[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51863-51864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24235]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0024193; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Tuzigoot National Monument, Clarkdale, AZ

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 
Tuzigoot National Monument, 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 
Tuzigoot National Monument. 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 Tuzigoot National Monument at the address in 
this notice by December 8, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Dorothy FireCloud, Superintendent, Tuzigoot National 
Monument, P.O. Box 219, Camp Verde, AZ 86322, telephone (928) 567-5276, 
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, Tuzigoot National Monument, 
Clarkdale, AZ. The human remains and associated funerary objects were 
removed from a site in Yavapai 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). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
Superintendent, Tuzigoot National Monument.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Tuzigoot 
National Monument professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Ak-Chin Indian Community (previously listed as 
the Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian 
Reservation, Arizona); Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Gila 
River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; 
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the 
Salt River Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; 
Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe (previously listed as the Yavapai-
Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai Reservation, Arizona); and Zuni Tribe of 
the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico (hereafter referred to as ``The 
Tribes'').

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1955, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from a prehistoric village site located on the east side 
of the Clarkdale Smelter property in Yavapai County, AZ, by Ed Starkey 
and later donated to Tuzigoot National Monument. No known individuals 
were identified. The 22 associated funerary objects are 16 shell 
bracelets, 1 jar, and 5 bowls.
    The Ak Chin Indian Community of Maricopa (Ak Chin) Reservation, 
Arizona; Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian 
Reservation, Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the 
Salt River Reservation, Arizona; and the Tohono O'odham Nation of 
Arizona comprise one cultural group known as the O'odham. Material 
culture items found at the site, including associated funerary objects, 
demonstrate continuity between the people of the prehistoric village 
site located on the east side of the Clarkdale Smelter and the O'odham. 
These items include a Sacaton red on buff bowl and locally made 
plainware ceramics that are similar in construction and appearance to 
plainware ceramics made in lands attributed to the Hohokam 
archeological culture, commonly considered to be ancestral O'odham. 
Consultation with O'odham Tribes also indicates that oral traditions 
exist that describe ancestral O'odham people living in the Verde 
Valley.
    The Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona, traces ancestry to 
Yavapai bands once living in the Verde Valley. Consultation with 
Yavapai Tribes indicates the existence of specific ancestral names for 
the sites in the Verde Valley and a belief that ancestors lived near 
the sites. Archeological sites identified as Yavapai have also been 
found near the prehistoric village site on the east side of the 
Clarkdale Smelter. Additionally, the prehistoric village site on the 
east side of the Clarkdale Smelter is identified as being within the 
Yavapai traditional lands.
    The Hopi Tribe of Arizona considers all of Arizona to be within 
traditional Hopi lands or within areas where Hopi clans migrated in the 
past. Evidence demonstrating continuity between the people that lived 
at the prehistoric village site on the east side of the Clarkdale 
Smelter and the Hopi Tribe includes archeological, anthropological, 
linguistic, folkloric and oral traditions. Ceramic vessels associated 
with the Kayenta tradition demonstrate continuity between the 
prehistoric village, and the Hopi people. During consultation, Hopi 
clan members also identified ancestral names and traditional stories 
about specific events and ancestral people in the Verde Valley.
    The Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe (previously listed as the 
Yavapai-Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai Reservation, Arizona) traces 
ancestry to Yavapai bands once living in the Verde Valley. Consultation 
with Yavapai Tribes indicates the existence of specific ancestral names 
for the sites in the Verde Valley and a belief that ancestors lived 
near the sites. Archeological sites identified as Yavapai have also 
been found near the prehistoric village site on the east side of the 
Clarkdale Smelter. Additionally, the prehistoric village site

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on the east side of the Clarkdale Smelter is identified as being within 
the Yavapai traditional lands.
    The Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, considers the 
Verde Valley to be within the migration path of ancestral Zuni people. 
Archeological evidence, including similarities in ceramic designs 
demonstrates continuity between the people of the Verde Valley during 
A.D. 1125-1425 and the people of Zuni.

Determinations Made by Tuzigoot National Monument

    Officials of Tuzigoot National Monument have determined that:
     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(3)(A), the 22 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 Tribes.

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 Dorothy FireCloud, Superintendent, Tuzigoot 
National Monument, P.O. Box 219, Camp Verde, AZ 86322, telephone (928) 
567-5276, email [email protected], by December 8, 2017. After 
that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to The 
Tribes may proceed.
    Tuzigoot National Monument is responsible for notifying The Tribes 
that this notice has been published.

    Dated: September 21, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-24235 Filed 11-7-17; 8:45 am]
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