82 FR 41984 - 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; Correction

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 170 (September 5, 2017)

Page Range		41984-41985
FR Document		2017-18684

The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, have corrected an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, originally published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on February 27, 2012, and subsequently published in a corrected Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on November 17, 2014. This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number of associated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 170 (Tuesday, September 5, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 5, 2017)]
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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; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
and Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, have corrected an 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, originally 
published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register 
on February 27, 2012, and subsequently published in a corrected Notice 
of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on November 17, 2014. 
This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number of 
associated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of 
any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this 
notice

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that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and 
associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs. 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 Bureau of Indian Affairs at the address 
in this notice by October 5, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, NAGPRA Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA 20191, telephone 
(703) 390-6343, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the correction of an inventory of human remains and 
associated 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 and associated funerary objects 
were removed from a location within the boundaries of the Fort Apache 
Indian Reservation, Navajo 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 and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
    This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number 
of associated funerary objects originally published in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (77 FR 11578-11580, 
February 27, 2012) and subsequently published in a corrected Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (79 FR 68472-68473, 
November 17, 2014). The number of human remains and associated funerary 
objects increased due a search through uncatalogued object collections.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (79 FR 68473, November 17, 2014), column 1, 
paragraphs 3 and 4, under the heading ``Correction,'' are corrected by 
substituting the following paragraphs:

    In the Federal Register (77 FR 11579, February 27, 2012), 
paragraph 7 is corrected by substituting the following paragraph:
    In the years 1963 through 1977, human remains representing, at 
minimum, 1,023 individuals were removed from the Grasshopper Pueblo 
site AZ P:14:1(ASM), in Navajo County, AZ, as a result of legally 
authorized excavations conducted by the University of Arizona 
Archaeological Field School. Archeological collections from the site 
were brought to the museum at the end of each field season. No known 
individuals were identified. The 10,418 associated funerary objects 
are 710 animal bones, 2 animal skeletons, 1 antler wrench, 9 antler 
artifacts, 9 lots of beads of unidentified material, 21 bird bones, 
1 bird effigy pendant, 6 bird skeletons, 1 bird skull, 31 bone 
artifacts, 53 bone awls, 9 bone awl fragments, 6 lots of bone beads, 
2 bone needles, 47 bone rings, 1 bone spatula, 1 bone tool, 1 bone 
wand, 9 lots of botanical material, 2 ceramic artifacts, 719 ceramic 
bowls, 8 ceramic bowl fragments, 2 ceramic canteens, 1 ceramic 
figurine fragment, 223 ceramic jars, 7 ceramic jar fragments, 1 
ceramic ladle, 4 ceramic mugs, 1 ceramic pendant, 9 ceramic 
pitchers, 2 ceramic plates, 1 ceramic platter, 3 ceramic scoops, 
4,960 ceramic sherds, 7 ceramic sherd artifacts, 27 ceramic vessels, 
7 ceramic vessel fragments, 21 chipped stone cores, 2 chipped stone 
drills, 2 chipped stone fire-cracked rocks, 2,233 chipped stone 
flakes, 1 chipped stone scraper, 1 clay sample, 14 crystals, 22 
flotation samples, 10 fossils, 3 ground stones, 16 hammerstones, 1 
handstone, 17 manos, 2 mano fragments, 8 lots of matting, 45 
minerals, 3 mortars, 1 mosaic shell, 4 lots of organic material, 96 
pebbles, 2 pecking stones, 12 pendants, 18 polishing stones, 6 
pollen samples, 57 quartz crystals, 12 lots of raw material, 5 shaft 
straighteners, 111 shells, 3 lots of shell and stone beads, 7 shell 
artifacts, 1 shell artifact fragment, 32 lots of shell beads, 49 
shell bracelets, 6 shell bracelet fragments, 25 shell pendants, 3 
shell pendant fragments, 12 shell rings, 62 shell tinklers, 9 snail 
shells, 2 soil impressions, 58 soil samples, 14 stone artifacts, 1 
stone axe, 8 lots of stone beads, 3 stone blades, 1 stone bowl, 1 
stone disk, 6 stone figurines, 9 stone knives, 2 stone pendants, 257 
stone projectile points, 7 stone scrapers, 2 stone shaft smoothers, 
4 stone slabs, 12 tree ring samples, 5 lots of turquoise beads, 112 
turquoise pendants, 58 turquoise tesserae, 1 lot of unidentified 
material, 1 lot of unidentified organic material, 4 wood fragments, 
9 worked and unworked bones, and 3 worked stone flakes.

    In the Federal Register (79 FR 68473, November 17, 2014), column 2, 
paragraphs 1 through 4, under the heading ``Correction,'' are corrected 
by substituting the following paragraphs:

    In the Federal Register (77 FR 11580, February 27, 2012), 
paragraph 5 is corrected by substituting the following paragraph:
    Pursuant to 25 U.S.C 3001(9), the human remains described in 
this notice represent the physical remains of 1,023 individuals or 
Native American ancestry.
    In the Federal Register (77 FR 11580, February 27, 2012), 
paragraph 6 is corrected by substituting the following paragraph:
    Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 10,418 objects described 
above are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near 
individual human remains at the time of death or later as a part of 
the death rite or ceremony.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Anna Pardo, NAGPRA Coordinator, Bureau of 
Indian Affairs, 12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA 
20191, telephone (703) 390-6343, email [email protected], by October 
5, 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 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 
Reservation, Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 
Mexico, that this notice has been published.

