[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 4 (Thursday, January 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00053]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-19932; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects From Bernalillo, Cibola, and Socorro 
Counties, NM in the Control of the Cibola National Forest, United 
States Forest Service, Albuquerque, NM; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, 
Cibola National Forest has corrected an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of Inventory 
Completion in the Federal Register on November 25, 1998. This notice 
corrects the minimum number of individuals and the number of associated 
funerary objects. 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 USDA 
Forest Service, Southwestern Region. 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 USDA Forest Service, Southwestern Region 
at the address in this notice by February 8, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Frank E. Wozniak, NAGPRA Coordinator, Southwestern 
Region, USDA Forest Service, 333 Broadway Boulevard Southeast, 
Albuquerque, NM 87102, telephone (505) 842-3238, 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. 3003, of the correction of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the USDA Forest 
Service, Cibola National Forest, Albuquerque, NM. The human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed from Cibola 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.
    This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and the 
number of associated funerary objects published in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (63 FR 65218-65219). A re-
inventory of archeological collections from NA 21566, NA 23177, and NA 
23178 by the professional staff of the Department of Anthropology at 
Northern Arizona University discovered additional human remains and 
associated funerary objects in the collections from NA 23177 and NA 
23178. Transfer of control of the items in this correction notice has 
not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (63 FR, 65218), paragraph 3 is corrected by 
substituting the following paragraph:

    Between 1977 and 1979, human remains representing 32 individuals 
were recovered from sites NA 21566, NA 23177 and NA 23178 during 
legally authorized excavations conducted by J. Richard Ambler of 
Northern Arizona University. No known individuals were identified. 
The 68 associated funerary objects include ceramic vessels, pottery 
sherds and chipped stone.

    In the Federal Register (63 FR, 65219) paragraph 2, sentences 1 and 
2 are corrected by substituting the following sentences:

    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the USDA 
Forest Service have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(1), 
the human remains listed above represent the physical remains of 32 
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the USDA 
Forest Service have also determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 
10.2(d)(2), the 68 objects listed above are reasonably believed to 
have been placed with or near individual human remains at the time 
of death or later as part of a death rite or ritual.

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: Dr. Frank E. Wozniak, NAGPRA Coordinator, 
Southwestern Region, USDA Forest Service, 333 Broadway Boulevard 
Southeast, Albuquerque, NM 87102, telephone (505) 842-3238, email 
[email protected], by February 8, 2016. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Pueblo of Acoma, 
New Mexico; the Hopi Tribe, Arizona; and the Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico 
may proceed.
    The Cibola National Forest is responsible for notifying the Pueblo 
of Acoma, New Mexico; the Hopi Tribe, Arizona; and the Pueblo of Zuni, 
New Mexico that this notice has been published.

    Dated: December 8, 2015.
Amberleigh Malone,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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