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ancestors as ‘‘Hopi Footprints.’’ This 

migration history is complex and 

detailed, and includes traditions 

relating specific clans to the Mogollon 

region. Hopi cultural advisors have also 

identified medicinal and culinary plants 

at archeological sites in the region. 

Their knowledge about these plants was 

passed down to them from the ancestors 

who inhabited these ancient sites. 

Migration is also an important attribute 

of Zuni oral tradition, and includes 

accounts of Zuni ancestors passing 

through the Upland Mogollon region. 

The ancient villages mark the routes of 

these migrations. Zuni cultural advisors 

remark that the ancient sites were not 

abandoned. People returned to these 

places from time to time, either to 

reoccupy them or for the purpose of 

religious pilgrimages—a practice that 

has continued to the present day. 

Archeologists have found ceramic 

evidence at shrines in the Upland 

Mogollon region that confirms these 

reports. Zuni cultural advisors have 

names for plants endemic to the 

Mogollon region that do not grow on the 

Zuni Reservation. They also have 

knowledge about traditional medicinal 

and ceremonial uses for these resources, 

which has been passed down to them 

from their ancestors. Furthermore, Hopi 

and Zuni cultural advisors have 

recognized that their ancestors may 

have been co-resident at some of the 

sites in this region during their ancestral 

migrations. 

There are differing points of view 

regarding the possible presence of 

Apache people in the Upland Mogollon 

region during the time that Grasshopper 

Pueblo was occupied. Some Apache 

traditions describe interactions with 

Ancestral Pueblo people during this 

time, but according to these stories, 

Puebloan people and Apache people 

were regarded as having separate 

identities. The White Mountain Apache 

Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, 

Arizona, does not claim cultural 

affiliation with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects from this 

site. As reported by Welch and Ferguson 

(2005), consultations between the White 

Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort 

Apache Reservation, Arizona, and the 

Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & 

Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; 

and Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico, 

have indicated that none of these tribes 

wish to pursue claims of affiliation with 

sites on White Mountain Apache Tribal 

lands. Finally, the White Mountain 

Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache 

Reservation, Arizona, supports the 

repatriation of human remains and 

associated funerary objects from this site 

and is ready to assist the Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico, in the 

reburial. 

Determinations Made by the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and 

the Arizona State Museum, University 

of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 

Officials of the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs and the Arizona State Museum 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 1,148 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 1,703 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 and Zuni 

Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact John McClelland, NAGPRA 

Coordinator, Arizona State Museum, 

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 

85721, telephone (520) 626–2950, before 

March 28, 2012. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico, may proceed after that date if 

no additional claimants come forward. 

The Arizona State Museum is 

responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe 

of Arizona; White Mountain Apache 

Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, 

Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico, that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: February 22, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4510 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and 

the Arizona State Museum, University 

of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Department 

of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

and the Arizona State Museum, 

University of Arizona, have completed 

an inventory of human remains, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribes, and have determined that 

there is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and present-day Indian 

tribes. Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains may 

contact the Arizona State Museum, 

University of Arizona. Repatriation of 

the human remains 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 

should contact the Arizona State 

Museum, University of Arizona, at the 

address below by March 28, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: John McClelland, NAGPRA 

Coordinator, P.O. Box 210026, Arizona 

State Museum, University of Arizona, 

Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone (520) 626– 

2950. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby 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 under the control of 

the U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, 

DC, and in the physical custody of the 

Arizona State Museum, University of 

Arizona, Tucson, AZ (ASM). The 

human remains were removed from 

sites within the boundaries of the Fort 

Apache Indian Reservation, Gila and 

Navajo Counties, 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. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 


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Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the ASM 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe 

of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1979, legally authorized test 

excavations were conducted at site AZ 

P:14:264 (ASM), Navajo County, AZ, by 

the University of Arizona 

Archaeological Field School, under the 

direction of Brian Byrd. No human 

burials were intentionally excavated 

during this project. Archeological 

collections from the site were brought to 

the museum at the end of the field 

season, but no accession number was 

assigned to them. In 2011, ASM staff 

found fragmentary human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual intermingled with animal 

bone collections from this site. The 

animal bones are not considered to be 

associated funerary objects. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Site AZ P:14:264 is a sherd and lithic 

scatter located near the test excavation 

sites. Based on the ceramic assemblage, 

the site has been dated to the period 

A.D. 1000–1400. The ceramic forms are 

consistent with the archeologicallydescribed Upland Mogollon or 

prehistoric Western Pueblo traditions. 

