Notice2025-06636
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC
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Published
April 18, 2025
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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 Indian Affairs has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 74 (Friday, April 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16537-16538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06636]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039946; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC
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 has completed an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects and has 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after May 19, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Tamara Billie, 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#1662777b77647738747f7a7a7f7356747f7738717960"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3246535f5340531c505b5e5e5b5772505b531c555d44">[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
Bureau of Indian Affairs, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in its inventory or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing at least 11 individuals have been
identified. The 157 associated funerary objects are 22 lots of
groundstone, 20 lots of lithics, 49 lots of ceramic sherds, 11 lots of
``historic artifacts,'' two lots of lightning stones, eight lots of
unmodified stone, six lots of ceramic vessels, five lots of ornamental
objects, five lots of pipes, three lots of minerals, one lot of
``shatter,'' four lots of botanical objects, 11 lots of fauna, one lot
of a figurine, one lot of unworked wood, one lot of a ceramic disc, two
lots of architectural remains, one lot of fossils, two lots of cloud
blowers, and two lots of ``indeterminate.'' The Museum of New Mexico
(MNM) conducted an archaeological salvage excavation at Nambe Pueblo
(LA17) from June 16 to July 8, 1966. Ceramics located at the site
reveal an occupation no earlier than A.D. 1200 and suggest a continued
occupation of the site into the Historic Period. Additional human
remains were donated to the Museum by a private individual who
collected the human remains in 1964 from Powakwaiouinge Ruin, across
from the creek from Nambe Pueblo.
Archaeological reports and oral history both confirm that this site
and LA 17 are culturally affiliated with the Nambe Pueblo. There are no
known chemical treatments for the objects, minus the possible
application of some labeling material that is a thermoplastic resin.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of the
consultation, cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the
information available about the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and by the geographical location or
acquisition history of the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 11 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 157 objects are reasonably believed to have been
placed intentionally with or near individual human remains at the time
of death or
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later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Pueblo of
Nambe, 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 representative 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after May 19,
2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Bureau
of Indian Affairs 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. The Bureau of Indian Affairs is 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: April 8, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-06636 Filed 4-17-25; 8:45 am]
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