Notice2024-07710
Notice of Inventory Completion: Center for Big Bend Studies, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, TX
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Published
April 11, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Center for Big Bend Studies, Sul Ross State University has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a known lineal descendant connected to the human remains in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 71 (Thursday, April 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 25666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07710]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037711; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Center for Big Bend Studies, Sul
Ross State University, Alpine, 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 Center for Big Bend Studies, Sul Ross
State University has completed an inventory of human remains and has
determined that there is a known lineal descendant connected to the
human remains in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after May 13, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Bryon Schroeder, Center for Big Bend Studies/Sul Ross State
University, Street Address, Alpine, TX 79832, telephone (432) 837-8339,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2240505b4d4c0c51414a504d474647506251574e504d51510c474657"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="412333382e2f6f322229332e242524330132342d332e32326f242534">[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
Center for Big Bend Studies, Sul Ross State University, and additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, five individuals have been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. These ancestral remains were recovered
from the Millington Site (41PS14) in Presidio, Texas. They were
salvaged in 2006 during a construction project by the city of Presidio
from a backhoe trench initiated by the Presidio Sewer Line project.
Geographical affiliation is consistent with the historically documented
territory of the Mescalaro Apache but biological genetic data from
nearby sites places the Lineal Descendants of La Junta de los Rios, in
particular lineal descendant Xoxi Nayapiltzin, near the site at least
900 years ago contemporaneous with the known age of these ancestral
remains. No Preservative was applied to any of the ancestral remains.
Lineal Descendant
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
a lineal descendant is connected to the human remains described in this
notice.
Determinations
The Center for Big Bend Studies, Sul Ross State University has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> Xoxi Nayapiltzin is connected to the human remains
described in this notice.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this
notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. The known lineal descendant connected to the human remains and
associated funerary objects.
2. Any other lineal descendant not identified who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant.
Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after May 13, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, the Center for Big Bend Studies, Sul Ross State
University must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The Center for
Big Bend Studies, Sul Ross State University is responsible for sending
a copy of this notice to the lineal descendant and any other consulting
parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: April 2, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-07710 Filed 4-10-24; 8:45 am]
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