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remains and associated funerary objects,
in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that
there is no cultural affiliation between
the human remains and associated
funerary object and any 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
object should submit a written request
to the BHNF. If no additional requestors
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
object 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
object should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the BHNF at the address
below by January 3, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Mr. William Bass, Forest
Supervisor, Bighorn National Forest,
2013 Eastside Second Street, Sheridan,
WY 82801, telephone (307) 674–2600.
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 an associated
funerary object under the control of the
Bighorn National Forest, Sheridan, WY.
The human remains and associated
funerary object were removed from Big
Horn County, WY.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
The determinations in this notice are
the sole responsibility of the 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
On Thursday, July 28, 2016, at the
Bighorn National Forest Supervisor’s
Office in Sheridan, WY a detailed
assessment of the human remains and
associated funerary object was made by
BHNF professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the Arapaho
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
of the Cheyenne River Reservation,
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South Dakota; Chippewa Cree Indians of
the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana
(previously listed as the Chippewa-Cree
Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation,
Montana); Northern Cheyenne Tribe of
the Northern Cheyenne Indian
Reservation, Montana; and the Three
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota. The
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort
Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; the
Crow Tribe of Montana; and the Eastern
Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming (previously
listed as the Shoshone Tribe of the
Wind River Reservation, Wyoming),
which BHNF had invited to consult, did
not participate. The above Indian tribes
are hereinafter referred to as ‘‘The
Invited and Consulted Tribes.’’
History and Description of the Remains
In the 1920s, a rancher found and
removed partially mummified human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual from the Hudson Falls Creek
area of Bighorn National Forest in Big
Horn County, WY. In 1975, the
rancher’s family transferred the human
remains to the University of Wyoming,
for curation at the University of
Wyoming Human Remains Repository
(accession number HR049). In 1994, an
osteologist from the Smithsonian
Institution determined that the human
remains represent a Native American
child of indeterminate sex. No known
individual was identified. The one
associated funerary object is a brass wire
shell earring.
Determinations Made by the Bighorn
National Forest
Officials of the BHNF have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in the notice
are Native American based on
archeological evidence.
• 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 one object described in this notice
is 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), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary object and any
present-day Indian tribe.
• According to final judgments of the
Indian Claims Commission, the lands
from which the Native American human
remains and associated funerary object
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were removed is the aboriginal land of
the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Assiniboine and
Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River
Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River
Reservation, South Dakota; the
Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky
Boy’s Reservation, Montana (previously
listed as the Chippewa-Cree Indians of
the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana);
Crow Tribe of Montana; the Eastern
Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming (previously
listed as the Shoshone Tribe of the
Wind River Reservation, Wyoming); the
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana; and the Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,
North Dakota (hereinafter referred to as
‘‘The Aboriginal Land Tribes’’).
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary object may be to The
Aboriginal Land Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 contact Mr.
William Bass, Forest Supervisor,
Bighorn National Forest, 2013 Eastside
Second Street, Sheridan, WY 82801,
telephone 307–674–2600, before January
3, 2017. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary object to The
Aboriginal Land Tribes may proceed.
The BHNF is responsible for notifying
The Invited and Consulted Tribes that
this notice has been published.
Dated: November 15, 2016.
Melanie O’Brien,
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
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
SUMMARY:
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the Arizona State Museum, University
of Arizona, 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 Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the lineal
descendants, Indian tribes, or Native
Hawaiian organizations stated in this
notice may proceed.
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 Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona at the address in
this notice by January 3, 2017.
DATES:
John McClelland, NAGPRA
Coordinator, P.O. Box 210026, Arizona
State Museum, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone (520) 626–
2950.
ADDRESSES:
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 (ASM). The human remains
were removed from locations within the
boundaries of the Fort Apache Indian
Reservation, Apache, 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. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
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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 Indian Reservation,
Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico.
History and Description of the Remains
On an unknown date prior to 1979,
human remains representing, at
minimum, 1 individual were removed
from the Salt River Draw region, (AZ
P:14:—Salt River Draw) in Navajo
County, AZ. The human remains were
found with collections obtained by the
University of Arizona Grasshopper Field
School, but are marked with an
incomplete site number. It is likely that
the human remains were removed from
the site of Grasshopper Pueblo, AZ
P:14:1(ASM) or one of the nearby sites
investigated by the field school during
the years 1963–1979. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The Grasshopper Pueblo site is a large
village site containing approximately
500 rooms in more than a dozen stone
room blocks arranged around three main
plazas. The site has been dated from
A.D. 1275–1400, based on tree ring
dates, architectural forms, building
technology, and ceramic styles. These
characteristics, the mortuary pattern and
other items of material culture are
consistent with the archeologicallydescribed Upland Mogollon or
prehistoric Western Pueblo tradition.
In 1978, human remains representing,
at minimum, 1 individual were removed
from site AZ V:1:60(ASM) in Gila
County, AZ. Excavations were
conducted by the Arizona State
Museum under the direction of J.
Jefferson Reid for the Arizona Public
Service Cholla Project. No human
remains were reported at the time of the
excavations. Following project
completion, the archeological
collections were brought to ASM. In
2014, ASM staff found the fragmentary
human remains in the repository
collections. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
AZ V:1:60(ASM) is described as a
probable habitation site with a ceramic
and lithic scatter. Ceramic typologies
suggest a date range from about A.D.
1000 to 1200. These characteristics are
consistent with the archeologicallydescribed Upland Mogollon or
prehistoric Western Pueblo tradition.
