83 FR 4247 - Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 20 (January 30, 2018)

Page Range		4247-4247
FR Document		2018-01727

The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined 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 Bureau of Indian Affairs. 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.

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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of 
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations, has determined 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 Bureau of Indian 
Affairs. 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 Bureau of Indian Affairs at 
the address in this notice by March 1, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, Museum Program Manager/NAGPRA Coordinator, 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, 
Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390-6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov.

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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Washington, DC, 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 1950, 12 cultural items were removed from burial contexts in an 
unnamed ruin in Mancos Canyon, Montezuma County, CO, located on Indian 
trust lands. Original field notes taken by Cliff Chappell state: 
``Large Ruin in Mancos Canyon, 12 \1/2\ miles from Gallup rd. just 
below picture rock. Ward Emerson & Myself. 4/28/50. Dug by Cliff 
Chappell. [Artifacts 525A through 525G] found loose in the 1st ruin 4 
\1/2\ miles from Gallup rd. at Leimbach picnic site S. of rd.'' In 
1983, the Anasazi Historical Society (AHS) purchased the ``Chappell 
Collection'' from the Chappell family and the collection was placed on 
loan by the AHS at the Bureau of Land Management--Anasazi Heritage 
Center. In 2016, these 12 items were identified as being removed from 
burial contexts on Indian lands. The Bureau of Indian Affairs asserted 
control of the items and notified potentially affiliated Tribes. The 12 
unassociated funerary objects are 1 ceramic bowl, 2 ceramic pitchers, 1 
stone spindle whorl, 2 chert side-notched projectile points, 3 stone 
pendant blanks, 1 hammerstone, 1 tether stone, and 1 piece of unworked 
petrified wood.
    Archeological findings indicate that the Hopi are the direct 
descendants of the Prehistoric Ancestral Puebloan inhabitants of the 
Four Corners region. Published accounts of Hopi oral traditions say 
that ancestors of some Hopi clans migrated from north and east of the 
Hopi Mesas, including the general vicinity of Mancos Canyon and the 
Mesa Verde region, either directly or indirectly by way of the Eastern 
Pueblos. Migrations of people from the Eastern Pueblos to Hopi are 
substantiated in the archeological record and in ethnohistorical 
accounts. The puebloan ruins of Montezuma County show the greatest 
affinity to the Mesa Verde branch. (Cultural Affiliation Study for 
Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, Southwest Colorado, Gilpin, 
et al. 2002:121). The Hopi Cultural Preservation Office of the Hopi 
Tribe asserts cultural affiliation to these objects.

Determinations Made by the Bureau of Indian Affairs

    Officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 12 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 Hopi Tribe of Arizona.

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 Anna Pardo, Museum Program Manager/NAGPRA 
Coordinator, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA 20191, telephone 
(703) 390-6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov, by March 1, 2018. After that 
date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control 
of the unassociated funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona may 
proceed.
    The Bureau of Indian Affairs is responsible for notifying the Hopi 
Tribe of Arizona that this notice has been published.

