[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23573-23574]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09939]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-18016;PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Petrified Forest National Park, Petrified 
Forest, AZ

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 
Petrified Forest National Park, has completed an inventory of human 
remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the 
appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has 
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human 
remains and associated funerary objects and present-day Indian tribes 
or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives 
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in 
this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human 
remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request 
to Petrified Forest National Park. If no additional requestors come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native 
Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Petrified Forest National Park at the address 
in this notice by May 28, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Brad Traver, Superintendent, Petrified Forest National Park, 
Box 2217, Petrified Forest, AZ 86028, telephone (928) 524-6228 x225, 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the U.S. Department of 
the Interior, National Park Service, Petrified Forest National Park, 
Petrified Forest, AZ. The human remains and associated funerary objects 
were removed from Petrified Forest National Park, Apache and Navajo 
Counties, AZ.

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    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
Superintendent, Petrified Forest National Park.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Petrified 
Forest National Park professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Hopi 
Tribe of Arizona; Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian 
Reservation, Arizona; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico (previously listed as the 
Pueblo of Santo Domingo); Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; 
Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; and Zuni 
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico (hereafter referred to as 
``The Consulted Tribes'').
    The following tribes were invited to consult, but did not 
participate: Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian 
Reservation, Arizona and California; Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of 
Arizona, California & Nevada; Gila River Indian Community of the Gila 
River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai 
Reservation, Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab 
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the 
Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the 
Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico 
(previously listed as the Pueblo of San Juan); Paiute Indian Tribe of 
Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of 
Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes) 
(formerly Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar City Band of Paiutes, 
Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of 
Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes)); Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona; 
Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo 
of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; San Carlos Apache 
Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona; San Juan Southern Paiute 
Tribe of Arizona; Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; Tonto Apache Tribe 
of Arizona; and Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian 
Reservation, Arizona (hereafter referred to as ``The Invited Tribes'').

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1953, human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals 
were removed from AZ Q:1:3 in Apache County, AZ, by Fred Wendorf as 
part of his doctoral research at Harvard University. The human remains 
and associated funerary objects are in the physical custody of the 
Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) in Flagstaff, AZ. No known individuals 
were identified. The 2,107 associated funerary objects are 13 pottery 
bowls, 1 mineral (galena), 6 pottery jars (some fragmentary), 2,057 
shell beads, 1 stone pendant, 2 stone scrapers, 1 shell pendant, 25 
basket fragments, and 1 blanket.
    In 1985, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from AZ Q:1:58 in Apache County, AZ during legally 
authorized excavations. No known individuals were identified. The one 
associated funerary object is a pottery bowl.
    In 1988, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals 
were removed from AZ Q:1:226 in Navajo County, AZ, during legally 
authorized archeological survey and site recordation. No known 
individuals were identified. The 11 associated funerary objects are 2 
pottery bowls, 3 pottery jars, and 6 shell beads.
    Archeological site context and types of funerary objects suggest 
that all three sites were occupied by ancestral Puebloan peoples. 
Ethnographic and archeological evidence, including burial orientation, 
body position, and the type and placement of the associated funerary 
objects, indicates that the mortuary practices of these ancestral 
Puebloan peoples correspond closely with those of the Hopi Tribe of 
Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.

Determinations Made by Petrified Forest National Park

    Officials of Petrified Forest National Park have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of seven individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 2,119 objects 
described in this notice 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.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects and the Hopi 
Tribe of Arizona and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Brad Traver, Superintendent, Petrified Forest 
National Park, Box 2217, Petrified Forest, AZ 86028, telephone (928) 
524-6228 x225, email [email protected], by May 28, 2015. After that 
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the 
Hopi Tribe of Arizona and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 
Mexico may proceed.
    Petrified Forest National Park is responsible for notifying The 
Consulted Tribes and The Invited Tribes that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: March 26, 2015.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2015-09939 Filed 4-27-15; 8:45 am]
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