Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, 16493-16495 [2022-06129]
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington,
DC
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA),
in consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, has determined that the
cultural items listed in this notice meet
the definition of unassociated funerary
objects. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request to the BIA. If
no additional claimants come forward,
transfer of control of the cultural items
to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes,
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated
in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
the BIA at the address in this notice by
April 22, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
BJ Howerton, NAGPRA Coordinator,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1001 Indian
School Road NW, Room 341,
Albuquerque, NM 87104, telephone
(505) 563–3013, email BJ.Howerton@
bia.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
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Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
items under the control of the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in
the physical custody of the Arizona
State Museum, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ (ASM), that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary
objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural
Items
Between 1963 and 1977, 40 cultural
items were removed from site AZ
P:14:1(ASM), also known as the
Grasshopper Pueblo, in Navajo County,
AZ. The items were removed during
legally authorized excavations
conducted by the University of Arizona
Archeological Field School.
Archeological collections from the site
were brought to ASM at the end of each
field season and accessioned. The 40
unassociated funerary objects are 39 tree
ring samples and one piece of mineral
pigment.
Site AZ P:14:1(ASM) 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 to 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 the summers of 1939 and 1940, 136
cultural items were removed from site
AZ P:16:1(ASM), also known as Bear
Ruin, in Navajo County, AZ. These
excavations were legally authorized and
carried out by Emil Haury under the
auspices of ASM and the Department of
Anthropology at the University of
Arizona. Archeological collections from
Haury’s excavations were brought to
ASM at the end of each field season and
accessioned. The 136 unassociated
funerary objects are one bone awl, two
bone awl fragments, one incised bone,
39 ceramic bowls, one ceramic canteen,
one ceramic disc, five ceramic vessel
fragments, one human figurine
fragment, 25 ceramic jars, six miniature
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vessels, seven ceramic pitchers, eight
sherds, 18 pieces of mineral concretion
or pigment, one piece of unfired clay,
two turquoise beads, three turquoise
pendants, 14 shell bracelet fragments,
and one shell necklace.
Site AZ P:16:1(ASM) consists of 14
houses, two storage rooms, and a kiva.
The site has been dated to A.D. 600–800
based on ceramic styles, architectural
forms, and tree-ring data. These
characteristics, the mortuary pattern,
and other items of material culture are
consistent with the Mogollon
archeological tradition.
In the summers of 1940 and 1941, 63
cultural items were removed from site
AZ P:16:2(ASM), also known as Tla Kii,
in Navajo County, AZ. These
excavations were legally authorized and
carried out by Emil Haury under the
auspices of ASM and the Department of
Anthropology at the University of
Arizona. Archeological collections from
Haury’s excavations were brought to
ASM at the end of each field season and
accessioned. The 63 unassociated
funerary objects are 32 ceramic bowls,
one ceramic canteen, three ceramic
vessel fragments, one human figurine
fragment, seven ceramic jars, one
miniature vessel, three ceramic pitchers,
one ceramic plate, one ceramic scoop,
one ceramic scraper, one sherd, two
lithic scrapers, one piece of mineral
concretion, six lots of stone beads, and
two turquoise pendants.
Site AZ P:16:2(ASM) consists of three
pit houses, one storage structure, two
other structures, a main pueblo, two
kivas, and 14 storage pits. Based on
architectural forms and ceramic styles,
along with other items of material
culture, the site is dated to A.D. 900–
1200, and it is associated with the
Mogollon archeological tradition.
In the summers of 1941 and 1944, one
cultural item was removed from site AZ
P:16:20(ASM), also known as Bluff Site,
in Navajo County, AZ. These
excavations were legally authorized and
carried out by Emil Haury under the
auspices of ASM and the Department of
Anthropology at the University of
Arizona. Archeological collections from
Haury’s excavations were brought to
ASM at the end of each field season.
Collections were not accessioned upon
receipt at ASM; an accession of ‘‘none
1940s’’ was later assigned. The one
unassociated funerary object is a
ceramic bowl.
Site AZ P:16:20(ASM) comprises a pit
house village dating to the Cottonwood
and Hilltop phases of the Mogollon
archeological culture, and it dates to
A.D. 200–600 based on architectural
forms and tree-ring samples.
