[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 181 (Monday, September 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57288-57289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23405]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Utah Museum of Natural History,
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 possession and control of the Utah Museum of Natural
History, Salt Lake City, UT. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Millard and Washington 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 was made by the Utah
Museum of Natural History professional staff and a report sent to
representatives of the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation,
Nevada and Utah; Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation of Utah
(Washakie); Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh
Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of
Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes); Skull Valley Band of Goshute
Indians of Utah; and the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah, on January 15, 2010, and consultation with the
Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah, and
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, followed.
Before 1931, human remains representing a minimum of six
individuals were removed from a cave in Millard County, UT, by a
private collector. In 1931, the human remains and associated funerary
objects were donated to the University of Utah. On November 10, 1972,
transfer of the University anthropology collections to the Utah Museum
of Natural History occurred. It is unknown if the individuals were
found together or in separate areas of the cave. No known individuals
were identified. Originally, leather fragments were collected, but are
currently missing. The remaining three associated funerary objects are
one steel knife and two fragments of unworked faunal bone.
The associated funerary objects found with the interments indicate
that the human remains are from the contact period. The result of an
osteological analysis indicates that the individuals are Native
American and likely of Numic descent. Based on the geographical
location of the burials, it has been determined descendants of these
individuals are members of the Kanosh Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe
of Utah, who inhabited this area during the protohistoric and contact
periods.
Between 1990 and 1995, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were discovered on private property in Panguitch, Washington
County, UT. The human remains were taken to the Panguitch Sheriff's
department, and then to the Anasazi State Park. In 1997, the human
remains were transferred to the Utah Museum of Natural History and
accessioned into the collections. No known individual was identified.
No associated funerary objects are present.
The result of an osteological analysis indicates that the
individual is Native American and likely of Numic descent. Based on the
geographical location of the burial, it has been determined that the
individual was likely a member of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, who
inhabited this area during the protohistoric and contact periods. The
Kanosh Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah is taking responsibility
for the repatriation of this individual.
In 1932, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from Black Rock Butte, Millard County, UT, by a private
collector. In 1932, the human remains were loaned to the University of
Utah. On November 10, 1972, transfer of the University anthropology
collections to the Utah Museum of Natural History occurred. In 1992,
the loan was converted to ownership by the museum under Utah law. No
known individual was identified. The burial goods claimed to have been
found with the remains were not located in 2009. It is unknown if the
objects were ever in the possession of the University of Utah.
Therefore, no associated funerary objects are present.
The result of an osteological analysis indicates that the
individual is Native American and likely of Numic descent. Based on the
geographical location of the burial, it has been determined that the
individual was likely a member of the Kanosh Band of the Paiute Indian
Tribe of Utah, who inhabited this area during the protohistoric and
contact periods.
Officials of the Utah Museum of Natural History have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of eight individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Utah Museum of Natural History also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the three 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 Utah Museum of
Natural History 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 Kanosh Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of
Utah.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Duncan Metcalfe, Utah Museum of Natural History,
1390 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, telephone (801)
581-3876, before October 20, 2010. Repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects to the Kanosh Band of the Paiute Indian
Tribe of Utah may proceed after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Utah Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying the
Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah;
Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie); Paiute Indian
Tribe of Utah; Skull Valley Band of Goshute
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Indians of Utah; and the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah, that this notice has been published.
Dated: September 10, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010-23405 Filed 9-17-10; 8:45 am]
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