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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 106568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31290]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039253; 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 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 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, two individuals have been reasonably identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    On August 8, 2006, human remains representing two individuals were 
recovered from Forest Service site 03-10-02-01363/LA 90334 during 
excavations undertaken by the U.S. Forest Service when they were found 
eroding from the site during a wildfire. The individuals were sent to 
the University of Oregon for analysis shortly thereafter and later 
returned to the Santa Fe National. There are no known associated 
funerary objects.
    Site 03-10-02-01363/LA 90334 is located within the Cuba Ranger 
District, Santa Fe National Forest, Rio Arriba County, NM. The site is 
located on a north to south trending ridge north of Forest Road 313 and 
consists of two features, a unit house and an undefined rock alignment 
which may have been a terrace. The artifact assemblage numbers in the 
thousands and is comprised of pottery sherds and flaked and ground 
stone. Diagnostic pottery types documented include Gallina Black-on-
gray, Red Mesa Black-on-white, and utility wares. Flaked stone includes 
chert and obsidian. Ground stone present includes several manos. 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 two 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, 
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 or cultural item 
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 or cultural items 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 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 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. 2024-31290 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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