Notice2024-12710
Notice of Intended Disposition: General Services Administration, Fort Worth, TX
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Published
June 11, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the General Services Administration (GSA) intends to carry out the disposition of human remains, associated funerary objects, unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony removed from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49188-49189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12710]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038054; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Disposition: General Services Administration,
Fort Worth, 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 General Services Administration (GSA)
intends to carry out the disposition of human remains, associated
funerary objects, unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, or
objects of cultural patrimony removed from Federal or Tribal lands to
the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
with priority for disposition in this notice.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains or cultural items in this
notice may occur on or after July 11, 2024. If no claim for disposition
is received by June 11, 2025, the human remains or cultural items in
this notice will become unclaimed human remains or cultural items.
ADDRESSES: Victoria Clow, General Services Administration, 819 Taylor
Street, 11th Floor, Fort Worth, TX 76012, telephone (817) 978-0199,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#62340b01160d100b034c010e0d15220511034c050d14"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ca9ca3a9bea5b8a3abe4a9a6a5bd8aadb9abe4ada5bc">[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
General Services Administration, and additional information on the
human remains or cultural items in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the identifications in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
The one object of cultural patrimony is a small, complete stone ax.
The object was found on Federal property within the city of Santa Fe,
Santa Fe County, New Mexico. In November of 2019, during sprinkler
maintenance work outside of the archaeological monitoring area, an
irrigation worker discovered an artifact in disturbed soils identified
as construction fill. The irrigation worker submitted the discovery to
the New Mexico Office of Archeological Studies with the Department of
Cultural Affairs. An archaeologist with that office notified the
General Services Administration and identified the object as likely
having ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance.
Determinations
The General Services Administration has determined that:
<bullet> The one object of cultural patrimony described in this
notice have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-
group (such as a band,
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clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other subdivision), according to
the Native American traditional knowledge of an Indian Tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> The Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico has priority for
disposition of the cultural item described in this notice.
Claims for Disposition
Written claims for disposition of the human remains or cultural
items in this notice must be sent to the appropriate official
identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition
is received by June 11, 2025, the human remains or cultural items in
this notice will become unclaimed human remains or cultural items.
Claims for disposition may be submitted by:
1. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization 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 they have priority for disposition.
Disposition of the human remains or cultural items in this notice
may occur on or after July 11, 2024. If competing claims for
disposition are received, the General Services Administration must
determine the most appropriate claimant prior to disposition. Requests
for joint disposition of the human remains or cultural items are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The General
Services Administration is responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice and to any other consulting
parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.
Dated: May 31, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-12710 Filed 6-10-24; 8:45 am]
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