Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Correction, 11577-11578 [2012-4509]
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Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by U.S. Department
of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers,
and UO–MNCH professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian
Reservation of Oregon; Nez Perce Tribe,
Idaho; and the Wanapum Band, a nonFederally recognized Indian Group.
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History and Description of the Remains
In 1948 and 1949, human remains
representing, at minimum, seven
individuals were removed from 45BN3,
a pre-contact protohistoric village site
located on the south side of Berrian’s
Island, in Benton County, WA. Site
45BN3 is located within the McNary
Lock and Dam Project on the Columbia
River. The McNary Lock and Dam
Project is managed by the U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Walla Walla District, who
initiated land acquisition processes for
the Project in 1947.
In 1947, the Smithsonian Institution’s
River Basin Survey Project (SRBS)
surveyed and surface collected material
cultural remains from site 45BN3. In
1948, the SRBS excavated the site and
removed 50 burials and 1,650 artifacts.
Many of the burials were recovered in
situ and were bounded by wood.
Originally identified as cists, this wood
was later determined to be the burnt
remains of conical wood stacks that had
been erected over the burials. The
associated funerary objects included
copper, iron, glass trade beads, shell
ornaments and stone implements.
Following completion of field
investigations, the collections were
transported to the SRBS laboratory at
the University of Oregon. In 1949, the
SRBS returned to site 45BN3 and
salvaged four additional burials that had
been looted by amateur collectors.
The collections recovered through the
SRBS investigations were transferred to
three separate repositories: the
Smithsonian Institution; the University
of Washington (UW) Burke Museum,
Seattle, WA; and UO–MNCH, Eugene,
OR. The portions of the collections held
at UO–MNCH were accessioned
between 1950–1952, and include
materials from Burials 4–5, 7–9, 11–15,
19, 22, 24–26, 32, 34, 36–37, 39, 41, 43,
45–46, 48–49, and 51–54. Materials
from the 1948 and 1949 SRBS
collections at UO–MNCH were
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inventoried in 1985 and again in 1996.
The remains of seven individuals
(accession #100KT/MP) were
documented through the inventory. Due
to an absence of associated
documentation, these seven individuals
cannot be connected to specific burials.
The remains are those of an adult male,
an adult female, two adults of
indeterminate gender, two children and
another individual of indeterminate age
and gender. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The estimated date range of the other
burials from site 45BN3 is 1750–1811,
based upon the presence of Colonial
uniform buttons whose earliest
manufacture date is c.1750 and the
absence of firearms, whose use by local
tribes began c.1811. Further evidence
supporting the date of these burials is
the volume of trade goods observed in
both the burials and in the living area.
Site 45BN3 was also reported to have
contained evidence of contemporaneous
mat lodge pits. Distinctive
morphological traits, burial methods
and associated funerary objects indicate
Native American ancestry and funerary
traditions reflective of Native groups of
the Columbia Plateau.
Determinations Made by the U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Walla Walla District
Officials of the U.S. Department of
Defense, Army Corps of Engineers,
Walla Walla District, have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9)–(10),
the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of seven
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and the Confederated Tribes
and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Indian Reservation of Oregon;
and the Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
Additionally, a cultural relationship is
determined to exist between the sites
and collections and the Wanapum Band,
a non-Federally recognized Indian
Group.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
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should contact LTC David Caldwell,
U.S. Department of Defense, Army
Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla
District, 201 North Third Ave., Walla
Walla, WA 99362, telephone (509) 527–
7700, before March 28, 2012.
Repatriation of the human remains to
The Tribes and (if joined) the Wanapum
Band, a non-Federally recognized
Indian Group, may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come
forward.
The U.S. Department of Defense,
Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla
District, is responsible for notifying The
Tribes and the Wanapum Band, a nonFederally recognized Indian Group, that
this notice has been published.
Dated: February 22, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and
the Arizona State Museum, University
of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 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. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from sites within the
boundaries of the Fort Apache Indian
Reservation, Gila and Navajo Counties,
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 the number
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of associated funerary objects in a
Notice of Inventory Completion
previously published in the Federal
Register (76 FR 14064–14067, March 15,
2011). During final preparations for
reburial, additional fragmentary human
remains were discovered from three of
the ten sites listed in the notice. As a
result, the total number of individuals is
corrected from 241 to 261. Also,
additional associated funerary objects
from one of the ten sites listed in the
previous notice were discovered, and
the number of associated funerary
objects from another site was revised.
Therefore, the total number of
associated funerary objects is corrected
from 74 to 103.
