Notice2024-23720
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office, Tres Rios Field Office, Dolores, CO
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Published
October 15, 2024
Issuing agencies
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, Colorado State Office, Tres Rios Field Office (BLM Tres Rios Field Office) intends to carry out the disposition of human remains 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 199 (Tuesday, October 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83048-83049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23720]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038879; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office, Tres Rios Field
Office, Dolores, CO
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, Colorado State Office, Tres Rios Field Office (BLM
Tres Rios Field Office) intends to carry out the disposition of human
remains 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 in this notice may occur on or
after November 14, 2024. If no claim for disposition is received by
October 15, 2025, the human remains in this notice will become
unclaimed human remains.
ADDRESSES: Derek Padilla, Field Office Manager, Bureau of Land
Management, Tres Rios Field Office, 29211 Highway 184, Dolores, CO
81323, telephone (970) 882-7296, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b9ddc9d8ddd0d5d5d8f9dbd5d497ded6cf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="92f6e2f3f6fbfefef3d2f0feffbcf5fde4">[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 Tres Rios Field Office, and additional information on the human
remains 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
Based on the information available, human remains representing two
individuals have been reasonably identified. No associated funerary
objects are present. The remains represent one individual from San
Miguel County, Colorado, specifically archaeological site 5SM377. The
remains from 5SM377 consist of one fragment of a human metatarsal or
metacarpal bone, which were inadvertently removed from the site in
2012.
Additionally, remains from a second individual were located next to
a road in San Miguel County, Colorado. These remains consist of one
human cranium and are unassociated with an archaeological site.
Determinations
The BLM Tres Rios Field Office has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New
Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; 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
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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; Santo
Domingo Pueblo; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo; and
the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico have priority for
disposition of the human remains described in this notice.
Claims for Disposition
Written claims for disposition of the human remains in this notice
must be sent to the appropriate official identified in this notice
under ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition is received by October 15,
2025, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human
remains. 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 in this notice may occur on or
after November 14, 2024. If competing claims for disposition are
received, the BLM Tres Rios Field Office must determine the most
appropriate claimant prior to disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. The BLM Tres Rios Field Office 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: October 4, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-23720 Filed 10-11-24; 8:45 am]
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