Notice2022-01044
Notice of Inventory Completion: Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO
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January 20, 2022
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
Fort Lewis College has completed an inventory of 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 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 associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the Fort Lewis College. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3119-3121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01044]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033281; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Fort Lewis College has completed an inventory of 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 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 associated funerary objects should submit
a written request to the Fort Lewis College. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of control of the 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 associated funerary objects should
submit a written request with information in support of the request to
Fort Lewis College at the address in this notice by February 22, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Kathleen Fine-Dare, NAGPRA
Liaison, Fort Lewis College, 205 Center of
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Southwest Studies, 1000 Rim Drive, Durango, CO 81301, telephone (970)
247-7438, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#35535c5b506a5e75535a47415950425c461b505140"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c2a4abaca79da982a4adb0b6aea7b5abb1eca7a6b7">[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 associated funerary
objects under the control of Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO. The
associated funerary objects were removed from La Plata County and
Dolores County, CO.
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 associated funerary objects was made
by Fort Lewis College, Center of Southwest Studies professional staff
in partnership with NAGPRA archeological specialist Blythe Morrison and
in eight separate written letter/email consultations with
representatives of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation,
New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; Ohkay Owingeh,
New Mexico [previously listed as 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
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Santo Domingo Pueblo [previously
listed as Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico and as Pueblo of Santo Domingo];
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]; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo
[previously listed as Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas]; and the Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
In addition, several face-to-face consultation meetings were held
at Fort Lewis College to review the collections. On August 30, 2018,
representatives of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; and the Southern Ute Indian
Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado were able to review the
associated funerary objects (at that time they were still categorized
as unassociated funerary objects included with the Homer Root
Collection). On September 6-7, 2018 (Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico); September 13, 2018 (Ute Indian Tribe of the
Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah and Ysleta del Sur Pueblo [previously
listed as Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas]); October 4, 2018 (Navajo
Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah and Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
[previously listed as Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico, & Utah]); October 9, 2018 (Pueblo of
Santa Clara, New Mexico); and May 14, 2019 (Pueblo of Laguna, New
Mexico and Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico).
Hereafter all Indian Tribes listed in this section are referred to
as ``The Consulted Tribes.''
History and Description of the Associated Funerary Objects
This notice concerns seven objects that are associated with human
remains that were in the possession of the La Plata County Historical
Society, Durango, Colorado. A Notice of Inventory Completion for the
human remains was published in the Federal Register on April 4, 2018
(83 FR 14490-14492), and the human remains have been repatriated to the
Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
In September of 1936, human remains representing, at minimum, 22
individuals were excavated from a burial site within the city limits of
Durango, CO. The excavation was carried out at the Ignacio site (12:18)
by members of the National Youth Administration under the supervision
of Helen Sloan Daniels, an avocational archeological enthusiast, in
anticipation of the creation of a gravel pit operated by the City of
Durango. (In 2017, the site was given Smithsonian Site Number
5LP11284.) The site, which contained a pit structure, a midden, and
several room blocks, has been identified as belonging to the late
Basketmaker III or early Pueblo I period.
After being disinterred, the human remains were taken to the
Durango Public Library for cleaning, display, and storage. At some
unknown time, the human remains were transferred to the private
residence of Helen Sloan Daniels in Durango, CO. In 1989, they were
donated to the La Plata County Historical Society. In 1962, six of the
associated funerary objects were donated to the Fort Lewis College
Museum, and in 2001, they were transferred to the Fort Lewis College
Center of Southwest Studies (CSWS).
These six associated funerary objects have been determined to be
associated with the remains of four children that were in the
possession of the La Plata County Historical Society. The six
unassociated funerary objects are two Rosa Grayware jars, two Rosa
Grayware pitchers, one Rosa Grayware bowl, and one Rosa Black-on-White
bowl. Pottery attributes indicate that the objects were manufactured
during the Basketmaker III/Pueblo I period, A.D. 500-900.
In 1937, human remains representing at minimum, 27 individuals were
excavated from an archeological site on private land (``Sago School'')
in Dove Creek, Dolores County, CO. National Youth Administration (NYA)
workers, under the supervision of archeological enthusiast Lola
Sanders, removed the burial items for the Durango Public Library Museum
Project. At least one associated funerary object, a Mesa Verde Black-
on-White bowl (1962:02111), was given to the Durango Public Library by
Sanders. At an unknown date, Helen Sloan Daniels donated the bowl to
the Fort Lewis College Museum. The bowl's current location unknown. The
human remains of the 27 individuals with which it is associated are
currently in the care of the La Plata County Historical Society. The
one associated funerary object (FLC Catalogue #1962:02112) is a Mesa
Verde Black-on-White mug. Pottery attributes indicate that the mug was
manufactured during the Pueblo II period, A.D. 900-1150.
These associated funerary objects listed in this notice are most
likely from Ancestral Puebloan sites dating from the Basketmaker III
(A.D. 500) to the Pueblo III (A.D. 1300) periods. Consultation with
members of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and other Tribes have determined
that these cultural objects are of Puebloan ancestry. In addition,
cultural affiliation studies from Mesa Verde National Park, Fort Lewis
College, Navajo Reservoir, Canyons of the Ancients, and the San Juan
District establish cultural affiliation of the ancient Mesa Verde
pueblos with the 21 federally recognized Pueblo Tribes of Arizona, New
Mexico, and Texas. The preponderance of geographical, kinship,
archeological, anthropological, biological, linguistic, oral tradition,
and historical information, as well as other expert opinion, supports
the conclusion that Ancestral Puebloan sites are culturally affiliated
with modern
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Puebloan Tribes. The style and dating of the associated funerary
objects from the Ignacio site burials and the site in Montezuma County
also strongly indicate that these are of Puebloan manufacture.
Determinations Made by Fort Lewis College
Officials of Fort Lewis College have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the seven 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.
<bullet> 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 associated funerary objects and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
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 associated funerary objects should
submit a written request with information in support of the request to
Dr. Kathleen Fine-Dare, NAGPRA Liaison, Fort Lewis College, 205 Center
of Southwest Studies, 1000 Rim Drive, Durango, CO 81301, telephone
(970) 247-7438, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#54323d3a310b3f14323b26203831233d277a313021"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="66000f0803390d26000914120a03110f1548030213">[email protected]</span></a>, by February 22, 2022. After
that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of
control of the associated funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona
may proceed.
Fort Lewis College is responsible for notifying The Consulted
Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: January 12, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-01044 Filed 1-19-22; 8:45 am]
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