Notice2023-16485
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, El Paso, TX
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Published
August 3, 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 Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI El Paso Field Office), 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 Hudspeth County, TX.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 148 (Thursday, August 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51344-51345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16485]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036306; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Justice,
Federal Bureau of Investigation, El Paso, TX
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 Justice, Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI El Paso Field Office), 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 Hudspeth
County, TX.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after September 5, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Special Agent (SA) Jeffrey R.
Reisinger, FBI El Paso Field Office, 660 S Mesa Hills Drive, Suite
3000, El Paso, TX 79912, telephone (915) 832-5383 (desk), email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#09637b7b6c607a60676e6c7b496f6b60276e667f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fd978f8f98948e94939a988fbd9b9f94d39a928b">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the FBI El
Paso Field Office. 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 FBI El
Paso Field Office.
Description
Human remains representing one individual were removed from
Hudspeth County, TX. In August of 2007, following a rainstorm, the
human remains were exposed on private land approximately 12 miles
northeast of Sierra Blanca. Children who were playing in the area
discovered the exposed skeletal remains and the Hudspeth County
Sheriff's Office was contacted. That office contacted the Texas
Rangers, who initially assessed the scene and then contacted the FBI.
FBI El Paso Evidence Response Team (ERT) arrived on scene, took
photographs, and collected the human remains and objects. The human
remains and funerary objects were placed into the Evidence Control Room
before being sent to Quantico, Virginia for analysis. The analysis
determined the human remains to be ``Ancient remains.'' Based upon
anthropological and archeological information, more likely than not,
these human remains belong to an individual of Native American descent.
The human remains and funerary objects have remained in the Evidence
Control Room of the FBI Field Office in El Paso since being returned
from Quantico, Virginia. The seven associated funerary objects are
three pottery sherds and four stone tool fragments.
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.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the FBI El Paso Field
Office 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
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache
Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Tonkawa Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi,
Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma; and the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo.
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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 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
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 September
5, 2023. If competing requests for disposition are received, the FBI El
Paso Field Office 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 FBI El Paso Field Office 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: July 26, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-16485 Filed 8-2-23; 8:45 am]
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