[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81937-81938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23371]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038842; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office, Santa Fe, NM, and 
New Mexico Junior College--Western Heritage Museum and Lea County 
Cowboy Hall of Fame, Hobbs, 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 the Interior, Bureau 
of Land Management, New Mexico State Office (BLM), and New Mexico 
Junior College--Western Heritage Museum and Lea County Cowboy Hall of 
Fame (NMJC) has completed an inventory of human remains and has 
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human and 
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after November 8, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Cynthia Herhahn, Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State 
Office, 301 Dinosaur Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87508, telephone (505) 761-
8938, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#12717a77607a737a7c52707e7f3c757d64"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4c2f24293e242d24220c2e2021622b233a">[email protected]</span></a>, and Laura Hockensmith, New Mexico Junior 
College--Western Heritage Museum and Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame, 1 
Thunderbird Circle, Hobbs, NM 88240, telephone (575) 492-2679, email 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#05696d6a666e606b76686c716d456b686f662b606170"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="04686c6b676f616a77696d706c446a696e672a616071">[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 NMJC, 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.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, four individuals have been reasonably identified. Between 1960 
and 1970, the individuals were removed from the Lusk Ranch Site (NM-06-
2099; LA43721), Eddy County, New Mexico, by Calvin C. Smith, the father 
of the previous Executive Director of the

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Western Heritage Museum. In 2013, the individuals were encountered by 
volunteer staff at the NMJC. The land from which the individuals were 
removed is under the control of the BLM and was at the time of removal. 
The NMJC has no knowledge or record of any potentially hazardous 
substances being used to treat the human remains. No associated 
funerary objects are present.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical 
location of the human remains described in this notice.

Determinations

    The BLM and NMJC has determined that:
    <bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
    <bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains 
described in this notice and the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Comanche 
Nation, Oklahoma; Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Fort Sill 
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache 
Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache 
Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Ohkay Owingeh, New 
Mexico; 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 Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos 
Reservation, Arizona; Santo Domingo Pueblo; Tonto Apache Tribe of 
Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, 
Arizona; 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 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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after November 8, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the BLM and NMJC must determine the most 
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. The BLM and NMJC 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: September 30, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-23371 Filed 10-8-24; 8:45 am]
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