[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83048-83049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23720]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038879; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office, Tres Rios Field 
Office, Dolores, CO

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, Colorado State Office, Tres Rios Field Office (BLM 
Tres Rios Field Office) intends to carry out the disposition of human 
remains removed from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants, 
Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization with priority for 
disposition in this notice.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after November 14, 2024. If no claim for disposition is received by 
October 15, 2025, the human remains in this notice will become 
unclaimed human remains.

ADDRESSES: Derek Padilla, Field Office Manager, Bureau of Land 
Management, Tres Rios Field Office, 29211 Highway 184, Dolores, CO 
81323, telephone (970) 882-7296, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b9ddc9d8ddd0d5d5d8f9dbd5d497ded6cf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="92f6e2f3f6fbfefef3d2f0feffbcf5fde4">[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 Tres Rios Field Office, and additional information on the human 
remains in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be 
found in the related records. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the identifications in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing two 
individuals have been reasonably identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present. The remains represent one individual from San 
Miguel County, Colorado, specifically archaeological site 5SM377. The 
remains from 5SM377 consist of one fragment of a human metatarsal or 
metacarpal bone, which were inadvertently removed from the site in 
2012.
    Additionally, remains from a second individual were located next to 
a road in San Miguel County, Colorado. These remains consist of one 
human cranium and are unassociated with an archaeological site.

Determinations

    The BLM Tres Rios Field Office has determined that:
    <bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
    <bullet> The Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New 
Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; 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

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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; Santo 
Domingo Pueblo; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute 
Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 
Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo; and 
the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico have priority for 
disposition of the human remains described in this notice.

Claims for Disposition

    Written claims for disposition of the human remains in this notice 
must be sent to the appropriate official identified in this notice 
under ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition is received by October 15, 
2025, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human 
remains. Claims for disposition may be submitted by:
    1. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization 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 they have priority for disposition.
    Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after November 14, 2024. If competing claims for disposition are 
received, the BLM Tres Rios Field Office must determine the most 
appropriate claimant prior to disposition. Requests for joint 
disposition of the human remains are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. The BLM Tres Rios Field Office is responsible 
for sending a copy of this notice to the lineal descendants, Indian 
Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and 
to any other consulting parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.

    Dated: October 4, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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