[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 193 (Thursday, October 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50676-50677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24931]


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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, 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 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 the 
University of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of 
Anthropology professional staff in consultation with representatives of 
the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico;

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Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of San Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo 
of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
    Between the 1920s and the 1950s, human remains representing six 
individuals (catalog numbers DU6061, DU6068, DU6069, DU6070, and 
DU6181) were collected by Dr. E.B. Renaud, founder of the University of 
Denver Department of Anthropology. The remains were collected from 
unknown locations in the Southwestern United States. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Dr. Renaud identified these individuals as ``Pueblo'' due to 
cranial reshaping that was due to ``cradleboarding.'' Evidence 
presented in consultations confirmed that these individuals were the 
ancestors of modern Pueblo peoples. The geographic evidence supports 
this cultural affiliation. Representatives from the Hopi Tribe, Pueblo 
of Acoma, Pueblo of Isleta, Pueblo of Jemez, and Zuni Tribe provided 
written and oral testimony confirming a link between the Puebloan 
peoples and pre-European contact cultures in the Southwest.
    In 1939, human remains representing one individual (catalog number 
1995.1.1) were recovered from Mesa Portales, Sandoval 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 individual was 
identified. The 24 associated funerary objects are 1 stone pipe, 1 bone 
tool, 1 sinker, 3 drills, 2 bone awls, 5 projectile points (stemmed, 
side notched, and corner notched), 5 unifacially flaked stone tools, 
and 6 bifacially flaked stone tools.
    Mesa Portales was identified by William Whatley, an archeologist 
who works for the Pueblo of Jemez, as culturally affiliated with either 
the Pueblo of Jemez, Pueblo of Santa Ana, or Pueblo of Zia. 
Representatives of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona presented written evidence 
that they are culturally affiliated with the Paleoindian, Archaic, 
Puebloan (Basketmaker, Hisatsinom (Anasazi), Mogollon, Sinaguan, 
Mimbres, Salado), Fremont, Hohokam, and Cohonino peoples, all of whom 
lived in the Southwestern United States. Representatives of the Acoma 
provided information about oral tradition that tells how they are 
culturally affiliated with all of the ancestral Puebloan people. Based 
on Zuni oral tradition, ethnographic documentation, historic 
documentation, archeological documentation, and other evidence, the 
Zuni Tribe claims cultural affiliation with prehistoric cultures of the 
Southwestern United States.
    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 seven 
individuals 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 24 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; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 
Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, 
New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, 
New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni 
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Hopi Tribe of 
Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Juan, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Zia, New Mexico; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the 
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. 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, University of 
Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, 2000 
Asbury, Sturm Hall S- Denver, CO 80208-32406, e-mail [email protected], 
telephone (303) 871-2543, before November 5, 2001. Repatriation of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of 
Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Juan, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Zia, New Mexico; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the 
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may begin after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.

    Dated: June 15, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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