In 1979, legally authorized test 

excavations were conducted at site AZ 

P:14:296 (ASM), Navajo County, AZ, by 

the University of Arizona 

Archaeological Field School, under the 

direction of Brian Byrd. No human 

burials were intentionally excavated 

during this project. Archeological 

collections from the site were brought to 

the museum at the end of the field 

season, but no accession number was 

assigned to them. In 2011, ASM staff 

found fragmentary human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual intermingled with animal 

bone collections from this site. The 

animal bones are not considered to be 

associated funerary objects. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Site AZ P:14:296 consists of a sherd 

and lithic scatter. In addition, the 

remains of at least one pit house were 

located near the test excavation sites. 

Based on the ceramic assemblage and 

architectural forms, the site has been 

dated to A.D. 700–900. The ceramic and 

architectural forms are consistent with 

the archeologically-described Upland 

Mogollon or prehistoric Western Pueblo 

traditions. 

In 1979, legally authorized test 

excavations were conducted at site AZ 

P:14:297 (ASM), Navajo County, AZ, by 

the University of Arizona 

Archaeological Field School, under the 

direction of Brian Byrd. No human 

burials were intentionally excavated 

during this project. Archeological 

collections from the site were brought to 

the museum at the end of the field 

season, but no accession number was 

assigned to them. In 2011, ASM staff 

found fragmentary human remains 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals intermingled with animal 

bone collections from this site. The 

animal bones are not considered to be 

associated funerary objects. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Site AZ P:14:297 is a sherd and lithic 

scatter. In addition, the remains of at 

least one pit house were located near 

the test excavation sites. Based on a tree 

ring date, the site has been dated to the 

period A.D. 800–1000. The ceramic and 

architectural forms are consistent with 

the archeologically-described Upland 

Mogollon or prehistoric Western Pueblo 

traditions. 

In 1979, legally authorized test 

excavations were conducted at site AZ 

V:2:72 (ASM), Gila County, AZ, by the 

University of Arizona Archaeological 

Field School, under the direction of 

Brian Byrd. No human burials were 

intentionally excavated during this 

project. Archeological collections from 

the site were brought to the museum at 

the end of the field season, but no 

accession number was assigned to them. 

In 2011, ASM staff found fragmentary 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual intermingled 

with animal bone collections from this 

site. The animal bones are not 

considered to be associated funerary 

objects. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Site AZ V:2:72 is a rock shelter 

located in the same vicinity as Hole 

Canyon Pueblo, site AZ V:2:5. Based on 

the ceramic assemblage, the site has 

been dated to A.D. 1000–1200. The 

ceramic forms are consistent with the 

archeologically-described Upland 

Mogollon or prehistoric Western Pueblo 

traditions. 

A detailed discussion of the basis for 

cultural affiliation of archeological sites 

in the region where the above sites are 

located may be found in ‘‘Cultural 

Affiliation Assessment of White 

Mountain Apache Tribal Lands (Fort 

Apache Indian Reservation),’’ by John R. 

Welch and T.J. Ferguson (2005). To 

summarize, archeologists have used the 

terms Upland Mogollon or prehistoric 

Western Pueblo to define the 

archeological complexes represented by 

the sites listed above. Material culture 

characteristics of these traditions 

include a temporal progression from 

earlier pit houses to later masonry 

pueblos, villages organized in room 

blocks of contiguous dwellings 

associated with plazas, rectangular 

kivas, polished and paint-decorated 

ceramics, unpainted corrugated 

ceramics, inhumation burials, 

cradleboard cranial deformation, 

grooved stone axes, and bone artifacts. 

The combination of the material culture 

attributes and a subsistence pattern, 

which included hunting and gathering 

augmented by maize agriculture, helps 

to identify an earlier group. 

Archeologists have also remarked that 

there are strong similarities between this 

earlier group and present-day tribes 

included in the Western Pueblo 

ethnographic group, especially the Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of 

the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. The 

similarities in ceramic traditions, burial 

practices, architectural forms and 

settlement patterns have led 

archeologists to believe that the 

prehistoric inhabitants of the Mogollon 

Rim region migrated north and west to 

the Hopi mesas, and north and east to 

the Zuni River Valley. Certain objects 

found in Upland Mogollon 

archeological sites have been found to 

have strong resemblances to ritual 

paraphernalia that are used in 

continuing religious practices by the 

Hopi and Zuni. Some petroglyphs on 

the Fort Apache Indian Reservation 

have also persuaded archeologists of 

continuities between the earlier 

identified group and current-day 

Western Pueblo people. Biological 

information from the site of 

Grasshopper Pueblo, which is located in 

close proximity to the sites listed above, 

supports the view that the prehistoric 

occupants of the Upland Mogollon 

region had migrated from various 

locations to the north and west of the 

region. 

