[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 63 (Monday, April 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14335-14336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7816]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects From Mohave County, AZ, in the Control 
of the Arizona State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Phoenix, AZ

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 
3003(d), of the completion of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects in the control of the Arizona State Office, 
Bureau of Land Management, Phoenix, AZ.
    A detailed inventory and assessment of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects has been made by the Museum of Northern 
Arizona professional staff, Southern Utah University Archeology Museum 
professional staff, and Bureau of Land Management officials in 
consultation with the Hopi Tribe and Kaibab Band of the Paiute Indians 
of the Kaibab Indian Reservation.
    In 1974 and 1988, human remains representing three individuals were 
recovered during legally authorized salvage excavations from the 
Reservoir Site (NA 13257), a precontact habitation site. No known 
individuals were identified. Six associated funerary objects include 
bone fragments of one animal, four ceramic vessels, and azurite 
pigment.
    In 1989, human remains representing two individuals were recovered 
during legally authorized salvage excavations from Site AZ B:1:102 
(BLM), a precontact habitation site. No known individuals were 
identified. The ten associated funerary objects consist of ceramic 
vessels.
    Based on context of the sites and the associated funerary objects, 
these burials date to the Late Basketmaker III through the Pueblo II 
periods (700-1150 AD). Historical documents and ethnographic sources 
indicate Paiute people have occupied this area since precontact times. 
Kaibab-Paiute oral tradition supports this evidence, and the Kaibab 
Band's reservation is now located within eight miles of the recovery 
sites. Oral tradition evidence presented by representatives of the Hopi 
Tribe indicates cultural affiliation with Basketmaker and Puebloan 
sites in this area. Archeological evidence supports this affiliation. 
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Bureau 
of Land Management have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10(d)(1), 
the human remains listed above represent the physical remains of five 
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Bureau of 
Land Management have also determined that the sixteen cultural items 
listed 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. Lastly, officials of the Bureau of Land 
Management have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 
is a relationship of shared group identity which can be reasonably 
traced between these human remains and associated funerary objects and 
the Hopi Tribe and the Kaibab Band of the

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Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Hopi Tribe and the 
Kaibab Band of the Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation. 
Representatives of any other Indian tribe which believes itself to be 
culturally affiliation with these human remains and associated funerary 
objects should contact Gary Stumpf, Bureau of Land Management, Arizona 
State Office, 3707 N. 7th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85014, telephone (602) 
650-0509 before May 1, 1996. Repatriation of these human remains and 
associated funerary objects may begin after this date if no additional 
claimants come forward.
Dated: March 26, 1996
Francis P. McManamon
Departmental Consulting Archeologist
Chief, Archeology & Ethnography Program
[FR Doc. 96-7816 Filed 3-29-96; 8:45 am]
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