Notice2025-05612
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Basin Region, Salt Lake City, UT
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April 2, 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 Indian Affairs, Washington, DC (BIA), 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, Utah, and are in the custody of the Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; and the Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14472-14473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05612]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039817; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, 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 Indian Affairs, Washington, DC (BIA), 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, Utah, and are in the
custody of the Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, Salt
Lake City, Utah; and the Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff,
Arizona.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after May 2, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Tamara Billie, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, NAGPRA Manager, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1001 Indian
School Road NW, Mailbox 44, Albuquerque, NM 87104, telephone (505) 879-
9711, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2c584d414d5e4d024e45404045496c4e454d024b435a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="81f5e0ece0f3e0afe3e8edede8e4c1e3e8e0afe6eef7">[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#6c160209001f03022c191f0e1e420b031a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d3a9bdb6bfa0bcbd93a6a0b1a1fdb4bca5">[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
BIA 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.
The 2019 Notices of Inventory Completion concerning human remains
and associated funerary objects from Glen Canyon [84 FR 2922-2923,
February 8, 2019, and 84 FR 2917-2918, February 8, 2019] should have
acknowledged the deep and abiding connection Indian Tribes have to this
place and their affiliation with the Ancestors from this area. 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 (Cedar
Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes,
Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes); 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, two individuals have been
identified from site 42SA395 (Catfish Canyon) in San Juan County, Utah.
The 18 associated funerary objects include, at minimum, two lots of
cordage, knot; one lot of cradle pad; one lot of umbilical pad; one lot
of enigmatic, hide, leather; one lot of textile, blanket fragment; one
lot of hide clothing fragment; one lot of wood footrest; one lot of mat
fragment; one lot of tool, wood, cradleboard; one lot of basketry/
cradleboard; one lot of tool, wood, splint; one lot of cordage, knot;
one lot of vegetal pad; one lot of feather necklace/cordage; one lot of
textile, blanket; one lot of umbilical pad; and one lot of enigmatic,
hide, leather fashioned into a hood. The University of Utah exhumed the
individuals in 1958 as part of the Upper Colorado River Basin
Archeological Survey Project (UCRBASP) during an excavation paid for by
Reclamation on land managed by BIA.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified from site 42SA402 (NA7145, Lone Child Alcove) in San Juan
County, Utah. The three associated funerary objects include at minimum,
one lot of cradle board; one lot of textile fragments; and one lot of
leather pouch. The Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) exhumed the
individual and associated funerary objects in 1959 as part of the
UCRBASP during an excavation paid for by Reclamation on land managed by
BIA.
Human remains representing, at least, four individuals have been
identified from site NA7523 (Sand Dune Cave) in San Juan County, Utah.
The 21 associated funerary objects include, at minimum, one lot of bone
awl; one lot of worked antler; one lot of biface; one lot of bark bag;
one lot of basketry fragment; one lot of deer hide; one lot of textile
fragment; one lot of leather bag; one lot of faunal bone; one lot of
shell ornament; one lot of fish scales; one lot of palette; one lot of
faunal bone; one lot of projectile point; one lot of shell ornament;
one lot of mano; one lot of worked bone; one lot of projectile point;
one lot of stone pendant; one lot of mineral; and one lot of vegetal
remains. MNA 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 BIA.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been
identified from site NA7658 (Charcoal Cave) in San Juan County, Utah.
No associated funerary objects are present. MNA exhumed the individual
in the 1950s as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid for by
Reclamation on land managed by BIA.
Associated funerary objects were removed from a burial within site
NA8639 in San Juan County, Utah. The three objects include, at minimum,
one lot of a bowl; one lots of sherds; and one lot of flaked stone. MNA
recovered this
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material in the 1960s as part of the UCRBASP during an excavation paid
for by Reclamation on land managed by BIA.
Associated funerary objects were removed from a burial within site
NA8641 in San Juan County, Utah. The four objects include, at minimum,
one lot of a jar; one lot of a bowl; one lot of sherds; and one lot of
flaked stone. MNA recovered this material in the 1960s as part of the
UCRBASP during an excavation paid for by Reclamation on land managed by
BIA.
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 BIA and Reclamation have determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of at least eight individuals of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> The 49 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, Kanosh Band of
Paiutes, Koosharem 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 May 2, 2025. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, BIA 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. BIA 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 21, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-05612 Filed 4-1-25; 8:45 am]
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