Notice of Inventory Completion: Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO
| Published date | 28 February 2024 |
| Record Number | 2024-04086 |
| Citation | 89 FR 14700 |
| Court | National Park Service |
| Section | Notices |
Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 2024)
[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14700-14701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04086]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037471; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Fort Lewis College has completed an
inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed
from La Plata County and Montezuma County, CO.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after March 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Amy Cao, Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive, Durango, CO
81301, telephone (970) 247-7030, 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 Fort
Lewis College. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records held by Fort Lewis
College.
Description
In 1978 and 1979, human remains representing, at minimum, 21
individuals were removed from site 5LP 117 (also referred to as 5LP
138), in La Plata County, CO. These were recovered during survey and
salvage excavations conducted on private land in the Bodo Industrial
Park south of Durango along the Animas River under the direction of Dr.
Susan Riches as part of Fort Lewis College summer field school classes.
The 1978 excavation was assigned site number 5LP 117 and initially, the
1979 excavations were assigned 5LP 138, however, according to
documentation, Dr. Riches concluded that this was a continuation of the
5LP 117 site. Bags, labels, and other documentation may list 5LP 138,
but this all refers to the 1979 summer excavations of site 5LP 117. No
associated funerary objects are present. Based on the artifactual
evidence, this site is designated as Ancestral Pueblo from the Pueblo I
period (A.D. 700-840) (Charles, MC, 1996. ``The Emergency Excavations
of Three Human Burials in Bodo Industrial Ranches, La Plata County,
CO'').
Between 1984 and 1997, human remains representing, at minimum, nine
individuals were removed from site 5MT 4802 (the Pigg site), in
Montezuma County, CO, under the direction of Jim Judge as part of Fort
Lewis College field school classes. No associated funerary objects are
present. Based on architectural and artifactual evidence, this site is
designated as Ancestral Pueblo from the Pueblo II/III period (A.D.
1150-1250).
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were
used to reasonably
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trace the relationship: anthropological information, archeological
information, biological information, folklore, geographical
information, historical information, kinship, linguistics, oral
tradition, as well as expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Fort Lewis College has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 30 individuals of Native American ancestry.
There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 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; Ysleta del Sur
Pueblo; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations 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 the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after March 29, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, Fort Lewis College must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. Fort Lewis College is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
This notice was submitted before the effective date of the revised
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12,
2024). As the notice conforms to the mandatory format of the Federal
Register and includes the required information, the National Park
Service is publishing this notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 20, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-04086 Filed 2-27-24; 8:45 am]
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