[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 37 (Monday, February 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10061-10062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3452]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, Salt Lake City, UT; Utah 
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Salt 
Lake City and Vernal, UT; and Utah Museum of Natural History, 
University of Utah, Salt Lake 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 Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, Salt Lake City, UT and Utah 
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Salt 
Lake City and Vernal, UT, and in the possession of the Utah

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Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, UT. The human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed from Box Elder and Uintah 
Counties, UT.
    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 and associated funerary 
objects was made by the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of 
Reclamation and Utah Division of Parks and Recreation professional 
staff, as well as by contracted specialists, in consultation with 
representatives of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute 
Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Northwestern Band of 
Shoshoni Nation of Utah; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah; Pueblo of Laguna, 
New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; 
Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah; Ute Indian Tribe of the 
Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 
Reservation, New Mexico.
    In 1959, human remains representing a minimum of four individuals 
were removed from site 42UN128 in or near Steinaker Reservoir, Uintah 
County, UT. The human remains are curated by the Utah Museum of Natural 
History. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary 
objects were present.
    In 1960, human remains representing a minimum of 27 individuals 
were removed from Uintah County, UT. The human remains are curated by 
the Division of Parks and Recreation, Utah Field House of Natural 
History State Park. No known individuals were identified. The three 
associated funerary objects are two mats and one cloak.
    In 1990, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were removed from site 42UN1671 in Steinaker Reservoir, Uintah County, 
UT. The human remains are housed by the Bureau of Reclamation. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    The 32 individuals and 3 associated funerary objects from Uintah 
County, UT, are classified as Uinta Fremont based on inferences from 
physical anthropology, archeology, and location.
    In 1959, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were removed from site 42BO30 (Willard Mounds) near the Great Salt 
Lake, Box Elder County, UT. The human remains are curated by the Utah 
Museum of Natural History. No known individual was identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    In 1961, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were removed from site 42BO76 in or near the Great Salt Lake, Box Elder 
County, UT. The human remains are curated by the Utah Museum of Natural 
History. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    The above two individuals from Box Elder County, UT, are classified 
as Great Salt Lake Fremont based on inferences from physical 
anthropology, archeology, and location.
    Detailed information about the cultural items, their identification 
as Great Salt Lake and Uinta Fremont, and the lines of evidence for 
cultural affiliation, is on file at the Bureau of Reclamation, Upper 
Colorado Regional Office, Salt Lake City, UT. Additional human remains 
and associated funerary objects removed from sites in Box Elder and 
Uintah Counties, as well as Weber County, after November 16, 1990 have 
also been identified as Great Salt Lake and Uinta Fremont and will be 
described in a Notice of Intended Disposition to be published by the 
Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office in a newspaper of 
general circulation, pursuant to 43 C.R.F. 10.6 (c).
    While craniometric analysis indicates that the Great Salt Lake 
Fremont and Uinta Fremont were two biologically distinct populations, 
comparison of basketry and other material culture associated with sites 
from the two traditions evidences a similar pattern of material 
cultural manufacture and distribution methods sufficient to identify a 
single earlier group for purposes of determining cultural affiliation. 
This earlier group is identified as the Northern Fremont.
    Craniometric analysis shows the closest biological relationship is 
between the Northern Fremont and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 
Reservation, New Mexico. Officials of the Bureau of Reclamation, Upper 
Colorado Regional Office and the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation 
find the preponderance of the evidence for cultural affiliation with 
the Northern Fremont to be with the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 
New Mexico.
    Officials of the Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional 
Office and Utah Division of Parks and Recreation have determined that, 
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above 
represent the physical remains of 34 individuals of Native American 
ancestry. Officials of the Bureau of Reclamation and Utah Division of 
Parks and Recreation also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 
3001 (3)(A), the three funerary 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 Bureau of Reclamation and Utah Division of 
Parks and Recreation 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 Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 
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 Nancy Coulam, Reclamation, 125 South State 
Street, Room 6103, Salt Lake City, UT 84138-1147, telephone (801) 524-
3684, before March 26, 2008. Repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects to the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 
New Mexico may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come 
forward.
    The Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office is 
responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kaibab Band of 
Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Northwestern 
Band of Shoshoni Nation of Utah; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah; Pueblo of 
Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New 
Mexico; Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah; and the Ute 
Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah that this notice 
has been published.

    Dated: January 22, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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