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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] 

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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 

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W bowl, 1 North Creek Gray jar, 1 jar, 

1 bowl, 1 projectile point, 1 stone, 3 

Shinarump sherds, and 31 sherds. The 

following 21 objects were also identified 

in museum records and the excavation 

report as being associated with the 

human remains, but the museum could 

not verify their current location: 19 

stones, 1 North Creek Gray ladle, and 1 

sherd. 

The three reported burials are 

associated with the Virgin Anasazi. A 

report on the site excavation discusses 

the three burials; it is not clear whether 

the fourth set of human remains came 

from one of these burials or from some 

other location in the site. However, it is 

reasonably believed that the fourth 

burial listed in the museum records 

would have the same cultural affiliation 

since that is the primary cultural 

sequence noted at the site. 

The Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico; Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; and San Juan Southern Paiute 

Tribe of Arizona have all made 

generalized claims for a relationship 

with the Virgin Anasazi peoples in 

southwestern Utah and northwestern 

Arizona. Archeological evidence 

indicates that Virgin Anasazi peoples 

began to leave the area by A.D. 1150, 

and abandoned most locations shortly 

after A.D. 1200. Some evidence suggests 

that Paiute ancestors entered the region 

or at least were in contact with Virgin 

Anasazi peoples by A.D. 1150, but there 

is a distinct archeological record 

showing two separate occupations by 

two peoples, and evidence for a direct 

relationship between Virgin Anasazi 

peoples and present-day Paiutes has not 

been shown. Cultural continuity from 

Basketmaker through Puebloan times 

and into the present shows cultural 

continuity of Virgin Anasazi (and other 

Anasazi expressions) with extant 

Puebloans. Based on general evidence, 

extant Puebloan tribes are culturally 

affiliated to Virgin Anasazi at some 

general level. There is specific evidence, 

especially oral tradition and folklore, 

with support from archeology and other 

lines of evidence, to link the Hopi Tribe 

of Arizona directly to Virgin Anasazi 

culture by a simple preponderance of 

the evidence. 

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 four 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 41 

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. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Dr. 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 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 Tribes 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 26, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–5346 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Great 

Plains Regional Office, Aberdeen, SD 

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. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate cultural items in the 

possession of the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs, Great Plains Regional Office, 

Aberdeen, SD, that meet the definition 

of ‘‘unassociated funerary objects’’ 

under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

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 cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

The three cultural items are one 

quartzite endscraper and two bone awls. 

A detailed assessment of the cultural 

items was made by the South Dakota 

State Historical Society-Archaeological 

Research Center professional staff under 

the direction of the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Three Affiliated 

Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, 

North Dakota. 

In 1977, archeological salvage 

excavations were conducted at the 

Indian School Village, 39HU10/94–245, 

Hughes County, SD, by Tom Haberman, 

South Dakota State Historical SocietyArcheological Research Center. Human 

remains and funerary objects were 

found in an abandoned cache pit 

exposed by housing construction 

activities. The human remains were 

reburied in the adjacent churchyard that 

same year. The funerary objects were 

not reburied, and instead were curated 

at the Archaeological Research Center, 

Rapid City, SD. 


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