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purchased the site on April 19, 1937.
There were excavations in both the
village and adjacent mound. There are
no radiocarbon dates for this site. The
culturally affiliated human remains are
from the Mississippian period (A.D.
1200–1500). The human remains are of
four female adults. No known
individuals were identified. The 16
associated funerary objects include 11
Bell Plain jar sherds; 1 crinoid bead; 2
Langston Fabric Marked sherds; and 2
Mississippi Plain bowls.
Although there is no absolute
certainty that Native Americans of the
Mississippian period are directly related
to modern federally recognized Tribes, a
relationship of shared group identity
can reasonably be traced between these
modern Tribes and the human remains
and associated funerary objects of the
earlier culture identified as
Mississippian. The preponderance of
the evidence indicates that the cultural
items from Mississippian and early
historic occupations at 1JA27, 1JA28,
1MS100, and 1MS121 are culturally
affiliated with Native Americans
descendants of the Koasati/Kaskinampo.
These descendants include the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushata Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe
of Louisiana; and The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation.
Chronicles from Spanish explorers of
the 16th century and French explorers
of the 17th and 18th century indicate
the presence of chiefdom level tribal
entities in the southeastern United
States which resemble the Mississippian
chiefdoms. Linguistic analysis of place
names noted by multiple Spanish
explorers indicates that Koasati
speaking groups inhabited northeastern
Alabama. Early maps and research into
the historic Native American occupation
of northeastern Alabama indicates that
the Koasati (as called by the English) or
the Kaskinampo (as called by the
French) were found at multiple sites in
Jackson and Marshall Counties in the
17th and 18th centuries. Oral history,
traditions, and expert opinions of the
descendants of Koasati/Kaskinampo
indicate that this portion of the
Tennessee River valley was a homeland
of their Tribe. The subsequent
involuntary diaspora of these peoples
resulted in descendants of the Koasati/
Kaskinampo among multiple federally
recognized Tribes.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 81
individuals of Native American ancestry
due to their presence in a prehistoric
and early historic archeological site and
osteological analysis.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 32,456 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 associated funerary objects
listed in this notice and the AlabamaCoushatta Tribe of Texas (previously
listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes
of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal
Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;
and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any federally recognized Indian Tribe
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 Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA,
400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11D,
Knoxville, TN 37902–1401, telephone
(865) 632–7458, email tomaher@tva.gov,
by October 5, 2017. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe
of Texas (previously listed as the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas);
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town;
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; and The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation may proceed.
TVA is responsible for notifying The
Consulted Tribes that this notice has
been published.
Dated: August 29, 2017.
Sarah Glass,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23729;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and
Arizona State Museum, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and
the Arizona State Museum, University
of Arizona, have completed an
inventory of human remains, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and have determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and present-day Indian
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations.
Lineal descendants or representatives of
any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains should submit
a written request to the Bureau of Indian
Affairs. If no additional requestors come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to the lineal
descendants, Indian tribes, or Native
Hawaiian organizations stated in this
notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the Bureau of Indian
Affairs at the address in this notice by
October 5, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, NAGPRA
Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084,
Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390–
6343, email 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 under the control of
the U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington,
DC, and in the physical custody of the
Arizona State Museum, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ (ASM). The
human remains were removed from a
location within the boundaries of the
Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Navajo
County, AZ.
SUMMARY:
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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 Reservation,
Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1978, human remains representing,
at minimum, 1 individual were removed
from site AZ P:14:8(ASM) in Navajo
County, AZ. Legally authorized
excavations were conducted by the
University of Arizona Archeological
Field School under the direction of
Michael Graves and Michael Faught. No
human burials were reported at the time
of the excavations. Following project
completion, the archeological
collections were brought to ASM. In
2017, ASM staff found fragmentary
human remains in the repository
collections. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
AZ P:14:8(ASM) is a small village site
that included three masonry room
blocks. The human remains discovered
in 2017 were originally found in roof
fall debris inside one of the rooms. Tree
ring dates and ceramic typologies
suggest that the primary occupation of
the site was during the late A.D. 1200s.
These characteristics are consistent with
the archeologically-described Upland
Mogollon or prehistoric Western Pueblo
tradition.
A detailed discussion of the basis for
cultural affiliation of archeological sites
in the region where the above site is
located may be found in ‘‘Cultural
Affiliation Assessment of White
Mountain Apache Tribal Lands (Fort
Apache Indian Reservation),’’ by John R.
