99-22166. Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains from New Mexico in the Possession of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles, CA

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 165 (Thursday, August 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 46717]
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[FR Doc No: 99-22166]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
from New Mexico in the Possession of the Los Angeles County Museum of 
Natural History, Los Angeles, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service.

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 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects in the possession of Los Angeles County Museum of 
Natural History, Los Angeles, CA.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Los Angeles 
County Museum of Natural History professional staff in consultation 
with representatives of the Pueblo of Jemez.
    Before 1966, human remains representing a minimum of six 
individuals were removed from the Unshagi site, an abandoned pueblo on 
the Jemez River, NM under unknown circumstances by person(s) unknown. 
In 1966, these human remains were transferred to the Los Angeles County 
Museum of Natural History from the Alan Hancock Foundation at the 
University of Southern California. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on accession records, these human remains have been 
identified as Native American. Ethnohistoric information indicates the 
Unshagi site has been identified as ancestral to the Pueblo of Jemez. 
Consultation with representatives of the Pueblo of Jemez confirms that 
the Unshagi site was inhabited exclusively by ancestors of the Pueblo 
of Jemez.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Los 
Angeles County Museum of Natural History have determined that, pursuant 
to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the 
physical remains of a minimum of six individuals of Native American 
ancestry. Officials of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History 
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 Native American human remains and the Pueblo of Jemez.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Pueblo of Jemez. 
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be 
culturally affiliated with these human remains should contact Dr. 
Margaret A. Hardin, Anthropology Section, Los Angeles County Museum of 
Natural History, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007; 
telephone: [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail], before September 
27, 1999. Repatriation of the human remains to the Pueblo of Jemez may 
begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: August 10, 1999.
Richard Waldbauer,
Acting Deparmental Consulting Archeologist,
Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 99-22166 Filed 8-25-99; 8:45 am]
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