[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 219 (Monday, November 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67757-67758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28857]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the University of 
Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver, 
CO

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 human remains and associated 
funerary objects in the possession of the University of Denver 
Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The 
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations within this 
notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by University 
of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology 
professional staff, a contract physical anthropologist, and the New 
Mexico State Archaeologist in consultation with representatives of the 
Hopi Tribe of Arizona, and the Colorado River Indian Tribes of the 
Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California.
    In 1938, human remains representing one individual were recovered 
from Pueblo Blanco, Santa Fe County, NM, by Theodore Sowers. Mr. Sowers 
was a graduate of the University of Denver, and, in 1995, his daughters 
donated the remains to the University of Denver so that they could be 
repatriated. No known individuals were identified. The 14 associated 
funerary objects are 1 non-human bone, 9 ceramic sherds (black and red 
on white), and 4 chipped stone tools.
    Pueblo Blanco (site LA 40), a large masonry pueblo in the Galisteo 
Basin, was occupied from A.D. 1400 to circa A.D. 1680 by Tanoan-
speaking people. The Galisteo Basin was largely abandoned following the 
Pueblo Revolt of 1680, and subsequently the Tanos lived among other Rio 
Grande pueblos. Many of the Tanos moved to the Hopi

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area around 1700, where they live in Tewa Village. The evidence 
presented during consultations with the Hopi, supported by the 
ethnohistoric record and archeological evidence, demonstrates a 
cultural affiliation between Pueblo Blanco and the Hopi Tribe of 
Arizona.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the 
University of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of 
Anthropology 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. Officials of the University of 
Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology also have 
determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 14 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 University of Denver 
Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology have determined 
that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared 
group identity that can be reasonably traced between these Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects and the Hopi 
Tribe of Arizona.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona 
and the Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian 
Reservation, Arizona and California. Representatives of any other 
Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with 
these human remains and associated funerary objects should contact Jan 
I. Bernstein, Collections Manager and NAGPRA Coordinator at the 
University of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of 
Anthropology, 2000 Asbury, Sturm Hall S-146, Denver, CO 80208-2406, 
email [email protected], telephone (303) 871-2543, before December 13, 
2000. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona may begin after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.

    Dated: October 31, 2000.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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