In 1979, human remains representing,
at minimum, 1 individual were removed
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from an unrecorded site (AZ W:1:—
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Bean Pot Cafe) in Navajo County, AZ.
The burial was inadvertently discovered
in a bulldozed field and had been
exposed by erosion from a drainage
ditch. The human remains were
recovered by ASM archeologist Alan
Ferg at the request of the White
Mountain Apache Tribe. At the
conclusion of the excavation, the human
remains were brought to ASM and were
assigned an accession number. No
known individuals were identified. The
9 associated funerary objects are 1
ceramic bowl, 6 ceramic sherds, 1 stone
knife, and 1 stone core.
Based on ceramic typology, the burial
likely took place about A.D. 1000–1200
and may be associated 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 sites are
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 complexes represented by
the sites listed 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
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paraphernalia that are used in
continuing religious practices by the
Hopi and Zuni. Some petroglyphs on
the Fort Apache Indian Reservation
have also persuaded archeologists of
continuities between the earlier
identified group and current-day
Western Pueblo people. Biological
information from the site of
Grasshopper Pueblo 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 the purpose of
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 Grasshopper
Pueblo 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
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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 White
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort
Apache Reservation, Arizona, and the
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico &
Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico;
and Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico,
have indicated that 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 3
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 9 objects described in this notice 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 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 John McClelland,
NAGPRA Coordinator, P.O. Box 210026,
Arizona State Museum, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone
(520) 626–2950, by January 3, 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
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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 Indian
Reservation, Arizona; and the Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: November 15, 2016.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Peabody Museum of Natural History,
Yale University, New Haven, CT
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Peabody Museum of
Natural History has completed an
inventory of human remains, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has 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 Peabody
Museum of Natural History. 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 Peabody Museum of
Natural History at the address in this
notice by January 3, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Professor David Skelly,
Director, Yale Peabody Museum of
Natural History, P.O. Box 208118, New
Haven, CT 06520–8118, telephone (203)
432–3752.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22425; 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 United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, and
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the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, 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 Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona. If
no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human
remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants,
Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice
may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to the Arizona State Museum, University of
Arizona at the address in this notice by January 3, 2017.
ADDRESSES: John McClelland, NAGPRA Coordinator, P.O. Box 210026,
Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721,
telephone (520) 626-2950.
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 the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ (ASM). The human remains were removed from locations within
the boundaries of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Apache, 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. 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 Indian
Reservation, Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
History and Description of the Remains
On an unknown date prior to 1979, human remains representing, at
minimum, 1 individual were removed from the Salt River Draw region, (AZ
P:14:--Salt River Draw) in Navajo County, AZ. The human remains were
found with collections obtained by the University of Arizona
Grasshopper Field School, but are marked with an incomplete site
number. It is likely that the human remains were removed from the site
of Grasshopper Pueblo, AZ P:14:1(ASM) or one of the nearby sites
investigated by the field school during the years 1963-1979. No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
The Grasshopper Pueblo site is a large village site containing
approximately 500 rooms in more than a dozen stone room blocks arranged
around three main plazas. The site has been dated from A.D. 1275-1400,
based on tree ring dates, architectural forms, building technology, and
ceramic styles. These characteristics, the mortuary pattern and other
items of material culture are consistent with the archeologically-
described Upland Mogollon or prehistoric Western Pueblo tradition.
In 1978, human remains representing, at minimum, 1 individual were
removed from site AZ V:1:60(ASM) in Gila County, AZ. Excavations were
conducted by the Arizona State Museum under the direction of J.
Jefferson Reid for the Arizona Public Service Cholla Project. No human
remains were reported at the time of the excavations. Following project
completion, the archeological collections were brought to ASM. In 2014,
ASM staff found the fragmentary human remains in the repository
collections. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
AZ V:1:60(ASM) is described as a probable habitation site with a
ceramic and lithic scatter. Ceramic typologies suggest a date range
from about A.D. 1000 to 1200. These characteristics are consistent with
the archeologically-described Upland Mogollon or prehistoric Western
Pueblo tradition.
In 1979, human remains representing, at minimum, 1 individual were
removed from an unrecorded site (AZ W:1:-- Bean Pot Caf[eacute]) in
Navajo County, AZ. The burial was inadvertently discovered in a
bulldozed field and had been exposed by erosion from a drainage ditch.
The human remains were recovered by ASM archeologist Alan Ferg at the
request of the White Mountain Apache Tribe. At the conclusion of the
excavation, the human remains were brought to ASM and were assigned an
accession number. No known individuals were identified. The 9
associated funerary objects are 1 ceramic bowl, 6 ceramic sherds, 1
stone knife, and 1 stone core.
Based on ceramic typology, the burial likely took place about A.D.
1000-1200 and may be associated 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 sites are 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 complexes represented by the sites listed 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
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paraphernalia that are used in continuing religious practices by the
Hopi and Zuni. Some petroglyphs on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation
have also persuaded archeologists of continuities between the earlier
identified group and current-day Western Pueblo people. Biological
information from the site of Grasshopper Pueblo 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 the purpose of 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
Grasshopper Pueblo 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 White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation,
Arizona, and the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; and Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico, have indicated
that 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 3 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 9 objects described
in this notice 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 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 John McClelland, NAGPRA Coordinator, P.O. Box
210026, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721,
telephone (520) 626-2950, by January 3, 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 Indian
Reservation, Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico, that this notice has been published.
Dated: November 15, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-28961 Filed 12-1-16; 8:45 am]
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