[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21405-21406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08381]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-12548; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon, AZ
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service,
Grand Canyon National Park has completed an inventory of human remains
and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation
between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-
day Indian tribes. Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes
itself to be culturally affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects may contact Grand Canyon National Park.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects to
the Indian tribes stated below may occur if no additional claimants
come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Grand Canyon National Park at the address below
by May 10, 2013.
ADDRESSES: David Uberuaga, Superintendent, Grand Canyon National Park,
P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023, telephone (928) 638-7945.
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 in the possession of Grand Canyon National
Park, Grand Canyon, AZ. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from within Grand Canyon National Park, Coconino
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, Grand Canyon National Park.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Grand Canyon
National Park professional staff in consultation with representatives
of the Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation, Arizona; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian
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; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New
Mexico, & Utah; 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)); San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain
Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Apache
Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of
the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico (hereafter referred to as ``The
Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
In 1969, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from site AZ B:16:103 in Coconino County, AZ, during
legally authorized excavations by Robert Cornelius. No known
individuals were identified. The two associated funerary objects are
one Deadman's Black-on-red ceramic bowl and one Dogozshi Black-on-white
ceramic canteen.
Site architecture and associated funerary objects indicate that the
site was occupied by ancestral Puebloan peoples, and the human remains
were buried between A.D. 1050 and 1150.
In 1969-1970, human remains representing a minimum of four
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individuals were removed from Walhalla Ruin in Coconino County, AZ,
during legally authorized excavations by the School of American
Research under the direction of Douglas W. Schwartz. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were first stored at the School of
American Research, transferred to the National Park Service's Western
Archeological and Conservation Center in Tucson, AZ, in 1989, and then
transferred to Grand Canyon National Park in 2006. No known individuals
were identified. The 103 associated funerary objects are 1 Walhalla
Black-on-white bowl; 2 Tusayan Black-on-red jars; 1 Citadel Polychrome
bowl; 1 Tusayan White Ware jar with handle; 1 Shinarump corrugated jar;
2 cores; 48 flakes; 1 projectile point; 1 bead bracelet; 4 Middleton
Polychrome sherds; 2 Flagstaff Black-on-white bowls; 1 Virgin Black-on-
white jar with two handles; 1 Tusayan corrugated pitcher; 1 Sosi Black-
on-white pitcher; 1 Dogoszhi Black-on-white pitcher; 1 Holbrook Black-
on-white bowl; 2 Walhalla corrugated jars, each with one handle; 1
Walnut Black-on-white seed jar; 1 Walnut Black-on-white bowl; 2
fragments of a rectangular stone ornament; 26 sherds; 1 bag of
fragmentary mammal bones; and 1 mano.
Walhalla Ruin is part of a larger complex of hundreds of sites
located on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Site architecture, cross-
dating, ceramic typology, dendrochronology, and tools found at the site
indicate that Walhalla Ruin was occupied by ancestral Puebloan peoples
between A.D. 1050 and 1150.
In 1969-1970, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from GC 671 in Coconino County, AZ, during
legally authorized excavations conducted by Southern Utah University
under the direction of Richard A. Thompson. The human remains were
curated at Southern Utah University until 1996, when they were
transferred to Grand Canyon National Park. No known individuals were
identified. The three associated funerary objects are one worked and
drilled bowl fragment (Sosi black-on-white), one plain gray jar, and
one mano fragment.
Site architecture, ceramics, and flaked stone tools indicate that
the site was occupied by ancestral Puebloan peoples between A.D. 1000
and 1300.
In 1976-1977, human remains representing a minimum of six
individuals were removed from GC 663 in Coconino County, AZ, during
legally authorized excavations by the Southern Utah University
Archeological Field School under the direction of Richard A. Thompson.
The human remains were curated at Southern Utah University until 1996,
when they were transferred to Grand Canyon National Park. No known
individuals were identified. The three associated funerary objects are
one partial small ceramic jar, one ceramic sherd, and one ceramic bowl
fragment with rim.
Site architecture and associated funerary objects suggest that GC
663 was occupied by ancestral Puebloan peoples between A.D. 400 and
1300.
In 1977, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from AZ C:13:85 in Coconino County, AZ, during legally
authorized excavations by former Grand Canyon anthropologist Robert C.
Euler. No known individuals were identified. The three associated
funerary objects are one Tusayan Black-on-red ceramic seed jar, one
Black-on-white ceramic bowl fragment, and one Tusayan corrugated wide-
mouth ceramic jar.
The associated funerary objects indicate that this individual was
buried between A.D. 1050 and 1150.
Architectural similarities, material culture, geography, and oral
histories indicate close cultural and historical ties between the
ancestral Puebloan peoples and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and Zuni Tribe
of the Zuni Indian Reservation, New Mexico.
Archeological assemblages, geography, place names, and oral history
indicate cultural and historical ties between the inhabitants of these
sites and several of the Southern Paiute tribes (Kaibab Band of Paiute
Indians, Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians, Moapa Band of Paiute
Indians, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes).
Determinations Made by Grand Canyon National Park
Officials of Grand Canyon 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 13 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 114 objects
described above 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; 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; 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)); and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact David Uberuaga, Superintendent, Grand Canyon
National Park, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023, telephone (928)
638-7945, before May 10, 2013. Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of 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;
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));
and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Grand Canyon National Park is responsible for notifying The Tribes
that this notice has been published.
Dated: March 11, 2013.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2013-08381 Filed 4-9-13; 8:45 am]
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