    Dated: August 29, 2017.
Sarah Glass,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-18684 Filed 9-1-17; 8:45 am]
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human cranial bone, which was Between A.D. 1450 and 1600, diagnostic 2017. After that date, if no additional
contained together with the dentition in characteristics indicative of the Seneca requestors have come forward, transfer
a display case. culture begin to become evident in the of control of the human remains and
On an unknown date, human remains archeological record. Seneca occupation associated funerary object to the Seneca
consisting of 22 loose teeth, of Ontario County, NY, is well- Nation of Indians (previously listed as
representing, at minimum, 5 individuals documented. From the early 16th the Seneca Nation of New York);
(seizure-item number 817890–2) were century until the American Revolution, Seneca-Cayuga Nation (previously listed
removed from an unknown location in the Seneca occupied a region between as the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of
the Finger Lakes region of New York, the Genesee River and Canandaigua Oklahoma); and Tonawanda Band of
and more likely than not in Ontario Lake, which includes Livingston and Seneca (previously listed as the
County, NY. Adults and children of Ontario Counties, NY, as well as the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of
both sexes are represented. The age of southern portion of Monroe County, NY. New York) may proceed.
one child is 9 or 10 years. Five teeth, Today, the Seneca are represented by The USFWS OLE is responsible for
which represent two individuals, have three federally recognized Indian Tribes: notifying the Cayuga Nation; Oneida
green copper oxide staining. This type The Seneca Nation of Indians Nation (previously listed as the Oneida
of staining is often seen in Protohistoric (previously listed as the Seneca Nation Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin); Oneida
and historic burials. Prominent of New York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation Nation of New York; Onondaga Nation;
shoveling and double-shoveling are (previously listed as the Seneca-Cayuga Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (previously
indicative of Native American descent. Tribe of Oklahoma); and Tonawanda listed as the St. Regis Band of Mohawk
On an unknown date, human remains Band of Seneca (previously listed as the Indians of New York); Seneca Nation of
consisting of 53 loose teeth, Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of Indians (previously listed as the Seneca
representing, at minimum, 8 individuals New York). Nation of New York); Seneca-Cayuga
(seizure-item number 817890–5) were Nation (previously listed as the Seneca-
removed from an unknown location in Determinations Made by the U.S. Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma); Tonawanda
the Finger Lakes region of New York, Department of Interior, Fish and Band of Seneca (previously listed as the
and more likely than not in Ontario Wildlife Service, Office of Law Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of
County, NY. Adults and children of Enforcement New York); Tuscarora Nation; and the
both sexes are represented. The age of Officials of the USFWS OLE have Haudenosaunee Standing Committee on
one child is 8 to 81⁄2 years, and the other determined that: Burial Rules & Regulations that this
is 101⁄2 to 11 years. Four teeth, which • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the notice has been published.
represent one individual, have taken on human remains described in this notice Dated: August 29, 2017.
an orange hue. Prominent shoveling and represent the physical remains of a Sarah Glass,
double-shoveling are indicative of minimum of 25 individuals of Native
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
Native American descent. American ancestry.
On May 9, 2002, as part of a criminal • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), [FR Doc. 2017–18683 Filed 9–1–17; 8:45 am]
investigation, the USFWS OLE the one object described in this notice BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
purchased a display case containing is reasonably believed to have been
what was suspected to be Native placed with or near individual human
American human remains (seizure-item remains at the time of death or later as DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
number 817879–1). The display case part of the death rite or ceremony. National Park Service
contained what appeared to be human • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
teeth and a bone rondel. The human is a relationship of shared group [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23726;
remains were being sold by an antique identity that can be reasonably traced PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
store in the Finger Lakes region of New between the Native American human
York. On June 26, 2002, as part of the remains and associated funerary object Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
same investigation, the USFWS OLE Department of the Interior, Bureau of
and the Seneca Nation of Indians
seized further items suspected to be Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and
(previously listed as the Seneca Nation
Native American human remains Arizona State Museum, University of
of New York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation
(seizure-item numbers 817890–2 and Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Correction
(previously listed as the Seneca-Cayuga
817890–5), which were being held by a Tribe of Oklahoma); and Tonawanda AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
private individual, who also supplied Band of Seneca (previously listed as the ACTION: Notice; correction.
the antiques store with the previously Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of
purchased human remains. The New York). SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the
individual offered these items for sale to Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and
the USFWS OLE. After lengthy litigation Additional Requestors and Disposition Arizona State Museum, University of
regarding the case, the Department of Lineal descendants or representatives Arizona, have corrected an inventory of
Justice transferred the items to the of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian human remains and associated funerary
USFWS OLE for NAGPRA compliance. organization not identified in this notice objects, originally published in a Notice
The Reed Farm site suggests a that wish to request transfer of control of Inventory Completion in the Federal
Protohistoric or historic time frame and, of these human remains and associated Register on February 27, 2012, and
based on historical evidence, are funerary object should submit a written subsequently published in a corrected
believed to represent early historic request with information in support of Notice of Inventory Completion in the
mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES

Seneca villages. Archeological evidence the request to Steve Oberholtzer, Special Federal Register on November 17, 2014.
indicates that the Owasco culture Agent in Charge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife This notice corrects the minimum
occupied central and eastern New York Service Office of Law Enforcement, number of individuals and number of
and the Glaciated Alleghany Plateau Mountain-Prairie Region, P.O. Box associated funerary objects. Lineal
during the Woodland Stage (1000 B.C.— 25486—DFC, Denver, CO 80225, descendants or representatives of any
A.D. 1600). Around A.D. 1600, the telephone (303) 236–7893, email steve_ Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
Owasco culture underwent a transition. oberholtzer@fws.gov, by October 5, organization not identified in this notice

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FR Citation		82 FR 41984

82 FR 41984 - 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; Correction

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