Notice2025-05226
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office, Salt Lake City, UT, and U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Basin Region, Salt Lake City, UT
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March 27, 2025
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Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office (BLM) and U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Basin Region (Reclamation) have completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and have determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from the Glen Canyon area of San Juan County, UT, Garfield County, UT, and Kane County, UT, and are in the custody of the Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, and the Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 58 (Thursday, March 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13871-13874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05226]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039773; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office, Salt Lake City, UT, and
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado
Basin Region, Salt Lake City, UT
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, Utah State Office (BLM) and U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Basin Region
(Reclamation) have completed an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects and have determined that there is a
cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary
objects
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and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from the
Glen Canyon area of San Juan County, UT, Garfield County, UT, and Kane
County, UT, and are in the custody of the Utah Museum of Natural
History, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, the American Museum of
Natural History, New York, NY, and the Museum of Northern Arizona,
Flagstaff, AZ.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after April 28, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Diana Barg, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land
Management, Utah State Office, 440 W 200 S, Suite 500, Salt Lake City,
UT 84101, telephone (801) 539-4214, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#50343231223710323c3d7e373f26"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="284c4a495a4f684a4445064f475e">[email protected]</span></a> and Zachary
Nelson, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper
Colorado Basin Region, 125 South State Street, Room 8100, Salt Lake
City, UT 84138, telephone (801) 379-1164, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ceb4a0aba2bda1a08ebbbdacbce0a9a1b8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5b21353e372834351b2e283929753c342d">[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 Reclamation, 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.
BLM and Reclamation acknowledge the deep and abiding connection
Indian Tribes throughout the region have to Glen Canyon, which was
unfortunately omitted in the 2019 Federal Register Notices [84 FR 2922,
February 8, 2019, and 84 FR 2917, February 8, 2019]. Before
publication, the following Indian Tribes shared with Reclamation
information regarding their cultural affiliation with the Ancestors
from this place: Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation, Arizona;
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, &
Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah; Pueblo of
Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New
Mexico; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation,
Colorado; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42GA553 in Garfield County, Utah. No associated funerary
objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed the individual in
1962 as part of the Upper Colorado River Basin Archeological Survey
Project (UCRBASP) during an excavation paid for by Reclamation on land
managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, 11 individuals were removed
from site 42SA681 (Rehab Center) in San Juan County, Utah. The 47
associated funerary objects are eight textile fragments, 29 pieces of
cordage, one bundle of cordage, five soil impressions, three baskets,
and one bead. The University of Utah exhumed the individuals and
associated funerary objects in 1961 as part of the UCRBASP during an
excavation paid for by Reclamation on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, seven individuals were
removed from site 42SA735 (Whirlwind Cave) in San Juan County, Utah.
The two associated funerary objects are one bead group and one piece of
ochre. The University of Utah exhumed the individuals and associated
funerary objects in 1961 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation
paid for by Reclamation on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, 15 individuals were removed
from site 42SA736 (Bernheimer Alcove, Cave 1) in San Juan County, Utah.
The 300 associated funerary objects are 33 ceramic sherds, 10 faunal
bones, 24 squash fragments, seven vegetal sticks, 17 corncobs, 10
squash stems, one vegetal item, one worked vegetal twig, one piece of
knotted bark, 10 vegetal knots, 22 quids, 54 pieces of cordage, 20
basketry fragments, two bone awls, 13 squashes, two textile or basket
fragments, one hide fragment, one small wood spatula, two corn stalk
fragments, three pieces of worked yucca, one corn husk, one bone tool,
one projectile point, 10 pieces of folded yucca, corn (not found in
collection), two pieces of hair cordage, one piece of gourd tissue, one
wood fire poker, one open mesh mat, one knotted mat fragment, one hair
bundle or cordage, two stone choppers, one corncob with kernels, two
mat or basket fragments, three macro-botanical samples from processed
coprolites, three bracelets, five beads, two shrouds, two shroud
fragments, one textile, two wood fragments, one cradleboard, two robe
fragments, one piece of impressed clay, one edge of a fur blanket, one
bundle of yucca, one hide bag, one piece of juniper material, one
juniper matting or blanket, one juniper vegetal artifact, one coiled
basket, one textile fragment with red and black dyes, one incomplete
hide bag, one cedar bark roll, one piece of cotton cloth, one ball of
cotton, one human hair belt, one juniper bast covered with animal hide,
one necklace, one twined-woven bag, one stone bead, and two bone
tinklers. Four of the individuals and 14 of the associated funerary
objects were exhumed on June 11, 1929, by Charles L. Bernheimer, Earl
Morris, and John Wetherill during the 7th Bernheimer Expedition, and
acquired by the American Museum of Natural History, on land managed by
BLM. The University of Utah exhumed the other 11 individuals and 286
associated funerary objects in 1961 as part of the UCRBASP during an
excavation paid for by Reclamation on land managed by BLM. Three of the
associated funerary objects recovered by the University of Utah in 1961
are associated with individuals exhumed by the 7th Bernheimer
Expedition in 1929.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42SA772 (Cave 2) in San Juan County, Utah. The seven
associated funerary objects are one split stick cut by stone tools, two
round sticks with ends cut, one lot consisting of fragments of a yucca
mat, one lot of hide trimmings, one lot of fur string, and one lot of
plain jar fragments. The individual and associated funerary objects
were exhumed in 1929 by Charles L. Bernheimer, Earl Morris, and John
Wetherill during the 7th Bernheimer Expedition, and acquired by the
American Museum of Natural History, on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, four individuals were removed
from site 42SA847 (Montezuma 1) in San Juan County, Utah. The 18
associated funerary objects are one faunal bone, one polished stone,
and 16 ceramic sherds. The University of Utah exhumed the individuals
and associated funerary objects in 1945 in an area that became part of
the UCRBASP in the Glen Canyon area on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42SA440 in San Juan County, Utah. No associated funerary
objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed the individual in
1960 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid for by
Reclamation on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42KA1077 in Kane County, Utah. No associated funerary objects
are present.
