82_FR_42157 82 FR 41987 - 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

82 FR 41987 - 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 82, Issue 170 (September 5, 2017)

Page Range41987-41989
FR Document2017-18685

The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, have completed an inventory of human remains, 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 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 Bureau of Indian Affairs. 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-23729; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
and the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, have completed an 
inventory of human remains, 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 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 Bureau of 
Indian Affairs. 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 human remains 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 completion of an inventory of human remains 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 a location within the boundaries of the Fort 
Apache Indian Reservation, Navajo County, AZ.

[[Page 41988]]

    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 
Reservation, Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 
Mexico.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1978, human remains representing, at minimum, 1 individual were 
removed from site AZ P:14:8(ASM) in Navajo County, AZ. Legally 
authorized excavations were conducted by the University of Arizona 
Archeological Field School under the direction of Michael Graves and 
Michael Faught. No human burials were reported at the time of the 
excavations. Following project completion, the archeological 
collections were brought to ASM. In 2017, ASM staff found fragmentary 
human remains in the repository collections. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    AZ P:14:8(ASM) is a small village site that included three masonry 
room blocks. The human remains discovered in 2017 were originally found 
in roof fall debris inside one of the rooms. Tree ring dates and 
ceramic typologies suggest that the primary occupation of the site was 
during the late A.D. 1200s. These characteristics are consistent 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 site is 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 complex represented by the site described 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 
ritual paraphernalia that are used in continuing religious practices by 
the Hopi and Zuni. Some petroglyphs on the Fort Apache Reservation have 
also persuaded archeologists of continuities between the earlier 
identified group and current-day Western Pueblo people. Biological 
information from AZ P:14:1(ASM), a site located close to AZ 
P:14:8(ASM), 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 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 AZ 
P:14:8(ASM) 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 Navajo 
Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo 
of Laguna, New Mexico; and White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort 
Apache Reservation, Arizona, have indicated 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 one individual of 
Native American ancestry.

