[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 109 (Monday, June 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31841-31842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12663]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of 
the Interior, National Park Service, Salinas Pueblo Missions National 
Monument, Mountainair, NM

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent 
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of U.S. Department of 
the Interior, National Park Service, Salinas Pueblo Missions National 
Monument, Mountainair, NM, that meet the definition of ``unassociated 
funerary objects'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). 
The determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of 
the superintendent, Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument.
    The 349 items are 1 antler artifact, 1 axe, 2 awls, 89 individual 
and 1 box of beads, 1 biface, 2 faunal bone artifacts, 7 individual and 
10 bags of unworked faunal bone, 4 ceramic bowls, 3 pieces of charcoal, 
12 concretions, 1 segment of cordage, 58 bags of corn kernels, 1 corn 
plant, 8 corn cobs, 25 crystals, 1 stone disk, 1 drill, 13 effigies, 1 
fetish, 1 ceramic jar, 1 mano, 15 pendants, 5 pieces and 3 bags of 
pigment, 5 pipes, 1 pitcher, 13 polishing stones, 7 projectile points, 
1 shaft straightener, 2 pieces of worked and 1 piece of unworked shell, 
5 pieces and 8 bags of sherds, 16 unworked stones, 14 textile pieces, 1 
tinkler, and 8 tubes.
    In 1941, one ceramic bowl was recovered during legally authorized 
excavations conducted by Washington & Jefferson College at site LA 83, 
named Pueblo Pardo Ruin or Grey Town, as part of a field school 
program. Pueblo Pardo Ruin is located in Socorro County, NM, and, based 
on material culture and architectural features, dates to the Pueblo III 
and Pueblo IV periods (A.D. 1300 to 1630). Due to the proximity (3 
miles south) and contemporaneous habitation of Pueblo Pardo Ruin with 
the pueblos of the Gran Quivira area, the college donated the ceramic 
bowl to the monument in 1942. Records indicate that the bowl was 
recovered from a burial and that the human remains were not collected.
    Between 1965 and 1967, the other 348 cultural items described above 
were

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recovered during legally authorized National Park Service excavations 
at Mound 7 of the Pueblo de Las Humanas complex in Torrance and Soccoro 
Counties, NM, a site located within the boundaries of the monument's 
Gran Quivira unit. Records indicate that the objects were recovered 
from burials (primarily cremations) but that the associated human 
remains either were not collected or were not retained. Based on 
material culture and architectural features, Mound 7 dates from the 
Pueblo IV period (A.D. 1300 to 1672).
    Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument professional staff have 
reviewed the archeological and ethnographic literature and a cultural 
affiliation study by the National Park Service, and have consulted with 
the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kiowa Indian Tribe 
of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; White Mountain 
Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; Wichita and 
Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma; Ysleta 
del Sur Pueblo of Texas; Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 
Mexico; and Piro-Manso-Tiwa Indian Tribe (a nonfederally recognized 
Indian group). All of the New Mexico tribes and pueblos were invited to 
participate in consultation. The Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & 
Utah requested all of the mailings but did not participate in the 
consultation meetings. As part of the consultation process, the Hopi 
Tribe of Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico 
submitted cultural affiliation statements claiming ancestry with the 
Mogollon and Anasazi cultures.
    The prehistoric Pueblo culture of the Gran Quivira area during the 
Basketmaker III through the Spanish Contact periods (A.D. 500 to 1672) 
has been termed Jumano by anthropologists. Located in what is now 
central New Mexico, the Jumano culture was similar to the Rio Grande 
Anasazi culture as evidenced by the presence of masonry pueblos, 
ceremonial kivas, black and white pottery, and agriculture. The pueblo-
dwelling Jumano were also influenced by the Mogollon culture as 
reflected in the use of brown utility ware pottery and Mogollon 
settlement patterns. Just prior to the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, the 
region, including the Jumano Pueblos of Las Humanas and Pueblo Pardo, 
was abandoned due to drought, famine, and increased raiding by Plains 
and Athabascan groups. Historic Spanish records document the 
depopulation of the area and the movement of the people to the pueblos 
of the Rio Grande valley and to the El Paso-Juarez area.
    Officials of Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument have 
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the cultural items 
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 and are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to 
have been removed from a specific burial site of Native American 
individuals. Officials of Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument 
also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a 
relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced 
between the 349 unassociated funerary objects and the Hopi Tribe of 
Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Ysleta del Sur 
Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. In 
addition, officials of Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument have 
determined that a cultural relationship exists between the unassociated 
funerary objects and the Piro-Manso-Tiwa Indian Tribe (a nonfederally 
recognized Indian group).
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the unassociated funerary objects should 
contact Glenn M. Fulfer, Superintendent, Salinas Pueblo Missions 
National Monument, P.O. Box 517, Mountainair, NM 87036, telephone (505) 
847-2585, extension 25, before July 7, 2004. Repatriation of the 
unassociated funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of 
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and 
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may proceed after that 
date if no additional claimants come forward.
    Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument is responsible for 
notifying the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kiowa 
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero 
Reservation, New Mexico; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, 
New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; White 
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; Wichita 
and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma; 
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas; Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 
Mexico; and Piro-Manso-Tiwa Indian Tribe (a nonfederally recognized 
Indian group) that this notice has been published.

    Date: April 2, 2004.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources.
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