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ATA: Archery Trade Association. 

ASA: American Sportfishing Association. 

CAHSS: Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports. 

NFHB: National Fish Habitat Board. 

NS: 2016 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife- Associated Recreation. 

NSSF: National Shooting Sports Foundation. 

WMI: Wildlife Management Institute. 

Dated: June 22, 2018. 

James W. Kurth, 

Deputy Director for U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Exercising the Authority of the 

Director for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18235 Filed 8–22–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026149; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Brooklyn Museum has 

completed an inventory of 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 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 

associated funerary objects should 

submit a written request to the Brooklyn 

Museum. If no additional requestors 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

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 

associated funerary objects should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the request to 

the Brooklyn Museum at the address in 

this notice by September 24, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Nancy Rosoff, Andrew W. 

Mellon Senior Curator, Arts of the 

Americas, Brooklyn Museum, 200 

Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238, 

telephone (718) 501–6283, email 

nancy.rosoff@brooklynmuseum.org. 

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 associated funerary objects under the 

control of the Brooklyn Museum, 

Brooklyn, NY. The associated funerary 

objects were removed from Canyon del 

Muerto, Apache 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 museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American associated funerary objects. 

The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the 

associated funerary objects was made by 

the Brooklyn Museum professional staff 

in consultation with representatives of 

Colorado River Indian Tribes of the 

Colorado River Indian Reservation, 

Arizona and California; Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New 

Mexico & Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New 

Mexico; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah 

& Ouray Reservation, Utah; and Zuni 

Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The 

Consulted Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the 

Associated Funerary Objects 

The associated funerary objects and 

the mummified remains of a man were 

removed from an unidentified site 

within Canyon del Muerto in Apache 

County, AZ, by Charles L. Day at an 

unknown date prior to April 1903. In 

April 1903, Brooklyn Museum curator 

Stewart Culin purchased the associated 

funerary objects and human remains 

from Day. Culin’s catalog cards indicate 

that the associated funerary objects were 

found with the human remains. In 1907, 

the human remains were transferred to 

the Field Museum of Natural History, 

Chicago, IL. The human remains can be 

found in the Field Museum of Natural 

History’s culturally unidentifiable 

inventory. The two associated funerary 

objects are one fragmented arrow shaft 

and one bow with cord. 

The arrow fragments and bow are 

Ancestral Puebloan and date to the 

Pueblo I–III Periods (700–1300 C.E.). 

This determination was made by Susan 

Kennedy Zeller, former Associate 

Curator of Native American Art, on 

August 8, 1996, on the basis of parallel 

materials found within the archeological 

literature. Canyon del Muerto is located 

within the Western Ancestral Puebloan 

cultural area. Archeologically, this 

cultural area is characterized by a 

temporal shift from subterranean pit 

houses to above-ground masonry rooms 

surrounding plazas, rectangular kivas, 

and a wide variety of regionally distinct 

painted ceramics. Other archeological 

sites within Canyon del Muerto indicate 

sustained Ancestral Puebloan 

occupation from the late Basketmaker II 

through the Pueblo III Periods. After the 

start of the Pueblo III Period, around 

1300 C.E., the archeological evidence 

suggests that much of the population 

living within Canyon del Muerto moved 

to other settlements. 

The associated funerary objects were 

examined during consultations by 

representatives from The Tribes during 

1996 and 1997, as part of the Brooklyn 

Museum’s 1996 NAGPRA Grant. 

The Colorado River Tribes of the 

Colorado River Reservation, Arizona 

and California are composed of four 

distinct tribes: the Mohave, 

Chemehuevi, Hopi, and Navajo. 

Evidence for a cultural affiliation 

between the Ancestral Puebloan 

occupants of Canyon del Muerto and the 

Colorado River Tribes of the Colorado 

River Reservation, Arizona and 

California includes similarities in 

material culture and architectural 

design, as well as archeological data and 

oral tradition. Canyon del Muerto lies 

within traditional Hopi territory, and 

Hopi oral tradition speaks of clan 

migrations through the Canyon de 

Chelly region, of which Canyon del 

Muerto is a part. 