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In the summer of 1966, three cultural
items were removed from site AZ
P:16:62(ASM), also known as Skiddy
Canyon Ruin, in Navajo County, AZ.
These excavations were legally
authorized and were carried out in
conjunction with the ASM and the
Museum of Northern Arizona under the
direction of Laurens Hammack of ASM
as part of the Highway Salvage program
of the Arizona Highway Department
(project no. F–026–1[17]). Archeological
collections from these excavations were
transferred to ASM in March of 1967.
The three unassociated funerary objects
are one ceramic pitcher, one ceramic jar,
and one shell bead.
Site AZ P:16:62(ASM) consists of a pit
house, kiva, eight-room pueblo, and
associated trash areas. Based on
architectural forms and ceramic styles,
along with other items of cultural
belongings, the site dates to A.D. 600–
1200, and it is associated with the
Mogollon archeological 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 complex represented by
the above-described sites. The material
culture of these traditions is
characterized by 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, weaving traditions,
inhumation burials, cradleboard cranial
deformation, grooved stone axes, and
bone artifacts. Archeologists have long
linked the Western Pueblo tradition to
present-day Indian Tribes in the region
belonging to the Western Pueblo
ethnographic group and in particular, to
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
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Hopi and Zuni. Some of the 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 site AZ P:14:1(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
complex and detailed migration history
includes traditions that relate specific
clans to the Mogollon region. Hopi
cultural advisors have also identified
medicinal and culinary plants at
archeological sites in the region.
According to them, knowledge about
these plants had been passed down from
the ancestors who inhabited these
ancient sites. Migration is also an
important attribute of Zuni oral
tradition. That tradition includes
accounts of Zuni ancestors passing
through the Upland Mogollon region.
The ancient villages mark the routes of
these migrations. According to Zuni
cultural advisors, the ancient sites were
not abandoned. Rather, people returned
to them from time to time, either for the
purpose of reoccupying 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 these sites
were 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
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the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona
does not claim to be culturally affiliated
with the human remains and associated
funerary objects from this site. As
reported by Welch and Ferguson (2005),
consultations between the Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna,
New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona,
New Mexico, & Utah; and the White
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort
Apache Reservation, Arizona have
indicated that none of these Indian
Tribes wishes to assert a cultural
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 any human remains
and associated funerary objects from
these sites, and it 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
Officials of the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the 243 cultural items described above
are reasonably believed to have been
placed with or near individual human
remains at the time of death or later as
part of the death rite or ceremony and
are believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a
specific burial site of a Native American
individual.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the unassociated funerary
objects and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona
and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico (hereafter
referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Dr. BJ Howerton, NAGPRA Coordinator,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1001 Indian
School Road NW, Room 341,
Albuquerque, NM 87104, telephone
(505) 563–3013, email BJ.Howerton@
bia.gov, by April 22, 2022. After that
date, if no additional claimants have
come forward, transfer of control of the
unassociated funerary objects to The
Tribes may proceed.
The U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, with the
assistance of the Arizona State Museum,
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is responsible for notifying The Tribes
that this notice has been published.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
Dated: March 17, 2022.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[Investigation No. 337–TA–1230]
Certain Electric Shavers and
Components and Accessories Thereof
Commission Decision Finding a
Violation of Section 337; Issuing a
General Exclusion Order and Cease
and Desist Orders; Terminating the
Investigation
[FR Doc. 2022–06129 Filed 3–22–22; 8:45 am]
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U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–539 and 731–
TA–1280–1282 (Review)]
Determination
On the basis of the record 1 developed
in the subject five-year reviews, the
United States International Trade
Commission (‘‘Commission’’)
determines, pursuant to the Tariff Act of
1930 (‘‘the Act’’), that revocation of the
countervailing duty order on heavy
walled rectangular welded carbon steel
pipes and tubes from Turkey and the
antidumping duty orders on heavy
walled rectangular welded carbon steel
pipes and tubes from Korea, Mexico,
and Turkey would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of material
injury to an industry in the United
States within a reasonably foreseeable
time.
