funerary objects in the 
possession of Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of 
Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM.
    A detailed assessment of the associated funerary objects was made 
by Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Apache 
Tribe of Oklahoma, the Comanche Indian Tribe, the Hopi Tribe, the 
Jicarilla Apache Tribe, the Kiowa Indian Tribe, the Mescalero Apache 
Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the Pueblo of Cochiti, the Pueblo of Jemez, 
the Pueblo of Zuni, and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes.
    Between 1915-1925, 35 cultural items including ceramic bowls and a 
bone tool were recovered with human remains from Pecos Pueblo (LA 625) 
during legally authorized excavations conducted by the R.S. Peabody 
Foundation for Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA. These 
objects are the known corresponding associated funerary objects of 34 
individuals currently in the possession of the Peabody Museum, Harvard 
University, Cambridge, MA.
    Based on material culture; Spanish Colonial documents; United 
States Government records; and oral history presented by the Apache 
Tribe of Oklahoma, the Comanche Indian Tribe, the Hopi Tribe, the 
Jicarilla Apache Tribe, the Kiowa Indian Tribe, the Mescalero Apache 
Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the Pueblo of Cochiti, the Pueblo of Jemez, 
the Pueblo of Zuni, and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes; Pecos Pueblo 
(LA 625) has been identified as a Puebloan occupation dating from the 
Pueblo III period (c. 1100 A.D.) to its abandonment in 1846. While this 
site has been determined to have shared cultural affiliation with the 
consulted tribes, the descendants and government of Peco Pueblo now 
reside at the Pueblo of Jemez.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Museum 
of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology have determined 
that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 35 objects listed above 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. Lastly, officials of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/
Laboratory of Anthropology have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 
10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group identity which can be 
reasonably traced between these associated funerary objects and the 
Pueblo of Jemez.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Apache Tribe of 
Oklahoma, the Comanche Indian Tribe, the Hopi Tribe, the Jicarilla 
Apache Tribe, the Kiowa Indian Tribe, the Mescalero Apache Tribe, the 
Navajo Nation, the Pueblo of Cochiti, the Pueblo of Jemez, the Pueblo 
of Zuni, and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes. Representatives of any 
other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated 
with these associated funerary objects should contact Patricia House, 
Director, Museum of Indian Arts and Cultures/Laboratory of 
Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico, P.O. Box 2087, Santa Fe, NM 87504-
2087; telephone: (505) 827-6344 before September 14, 1998. Repatriation 
of the associated funerary objects to the Pueblo of Jemez may begin 
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: July 30, 1998.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,Manager, Archeology and 
Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 98-21885 Filed 8-13-98; 8:45 am]
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