81_FR_87289 81 FR 87057 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

81 FR 87057 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 232 (December 2, 2016)

Page Range87057-87059
FR Document2016-28961

The United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, have completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and have determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present- day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona. 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.

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National Park Service

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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and Arizona State Museum, 
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, and

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the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, have completed an 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in 
consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations, and have determined that there is a cultural affiliation 
between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-
day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona. 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 the Arizona State Museum, University of 
Arizona at the address in this notice by January 3, 2017.

ADDRESSES: John McClelland, NAGPRA Coordinator, P.O. Box 210026, 
Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, 
telephone (520) 626-2950.

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 completion of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the U.S. Department of 
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in the 
physical custody of the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, 
Tucson, AZ (ASM). The human remains were removed from locations within 
the boundaries of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Apache, Gila and 
Navajo Counties, 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 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the ASM 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Hopi 
Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Indian 
Reservation, Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 
Mexico.

History and Description of the Remains

    On an unknown date prior to 1979, human remains representing, at 
minimum, 1 individual were removed from the Salt River Draw region, (AZ 
P:14:--Salt River Draw) in Navajo County, AZ. The human remains were 
found with collections obtained by the University of Arizona 
Grasshopper Field School, but are marked with an incomplete site 
number. It is likely that the human remains were removed from the site 
of Grasshopper Pueblo, AZ P:14:1(ASM) or one of the nearby sites 
investigated by the field school during the years 1963-1979. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    The Grasshopper Pueblo site is a large village site containing 
approximately 500 rooms in more than a dozen stone room blocks arranged 
around three main plazas. The site has been dated from A.D. 1275-1400, 
based on tree ring dates, architectural forms, building technology, and 
ceramic styles. These characteristics, the mortuary pattern and other 
items of material culture are consistent with the archeologically-
described Upland Mogollon or prehistoric Western Pueblo tradition.
    In 1978, human remains representing, at minimum, 1 individual were 
removed from site AZ V:1:60(ASM) in Gila County, AZ. Excavations were 
conducted by the Arizona State Museum under the direction of J. 
Jefferson Reid for the Arizona Public Service Cholla Project. No human 
remains were reported at the time of the excavations. Following project 
completion, the archeological collections were brought to ASM. In 2014, 
ASM staff found the fragmentary human remains in the repository 
collections. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    AZ V:1:60(ASM) is described as a probable habitation site with a 
ceramic and lithic scatter. Ceramic typologies suggest a date range 
from about A.D. 1000 to 1200. These characteristics are consistent with 
the archeologically-described Upland Mogollon or prehistoric Western 
Pueblo tradition.
    In 1979, human remains representing, at minimum, 1 individual were 
removed from an unrecorded site (AZ W:1:-- Bean Pot Caf[eacute]) in 
Navajo County, AZ. The burial was inadvertently discovered in a 
bulldozed field and had been exposed by erosion from a drainage ditch. 
The human remains were recovered by ASM archeologist Alan Ferg at the 
request of the White Mountain Apache Tribe. At the conclusion of the 
excavation, the human remains were brought to ASM and were assigned an 
accession number. No known individuals were identified. The 9 
associated funerary objects are 1 ceramic bowl, 6 ceramic sherds, 1 
stone knife, and 1 stone core.
    Based on ceramic typology, the burial likely took place about A.D. 
1000-1200 and may be associated with the archeologically-described 
Upland Mogollon or prehistoric Western Pueblo tradition.
    A detailed discussion of the basis for cultural affiliation of 
archeological sites in the region where the above sites are located may 
be found in ``Cultural Affiliation Assessment of White Mountain Apache 
Tribal Lands (Fort Apache Indian Reservation),'' by John R. Welch and 
T.J. Ferguson (2005). To summarize, archeologists have used the terms 
Upland Mogollon or prehistoric Western Pueblo to define the 
archeological complexes represented by the sites listed above. Material 
culture characteristics of these traditions include a temporal 
progression from earlier pit houses to later masonry pueblos, villages 
organized in room blocks of contiguous dwellings associated with 