    Dated: November 15, 2017.
Sarah Glass,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-01727 Filed 1-29-18; 8:45 am]
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Dated: November 1, 2017. U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in Determinations Made by the Bureau of
Melanie O’Brien, this notice are the sole responsibility of Indian Affairs
Manager, National NAGPRA Program. the museum, institution, or Federal Officials of the Bureau of Indian
[FR Doc. 2018–01724 Filed 1–29–18; 8:45 am] agency that has control of the Native Affairs have determined that:
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P American cultural items. The National • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
Park Service is not responsible for the the 12 cultural items described above
determinations in this notice. are reasonably believed to have been
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR placed with or near individual human
History and Description of the Cultural
remains at the time of death or later as
National Park Service Items
part of the death rite or ceremony and
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024672; In 1950, 12 cultural items were are believed, by a preponderance of the
PCU00RP14.R50000–PPWOCRADN0] removed from burial contexts in an evidence, to have been removed from a
unnamed ruin in Mancos Canyon, specific burial site of a Native American
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural individual.
Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, Montezuma County, CO, located on
Indian trust lands. Original field notes • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, is a relationship of shared group
DC taken by Cliff Chappell state: ‘‘Large
identity that can be reasonably traced
Ruin in Mancos Canyon, 12 1⁄2 miles
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. between the unassociated funerary
from Gallup rd. just below picture rock.
objects and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
ACTION: Notice. Ward Emerson & Myself. 4/28/50. Dug
by Cliff Chappell. [Artifacts 525A Additional Requestors and Disposition
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the through 525G] found loose in the 1st
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, in Lineal descendants or representatives
ruin 4 1⁄2 miles from Gallup rd. at of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
consultation with the appropriate
Leimbach picnic site S. of rd.’’ In 1983, organization not identified in this notice
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
the Anasazi Historical Society (AHS) that wish to claim these cultural items
organizations, has determined that the
purchased the ‘‘Chappell Collection’’ should submit a written request with
cultural items listed in this notice meet
the definition of unassociated funerary from the Chappell family and the information in support of the claim to
objects. Lineal descendants or collection was placed on loan by the Anna Pardo, Museum Program
representatives of any Indian Tribe or AHS at the Bureau of Land Manager/NAGPRA Coordinator, U.S.
Native Hawaiian organization not Management—Anasazi Heritage Center. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
identified in this notice that wish to In 2016, these 12 items were identified Indian Affairs, 12220 Sunrise Valley
claim these cultural items should as being removed from burial contexts Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA 20191,
submit a written request to the Bureau on Indian lands. The Bureau of Indian telephone (703) 390–6343, email
of Indian Affairs. If no additional Affairs asserted control of the items and Anna.Pardo@bia.gov, by March 1, 2018.
claimants come forward, transfer of notified potentially affiliated Tribes. After that date, if no additional
control of the cultural items to the lineal The 12 unassociated funerary objects are claimants have come forward, transfer
descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native 1 ceramic bowl, 2 ceramic pitchers, 1 of control of the unassociated funerary
Hawaiian organizations stated in this stone spindle whorl, 2 chert side- objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona may
notice may proceed. notched projectile points, 3 stone proceed.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is
DATES: Lineal descendants or pendant blanks, 1 hammerstone, 1
responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe
representatives of any Indian Tribe or tether stone, and 1 piece of unworked
of Arizona that this notice has been
Native Hawaiian organization not petrified wood.
published.
identified in this notice that wish to Archeological findings indicate that
claim these cultural items should Dated: November 15, 2017.
the Hopi are the direct descendants of
submit a written request with Sarah Glass,
the Prehistoric Ancestral Puebloan
information in support of the claim to inhabitants of the Four Corners region.
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
the Bureau of Indian Affairs at the [FR Doc. 2018–01727 Filed 1–29–18; 8:45 am]
Published accounts of Hopi oral
address in this notice by March 1, 2018. BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
traditions say that ancestors of some
ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, Museum Hopi clans migrated from north and east
Program Manager/NAGPRA of the Hopi Mesas, including the general
Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
vicinity of Mancos Canyon and the
12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084,
Mesa Verde region, either directly or National Park Service
Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390–
indirectly by way of the Eastern
6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov. [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024522;
Pueblos. Migrations of people from the PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
Eastern Pueblos to Hopi are
here given in accordance with the substantiated in the archeological record Notice of Inventory Completion:
Native American Graves Protection and
and in ethnohistorical accounts. The Thomas Burke Memorial Washington
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
puebloan ruins of Montezuma County State Museum, University of
3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
show the greatest affinity to the Mesa Washington, Seattle, WA, and Central
items under the control of the U.S.
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Verde branch. (Cultural Affiliation Washington University, Ellensburg,
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Study for Canyons of the Ancients WA
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, that
meet the definition of unassociated National Monument, Southwest AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. Colorado, Gilpin, et al. 2002:121). The
ACTION: Notice.
This notice is published as part of the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office of the
National Park Service’s administrative Hopi Tribe asserts cultural affiliation to SUMMARY: The Thomas Burke Memorial
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 these objects. Washington State Museum (Burke

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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 Bureau of Indian Affairs at
FR Citation		83 FR 4247

83 FR 4247 - Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORNational Park Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 20 (January 30, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service