[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15743-15744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6840]


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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 Control of the U.S. Department 
of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office, Santa 
Fe, NM

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 and associated 
funerary objects in the control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office, Santa Fe, NM.
    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 the 
University of Colorado Museum, Eastern New Mexico University, the 
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology (University of New Mexico), the New 
Mexico State University Museum, the Museum of New Mexico, the San Juan 
County Museum, and Bureau of Land Management professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; 
the Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; the Pueblo of San Juan, New Mexico; 
the Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; the Pueblo of Tesuque, New 
Mexico; the Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; the Hopi Tribe of 
Arizona; the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah; the Pueblo 
of Acoma, New Mexico; the Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; the Pueblo of 
Isleta, New Mexico; the Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; and the Zuni Tribe 
of the Zuni Reservation.
    Before 1937, human remains representing one individual were 
recovered from site LA 632 in New Mexico during unauthorized 
excavations by unknown individuals. These human remains are presently 
curated at the Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM. No known individual 
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on material culture, architecture, and site organization, 
site LA 632 has been identified as a large Anasazi pueblo occupied 
between C.E. 1300-1600.
    In 1978, human remains representing two individuals were recovered 
from site LA 297 in New Mexico during legally authorized excavations 
and collections conducted by Mike O'Neill of the Bureau of Land 
Management. These human remains are presently curated at the Maxwell 
Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico. No known individuals 
were identified. No associated funerary objects were present.
    Between 1979 and 1981, human remains representing eight individuals 
were recovered from site LA 297 in New Mexico during legally authorized 
excavations and collections by Occidental College. These human remains 
are currently curated at the Museum of New Mexico. No known individuals 
were identified. The 10 associated funerary objects include stone 
tools, chipped stone, corn cobs, and burial wrappings.
    Based on material culture, architecture, and site organization, 
site LA 297 has been identified as a large Anasazi pueblo occupied 
between C.E. 1300-1600.
    Continuities of ethnographic materials, technology, oral 
traditions, and architecture indicate affiliation of sites LA 632 and 
LA 297 with the Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; the Pueblo of Pojoaque, 
New Mexico; the Pueblo of San Juan, New Mexico; the Pueblo of Santa 
Clara, New Mexico; the Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; and the Pueblo of 
San Ildefonso, New Mexico.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the New 
Mexico State Office of the Bureau of Land Management have determined 
that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above 
represent the physical remains of 11 individuals of Native American 
ancestry. Officials of the New Mexico State Office of the Bureau of 
Land Management also have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 
(d)(2), the 10 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 New Mexico State Office of the Bureau of Land Management 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 the Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; the 
Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; the Pueblo of San Juan, New Mexico; the 
Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; the Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; 
and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Pueblo of Nambe, New 
Mexico; the Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; the Pueblo of San Juan, New 
Mexico; the Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; the Pueblo of Tesuque, 
New Mexico; the Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; the Hopi Tribe of 
Arizona; the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah; the Pueblo 
of Acoma, New Mexico; the Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; the Pueblo of 
Isleta, New Mexico; the Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; and the Zuni Tribe 
of the Zuni Reservation. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that 
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains 
should contact Stephen L. Fosberg, State Archeologist and NAGPRA 
Coordinator, New Mexico State Office, Bureau of Land

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Management, 1474 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe, NM 87502-0115, telephone (505) 
438-7415, before April 19, 2001. Repatriation of the human remains to 
the Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; the Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; 
the Pueblo of San Juan, New Mexico; the Pueblo of Santa Clara, New 
Mexico; the Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; and the Pueblo of San 
Ildefonso, New Mexico may begin after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.

    Dated: February 6, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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