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In 1951, human remains representing 

a minimum of seven individuals were 

removed from the North Garrison Bay 

Site (45–SJ–25) in San Juan County, 

WA, during a summer field school in 

archeology under the direction of 

Professor Carroll Burroughs of the 

University of Washington. The North 

Garrison Bay Site is a prehistoric village 

site north of both the Guss Island Site 

and English Camp Site referred to 

previously. The fragmentary human 

remains were transferred to the Burke 

Museum and accessioned by the 

National Park Service. No known 

individuals were identified. The 11 

associated funerary objects are 1 shell 

fragment, 1 fused non-human radius 

and ulna, 1 deer ulna, 1 carnivore 

mandible fragment, 1 non-human rib 

fragment, 2 non-human bone fragments, 

and 4 lots of organic matter. 

Based upon non-destructive 

osteological analysis, archeological data, 

geographic context and accession data, 

the 34 individuals from the four San 

Juan Island sites are of Native American 

ancestry. Arden King’s analysis of 

archeological data from Cattle Point 

resulted in the identification of three 

prehistoric phases, with the most recent 

representing a maritime adaptation that 

is ancestral to historic native 

populations in the United States and 

Canada. Archeological research and 

analysis indicates continuous habitation 

of San Juan Island, including the four 

sites mentioned here, from 

approximately 2,000 years ago through 

the mid–19th century. Anthropologist 

Wayne Suttles has identified the 

occupants of San Juan Island as 

Northern Straits language-speaking 

people, a linguistic subset of a larger 

Central Coast Salish population, who 

were ancestors of the Lummi Tribe of 

the Lummi Reservation, Washington. 

Furthermore, Suttles’ anthropological 

research in the late 1940s confirmed 

that the Lummi primarily occupied San 

Juan Island and other nearby islands in 

the contact period and during the early 

history of the Lummi Reservation that 

was established on the mainland in 

1855 through Article II of the Treaty of 

Point Elliott. San Juan Island is within 

the aboriginal territory of the Lummi 

Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington. Lummi oral tradition, 

history and anthropological data clearly 

associate the Lummi with San Juan 

Island. 

The Samish Indian Tribe, Washington 

is closely associated with the Lummi 

Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington linguistically and 

culturally, and the Samish regard San 

Juan Island to be within the usual and 

accustomed territory shared by both 

tribes at the time of the Point Elliott 

Treaty negotiations in 1855. In 2006, the 

Samish Indian Tribe, Washington and 

the Lummi Tribe of the Lummi 

Reservation, Washington entered into a 

cooperative agreement to have the 

Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington take the lead in receiving 

repatriated human remains and funerary 

objects from San Juan Island National 

Historical Park. The traditional territory 

of the Swinomish Indians of the 

Swinomish Reservation, Washington is 

on the mainland in the vicinity of La 

Conner, WA, on Whidbey Island and 

Fidalgo Island, the site of their 

reservation. 

Officials of San Juan Island National 

Historical Park have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of 34 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of San Juan Island 

National Historical Park also have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (3)(A), the 134 associated funerary 

objects are reasonably believed to have 

been placed with or near individual 

human remains at the time of death or 

later as part of the death rite or 

ceremony. Lastly, officials of San Juan 

Island National Historical Park have 

determined that, 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 

associated funerary objects and the 

Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Peter Dederich, superintendent, 

San Juan Island National Historical 

Park, P.O. Box 429, Friday Harbor, WA 

98250–04289, telephone (360) 378– 

2240, before April 13, 2009. 

Repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the 

Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

San Juan Island National Historical 

Park is responsible for notifying the 

Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington; Samish Indian Tribe, 

Washington; and Swinomish Indians of 

the Swinomish Reservation, Washington 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: February 12, 2009. 

