[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 125 (Tuesday, June 30, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 35608] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-17312] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects from New Mexico in the Possession of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects in the possession of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM. A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Pueblo of Pojoaque. In 1953, human remains representing two individuals were removed from the Pojoaque Grant site (LA 835) during legally authorized excavations under a National Park Service Federal Antiquities permit by Museum of New Mexico staff during a New Mexico State Highway and Transportation Department work project. No known individuals were identified. The two associated funerary objects are ceramic vessels. Based on the associated funerary objects and other cultural material present, the Pojoaque Grant site has been identified as an Ancestral Puebloan site, occupied between 850--1100 A.D. Further, this site is located on Pueblo of Pojoaque tribal lands. Based on material culture, continuity of occupation, and oral history presented by representatives of the Pueblo of Pojoaque, this site is affiliated with the present-day Pueblo of Pojoaque. Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology have also determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the two objects listed 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 Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced between these Native American human remains and associated funerary objects and the Pueblo of Pojoaque. This notice has been sent to officials of the Pueblo of Pojoaque. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains and associated funerary objects should contact Patricia House, Director, Museum of Indian Arts and Cultures/Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico, P.O. Box 2087, Santa Fe, NM 87504-2087; telephone: (505) 827-6344; before July 30, 1998. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Pueblo of Pojoaque may begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward. Dated: June 23, 1998. Francis P. McManamon, Departmental Consulting Archeologist, Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program. [FR Doc. 98-17312 Filed 6-29-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-70-F