plazas, rectangular kivas, polished and paint-decorated ceramics, 
unpainted corrugated ceramics, inhumation burials, cradleboard cranial 
deformation, grooved stone axes, and bone artifacts. The combination of 
the material culture attributes and a subsistence pattern that included 
hunting and gathering augmented by maize agriculture helps to identify 
an earlier group. Archeologists have also remarked that there are 
strong similarities between this earlier group and present-day tribes 
included in the Western Pueblo ethnographic group, especially the Hopi 
Tribe of Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 
Mexico. The similarities in ceramic traditions, burial practices, 
architectural forms, and settlement patterns have led archeologists to 
believe that the prehistoric inhabitants of the Mogollon Rim region 
migrated north and west to the Hopi mesas, and north and east to the 
Zuni River Valley. Certain objects found in Upland Mogollon 
archeological sites have been found to have strong resemblances with 
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paraphernalia that are used in continuing religious practices by the 
Hopi and Zuni. Some petroglyphs on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation 
have also persuaded archeologists of continuities between the earlier 
identified group and current-day Western Pueblo people. Biological 
information from the site of Grasshopper Pueblo supports the view that 
the prehistoric occupants of the Upland Mogollon region had migrated 
from various locations to the north and west of the region.
    Hopi and Zuni oral traditions parallel the archeological evidence 
for migration. Migration figures prominently in Hopi oral tradition, 
which refers to the ancient sites, pottery, stone tools, petroglyphs, 
and other artifacts left behind by the ancestors as ``Hopi 
Footprints.'' This migration history is complex and detailed, and 
includes traditions relating specific clans to the Mogollon region. 
Hopi cultural advisors have also identified medicinal and culinary 
plants at archeological sites in the region. Their knowledge about 
these plants was passed down to them from the ancestors who inhabited 
these ancient sites. Migration is also an important attribute of Zuni 
oral tradition and includes accounts of Zuni ancestors passing through 
the Upland Mogollon region. The ancient villages mark the routes of 
these migrations. Zuni cultural advisors remark that the ancient sites 
were not abandoned. People returned to these places from time to time, 
either to reoccupy them or for the purpose of religious pilgrimages--a 
practice that has continued to the present day. Archeologists have 
found ceramic evidence at shrines in the Upland Mogollon region that 
confirms these reports. Zuni cultural advisors have names for plants 
endemic to the Mogollon region that do not grow on the Zuni 
Reservation. They also have knowledge about traditional medicinal and 
ceremonial uses for these resources, which has been passed down to them 
from their ancestors. Furthermore, Hopi and Zuni cultural advisors have 
recognized that their ancestors may have been co-resident at some of 
the sites in this region during their ancestral migrations.
    There are differing points of view regarding the possible presence 
of Apache people in the Upland Mogollon region during the time that 
Grasshopper Pueblo was occupied. Some Apache traditions describe 
interactions with Ancestral Pueblo people during this time, but 
according to these stories, Puebloan people and Apache people were 
regarded as having separate identities. The White Mountain Apache Tribe 
of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona, does not claim cultural 
affiliation with the human remains and associated funerary objects from 
this site. As reported by Welch and Ferguson (2005), consultations 
between the White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, 
Arizona, and the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Pueblo of 
Acoma, New Mexico; and Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico, have indicated 
that that none of these tribes wish to pursue claims of affiliation 
with sites on White Mountain Apache Tribal lands. Finally, the White 
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona, supports 
the repatriation of human remains and associated funerary objects from 
this site and is ready to assist the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and Zuni 
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, in their reburial.

Determinations Made by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and the Arizona State Museum, 
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

    Officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Arizona State Museum 
have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 3 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 9 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.
     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 the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and the Zuni Tribe 
of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.

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 John McClelland, NAGPRA Coordinator, P.O. Box 
210026, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, 
telephone (520) 626-2950, by January 3, 2017. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of 
Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, may 
proceed.
    The Arizona State Museum is responsible for notifying the Hopi 
Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Indian 
Reservation, Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 
Mexico, that this notice has been published.

