Notice2022-24223
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC
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Published
November 7, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 214 (Monday, November 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 67061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ffbeee2eefdeea1ede6e3e3e6eacfede6eea1e8e0f9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="483c2925293a29662a212424212d082a2129662f273e">[email protected]</span></a>.
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:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
<bullet> 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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