Notice2023-03815
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: New Mexico State University Museum, Las Cruces, NM; U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office, Las Cruces, NM; and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila National Forest, Silver City, NM, and Apache Sitgreaves National Forest, Springerville, AZ
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Published
February 24, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the New Mexico State University Museum; U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office; and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila National Forest and Apache Sitgreaves National Forest have amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on January 12, 2023. This notice amends the cultural affiliation of a collection removed from Apache County AZ, Do[ntilde]a Ana County, NM, Grant County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Luna County, NM, Otero County, NM, Sierra County, NM and, in certain instances, from locations unknown.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11931-11932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03815]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035385; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: New Mexico State
University Museum, Las Cruces, NM; U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office, Las Cruces, NM; and
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila National Forest,
Silver City, NM, and Apache Sitgreaves National Forest, Springerville,
AZ
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the New Mexico State University Museum; U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State
Office; and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila
National Forest and Apache Sitgreaves National Forest have amended a
Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on
January 12, 2023. This notice amends the cultural affiliation of a
collection removed from Apache County AZ, Do[ntilde]a Ana County, NM,
Grant County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Luna County, NM, Otero County,
NM, Sierra County, NM and, in certain instances, from locations
unknown.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after March 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Fumi Arakawa, New Mexico State University Museum
Director's Office, 1525 Stewart, Room 331, P.O. Box 30001, MSC:3BV, Las
Cruces, NM 88003-8001, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c3a5a2b1a2a8a2b4a283adaeb0b6eda6a7b6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="583e392a3933392f391836352b2d763d3c2d">[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
New Mexico State University Museum (University Museum); U.S. Department
of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office
(BLM); and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila
National Forest, Silver City, NM (Gila NF), and Apache Sitgreaves
National Forest, Springerville, AZ (Apache Sitgreaves NF). The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the amendments and determinations in this
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records held by the University Museum.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (88 FR 2129-2132, January
12, 2023). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of
Inventory Completion has not occurred. This amendment adds to the list
of culturally affiliated Indian Tribes. Some of the culturally
affiliated Indian Tribes were inadvertently omitted from the published
notice.
Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the New Mexico State University Museum, Bureau of Land
Management, Apache Sitgreaves National Forest, and Gila National Forest
has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains represent the physical remains of 288
individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 1,079 objects 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> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects and the Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo
Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico; 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;
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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 Ana, 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; White Mountain
Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; Ysleta del Sur
Pueblo; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations 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.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after March 27, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the University
Museum; BLM; Gila NF or Apache Sitgreaves NF must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The University
Museum is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian
Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations 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, Sec.
10.10, Sec. 10.13, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: February 15, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-03815 Filed 2-23-23; 8:45 am]
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