[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 125 (Friday, June 30, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29920-29921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13740]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23374; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


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

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 31, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: Lloyd Masayumptewa, Superintendent, Hubbell Trading Post 
National Historic Site, \1/2\ Mile West of Highway 191 & 264, Ganado, 
AZ 86505, 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 the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park 
Service, Hubbell Trading

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Post National Historic Site, Ganado, AZ. The human remains were removed 
from an unknown location.
    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, Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Hubbell 
Trading Post National Historic Site professional staff in consultation 
with representatives of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Hopi 
Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, 
Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; and Ute 
Mountain Ute Tribe (previously listed as the Ute Mountain Tribe of the 
Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah) (hereafter 
referred to as ``The Consulted Tribes'').
    The following tribes were contacted but did not participate in the 
face-to-face consultation meetings: Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Fort 
McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the 
Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the 
Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo 
of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, 
New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New 
Mexico; San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona; 
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; 
White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; 
and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico (hereafter referred 
to as ``The Invited Tribes'').

History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from an unknown location. The human remains 
were donated by the Hubbell family to the National Park Service in 
approximately 1967, and are believed to have been displayed in the 
Trading Post Rug Room by Roman Hubbell. The human remains consist of 
one human skull of indeterminate age and sex. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the Secretary of the Interior may make a 
recommendation for a transfer of control of culturally unidentifiable 
human remains. In December 2016, Hubbell Trading Post National Historic 
Site requested that the Secretary, through the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Review Committee, recommend the proposed 
transfer of control of the culturally unidentifiable Native American 
human remains in this notice to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and Navajo 
Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah. The Review Committee, acting 
pursuant to its responsibility under 25 U.S.C. 3006(c)(5), considered 
the request at its March 2017 meeting and recommended to the Secretary 
that the proposed transfer of control proceed. An April 2017 letter on 
behalf of the Secretary of the Interior from the National Park Service 
Associate Director for Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and Science 
transmitted the Secretary's independent review and concurrence with the 
Review Committee that:
     None of The Consulted Tribes or The Invited Tribes 
objected to the proposed transfer of control, and
     Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site may proceed 
with the agreed-upon transfer of control of the culturally 
unidentifiable human remains to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and the 
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah.
    Transfer of control is contingent on the publication of a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register. This notice fulfills that 
requirement.

Determinations Made by Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site

    Officials of Hubbell Trading Post National Historical 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.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual 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 43 CFR 10.16, the disposition of the human 
remains will be to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and 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, \1/2\ Mile West of Highway 
191 & 264, Ganado, AZ 86505, telephone (928) 755-3475, email 
[email protected], by July 31, 2017. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and 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 9, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-13740 Filed 6-29-17; 8:45 am]
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