Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon, AZ, 21407-21408 [2013-08382]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–12547;
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Grand Canyon National
Park, Grand Canyon, AZ
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of the
Interior, National Park Service, Grand
Canyon National Park has completed an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes, and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects and present-day Indian tribes.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with the human remains and associated
funerary objects may contact Grand
Canyon National Park. Repatriation of
the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Indian tribes
stated below may occur if no additional
claimants come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Grand Canyon National Park at
the address below by May 10, 2013.
ADDRESSES: David Uberuaga,
Superintendent, Grand Canyon National
Park, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ
86023, telephone (928) 638–7945.
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 and associated
funerary objects in the possession of
Grand Canyon National Park, Grand
Canyon, AZ. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from Muav Cave, Mohave
County, AZ.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the Superintendent, Grand Canyon
National Park.
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SUMMARY:
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Grand Canyon
National Park professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
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Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai
Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Hualapai Indian Tribe of the
Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona;
Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the
Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Las
Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las
Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Moapa
Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa
River Indian Reservation, Nevada;
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, &
Utah; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar
Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of
Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes,
Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and
Shivwits Band of Paiutes) (formerly
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar City
Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of
Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes,
Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and
Shivwits Band of Paiutes)); San Juan
Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; White
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort
Apache Reservation, Arizona; YavapaiApache Nation of the Camp Verde
Indian Reservation, Arizona; and Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The
Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
In 1936, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from the Muav Cave site in
Mohave County, AZ, during legally
authorized excavations by National Park
Service archeologists under the
direction of Willis Evans. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were stored at the National Park
Service’s Western Archeological and
Conservation Center in Tucson, AZ,
until 2002, when they were transferred
to Grand Canyon National Park. No
known individuals were identified. The
associated funerary objects are 70
burned olivella shell beads and olivella
shell bead fragments.
The Muav Cave site is not well-dated.
However, ceramics, unfired pottery,
yucca chews, yucca fiber, animal bones,
and chipped stone tools indicate
occupation sometime after A.D. 1300.
The artifacts found at Muav Cave are
consistent with materials identified by
archeologists as associated with the
Cerbat culture. Considered the ancestors
of the Pai people, the Cerbat are
believed to have migrated to the Grand
Canyon around the 1300s. Their
descendants, two Pai groups who
eventually divided into what are now
known as the Hualapai and Havasupai
tribes, remained in the region. Aquarius
brownware and Lower Colorado
buffware ceramics, locally procured
lithic tools, geography, and the known
protohistoric occupation of the area by
the Cerbat people, indicate historical
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ties between inhabitants of Muav Cave
and the Havasupai Tribe of the
Havasupai Reservation, Arizona, and
the Hualapai Indian Tribe of the
Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona.
Geography, place names, and oral
history indicate historical ties between
the inhabitants of Muav Cave and
several of the Southern Paiute tribes
(Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians, Las
Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians, Moapa
Band of Paiute Indians, and Shivwits
Band of Paiutes).
Determinations Made by Grand Canyon
National Park
Officials of Grand Canyon National
Park 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.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 70 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 Havasupai Tribe of the
Havasupai Reservation, Arizona;
Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Kaibab
Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Las Vegas
Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas
Indian Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of
Paiute Indians of the Moapa River
Indian Reservation, Nevada; and Paiute
Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of
Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes,
Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian
Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits
Band of Paiutes) (formerly Paiute Indian
Tribe of Utah (Cedar City Band of
Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes,
Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian
Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits
Band of Paiutes)).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe
that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact David Uberuaga,
Superintendent, Grand Canyon National
Park, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ
86023, telephone (928) 638–7945, before
May 10, 2013. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Havasupai Tribe of the
Havasupai Reservation, Arizona;
Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Kaibab
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Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Las Vegas
Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas
Indian Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of
Paiute Indians of the Moapa River
Indian Reservation, Nevada; and Paiute
Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of
Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes,
Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian
Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits
Band of Paiutes) (formerly Paiute Indian
Tribe of Utah (Cedar City Band of
Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes,
Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian
Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits
Band of Paiutes)) may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come
forward.
Grand Canyon National Park is
responsible for notifying The Tribes that
this notice has been published.
Dated: March 11, 2013.
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 University of Denver Department of
Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology, Denver, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and
the University of Denver Department of
Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology, have completed an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, 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 associated funerary
objects 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 and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request to the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
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and associated funerary objects to the
lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs at the
address in this notice by May 10, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, Museum
Program Manager/NAGPRA
Coordinator, U.S. Department of the
Interior, 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.
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 University of
Denver Department of Anthropology
and Museum of Anthropology. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from a site located
south from the town of Bluff, in San
Juan County, UT, and on the Navajo
Indian Reservation.
