Notice2024-31288
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe National Forest, Santa Fe, NM
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Published
December 30, 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 Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe National Forest (Forest Service), intends to carry out the disposition of human remains and 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 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 106576-106577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31288]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039251; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Santa Fe National Forest, Santa Fe, 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 Agriculture, Forest
Service, Santa Fe National Forest (Forest Service), intends to carry
out the disposition of human remains and 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 January 29, 2025. If no claim for disposition is received by
December 30, 2025, the human remains in this notice will become
unclaimed human remains.
ADDRESSES: Kathryn Turner, U.S. Forest Service, Santa Fe National
Forest, 11 Forest Lane, Santa Fe, NM 87508, telephone (505) 438-5380,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#91faf0e5f9e3e8ffbfe5e4e3fff4e3d1e4e2f5f0bff6fee7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a2c9c3d6cad0dbcc8cd6d7d0ccc7d0e2d7d1c6c38cc5cdd4">[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
Forest Service, 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, at
least, 10 individuals have been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
In 1996, 2005, and 2006, human remains representing 10 individuals
were recovered from Forest Service site 03-10-02-00389/LA 49387 by the
U.S. Forest Service after being found eroding from the cut bank along
the west edge of the road beneath the site. Prior to recovery
consultation was conducted with the State Historic Preservation Office
and the Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico. The individuals were sent to the
University of Oregon for analysis shortly thereafter and later returned
to the Santa Fe National Forest. There are possible associated funerary
objects which include pottery sherds, flaked stone, and charcoal.
Site 03-10-02-00389/LA 49387 is located within the Cuba Ranger
District, Santa Fe National Forest, Rio Arriba County, NM. The site is
located on a terrace west of Forest Road 517 and consists of two
features, a rectangular shaped unit house and a possible pithouse. The
artifact assemblage is comprised of pottery sherds, flaked stone, and
ground stone. Diagnostic pottery types documented include Gallina
Black-on-gray, corrugated, and utility wares. Flaked stone includes
chert, quartzite, and obsidian. The structure type and presence of
Gallina Black-on-gray pottery suggests that this site was occupied by
the Gallina from A.D. 1100 to A.D. 1300.
Determinations
The U.S. Forest Service has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of, at least, 10 individuals of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> Based on geographic location the Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the
Mescalero Reservation, 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,
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New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Namb[eacute], 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; Santo Domingo Pueblo;
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, New Mexico;
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe; and the Zuni Tribe for the Zuni Reservation,
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 December
30, 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 January 29, 2025. If competing claims for disposition are
received, the U.S. Forest Service 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. Forest Service 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: December 19, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-31288 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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