80 FR 77010 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Montezuma Castle National Monument, Camp Verde, AZ; Correction

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 238 (December 11, 2015)

The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Montezuma Castle National Monument has corrected an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on April 1, 2015. This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number of associated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to Montezuma Castle National Monument. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 238 (Friday, December 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77010-77011]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31321]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-19684; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Montezuma Castle National Monument, Camp Verde, 
AZ; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 
Montezuma Castle National Monument has corrected an inventory of human 
remains and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on April 1, 2015. This 
notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number of 
associated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of 
any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this 
notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains 
and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to 
Montezuma Castle National Monument. If no additional requestors come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native 
Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Montezuma Castle National Monument at the 
address in this notice by January 11, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Dorothy FireCloud, Superintendent, Montezuma Castle National 
Monument, P.O. Box 219, Camp Verde, AZ 86322, telephone (928) 567-5276, 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the correction of an inventory of human remains and 
associated

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funerary objects under the control of the U.S. Department of the 
Interior, National Park Service, Montezuma Castle National Monument, 
Camp Verde, AZ. The human remains and associated funerary objects were 
removed from Montezuma Castle National Monument, Yavapai County, AZ.
    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 
Superintendent, Montezuma Castle National Monument.
    This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number 
of associated funerary objects published in a Notice of Inventory 
Completion in the Federal Register (80 FR 17477, April 1, 2015). The 
human remains and associated funerary object were inadvertently omitted 
from the published notice. Transfer of control of the items in this 
correction notice has not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (80 FR 17477, April 1, 2015), the following 
paragraph is inserted immediately before paragraph 18:

    In 1936, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from the Montezuma Well area in Yavapai County, AZ by 
the William Back family. The human remains and associated funerary 
object were donated to Montezuma Castle National Monument in 2014 by 
a Back family descendant. No known individuals were identified. The 
one associated funerary object is an obsidian projectile point.

    In the Federal Register (80 FR 17477, April 1, 2015), paragraph 
numbers 28 and 29 are corrected by substituting the following 
paragraphs:

     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains 
described in this notice represent the physical remains of 129 
individuals of Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 84 objects 
described in this notice 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.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Dorothy FireCloud, Superintendent, Montezuma 
Castle National Monument, P.O. Box 219, Camp Verde, AZ 86322, telephone 
(928) 567-5276, email [email protected], by January 11, 2016. 
After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects to The Consulted and Invited Tribes may proceed.
    Montezuma Castle National Monument is responsible for notifying The 
Consulted and Invited Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: October 28, 2015.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2015-31321 Filed 12-10-15; 8:45 am]
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