65 FR 177 pgs. 55046-55047 - Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American HumanRemains and Associated Funerary Objects from Sandoval County, NMin the Control of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of theInterior, Washington, DC and in the Possession of the Universityof Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology,Denver, CO
Type: NOTICEVolume: 65Number: 177Pages: 55046 - 55047
FR document: [FR Doc. 00-23382 Filed 9-11-00; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American HumanRemains and Associated Funerary Objects from Sandoval County, NMin the Control of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of theInterior, Washington, DC and in the Possession of the Universityof Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology,Denver, CO
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of theNative American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA),43 CFR 10.9, of the completion of an inventory of human remainsand associated funerary objects in the control of the Bureau ofIndian Affairs, Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, andin the possession of the University of Denver Department ofAnthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO.
This notice is published as part of the National ParkService's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR10.2 (c). The determinations within this notice are the soleresponsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal agency thathas control of these Native American human remains and associatedfunerary objects. The National Park Service is not responsiblefor the determinations within this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made byUniversity of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum ofAnthropology professional staff, a contract physicalanthropologist, and the New Mexico State Archaeologist, inconsultation with representatives of the Pueblo of Jemez, thePueblo of Acoma, and the Pueblo of Zia.
At an unknown date, human remains representing one individualwere recovered by an unknown individual from Old Zia Pueblo,Sandoval County, New Mexico, within the exterior boundaries ofthe Zia Pueblo reservation. According to an account written byTheodore Sowers, Ray Salas, Governor of the Pueblo of Zia, gavethe remains to Mr. Sowers in the late 1930's or early 1940's,although the circumstances under which this transfer occurred arenot described. It is not clear whether Mr. Salas was acting inhis capacity as an elected Tribal official when he gave theremains to Mr. Sowers. Mr. Sowers was a graduate of theUniversity of Denver, and, in 1995, his daughters donated theremains to the University of Denver so that they could berepatriated. The identity of this individual is not known. Thereare no associated funerary objects.
Oral history, archeological evidence, and ethnohistoricdocuments have identified Old Zia as a group of four abandonedvillages that were occupied by the Zia people from approximatelyA.D. 1250 to 1800. Upon the abandonment of these villages, theiroccupants moved to the remaining village, which is thepresent-day Pueblo of Zia. These remains came from one of thefour Old Zia sites, but it is impossible to determine which site.The cultural, social, linguistic, and historic continuity ofaffiliation between the Pueblo of Zia and people of Old Zia isattested by evidence from oral history presented during theconsultations, and supported by the ethnological data andhistoric accounts of the Spanish colonizers.
Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of theUniversity of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum ofAnthropology have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physicalremains of one individual of Native American ancestry. Also,officials of the University of Denver Department of Anthropologyand Museum of Anthropology have determined that, pursuant to 43CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group identitythat can be reasonably traced between these Native American humanremains and the Pueblo of Zia.
This notice has been sent to officials of the Pueblo ofJemez, the Pueblo of Acoma, the Pueblo of Zia, and the Bureau ofIndian Affairs. Representatives of any other Indian tribe thatbelieves itself to be culturally affiliated with these humanremains and associated funerary objects should contact Jan I.Bernstein, Collections Manager and NAGPRA Coordinator, Universityof Denver Museum of Anthropology, 2000 Asbury, Sturm Hall S-146,Denver, CO 80218-2406, email jbernste@du.edu, telephone (303)871-2543, before October 12, 2000. Repatriation of the human remains to thePueblo of Zia may begin after that date if no additionalclaimants come forward.
Dated: August 22, 2000.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship andPartnerships.
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