82 FR 20623 - Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 84 (May 3, 2017)
National Park Service
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 84 (May 3, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-08859 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 3, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 20623-20624] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-08859] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23135; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Museum of Northern Arizona, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined [[Page 20624]] that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written request to the Museum of Northern Arizona. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural items 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 claim these cultural items should submit a written request with information in support of the claim to the Museum of Northern Arizona at the address in this notice by June 2, 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. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the control of the Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ, that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 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 cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. History and Description of the Cultural Items In 1978 and 1979, 105 cultural items were removed from the Cashion site (NA14690) in Maricopa County, AZ, during authorized archeological investigations conducted by the Museum of Arizona on behalf of the Arizona Nuclear Power Project, prior to the construction of a wastewater conveyance system that was to provide water to cool the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. The 105 unassociated funerary objects are 14 pottery and ceramic fragments, 30 jewelry items and fragments, 2 pollen samples, 2 faunal bone fragments, 51 projectile points, and 6 tools and implements. The cultural items are associated with seven features identified by the field archeologists as secondary human cremations. No human bone was recovered. Based on archeological evidence, geographic location, and object classification, these cultural items were made by Native Americans. Archeological evidence indicates that the Cashion site (NA14690), within the Salt River area of central Arizona, was occupied during the period A.D. 700-900 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 and 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 the present-day Piman and O'odham cultures, represented by 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(3)(B), the 105 cultural items described above 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, and are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native American individual. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the unassociated funerary objects and 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 claim these cultural items should submit a written request with information in support of the claim to Elaine Hughes, Museum of Northern Arizona, 3101 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, telephone (928) 774- 5211 x228, email [email protected], by June 2, 2017. After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the unassociated funerary objects to 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 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: March 22, 2017. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2017-08859 Filed 5-2-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
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individuals were removed from an of Colorado to develop the process for • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
unknown location in Pueblo County, disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains described in this notice
CO, by a private citizen. The human Native American human remains and represent the physical remains of three
remains were discovered in the estate of associated funerary objects originating individuals of Native American
a private individual and turned over to from inadvertent discoveries on ancestry.
the Pueblo Police Department who ruled Colorado State and private lands. As a • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
out forensic interest. On July 25, 2016, result of the consultation, the Process relationship of shared group identity
the Pueblo Police Department notified was developed. cannot be reasonably traced between the
the Office of the State Archaeologist and The Native American Graves Native American human remains and
transferred the human remains to Protection and Repatriation Review any present-day Indian tribe.
History Colorado. The human remains Committee (Review Committee) is • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(i)
(OAHP 318) were determined to be of responsible for recommending specific and the Process, the disposition of the
Native American ancestry and of actions for disposition of culturally human remains may be to the Southern
indeterminate sex and age. No known unidentifiable human remains. On Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
individuals were identified. No November 3–4, 2006, the Process was Reservation, Colorado, and the Ute
associated funerary objects are present. presented to the Review Committee for Mountain Ute Tribe (previously listed as
At the time of the excavation and consideration. A January 8, 2007, letter the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
removal of these human remains, the on behalf of the Review Committee from Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
land from which the human remains the Designated Federal Officer Mexico & Utah).
were removed was not the tribal land of transmitted the provisional
any Indian tribe. In January and authorization to proceed with the Additional Requestors and Disposition
February 2017, History Colorado Process upon receipt of formal Representatives of any Indian tribe or
consulted with all Indian tribes who are responses from the Jicarilla Apache Native Hawaiian organization not
recognized as aboriginal to Pueblo Nation, New Mexico, and the Kiowa identified in this notice that wish to
County, CO, where these Native Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, subject to request transfer of control of these
American human remains were forthcoming conditions imposed by the human remains should submit a written
removed. These tribes are the Arapaho Secretary of the Interior. On May 15–16, request with information in support of
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, 2008, the responses from the Jicarilla the request to Sheila Goff, NAGPRA
Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho Apache Nation, New Mexico, and the Liaison, History Colorado, 1200
Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma were Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone
the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of submitted to the Review Committee. On (303) 866–4531, email sheila.goff@
Oklahoma); and the Northern Cheyenne September 23, 2008, the Assistant state.co.us, by June 2, 2017. After that
Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and date, if no additional requestors have
Reservation, Montana. None of these Parks, as the designee for the Secretary come forward, transfer of control of the
Indian tribes agreed to accept control of of the Interior, transmitted the human remains to the Southern Ute
the human remains. The aboriginal land authorization for the disposition of Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
tribes requested in writing that the culturally unidentifiable human Reservation, Colorado, and Ute
human remains be transferred according remains according to the Process and Mountain Ute Tribe (previously listed as
to the Process for Consultation, Transfer NAGPRA, pending publication of a the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
and Reburial of Culturally Notice of Inventory Completion in the Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Unidentifiable Native American Human Federal Register. This notice fulfills Mexico & Utah) may proceed.
Remains and Associated Funerary that requirement. History Colorado is responsible for
Objects Originating From Inadvertent 43 CFR 10.11 was promulgated on notifying The Consulted and Invited
Discoveries on Colorado State and March 15, 2010, to provide a process for Tribes that this notice has been
Private Lands (Process) (2008, the disposition of culturally published.
unpublished, on file with the Colorado unidentifiable Native American human Dated: March 27, 2017.