Hopi and Zuni oral traditions parallel 

the archeological evidence for 

migration. Migration figures 

prominently in Hopi oral tradition, 

which refers to the ancient sites, 

pottery, stone tools, petroglyphs and 

other artifacts left behind by the 

ancestors as ‘‘Hopi Footprints.’’ This 

migration history is complex and 

detailed, and includes traditions 

relating specific clans to the Mogollon 

region. Hopi cultural advisors have also 

identified medicinal and culinary plants 


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at archeological sites in the region. 

Their knowledge about these plants was 

passed down to them from the ancestors 

who inhabited these ancient sites. 

Migration is also an important attribute 

of Zuni oral tradition, and includes 

accounts of Zuni ancestors passing 

through the Upland Mogollon region. 

The ancient villages mark the routes of 

these migrations. Zuni cultural advisors 

remark that the ancient sites were not 

abandoned. People returned to these 

places from time to time, either to 

reoccupy them or for the purpose of 

religious pilgrimages—a practice that 

has continued to the present day. 

Archeologists have found ceramic 

evidence at shrines in the Upland 

Mogollon region that confirms these 

reports. Zuni cultural advisors have 

names for plants endemic to the 

Mogollon region that do not grow on the 

Zuni Reservation. They also have 

knowledge about traditional medicinal 

and ceremonial uses for these resources, 

which has been passed down to them 

from their ancestors. Furthermore, Hopi 

and Zuni cultural advisors have 

recognized that their ancestors may 

have been co-resident at some of the 

sites in this region during their ancestral 

migrations. 

There are differing points of view 

regarding the possible presence of 

Apache people in the Upland Mogollon 

region during the time that these ancient 

sites were occupied. Some Apache 

traditions describe interactions with 

Ancestral Puebloan people during this 

time, but according to these stories, 

Puebloan people and Apache people 

were regarded as having separate 

identities. The White Mountain Apache 

Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, 

Arizona, does not claim cultural 

affiliation with the human remains from 

these ancestral Upland Mogollon sites. 

As reported by Welch and Ferguson 

(2005), consultations between the White 

Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort 

Apache Reservation, Arizona, and the 

Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & 

Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; 

and Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico, 

have indicated that none of these tribes 

wish to pursue claims of affiliation with 

sites on White Mountain Apache Tribal 

lands. Finally, the White Mountain 

Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache 

Reservation, Arizona, supports the 

repatriation of human remains from 

these ancestral Upland Mogollon sites 

and is ready to assist the Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico, in their 

reburial on tribal land. 

Determinations Made by the Bureau of 

Indian Affairs and the Arizona State 

Museum 

Officials of the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs and the Arizona State Museum 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of five 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• 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 the Hopi Tribe of Arizona 

and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact John McClelland, 

NAGPRA Coordinator, Arizona State 

Museum, University of Arizona, 

Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone (520) 626– 

2950, before March 28, 2012. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and Zuni 

Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico, may proceed after that date if 

no additional claimants come forward. 

The Arizona State Museum is 

responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe 

of Arizona; White Mountain Apache 

Tribe of the Fort Apache Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; and the Zuni 

Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: February 2, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4505 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Central Washington University 

Department of Anthropology, 

Ellensburg, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Central Washington 

University Department of Anthropology 

has completed an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary object 

in consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribe, and has determined that 

there is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

object and a present-day Indian tribe. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe that 

believes itself to be culturally affiliated 

with the human remains and associated 

funerary object may contact the Central 

Washington University Department of 

Anthropology. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

object to the Indian tribe 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 object should 

contact the Central Washington 

University Department of Anthropology 

at the address below by March 28, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Lourdes Henebry-DeLeon, 

Central Washington University 

Department of Anthropology, 

Ellensburg, WA 98926–7544, telephone 

(509) 963–2671. 

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 an associated 

funerary object in the control of Central 

Washington University Department of 

Anthropology, Ellensburg, WA. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

object were removed from Stevens 

County, WA. 

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 object. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Central 

Washington University Department of 

Anthropology professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington. 

History and Description of the Remains 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from Stevens 

County, WA, by an unknown 

individual. In 1974, the Thomas Burke 

Memorial State Museum (Burke 

Museum), University of Washington, 

transferred the human remains and 

associated funerary object to Central 


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