    Dated: November 15, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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                                                    remains and associated funerary objects,                South Dakota; Chippewa Cree Indians of                were removed is the aboriginal land of
                                                    in consultation with the appropriate                    the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana                  the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
                                                    Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian                        (previously listed as the Chippewa-Cree               Reservation, Wyoming; Assiniboine and
                                                    organizations, and has determined that                  Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation,               Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
                                                    there is no cultural affiliation between                Montana); Northern Cheyenne Tribe of                  Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River
                                                    the human remains and associated                        the Northern Cheyenne Indian                          Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River
                                                    funerary object and any present-day                     Reservation, Montana; and the Three                   Reservation, South Dakota; the
                                                    Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian                        Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold                Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky
                                                    organizations. Lineal descendants or                    Reservation, North Dakota. The                        Boy’s Reservation, Montana (previously
                                                    representatives of any Indian tribe or                  Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort              listed as the Chippewa-Cree Indians of
                                                    Native Hawaiian organization not                        Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; the                 the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana);
                                                    identified in this notice that wish to                  Crow Tribe of Montana; and the Eastern                Crow Tribe of Montana; the Eastern
                                                    request transfer of control of these                    Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River                      Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River
                                                    human remains and associated funerary                   Reservation, Wyoming (previously                      Reservation, Wyoming (previously
                                                    object should submit a written request                  listed as the Shoshone Tribe of the                   listed as the Shoshone Tribe of the
                                                    to the BHNF. If no additional requestors                Wind River Reservation, Wyoming),                     Wind River Reservation, Wyoming); the
                                                    come forward, transfer of control of the                which BHNF had invited to consult, did                Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
                                                    human remains and associated funerary                   not participate. The above Indian tribes              Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
                                                    object to the lineal descendants, Indian                are hereinafter referred to as ‘‘The                  Montana; and the Three Affiliated
                                                    tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations                Invited and Consulted Tribes.’’                       Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,
                                                    stated in this notice may proceed.                                                                            North Dakota (hereinafter referred to as
                                                                                                            History and Description of the Remains
                                                    DATES: Lineal descendants or                                                                                  ‘‘The Aboriginal Land Tribes’’).
                                                    representatives of any Indian tribe or                    In the 1920s, a rancher found and                      • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
                                                    Native Hawaiian organization not                        removed partially mummified human                     disposition of the human remains and
                                                    identified in this notice that wish to                  remains representing, at minimum, one                 associated funerary object may be to The
                                                    request transfer of control of these                    individual from the Hudson Falls Creek                Aboriginal Land Tribes.
                                                    human remains and associated funerary                   area of Bighorn National Forest in Big
                                                                                                            Horn County, WY. In 1975, the                         Additional Requestors and Disposition
                                                    object should submit a written request
                                                    with information in support of the                      rancher’s family transferred the human                   Representatives of any Indian tribe or
                                                    request to the BHNF at the address                      remains to the University of Wyoming,                 Native Hawaiian organization not
                                                    below by January 3, 2017.                               for curation at the University of                     identified in this notice that wish to
                                                                                                            Wyoming Human Remains Repository                      request transfer of control of these
                                                    ADDRESSES: Mr. William Bass, Forest
                                                                                                            (accession number HR049). In 1994, an                 human remains should contact Mr.
                                                    Supervisor, Bighorn National Forest,                                                                          William Bass, Forest Supervisor,
                                                                                                            osteologist from the Smithsonian
                                                    2013 Eastside Second Street, Sheridan,                                                                        Bighorn National Forest, 2013 Eastside
                                                                                                            Institution determined that the human
                                                    WY 82801, telephone (307) 674–2600.                                                                           Second Street, Sheridan, WY 82801,
                                                                                                            remains represent a Native American
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is                                                                          telephone 307–674–2600, before January
                                                                                                            child of indeterminate sex. No known
                                                    here given in accordance with the                       individual was identified. The one                    3, 2017. After that date, if no additional
                                                    Native American Graves Protection and                   associated funerary object is a brass wire            requestors have come forward, transfer
                                                    Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.                    shell earring.                                        of control of the human remains and
                                                    3003, of the completion of an inventory                                                                       associated funerary object to The
                                                    of human remains and an associated                      Determinations Made by the Bighorn                    Aboriginal Land Tribes may proceed.
                                                    funerary object under the control of the                National Forest                                          The BHNF is responsible for notifying
                                                    Bighorn National Forest, Sheridan, WY.                     Officials of the BHNF have                         The Invited and Consulted Tribes that
                                                    The human remains and associated                        determined that:                                      this notice has been published.
                                                    funerary object were removed from Big                      • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the                Dated: November 15, 2016.
                                                    Horn County, WY.                                        human remains described in the notice
                                                       This notice is published as part of the                                                                    Melanie O’Brien,
                                                                                                            are Native American based on
                                                    National Park Service’s administrative                                                                        Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
                                                                                                            archeological evidence.
                                                    responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25                          • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the               [FR Doc. 2016–28957 Filed 12–1–16; 8:45 am]
                                                    U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).                  human remains described in this notice                BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
                                                    The determinations in this notice are                   represent the physical remains of one
                                                    the sole responsibility of the Federal                  individual of Native American ancestry.
                                                    agency that has control of the Native                      • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),                DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                    American human remains. The National                    the one object described in this notice
                                                                                                                                                                  National Park Service
                                                    Park Service is not responsible for the                 is reasonably believed to have been
                                                    determinations in this notice.                          placed with or near individual human                  [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22425;
                                                                                                            remains at the time of death or later as              PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
                                                    Consultation
                                                                                                            part of the death rite or ceremony.
                                                      On Thursday, July 28, 2016, at the                       • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a                 Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
                                                    Bighorn National Forest Supervisor’s                    relationship of shared group identity                 Department of the Interior, Bureau of
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                                                    Office in Sheridan, WY a detailed                       cannot be reasonably traced between the               Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and
                                                    assessment of the human remains and                     Native American human remains and                     Arizona State Museum, University of
                                                    associated funerary object was made by                  associated funerary object and any                    Arizona, Tucson, AZ
                                                    BHNF professional staff in consultation                 present-day Indian tribe.                             AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.
                                                    with representatives of the Arapaho                        • According to final judgments of the              ACTION:   Notice.
                                                    Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,                    Indian Claims Commission, the lands
                                                    Wyoming; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe                     from which the Native American human                  SUMMARY: The United States Department
                                                    of the Cheyenne River Reservation,                      remains and associated funerary object                of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and


