[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 214 (Monday, November 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 67061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24223]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034803; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau 
of Indian Affairs (BIA), has completed an inventory of human remains 
and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the 
human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from 
San Juan County, NM.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice may occur on or after December 7, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Tamara Billie, NAGPRA Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
1001 Indian School Road NW, Mailbox 44--Suite 345, Albuquerque, NM 
87104, telephone (505) 879-9711, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
BIA. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the inventory or related records held by the BIA.

Description

    In 1944, human remains (catalog numbers DU 6014 and DU 6056) 
representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from near 
Shiprock, in San Juan County, NM, possibly by Dr. E.B. Renaud, founder 
of the University of Denver Department of Anthropology, and were 
subsequently housed at the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology. 
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.

Tribal Land

    The human remains in this notice were removed from a known 
geographic location. At the time of removal, this location was the 
tribal land of one or more Indian Tribes.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the U.S. Department of 
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably 
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
     The human remains described in this notice were removed 
from the tribal land of the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah.

Requests for Disposition

    Written requests for disposition of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition 
may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization, or who shows that the requestor is a tribal land Indian 
Tribe.
    Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after December 
7, 2022. If competing requests for disposition are received, the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs must determine the 
most appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint 
disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects are 
considered a single request and not competing requests. The U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs is responsible for 
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this 
notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9 and 
10.11.

    Dated: October 26, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-24223 Filed 11-4-22; 8:45 am]
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