Sangita Chari, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–5321 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Utah State 

Office of the Bureau of Land 

Management, Salt Lake City, UT; 

Museum of Peoples and Cultures, 

Brigham Young University, Provo, UT; 

College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric 

Museum, Price, UT; Edge of the Cedars 

State Park Museum, Blanding, UT; 

Utah Museum of Natural History, 

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; 

and Anthropology Museum at 

Washington State University, Pullman, 

WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 and associated funerary objects 

in the control of the U.S. Department of 

the Interior, Utah State Office, Bureau of 

Land Management, Salt Lake City, UT, 

and in the possession of the Museum of 

Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young 

University, Provo, UT; College of 

Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum, Price, 

UT; Edge of the Cedars State Park 

Museum, Blanding, UT; Utah Museum 

of Natural History, University of Utah, 

Salt Lake City, UT; and Anthropology 

Museum at Washington State 

University, Pullman, WA. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Carbon, Grand, 

Kane, San Juan, Sevier, Tooele, 

Washington, and Wayne Counties, UT, 

and from unknown locations in Utah. 

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 and 

associated funerary objects. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Museum of 

Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young 

University; College of Eastern Utah 

Prehistoric Museum; Edge of the Cedars 

State Park Museum; Utah Museum of 

Natural History, University of Utah; 

Anthropology Museum at Washington 

State University; and Utah State Office, 

Bureau of Land Management 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Confederated 


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Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, 

Nevada and Utah; Duckwater Shoshone 

Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation, 

Nevada; Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; 

Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kaibab Band of 

Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; Moapa Band of 

Paiute Indians of the Moapa River 

Indian Reservation, Nevada; Navajo 

Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; 

Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation 

of Utah (Washakie); Ohkay Owingeh, 

New Mexico; Paiute Indian Tribe of 

Utah (Cedar City Band of Paiutes, 

Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem 

Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of 

Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes); 

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 Santo 

Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; San 

Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; 

Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming; ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall 

Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone-Paiute 

Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, 

Nevada; Skull Valley Band of Goshute 

Indians of Utah; Southern Ute Indian 

Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, 

Colorado; Te-Moak Tribe of Western 

Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four 

constituent bands: Battle Mountain 

Band, Elko Band, South Fork Band and 

Wells Band); Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute 

Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 

Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & 

Utah; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas; 

and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico. 

In 1973, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from the surface of 

archeological site 42SA2799 in San Juan 

County, UT, during a legally authorized 

inventory effort conducted by Brigham 

Young University. The human remains 

were subsequently accessioned into the 

Museum of Peoples and Cultures, 

Brigham Young University. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In 1973, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from the surface of 

archeological site 42SA2800 in San Juan 

County, UT, during a legally authorized 

inventory effort conducted by Brigham 

Young University. The human remains 

were subsequently accessioned into the 

Museum of Peoples and Cultures, 

Brigham Young University. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In 1973, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from the surface of 

archeological site 42SA2911 in San Juan 

County, UT, during a legally authorized 

inventory effort conducted by Brigham 

Young University. The human remains 

were subsequently accessioned into the 

Museum of Peoples and Cultures, 

Brigham Young University. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Between 1970 and 1972, human 

remains representing a minimum of four 

individuals were removed from Three 

Kiva Pueblo (archeological site 

42SA863) in San Juan County, UT, 

during legally authorized excavations 

conducted by Brigham Young 

University. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

subsequently accessioned into the 

Museum of Peoples and Cultures, 

Brigham Young University. No known 

individuals were identified. The two 

associated funerary objects are a 

projectile point and a stone axe 

fragment. 

Between 1969 and 1974, human 

remains representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from the 

surface of archeological site 42SA3581 

in San Juan County, UT, during a legally 

authorized inventory effort conducted 

by Brigham Young University. The 

human remains were subsequently 

accessioned into the Museum of Peoples 

and Cultures, Brigham Young 

University. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In 1974, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from the surface of 

archeological site 42SA3786 in San Juan 

County, UT, during a legally authorized 

inventory effort conducted by Brigham 

Young University. The human remains 

were subsequently accessioned into the 

Museum of Peoples and Cultures, 

Brigham Young University. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Between 1969 and 1972, human 

