Notice2023-16062
Notice of Inventory Completion: Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum, Vernal, UT
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Published
July 28, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (UFHNHM) 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 any Indian Tribe. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Uintah County, UT.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 144 (Friday, July 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16062]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036250; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Utah Field House of Natural
History State Park Museum, Vernal, UT
AGENCY: Utah State Parks.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Utah Field House of Natural History
State Park Museum (UFHNHM) 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 any Indian Tribe. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Uintah County, UT.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after August 28, 2023.
ADDRESSES: John Foster, Museum Curator, Utah Field House of Natural
History State Park Museum, 496 East Main Street, Vernal, UT 84078,
telephone (435) 789-3799, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#92f8fdfafcf4fde1e6f7e0d2e7e6f3fabcf5fde4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ef8580878189809c9b8a9daf9a9b8e87c1888099">[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
UFHNHM. 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 UFHNHM.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from private land in Uintah, County, UT. The mummified remains belong
to a child approximately 5-6 years old and of unknown sex. Overall,
preservation is excellent; the hands and right arm are the only absent
elements. This individual displayed several characteristics associated
with probable Native American ancestry. Native American craniofacial
morphology includes wide infraorbital breadth, a medium sized narrow
nasal aperture with a dull nasal sill, and an overall round skull
morphology. Shoveling is present in the permanent upper right I1, which
is a dental variation that is strongly associated with Native American
or Asian ancestry; >90% of individuals with this trait are of Asian or
Native American ancestry. In addition to the skeletal and dental
indicators of Native American ancestry, much of the clothing found on
and with the human remains (buckskin leggings and moccasins) is
consistent with Native American culture. The seven associated funerary
objects are one coarse textured fabric shirt with patch, one lot
consisting of fragments of a dark blue cotton shirt with small flower
designs, one pair of buckskin leggings, one pair of leather moccasins,
one animal hide with hair still attached, one gunpowder horn, and one
muzzle loading rifle with an octagon shaped barrel.
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: a final judgment
of the Indian Claims Commission or the United States Court of Claims.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the UFHNHM has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The seven 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
Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, 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 an aboriginal land
Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after August
28, 2023. If competing requests for disposition are received, the Utah
Field House of Natural History State Park Museum 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 Utah Field
House of Natural History State Park Museum is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe 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: July 19, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-16062 Filed 7-27-23; 8:45 am]
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