Notice2024-23371
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office, Santa Fe, NM, and New Mexico Junior College-Western Heritage Museum and Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame, Hobbs, NM
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Published
October 9, 2024
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office (BLM), and New Mexico Junior College--Western Heritage Museum and Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame (NMJC) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2024)]
[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: 2024-23371]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038842; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office, Santa Fe, NM, and
New Mexico Junior College--Western Heritage Museum and Lea County
Cowboy Hall of Fame, Hobbs, NM
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 the Interior, Bureau
of Land Management, New Mexico State Office (BLM), and New Mexico
Junior College--Western Heritage Museum and Lea County Cowboy Hall of
Fame (NMJC) has completed an inventory of human remains and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human and
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after November 8, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Cynthia Herhahn, Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State
Office, 301 Dinosaur Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87508, telephone (505) 761-
8938, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#12717a77607a737a7c52707e7f3c757d64"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4c2f24293e242d24220c2e2021622b233a">[email protected]</span></a>, and Laura Hockensmith, New Mexico Junior
College--Western Heritage Museum and Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame, 1
Thunderbird Circle, Hobbs, NM 88240, telephone (575) 492-2679, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#05696d6a666e606b76686c716d456b686f662b606170"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="04686c6b676f616a77696d706c446a696e672a616071">[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
BLM and NMJC, 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, four individuals have been reasonably identified. Between 1960
and 1970, the individuals were removed from the Lusk Ranch Site (NM-06-
2099; LA43721), Eddy County, New Mexico, by Calvin C. Smith, the father
of the previous Executive Director of the
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Western Heritage Museum. In 2013, the individuals were encountered by
volunteer staff at the NMJC. The land from which the individuals were
removed is under the control of the BLM and was at the time of removal.
The NMJC has no knowledge or record of any potentially hazardous
substances being used to treat the human remains. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location of the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
The BLM and NMJC has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
described in this notice and the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Comanche
Nation, Oklahoma; Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Fort Sill
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache
Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache
Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Ohkay Owingeh, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos
Reservation, Arizona; Santo Domingo Pueblo; Tonto Apache Tribe of
Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation,
Arizona; Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico.
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. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations 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.
Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after November 8, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the BLM and NMJC 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 BLM and NMJC is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: September 30, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-23371 Filed 10-8-24; 8:45 am]
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