In the Federal Register notice (76 FR
14064–14067, March 15, 2011),
paragraph four is corrected by
substituting the following paragraph:
In 1979, fragmentary human remains
representing, at minimum, 20
individuals were removed from the
Hilltop Ruin Site, AZ P:14:12(ASM),
Navajo County, AZ, during a legally
authorized survey conducted by the
University of Arizona Archaeological
Field School, under the direction of
Madeleine Hinkes. A report prepared by
Hinkes describes the presence of at least
45 unauthorized excavation pits at this
site. The human remains were collected
from these pits or adjacent backdirt
piles. There is no record in Arizona
State Museum files regarding the
accession of these human remains;
however, the collection likely entered
the museum in the same year as other
collections from the summer field
school. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Paragraph number 7 is corrected by
substituting the following paragraph:
There is no record in Arizona State
Museum files regarding the accession of
these human remains; however, the
collection likely entered the museum in
the same year as other collections from
the summer field school. No known
individuals were identified. The 36
associated funerary objects include: 1
stone axe, 1 bone bead, 2 carved stone
objects, 1 shell pendant, 1 pierced shell,
3 projectile points, 2 ceramic vessels, 1
rim sherd, 1 shell bead, 8 shell
fragments, 7 ceramic sherds, 1 shell
tinkler, 3 turquoise fragments, 2 worked
lithic artifacts, 1 worked shell artifact,
and 1 worked shell fragment.
Paragraph number 11 is corrected by
substituting the following paragraph:
Between 1976 and 1989, legally
authorized excavations were conducted
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at the site of Chiwodistas, AZ
P:14:24(ASM), Navajo County, AZ, by
the University of Arizona
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Archaeological Field School, under the
direction of J. Jefferson Reid. No human
burials were intentionally excavated
during this project. Archeological
collections from the site were brought to
the museum at the end of each field
season, but no accession number was
assigned to them. Between 2009 and
2011, Arizona State Museum staff found
fragmentary human remains
representing, at minimum, 31
individuals intermingled with animal
bone collections from this site. The
animal bones are not considered to be
associated funerary objects. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Paragraph number 19 is corrected by
substituting the following paragraph:
In 1929, human remains representing
six individuals were removed from
Canyon Creek Ruin, AZ C:2:8(GP)/AZ
V:2:1(ASM), Gila County, AZ during
legally authorized excavations
conducted by the Gila Pueblo
Foundation, under the direction of Emil
Haury. In 1950, the Gila Pueblo
Foundation closed and the collections
were transferred to the Arizona State
Museum. No known individuals were
identified. The 64 associated funerary
objects include: 1 yucca fiber apron, 1
basketry bowl, 2 cradleboards, 1
basketry tump strap, 3 ceramic bowls, 1
gourd bottle, 1 gourd dipper, 1 gourd
rind, 2 gourd scoops, 1 hair bundle, 1
cotton manta, 1 basketry mat, 5 basketry
mat fragments, 1 piece of plant fiber, 1
plant fiber blanket, 1 yucca fiber quid,
1 lot of cotton roving, 2 sandals, 1 wood
spindle, 28 textile fragments, 3 textile
wrappings, 4 wood lattice fragments,
and 1 lot of yucca fiber yarn.
Paragraph number 24 is corrected by
substituting the following paragraph:
In 1969, human remains representing,
at minimum, five individuals were
removed from site AZ V:2:12(ASM),
Gila County, AZ, during legally
authorized salvage activities conducted
by the University of Arizona
Archaeological Field School, under the
direction of David Tuggle. The site had
been extensively vandalized and the
objective of the University of Arizona
archeologists was to recover human
remains that had been disturbed.
Archeological collections from the site
were brought to the museum at the end
of the field season, but no accession
numbers were assigned. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Paragraph number 29 is corrected by
substituting the following paragraph:
Officials of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs and Arizona State Museum have
determined that:
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• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of 261
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 103 objects 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.
• 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 associated funerary objects
and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact John McClelland, NAGPRA
Coordinator, Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
85721, telephone (520) 626–2950, before
March 28, 2012. Repatriation 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 after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
The Arizona State Museum is
responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; White Mountain Apache
Tribe of the Fort Apache Indian
Reservation, Arizona; and the Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico that this notice has been
published.