Welch and T.J. Ferguson (2005). To
summarize, archeologists have used the
terms Upland Mogollon or prehistoric
Western Pueblo to define the
archeological complex represented by
the site described above. Material
culture characteristics of these
traditions include a temporal
progression from earlier pit houses to
later masonry pueblos, villages
organized in room blocks of contiguous
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dwellings associated with plazas,
rectangular kivas, polished and paintdecorated ceramics, unpainted
corrugated ceramics, inhumation
burials, cradleboard cranial
deformation, grooved stone axes, and
bone artifacts. The combination of the
material culture attributes and a
subsistence pattern that included
hunting and gathering augmented by
maize agriculture helps to identify an
earlier group. Archeologists have also
remarked that there are strong
similarities between this earlier group
and present-day tribes included in the
Western Pueblo ethnographic group,
especially the Hopi Tribe of Arizona
and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico. The
similarities in ceramic traditions, burial
practices, architectural forms, and
settlement patterns have led
archeologists to believe that the
prehistoric inhabitants of the Mogollon
Rim region migrated north and west to
the Hopi mesas, and north and east to
the Zuni River Valley. Certain objects
found in Upland Mogollon
archeological sites have been found to
have strong resemblances with ritual
paraphernalia that are used in
continuing religious practices by the
Hopi and Zuni. Some petroglyphs on
the Fort Apache Reservation have also
persuaded archeologists of continuities
between the earlier identified group and
current-day Western Pueblo people.
Biological information from AZ
P:14:1(ASM), a site located close to AZ
P:14:8(ASM), supports the view that the
prehistoric occupants of the Upland
Mogollon region had migrated from
various locations to the north and west
of the region.
Hopi and Zuni oral traditions parallel
the archeological evidence for
migration. Migration figures
prominently in Hopi oral tradition,
which refers to the ancient sites,
pottery, stone tools, petroglyphs, and
other artifacts left behind by the
ancestors as ‘‘Hopi Footprints.’’ This
migration history is complex and
detailed, and includes traditions
relating specific clans to the Mogollon
region. Hopi cultural advisors have also
identified medicinal and culinary plants
at archeological sites in the region.
Their knowledge about these plants was
passed down to them from the ancestors
who inhabited these ancient sites.
Migration is also an important attribute
of Zuni oral tradition and includes
accounts of Zuni ancestors passing
through the Upland Mogollon region.
The ancient villages mark the routes of
these migrations. Zuni cultural advisors
remark that the ancient sites were not
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abandoned. People returned to these
places from time to time, either to
reoccupy them or for religious
pilgrimages—a practice that has
continued to the present day.
Archeologists have found ceramic
evidence at shrines in the Upland
Mogollon region that confirms these
reports. Zuni cultural advisors have
names for plants endemic to the
Mogollon region that do not grow on the
Zuni Reservation. They also have
knowledge about traditional medicinal
and ceremonial uses for these resources,
which has been passed down to them
from their ancestors. Furthermore, Hopi
and Zuni cultural advisors have
recognized that their ancestors may
have been co-resident at some of the
sites in this region during their ancestral
migrations.
There are differing points of view
regarding the possible presence of
Apache people in the Upland Mogollon
region during the time that AZ
P:14:8(ASM) was occupied. Some
Apache traditions describe interactions
with Ancestral Pueblo people during
this time, but according to these stories,
Puebloan people and Apache people
were regarded as having separate
identities. The White Mountain Apache
Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation,
Arizona, does not claim cultural
affiliation with the human remains and
associated funerary objects from this
site. As reported by Welch and Ferguson
(2005), consultations between the
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico &
Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; and
White Mountain Apache Tribe of the
Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona, have
indicated that none of these tribes wish
to pursue claims of affiliation with sites
on White Mountain Apache Tribal
lands. Finally, the White Mountain
Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache
Reservation, Arizona, supports the
repatriation of human remains and
associated funerary objects from this site
and is ready to assist the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico, in their
reburial.
Determinations Made by the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and
the Arizona State Museum, University
of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Officials of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs and Arizona State Museum have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
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• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona
and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Anna Pardo, NAGPRA
Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084,
Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390–
6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov, by
October 5, 2017. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and
the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation,
New Mexico, may proceed.
The Arizona State Museum is
responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; White Mountain Apache
Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation,
Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico, that this
notice has been published.
Dated: August 29, 2017.
