82 FR 13493 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 47 (March 13, 2017)

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FR Document		2017-04854

The Museum of Northern Arizona has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains 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 should submit a written request to the Museum of Northern Arizona. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22961; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Northern Arizona, 
Flagstaff, AZ

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Museum of Northern Arizona has completed an inventory of 
human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a 
cultural affiliation between the human remains 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 should submit a written request to the Museum of 
Northern Arizona. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains 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

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human remains should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the Museum of Northern Arizona at the address 
in this notice by April 12, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Elaine Hughes, Museum of Northern Arizona, 3101 North Fort 
Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, telephone (928) 774-5211 x228, 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 completion of an inventory of human remains under 
the control of the Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ. The human 
remains were removed from the Van Liere Site, Maricopa 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 
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 Museum 
of Northern Arizona professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Ak-Chin Indian Community (previously listed as 
the Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian 
Reservation, Arizona); Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River 
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; 
Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 
Reservation, New Mexico.

History and Description of the Remains

    In January and February of 1978, human remains representing, at 
minimum, four individuals were removed from the Van Liere site 
(NA12552) in Maricopa County, AZ, during archeological investigations 
conducted by the Museum of Northern Arizona. The Van Liere site 
(NA12552) is a Hohokam settlement in central Arizona, located north of 
both the community of Liberty and the confluence of the Salt and Gila 
Rivers. The cremated human remains represent a minimum of four adults 
of indeterminate sex, and are comprised of one cranial fragment from 
Area 4, grid square 16 south, 24 west, level 2; one cranial fragment 
from Trench 436, backdirt 200; two cranial fragments from Trench 447, 
unit 2, plow zone; and fragments of one cranium, two vertebrae, and 
three ribs from Trench 444, backdirt 200. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Archeological evidence indicates that the Van Liere site (NA12552) 
was occupied during the period A.D. 950-1150 by the Hohokam people, for 
whom cremation was a common mortuary practice. Hopi and Zuni oral 
traditions also indicate that segments of the prehistoric Hohokam 
population migrated to areas occupied by the ancestors of the Hopi and 
Zuni, where they were assimilated into the resident populations. 
Archeological, historical, and oral tradition evidence indicate that 
there is a relationship of shared group identity between the Hohokam 
people and present-day Piman and O'odham cultures, which are 
represented by the Ak-Chin Indian Community (previously listed as the 
Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 
Arizona); Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian 
Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa 
Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O'odham 
Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.

Determinations Made by the Museum of Northern Arizona

    Officials of the Museum of Northern Arizona have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of a minimum of 4 
individuals of Native American ancestry.
     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 Ak-Chin Indian Community (previously 
listed as the Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian 
Reservation, Arizona); Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River 
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; 
Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; and 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 should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Elaine 
Hughes, Museum of Northern Arizona, 3101 North Fort Valley Road, 
Flagstaff, AZ 86001, telephone (928) 774-5211 x228, email 
[email protected], by April 12, 2017. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains to the Ak-Chin Indian Community (previously listed as the 
Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 
Arizona); Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian 
Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa 
Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O'odham 
Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico 
may proceed.
    The Museum of Northern Arizona is responsible for notifying the Ak-
Chin Indian Community (previously listed as the Ak Chin Indian 
Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona); Gila 
River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; 
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the 
Salt River Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; and 
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico that this notice has 
been published.