Background
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The Commission instituted these
reviews on August 2, 2021 (86 FR
41511) and determined on November 5,
2021 that it would conduct expedited
reviews (87 FR 7498, February 9, 2022).
The Commission made these
determinations pursuant to section
751(c) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)). It
completed and filed its determinations
in these reviews on March 17, 2022. The
views of the Commission are contained
in USITC Publication 5297 (March
2022), entitled Heavy Walled
Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes
and Tubes from Korea, Mexico, and
Turkey: Investigation Nos. 701–TA–539
and 731–TA–1280–1282 (Review).
By order of the Commission.
Issued: March 17, 2022.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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1 The record is defined in § 207.2(f) of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19
CFR 207.2(f)).
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Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. International Trade
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) has
determined to affirm the presiding
administrative law judge (‘‘ALJ’s’’)
initial determination (‘‘ID’’) (Order No.
33) finding a violation of section 337 of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, in
this investigation and has issued a
general exclusion order and cease and
desist orders prohibiting the
importation of certain electric shavers
and components and accessories
thereof. The investigation is hereby
terminated.
SUMMARY:
Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded
Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From
Korea, Mexico, and Turkey
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sidney A. Rosenzweig, Office of the
General Counsel, U.S. International
Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202)
708–2532. Copies of non-confidential
documents filed in connection with this
investigation may be viewed on the
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://edis.usitc.gov. For help
accessing EDIS, please email
EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. General
information concerning the Commission
may also be obtained by accessing its
internet server at https://www.usitc.gov.
Hearing-impaired persons are advised
that information on this matter can be
obtained by contacting the
Commission’s TDD terminal, telephone
(202) 205–1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
November 18, 2020, the Commission
instituted this investigation based on a
complaint filed by Complainant Skull
Shaver (‘‘Skull Shaver’’) of Moorestown,
New Jersey. 85 FR 73510–11 (Nov. 18,
2020). The complaint alleged violations
of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, based on
the importation into the United States,
the sale for importation, or the sale
within the United States after
importation of certain electric shavers
and components and accessories thereof
by reason of infringement of certain
claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,726,528
(‘‘the ’528 patent’’) and D672,504 (‘‘the
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’504 design patent’’). Id. The
Commission’s notice of investigation
named the following eleven entities as
respondents: Rayenbarny Inc.
(‘‘Rayenbarny’’) of New York, New
York; Bald Shaver Inc. (‘‘Bald Shaver’’)
of Toronto, Canada; Suzhou Kaidiya
Garments Trading Co., Ltd. (‘‘Suzhou’’)
d.b.a. ‘‘Digimator’’ of Suzhou, China;
Shenzhen Aiweilai Trading Co., Ltd.
(‘‘Aiweilei’’) d.b.a. ‘‘Teamyo’’ of
Shenzhen, China; Wenzhou Wending
Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. of Yueqing
City, China; Shenzhen Nukun
Technology Co., Ltd. (‘‘Nukun’’) d.b.a.
‘‘OriHea’’ of Shenzhen, China; Yiwu
Xingye Network Technology Co. Ltd.
(‘‘Yiwu Xingye’’) d.b.a. ‘‘Roziapro’’ of
Yiwu, China; Magicfly LLC (‘‘Magicfly’’)
of Hong Kong; Yiwu City Qiaoyu
Trading Co., Ltd. (‘‘Yiwu City’’) of
Yiwu, China; Shenzhen Wantong
Information Technology Co., Ltd.
(‘‘Wantong’’) d.b.a. ‘‘WTONG’’ of
Shenzhen, China; and Shenzhen
Junmao International Technology Co.,
Ltd. (‘‘Junmao’’) d.b.a. ‘‘Homeas’’ of
Shenzhen, China. The notice of
investigation also named the Office of
Unfair Import Investigations (‘‘OUII’’) as
a party. Id.