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                                                    the Arizona State Museum, University                    Consultation                                          from an unrecorded site (AZ W:1:—
                                                    of Arizona, have completed an                             A detailed assessment of the human                  Bean Pot Café) in Navajo County, AZ.
                                                    inventory of human remains and                          remains was made by the ASM                           The burial was inadvertently discovered
                                                    associated funerary objects, in                         professional staff in consultation with               in a bulldozed field and had been
                                                    consultation with the appropriate                       representatives of the Hopi Tribe of                  exposed by erosion from a drainage
                                                    Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian                        Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe                  ditch. The human remains were
                                                    organizations, and have determined that                 of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation,                recovered by ASM archeologist Alan
                                                    there is a cultural affiliation between the                                                                   Ferg at the request of the White
                                                                                                            Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
                                                    human remains and associated funerary                                                                         Mountain Apache Tribe. At the
                                                                                                            Reservation, New Mexico.
                                                    objects and present-day Indian tribes or                                                                      conclusion of the excavation, the human
                                                    Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal                   History and Description of the Remains                remains were brought to ASM and were
                                                    descendants or representatives of any                      On an unknown date prior to 1979,                  assigned an accession number. No
                                                    Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian                         human remains representing, at                        known individuals were identified. The
                                                    organization not identified in this notice              minimum, 1 individual were removed                    9 associated funerary objects are 1
                                                    that wish to request transfer of control                from the Salt River Draw region, (AZ                  ceramic bowl, 6 ceramic sherds, 1 stone
                                                    of these human remains and associated                   P:14:—Salt River Draw) in Navajo                      knife, and 1 stone core.
                                                    funerary objects should submit a written                                                                         Based on ceramic typology, the burial
                                                                                                            County, AZ. The human remains were
                                                    request to the Arizona State Museum,                                                                          likely took place about A.D. 1000–1200
                                                                                                            found with collections obtained by the
                                                    University of Arizona. If no additional                                                                       and may be associated with the
                                                                                                            University of Arizona Grasshopper Field
                                                    requestors come forward, transfer of                                                                          archeologically-described Upland
                                                                                                            School, but are marked with an
                                                    control of the human remains and                                                                              Mogollon or prehistoric Western Pueblo
                                                                                                            incomplete site number. It is likely that
                                                    associated funerary objects to the lineal                                                                     tradition.
                                                                                                            the human remains were removed from                      A detailed discussion of the basis for
                                                    descendants, Indian tribes, or Native                   the site of Grasshopper Pueblo, AZ
                                                    Hawaiian organizations stated in this                                                                         cultural affiliation of archeological sites
                                                                                                            P:14:1(ASM) or one of the nearby sites                in the region where the above sites are
                                                    notice may proceed.                                     investigated by the field school during               located may be found in ‘‘Cultural
                                                    DATES: Lineal descendants or                            the years 1963–1979. No known                         Affiliation Assessment of White
                                                    representatives of any Indian tribe or                  individuals were identified. No                       Mountain Apache Tribal Lands (Fort
                                                    Native Hawaiian organization not                        associated funerary objects are present.              Apache Indian Reservation),’’ by John R.
                                                    identified in this notice that wish to                     The Grasshopper Pueblo site is a large             Welch and T.J. Ferguson (2005). To
                                                    request transfer of control of these                    village site containing approximately                 summarize, archeologists have used the
                                                    human remains and associated funerary                   500 rooms in more than a dozen stone                  terms Upland Mogollon or prehistoric
                                                    objects should submit a written request                 room blocks arranged around three main                Western Pueblo to define the