remains representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from the 

surface of archeological site 42SA1782 

in San Juan County, UT, during a legally 

authorized inventory effort conducted 

by Brigham Young University. The 

human remains were subsequently 

accessioned into the Museum of Peoples 

and Cultures, Brigham Young 

University. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Between 1969 and 1972, human 

remains representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from the 

surface of archeological site 42SA1864 

in San Juan County, UT, during a legally 

authorized inventory effort conducted 

by Brigham Young University. The 

human remains were subsequently 

accessioned into the Museum of Peoples 

and Cultures, Brigham Young 

University. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Between 1969 and 1972, human 

remains representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from the 

surface of archeological site 42SA2117 

in San Juan County, UT, during a legally 

authorized inventory effort conducted 

by Brigham Young University. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

object were subsequently accessioned 

into the Museum of Peoples and 

Cultures, Brigham Young University. No 

known individual was identified. The 

one associated funerary object is a 

worked stone flake. 

Between 1969 and 1979, human 

remains representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from the 

surface of archeological site 42SA10862 

in San Juan County, UT, during a legally 

authorized inventory effort conducted 

by Brigham Young University. The 

human remains were subsequently 

accessioned into the Museum of Peoples 

and Cultures, Brigham Young 

University. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Between 1969 and 1979, human 

remains representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from the 

surface of archeological site 42SA10871 

in San Juan County, UT, during a legally 

authorized inventory effort conducted 

by Brigham Young University. The 

human remains were subsequently 

accessioned into the Museum of Peoples 

and Cultures, Brigham Young 

University. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Between 1969 and 1979, human 

remains representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from the 

surface of archeological site 42SA10883 

in San Juan County, UT, during a legally 

authorized inventory effort conducted 

by Brigham Young University. The 

human remains were subsequently 

accessioned into the Museum of Peoples 

and Cultures, Brigham Young 

University. No known individual was 


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identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Between 1969 and 1979, human 

remains representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from the 

surface of archeological site 42SA10983 

in San Juan County, UT, during a legally 

authorized inventory effort conducted 

by Brigham Young University. The 

human remains were subsequently 

accessioned into the Museum of Peoples 

and Cultures, Brigham Young 

University. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from Mill 

Creek Canyon, Grand County, UT. 

Circumstances of the removal are 

unknown. The human remains were 

originally housed in the Dan O’Laurie 

Museum in Moab and subsequently 

were given to a Bureau of Land 

Management archeologist because they 

could not be properly cared for in the 

museum. The human remains were later 

transferred to the College of Eastern 

Utah Prehistoric Museum. No known 

individual was identified. The five 

associated funerary objects are one lot of 

leather pieces, one lot of grass, one 

plaited juniper bark carrier, and one lot 

of cording. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from White 

Canyon, Grand County, UT. 

Circumstances of the removal are 

unknown. The human remains were 

originally housed in the Dan O’Laurie 

Museum in Moab and subsequently 

were given to a Bureau of Land 

Management archeologist because they 

could not be properly cared for in the 

museum. The human remains were later 

transferred to the College of Eastern 

Utah Prehistoric Museum. No known 

individual was identified. The three 

associated funerary objects are one lot of 

leather pieces, one lot of twined juniper 

bark carrier pieces, and twisted animal 

hide cordage. 

In 1977, human remains representing 

a minimum of four individuals were 

recovered from River House Ruin 

(42SA5281) in San Juan County, UT, 

during legally authorized excavations. 

The human remains were accessioned 

by the Edge of the Cedars State Park 

Museum. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In 1983, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

recovered from archeological site 

42SA14187 in San Juan County, UT, 

during legally authorized data recovery 

efforts after erosion exposed the burial. 

The human remains were accessioned 

by the Edge of the Cedars State Park 

Museum. No known individual was 

identified. The 170 associated funerary 

objects are 4 ceramic vessels; 1 ladle 

fragment; 158 ceramic sherds (Mancos 

Black-on-White, Piedra Black-on-White, 

McElmo Black-on-White, Chapin Gray, 

and Mancos neck banded); 1 broken 

ceramic pendant; 1 polishing stone; 1 

pecking stone; 1 graver; 2 bifaces; and 

1 utilized flake. 