Office of Archaeology and Historic remains recovered from tribal or Melanie O’Brien,
Preservation). Consultation with the aboriginal lands as established by the
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
additional tribes listed under final judgment of the Indian Claims
Consultation in this notice was [FR Doc. 2017–08872 Filed 5–2–17; 8:45 am]
Commission or U.S. Court of Claims, a
conducted with tribes in the Great treaty, Act of Congress, or Executive BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
Plains Consultation Region of the Order, or other authoritative
Process to determine disposition. Under governmental sources. As there is no
the Process, the Southern Ute Indian DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
evidence to suggest that the human
Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, remains originated from tribal land and National Park Service
Colorado, and the Ute Mountain Tribe the tribes with aboriginal land did not
of the Ute Mountain Reservation, wish to accept transfer of control, the [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23135;
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah agreed to human remains listed in this notice are PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
accept transfer of the human remains. eligible for transfer of control under the
History Colorado, in partnership with Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Process. Items: Museum of Northern Arizona,
the Colorado Commission of Indian
Affairs, Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Determinations Made by History Flagstaff, AZ
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Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado, Colorado
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Officials of History Colorado have ACTION: Notice.
(previously listed as the Ute Mountain determined that:
Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the SUMMARY: The Museum of Northern
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah), human remains described in this notice Arizona, in consultation with the
conducted tribal consultations among are Native American based on appropriate Indian tribes or Native
the tribes with ancestral ties to the State osteological analysis. Hawaiian organizations, has determined
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that the cultural items listed in this by the field archeologists as secondary that wish to claim these cultural items
notice meet the definition of human cremations. No human bone was should submit a written request with
unassociated funerary objects. Lineal recovered. information in support of the claim to
descendants or representatives of any Based on archeological evidence, Elaine Hughes, Museum of Northern
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian geographic location, and object Arizona, 3101 North Fort Valley Road,
organization not identified in this notice classification, these cultural items were Flagstaff, AZ 86001, telephone (928)
that wish to claim these cultural items made by Native Americans. 774–5211 x228, email ehughes@
should submit a written request to the Archeological evidence indicates that musnaz.org, by June 2, 2017.
Museum of Northern Arizona. If no the Cashion site (NA14690), within the After that date, if no additional
additional claimants come forward, Salt River area of central Arizona, was claimants have come forward, transfer
transfer of control of the cultural items occupied during the period A.D. 700– of control of the unassociated funerary
to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, 900 by the Hohokam people, for whom objects to the Ak-Chin Indian
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated cremation was a common mortuary Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin)
in this notice may proceed. practice. Hopi and Zuni oral traditions Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River
DATES: Lineal descendants or also indicate that segments of the Indian Community of the Gila River
representatives of any Indian tribe or prehistoric Hohokam population Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe
Native Hawaiian organization not migrated to areas occupied by the of Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa
identified in this notice that wish to ancestors of the Hopi and Zuni and Indian Community of the Salt River
claim these cultural items should were assimilated into the resident Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
submit a written request with populations. Archeological, historical, Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the
information in support of the claim to and oral tradition evidence indicate that Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may
the Museum of Northern Arizona at the there is a relationship of shared group proceed.
identity between the Hohokam people The Museum of Northern Arizona is
address in this notice by June 2, 2017.
and the present-day Piman and responsible for notifying the Ak-Chin
ADDRESSES: Elaine Hughes, Museum of Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak
O’odham cultures, represented by the
Northern Arizona, 3101 North Fort Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila
Ak-Chin Indian Community of the
Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, River Indian Community of the Gila
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,
telephone (928) 774–5211 x228, email River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi
Arizona; Gila River Indian Community
ehughes@musnaz.org. Tribe of Arizona; Salt River Pima-
of the Gila River Indian Reservation,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt
here given in accordance with the River Pima-Maricopa Indian River Reservation, Arizona; Tohono
Native American Graves Protection and Community of the Salt River O’odham Nation of Arizona; and Zuni
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Mexico that this notice has been
items under the control of the Museum Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. published.
of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ, that
Determinations Made by the Museum of Dated: March 22, 2017.
meet the definition of unassociated
Northern Arizona Melanie O’Brien,
funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
Officials of the Museum of Northern
National Park Service’s administrative [FR Doc. 2017–08859 Filed 5–2–17; 8:45 am]
Arizona have determined that:
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in the 105 cultural items described above
this notice are the sole responsibility of are reasonably believed to have been
the museum, institution, or Federal placed with or near individual human DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
agency that has control of the Native remains at the time of death or later as National Park Service
American cultural items. The National part of the death rite or ceremony, and
Park Service is not responsible for the are believed, by a preponderance of the [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23073;
determinations in this notice. evidence, to have been removed from a PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
History and Description of the Cultural specific burial site of a Native American
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Items individual.
Department of Anthropology at Indiana
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
In 1978 and 1979, 105 cultural items University, Bloomington, IN
is a relationship of shared group
were removed from the Cashion site identity that can be reasonably traced AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
(NA14690) in Maricopa County, AZ, between the unassociated funerary ACTION: Notice.
during authorized archeological objects and the Ak-Chin Indian
investigations conducted by the Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) SUMMARY: The Department of
Museum of Arizona on behalf of the Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River Anthropology at Indiana University has
Arizona Nuclear Power Project, prior to Indian Community of the Gila River completed an inventory of human
the construction of a wastewater Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe remains in consultation with the
conveyance system that was to provide of Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa appropriate Indian tribes or Native
water to cool the Palo Verde Nuclear Indian Community of the Salt River Hawaiian organizations, and has
Generating Station. The 105 Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham determined that there is a cultural
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unassociated funerary objects are 14 Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the affiliation between the human remains
pottery and ceramic fragments, 30 Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. and present-day Indian tribes or Native
jewelry items and fragments, 2 pollen Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
samples, 2 faunal bone fragments, 51 Additional Requestors and Disposition descendants or representatives of any
projectile points, and 6 tools and Lineal descendants or representatives Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
implements. The cultural items are of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice
associated with seven features identified organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control
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