Notice2023-04892
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC
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Published
March 10, 2023
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 amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on April 10, 2013. This notice amends the cultural affiliation of a collection removed from San Juan County, UT.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15078-15079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04892]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035439; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC
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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Indian Affairs (BIA) has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion
published in the Federal Register on April 10, 2013. This notice amends
the cultural affiliation of a collection removed from San Juan County,
UT.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after April 10, 2023.
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#4034212d2132216e22292c2c2925002229216e272f36"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0b7f6a666a796a2569626767626e4b69626a256c647d">[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 amendments
and determinations in this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by
the BIA.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (78 FR 21408-21409, April
10, 2013). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of
Inventory Completion has not occurred. The human remains and associated
funerary objects are under the control of the BIA and in the physical
custody of the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology. The human
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from a site
referenced as UT W:10:2, located south of the town of Bluff, in San
Juan County, UT, and on the Navajo Indian Reservation. Based on
geographic evidence, officials of the BIA have
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determined that the Native American human remains are culturally
affiliated with the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah.
Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the BIA has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this amended notice
represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> The 47 objects described in this amended 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> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New
Mexico, & Utah.
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 April 10, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the BIA 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 BIA 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, 10.10,
10.13, and 10.14.
Dated: March 1, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-04892 Filed 3-9-23; 8:45 am]
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