[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 235 (Tuesday, December 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76304-76305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30902]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-19650; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


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

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The American Museum of Natural History has completed an 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects in 
consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation 
between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-
day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants 
or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control 
of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a 
written request to the American Museum of Natural History. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, 
Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice 
may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the American Museum of Natural History at the 
address in this notice by January 7, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Nell Murphy, American Museum of Natural History, Central 
Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, telephone (201) 876-4194, 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C.

[[Page 76305]]

3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects under the control of the American Museum of Natural 
History, New York, NY. The human remains and associated funerary 
objects were removed from Pueblo San Pedro Viejo, Bernalillo 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.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the American 
Museum of Natural History professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico 
(previously listed as the Pueblo of Santo Domingo); Ohkay Owingeh, New 
Mexico (previously listed as the Pueblo of San Juan); 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 Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 
Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; 
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (previously listed as Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of 
Texas).

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1914, human remains representing, at minimum, 37 individuals 
were removed from Pueblo San Pedro Viejo, in Bernalillo County, NM 
during Nels C. Nelson's excavations sponsored by the American Museum of 
Natural History. A total of 13 individuals were removed from the South 
Ruin, including 4 adult females, 1 possible adult female individual, 2 
adults of unknown sex, 3 sub-adults of unknown sex, and 3 individuals 
of unknown age and sex. A total of 23 individuals were removed from the 
North Ruin, including 3 adult males, 3 possible adult males, 2 adult 
females, 3 possible adult female individuals, 7 adults of unknown sex, 
and 5 sub-adults of unknown sex. No provenience information was 
available for 1 adult female individual. No known individuals were 
identified. The 3 associated funerary objects are 1 complete ceramic 
redware bowl, 1 reconstructed ceramic polychrome bowl, and 1 mostly 
complete ceramic grayware jar.
    These remains, which have not been directly dated, have been 
identified as Native American based on archeological context and 
associated funerary objects. This Ancestral Pueblo village, more 
commonly known as Paak'u, includes multiple components that date from 
Pueblo IV (A.D. 1300-1425) (Tano Basin, Santa Fe Phase), and from 
Spanish Contact/Colonial (A.D. 1525) to the Pueblo Revolt (A.D. 1692) 
(Tano Basin, Glaze E Phase). The pueblo was abandoned before 1680. 
Based on oral traditions and expert opinion that Paak'u was an 
ancestral site to the Pueblos of Kewa, San Felipe and Santa Ana, the 
weight of evidence supports affiliation with Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico, 
Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico, and Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico.

Determinations Made by the American Museum of Natural History

    Officials of the American Museum of Natural History have determined 
that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 37 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 3 objects described 
in this notice 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.
     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 Kewa Pueblo, 
New Mexico, Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico, and Pueblo of Santa Ana, 
New Mexico.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Nell Murphy, American Museum of Natural 
History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, (201) 
876-4194, email [email protected]., by January 7, 2016. After that date, 
if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of 
the human remains and associated funerary objects to Kewa Pueblo, New 
Mexico, Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico, and Pueblo of Santa Ana, New 
Mexico may proceed.
    The American Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying 
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico (previously listed as 
the Pueblo of Santo Domingo); Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (previously 
listed as the Pueblo of San Juan); 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 Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (previously 
listed as Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas), Pueblo of San Felipe, New 
Mexico, and Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico, that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: October 21, 2015.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2015-30902 Filed 12-7-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4312-50-P