In 1981, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from site 42SA4856, the Little 

Square Tower site, San Juan County, 

UT, during legally authorized 

excavations for data recovery efforts for 

the Recapture Dam Project by Brigham 

Young University. The human remains 

were accessioned by the Edge of the 

Cedars State Park Museum. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In 1981, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

recovered from site 42SA8875, San Juan 

County, UT, during legally authorized 

excavations for data recovery efforts for 

the Recapture Dam Project by Brigham 

Young University. The human remains 

were accessioned by the Edge of the 

Cedars State Park Museum. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In 1981, human remains representing 

a minimum two individuals were 

recovered from site 42SA8876, San Juan 

County, UT, during legally authorized 

excavations for data recovery efforts for 

the Recapture Dam Project by Brigham 

Young University. The human remains 

were accessioned by the Edge of the 

Cedars State Park Museum. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1981, human remains representing 

a minimum one individual were 

removed from site 42SA8880, the Cist 

site, San Juan County, UT, during 

legally authorized excavations for data 

recovery efforts for the Recapture Dam 

Project by Brigham Young University. 

The human remains were accessioned 

by the Edge of the Cedars State Park 

Museum. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In 1981, human remains representing 

a minimum two individuals were 

removed from site 42SA8887, the 

Bullpup Shelter site, San Juan County, 

UT, during legally authorized 

excavations for data recovery efforts for 

the Recapture Dam Project by Brigham 

Young University. The human remains 

were accessioned by Edge of the Cedars 

State Park Museum. No known 

individual was identified. The one 

associated funerary object is a polished 

tube of turkey bone. 

Three individuals were also recovered 

during the Recapture Dam Project by 

Brigham Young University, and are 

assumed to be from the same time 

periods and occupations of the other 

human remains, although their exact 

provenience is not known. The human 

remains were accessioned by the Edge 

of the Cedars State Park Museum. 

In 1965, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

recovered from the surface of a 

vandalized site, 42SA5093, in San Juan 

County, UT, during legally authorized 

surface inventory. The human remains 

were accessioned by the Edge of the 

Cedars State Park Museum. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In 1990, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

recovered from archeological site 

42SA11624 in Nancy Patterson Canyon, 

San Juan County, UT, during legally 

authorized excavations. The human 

remains were accessioned by the Edge 

of the Cedars State Park Museum. No 

known individual was identified. The 

two associated funerary objects are a 

Mancos Corrugated ceramic vessel and 

a Mesa Verde white ware ceramic 

vessel. 

In 1976, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

recovered from the surface of 

archeological site 42SA5622 in Butler 

Wash, San Juan County, UT, during a 

survey by the University of Denver. The 

human remains were scattered on the 

surface of a disturbed and looted site. 

The human remains were accessioned 

by the Edge of the Cedars State Park 

Museum. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In 1965, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

recovered from the surface of 

archeological site 42SA5156, San Juan 

County, UT, during inventory for a 

chaining at Westwater Point. The 

human remains were accessioned by the 

Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum. 

No known individuals were identified. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

Prior to 1979, human remains 

representing a minimum of two 

individuals were recovered from an 

unknown site in an unknown location. 

The human remains and the objects 

were held in the Monticello Field 

Office, Bureau of Land Management 

until 1983 when they were transferred 

to and accessioned by the Edge of the 

Cedars State Park for appropriate care. 

No known individuals were identified. 


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The five associated funerary objects are 

one ceramic sherd, two worked/tanned 

animal hides, one turkey feather 

blanket, and one yucca cordage. 

In 1983, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

delivered to the Edge of the Cedars 

Museum by a Bureau of Land 

Management staff archeologist in 

California, and accessioned into the 

museum collections as under the 

control of the Bureau of Land 

Management. The Bureau of Land 

Management acquired the human 

remains from a collector who indicated 

they had been looted from a site near 

Blanding in San Juan County, UT. No 

additional information regarding the 

original place or manner of removal is 

available. No known individual was 

identified. The two associated funerary 

objects are a yucca fiber and a turkey 

feather blanket. 

