Federal Register / Vol. 60 No. 129 / July 6, 1995 /
Notices Page 35219 & 35220
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Completion of Inventory of Native American Human
Remains within the Rainbow House Collection, Bandelier National
Monument, Los Alamos County, NM.
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior
ACTION: Notice
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Notice is hereby given under provisions of the Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d), of the
completion of the inventory of human remains within the Rainbow
House collection (LA 217), a Federally curated collection at
Bandelier National Monument, Los Alamos County, NM.
The detailed inventory and assessment of the Rainbow House
collection has been made by National Park Service professional
staff and consultation with representatives of the following
Pueblo groups: Pueblo of Santa Clara; Pueblo of San Ildefonso;
Pueblo of Tesuque; Pueblo of Cochiti; Pueblo of Santo Domingo;
Pueblo of Jemez; Pueblo of Zuni; and the Hopi Tribe.
Between 1948 and 1955, Fredrick Worman of Adams State College, CO
and Louis Caywood of the National Park Service, carried out
legally authorized archeological excavations on Federal public
lands, including the Rainbow House archeological site within
Bandelier National Monument. At Rainbow House one hundred rooms
were excavated, as well as a kiva and an associated plaza. A
minimum of seven fragmentary individuals were found at Rainbow
House in the kiva floor level and in the plaza room blocks. The
occupation date assigned to Rainbow House was between AD 1412 -
1453.
Artifactual evidence does not allow specific identification of a
single culturally affiliated Indian tribe. However, examination
of cultural materials (e.g., ceramics, stone tools, and other
items) and oral history regarding traditional and religious
practice indicate probable cultural affiliation between the human
remains and various Pueblo Indian groups. The National Park
Service has determined that these human remains are culturally
affiliated with: Pueblo of Santa Clara; Pueblo of San Ildefonso;
Pueblo of Tesuque; Pueblo of Cochiti; Pueblo of Santo Domingo;
Pueblo of San Felipe; Pueblo of Jemez; Pueblo of Zuni; Pueblo of
Isleta; Pueblo of Laguna; Pueblo of Acoma; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo;
Pueblo of Santa Ana; Pueblo of Sandia; Pueblo of Zia; and the
Hopi Tribe. Other Pueblo peoples may also be culturally
affiliated with these human remains. No lineal descendants have
been identified.
This notice has been sent to consultation representatives of the
following Indian tribes: Pueblo of Santa Clara; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso; Pueblo of Tesuque; Pueblo of Cochiti; Pueblo of Santo
Domingo; Pueblo of Jemez; Pueblo of Zuni; and the Hopi Tribe.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe which believes itself
to be culturally affiliated with these human remains should
contact Superintendent Roy W. Weaver, Bandelier National
Monument, HCR 1 Box 1 Suite 15, Los Alamos, NM, 85744, telephone:
(505) 672-3861 fax (505) 672-9607, before August 4, 1995.
Repatriation of these human remains may begin after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: June 29, 1995
Veletta Canouts
Acting Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Acting Chief, Archeological Assistance Division
[FR Doc. 95-16472; Filed 7-5-95; 8:45 am]
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