[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 39 (Wednesday, February 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9002-9003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4579]


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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 the Interior, Bureau 
of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC

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 the Interior, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Washington, DC.
    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 Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian 
Reservation, Arizona and California; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 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; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 
Reservation, New Mexico.
    In 1953, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
(catalog number DU 6000) were removed from Marsh Pass, Navajo County, 
AZ, by Arnold Withers, a University of Denver Department of 
Anthropology faculty member, who donated the remains to the University 
of Denver Museum of Anthropology the same year. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    The remains were found in a deserted hogan. Marsh Pass is on the 
Navajo Reservation and is north of the Hopi Reservation. Consultations 
with members of the Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico NAGPRA committee 
determined that it is possible that the human remains in the hogan 
could be those of a Pueblo person living in or visiting the area. They 
stated that Puebloan peoples were, and still are, resident all over the 
southwestern United States. Consequently, they believe that the Pueblos 
should be considered culturally affiliated with these human remains. In 
addition, hogans are a Navajo form of habitation, and the Navajo have 
traditionally buried or placed their dead in hogans. Consequently, it 
is believed that the Navajo should also be culturally affiliated with 
these remains.
    In 1944, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
(catalog numbers DU 6014 and DU 6056) were removed from Shiprock, San 
Juan County, NM, possibly by Dr. E.B. Renaud, founder of the University 
of Denver Department of Anthropology. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Shiprock is on the Navajo Reservation. Consultations with members 
of the Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico NAGPRA committee determined that 
Puebloan peoples were, and still are, resident all over the 
Southwestern United States. Consequently, they believe that the Pueblos 
should be considered culturally affiliated with these human remains, as 
well as the Native American group on whose reservation the remains were 
found.
    The area where these human remains were found has been identified 
as the ancestral territory of the Hopi and the Navajo. Consultation 
evidence indicates cultural affiliation with the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, 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 Jemez, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of San Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Santa Ana, New

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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.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs and 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 two individuals of Native American ancestry. 
Officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the University of Denver 
Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology also 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 Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 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; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and 
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the U.S. Department of 
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Colorado River Indian Tribes of 
the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California; Hopi 
Tribe of Arizona; 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; 
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 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-146, Denver, CO 80208-2406, e-
mail [email protected], telephone (303) 871-2543, before March 29, 2002. 
Repatriation of the human remains to the Colorado River Indian Tribes 
of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California; Hopi 
Tribe of Arizona; 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; 
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: January 30, 2002.
Robert Stearns,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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