In 1989, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

collected by hikers from an exposed 

burial on the surface of an unrecorded 

site on Bureau of Land Management 

public lands in the Grand Gulch area of 

San Juan County, UT. The human 

remains and the associated funerary 

object were turned over to Bureau of 

Land Management and subsequently 

taken to Edge of the Cedars State Park 

for appropriate care. No known 

individual was identified. The one 

associated funerary object is a turkey 

feather legging fragment. 

Between 1972 and 1973, human 

remains representing a minimum of one 

individual were recovered from site 

42SA2137, during excavations as part of 

a U.S. 95 highway improvement project 

in San Juan County, UT. Subsequently, 

the Utah Museum of Natural History 

accessioned the materials into its 

collections. No known individual was 

identified. The 48 associated funerary 

objects are 1 McElmo Black-on-White 

jar, 2 McElmo Black-on-White 

fragments, 1 bowl, and 44 sherds. 

Between 1972 and 1973, human 

remains representing a minimum of one 

individual were recovered from site 

42SA2139, Surprise Village, San Juan 

County, UT, during excavations as part 

of a U.S. 95 highway improvement 

project. Subsequently, the Utah 

Museum of Natural History accessioned 

the materials into its collections. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Between 1972 and 1973, human 

remains representing a minimum of two 

individuals were recovered from site 

42SA2140, Gnat Knoll, San Juan 

County, UT, during excavations as part 

of a U.S. 95 highway improvement 

project. Subsequently, the Utah 

Museum of Natural History accessioned 

the materials into its collections. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

one associated funerary object is one lot 

of ceramics sherds. 

Between 1972 and 1973, human 

remains representing a minimum of two 

individuals were recovered from site 

42SA2164, Mule Canyon Ruins, San 

Juan County, UT, during excavations as 

part of a U.S. 95 highway improvement 

project. Subsequently, the Utah 

Museum of Natural History accessioned 

the materials into its collections. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

one associated funerary object is a small 

bowl made from a handleless dipper. 

Between 1972 and 1973, human 

remains representing a minimum of one 

individual were recovered from site 

42SA3203, Tall Pine Site, San Juan 

County, UT, during excavations as part 

of a U.S. 95 highway improvement 

project. Subsequently, the Utah 

Museum of Natural History accessioned 

the materials into its collections. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1975, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from the surface of site HS C1– 

3 near the head of Polly’s Canyon, a 

tributary of Grand Gulch in San Juan 

County, UT, as part of the Cedar Mesa 

Project. The human remains were 

subsequently accession by the 

Anthropology Museum at Washington 

State University. No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

All the human remains and associated 

funerary objects evidence an affiliation 

with the archeological cultural known 

as Anasazi or Ancestral Puebloan. The 

Anasazi culture developed in Utah and 

elsewhere in the Southwest from about 

1200 B.C. through the 13th and/or 14th 

centuries, after which there was an 

abandonment of some areas. Anasazi 

sites are also commonly referred to as 

Ancestral Puebloan because of a clear 

linkage and continuity to extant 

Puebloan culture from prehistoric times 

to the present. Ceramics, architecture, 

rock art, and other cultural traits 

documented in the archeological record, 

as well as the oral traditions of Puebloan 

tribes, provide relevant evidence for a 

general cultural affiliation to Puebloan 

tribes. Other tribes who have lived in 

the area since Anasazi abandonment of 

the region in the 13th and/or 14th 

centuries also claim a relationship with 

Anasazi archeological sites. To the 

extent that there has been intermarriage 

and gene flow across tribal populations 

in the Southwest, and transfer of some 

cultural traits through time and 

association, some argument could be 

made for broad affiliation. However, a 

focus on the culture in place during the 

time of Anasazi occupation, and 

continuity of key cultural traits through 

time justifies affiliation to Puebloans 

and not to tribes who appear to have 

entered the region after Anasazi 

abandonment. Determinations of 

cultural affiliation are based on a simple 

preponderance of the evidence. Based 

on archeological evidence and oral 

traditions/folklore, there is a general 

affiliation to extant Pueblo Tribes, 

which are the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 

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 Santo 

Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; 

Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico. 

