[Federal Register: October 31, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 210)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Southwest Museum of the American
Indian, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the Southwest Museum of the American
Indian, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Tularosa Cave, Catron
County, NM.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3).
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Southwest
Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center professional staff
in consultation with representatives of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico. The Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly the
Pueblo of San Juan); Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; and
Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico were invited, but did not participate in the
consultation.
In 1905, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from Tularosa Cave in Catron County, NM, by Mr. Peter
Goddard Gates (P.G. Gates) as part of the Museum-Gates Expedition, a
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collaborative excavation funded by the United States National Museum,
now the Smithsonian Institution, and amateur archeologist, Mr. Gates.
On an unknown date, Mr. Gates transferred the human remains into the
possession of the California Institute of Technology as part of the
larger P.G. Gates Collection. In 1946, the California Institute of
Technology loaned the P.G. Gates Collection to the Southwest Museum of
the American Indian. In 2006, the California Institute of Technology
transferred possession of the P.G. Gates Collection to the Southwest
Museum of the American Indian. No known individual was identified. The
four associated funerary objects are one olivella shell bracelet, two
mats made of rush, and one fragment of a woven textile of unknown use.
Archeological evidence of both material culture and geographic
settlement patterns indicate that Tularosa Cave is an Upland Mogollon
site that was inhabited between 300 A.D. - 1300 A.D. Abandonment of
nearly all Mogollon homeland sites before the protohistoric period
suggests a possible population migration into neighboring puebloan
territory. Traditional history of the Hopi and Zuni identify the
occupants of the territory surrounding Tularosa Cave as the Hopi
Motisinom and the Zuni A:lashina:we, ancestors to the present-day Hopi
Tribe of Arizona and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
The members of the Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of
San Juan); Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, 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 Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico also
share a similar history. A cultural continuum can be reasonably traced
between the Upper Mogollon and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Mescalero
Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Ohkay Owingeh,
New Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of San Juan); Pueblo of Acoma, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Isleta, 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 Santo Domingo, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
Officials of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry
National Center have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-
10), the human remains described above represent the physical remains
of one individual of Native American ancestry. Officials of the
Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center also
have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the four
objects described 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 Southwest
Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects and the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation,
New Mexico; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of San
Juan); Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, 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 Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Dr. Duane H. King, Executive Director, or LaLena
Lewark, Senior NAGPRA Coordinator, Southwest Museum of the American
Indian, 234 Museum Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90065, (323) 221 - 2164,
extension 241, before November 30, 2007. Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New
Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center
is responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Mescalero
Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Ohkay Owingeh,
New Mexico (formerly the Pueblo of San Juan); Pueblo of Acoma, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Isleta, 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 Santo Domingo, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico that this notice has been published.
Dated: September 7, 2007.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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