Notice2023-11016
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Lincoln National Forest, Alamogordo, NM
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Published
May 24, 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 Agriculture, Forest Service, Lincoln National Forest (Lincoln National Forest) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Pickett's Cave, Eddy County, NM.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33640-33641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11016]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035911; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Lincoln National Forest, Alamogordo, NM
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 Agriculture, Forest
Service, Lincoln National Forest (Lincoln National Forest) has
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Pickett's Cave, Eddy
County, NM.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after June 23, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Scott Hays-Strom, Lincoln National Forest, 3463 Las Palomas
Road, Alamogordo, NM 88310, telephone (575) 434-7206, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c695a5a9b2b2e88ea7bfb5eb95b2b4a9ab86b3b5a2a7e8a1a9b0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a8fbcbc7dcdc86e0c9d1db85fbdcdac7c5e8dddbccc986cfc7de">[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
Lincoln National Forest. 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 Lincoln
National Forest.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Lincoln National Forest, Eddie County, NM. These human remains
were excavated under the direction of archeologist Edwin Nelson Ferdon,
Jr. during the excavation of a cave by the University of Nebraska State
Museum (UNSM) Vertebrate Paleontology Division led by C. Bertrand
Shultz. The human remains were in the physical custody of Museum
Director C. Bertrand Shultz until his death in 1995. In September of
1998, they were discovered in the office of the late Thomas Myers, UNSM
Curator of Anthropology, and were immediately transferred to the UNSM
NAGPRA Repository. Osteological examination determined that the human
remains belong to a Native American young adult male over 18 years of
age. A prehistoric date for these human remains is based on the pottery
sherds found within the same cultural level in the excavation (Ferdon
23:1946). The 42 associated funerary objects are 17 woven fiber
sandals, one basketry fragment, one black projectile point, one
fragment of charcoal, 11 bags of fiber fragments belonging to woven
sandals, one boxed lot of charcoal pieces, one boxed lot containing
partial sandals and sandal fragments, one partial fiber sandal (labeled
SR-6421), one boxed lot containing fiber fragments and a shell
fragment, one piece of worked brown chert, one boxed lot of fiber
sandal fragments, two faunal bone fragments, one piece of wood, one
shell ornament with drilled holes, and one boxed lot containing two
pieces of worked stone, faunal bones, a piece of charcoal, and strips
of bark.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
were removed from known geographic locations. These locations are the
aboriginal lands of one or more Indian Tribes. The following
information was used to identify the aboriginal land: final judgement
of the Indian Claims Commission, treaties, Acts of Congress, and
Executive Orders.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Lincoln National Forest has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 42 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> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and
any Indian Tribe.
<bullet> The human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the
Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Mescalero Apache
Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona,
New Mexico, & Utah; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
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 an aboriginal land
Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects in
this notice to a requestor may occur on or after June 23, 2023. If
competing requests for disposition are received, Lincoln
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National Forest 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. Lincoln National Forest 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,
and 10.14.
Dated: May 17, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-11016 Filed 5-23-23; 8:45 am]
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