Notice2022-22043
Notice of Inventory Completion: Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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Published
October 11, 2022
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico 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 Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61362-61363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22043]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034592; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Maxwell Museum of Anthropology,
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico
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 Maxwell Museum of
Anthropology. 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 Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at the
address in this notice by November 10, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Carla Sinopoli, Maxwell Museum of
Anthropology, MSC01-1050, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
87131, telephone (505) 277-0382, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6b08180205041b0407022b1e0506450e0f1e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83e0f0eaedecf3ecefeac3f6edeeade6e7f6">[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 and
associated funerary objects under the control of the Maxwell Museum of
Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. The human
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from the Puerco
River Valley in 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 Maxwell
Museum of Anthropology professional staff, in consultation with
representatives of the Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai
Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Hualapai Indian Tribe of
the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New
Mexico; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, 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 de 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 Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Salt
River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation,
Arizona; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; 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 Mountain Ute Tribe (previously listed as Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico, &
Utah); White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation,
Arizona; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (previously listed
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as Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas); and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico (hereafter referred to as ``The Consulted
Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
In 1976, human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals
were removed from the Puerco River Valley (north of Interstate 40) in
Bernalillo County, NM, and given to the Maxwell Museum by a surveyor
for a proposed water line by the Westland Corporation, who owned the
land at that time. The only burial information provided by the surveyor
are general directional distinctions. The human remains belong to five
adults of indeterminate sex. No known individuals were identified. The
36 associated funerary objects are two pottery sherds, one ground
stone, one charcoal fragment, two faunal bones, 12 beads, one lithic
core, one lithic flake, one faunal bone, one lot of faunal bone, one
ceramic sherd, one lithic biface, three lithic flakes, and nine pottery
sherds.
The undecorated grayware ceramic fragments associated with these
individuals suggest a date range for these human remains between A.D.
750 and 1600. The combination of the grayware pottery sherds, flaked
lithics, and beads show that these human remains are Native American.
Based on geographical information, these human remains and associated
funerary objects are culturally affiliated with the Pueblo of Isleta,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; and the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo
(previously listed as Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas).
Determinations Made by the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University
of New Mexico
Officials of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New
Mexico have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of five individuals of
Native American ancestry.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 36 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 human remains and associated funerary objects and the Pueblo
of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; and the Ysleta del
Sur Pueblo (previously listed as Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas)
(hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
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. Carla Sinopoli, Maxwell Museum of
Anthropology, MSC01-1050, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
87131, telephone (505) 277-0382, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b5d6c6dcdbdac5dad9dcf5c0dbd89bd0d1c0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3754445e595847585b5e7742595a19525342">[email protected]</span></a>, by November
10, 2022. After that date, if no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to The Tribes may proceed.
The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico is
responsible for notifying The Consulted Tribes that this notice has
been published.
Dated: September 27, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-22043 Filed 10-7-22; 8:45 am]
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