FR Doc 05-10811
[Federal Register: June 1, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 104)]
[Notices]
[Page 31511-31512]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: American Museum of Natural
History, New York, NY
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 in the possession of the
American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. The human remains
were removed from the Pueblo of San Marcos, Santa Fe 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. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by American
Museum of Natural History professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna,
New Mexico; and Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico.
In 1915, human remains representing a minimum of five individuals
were collected from Pueblo San Marcos, 3-3.5 miles northeast of
Cerrillos, on the northern bank of San Marcos Canyon, in the Galisteo
Basin, Santa Fe County, NM, by Nels C. Nelson on behalf of the American
Museum of Natural History. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The individuals have been identified as Native American based on
historic information that suggests that the inhabitants of San Marcos
migrated to Cochiti, Laguna, and Santo Domingo Pueblos. San Marcos
Pueblo was occupied until 1680. One group of San Marcos villagers,
along with Tano from the Galisteo Basin, occupied Santa Fe following
the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. In 1706, Vargas resettled villagers from
Galisteo Pueblo, San Marcos, and Cienega Pueblo in the previously
abandoned Galisteo Pueblo. In 1793 epidemics and hostile attacks forced
the survivors of this resettlement to move to Santo Domingo Pueblo. By
about 1682 another group that originated from San Marcos joined with
the Cochiti and San Felipe peoples at La Cieneguilla, a mesa-top refuge
site. Some migrants from San Marcos who took refuge at La Cienguilla
migrated to Laguna and others appear to have moved with the Cochiti
migrants to present-day Cochiti Pueblo.
Officials of the American Museum of Natural History have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described
above represent the physical remains of five individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the American Museum of Natural History
also 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 the Pueblo of Cochiti,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; and Pueblo of Santo Domingo,
New Mexico.
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Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Nell
Murphy, Director of Cultural Resources, American Museum of Natural
History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192,
telephone (212) 769-5837, before July 1, 2005. Repatriation of the
human remains to the Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna,
New Mexico; and Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The American Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying
the Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; and
Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico that this notice has been
published.
Dated: May 20, 2005
Paul Hoffman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
[FR Doc. 05-10811 Filed 5-31-05; 8:45 am]
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