    Dated: February 17, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-04854 Filed 3-10-17; 8:45 am]
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organizations, and has determined that History and Description of the Remains a written request with information in
there is a cultural affiliation between the At some time before 1973, human support of the request to Rob Bozell,
human remains and present-day Indian remains representing, at minimum, six Nebraska State Historical Society, P.O.
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. individuals were removed from the Box 82554, Lincoln, NE 68501,
Lineal descendants or representatives of Linwood site (25BU1) in Butler County, telephone (402) 471–4789, email
any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian NE. The human remains are part of a rob.bozell@nebraska.gov, by April 12,
organization not identified in this notice large collection of archeological material 2017. After that date, if no additional
that wish to request transfer of control donated by Alfred Ticacek to the Butler requestors have come forward, transfer
of these human remains should submit County Museum in 1973. In October of of control of the human remains to the
a written request to the NSHS. If no 2015, these human remains were Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma may
additional requestors come forward, discovered in storage at the Butler proceed.
transfer of control of the human remains County Museum, and were given to the The NSHS is responsible for notifying
to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, NSHS on October 21, 2015. The human the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated remains were examined by a physical Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne River
in this notice may proceed. anthropologist, who indicated that the Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River
human remains are co-mingled, and Reservation, South Dakota; Iowa Tribe
DATES: Lineal descendants or of Kansas and Nebraska; Kiowa Indian
representatives of any Indian tribe or they lack site feature-specific
information. Based on crania and select Tribe of Oklahoma; Northern Cheyenne
Native Hawaiian organization not Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian
post-cranial elements, the human
identified in this notice that wish to Reservation, Montana; Pawnee Nation of
remains represent, at minimum, three
request transfer of control of these Oklahoma; and Ponca Tribe of Nebraska
adults (one male, one female, and one
human remains should submit a written that this notice has been published.
indeterminate with regard to sex) and
request with information in support of Dated: February 27, 2017.
three children (one infant, one
the request to the NSHS at the address
individual about 2 years in age, and one Melanie O’Brien,
in this notice by April 12, 2017. individual between 8 and 10 years in Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
ADDRESSES: Rob Bozell, Nebraska State age). No known individuals were [FR Doc. 2017–04858 Filed 3–10–17; 8:45 am]
Historical Society, P.O. Box 82554, identified. No associated funerary BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
Lincoln, NE 68501, telephone (402) objects are present.
471–4789, email rob.bozell@ The Linwood Site (25BU1) is a major
nebraska.gov. Pawnee earthlodge village and cemetery DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
complex that was occupied during A.D.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 1750–1809 and again during A.D. 1850– National Park Service
here given in accordance with the 1853. It is associated principally with [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22961;
Native American Graves Protection and the Grand and Republican bands of the PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. Pawnee Confederacy. The affiliation is
3003, of the completion of an inventory clearly documented through Notice of Inventory Completion:
of human remains under the control of archeological materials (particularly Museum of Northern Arizona,
the Nebraska State Historical Society, architecture style, ceramic decoration Flagstaff, AZ
Lincoln, NE. The human remains were and Euroamerican trade goods), as well
removed from the Linwood site (25BU1) as archival and historic cartographic AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
in Butler County, NE. sources. Human remains and associated ACTION: Notice.
This notice is published as part of the funerary objects from the Linwood Site
have previously been repatriated by the SUMMARY: The Museum of Northern
National Park Service’s administrative Arizona has completed an inventory of
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 NSHS to the Pawnee Nation of
Oklahoma. human remains, in consultation with
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in the appropriate Indian tribes or Native
this notice are the sole responsibility of Determinations Made by the Nebraska Hawaiian organizations, and has
the museum, institution, or Federal State Historical Society determined that there is a cultural
agency that has control of the Native affiliation between the human remains
Officials of the Nebraska State
American human remains. The National and present-day Indian tribes or Native
Historical Society have determined that:
Park Service is not responsible for the Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
determinations in this notice. descendants or representatives of any
human remains described in this notice
Consultation represent the physical remains of six Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
individuals of Native American organization not identified in this notice
A detailed assessment of the human ancestry. that wish to request transfer of control
remains was made by the NSHS • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there of these human remains should submit
professional staff in consultation with is a relationship of shared group a written request to the Museum of
representatives of the Arapaho Tribe of identity that can be reasonably traced Northern Arizona. If no additional
the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; between the Native American human requestors come forward, transfer of
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the remains and the Pawnee Tribe of control of the human remains to the
Cheyenne River Reservation, South lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES

Oklahoma.
Dakota; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
Nebraska; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Additional Requestors and Disposition this notice may proceed.
Oklahoma; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Lineal descendants or representatives DATES: Lineal descendants or
the Northern Cheyenne Indian of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian representatives of any Indian tribe or
Reservation, Montana; Pawnee Nation of organization not identified in this notice Native Hawaiian organization not
Oklahoma; and Ponca Tribe of that wish to request transfer of control identified in this notice that wish to
Nebraska. of these human remains should submit request transfer of control of these