                                                    with information in support of the                      plazas. The site has been dated from                  archeological complexes represented by
                                                    request to the Arizona State Museum,                    A.D. 1275–1400, based on tree ring                    the sites listed above. Material culture
                                                    University of Arizona at the address in                 dates, architectural forms, building                  characteristics of these traditions
                                                    this notice by January 3, 2017.                         technology, and ceramic styles. These                 include a temporal progression from
                                                                                                            characteristics, the mortuary pattern and             earlier pit houses to later masonry
                                                    ADDRESSES: John McClelland, NAGPRA
                                                                                                            other items of material culture are                   pueblos, villages organized in room
                                                    Coordinator, P.O. Box 210026, Arizona
                                                                                                            consistent with the archeologically-                  blocks of contiguous dwellings
                                                    State Museum, University of Arizona,
                                                                                                            described Upland Mogollon or                          associated with plazas, rectangular
                                                    Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone (520) 626–
                                                                                                            prehistoric Western Pueblo tradition.                 kivas, polished and paint-decorated
                                                    2950.
                                                                                                               In 1978, human remains representing,               ceramics, unpainted corrugated
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:     Notice is                at minimum, 1 individual were removed                 ceramics, inhumation burials,
                                                    here given in accordance with the                       from site AZ V:1:60(ASM) in Gila                      cradleboard cranial deformation,
                                                    Native American Graves Protection and                   County, AZ. Excavations were                          grooved stone axes, and bone artifacts.
                                                    Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.                    conducted by the Arizona State                        The combination of the material culture
                                                    3003, of the completion of an inventory                 Museum under the direction of J.                      attributes and a subsistence pattern that
                                                    of human remains and associated                         Jefferson Reid for the Arizona Public                 included hunting and gathering
                                                    funerary objects under the control of the               Service Cholla Project. No human                      augmented by maize agriculture helps to
                                                    U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau                 remains were reported at the time of the              identify an earlier group. Archeologists
                                                    of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and                  excavations. Following project                        have also remarked that there are strong
                                                    in the physical custody of the Arizona                  completion, the archeological                         similarities between this earlier group
                                                    State Museum, University of Arizona,                    collections were brought to ASM. In                   and present-day tribes included in the
                                                    Tucson, AZ (ASM). The human remains                     2014, ASM staff found the fragmentary                 Western Pueblo ethnographic group,
                                                    were removed from locations within the                  human remains in the repository                       especially the Hopi Tribe of Arizona
                                                    boundaries of the Fort Apache Indian                    collections. No known individuals were                and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
                                                    Reservation, Apache, Gila and Navajo                    identified. No associated funerary                    Reservation, New Mexico. The
                                                    Counties, AZ.                                           objects are present.                                  similarities in ceramic traditions, burial
                                                      This notice is published as part of the                  AZ V:1:60(ASM) is described as a                   practices, architectural forms, and
                                                    National Park Service’s administrative                  probable habitation site with a ceramic               settlement patterns have led
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                                                    responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25                       and lithic scatter. Ceramic typologies                archeologists to believe that the
                                                    U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in                suggest a date range from about A.D.                  prehistoric inhabitants of the Mogollon
                                                    this notice are the sole responsibility of              1000 to 1200. These characteristics are               Rim region migrated north and west to
                                                    the museum, institution, or Federal                     consistent with the archeologically-                  the Hopi mesas, and north and east to
                                                    agency that has control of the Native                   described Upland Mogollon or                          the Zuni River Valley. Certain objects
                                                    American human remains. The National                    prehistoric Western Pueblo tradition.                 found in Upland Mogollon
                                                    Park Service is not responsible for the                    In 1979, human remains representing,               archeological sites have been found to
                                                    determinations in this notice.                          at minimum, 1 individual were removed                 have strong resemblances with ritual


