[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 63 (Monday, April 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14335-14336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7816]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains
and Associated Funerary Objects From Mohave County, AZ, in the Control
of the Arizona State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Phoenix, AZ
AGENCY: National Park Service
ACTION: Notice
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Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003(d), of the completion of an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects in the control of the Arizona State Office,
Bureau of Land Management, Phoenix, AZ.
A detailed inventory and assessment of the human remains and
associated funerary objects has been made by the Museum of Northern
Arizona professional staff, Southern Utah University Archeology Museum
professional staff, and Bureau of Land Management officials in
consultation with the Hopi Tribe and Kaibab Band of the Paiute Indians
of the Kaibab Indian Reservation.
In 1974 and 1988, human remains representing three individuals were
recovered during legally authorized salvage excavations from the
Reservoir Site (NA 13257), a precontact habitation site. No known
individuals were identified. Six associated funerary objects include
bone fragments of one animal, four ceramic vessels, and azurite
pigment.
In 1989, human remains representing two individuals were recovered
during legally authorized salvage excavations from Site AZ B:1:102
(BLM), a precontact habitation site. No known individuals were
identified. The ten associated funerary objects consist of ceramic
vessels.
Based on context of the sites and the associated funerary objects,
these burials date to the Late Basketmaker III through the Pueblo II
periods (700-1150 AD). Historical documents and ethnographic sources
indicate Paiute people have occupied this area since precontact times.
Kaibab-Paiute oral tradition supports this evidence, and the Kaibab
Band's reservation is now located within eight miles of the recovery
sites. Oral tradition evidence presented by representatives of the Hopi
Tribe indicates cultural affiliation with Basketmaker and Puebloan
sites in this area. Archeological evidence supports this affiliation.
Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Bureau
of Land Management have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10(d)(1),
the human remains listed above represent the physical remains of five
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Bureau of
Land Management have also determined that the sixteen cultural items
listed 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. Lastly, officials of the Bureau of Land
Management have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group identity which can be reasonably
traced between these human remains and associated funerary objects and
the Hopi Tribe and the Kaibab Band of the
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Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation.
This notice has been sent to officials of the Hopi Tribe and the
Kaibab Band of the Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe which believes itself to be
culturally affiliation with these human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Gary Stumpf, Bureau of Land Management, Arizona
State Office, 3707 N. 7th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85014, telephone (602)
650-0509 before May 1, 1996. Repatriation of these human remains and
associated funerary objects may begin after this date if no additional
claimants come forward.
Dated: March 26, 1996
Francis P. McManamon
Departmental Consulting Archeologist
Chief, Archeology & Ethnography Program
[FR Doc. 96-7816 Filed 3-29-96; 8:45 am]
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