Notice2021-15255
Notice of Inventory Completion: Fremont Indian State Park and Museum, Sevier, UT
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Published
July 19, 2021
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Fremont Indian State Park and Museum has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any present- day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 should submit a written request to the Fremont Indian State Park and Museum. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 135 (Monday, July 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38120-38121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15255]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032266; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Fremont Indian State Park and
Museum, Sevier, UT
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Fremont Indian State Park and Museum has completed an
inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there
is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any present-
day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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
should submit a written request to the Fremont Indian State Park and
Museum. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control
of the human remains to the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: 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 should submit a written
request with information in support of the request to the Fremont
Indian State Park Museum at the address in this notice by August 18,
2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Taylor, Manager, Fremont Indian
State Park and Museum, 3820 W Clear Creek Canyon Road, Sevier, UT
84766-6058, telephone (435) 527-4631, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a8c3cddec1c6dcc9d1c4c7dae8dddcc9c086cfc7de"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ec87899a8582988d9580839eac99988d84c28b839a">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 completion of an inventory of human remains under
the control of the Fremont Indian State Park Museum, Sevier, UT. The
human remains were removed from the Five Finger Ridge Site (42SV1686)
and the Icicle Bench Site (42SV1372), Sevier 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) and
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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. 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 Fremont
Indian State Park Museum professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation,
Nevada and Utah; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians
of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Northwestern Band of the
Shoshone Nation (previously listed as Northwestern Band of Shoshoni
Nation and the Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation of Utah
(Washakie)); Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh
Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of
Paiutes (previously listed as Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar City
Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes,
Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes)); Pueblo of
Jemez, New Mexico; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; Shoshone-
Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of
the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; Skull Valley Band of Goshute
Indians of Utah; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (previously listed as Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah); and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico
(hereafter referred to as ``The Consulted Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
In 1983, human remains representing, at minimum, nine individuals
were removed from the Five Finger Ridge Site (42SV1686) and the Icicle
Bench Site (42SV1372) in Sevier County, UT. The remains of eight
individuals were removed from the Five Finger Ridge Site and the
remains of one individual were removed from the Icicle Bench Site by
the Office of Public Archaeology (OPA) of Brigham Young University as
part of the Interstate-70 construction project. Based on the excavated
artifacts and architectural structures, both sites belong to the
prehistoric Formative (Anasazi/Fremont) Period (from approximately 400
B.C.E. to 1300 C.E.).
OPA returned the human remains to the Fremont Indian State Park and
Museum in 1987. From December 2018 to December 2020, a physical
anthropology/forensics analyst from the Utah State Historic
Preservation Office conducted a detailed examination of the fragmentary
human remains, during which over 1,000 individual bone fragments were
identified. Only by plotting the findspots of the human remains and
through forensic reconstruction could the number of individuals be
determined. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Determinations Made by the Fremont Indian State Park and Museum
Officials of the Fremont Indian State Park and Museum have
determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American, based on the culture represented by
the excavated artifacts and architectural structures.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of nine individuals of
Native American ancestry.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and any present-day Indian Tribe.
<bullet> According to final judgments of the Indian Claims
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the
Native American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of
the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah.
<bullet> Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders indicate
that the land from which the Native American human remains were removed
is the aboriginal land of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah.
<bullet> Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains may be to the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 should submit a written request with information
in support of the request to Kevin Taylor, Manager, Fremont Indian
State Park and Museum, 3820 W Clear Creek Canyon Road, Sevier, UT
84766-6058, telephone (435) 527-4631, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a2c9c7d4cbccd6c3dbcecdd0e2d7d6c3ca8cc5cdd4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aac1cfdcc3c4decbd3c6c5d8eadfdecbc284cdc5dc">[email protected]</span></a>, by
August 18, 2021. After that date, if no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
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human remains to the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah may proceed.
The Fremont Indian State Park and Museum is responsible for
notifying The Consulted Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 7, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-15255 Filed 7-16-21; 8:45 am]
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