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                                                    paraphernalia that are used in                          identities. The White Mountain Apache                 Tribe of Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of
                                                    continuing religious practices by the                   Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation,                 the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, may
                                                    Hopi and Zuni. Some petroglyphs on                      Arizona, does not claim cultural                      proceed.
                                                    the Fort Apache Indian Reservation                      affiliation with the human remains and                  The Arizona State Museum is
                                                    have also persuaded archeologists of                    associated funerary objects from this                 responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe
                                                    continuities between the earlier                        site. As reported by Welch and Ferguson               of Arizona; White Mountain Apache
                                                    identified group and current-day                        (2005), consultations between the White               Tribe of the Fort Apache Indian
                                                    Western Pueblo people. Biological                       Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort                     Reservation, Arizona; and the Zuni
                                                    information from the site of                            Apache Reservation, Arizona, and the                  Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
                                                    Grasshopper Pueblo supports the view                    Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico &                  Mexico, that this notice has been
                                                    that the prehistoric occupants of the                   Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico;                    published.
                                                    Upland Mogollon region had migrated                     and Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico,                      Dated: November 15, 2016.
                                                    from various locations to the north and                 have indicated that that none of these
                                                                                                                                                                  Melanie O’Brien,
                                                    west of the region.                                     tribes wish to pursue claims of
                                                       Hopi and Zuni oral traditions parallel               affiliation with sites on White Mountain              Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
                                                    the archeological evidence for                          Apache Tribal lands. Finally, the White               [FR Doc. 2016–28961 Filed 12–1–16; 8:45 am]
                                                    migration. Migration figures                            Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort                     BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
                                                    prominently in Hopi oral tradition,                     Apache Reservation, Arizona, supports
                                                    which refers to the ancient sites,                      the repatriation of human remains and
                                                    pottery, stone tools, petroglyphs, and                  associated funerary objects from this site            DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                    other artifacts left behind by the                      and is ready to assist the Hopi Tribe of
                                                    ancestors as ‘‘Hopi Footprints.’’ This                                                                        National Park Service
                                                                                                            Arizona and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
                                                    migration history is complex and                        Reservation, New Mexico, in their
                                                    detailed, and includes traditions                       reburial.                                             [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22419;
                                                    relating specific clans to the Mogollon                                                                       PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
                                                    region. Hopi cultural advisors have also                Determinations Made by the U.S.
                                                    identified medicinal and culinary plants                Department of the Interior, Bureau of                 Notice of Inventory Completion:
                                                    at archeological sites in the region.                   Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and                   Peabody Museum of Natural History,
                                                    Their knowledge about these plants was                  the Arizona State Museum, University                  Yale University, New Haven, CT
                                                    passed down to them from the ancestors                  of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
                                                                                                                                                                  AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.
                                                    who inhabited these ancient sites.                         Officials of the Bureau of Indian                  ACTION:   Notice.
                                                    Migration is also an important attribute                Affairs and Arizona State Museum have
                                                    of Zuni oral tradition and includes                     determined that:                                      SUMMARY: The Peabody Museum of
                                                    accounts of Zuni ancestors passing                         • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the               Natural History has completed an
                                                    through the Upland Mogollon region.                     human remains described in this notice                inventory of human remains, in
                                                    The ancient villages mark the routes of                 represent the physical remains of 3                   consultation with the appropriate