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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the University of
Denver Department of Anthropology
and Museum of Anthropology
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of Jicarilla Apache
Nation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation,
Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico (previously
listed as the Pueblo of San Juan); Pueblo
of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of
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Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico;
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico. The
following tribes were invited to consult
and were sent copies of the cultural
affiliation findings for comment: Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Kewa Pueblo, New
Mexico (previously listed as the Pueblo
of Santo Domingo); Pueblo of Picuris,
New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New
Mexico; Skull Valley Band of Goshute
Indians of Utah; Ute Indian Tribe of the
Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; and
Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas.
History and Description of the Remains
In June 1978, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from a site
referenced in documentation as UT
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Bluff, in San Juan County, UT, by Mimi
Kiser, a University of Denver student,
who donated the remains to the
University’s Museum of Anthropology
in December 1978. No known
individuals were identified. The 47
associated funerary objects are one nonhuman tooth; one piece of fabric, woven
cotton; one grass seed head; three pieces
of knotted cordage with what appears to
be feathers; nine cordage fragments; 24
knotted fibers; four hoops of fiber; one
lot of knotted fiber; and three
unidentified organic items.
Prior to the beginning of a University
of Denver archeology field school
project at Butler Wash, Ms. Kiser hiked
south of Bluff, UT, crossing the San Juan
River, and came upon a room block, a
kiva, and a pithouse located on one side
of a crevice overlooked by a cliff. The
architecture is described as being
nestled against the indented cliff,
providing sufficient protection. The
burial was found less than one foot
below the ground surface in
sedimentary sand. The burial was found
in a flexed position. Corn, knots, and
twine were buried with the human
remains, though no ceramics were
found. The presence of twine and cord,
a sandal, and corn along with the
absence of ceramics would suggest a late
Basketmaker or early Pueblo
assemblage. There is a well-documented
cultural affiliation between these groups
and the modern-day Pueblo tribes.
Migration stories and oral histories
specify the Four Corners area as being
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-12547; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon, AZ
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service,
Grand Canyon National Park has completed an inventory of human remains
and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation
between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-
day Indian tribes. Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes
itself to be culturally affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects may contact Grand Canyon National Park.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects to
the Indian tribes stated below may occur if no additional claimants
come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Grand Canyon National Park at the address below
by May 10, 2013.
ADDRESSES: David Uberuaga, Superintendent, Grand Canyon National Park,
P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023, telephone (928) 638-7945.
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 and
associated funerary objects in the possession of Grand Canyon National
Park, Grand Canyon, AZ. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Muav Cave, Mohave County, AZ.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
Superintendent, Grand Canyon National Park.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Grand Canyon
National Park professional staff in consultation with representatives
of the Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation, Arizona; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the
Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the
Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New
Mexico, & Utah; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes,
Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of
Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes) (formerly Paiute Indian Tribe of
Utah (Cedar City Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem
Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of
Paiutes)); San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain
Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Apache
Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of
the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico (hereafter referred to as ``The
Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
In 1936, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from the Muav Cave site in Mohave County, AZ, during
legally authorized excavations by National Park Service archeologists
under the direction of Willis Evans. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were stored at the National Park Service's Western
Archeological and Conservation Center in Tucson, AZ, until 2002, when
they were transferred to Grand Canyon National Park. No known
individuals were identified. The associated funerary objects are 70
burned olivella shell beads and olivella shell bead fragments.
The Muav Cave site is not well-dated. However, ceramics, unfired
pottery, yucca chews, yucca fiber, animal bones, and chipped stone
tools indicate occupation sometime after A.D. 1300.
The artifacts found at Muav Cave are consistent with materials
identified by archeologists as associated with the Cerbat culture.
Considered the ancestors of the Pai people, the Cerbat are believed to
have migrated to the Grand Canyon around the 1300s. Their descendants,
two Pai groups who eventually divided into what are now known as the
Hualapai and Havasupai tribes, remained in the region. Aquarius
brownware and Lower Colorado buffware ceramics, locally procured lithic
tools, geography, and the known protohistoric occupation of the area by
the Cerbat people, indicate historical ties between inhabitants of Muav
Cave and the Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation, Arizona, and
the Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona.
Geography, place names, and oral history indicate historical ties
between the inhabitants of Muav Cave and several of the Southern Paiute
tribes (Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians, Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute
Indians, Moapa Band of Paiute Indians, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes).
Determinations Made by Grand Canyon National Park
Officials of Grand Canyon National Park 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.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 70 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
Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation, Arizona; Hualapai Indian
Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona; Kaibab Band of
Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Las Vegas
Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Moapa
Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada;
and Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of
Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and
Shivwits Band of Paiutes) (formerly Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar
City Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of
Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes)).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact David Uberuaga, Superintendent, Grand Canyon
National Park, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023, telephone (928)
638-7945, before May 10, 2013. Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai
Reservation, Arizona; Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Kaibab
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Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Las
Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada;
Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation,
Nevada; and Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh
Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of
Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes) (formerly Paiute Indian Tribe of
Utah (Cedar City Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem
Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of
Paiutes)) may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
Grand Canyon National Park is responsible for notifying The Tribes
that this notice has been published.
Dated: March 11, 2013.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2013-08382 Filed 4-9-13; 8:45 am]
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