Federal Register/Vol. 80, No. 62/Wednesday, April 1, 2015/Notices
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17488 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 62 / Wednesday, April 1, 2015 / Notices ancestors lived near the sites. Determinations Made by Tuzigoot support of the request to John Archeological sites identified as National Monument McClelland, NAGPRA Coordinator, Yavapai have also been found near the Officials of Tuzigoot National Arizona State Museum, University of Tuzigoot and Hatalacva Pueblos. Monument have determined that: Arizona, P.O. Box 210026, Tucson, AZ Material culture items found at • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 85721, telephone (520) 626–2950, email Hatalacva and Tuzigoot, including the 36 objects described in this notice [email protected], by May 1, basketry and turquoise pendants, are under the control of Tuzigoot National 2015. similar in construction and appearance Monument are reasonably believed to After that date, if no additional to historic Yavapai items. Additionally, have been placed with or near requestors have come forward, transfer Hatalacva and Tuzigoot are identified as individual human remains at the time of of control of the human remains and being within the Yavapai traditional death or later as part of the death rite associated funerary objects to The lands. or ceremony. Tribes may proceed. Tuzigoot National Monument and the The Hopi Tribe of Arizona considers • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there Arizona State Museum are responsible all of Arizona to be within traditional is a relationship of shared group for notifying The Tribes that this notice Hopi lands or within areas where Hopi identity that can be reasonably traced has been published. clans migrated in the past. Evidence between the associated funerary objects demonstrating continuity between the under the control of Tuzigoot National Dated: February 17, 2015. people of Tuzigoot and Hatalacva Monument and The Tribes. Melanie O’Brien, Pueblos and the Hopi Tribe includes Determinations Made by the Arizona Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. archeological, anthropological, State Museum [FR Doc. 2015–07412 Filed 3–31–15; 8:45 am] linguistic, folkloric and oral traditions. BILLING CODE 4312–50–P Ceramic vessels made only on the Hopi Officials of the Arizona State Museum have determined that: mesas as well as plain woven and • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the painted textiles, coiled basketry, and DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR human remains described in this notice woven matting demonstrate continuity under the control of the Arizona State between Tuzigoot, Hatalacva, and Hopi National Park Service Museum represent the physical remains people. Burial patterns noted at of 128 individuals of Native American Tuzigoot are also similar in appearance [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17698; ancestry. PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] to burials at other ancestral Hopi sites. • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), During consultation, Hopi clan members the six objects described in this notice Notice of Inventory Completion: also identified ancestral names and under the control of the Arizona State Arizona State Museum, University of traditional stories about specific events Museum are reasonably believed to have Arizona, Tucson, AZ and ancestral people at each site. been placed with or near individual The Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe human remains at the time of death or AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. (previously listed as the Yavapai- later as part of the death rite or ACTION: Notice. Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai ceremony. Reservation, Arizona) traces ancestry to • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there SUMMARY: The Arizona State Museum, Yavapai bands once living in the Verde is a relationship of shared group University of Arizona has completed an Valley. Consultation with Yavapai tribes identity that can be reasonably traced inventory of human remains, in indicates the existence of specific between the Native American human consultation with the appropriate ancestral names for the Tuzigoot and remains and associated funerary objects Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian Hatalacva sites and a belief that under the control of the Arizona State organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the ancestors lived near the sites. Museum and The Tribes. human remains and present-day Indian Archeological sites identified as Additional Requestors and Disposition tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Yavapai have also been found in and Lineal descendants or representatives of near the Tuzigoot and Hatalacva Lineal descendants or representatives any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian Pueblos. Material culture items found at of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice organization not identified in this notice Tuzigoot and Hatalacva including that wish to request transfer of control basketry, turquoise pendants, and twill that wish to request transfer of control of the associated funerary objects under of these human remains should submit matting, are similar in construction and a written request to the Arizona State appearance to historic Yavapai items. the control of Tuzigoot National Monument should submit a written Museum, University of Arizona. If no Additionally, Tuzigoot and Hatalacva additional requestors come forward, are identified as being within the request with information in support of the request to Dorothy FireCloud, transfer of control of the human remains Yavapai traditional lands. Superintendent, Tuzigoot National to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, The Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Monument, P.O. Box 219, Camp Verde, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated Reservation, New Mexico, considers the AZ 86322, telephone (928) 567–5276, in this notice may proceed. Verde Valley to be within the migration email [email protected], by DATES: Lineal descendants or path of ancestral Zuni people. May 1, 2015. representatives of any Indian tribe or Archeological evidence demonstrates Lineal descendants or representatives Native Hawaiian organization not continuity between the people of of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian identified in this notice that wish to Tuzigoot and Hatalacva Pueblos and the organization not identified in this notice request transfer of control of these people of Zuni. Material culture items, that wish to request transfer of control human remains should submit a written such as ceramic designs, textiles, and of the human remains and associated request with information in support of woven basketry, are similar in funerary objects under the control of the the request to the Arizona State appearance and construction to historic Arizona State Museum should submit a Museum, University of Arizona at the Zuni items. written request with information in address in this notice by May 1, 2015. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:37 Mar 31, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00103 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\01APN1.SGM 01APN1 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 62 / Wednesday, April 1, 2015 / Notices 17489 ADDRESSES: John McClelland, NAGPRA houses and irrigation structures dating Valley. Consultation with Yavapai tribes Coordinator, Arizona State Museum, to about A.D. 700. Beginning about A.D. indicates the existence of a specific University of Arizona, P.O. Box 210026, 1100, people characterized by ancestral name for Montezuma Well, Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone (520) 626– archeologists as Sinagua appeared in the oral traditions that attribute the rooms 2950. Montezuma Well area and established a built around the well to Yavapai SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is small pueblo on the rim of the well. ancestors, and a belief that the well was here given in accordance with the Two burial areas were located in the a place of emergence for the Yavapai Native American Graves Protection and well vicinity. These areas appear to people. Archeological sites identified as Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. have been most heavily utilized during Yavapai have also been in the same 3003, of the completion of an inventory the Honanki and Tuzigoot phases, A.D. region. of human remains under the control of 1125–1400, based on ceramic The Zuni Tribe of the Zuni the Arizona State Museum, University typologies. Reservation, New Mexico, considers the of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. The human The Ak Chin Indian Community of Verde Valley to be within the migration remains were removed from a site in Maricopa (Ak Chin) Reservation, path of ancestral Zuni people. Yavapai County, AZ. Arizona; Gila River Indian Community Archeological evidence demonstrates This notice is published as part of the of the Gila River Indian Reservation, continuity between the people of the National Park Service’s administrative Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Montezuma Well region and the people responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Indian Community of the Salt River of Zuni. Material culture items, such as U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in Reservation, Arizona; and the Tohono ceramic designs, are similar in this notice are the sole responsibility of O’odham Nation of Arizona comprise appearance and construction to historic the museum, institution, or Federal one cultural group known as the Zuni items. O’odham. Material culture items found agency that has control of the Native Determinations Made by the Arizona at the site, including associated funerary American human remains. The National State Museum, University of Arizona Park Service is not responsible for the objects, demonstrate continuity between determinations in this notice. the prehistoric occupants of the Officials of the Arizona