[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 124 (Tuesday, June 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41991-41992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15270]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-21158; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, 
Ganado, AZ; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site has completed an inventory 
of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no 
cultural affiliation between the human remains and any present-day 
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 
should submit a written request to Hubbell Trading Post National 
Historic Site. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: 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 should submit a written 
request with information in support of the request to Hubbell Trading 
Post National Historic Site at the address in this notice by July 28, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Lloyd Masayumptewa, Superintendent, Hubbell Trading Post 
National Historic Site, P.O. Box, 150 Ganado, AZ 86505-0150, telephone 
(928) 755-3475, 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 under 
the control of Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, Ganado, AZ. 
The human remains were removed from Hubbell Trading Post National 
Historic Site, Apache County, AZ.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). The determinations in this notice are the sole 
responsibility of the Superintendent, Hubbell Trading Post National 
Historic Site.
    This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals reported in 
two previously published notices: Notice of Inventory Completion (79 FR 
43776-43778, July 28, 2014); and corrected Notice of Inventory 
Completion (80 FR 59181-59182, October 1, 2015). This notice replaces 
both the original Notice of Inventory Completion of July 28, 2014 and 
the corrected Notice of Inventory Completion of October 1, 2015. After 
the October 2015 notice correction was published, officials of Hubbell 
Trading Post National Historic Site received additional information 
indicating that the likely removal date of one individual was 
incorrect, and is, in fact, unknown. Furthermore, officials cannot 
reasonably determine that the individual had likely been removed from 
within the boundaries of Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site. 
Therefore, the determination that the land from which the remains were 
removed was tribal land at the time of removal cannot be supported and 
this one individual has been removed from the notice. Transfer of 
control of the items in this correction notice has not occurred.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made during a 
region-wide, multi-park process by Hubbell Trading Post National 
Historic Site professional staff in consultation with representatives 
of the Ak Chin Indian

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Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila 
River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; 
Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona; 
Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Moapa 
Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada; 
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)); 
Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada; 
Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; 
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River 
Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos 
Reservation, Arizona; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; 
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; 
Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & 
Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; and Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute 
Tribe of the Benton Paiute Reservation, California (hereafter referred 
to as ``The Consulted Tribes'').
    The following tribes were invited to consult but did not 
participate in the face-to-face consultation meeting: Apache Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Big 
Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley (previously listed as the Big 
Pine Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians of the Big Pine 
Reservation, California); Bishop Paiute Tribe (previously listed as the 
Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony, 
California); Bridgeport Indian Colony (previously listed as the 
Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony of California); Burns Paiute Tribe 
(previously listed as the Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian 
Colony of Oregon); Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously 
listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma); Comanche Nation, 
Oklahoma; Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the 
Fort Independence Reservation, California; Fort McDermitt Paiute and 
Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada and 
Oregon; Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Fort Sill Apache Tribe 
of Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New 
Mexico; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, 
Arizona; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico (previously listed as the Pueblo of 
Santo Domingo); Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Las Vegas Tribe of 
Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Lone Pine 
Paiute-Shoshone Tribe (previously listed as the Paiute-Shoshone Indians 
of the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine Reservation, California); 
Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; Navajo 
Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico 
(previously listed as the Pueblo of San Juan); 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 Taos, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Pyramid Lake 
Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; Shoshone-Paiute 
Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; Summit Lake Paiute Tribe 
of Nevada; Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; Walker River Paiute Tribe of 
the Walker River Reservation, Nevada; White Mountain Apache Tribe of 
the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp 
Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe 
(previously listed as the Yavapai-Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai 
Reservation, Arizona); Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony & 
Campbell Ranch, Nevada; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 
Mexico (hereafter referred to as ``The Invited Tribes'').

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1989, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals 
were removed from site AZ K:6:8 in Apache County, AZ during excavations 
prior to replacing the wareroom floor. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.

Determinations Made by Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site

    Officials of Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site have 
determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on osteological analysis and 
site location.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and any present-day Indian tribe.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(15), the land from which the 
Native American human remains were removed is the tribal land of the 
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(i), the disposition of the 
human remains will be to the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    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 should submit a written request with information 
in support of the request to Lloyd Masayumptewa, Superintendent, 
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, P.O. Box 150, Ganado, AZ 
86505-0150, telephone (928) 755-3475, email [email protected], 
by July 28, 2016. After that date, if no additional requestors have 
come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Navajo 
Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah may proceed.
    Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site is responsible for 
notifying The Consulted Tribes and The Invited Tribes that this notice 
has been published.

    Dated: May 26, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-15270 Filed 6-27-16; 8:45 am]
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