The Commission terminated
Rayenbarny from the investigation
because its accused product was
actually imported by Benepuri LLC
(‘‘Benepuri’’) of Menands, New York;
the Commission allowed Benepuri to
intervene as a respondent. Notice, 85 FR
82514, 82515 (Dec. 18, 2020). The
Commission later granted Skull Shaver’s
motion to amend the Complaint and the
notice of investigation to correct the
name of Wenzhou Wending Electric
Appliance Co., Ltd. d.b.a. ‘‘Paitree’’ as
Wenzhou Wending Electric Appliance
Co., Ltd. (‘‘Wenzhou’’), and to correct
the addresses of several respondents.
Notice, 86 FR 14645, 14645 (Mar. 17,
2021). The Commission terminated
Magicfly from the investigation on the
basis of settlement. Notice at 2 (May 19,
2021). The Commission terminated
Nukun and Benepuri from the
investigation on the basis of withdrawal
of the complaint. Notice at 2 (June 21,
2021) (Nukun); Notice at 2 (Oct. 28,
2021) (Benepuri). All of the remaining
respondents (i.e., all respondents other
than Magicfly, Nukun, Benepuri and
Rayenbarny) defaulted. See Notice at 3
(May 21, 2021) (seven defaulting
respondents); Notice at 2 (Dec. 9, 2021)
(Bald Shaver defaulting). Taken
together, the eight defaulting
respondents are: Suzhou; Yiwu City;
Wenzhou; Aiweilai; Junmao; Wantong;
Yiwu Xingye; and Bald Shaver.
On May 26, 2021, Skull Shaver filed
a motion for summary determination of
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA), in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural items listed
in this notice meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects.
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim
these cultural items should submit a written request to the BIA. If no
additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural
items to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to the BIA at the address in this
notice by April 22, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. BJ Howerton, NAGPRA Coordinator,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1001 Indian School Road NW, Room 341,
Albuquerque, NM 87104, telephone (505) 563-3013, email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the
control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Washington, DC, and in the physical custody of the Arizona
State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (ASM), that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural Items
Between 1963 and 1977, 40 cultural items were removed from site AZ
P:14:1(ASM), also known as the Grasshopper Pueblo, in Navajo County,
AZ. The items were removed during legally authorized excavations
conducted by the University of Arizona Archeological Field School.
Archeological collections from the site were brought to ASM at the end
of each field season and accessioned. The 40 unassociated funerary
objects are 39 tree ring samples and one piece of mineral pigment.
Site AZ P:14:1(ASM) 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 to 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 the summers of 1939 and 1940, 136 cultural items were removed
from site AZ P:16:1(ASM), also known as Bear Ruin, in Navajo County,
AZ. These excavations were legally authorized and carried out by Emil
Haury under the auspices of ASM and the Department of Anthropology at
the University of Arizona. Archeological collections from Haury's
excavations were brought to ASM at the end of each field season and
accessioned. The 136 unassociated funerary objects are one bone awl,
two bone awl fragments, one incised bone, 39 ceramic bowls, one ceramic
canteen, one ceramic disc, five ceramic vessel fragments, one human
figurine fragment, 25 ceramic jars, six miniature vessels, seven
ceramic pitchers, eight sherds, 18 pieces of mineral concretion or
pigment, one piece of unfired clay, two turquoise beads, three
turquoise pendants, 14 shell bracelet fragments, and one shell
necklace.
Site AZ P:16:1(ASM) consists of 14 houses, two storage rooms, and a
kiva. The site has been dated to A.D. 600-800 based on ceramic styles,
architectural forms, and tree-ring data. These characteristics, the
mortuary pattern, and other items of material culture are consistent
with the Mogollon archeological tradition.
In the summers of 1940 and 1941, 63 cultural items were removed
from site AZ P:16:2(ASM), also known as Tla Kii, in Navajo County, AZ.
These excavations were legally authorized and carried out by Emil Haury
under the auspices of ASM and the Department of Anthropology at the
University of Arizona. Archeological collections from Haury's
excavations were brought to ASM at the end of each field season and
accessioned. The 63 unassociated funerary objects are 32 ceramic bowls,
one ceramic canteen, three ceramic vessel fragments, one human figurine
fragment, seven ceramic jars, one miniature vessel, three ceramic
pitchers, one ceramic plate, one ceramic scoop, one ceramic scraper,
one sherd, two lithic scrapers, one piece of mineral concretion, six
lots of stone beads, and two turquoise pendants.