Evidence for cultural affiliation 

between the Ancestral Puebloan 

occupants of Canyon del Muerto and the 

Hopi Tribe of Arizona includes 

similarities in material culture and 

architectural design, as well as 

archeological data, geographic 

proximity, and oral tradition. The Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona considers all of 

Arizona to either lie within traditional 

Hopi territory or to be a territory 

through which Hopi clans migrated. 

Evidence for cultural affiliation 

between the Ancestral Puebloan 

occupants of Canyon del Muerto and the 

Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & 

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geographic proximity. Canyon del 

Muerto lies within the aboriginal lands 

of the Navajo Nation, as established by 

the Indian Claims Commission. Navajo 

consultants in 1997 did not specifically 

comment on the cultural affiliation of 

the associated funerary objects. 

However, the Navajo Nation maintains 

that it is affiliated with material and 

human remains from Canyon de Chelly. 

Evidence for cultural affiliation 

between the Ancestral Puebloan 

occupants of Canyon del Muerto and the 

Pueblo of Acoma includes similarities 

in material culture and architectural 

design, expert opinion, and oral 

tradition. The Pueblo of Acoma asserts 

a cultural affiliation with archeological 

sites within the Four Corners area. 

During a 1997 consultation visit to the 

Brooklyn Museum, Pueblo of Acoma 

representatives stated that they consider 

Puebloan archeological material from 

Canyon del Muerto to be ancestral to 

them. 

Evidence for cultural affiliation 

between the Ancestral Puebloan 

occupants of Canyon del Muerto and the 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation 

includes similarities in material culture 

and architectural design, expert 

opinion, geographic proximity, and oral 

tradition. Zuni Tribe representatives 

explained during a 1996 consultation 

that they do not distinguish between 

their Ancestral Puebloan ancestors and 

themselves, and referred to both the 

earlier and present-day groups as Zuni. 

Determinations Made by the Brooklyn 

Museum 

Officials of the Brooklyn Museum 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the two 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 associated 

funerary objects and the Colorado River 

Indian Tribes of the Colorado River 

Indian Reservation, Arizona and 

California; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 

Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & 

Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; 

and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico (hereafter referred to as 

‘‘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 associated funerary objects 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the request to 

Nancy Rosoff, Andrew W. Mellon 

Senior Curator, Arts of the Americas, 

Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern 

Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238, 

telephone (718) 501–6283, email 

nancy.rosoff@brooklynmuseum.org, by 

September 24, 2018. After that date, if 

no additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

associated funerary objects to The 

Tribes may proceed. 

The Brooklyn Museum is responsible 

for notifying The Consulted Tribes that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: July 30, 2018. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18203 Filed 8–22–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026150; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Brooklyn Museum 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 the Brooklyn Museum. 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 the Brooklyn Museum at the 

address in this notice by September 24, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: Nancy Rosoff, Andrew W. 

Mellon Senior Curator, Arts of the 

Americas, Brooklyn Museum, 200 

Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238, 

telephone (718) 501–6283, email 

nancy.rosoff@brooklynmuseum.org. 

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 

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from Sentinel 

Ruin, Canyon del Muerto, Apache 

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 museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American human remains and 

associated funerary objects. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

was made by the Brooklyn Museum 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of Colorado River Indian 

Tribes of the Colorado River 

Reservation, Arizona and California; 

Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, 

Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Navajo 

Nation, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah; 

Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; San 

Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos 

Reservation, Arizona; Tonto Apache 

Tribe of Arizona; Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Utah; 

White Mountain Apache Tribe of the 

Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; and 

Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp 

Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona; and 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico, hereafter referred to as ‘‘The 

Consulted Tribes.’’ 

The Southern Paiute Consortium— 

composed of 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; and 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)—was also consulted at this 

time, but representatives only viewed 

ethnographic objects and did not view 

or offer comments on the human 


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