[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 78 (Friday, April 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20020-20021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10209]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items in the Possession
of Bandelier National Monument, National Park Service, Los Alamos, NM
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.10
(a)(3), of the intent to repatriate cultural items in the possession of
Bandelier National Monument, National Park Service, Los Alamos, NM,
which meet the definition of ``sacred object'' under Section 2 of the
Act.
The 53 cultural items are projectile points.
In 1909, one projectile point was recovered during Edgar Hewett's
excavation of the Tyuonyi site. The Tyuonyi site is believed to have
been occupied between AD 1325-1600 on the basis of ceramic and tree-
ring data from the site.
In 1943, J.W. Hendron recovered five projectile points from the
Group M cavates in Frijoles Canyon. On the basis of ceramic data, the
occupation of this site is believed to have been between AD 1400-1550.
Between 1948-1955, 29 projectile points were recovered from the
Rainbow House site by Fredrick Worman and Louis Caywood. On the basis
of ceramic and tree-ring dating of the site, these items are believed
to date between AD 1400-1500.
Between 1974-1978, 15 projectile points were recovered from the
Cochiti Flood Pool by National Park Service archeological crews. On the
basis of ceramic and radiocarbon dating of sites in the Flood Pool,
these items are dated between AD 1200-1600.
Monument accession and catalog records do not record the
provenience for three projectile points. However, all are believed to
have been recovered from the monument, as they are very similar to the
type and appearance of other items found at sites in the monument area.
On the basis of information from similar objects found in the area, the
estimated dates of these items are between AD 1200-1600.
Anthropological, archeological, and oral tradition evidence
indicates that the monument area has been continuously occupied by
Keres-speaking pueblo groups (including the Pueblo of Acoma, Pueblo of
Cochiti, Pueblo of Laguna, Pueblo of San Felipe, Pueblo of Santa Ana,
Pueblo of Santo Domingo, and Pueblo of Zia) and the Tewa-speaking
pueblo groups (including the Pueblo of Nambe, Pueblo of Pojoaque,
Pueblo of San Ildefonso, Pueblo of San Juan, Pueblo of Santa Clara,
Pueblo of Tesuque, and the present-day Hano community at Hopi) since at
least AD 1100.
In 1995, representatives of Bandelier National Monument continued
consultation with the Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico, as part of its
NAGPRA compliance process. Two Cochiti traditional religious leaders
reviewed the Monument's entire archeological collection and identified
53 projectile points as needed for the practice of traditional Cochiti
religion by present-day adherents. After reviewing information obtained
through tribal consultation, as well as considering recommendations
forwarded by the NAGPRA Review Committee, National Park Service
officials determined that in this instance these 53 projectile points
meet the definition of ``sacred object'' under Section 2 of the Act.
Information regarding the names of the traditional religious leaders
and the specific ceremonies in which these objects will be used is
being withheld from this notice by the Superintendent of the
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Monument, at the request of the Cochiti representatives, in order to
not compromise the Pueblo de Cochiti's code of religious practice.
Based on the above-mentioned information, and the recommendations
of the NAGPRA Review Committee, officials of the National Park Service
have agreed that, pursuant to 42 CFR 10.2(d)(3), these 53 projectile
points are needed by traditional Native American religious leaders for
the practice of traditional Native American religion by present-day
adherents. Officials of the National Park Service have also determined
that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(e), there is a relationship of shared
group identity which can be reasonably traced between these objects and
the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Juan, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New
Mexico; and Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico.
This notice has been sent to officials of the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico;
Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico;
Pueblo of San Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New
Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Representatives of any other Indian Tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with these objects should contact Roy W. Weaver,
Superintendent, Bandelier National Monument, National Park Service, HCR
1, Box 1, Suite 15, Los Alamos, NM 87544; telephone: (505) 672-3861,
ext. 501 before [thirty days after publication in the Federal
Register]. Repatriation of these cultural items to the Pueblo of
Cochiti, New Mexico, may begin after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
Dated: April 15, 1999.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 99-10209 Filed 4-22-99; 8:45 am]
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