Sarah Glass,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska
Region, Anchorage, AK
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Alaska Region, (Alaska Region
USFWS), has completed an inventory of
human remains and associated funerary
objects, 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, including Alaska Native
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Tribes, 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 Alaska Region USFWS. 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: Representatives of any Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
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 Alaska Region USFWS
at the address in this notice by October
5, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Edward J. DeCleva, Regional
Historic Preservation Officer, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region,
1011 East Tudor Road, MS–235,
Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907)
786–3399, email edward_decleva@
fws.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 under the control of
the Alaska Region USFWS. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were recovered from two sites on
Kodiak Island, AK.
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 Alaska Region
USFWS professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological
Repository of Kodiak, Alaska, a
NAGPRA representative on Kodiak
Island designated by the Kaguyak
Village, Native Village of Afognak,
Native Village of Akhiok, Native Village
of Larsen Bay, Native Village of
Ouzinkie, Native Village of Port Lions,
Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak (previously
listed as the Shoonaq’ Tribe of Kodiak),
Tangirnaq Native Village (formerly
Lesnoi Village (aka Woody Island)), and
the Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harbor
(previously listed as Native Village of
Old Harbor and Village of Old Harbor).
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History and Description of the Remains
In 1963, human remains representing,
at minimum, 13 individuals were
removed from the Younger Kiavak site
418, Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
(AHRS) site number 049–KOD–00099,
Kodiak Island, AK. There are eight
numbered burials and these burials
contain nine of the individuals. The
human remains include three possible
females, two possible males, and eight
individuals of indeterminate sex. No
known individuals were identified. The
31 associated funerary objects include 3
wood samples, 1 soil sample, 1 sulfide
mineral, 2 projectile points, 1 bone
labret, 4 ulu blades, 2 spear prongs, 3
modified mammal bone, 1 unmodified
bone, 1 metal hammerhead, 1 metal
spoon, 1 lot of metal fragments, 1 unotched stone, 1 bone socket piece, 1
groundstone scrap, 1 stone scrap, 1 lot
of prehistoric pottery sherds, 1 glass
bottle stopper, 1 chipped stone, 1
mammal tooth, 1 polishing stone, and 1
abrasive stone.
In 1963, human remains representing,
at minimum, 2 individuals were
removed from the Old Kiavak site 419,
AHRS site number 049–KOD–00100,
Kodiak Island, AK. The human remains
include 2 adult individuals of
indeterminate sex. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
As part of the Aleut-Konyag project
conducted by the University of
Wisconsin Madison, excavations took
place at several sites on Kodiak Island.
Two of the sites, Old and Younger
Kiavak, are located on the southeastern
coast of Kodiak Island, south of the
mouth of the lagoon at the head of
Kiavak Bay. The Younger Kiavak site,
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originally tested and reported by Ales
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Hrdlicka in 1944, contained several
eroding burials, glass beads, stone
lamps, and unspecified artifacts. During
the 1963 excavation, Donald Clark notes
that the site revealed sparse evidence of
historic occupation, although numerous
trade goods accompanied a shallow
burial.
The Old Kiavak site is located
adjacent to the Younger Kiavak site.
Two trenches were excavated in the
main mounded portion of the site and
a small test trench was excavated in the
lower secondary portion of the site.
Three components were identified that
included the Old Kiavak phase (1678–
407 B.C) of the Kachemak tradition, the
Early Koniag Tradition (to A.D. 1040),
and an historic period occupation (circa
A.D. 1900).
The collection was curated and stored
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
until 2006. The U.S. Army Corps of
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23729; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
and the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, have completed an
inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and have determined that there
is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and present-day
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of
these human remains should submit a written request to the Bureau of
Indian Affairs. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes,
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to the
Bureau of Indian Affairs at the address in this notice by October 5,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, NAGPRA Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA 20191, telephone
(703) 390-6343, email 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 under
the control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Washington, DC, and in the physical custody of the Arizona
State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (ASM). The human
remains were removed from a location within the boundaries of the Fort
Apache Indian Reservation, Navajo County, AZ.
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This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the ASM
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache
Reservation, Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1978, human remains representing, at minimum, 1 individual were
removed from site AZ P:14:8(ASM) in Navajo County, AZ. Legally
authorized excavations were conducted by the University of Arizona
Archeological Field School under the direction of Michael Graves and
Michael Faught. No human burials were reported at the time of the
excavations. Following project completion, the archeological
collections were brought to ASM. In 2017, ASM staff found fragmentary
human remains in the repository collections. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
AZ P:14:8(ASM) is a small village site that included three masonry
room blocks. The human remains discovered in 2017 were originally found
in roof fall debris inside one of the rooms. Tree ring dates and
ceramic typologies suggest that the primary occupation of the site was
during the late A.D. 1200s. These characteristics are consistent with
the archeologically-described Upland Mogollon or prehistoric Western
Pueblo tradition.
