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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 

kathryn.turner@usda.gov. 

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-ongray and plainware. Flaked stone 

includes chert, chalcedony, and 

quartzite. The presence of Gallina Blackon-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] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039265; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: 

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) intends 

to repatriate a certain cultural item that 

meets the definition of an object of 

cultural patrimony and that has a 

cultural affiliation with the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

in this notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 29, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Kathryn Smith, Registrar of 

Collections, Peabody Essex Museum, 

161 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970, 

telephone (978) 542–1559, email 

kathryn_smith@pem.org. 

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 Peabody Essex 

Museum, and additional information on 

the determinations in this notice, 

including the results of consultation, 


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can be found in the summary or related 

records. The National Park Service is 

not responsible for the determinations 

in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

A total of one cultural item has been 

requested for repatriation. The one 

object of cultural patrimony is a group 

of shell wampum beads, alternating 

white and purple tubes, about 5.9 

inches long, strung on white cotton with 

each end tied together. This was 

donated to the Peabody Museum of 

Salem (now PEM) on October 14, 1884 

by Miss Erminnie A. Smith. Museum 

accession record 1759 recorded the 

cultural item as ‘‘Beads of Tuskarora 

[sic] Indian Chief.’’ It was assigned in 

the logbook as catalog number E991, 

and described as ‘‘Beads of a Chief, 

Tuscarora’’ given by Miss E.F. [sic] 

Smith. Its corresponding 20th century 

catalog card described the cultural item 

as ‘‘Beads, Wampum, of Tuscarora 

Chief.’’ The donor is confirmed as Mrs. 

Erminnie A. Smith of Jersey City, N.J. in 

Peabody Academy of Science Annual 

Report (Salem: 1885, 90). In 1880, the 

Smithsonian Institution appointed 

Smith as a ‘‘scientific explorer’’ charged 

with studying the language and culture 

of the Six Nations and the collection of 

cultural items. From published 

memorial volume, In Memoriam: Mrs. 

Erminnie A. Smith (Boston: Lee and 

Shepard, 1890, 33–34), Smith was 

adopted into the White Bear Clan at 

Tuscarora Nation and given the name 

Ka-tcı ̆’-tcı ̆s-ta ̈ ́-kwa ̆st. 

Determinations 

The Peabody Essex Museum has 

determined that: 

• The one object of cultural 

patrimony described in this notice has 

ongoing historical, traditional, or 

cultural importance central to the 

Tuscarora Nation, including any 

constituent sub-groups(such as a band, 

clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or 

other subdivision), according to the 

Native American traditional knowledge 

of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the cultural item described in 

this notice and the Tuscarora Nation. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural item in this 

notice must be sent to the authorized 

representative identified in this notice 

under ADDRESSES. Requests for 

repatriation may be submitted by any 

lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice who shows, by 

a preponderance of the evidence, that 

the requestor is a lineal descendant or 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Repatriation of the cultural item in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after January 29, 2025. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Peabody Essex Museum must 

determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the cultural item 

are considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The Peabody Essex 

Museum is responsible for sending a 

copy of this notice to the 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. 3004 and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. 

Dated: December 19, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31296 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

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. 

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 

kathryn.turner@usda.gov. 

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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