FR Doc E8-3452[Federal Register: February 25, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 37)]
[Notices]
[Page 10061-10062]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, Salt Lake City, UT; Utah
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Salt
Lake City and Vernal, UT; and Utah Museum of Natural History,
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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 control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, Salt Lake City, UT and Utah
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Salt
Lake City and Vernal, UT, and in the possession of the Utah
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Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, UT. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Box Elder and Uintah
Counties, UT.
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 and associated funerary
objects was made by the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation and Utah Division of Parks and Recreation professional
staff, as well as by contracted specialists, in consultation with
representatives of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute
Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Northwestern Band of
Shoshoni Nation of Utah; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah; Pueblo of Laguna,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico;
Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah; Ute Indian Tribe of the
Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico.
In 1959, human remains representing a minimum of four individuals
were removed from site 42UN128 in or near Steinaker Reservoir, Uintah
County, UT. The human remains are curated by the Utah Museum of Natural
History. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary
objects were present.
In 1960, human remains representing a minimum of 27 individuals
were removed from Uintah County, UT. The human remains are curated by
the Division of Parks and Recreation, Utah Field House of Natural
History State Park. No known individuals were identified. The three
associated funerary objects are two mats and one cloak.
In 1990, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from site 42UN1671 in Steinaker Reservoir, Uintah County,
UT. The human remains are housed by the Bureau of Reclamation. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The 32 individuals and 3 associated funerary objects from Uintah
County, UT, are classified as Uinta Fremont based on inferences from
physical anthropology, archeology, and location.
In 1959, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from site 42BO30 (Willard Mounds) near the Great Salt
Lake, Box Elder County, UT. The human remains are curated by the Utah
Museum of Natural History. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1961, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from site 42BO76 in or near the Great Salt Lake, Box Elder
County, UT. The human remains are curated by the Utah Museum of Natural
History. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The above two individuals from Box Elder County, UT, are classified
as Great Salt Lake Fremont based on inferences from physical
anthropology, archeology, and location.
Detailed information about the cultural items, their identification
as Great Salt Lake and Uinta Fremont, and the lines of evidence for
cultural affiliation, is on file at the Bureau of Reclamation, Upper
Colorado Regional Office, Salt Lake City, UT. Additional human remains
and associated funerary objects removed from sites in Box Elder and
Uintah Counties, as well as Weber County, after November 16, 1990 have
also been identified as Great Salt Lake and Uinta Fremont and will be
described in a Notice of Intended Disposition to be published by the
Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office in a newspaper of
general circulation, pursuant to 43 C.R.F. 10.6 (c).
While craniometric analysis indicates that the Great Salt Lake
Fremont and Uinta Fremont were two biologically distinct populations,
comparison of basketry and other material culture associated with sites
from the two traditions evidences a similar pattern of material
cultural manufacture and distribution methods sufficient to identify a
single earlier group for purposes of determining cultural affiliation.
This earlier group is identified as the Northern Fremont.
Craniometric analysis shows the closest biological relationship is
between the Northern Fremont and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico. Officials of the Bureau of Reclamation, Upper
Colorado Regional Office and the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation
find the preponderance of the evidence for cultural affiliation with
the Northern Fremont to be with the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation,
New Mexico.
Officials of the Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional
Office and Utah Division of Parks and Recreation have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of 34 individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Bureau of Reclamation and Utah Division of
Parks and Recreation also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the three funerary 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 Bureau of Reclamation and Utah Division of
Parks and Recreation 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 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 Nancy Coulam, Reclamation, 125 South State
Street, Room 6103, Salt Lake City, UT 84138-1147, telephone (801) 524-
3684, before March 26, 2008. Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation,
New Mexico may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
The Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office is
responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kaibab Band of
Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Northwestern
Band of Shoshoni Nation of Utah; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah; Pueblo of
Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New
Mexico; Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah; and the Ute
Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah that this notice
has been published.
Dated: January 22, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-3452 Filed 2-22-08; 8:45 am]
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