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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 106574-106575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31289]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039252; 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 associated funerary objects 
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 and associated funerary objects 
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 and 
associated funerary objects in this notice will become unclaimed human 
remains and associated funerary objects.

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 and 
associated funerary objects 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, one individual, has been reasonably identified. The 46 
associated funerary objects are pottery sherds and charcoal fragments.
    On October 30, 2012, human remains representing one individual were 
recovered from Forest Service site 03-10-02-01064/LA 74378 by the U.S. 
Forest Service when found eroding from a well-travelled Forest Service 
Road which leads to an active communication site. The possible 
associated funerary objects include 45 pottery sherds and charcoal 
fragments.
    Site 03-10-02-01064/LA 74378 is located in the Cuba Ranger 
District, Santa Fe National Forest, Rio Arriba County, NM. The site is 
located on Forest Road 312J on a small ridge south of Wolf Draw. This 
site has been almost completely destroyed and currently has a radio 
tower built on top of it. All that remains are a few structural stones 
and an artifact assemblage comprised of pottery sherds, flaked stone, 
and a cobble tool. Diagnostic pottery types documented include Gallina 
Black-on-gray and plainware. Flaked stone includes chert, chalcedony, 
and quartzite. The 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 Forest Service has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     The 46 objects described in this notice are reasonably 
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual 
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite 
or ceremony.
     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, 
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 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 Mountain 
Ute Tribe; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico has 
priority for disposition of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects described in this notice.

Claims for Disposition

    Written claims for disposition of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects 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 and 
associated funerary objects in this notice will become unclaimed human 
remains and associated funerary objects. 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 and associated funerary objects in 
this notice may occur on or after January 29, 2025. If competing claims 
for disposition are received, the Forest Service must determine the 
most appropriate claimant prior to disposition. Requests for joint 
disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects are 
considered a single request and not competing requests. The 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. 2024-31289 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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