Notice2024-26088
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Published
November 12, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District 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 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89034-89035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26088]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039004; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Albuquerque District, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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. Army Corps of Engineers,
Albuquerque District 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 December 12, 2024. If no claim for disposition is received by
November 12,
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2025, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human
remains.
ADDRESSES: Jeremy Decker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque
District, 4101 Jefferson Plaza NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109, telephone
(505) 342-3671, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#315b5443545c481f451f5554525a54437144425052541f50435c481f5c585d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b6dcd3c4d3dbcf98c298d2d3d5ddd3c4f6c3c5d7d5d398d7c4dbcf98dbdfda">[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
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District 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
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, four individuals have been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. The individuals, including two adult
females, and one adult male, along with 11 additional fragments from
comingled or isolated contexts and representing, at a minimum, a fourth
individual, were removed from the Leone Bluff site, 5LA1211, in Las
Animas County, Colorado. Wave action associated with increased lake
levels at Trinidad Reservoir in 1999 and 2000 contributed to a
significant increase in slumping and erosion of cultural deposits at
the site. As water levels fell, artifacts and human remains eroded from
those deposits were scattered across the surface of a wave-cut terrace
that surrounded the site. The remains were discovered on May 28, 2000.
The remains were later collected on June 3-7, 2000, and the excavation
of additional human remains exposed by receding water levels was
conducted between August 7th and August 30th, 2000.
Determinations
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico has 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 November
12, 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 December 12, 2024. If competing claims for disposition are
received, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Albuquerque District 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 29, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-26088 Filed 11-8-24; 8:45 am]
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