11044 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 21, 2001 / Notices

Dated: January 31, 2001.

John Robbins,

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects in the

Control of the U.S. Department of

Interior, Bureau of Land Management,

New Mexico State Office, Santa Fe, NM

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

in the control of the U.S. Department of

Interior, Bureau of Land Management,

New Mexico State Office, Santa Fe, NM.

This notice is published as part of the

National Park Service’s administrative

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR

10.2 (c). The determinations within this

notice are the sole responsibility of the

museum, institution, or Federal agency

that has control of these Native

American human remains and

associated funerary objects. The

National Park Service is not responsible

for the determinations within this

notice.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by the University of

Colorado Museum, Eastern New Mexico

University, the Maxwell Museum of

Anthropology (University of New

Mexico), the New Mexico State

University Museum, the Museum of

New Mexico, the San Juan County

Museum, and Bureau of Land

Management professional staff in

consultation with representatives of the

Hopi Tribe of Arizona; the Navajo

Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, and

Utah; the Pueblo of Acoma, New

Mexico; the Pueblo of Jemez, New

Mexico; the Pueblo of Isleta, New

Mexico; the Pueblo of San Ildefonso,

New Mexico; the Pueblo of Zia, New

Mexico; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni

Reservation.

Between 1966 and 1967, human

remains representing three individuals

were recovered from site LA 8779 in

New Mexico during legally authorized

excavations and collections conducted

by the Cottonwood Gulch Foundation.

These human remains are presently

curated at the Maxwell Museum of

Anthropology, University of New

Mexico. No known individuals were

identified. The eight associated funerary

object are a pottery effigy, ladle and

bowls, a jet bead, and yucca cord

fragments.

Based on material culture,

architecture, and site organization, site

LA 8779 has been identified as a

Chacoan outlier occupied between C.E.

1100-1300.

In 1978, human remains representing

two individuals were recovered from

site LA 89418 in New Mexico during

legally authorized excavations and

collections by Bill Kight of the Bureau

of Land Management. These human

remains are presently curated at the

Maxwell Museum of Anthropology,

University of New Mexico. No known

individuals were identified. No

associated funerary objects are present.

Based on material culture and site

organization, site LA 89418 has been

identified as a small Anasazi pueblo

occupied between C.E. 900-1300.

In 1979, human remains representing

two individuals were recovered from

site LA 27211 in New Mexico during

legally authorized excavations and

collections by the Bureau of Land

Management. These human remains are

currently curated at the Maxwell

Museum of Anthropology, University of

New Mexico. No known individuals

were identified. The two associated

funerary objects are a pottery bowl and

pitcher.

Based on material culture and site

organization, site LA 27211 has been

identified as a small Anasazi pueblo

occupied between C.E. 900-1300.

In 1987, human remains representing

five individuals were recovered from

site LA 50364 in New Mexico during

legally authorized excavations and

collections by Complete Archaeological

Service Associates. These human

remains are presently curated by the

Museum of New Mexico. No known

individuals were identified. No

associated funerary objects were

present.

Based on material culture and site

organization, site LA 50364 has been

identified as a small Anasazi pueblo

occupied between C.E. 1050-1150.

Continuities of ethnographic

materials, technology, and architecture

indicate affiliation of Anasazi sites in

this area of New Mexico with historic

and present-day Puebloan cultures. Oral

traditions presented by representatives

of the Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico;

the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; and the Zuni

Tribe of the Zuni Reservation support

cultural affiliation with Anasazi sites in

this area of New Mexico.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the New Mexico

State Office of the Bureau of Land

Management have determined that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the

human remains listed above represent

the physical remains of 12 individuals

of Native American ancestry. Officials of

the New Mexico State Office of the

Bureau of Land Management also have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2 (d)(2), the 10 objects listed 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 New Mexico State

Office of the Bureau of Land

Management have determined that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a

relationship of shared group identity

that can be reasonably traced between

these Native American human remains

and associated funerary objects and the

Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; the

Hopi Tribe of Arizona; and the Zuni

Tribe of the Zuni Reservation.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; the Navajo

Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, and

Utah; the Pueblo of Acoma, New

Mexico; the Pueblo of Jemez, New

Mexico; the Pueblo of Isleta, New

Mexico; the Pueblo of San Ildefonso,

New Mexico; the Pueblo of Zia, New

Mexico; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni

Reservation. Representatives of any

other Indian tribe that believes itself to

be culturally affiliated with these

human remains and associated funerary

objects should contact Stephen L.

Fosberg, State Archeologist and

NAGPRA Coordinator, New Mexico

State Office, Bureau of Land

Management, 1474 Rodeo Road, Santa

Fe, NM 87502–0115, telephone (505)

438–7415, before March 23, 2001.

Repatriation of the human remains and

associated funerary objects to the Pueblo

of Acoma, New Mexico; the Hopi Tribe

of Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the

Zuni Reservation may begin after that

date if no additional claimants come

forward.

Dated: February 1, 2001.

John Robbins,

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

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