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     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 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 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 
Reservation, Arizona; and 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.
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                                                  purchased the site on April 19, 1937.                      • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the               DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                  There were excavations in both the                      human remains described in this notice
                                                  village and adjacent mound. There are                   represent the physical remains of 81                  National Park Service
                                                  no radiocarbon dates for this site. The                 individuals of Native American ancestry               [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23729;
                                                  culturally affiliated human remains are                 due to their presence in a prehistoric                PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
                                                  from the Mississippian period (A.D.                     and early historic archeological site and
                                                  1200–1500). The human remains are of                    osteological analysis.                                Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
                                                  four female adults. No known                                                                                  Department of the Interior, Bureau of
                                                  individuals were identified. The 16                        • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
                                                                                                                                                                Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and
                                                  associated funerary objects include 11                  the 32,456 objects described in this
                                                                                                                                                                Arizona State Museum, University of
                                                  Bell Plain jar sherds; 1 crinoid bead; 2                notice are reasonably believed to have                Arizona, Tucson, AZ
                                                  Langston Fabric Marked sherds; and 2                    been placed with or near individual
                                                  Mississippi Plain bowls.                                human remains at the time of death or                 AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.
                                                     Although there is no absolute                        later as part of the death rite or                    ACTION:   Notice.
                                                  certainty that Native Americans of the                  ceremony.
                                                                                                                                                                SUMMARY:    The U.S. Department of the
                                                  Mississippian period are directly related                  • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
                                                                                                                                                                Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and
                                                  to modern federally recognized Tribes, a                is a relationship of shared group                     the Arizona State Museum, University
                                                  relationship of shared group identity                   identity that can be reasonably traced                of Arizona, have completed an
                                                  can reasonably be traced between these                  between the Native American human                     inventory of human remains, in
                                                  modern Tribes and the human remains                     remains and associated funerary objects               consultation with the appropriate
                                                  and associated funerary objects of the                  listed in this notice and the Alabama-                Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
                                                  earlier culture identified as                           Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously                  organizations, and have determined that
                                                  Mississippian. The preponderance of                     listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes                there is a cultural affiliation between the
                                                  the evidence indicates that the cultural                of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal                   human remains and present-day Indian
                                                  items from Mississippian and early                      Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;                   tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations.
                                                  historic occupations at 1JA27, 1JA28,                   and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation.                      Lineal descendants or representatives of
                                                  1MS100, and 1MS121 are culturally
                                                                                                                                                                any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
                                                  affiliated with Native Americans                        Additional Requestors and Disposition
                                                                                                                                                                organization not identified in this notice
                                                  descendants of the Koasati/Kaskinampo.
                                                                                                            Lineal descendants or representatives               that wish to request transfer of control
                                                  These descendants include the
                                                                                                          of any federally recognized Indian Tribe              of these human remains should submit
                                                  Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
                                                                                                          not identified in this notice that wish to            a written request to the Bureau of Indian
                                                  (previously listed as the Alabama-
                                                                                                          request transfer of control of these                  Affairs. If no additional requestors come
                                                  Coushata Tribes of Texas); Alabama-
                                                                                                          human remains and associated funerary                 forward, transfer of control of the
                                                  Quassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe
                                                                                                          objects should submit a written request               human remains to the lineal
                                                  of Louisiana; and The Muscogee (Creek)
                                                                                                                                                                descendants, Indian tribes, or Native
                                                  Nation.                                                 with information in support of the
                                                                                                                                                                Hawaiian organizations stated in this
                                                     Chronicles from Spanish explorers of                 request to Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA,
                                                                                                                                                                notice may proceed.
                                                  the 16th century and French explorers                   400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11D,
                                                                                                                                                                DATES: Lineal descendants or
                                                  of the 17th and 18th century indicate                   Knoxville, TN 37902–1401, telephone
                                                  the presence of chiefdom level tribal                   (865) 632–7458, email tomaher@tva.gov,                representatives of any Indian tribe or
                                                  entities in the southeastern United                                                                           Native Hawaiian organization not
                                                                                                          by October 5, 2017. After that date, if no
                                                  States which resemble the Mississippian                                                                       identified in this notice that wish to
                                                                                                          additional requestors have come
                                                  chiefdoms. Linguistic analysis of place                                                                       request transfer of control of these
                                                                                                          forward, transfer of control of the
                                                  names noted by multiple Spanish                                                                               human remains should submit a written
                                                                                                          human remains and associated funerary                 request with information in support of
                                                  explorers indicates that Koasati                        objects to the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe
                                                  speaking groups inhabited northeastern                                                                        the request to the Bureau of Indian
                                                                                                          of Texas (previously listed as the                    Affairs at the address in this notice by
                                                  Alabama. Early maps and research into                   Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas);
                                                  the historic Native American occupation                                                                       October 5, 2017.
                                                                                                          Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town;                        ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, NAGPRA
                                                  of northeastern Alabama indicates that                  Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; and The
                                                  the Koasati (as called by the English) or                                                                     Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
                                                                                                          Muscogee (Creek) Nation may proceed.                  12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084,
                                                  the Kaskinampo (as called by the
                                                  French) were found at multiple sites in                   TVA is responsible for notifying The                Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390–
                                                  Jackson and Marshall Counties in the                    Consulted Tribes that this notice has                 6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov.
                                                  17th and 18th centuries. Oral history,                  been published.                                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
                                                  traditions, and expert opinions of the                    Dated: August 29, 2017.                             here given in accordance with the
                                                  descendants of Koasati/Kaskinampo                       Sarah Glass,                                          Native American Graves Protection and
                                                  indicate that this portion of the                                                                             Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
                                                                                                          Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
                                                  Tennessee River valley was a homeland                                                                         3003, of the completion of an inventory
                                                  of their Tribe. The subsequent                          [FR Doc. 2017–18688 Filed 9–1–17; 8:45 am]            of human remains under the control of
                                                  involuntary diaspora of these peoples                   BILLING CODE 4312–52–P                                the U.S. Department of the Interior,
                                                  resulted in descendants of the Koasati/                                                                       Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington,
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                                                  Kaskinampo among multiple federally                                                                           DC, and in the physical custody of the
                                                  recognized Tribes.                                                                                            Arizona State Museum, University of
                                                                                                                                                                Arizona, Tucson, AZ (ASM). The
                                                  Determinations Made by the Tennessee
                                                                                                                                                                human remains were removed from a
                                                  Valley Authority
                                                                                                                                                                location within the boundaries of the
                                                    Officials of TVA have determined                                                                            Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Navajo
                                                  that:                                                                                                         County, AZ.