Officials of the Utah State Office, 

Bureau of Land Management have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (9–10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of 51 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the Utah 

State Office, Bureau of Land 

Management also have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 

242 objects described above are 

reasonably believed to have been placed 

with or near individual human remains 

at the time of death or later as part of 

the death rite or ceremony. Lastly, 

officials of the Utah State Office, Bureau 

of Land Management have determined 

that, 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 associated funerary objects 

and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 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 


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Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo 

Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; 

Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Byron Loosle, Utah State 

NAGPRA Coordinator, BLM Utah State 

Office, P.O. Box 45155, 440 West 200 

South, Suite 600, Salt Lake City, UT 

84145–0155, telephone (801) 539–4276, 

before April 13, 2009. Repatriation of 

the human remains and associated 

funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; 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 Santo 

Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; 

Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Utah State Office, Bureau of Land 

Management is responsible for notifying 

the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute 

Reservation, Nevada and Utah; 

Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the 

Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Ely 

Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Hopi Tribe 

of Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute 

Indians of the Kaibab Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; Moapa Band of 

Paiute Indians of the Moapa River 

Indian Reservation, Nevada; Navajo 

Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; 

Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation 

of Utah (Washakie); Ohkay Owingeh, 

New Mexico; Paiute Indian Tribe of 

Utah; 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 Santo 

Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; San 

Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; 

Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming; ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall 

Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone-Paiute 

Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, 

Nevada; Skull Valley Band of Goshute 

Indians of Utah; Southern Ute Indian 

Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, 

Colorado; Te-Moak Tribe of Western 

Shoshone Indians of Nevada; Ute Indian 

Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 

Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe 

of the Ute Mountain Reservation, 

Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Ysleta 

del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe 

of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: January 29, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–5340 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Utah State 

Office, Bureau of Land Management, 

Salt Lake City, UT and Utah Museum of 

Natural History, University of Utah, Salt 

Lake City, UT 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 and associated funerary objects 

in the control of the U.S. Department of 

the Interior, Utah State Office, Bureau of 

Land Management, Salt Lake City, UT, 

and in the possession of the Utah 

Museum of Natural History, University 

of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Kane County, UT. 

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 and 

associated funerary objects. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Utah Museum of 

Natural History, University of Utah, and 

Utah State Office, Bureau of Land 

Management professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Goshute 

Reservation, Nevada and Utah; 

Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the 

Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Ely 

Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Hopi Tribe 

of Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute 

Indians of the Kaibab Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; Moapa Band of 

Paiute Indians of the Moapa River 

Indian Reservation, Nevada; Navajo 

Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; 

Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation 

of Utah (Washakie); Ohkay Owingeh, 

New Mexico; Paiute Indian Tribe of 

Utah (Cedar City Band of Paiutes, 

Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem 

Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of 

Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes); 

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 Santo 

Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; San 

Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; 

Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming; ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall 

Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone-Paiute 

Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, 

Nevada; Skull Valley Band of Goshute 

Indians of Utah; Southern Ute Indian 

Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, 

Colorado; Te-Moak Tribes of Western 

Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four 

constituent bands: Battle Mountain 

Band, Elko Band, South Fork Band and 

Wells Band); Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute 

Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 

Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & 

Utah; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas; 

and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico. 

In 1962 and 1963, human remains 

representing a minimum of four 

individuals were removed from site 

42Ka1076, the Bonanza Dune site, in 

Kane County, UT, as part of the 

University of Utah’s archeological field 

schools. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

subsequently accessioned into the Utah 

Museum of Natural History. No known 

individuals were identified. The 41 

associated funerary objects are 1 

Shinarump Brown jar, 1 Black Mesa B/ 


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