[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89034-89035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26088]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039004; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 
Albuquerque District, Albuquerque, New Mexico

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. Army Corps of Engineers, 
Albuquerque District 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 December 12, 2024. If no claim for disposition is received by 
November 12,

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2025, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human 
remains.

ADDRESSES: Jeremy Decker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque 
District, 4101 Jefferson Plaza NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109, telephone 
(505) 342-3671, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#701a1502151d095e045e1415131b15023005031113155e11021d095e1d191c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="761c1304131b0f5802581213151d13043603051715135817041b0f581b1f1a">[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 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District and additional 
information on the human remains or cultural items 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, at 
least, four individuals have been reasonably identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present. The individuals, including two adult 
females, and one adult male, along with 11 additional fragments from 
comingled or isolated contexts and representing, at a minimum, a fourth 
individual, were removed from the Leone Bluff site, 5LA1211, in Las 
Animas County, Colorado. Wave action associated with increased lake 
levels at Trinidad Reservoir in 1999 and 2000 contributed to a 
significant increase in slumping and erosion of cultural deposits at 
the site. As water levels fell, artifacts and human remains eroded from 
those deposits were scattered across the surface of a wave-cut terrace 
that surrounded the site. The remains were discovered on May 28, 2000. 
The remains were later collected on June 3-7, 2000, and the excavation 
of additional human remains exposed by receding water levels was 
conducted between August 7th and August 30th, 2000.

Determinations

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, has determined 
that:
    <bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
    <bullet> The Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico has 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 November 
12, 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 December 12, 2024. If competing claims for disposition are 
received, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 
Albuquerque District 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 29, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-26088 Filed 11-8-24; 8:45 am]
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