[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 47 (Thursday, March 12, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10757-10758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-5334]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Peoples and Cultures,
Brigham Young University, Provo, 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 possession of the Museum of Peoples and Cultures,
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from Utah County, 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 Brigham Young
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University, Museum of Peoples and Cultures professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah
& Ouray Reservation, Utah and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah.
In 1931, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals
were removed from site 42UT134, American Fork Canyon, Utah County, UT,
by two mineral prospectors, Mr. Strausburg and Mr. Healy. In 1967, Mr.
Strausburg and Mr. Healy donated the human remains to the Museum of
Peoples and Cultures (Catalog Nos. 1967.70.31.1-3 and 1967.70.33.1; and
No. 1967.73.1). No known individuals were identified. The 256
associated funerary objects are 2 tin powder canisters, 1 cartridge, 33
lead musket balls, 4 stirrups, 2 bits, 2 copper bars, 1 iron clapper, 1
flint striker, 2 iron rings, 1 percussion cap, 1 iron sword hilt, 1
clay pipe, 166 beads, 1 pendant, 1 tin spoon, 2 leather strips, 1 rope,
1 horn fragment, 1 piece of worked bone, and 32 glass beads
Site 42UT143 is located on the north side of American Fork Canyon,
about 1/2 mile east of the mouth of the canyon. The site consists of a
single burial mound that contained both individuals and associated
funerary objects. The associated funerary objects date the burial to
circa A.D. 1860-1870.
At an unknown time prior to 1967, human remains representing three
individuals were removed from site 42UT225, Water Canyon, east of
Salem, Utah County, UT, by unknown persons. The human remains were
donated to the Museum of Peoples and Cultures in 1967 by unknown
individuals (Catalog No. 1967.66.1, 1967.66.2, and 1967.66.4). No known
individuals were identified. The 183 associated funerary objects are 35
faunal bones, approximately 10 leather strips, 4 pistol parts, 1 iron
lock plate, 4 rifle parts, 1 brass gun cap box, 6 glass buttons, 2
brass buttons, 1 brass bracelet, 1 copper bell, 2 rifle barrels, 1
leather belt fragment, 1 group of wood and bone fragments, 2 leather
shoes, 3 groups of leather fragments covered in red ochre, 1 group of
leather fragments, 1 leather knife sheath, 1 rusted metal bayonet, 1
axe blade, 1 metal belt buckle, 1 metal cylinder, 1 piece of a rifle
hand guard, 2 straight-blade knives, 3 metal rings, 1 small metal
buckle, 11 metal projectile points, 2 metal cylinders (part of a
rifle), 1 metal spoon, 1 pair of metal scissors, 4 metal canister parts
(possibly a powder flask), 1 leather knife case, 1 antler piece, 60
musket balls of varying sizes, 10 metal scraps, 1 wood fragment, and 4
wood and metal fragments (possibly parts of pocket knives).
Site 42UT225 is located about 500 feet from the mouth of Water
Canyon, at the foot of a rock slide. The associated funerary objects
date the burials to circa A.D. 1860-1870.
Consultation with representatives of the Ute Indian Tribe of the
Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah indicate that the
types of associated funerary objects and manner of burial were
consistent with Ute practices dating to the mid- to late- 1800s. The
location of the burials and associated funerary objects are also within
historic Ute territory.
Officials of the Brigham Young University, Museum of Peoples and
Cultures have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the
human remains described above represent the physical remains of a
minimum of five individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of
the Brigham Young University, Museum of Peoples and Cultures also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 439 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 Brigham Young
University, Museum of Peoples and Cultures 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 Ute Indian Tribe
of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah and Ute Mountain Tribe of the
Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Paul Stavast, Museum of Peoples and Cultures,
Brigham Young University, 105 Allen Hall, Provo, UT 84602-3600,
telephone (801) 422-0018, before April 13, 2009. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Ute Indian Tribe
of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah and Ute Mountain Tribe of the
Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Brigham Young University, Museum of Peoples and Cultures is
responsible for notifying the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah and Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah that this notice has been
published.
Dated: February 13, 2009
Sangita Chari,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9-5334 Filed 3-11-09; 8:45 am]
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