[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 104 (Wednesday, June 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31511-31512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10811]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: American Museum of Natural 
History, New York, NY

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 in the possession of the 
American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. The human remains 
were removed from the Pueblo of San Marcos, Santa Fe 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. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by American 
Museum of Natural History professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, 
New Mexico; and Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico.
    In 1915, human remains representing a minimum of five individuals 
were collected from Pueblo San Marcos, 3-3.5 miles northeast of 
Cerrillos, on the northern bank of San Marcos Canyon, in the Galisteo 
Basin, Santa Fe County, NM, by Nels C. Nelson on behalf of the American 
Museum of Natural History. No known individuals were identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    The individuals have been identified as Native American based on 
historic information that suggests that the inhabitants of San Marcos 
migrated to Cochiti, Laguna, and Santo Domingo Pueblos. San Marcos 
Pueblo was occupied until 1680. One group of San Marcos villagers, 
along with Tano from the Galisteo Basin, occupied Santa Fe following 
the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. In 1706, Vargas resettled villagers from 
Galisteo Pueblo, San Marcos, and Cienega Pueblo in the previously 
abandoned Galisteo Pueblo. In 1793 epidemics and hostile attacks forced 
the survivors of this resettlement to move to Santo Domingo Pueblo. By 
about 1682 another group that originated from San Marcos joined with 
the Cochiti and San Felipe peoples at La Cieneguilla, a mesa-top refuge 
site. Some migrants from San Marcos who took refuge at La Cienguilla 
migrated to Laguna and others appear to have moved with the Cochiti 
migrants to present-day Cochiti Pueblo.
    Officials of the American Museum of Natural History have determined 
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described 
above represent the physical remains of five individuals of Native 
American ancestry. Officials of the American Museum of Natural History 
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 Native American human remains and the Pueblo of Cochiti, 
New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; and Pueblo of Santo Domingo, 
New Mexico.

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    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Nell 
Murphy, Director of Cultural Resources, American Museum of Natural 
History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192, 
telephone (212) 769-5837, before July 1, 2005. Repatriation of the 
human remains to the Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, 
New Mexico; and Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico may proceed after 
that date if no additional claimants come forward.
    The American Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying 
the Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; and 
Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: May 20, 2005
Paul Hoffman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
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