Notice2024-00523
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Navajo National Monument, Shonto, AZ
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Published
January 12, 2024
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Navajo National Monument (NAVA) 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 Coconino or Navajo Counties, AZ.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 9 (Friday, January 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2244-2245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00523]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037226; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Navajo National Monument, Shonto, AZ
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), U.S. Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Navajo National Monument (NAVA) has completed an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human
remains
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and associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were removed from Coconino or Navajo
Counties, AZ.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after February 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Lyn Carranza, Superintendent, Navajo National Monument, End
of AZ Hwy 564 North, P.O. Box 7717, Shonto, AZ 86054-7717, telephone
(928) 624-5500 Ext. 244, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#94f8edfacbf7f5e6e6f5faeef5d4fae4e7baf3fbe2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ee829780b18d8f9c9c8f80948fae809e9dc0898198">[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
superintendent, NAVA. Additional information on the determinations in
this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records held by NAVA.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, nine individuals were
removed from Coconino or Navajo County, AZ. The human remains were
found in, or accessioned into, NAVA collections between 1954 and 1999
with no clear locational information. NAVA reasonably believes that
they were either removed from within the monument or from the vicinity
of the monument. The 37 associated funerary objects are one pendant, 30
beads, one worked stone, and five sherds.
Tribal Land
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
were removed from known geographic locations. At the time of removal,
these locations were the tribal land of one or more Indian Tribes.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, NAVA has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of nine individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 37 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. The
National Park Service intends to convey the associated funerary objects
to the Tribes pursuant to 54 U.S.C. 102503(g) through (i) and 54 U.S.C.
102504.
<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 tribal land of the
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & 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 a tribal land Indian
Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after February
12, 2024. If competing requests for disposition are received, NAVA 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.
NAVA 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: January 5, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-00523 Filed 1-11-24; 8:45 am]
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