[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60664-60666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22835]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office, Salt Lake City, UT, and 
Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT

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 the Interior, Bureau 
of Land Management, Utah State Office, Salt Lake City, UT, and in the 
physical custody of Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT. The human 
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from six locations 
on Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in Kane and 
Washington Counties in southwestern Utah.
    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

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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 Bureau of 
Land Management professional staff and by Southern Utah University 
repository professional staff in consultation with representatives of 
the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah; 
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Ely 
Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute 
Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Moapa Band of Paiute 
Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada; Navajo Nation, 
Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation of 
Utah (Washakie); Paiute Indian Tribe of 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; San 
Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River 
Reservation, Wyoming; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall 
Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley 
Reservation, Nevada; Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah; 
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; 
Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada; 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.
    In 1983, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were removed from site 42Ws392 during legally authorized data recovery 
efforts as part of the Quail Creek Mitigation Project, Washington 
County, UT. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    Based on ceramic and architectural styles, site organization, and 
other archeological information, site 42Ws392 has been identified as a 
multi-component Pueblo I and late Pueblo II period occupation site. The 
site has been assigned to the archeologically defined culture known as 
Virgin Anasazi, a specific regional manifestation of Puebloan culture.
    In 1989, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals 
were removed from site 42Ws881, Little Creek Mesa, Washington County, 
UT, during legally authorized archeological excavations undertaken by 
the Southern Utah University Field School. No known individuals were 
identified. The 408 associated funerary objects are 1 complete ceramic 
vessel, 7 ceramic sherds, and 400 stone beads.
    Based on ceramic and architectural styles, site organization, and 
other archeological information, site 42Ws881 is an Ancestral Puebloan 
site. The site has been assigned to the archeologically defined culture 
known as Virgin Anasazi, a specific regional manifestation of Puebloan 
culture.
    In 1985 and 1988, human remains representing a minimum of four 
individuals were removed from site 42Ws920, Little Creek Mesa, 
Washington County, UT, during legally authorized archeological 
excavations undertaken by the Southern Utah University Field School. No 
known individuals were identified. The 494 associated funerary objects 
are 6 ceramic vessels, 2 ceramic bowls, 2 ceramic disks, 1 sandstone 
disk, 1 polishing stone, 3 projectile points, 2 biface tools, 2 stone 
drills, 1 stone knife, 2 bone awls, 1 shell artifact, 1 modified bone 
object, 97 lithic flakes, 1 ceramic scoop, 1 ceramic pipe fragment, and 
371 ceramic sherds.
    Based on ceramic and architectural styles, site organization, and 
other archeological information, 42Ws920 is a large, multi-component 
habitation site with prehistoric occupations ranging from Basketmaker 
III through late Pueblo II-Pueblo III periods (circa A.D. 400-800). The 
site has been assigned to the archeologically defined culture known as 
Virgin Anasazi, a specific regional manifestation of Puebloan culture.
    In 1979, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals 
were removed from site 42Ws969 Washington County, UT, during legally 
authorized excavations undertaken by the Southern Utah University Field 
School. No known individuals were identified. The four associated 
funerary objects are one complete ceramic vessel, one complete ceramic 
jar, and two broken ceramic bowls.
    Based on ceramic styles, site organization, and other available 
archeological information, 42Ws969 is a late Pueblo II site, dating to 
post-A.D. 1050. The site has been assigned to the archeologically 
defined culture known as Virgin Anasazi, a specific regional 
manifestation of Puebloan culture.
    In 1985, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were recovered from site 42Ws1712 during legally authorized excavations 
by Bureau of Land Management archeologists that were part of data 
recovery prior to a land exchange in the vicinity of South Creek, 
Washington County, UT. No known individual was identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on site organization, artifact styles, and other available 
archeological information, the burial dates to the early Pueblo II 
period (A.D. 900-1050), and has been assigned to the archeologically 
defined culture known as Virgin Anasazi, a specific regional 
manifestation of Puebloan culture.
    In 1984, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were recovered from site 42Ka2664, Kitchen Corral Wash, Kane County, 
UT, by Bureau of Land Management archeologists. No known individual was 
identified. The 32 associated funerary objects are 1 ceramic jar, 1 
ceramic pot, 1 ceramic bowl, 1 ceramic scoop, 1 bone awl, and 27 
ceramic sherds.
    Based on ceramic styles, site organization, and other available 
archeological information, site 42Ka2664 was occupied during late 
Pueblo II and Pueblo III periods (A.D. 1000-1200), and has been 
assigned to the archeologically defined culture known as Virgin 
Anasazi, a specific regional manifestation of Puebloan culture.
    Oral traditions and oral histories presented by representatives of 
the Hopi Tribe of Arizona support affiliation with Puebloan sites in 
southwestern Utah in general and specifically with Virgin Anasazi 
sites, a specific regional manifestation of Puebloan archeology. The 
Virgin Anasazi sites of 42Ws392, 42Ws881, 42Ws920, 42Ws969, 42Ws1712, 
and 42Ka2664 are associated with the present-day Hopi Tribe of Arizona 
through continuities of styles of prehistoric material culture through 
time to historic ethnographic objects, and through technological and 
architectural continuities.
    Officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land 
Management, Utah State Office have determined that, pursuant to 25 
U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above represent the 
physical remains of 11 individuals of Native American ancestry. 
Officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land 
Management, Utah State Office also have determined that, pursuant to

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25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 938 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 the Interior, Bureau of 
Land Management, Utah State Office 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 Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary 
objects should contact Garth Portillo, Bureau of Land Management, Utah 
State Office, Post Office Box 45155, 324 South State Street, Suite 301, 
Salt Lake City, UT 84145-0155, telephone (801) 539-4276, before 
November 12, 2004. Repatriation of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona may proceed after that 
date if no additional claimants come forward.
    The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 
Utah State Office is responsible for notifying the Confederated Tribes 
of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe 
of the Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; 
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab 
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa 
River Indian Reservation, Nevada; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & 
Utah; Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie); Paiute 
Indian Tribe of 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; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; 
Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Shoshone-Bannock 
Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of 
the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; Skull Valley Band of Goshute 
Indians of Utah; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute 
Reservation, Colorado; Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of 
Nevada; 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 that this notice has been published.

    Dated: September 1, 2004.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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