[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57609-57610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-26289]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0024191; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Tuzigoot National Monument, Camp Verde, AZ, and 
the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, 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, 
Tuzigoot National Monument, has corrected an inventory of human remains 
and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of Inventory 
Completion in the Federal Register on April 1, 2015. This notice 
corrects the minimum number of individuals and number of associated 
funerary objects. 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

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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 January 5, 2018.

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 correction 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 sites 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.
    This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number 
of associated funerary objects published in a Notice of Inventory 
Completion in the Federal Register (80 FR 17486-17488, April 1, 2015). 
The human remains and associated funerary objects were inadvertently 
omitted from the published notice. Transfer of control of the human 
remains and the additional associated funerary objects in this 
correction notice has not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (80 FR 17487, April 1, 2015), column 2, 
paragraphs 3 and 4, under the heading ``Collections Under the Control 
of Tuzigoot National Monument,'' are corrected by substituting the 
following paragraphs:

    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from Tuzigoot Extension Ruin in Yavapai 
County, AZ. The remains were donated to Tuzigoot National Monument 
by a man from the nearby town of Clarkdale. No known individuals 
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.

    At unknown dates, human remains representing, at minimum, eight 
individuals were removed from Tuzigoot Pueblo in Yavapai County, AZ. 
No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects 
are present.
    In 1933 and 1934, human remains representing, at minimum, five 
individuals were removed from Hatalacva Pueblo in Yavapai County, 
AZ. No known individuals were identified. The nine associated 
funerary objects are seven bowls, one pendant, and one necklace.
    In 1933 and 1934, human remains representing, at minimum, 15 
individuals were removed from Tuzigoot Pueblo in Yavapai County, AZ. 
No known individuals were identified. The 34 associated funerary 
objects are 4 bone awls, 1 soil sample, 15 bowls, 8 pendants, 1 
bracelet, 2 necklaces, 1 pitcher, 1 bone tool, and 1 matting 
fragment.
    In 1952, human remains representing, at minimum, eight 
individuals were removed from Tuzigoot Pueblo in Yavapai County, AZ, 
during trail work. No known individuals were identified. The one 
associated funerary object is a bracelet.
    In 1968, human remains representing, at minimum, four 
individuals were removed from Tuzigoot Pueblo in Yavapai County, AZ, 
during stabilization work to the Pueblo. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    In 1983, human remains representing, at minimum, five 
individuals were removed from Tuzigoot Pueblo in Yavapai County, AZ, 
during installation of drainage systems in the Pueblo. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.

    In the Federal Register (80 FR 17488, April 1, 2015), column 2, 
paragraph 1, under the heading ``Determinations made by Tuzigoot 
National Monument,'' is corrected by substituting the following 
paragraphs:

    Officials of Tuzigoot National Monument have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains 
described in this notice under the control of Tuzigoot National 
Monument represent the physical remains of 46 individuals of Native 
American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 44 objects 
described in this notice under the control of Tuzigoot National 
Monument 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.

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 January 5, 2018. After 
that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to 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'') 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. 2017-26289 Filed 12-5-17; 8:45 am]
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