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                                                    This notice is published as part of the               dwellings associated with plazas,                     abandoned. People returned to these
                                                  National Park Service’s administrative                  rectangular kivas, polished and paint-                places from time to time, either to
                                                  responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25                       decorated ceramics, unpainted                         reoccupy them or for religious
                                                  U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in                corrugated ceramics, inhumation                       pilgrimages—a practice that has
                                                  this notice are the sole responsibility of              burials, cradleboard cranial                          continued to the present day.
                                                  the museum, institution, or Federal                     deformation, grooved stone axes, and                  Archeologists have found ceramic
                                                  agency that has control of the Native                   bone artifacts. The combination of the                evidence at shrines in the Upland
                                                  American human remains. The National                    material culture attributes and a                     Mogollon region that confirms these
                                                  Park Service is not responsible for the                 subsistence pattern that included                     reports. Zuni cultural advisors have
                                                  determinations in this notice.                          hunting and gathering augmented by                    names for plants endemic to the
                                                  Consultation                                            maize agriculture helps to identify an                Mogollon region that do not grow on the
                                                                                                          earlier group. Archeologists have also                Zuni Reservation. They also have
                                                    A detailed assessment of the human                    remarked that there are strong                        knowledge about traditional medicinal
                                                  remains was made by the ASM                             similarities between this earlier group               and ceremonial uses for these resources,
                                                  professional staff in consultation with                 and present-day tribes included in the                which has been passed down to them
                                                  representatives of the Hopi Tribe of                    Western Pueblo ethnographic group,                    from their ancestors. Furthermore, Hopi
                                                  Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe                    especially the Hopi Tribe of Arizona                  and Zuni cultural advisors have
                                                  of the Fort Apache Reservation,                         and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni                        recognized that their ancestors may
                                                  Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni                 Reservation, New Mexico. The                          have been co-resident at some of the
                                                  Reservation, New Mexico.                                similarities in ceramic traditions, burial            sites in this region during their ancestral
                                                  History and Description of the Remains                  practices, architectural forms, and                   migrations.
                                                     In 1978, human remains representing,                 settlement patterns have led                             There are differing points of view
                                                  at minimum, 1 individual were removed                   archeologists to believe that the                     regarding the possible presence of
                                                  from site AZ P:14:8(ASM) in Navajo                      prehistoric inhabitants of the Mogollon               Apache people in the Upland Mogollon
                                                  County, AZ. Legally authorized                          Rim region migrated north and west to                 region during the time that AZ
                                                  excavations were conducted by the                       the Hopi mesas, and north and east to                 P:14:8(ASM) was occupied. Some
                                                  University of Arizona Archeological                     the Zuni River Valley. Certain objects                Apache traditions describe interactions
                                                  Field School under the direction of                     found in Upland Mogollon                              with Ancestral Pueblo people during
                                                  Michael Graves and Michael Faught. No                   archeological sites have been found to                this time, but according to these stories,
                                                  human burials were reported at the time                 have strong resemblances with ritual                  Puebloan people and Apache people
                                                  of the excavations. Following project                   paraphernalia that are used in                        were regarded as having separate
                                                  completion, the archeological                           continuing religious practices by the                 identities. The White Mountain Apache
                                                  collections were brought to ASM. In                     Hopi and Zuni. Some petroglyphs on                    Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation,
                                                  2017, ASM staff found fragmentary                       the Fort Apache Reservation have also                 Arizona, does not claim cultural
                                                  human remains in the repository                         persuaded archeologists of continuities               affiliation with the human remains and
                                                  collections. No known individuals were                  between the earlier identified group and              associated funerary objects from this
                                                  identified. No associated funerary                      current-day Western Pueblo people.                    site. As reported by Welch and Ferguson
                                                  objects are present.                                    Biological information from AZ                        (2005), consultations between the
                                                     AZ P:14:8(ASM) is a small village site               P:14:1(ASM), a site located close to AZ               Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico &
                                                  that included three masonry room                        P:14:8(ASM), supports the view that the               Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico;
                                                  blocks. The human remains discovered                    prehistoric occupants of the Upland                   Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; and
                                                  in 2017 were originally found in roof                   Mogollon region had migrated from                     White Mountain Apache Tribe of the
                                                  fall debris inside one of the rooms. Tree               various locations to the north and west               Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona, have
                                                  ring dates and ceramic typologies                       of the region.                                        indicated that none of these tribes wish
                                                  suggest that the primary occupation of                     Hopi and Zuni oral traditions parallel             to pursue claims of affiliation with sites
                                                  the site was during the late A.D. 1200s.                the archeological evidence for                        on White Mountain Apache Tribal
                                                  These characteristics are consistent with               migration. Migration figures                          lands. Finally, the White Mountain
                                                  the archeologically-described Upland                    prominently in Hopi oral tradition,                   Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache
                                                  Mogollon or prehistoric Western Pueblo                  which refers to the ancient sites,                    Reservation, Arizona, supports the
                                                  tradition.                                              pottery, stone tools, petroglyphs, and                repatriation of human remains and
                                                     A detailed discussion of the basis for               other artifacts left behind by the                    associated funerary objects from this site
                                                  cultural affiliation of archeological sites             ancestors as ‘‘Hopi Footprints.’’ This                and is ready to assist the Hopi Tribe of
                                                  in the region where the above site is                   migration history is complex and                      Arizona and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
                                                  located may be found in ‘‘Cultural                      detailed, and includes traditions                     Reservation, New Mexico, in their
                                                  Affiliation Assessment of White                         relating specific clans to the Mogollon               reburial.
                                                  Mountain Apache Tribal Lands (Fort                      region. Hopi cultural advisors have also              Determinations Made by the U.S.
                                                  Apache Indian Reservation),’’ by John R.                identified medicinal and culinary plants              Department of the Interior, Bureau of
                                                  Welch and T.J. Ferguson (2005). To                      at archeological sites in the region.                 Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and
                                                  summarize, archeologists have used the                  Their knowledge about these plants was                the Arizona State Museum, University
                                                  terms Upland Mogollon or prehistoric                    passed down to them from the ancestors                of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
                                                  Western Pueblo to define the                            who inhabited these ancient sites.
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                                                  archeological complex represented by                    Migration is also an important attribute                Officials of the Bureau of Indian
                                                  the site described above. Material                      of Zuni oral tradition and includes                   Affairs and Arizona State Museum have
                                                  culture characteristics of these                        accounts of Zuni ancestors passing                    determined that:
                                                  traditions include a temporal                           through the Upland Mogollon region.                     • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
                                                  progression from earlier pit houses to                  The ancient villages mark the routes of               human remains described in this notice
                                                  later masonry pueblos, villages                         these migrations. Zuni cultural advisors              represent the physical remains of one
                                                  organized in room blocks of contiguous                  remark that the ancient sites were not                individual of Native American ancestry.