Dated: February 22, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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[2253–665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and
the Arizona State Museum, University
of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The United States Department
of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and
the Arizona State Museum, University
of Arizona, have completed an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, in
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and the Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Correction
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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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 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. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from sites
within the boundaries of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Gila and
Navajo Counties, 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 the
number
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of associated funerary objects in a Notice of Inventory Completion
previously published in the Federal Register (76 FR 14064-14067, March
15, 2011). During final preparations for reburial, additional
fragmentary human remains were discovered from three of the ten sites
listed in the notice. As a result, the total number of individuals is
corrected from 241 to 261. Also, additional associated funerary objects
from one of the ten sites listed in the previous notice were
discovered, and the number of associated funerary objects from another
site was revised. Therefore, the total number of associated funerary
objects is corrected from 74 to 103.
In the Federal Register notice (76 FR 14064-14067, March 15, 2011),
paragraph four is corrected by substituting the following paragraph:
In 1979, fragmentary human remains representing, at minimum, 20
individuals were removed from the Hilltop Ruin Site, AZ P:14:12(ASM),
Navajo County, AZ, during a legally authorized survey conducted by the
University of Arizona Archaeological Field School, under the direction
of Madeleine Hinkes. A report prepared by Hinkes describes the presence
of at least 45 unauthorized excavation pits at this site. The human
remains were collected from these pits or adjacent backdirt piles.
There is no record in Arizona State Museum files regarding the
accession of these human remains; however, the collection likely
entered the museum in the same year as other collections from the
summer field school. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Paragraph number 7 is corrected by substituting the following
paragraph:
There is no record in Arizona State Museum files regarding the
accession of these human remains; however, the collection likely
entered the museum in the same year as other collections from the
summer field school. No known individuals were identified. The 36
associated funerary objects include: 1 stone axe, 1 bone bead, 2 carved
stone objects, 1 shell pendant, 1 pierced shell, 3 projectile points, 2
ceramic vessels, 1 rim sherd, 1 shell bead, 8 shell fragments, 7
ceramic sherds, 1 shell tinkler, 3 turquoise fragments, 2 worked lithic
artifacts, 1 worked shell artifact, and 1 worked shell fragment.
Paragraph number 11 is corrected by substituting the following
paragraph:
Between 1976 and 1989, legally authorized excavations were
conducted at the site of Chiwodist[aacute]s, AZ P:14:24(ASM), Navajo
County, AZ, by the University of Arizona Archaeological Field School,
under the direction of J. Jefferson Reid. No human burials were
intentionally excavated during this project. Archeological collections
from the site were brought to the museum at the end of each field
season, but no accession number was assigned to them. Between 2009 and
2011, Arizona State Museum staff found fragmentary human remains
representing, at minimum, 31 individuals intermingled with animal bone
collections from this site. The animal bones are not considered to be
associated funerary objects. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Paragraph number 19 is corrected by substituting the following
paragraph:
In 1929, human remains representing six individuals were removed
from Canyon Creek Ruin, AZ C:2:8(GP)/AZ V:2:1(ASM), Gila County, AZ
during legally authorized excavations conducted by the Gila Pueblo
Foundation, under the direction of Emil Haury. In 1950, the Gila Pueblo
Foundation closed and the collections were transferred to the Arizona
State Museum. No known individuals were identified. The 64 associated
funerary objects include: 1 yucca fiber apron, 1 basketry bowl, 2
cradleboards, 1 basketry tump strap, 3 ceramic bowls, 1 gourd bottle, 1
gourd dipper, 1 gourd rind, 2 gourd scoops, 1 hair bundle, 1 cotton
manta, 1 basketry mat, 5 basketry mat fragments, 1 piece of plant
fiber, 1 plant fiber blanket, 1 yucca fiber quid, 1 lot of cotton
roving, 2 sandals, 1 wood spindle, 28 textile fragments, 3 textile
wrappings, 4 wood lattice fragments, and 1 lot of yucca fiber yarn.
Paragraph number 24 is corrected by substituting the following
paragraph:
In 1969, human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals
were removed from site AZ V:2:12(ASM), Gila County, AZ, during legally
authorized salvage activities conducted by the University of Arizona
Archaeological Field School, under the direction of David Tuggle. The
site had been extensively vandalized and the objective of the
University of Arizona archeologists was to recover human remains that
had been disturbed. Archeological collections from the site were
brought to the museum at the end of the field season, but no accession
numbers were assigned. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Paragraph number 29 is corrected by substituting the following
paragraph:
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
above represent the physical remains of 261 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 103 objects
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.
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 associated funerary objects and the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact John McClelland, NAGPRA Coordinator, Arizona
State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone (520)
626-2950, before March 28, 2012. Repatriation 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 after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Arizona State Museum is responsible for notifying the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Indian
Reservation, Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico that this notice has been published.
Dated: February 22, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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