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The University of Utah exhumed the individual in 1962 as part of the
UCRBASP during an excavation paid for by Reclamation on land managed by
BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42GA103 (Pantry Alcove) in Garfield County, Utah. No
associated funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed
the individual in 1961 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid
for by Reclamation on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42KA235 (Davis Pool Site) in Kane County, Utah. No associated
funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed the
individual in 1957 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid for
by Reclamation on land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42KA274 (Talus Ruin) in Kane County, Utah. No associated
funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed the
individual in 1958 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid for
by Reclamation on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42KA276 (Lizard Alcove) in Kane County, Utah. No associated
funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed the
individual in 1958 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid for
by Reclamation on land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42KA433 (Benchmark Cave) in Kane County, Utah. No associated
funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed the
individual during excavations that occurred in 1958 and 1962 as part of
the UCRBASP and paid for by Reclamation on land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42SA377 (Fence Ruin) in San Juan County, Utah. No associated
funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed the
individual in 1959 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid for
by Reclamation on land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42SA583 (Echo Alcove, Echo Cave) in San Juan County, Utah. No
associated funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed
the individual in 1959 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid
for by Reclamation on land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42SA633 (Widow's Ledge) in San Juan County, Utah. No
associated funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed
the individual in 1962 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid
for by Reclamation on land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42SA598 (Defiance House) in San Juan County, Utah. No
associated funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed
the individual in 1959 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid
for by Reclamation on land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42SA413 (Forked Stick Alcove, Forked Stick Shelter) in San
Juan County, Utah. No associated funerary objects are present. The
University of Utah exhumed the individual in 1959 as part of the
UCRBASP during an excavation paid for by Reclamation on land withdrawn
from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42GA288 (Triangle Cave) in Garfield County, Utah. No
associated funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed
the individual in 1961 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid
for by Reclamation on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42GA290 in Garfield County, Utah. No associated funerary
objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed the individual in
1961 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid for by
Reclamation on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42SA576 (Shady Alcove) in San Juan County, Utah. No
associated funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed
the individual in 1959 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid
for by Reclamation on land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42SA619 (Gourd House) in San Juan County, Utah. No associated
funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed the
individual in 1960 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid for
by Reclamation on land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42SA585 (Doll Ruin, Dollhouse Ruin) in San Juan County, Utah.
No associated funerary objects are present. The University of Utah
exhumed the individual in 1959 as part of the UCRBASP during an
excavation paid for by Reclamation on land withdrawn from BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42GA4230 (formerly recorded as 42KA178 and 42GA178) (Gate's
Roost), which museum records indicate is in Kane County, Utah. No
associated funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed
the individual in 1957 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid
for by Reclamation on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42GA286 (Circle Terrace) in Garfield County, Utah. No
associated funerary objects are present. The University of Utah exhumed
the individual in 1961 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid
for by Reclamation on land managed by BLM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site 42SA649 (NA3729) in San Juan County, Utah. No associated
funerary objects are present. Gene Foster, an artist and self-taught
archaeologist, collected the human remains from the surface within an
alcove in 1953 during a reconnaissance survey before construction of
the Glen Canyon Dam in the area of the UCRBASP on land managed by BLM.
Gene Foster turned over the collections and site records to the Museum
of Northern Arizona in 1958.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from site NA2681 in San Juan County, Utah. No associated funerary
objects are present. The Museum of Northern Arizona exhumed the
individual in 1959 as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid for
by Reclamation on land managed by BLM.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
The BLM and Reclamation have determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of at least 60 individuals of Native American
ancestry.
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<bullet> The 374 objects, or lots of objects, described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with
or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part
of the death rite or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the
Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation,
Arizona and California; Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation,
Nevada and Utah; Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Havasupai Tribe of the
Havasupai Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Hualapai Indian
Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona; Jicarilla Apache
Nation, New Mexico; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero
Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah;
Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico;
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of
Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes);
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 Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; Santo
Domingo Pueblo; Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah; Southern
Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian
Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe;
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 and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representatives 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 and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after April 28, 2025. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, BLM and Reclamation
must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing
requests. BLM and Reclamation are 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: March 17, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-05226 Filed 3-26-25; 8:45 am]
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