[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60660-60661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22823]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Forest Service, Santa Fe National Forest, Santa Fe, NM, and Maxwell 
Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 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. 3003, of the 
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary 
objects in the control of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 
Service, Santa Fe National Forest, Santa Fe, NM, and in the physical 
custody of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New 
Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. The human remains and associated funerary 
objects were removed from site LA 38962, Sandoval County, NM.
    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 in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe National Forest and 
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico and Pueblo of Zia, 
New Mexico.
    Between 1939 and 1949, human remains representing four individuals 
were removed from site LA 38962

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during legally authorized excavations undertaken by the University of 
New Mexico Archeological Field School. Site LA 38962 is located in the 
Jemez Ranger District, Santa Fe National Forest, Sandoval County, NM. 
No known individuals were identified. The 12 associated funerary 
objects are 10 pottery sherds, 1 piece of wood, and 1 piece of animal 
bone.
    Site LA 38962 has been identified as an Anasazi habitation site 
(A.D. 1300-1600) based on ceramics, architecture, and site 
organization. Continuities of ethnographic materials, technology, and 
architecture indicate affiliation of this site with the present-day 
Pueblo of Jemez. Oral traditions of the Pueblo of Jemez support 
affiliation with the Anasazi sites in this area of north-central New 
Mexico.
    Officials of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 
Santa Fe National Forest have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 
3001 (9-10), the human remains described above represent the physical 
remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of 
the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe National 
Forest also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), 
the 12 objects described 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 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe National 
Forest 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 Native American human remains and associated funerary 
objects and the Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary 
objects should contact Dr. Frank E. Wozniak, NAGPRA Coordinator, 
Southwestern Region, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 
333 Broadway Boulevard, SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102, telephone (505) 842-
3238, FAX (505) 842-3165, before November 12, 2004. Repatriation of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Pueblo of Jemez, 
New Mexico may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come 
forward.
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe 
National Forest is responsible for notifying the Pueblo of Jemez, New 
Mexico and the Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: August 24, 2004.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 04-22823 Filed 10-8-04; 8:45 am]
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