[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41179-41180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20069]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects From the Havasupai Reservation, AZ in 
the Possession of the Museum of Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young 
University, Provo, UT

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 possession of the Museum of Peoples 
and Cultures, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Museum of 
Peoples and Cultures professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Havasupai Tribe.
    Around 1960, human remains representing one individual were removed 
from an unknown location within the Havasupai Reservation, AZ. No known 
individual was identified. The two associated funerary objects include 
a stone chopper and a rabbit skin and cordage robe. In 1968, this 
individual and associated funerary objects were donated to the Museum 
of Peoples and Cultures by Paul Cheesman.
    Based on the assessment of the burial and manufacture of the 
associated funerary objects, this burial has been dated to 600-1000 AD. 
Archeological evidence from this area of the Grand Canyon indicates it 
was occupied by

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Cohonina peoples during this time. Further, continuities of cultural 
items, food production techniques, and manner of internments all 
indicate the affiliation of the present-day Havasupai with the culture 
known archeologically as Cohonina. Oral traditions presented by 
representatives of the Havasupai Tribe indicate they have continuously 
occupied this area since the Great Flood.
    Based on the above mentioned information, Museum of Peoples and 
Cultures officials have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 
(d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical remains 
of one individual of Native American ancestry. Museum of Peoples and 
Cultures officials have also determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 
3001 (3)(A), the two objects 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, Museum of 
Peoples and Cultures officials 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 Native American human remains 
and associated funerary objects and the Havasupai Tribe.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Havasupai Tribe, the 
Hualapai Tribe, the Hopi Tribe, the Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians, the 
San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, the Pueblo of Acoma, the Pueblo of 
Cochiti, the Pueblo of Isleta, the Pueblo of Jemez, and Pueblo of 
Laguna, the Pueblo of Sandia, the Pueblo of San Felipe, the Pueblo of 
Santa Ana, the Pueblo of Santo Domingo, the Pueblo of Zia, and the 
Pueblo of Zuni. This notice has also been sent to the Eight Northern 
Indian Pueblo Council (ENIPC), a non-federally recognized Native 
American group. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes 
itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains and 
associated funerary objects should contact Dr. Marti Allen, Acting 
Director, Museum of Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young University, 105 
Allen Hall, Provo, UT 84602-3600; telephone: (801) 378-5435, before 
September 6, 1995. Repatriation of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to the Havasupai Tribe may begin after that date if no 
additional claimants come forward.
Dated: August 1, 1996.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Chief, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 96-20069 Filed 8-6-96; 8:45 am]
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