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                                                     • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there               Tribes, not identified in this notice that            History and Description of the Remains
                                                  is a relationship of shared group                       wish to request transfer of control of                   In 1963, human remains representing,
                                                  identity that can be reasonably traced                  these human remains and associated                    at minimum, 13 individuals were
                                                  between the Native American human                       funerary objects should submit a written              removed from the Younger Kiavak site
                                                  remains and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona                   request to the Alaska Region USFWS. If                418, Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
                                                  and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni                          no additional requestors come forward,                (AHRS) site number 049–KOD–00099,
                                                  Reservation, New Mexico.                                transfer of control of the human remains              Kodiak Island, AK. There are eight
                                                                                                          to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes,             numbered burials and these burials
                                                  Additional Requestors and Disposition
                                                                                                          or Native Hawaiian organizations stated               contain nine of the individuals. The
                                                    Lineal descendants or representatives                 in this notice may proceed.
                                                  of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian                                                                        human remains include three possible
                                                                                                          DATES: Representatives of any Indian                  females, two possible males, and eight
                                                  organization not identified in this notice              Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
                                                  that wish to request transfer of control                                                                      individuals of indeterminate sex. No
                                                                                                          not identified in this notice that wish to            known individuals were identified. The
                                                  of these human remains and associated                   request transfer of control of these
                                                  funerary objects should submit a written                                                                      31 associated funerary objects include 3
                                                                                                          human remains should submit a written                 wood samples, 1 soil sample, 1 sulfide
                                                  request with information in support of                  request with information in support of
                                                  the request to Anna Pardo, NAGPRA                                                                             mineral, 2 projectile points, 1 bone
                                                                                                          the request to the Alaska Region USFWS                labret, 4 ulu blades, 2 spear prongs, 3
                                                  Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs,                  at the address in this notice by October
                                                  12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084,                                                                        modified mammal bone, 1 unmodified
                                                                                                          5, 2017.                                              bone, 1 metal hammerhead, 1 metal
                                                  Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390–
                                                                                                          ADDRESSES: Edward J. DeCleva, Regional                spoon, 1 lot of metal fragments, 1 u-
                                                  6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov, by
                                                                                                          Historic Preservation Officer, U.S. Fish              notched stone, 1 bone socket piece, 1
                                                  October 5, 2017. After that date, if no
                                                                                                          and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region,                  groundstone scrap, 1 stone scrap, 1 lot
                                                  additional requestors have come
                                                                                                          1011 East Tudor Road, MS–235,                         of prehistoric pottery sherds, 1 glass
                                                  forward, transfer of control of the
                                                                                                          Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907)                  bottle stopper, 1 chipped stone, 1
                                                  human remains and associated funerary
                                                                                                          786–3399, email edward_decleva@                       mammal tooth, 1 polishing stone, and 1
                                                  objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and
                                                                                                          fws.gov.                                              abrasive stone.
                                                  the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation,
                                                  New Mexico, may proceed.                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is                     In 1963, human remains representing,
                                                    The Arizona State Museum is                           here given in accordance with the                     at minimum, 2 individuals were
                                                  responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe                Native American Graves Protection and                 removed from the Old Kiavak site 419,
                                                  of Arizona; White Mountain Apache                       Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.                  AHRS site number 049–KOD–00100,
                                                  Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation,                   3003, of the completion of an inventory               Kodiak Island, AK. The human remains
                                                  Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni                     of human remains under the control of                 include 2 adult individuals of