                                                    these migrations. Zuni cultural advisors                individuals of Native American                        Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
                                                    remark that the ancient sites were not                  ancestry.                                             organizations, and has determined that
                                                    abandoned. People returned to these                        • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),                there is a cultural affiliation between the
                                                    places from time to time, either to                     the 9 objects described in this notice are            human remains and present-day Indian
                                                    reoccupy them or for the purpose of                     reasonably believed to have been placed               tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations.
                                                    religious pilgrimages—a practice that                   with or near individual human remains                 Lineal descendants or representatives of
                                                    has continued to the present day.                       at the time of death or later as part of              any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
                                                    Archeologists have found ceramic                        the death rite or ceremony.                           organization not identified in this notice
                                                    evidence at shrines in the Upland                          • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there             that wish to request transfer of control
                                                    Mogollon region that confirms these                     is a relationship of shared group                     of these human remains should submit
                                                    reports. Zuni cultural advisors have                    identity that can be reasonably traced                a written request to the Peabody
                                                    names for plants endemic to the                         between the Native American human                     Museum of Natural History. If no
                                                    Mogollon region that do not grow on the                 remains and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona                 additional requestors come forward,
                                                    Zuni Reservation. They also have                        and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni                        transfer of control of the human remains
                                                    knowledge about traditional medicinal                   Reservation, New Mexico.                              to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes,
                                                    and ceremonial uses for these resources,                                                                      or Native Hawaiian organizations stated
                                                                                                            Additional Requestors and Disposition
                                                    which has been passed down to them                                                                            in this notice may proceed.
                                                    from their ancestors. Furthermore, Hopi                   Lineal descendants or representatives
                                                                                                            of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian                DATES: Lineal descendants or
                                                    and Zuni cultural advisors have
                                                    recognized that their ancestors may                     organization not identified in this notice            representatives of any Indian tribe or
                                                    have been co-resident at some of the                    that wish to request transfer of control              Native Hawaiian organization not
                                                    sites in this region during their ancestral             of these human remains and associated                 identified in this notice that wish to
                                                    migrations.                                             funerary objects should submit a written              request transfer of control of these
                                                       There are differing points of view                   request with information in support of                human remains should submit a written
                                                    regarding the possible presence of                      the request to John McClelland,                       request with information in support of
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                                                    Apache people in the Upland Mogollon                    NAGPRA Coordinator, P.O. Box 210026,                  the request to the Peabody Museum of
                                                    region during the time that Grasshopper                 Arizona State Museum, University of                   Natural History at the address in this
                                                    Pueblo was occupied. Some Apache                        Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone                  notice by January 3, 2017.
                                                    traditions describe interactions with                   (520) 626–2950, by January 3, 2017.                   ADDRESSES: Professor David Skelly,
                                                    Ancestral Pueblo people during this                     After that date, if no additional                     Director, Yale Peabody Museum of
                                                    time, but according to these stories,                   requestors have come forward, transfer                Natural History, P.O. Box 208118, New
                                                    Puebloan people and Apache people                       of control of the human remains and                   Haven, CT 06520–8118, telephone (203)
                                                    were regarded as having separate                        associated funerary objects to the Hopi               432–3752.


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Document Modified: 2018-02-14 09:02:01
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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesLineal 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 the Arizona State Museum, University of
FR Citation81 FR 87057 

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