Site AZ P:16:2(ASM) consists of three pit houses, one storage
structure, two other structures, a main pueblo, two kivas, and 14
storage pits. Based on architectural forms and ceramic styles, along
with other items of material culture, the site is dated to A.D. 900-
1200, and it is associated with the Mogollon archeological tradition.
In the summers of 1941 and 1944, one cultural item was removed from
site AZ P:16:20(ASM), also known as Bluff Site, in Navajo County, AZ.
These excavations were legally authorized and carried out by Emil Haury
under the auspices of ASM and the Department of Anthropology at the
University of Arizona. Archeological collections from Haury's
excavations were brought to ASM at the end of each field season.
Collections were not accessioned upon receipt at ASM; an accession of
``none 1940s'' was later assigned. The one unassociated funerary object
is a ceramic bowl.
Site AZ P:16:20(ASM) comprises a pit house village dating to the
Cottonwood and Hilltop phases of the Mogollon archeological culture,
and it dates to A.D. 200-600 based on architectural forms and tree-ring
samples.
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In the summer of 1966, three cultural items were removed from site
AZ P:16:62(ASM), also known as Skiddy Canyon Ruin, in Navajo County,
AZ. These excavations were legally authorized and were carried out in
conjunction with the ASM and the Museum of Northern Arizona under the
direction of Laurens Hammack of ASM as part of the Highway Salvage
program of the Arizona Highway Department (project no. F-026-1[17]).
Archeological collections from these excavations were transferred to
ASM in March of 1967. The three unassociated funerary objects are one
ceramic pitcher, one ceramic jar, and one shell bead.
Site AZ P:16:62(ASM) consists of a pit house, kiva, eight-room
pueblo, and associated trash areas. Based on architectural forms and
ceramic styles, along with other items of cultural belongings, the site
dates to A.D. 600-1200, and it is associated with the Mogollon
archeological 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 complex represented by the above-described sites. The
material culture of these traditions is characterized by 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, weaving traditions, inhumation burials,
cradleboard cranial deformation, grooved stone axes, and bone
artifacts. Archeologists have long linked the Western Pueblo tradition
to present-day Indian Tribes in the region belonging to the Western
Pueblo ethnographic group and in particular, to 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 of the 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 site AZ P:14:1(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 complex and detailed migration history includes
traditions that relate specific clans to the Mogollon region. Hopi
cultural advisors have also identified medicinal and culinary plants at
archeological sites in the region. According to them, knowledge about
these plants had been passed down from the ancestors who inhabited
these ancient sites. Migration is also an important attribute of Zuni
oral tradition. That tradition includes accounts of Zuni ancestors
passing through the Upland Mogollon region. The ancient villages mark
the routes of these migrations. According to Zuni cultural advisors,
the ancient sites were not abandoned. Rather, people returned to them
from time to time, either for the purpose of reoccupying 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
these sites were 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 to be culturally affiliated with
the human remains and associated funerary objects from this site. As
reported by Welch and Ferguson (2005), consultations between the Pueblo
of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Navajo Nation,
Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; and the White Mountain Apache Tribe of the
Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona have indicated that none of these
Indian Tribes wishes to assert a cultural 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 any human remains and associated funerary objects from these sites,
and it 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
Officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian
Affairs have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 243 cultural items
described above are reasonably believed to have been placed with or
near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of
the death rite or ceremony and are believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native
American individual.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the
unassociated funerary objects and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and the
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico (hereafter referred to
as ``The Tribes'').
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim
these cultural items should submit a written request with information
in support of the claim to Dr. BJ Howerton, NAGPRA Coordinator, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, 1001 Indian School Road NW, Room 341, Albuquerque,
NM 87104, telephone (505) 563-3013, email [email protected], by April
22, 2022. After that date, if no additional claimants have come
forward, transfer of control of the unassociated funerary objects to
The Tribes may proceed.
The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, with
the assistance of the Arizona State Museum,
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is responsible for notifying The Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: March 17, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-06129 Filed 3-22-22; 8:45 am]
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