A detailed discussion of the basis for cultural affiliation of
archeological sites in the region where the above site is located may
be found in ``Cultural Affiliation Assessment of White Mountain Apache
Tribal Lands (Fort Apache Indian Reservation),'' by John R. Welch and
T.J. Ferguson (2005). To summarize, archeologists have used the terms
Upland Mogollon or prehistoric Western Pueblo to define the
archeological complex represented by the site described above. Material
culture characteristics of these traditions include a temporal
progression from earlier pit houses to later masonry pueblos, villages
organized in room blocks of contiguous dwellings associated with
plazas, rectangular kivas, polished and paint-decorated ceramics,
unpainted corrugated ceramics, inhumation burials, cradleboard cranial
deformation, grooved stone axes, and bone artifacts. The combination of
the material culture attributes and a subsistence pattern that included
hunting and gathering augmented by maize agriculture helps to identify
an earlier group. Archeologists have also remarked that there are
strong similarities between this earlier group and present-day tribes
included in the Western Pueblo ethnographic group, especially the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico. The similarities in ceramic traditions, burial practices,
architectural forms, and settlement patterns have led archeologists to
believe that the prehistoric inhabitants of the Mogollon Rim region
migrated north and west to the Hopi mesas, and north and east to the
Zuni River Valley. Certain objects found in Upland Mogollon
archeological sites have been found to have strong resemblances with
ritual paraphernalia that are used in continuing religious practices by
the Hopi and Zuni. Some petroglyphs on the Fort Apache Reservation have
also persuaded archeologists of continuities between the earlier
identified group and current-day Western Pueblo people. Biological
information from AZ P:14:1(ASM), a site located close to AZ
P:14:8(ASM), supports the view that the prehistoric occupants of the
Upland Mogollon region had migrated from various locations to the north
and west of the region.
Hopi and Zuni oral traditions parallel the archeological evidence
for migration. Migration figures prominently in Hopi oral tradition,
which refers to the ancient sites, pottery, stone tools, petroglyphs,
and other artifacts left behind by the ancestors as ``Hopi
Footprints.'' This migration history is complex and detailed, and
includes traditions relating specific clans to the Mogollon region.
Hopi cultural advisors have also identified medicinal and culinary
plants at archeological sites in the region. Their knowledge about
these plants was passed down to them from the ancestors who inhabited
these ancient sites. Migration is also an important attribute of Zuni
oral tradition and includes accounts of Zuni ancestors passing through
the Upland Mogollon region. The ancient villages mark the routes of
these migrations. Zuni cultural advisors remark that the ancient sites
were not abandoned. People returned to these places from time to time,
either to reoccupy them or for religious pilgrimages--a practice that
has continued to the present day. Archeologists have found ceramic
evidence at shrines in the Upland Mogollon region that confirms these
reports. Zuni cultural advisors have names for plants endemic to the
Mogollon region that do not grow on the Zuni Reservation. They also
have knowledge about traditional medicinal and ceremonial uses for
these resources, which has been passed down to them from their
ancestors. Furthermore, Hopi and Zuni cultural advisors have recognized
that their ancestors may have been co-resident at some of the sites in
this region during their ancestral migrations.
There are differing points of view regarding the possible presence
of Apache people in the Upland Mogollon region during the time that AZ
P:14:8(ASM) was occupied. Some Apache traditions describe interactions
with Ancestral Pueblo people during this time, but according to these
stories, Puebloan people and Apache people were regarded as having
separate identities. The White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache
Reservation, Arizona, does not claim cultural affiliation with the
human remains and associated funerary objects from this site. As
reported by Welch and Ferguson (2005), consultations between the Navajo
Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Laguna, New Mexico; and White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort
Apache Reservation, Arizona, have indicated that none of these tribes
wish to pursue claims of affiliation with sites on White Mountain
Apache Tribal lands. Finally, the White Mountain Apache Tribe of the
Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona, supports the repatriation of human
remains and associated funerary objects from this site and is ready to
assist the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico, in their reburial.
Determinations Made by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and the Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Arizona State Museum
have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of
Native American ancestry.
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Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and the Zuni Tribe
of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to Anna Pardo, NAGPRA Coordinator, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, 12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA
20191, telephone (703) 390-6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov, by October
5, 2017. After that date, if no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, may proceed.
The Arizona State Museum is responsible for notifying the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache
Reservation, Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico, that this notice has been published.
Dated: August 29, 2017.
Sarah Glass,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-18685 Filed 9-1-17; 8:45 am]
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