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human remains should submit a written Trench 447, unit 2, plow zone; and Museum of Northern Arizona, 3101
request with information in support of fragments of one cranium, two North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ
the request to the Museum of Northern vertebrae, and three ribs from Trench 86001, telephone (928) 774–5211 x228,
Arizona at the address in this notice by 444, backdirt 200. No known email ehughes@musnaz.org, by April
April 12, 2017. individuals were identified. No 12, 2017. After that date, if no
ADDRESSES: Elaine Hughes, Museum of associated funerary objects are present. additional requestors have come
Northern Arizona, 3101 North Fort Archeological evidence indicates that forward, transfer of control of the
Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, the Van Liere site (NA12552) was human remains to the Ak-Chin Indian
telephone (928) 774–5211 x228, email occupied during the period A.D. 950– Community (previously listed as the Ak
ehughes@musnaz.org. 1150 by the Hohokam people, for whom Chin Indian Community of the
cremation was a common mortuary Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
practice. Hopi and Zuni oral traditions Arizona); Gila River Indian Community
here given in accordance with the also indicate that segments of the of the Gila River Indian Reservation,
Native American Graves Protection and prehistoric Hohokam population Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. migrated to areas occupied by the River Pima-Maricopa Indian
3003, of the completion of an inventory ancestors of the Hopi and Zuni, where Community of the Salt River
of human remains under the control of they were assimilated into the resident Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
the Museum of Northern Arizona, populations. Archeological, historical, Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the
Flagstaff, AZ. The human remains were and oral tradition evidence indicate that Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may
removed from the Van Liere Site, there is a relationship of shared group proceed.
Maricopa County, AZ. identity between the Hohokam people The Museum of Northern Arizona is
This notice is published as part of the and present-day Piman and O’odham responsible for notifying the Ak-Chin
National Park Service’s administrative cultures, which are represented by the Indian Community (previously listed as
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Ak-Chin Indian Community (previously the Ak Chin Indian Community of the
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in listed as the Ak Chin Indian Community Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,
this notice are the sole responsibility of of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Arizona); Gila River Indian Community
the museum, institution, or Federal Reservation, Arizona); Gila River Indian of the Gila River Indian Reservation,
agency that has control of the Native Community of the Gila River Indian Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt
American human remains. The National Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Park Service is not responsible for the Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Community of the Salt River
determinations in this notice. Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
Consultation Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the
Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico that this
A detailed assessment of the human notice has been published.
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
remains was made by the Museum of
Northern Arizona professional staff in Determinations Made by the Museum of Dated: February 17, 2017.
consultation with representatives of the Northern Arizona Melanie O’Brien,
Ak-Chin Indian Community (previously Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
Officials of the Museum of Northern
listed as the Ak Chin Indian Community Arizona have determined that: [FR Doc. 2017–04854 Filed 3–10–17; 8:45 am]
of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
Reservation, Arizona); Gila River Indian human remains described in this notice
Community of the Gila River Indian represent the physical remains of a
Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of minimum of 4 individuals of Native DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa American ancestry. National Park Service
Indian Community of the Salt River • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham is a relationship of shared group [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23000;
Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the identity that can be reasonably traced PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. between the Native American human
Notice of Inventory Completion:
History and Description of the Remains remains and the Ak-Chin Indian
Museum of Northern Arizona,
Community (previously listed as the Ak
In January and February of 1978, Flagstaff, AZ; Correction
Chin Indian Community of the
human remains representing, at Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
minimum, four individuals were Arizona); Gila River Indian Community ACTION: Notice; correction.
removed from the Van Liere site of the Gila River Indian Reservation,
(NA12552) in Maricopa County, AZ, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt SUMMARY: The Museum of Northern
during archeological investigations River Pima-Maricopa Indian Arizona has corrected an inventory of
conducted by the Museum of Northern Community of the Salt River human remains and associated funerary
Arizona. The Van Liere site (NA12552) Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham objects, published in a Notice of
is a Hohokam settlement in central Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Inventory Completion in the Federal
Arizona, located north of both the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. Register on September 11, 2006. This
community of Liberty and the notice corrects the number of associated
confluence of the Salt and Gila Rivers. Additional Requestors and Disposition funerary objects. Lineal descendants or
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES

The cremated human remains represent Lineal descendants or representatives representatives of any Indian tribe or
a minimum of four adults of of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian Native Hawaiian organization not
indeterminate sex, and are comprised of organization not identified in this notice identified in this notice that wish to
one cranial fragment from Area 4, grid that wish to request transfer of control request transfer of control of these
square 16 south, 24 west, level 2; one of these human remains should submit human remains and associated funerary
cranial fragment from Trench 436, a written request with information in objects should submit a written request
backdirt 200; two cranial fragments from support of the request to Elaine Hughes, to the Museum of Northern Arizona. If

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82 FR 13493 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORNational Park Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 47 (March 13, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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