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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 106576-106577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31288]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039251; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Forest Service, Santa Fe National Forest, Santa Fe, 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 Agriculture, Forest 
Service, Santa Fe National Forest (Forest Service), intends to carry 
out the disposition of human remains and 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 January 29, 2025. If no claim for disposition is received by 
December 30, 2025, the human remains in this notice will become 
unclaimed human remains.

ADDRESSES: Kathryn Turner, U.S. Forest Service, Santa Fe National 
Forest, 11 Forest Lane, Santa Fe, NM 87508, telephone (505) 438-5380, 
email [email protected].

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 
Forest Service, 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, at 
least, 10 individuals have been reasonably identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    In 1996, 2005, and 2006, human remains representing 10 individuals 
were recovered from Forest Service site 03-10-02-00389/LA 49387 by the 
U.S. Forest Service after being found eroding from the cut bank along 
the west edge of the road beneath the site. Prior to recovery 
consultation was conducted with the State Historic Preservation Office 
and the Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico. The individuals were sent to the 
University of Oregon for analysis shortly thereafter and later returned 
to the Santa Fe National Forest. There are possible associated funerary 
objects which include pottery sherds, flaked stone, and charcoal.
    Site 03-10-02-00389/LA 49387 is located within the Cuba Ranger 
District, Santa Fe National Forest, Rio Arriba County, NM. The site is 
located on a terrace west of Forest Road 517 and consists of two 
features, a rectangular shaped unit house and a possible pithouse. The 
artifact assemblage is comprised of pottery sherds, flaked stone, and 
ground stone. Diagnostic pottery types documented include Gallina 
Black-on-gray, corrugated, and utility wares. Flaked stone includes 
chert, quartzite, and obsidian. The structure type and presence of 
Gallina Black-on-gray pottery suggests that this site was occupied by 
the Gallina from A.D. 1100 to A.D. 1300.

Determinations

    The U.S. Forest Service has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of, at least, 10 individuals of Native American 
ancestry.
     Based on geographic location the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 
Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the 
Mescalero Reservation, 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,

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New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Namb[eacute], 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; Santo Domingo Pueblo; 
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, New Mexico; 
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe; and the Zuni Tribe for the Zuni Reservation, 
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 December 
30, 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 January 29, 2025. If competing claims for disposition are 
received, the U.S. Forest Service 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. Forest Service 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: December 19, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-31288 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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