23506 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 76 / Thursday, April 19, 2012 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of Interior, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional 

Office, Salt Lake City, UT, and Arizona 

State University, School of Human 

Evolution and Social Change, Tempe, 

AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper 

Colorado Region, Salt Lake City, UT, has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribe, and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and a present-day Indian tribe. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe that 

believes itself to be culturally affiliated 

with the human remains may contact 

the Bureau of Reclamation, Upper 

Colorado Region. Repatriation of the 

human remains to the Indian tribe 

stated below may occur if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the human remains 

should contact the agency at the address 

below by May 21, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Keith Waldron, U.S. 

Department of Interior, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, 

125 South State Street, Salt Lake City, 

UT 84138, telephone (801) 524–3816. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3003, of the completion of an inventory 

of human remains in the possession of 

the Arizona State University, School of 

Human Evolution and Social Change, 

Tempe, AZ, and under the control of the 

U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, 

Salt Lake City, UT. The human remains 

were removed from the pre-inundation 

archeological work for the Navajo 

Reservoir, in Archuleta and San Juan 

counties, NM. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in 

this notice are the sole responsibility of 

the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American human remains. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Arizona State 

University, the Museum of New Mexico, 

and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 

Upper Colorado Region, professional 

staffs in consultation with 

representatives of the Navajo Nation, 

Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1985, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

recovered from site LA 54175, an 

isolated burial in San Juan County, NM, 

during legally authorized excavations 

and collections by the Complete 

Archaeological Services at the Navajo 

Reservoir. These human remains are 

presently curated at the Arizona State 

University, School of Human Evolution 

and Social Change. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Based on the nature of the remains and 

the location, the burial has been 

identified as historic period Navajo, 

dating to A.D. 1700–1800. 

In 1959, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

recovered from site LA 4212 in 

Archuleta County, NM, during an 

archeological survey by the Museum of 

New Mexico as part of the Navajo 

Reservoir Project. The site is an historic 

structure dating to A.D. 1890–1925, and 

the remains were noted as ‘‘from a pothunted burial.’’ The cranium exhibits no 

cranial deformation, suggesting a 

probable Navajo affiliation; however, 

the cranium and mandible are not 

clearly identifiable as culturally 

affiliated with an Indian tribe. Given the 

totality of circumstances surrounding 

the acquisition of the human remains, 

they are most likely Navajo. These 

human remains are presently curated by 

the Arizona State University, School of 

Human Evolution and Social Change. 

No known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1958, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual with 

possible fragments of a second 

individual were recovered from site LA 

4072 in San Juan County, NM, during 

legally authorized excavations and 

collections by the Museum of New 

Mexico as part of the Navajo Reservoir 

Project. These human remains are 

presently curated by the Arizona State 

University, School of Human Evolution 

and Social Change. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. Based on 

material culture, site LA 4072 has been 

identified as dating to the period A.D. 

1500–1775 which includes both the 

Dine ́tah and Gobernador phases. 

Physical anthropological traits, burial 

customs, geography, and oral traditions 

indicate affiliation of the human 

remains listed above with the historic 

and present-day Navajo Nation, 

Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. 

Determinations Made by the U.S. 

Department of Interior, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional 

Office, Salt Lake City, UT 

Officials of the U.S. Bureau of 

Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of a 

minimum of three individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and the Navajo Nation, 

Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian tribe 

that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Keith Waldron, U.S. 

Bureau of Reclamation, 125 South State 

Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84138, 

telephone (801) 524–3816, before May 

21, 2012. Repatriation of the human 

remains to the Navajo Nation, Arizona, 

New Mexico and Utah may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 

Upper Colorado Region is responsible 

for notifying the Navajo Nation, 

Arizona, New Mexico and Utah that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: April 12, 2012. 

David Tarler, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9436 Filed 4–18–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: The 

Region of Three Oaks Museum, Three 

Oaks, MI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Region of Three Oaks 

Museum has completed an inventory of 

human remains, in consultation with 

the appropriate Indian tribe, and has 

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