57624 Federal Register / Vol. 67, No. 176 / Wednesday, September 11, 2002 / Notices

Indian Affairs Council also have This notice is published as part of the Utah may begin after that date if no determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR ’s administrative additional claimants come forward. 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR Dated: August 12, 2002. group identity that can be reasonably 10.2 (c). The determinations within this Robert Stearns, traced between these Native American notice are the sole responsibility of the Manager, National NAGPRA Program. human remains and associated funerary museum, institution, or Federal agency objects and the Tribe of ; that has control of these cultural items. [FR Doc. 02–23019 Filed 9–10–02; 8:45 am] of Acoma, ; Pueblo The National Park Service is not BILLING CODE 4310–70–S of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of responsible for the determinations within this notice. Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San The cultural item is a ceramic jar that Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, originally had a hide stretched over the National Park Service New Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni open end to make a drum. The hide is Reservation, New Mexico. possibly from a deer or antelope. Notice of Inventory Completion for This notice has been sent to officials The Museum of Northern Arizona Native American Human Remains and of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of acquired the drum at an unknown date. Associated Funerary Objects in the Acoma, New Mexico; , In 1961, the drum was located in the Possession of the Phoebe A. Hearst New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New museum collection and cataloged Museum of , University Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New (accession number 2254, catalog number of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New E2375). The accession and catalog and in the Control of the U.S. Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; records indicate that the drum is of Department of the Interior, Bureau of Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Navajo origin. In 2002, the drum was Land Management, California State Mexico; and Frederick R. Weisman Art dismantled according to traditional Office, Sacramento, CA Museum. Representatives of any other Navajo practice. Indian tribe that believes itself to be Consultation with representatives of AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. culturally affiliated with these human the , Arizona, New ACTION: Notice. Mexico & Utah indicate that this type of remains should contact James L. (Jim) Notice is hereby given in accordance Jones Jr., Cultural Resource Specialist, ceramic drum is used exclusively for the practice of the Ana’ı´ji (Enemy Way) with provisions of the Native American Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, 1819 Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Bemidji Avenue, Bemidji, MN 56601, ceremony. Specific sacred songs and prayers are associated with the (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the telephone (218) 755-3182, before completion of an inventory of human October 11, 2002. Repatriation of these construction and use of this type of ´ remains and associated funerary objects human remains to the Hopi Tribe of ceramic drum. The Ana’ıji ceremony is performed for an individual to regain in the possession of the Phoebe A. Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; strength, harmony, and balance from a Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of physical or mental illness. A specific University of California, Berkeley, Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Navajo traditional religious leader has Berkeley, CA and in the control of the Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San indicated he needs this ceramic drum U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, for the practice of the Ana’ı´ji ceremony of Land Management, California State New Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni by present day adherents. Office, Sacramento, CA. Reservation, New Mexico may begin Based on the above-mentioned This notice is published as part of the after that date if no additional claimants information, officials of the Museum of National Park Service’s administrative come forward. Northern Arizona have determined that, responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR Dated: August 12, 2002. pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(3), this 10.2 (c). The determinations within this Robert Stearns, cultural item is a specific ceremonial notice are the sole responsibility of the Manager, National NAGPRA Program. object needed by traditional Native museum, institution, or Federal agency [FR Doc. 02–23017 Filed 9–10–02; 8:45 am] American religious leaders for the that has control of these Native BILLING CODE 4310–70–S practice of traditional Native American American human remains and religions by their present-day adherents. associated funerary objects. The Officials of the Museum of Northern National Park Service is not responsible DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Arizona also have determined that, for the determinations within this pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a notice. National Park Service relationship of shared group identity An assessment of the human remains, that can be reasonably traced between and catalogue records and associated Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural this cultural item and the Navajo documents relevant to the human Item in the Possession of the Museum Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah. remains, was made by Phoebe A. Hearst of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ This notice has been sent to officials Museum professional staff in AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. of the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New consultation with representatives of the ACTION: Notice. Mexico & Utah. Representatives of any Department of the Interior, Bureau of other Indian tribe that believes itself to Land Management, California State Notice is hereby given in accordance be culturally affiliated with these Office; Battle Mountain Band of the Te- with the Native American Graves objects should contact Elaine Hughes, Moak Tribes of Western Shoshone Protection and Repatriation Act Repatriation Coordinator, Museum of Indians of Nevada; Big Pine Band of (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.10 (a)(3), of the Northern Arizona, 3101 North Fort Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians intent to repatriate a cultural item in the Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, of the Big Pine Reservation, California; possession of the Museum of Northern telephone (928) 774-5211, extension Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ, that meets the 228, before October 11, 2002. Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Death definition of ‘‘sacred objects’’ under Repatriation of this cultural item to the Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of Section 2 of the Act. Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & California; Elko Band of the Te-Moak

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