                                                  Reservation, New Mexico, that this                      the Alaska Region USFWS. The human                    indeterminate sex. No known
                                                  notice has been published.                              remains and associated funerary objects               individuals were identified. No
                                                                                                          were recovered from two sites on                      associated funerary objects are present.
                                                    Dated: August 29, 2017.                                                                                        As part of the Aleut-Konyag project
                                                                                                          Kodiak Island, AK.
                                                  Sarah Glass,                                                                                                  conducted by the University of
                                                                                                             This notice is published as part of the
                                                  Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.                National Park Service’s administrative                Wisconsin Madison, excavations took
                                                  [FR Doc. 2017–18685 Filed 9–1–17; 8:45 am]              responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25                     place at several sites on Kodiak Island.
                                                  BILLING CODE 4312–52–P                                  U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in              Two of the sites, Old and Younger
                                                                                                          this notice are the sole responsibility of            Kiavak, are located on the southeastern
                                                                                                          the museum, institution, or Federal                   coast of Kodiak Island, south of the
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                              agency that has control of the Native                 mouth of the lagoon at the head of
                                                                                                          American human remains and                            Kiavak Bay. The Younger Kiavak site,
                                                  National Park Service                                                                                         originally tested and reported by Aleš
                                                                                                          associated funerary objects. The
                                                  [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23766;                                 National Park Service is not responsible              Hrdlička in 1944, contained several
                                                  PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]                            for the determinations in this notice.                eroding burials, glass beads, stone
                                                                                                                                                                lamps, and unspecified artifacts. During
                                                  Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.                    Consultation                                          the 1963 excavation, Donald Clark notes
                                                  Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska                          A detailed assessment of the human                 that the site revealed sparse evidence of
                                                  Region, Anchorage, AK                                   remains was made by the Alaska Region                 historic occupation, although numerous
                                                  AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.              USFWS professional staff in                           trade goods accompanied a shallow
                                                  ACTION:   Notice.                                       consultation with representatives of the              burial.
                                                                                                          Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological                        The Old Kiavak site is located
                                                  SUMMARY:    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife                  Repository of Kodiak, Alaska, a                       adjacent to the Younger Kiavak site.
                                                  Service, Alaska Region, (Alaska Region                  NAGPRA representative on Kodiak                       Two trenches were excavated in the
                                                  USFWS), has completed an inventory of                   Island designated by the Kaguyak                      main mounded portion of the site and
                                                  human remains and associated funerary                   Village, Native Village of Afognak,                   a small test trench was excavated in the
                                                  objects, in consultation with the                       Native Village of Akhiok, Native Village              lower secondary portion of the site.
                                                  appropriate Indian Tribes or Native                     of Larsen Bay, Native Village of                      Three components were identified that
                                                  Hawaiian organizations, and has                         Ouzinkie, Native Village of Port Lions,               included the Old Kiavak phase (1678–
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                                                  determined that there is a cultural                     Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak (previously                    407 B.C) of the Kachemak tradition, the
                                                  affiliation between the human remains                   listed as the Shoonaq’ Tribe of Kodiak),              Early Koniag Tradition (to A.D. 1040),
                                                  and present-day Indian Tribes or Native                 Tangirnaq Native Village (formerly                    and an historic period occupation (circa
                                                  Hawaiian organizations. Lineal                          Lesnoi Village (aka Woody Island)), and               A.D. 1900).
                                                  descendants or representatives of any                   the Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harbor                          The collection was curated and stored
                                                  Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian                         (previously listed as Native Village of               at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
                                                  organization, including Alaska Native                   Old Harbor and Village of Old Harbor).                until 2006. The U.S. Army Corps of


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Document Created: 2017-09-02 03:25:09
Document Modified: 2017-09-02 03:25:09
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
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 should submit a written request with information in support of the request to the
FR Citation82 FR 41987 

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