59654 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 189 / Friday, September 28, 2012 / Notices representatives, indicate that the land San Carlos Reservation, Arizona; San 3003, of the completion of an inventory from which the Native American human Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; of human remains and associated remains and associated funerary objects Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; White funerary objects in the possession or were removed is the aboriginal land of Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort control of Wupatki National Monument, the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, Apache Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai- Flagstaff, AZ. The human remains and New Mexico. Apache Nation of the Camp Verde associated funerary objects were • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Indian Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai- removed from three sites within the human remains described in this notice Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai boundaries of Wupatki National represent the physical remains of six Reservation, Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of Monument in Coconino County, AZ. individuals of Native American the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, may This notice is published as part of the ancestry. proceed after that date if no additional • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), National Park Service’s administrative requestors come forward. responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 the 26 objects described above are Wupatki National Monument is U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in reasonably believed to have been placed responsible for notifying The Tribes that this notice are the sole responsibility of with or near individual human remains this notice has been published. at the time of death or later as part of the Superintendent, Wupatki National Dated: August 24, 2012. the death rite or ceremony. The National Monument. Melanie O’Brien, Park Service intends to convey the Consultation associated funerary object to the tribes Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 18f–2. [FR Doc. 2012–23906 Filed 9–27–12; 8:45 am] A detailed assessment of the human • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the BILLING CODE 4312–50–P remains was made by Wupatki National disposition of the human remains may Monument professional staff in be to the Fort McDowell Yavapai consultation with representatives of the Nation, Arizona; Havasupai Tribe of the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Havasupai Reservation, Arizona; Hopi [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–11156; 2200–1100– Arizona; Havasupai Tribe of the Tribe of Arizona; Hualapai Indian Tribe 665] Havasupai Reservation, Arizona; Hopi of the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Tribe of Arizona; Hualapai Indian Tribe Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. of the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Mexico; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians Department of the Interior, National Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Park Service, Wupatki National Mexico; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians Arizona; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Monument, Flagstaff, AZ of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Arizona; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. (formerly the Pueblo of Santo Domingo); Utah; San Carlos Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona; San SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; Interior, National Park Service, Wupatki Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; White National Monument has completed an Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort inventory of human remains and (formerly the Pueblo of San Juan); Apache Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai- associated funerary objects, in Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo Apache Nation of the Camp Verde consultation with the appropriate of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Indian Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai- Indian tribes, and has determined that Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, there is a cultural affiliation between the New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Reservation, Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of human remains and associated funerary the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; objects and present-day Indian tribes. Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo Additional Requestors and Disposition Representatives of any Indian tribe that of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Representatives of any Indian tribe believes itself to be culturally affiliated Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of that believes itself to be culturally with the human remains and associated Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa affiliated with the human remains or funerary objects may contact Wupatki Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa any other Indian tribe that believes it National Monument. Repatriation of the Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, satisfies the criteria in 43 CFR human remains and associated funerary New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New 10.11(c)(1) should contact Diane Chung, objects to the Indian tribes stated below Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; San Superintendent, Wupatki National may occur if no additional claimants Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Monument, 6400 N. Hwy 89, Flagstaff, come forward. Reservation, Arizona; San Juan AZ 86004, telephone (928) 526–1157 DATES: Representatives of any Indian Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; Tonto ext. 227, before October 29, 2012. tribe that believes it has a cultural Apache Tribe of Arizona; White Disposition of the human remains to the affiliation with the human remains and Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, associated funerary objects should Apache Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai- Arizona; Havasupai Tribe of the contact Wupatki National Monument at Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Havasupai Reservation, Arizona; Hopi the address below by October 29, 2012. Indian Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai- Tribe of Arizona; Hualapai Indian Tribe ADDRESSES: Diane Chung, Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai of the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Superintendent, Wupatki National Reservation, Arizona; Ysleta del Sur Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Monument, 6400 N. Hwy 89, Flagstaff, Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Mexico; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians AZ 86004, telephone (928) 526–1157 Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. The of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, ext. 227. Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico, was Arizona; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is contacted, but did not have an internal Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; here given in accordance with the process to address the issue of Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Native American Graves Protection and repatriation. Hereafter, all tribes listed Utah; San Carlos Apache Tribe of the Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. above are referred to as ‘‘The Tribes.’’ VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:28 Sep 27, 2012 Jkt 226001 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\28SEN1.SGM 28SEN1 srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 189 / Friday, September 28, 2012 / Notices 59655 History and Description of the Remains animal bones, 1 bowl, 1 jar, 1 bird bone, represent the physical remains of 242 Between 1933 and 1983, during 1 shell bracelet, 9 shell beads, 1 corn individuals of Native American stalk with blue paint, 1 painted wooden ancestry. excavations, stabilizations, and surface • recoveries by the Museum of Northern staff, 1 pot lid, and 15 pieces of Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), Arizona and the National Park Service, turquoise. the 521 objects described above are All of the human remains have been human remains representing a reasonably believed to have been placed analyzed by physical anthropologists minimum of 233 individuals were with or near individual human remains who have determined them to be Native removed from Wupatki Pueblo, within at the time of death or later as part of American. All burials were excavated Wupatki National Monument in the death rite or ceremony. from burial pits within the midden • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there Coconino County, AZ. Some of the immediately adjacent to and is a relationship of shared group human remains and associated funerary contemporaneous with the site. Some identity that can be reasonably traced objects are in the physical custody of individuals were found in extended, between the Native American human the Museum of Northern Arizona in supine positions, while others were remains and associated funerary objects Flagstaff, AZ. No known individuals found in flexed, supine positions. On and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and the were identified. The 481 associated the basis of architecture and ceramics, Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New funerary objects are 1 concretion, 10 Nalakihu Pueblo is dated to A.D. 1150– Mexico. pendants, 12 bracelets, 1 necklace, 1 1300. mat, 1 scraper, 107 sherds, 1 bag of Evidence demonstrating continuity Additional Requestors and Disposition sherds, 2 ceramic artifacts, 103 beads, between the people of Nalakihu from Representatives of any Indian tribe 35 bowls, 12 jars, 4 pitchers, 31 animal A.D. 1150–1300 and the Hopi Tribe of that believes itself to be culturally bones, 1 worked bone, 1 worked stone, Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni affiliated with the human remains and 1 bag of limonite, 1 piece of azurite, 137 Reservation, New Mexico, includes associated funerary objects should bird bones, 3 shells, 1 shell tinkler, 3 similarities in material culture, contact Diane Chung, Superintendent, awls, 1 basket fragment, 2 mosaics, 2 architecture, mortuary practices, Wupatki National Monument, 6400 N. pieces of cloth, 1 projectile point, 1 settlement patterns, and agricultural Hwy 89, Flagstaff, AZ 86004, telephone flake, 1 effigy bowl, 1 seed bowl, 1 ladle, methods. Both Hopi and Zuni oral (928) 526–1157 ext. 227, before October 1 stone, and 1 shell dish. histories indicate connections to the 29, 2012. Repatriation of the human All of the human remains have been people of Nalakihu Pueblo.