[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51474-51475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25157]


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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, and in the Control of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, San Juan 
National Forest, Durango, 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, and 
in the control of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, San Juan National 
Forest, Durango, 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 and San Juan National Forest professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Colorado River Indian Tribes 
of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California; Hopi 
Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Tribe of the Jicarilla Apache Indian 
Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; 
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; Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah; Southern Ute 
Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian 
Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe of 
the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Ysleta Del 
Sur Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 
Mexico.
    Between 1921 and 1924, human remains representing a minimum of two 
individuals were recovered from a site near Chimney Rock, Archuleta 
County, CO, by a team led by J.A. Jeancon, curator of archeology at the 
Colorado State Museum. Other members of the team included Dr. E.B. 
Renaud, founder of the University of Denver Department of Anthropology, 
Frank H.H. Roberts, of the University of Denver, and his brother Henry 
B. Roberts. No known individuals were identified. The nine associated 
funerary objects are one grey ceramic jar with weathered black designs, 
seven nonhuman bones, and one lot of plant fiber.
    The recovery site is part of the San Juan National Forest. The 
human remains were found in the jar, which had been placed in a cist in 
a pithouse on Stollsteimer Mesa, at the junction of the Piedra River 
and Stollsteimer Creek. The pithouse was on the western side of the 
mesa, above the river. The site is near the Chimney Rock site (5AA245) 
which dates to the Pueblo II (A.D. 800-1125) period. There is a 
connection between the remains listed in this notice and Chimney Rock. 
The research of Jeancon, Roberts, and recent investigators has firmly 
established that the ceramic/architectural sites in the Piedra River 
drainage in the vicinity of Chimney Rock are Ancestral Puebloan 
(Anasazi) in nature and are generally contemporaneous with the 
occupations at Chimney Rock.
    The area around Chimney Rock is referred to as the Piedra-Pagosa 
Region and the Piedra District, and has been identified as the 
ancestral territory of the Hopi, Pueblo of Acoma, Pueblo of Cochiti, 
Pueblo of Isleta, Pueblo of Jemez, Pueblo of Laguna, Pueblo of Nambe, 
Pueblo of Picuris, Pueblo of Pojoaque, Pueblo of San Felipe, Pueblo of 
San Ildefonso, Pueblo of San Juan, Pueblo of Sandia, Pueblo of Santa 
Ana, Pueblo of Santa Clara, Pueblo of Santo Domingo, Pueblo of Taos, 
Pueblo of Tesuque, Pueblo of Zia, Ysleta Del Sur

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Pueblo, Zuni Tribe, Skull Valley Ute, Southern Ute, Uintah and Ouray 
Ute, and Ute Mountain Ute. The scientific literature provides 
significant evidence of cultural affiliation between Ancestral Puebloan 
culture and the Pueblos of today. Representatives of the Hopi Tribe of 
Arizona, the Pueblo of Acoma, the Pueblo of Isleta, the Pueblo of 
Jemez, the Zuni Tribe of Arizona, and the Navajo Nation provided 
written and oral testimony confirming the cultural affiliation of 
contemporary Puebloan peoples with Ancestral Puebloan culture. 
Consultation evidence also indicates affiliation with the Navajo and 
Jicarilla Apache as well as the Hopi, Pueblo of Acoma, Pueblo of 
Cochiti, Pueblo of Isleta, Pueblo of Jemez, Pueblo of Laguna, Pueblo of 
Nambe, Pueblo of Picuris, Pueblo of Pojoaque, Pueblo of San Felipe, 
Pueblo of San Ildefonso, Pueblo of San Juan, Pueblo of Sandia, Pueblo 
of Santa Ana, Pueblo of Santa Clara, Pueblo of Santo Domingo, Pueblo of 
Taos, Pueblo of Tesuque, Pueblo of Zia, Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo, Zuni 
Tribe, Skull Valley Ute, Southern Ute, Uintah and Ouray Ute, and Ute 
Mountain Ute.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the 
University of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of 
Anthropology and San Juan National Forest have determined that, 
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above 
represent the physical remains of a minimum of two individuals of 
Native American ancestry. Officials of the University of Denver 
Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology and San Juan 
National Forest also have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 
(d)(2), the nine 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 and San Juan National Forest 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; Jicarilla Apache Tribe of the Jicarilla Apache Indian 
Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; 
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; Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah; Southern Ute 
Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian 
Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe of 
the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Ysleta Del 
Sur Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 
Mexico.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Colorado River Indian 
Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and 
California; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Tribe of the 
Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, 
Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; 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; Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians 
of Utah; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, 
Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute 
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & 
Utah; 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 Calvin N. Joyner, Forest 
Supervisor, San Juan National Forest, 15 Burnett Court, Durango, CO 
81301, telephone (970) 247-4874, or Jan I. Bernstein, Collections 
Manager and NAGPRA Coordinator, University of Denver Department of 
Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, 2000 Asbury, Sturm Hall S-146, 
Denver, CO 80208-2406, e-mail [email protected], telephone (303) 871-
2543, before November 8, 2001. Repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla 
Apache Tribe of the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation, New Mexico; 
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; 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; Skull Valley Band of 
Goshute Indians of Utah; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute 
Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 
Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, 
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; 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: August 15, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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