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of associated funerary objects in a 

Notice of Inventory Completion 

previously published in the Federal 

Register (76 FR 14064–14067, March 15, 

2011). During final preparations for 

reburial, additional fragmentary human 

remains were discovered from three of 

the ten sites listed in the notice. As a 

result, the total number of individuals is 

corrected from 241 to 261. Also, 

additional associated funerary objects 

from one of the ten sites listed in the 

previous notice were discovered, and 

the number of associated funerary 

objects from another site was revised. 

Therefore, the total number of 

associated funerary objects is corrected 

from 74 to 103. 

In the Federal Register notice (76 FR 

14064–14067, March 15, 2011), 

paragraph four is corrected by 

substituting the following paragraph: 

In 1979, fragmentary human remains 

representing, at minimum, 20 

individuals were removed from the 

Hilltop Ruin Site, AZ P:14:12(ASM), 

Navajo County, AZ, during a legally 

authorized survey conducted by the 

University of Arizona Archaeological 

Field School, under the direction of 

Madeleine Hinkes. A report prepared by 

Hinkes describes the presence of at least 

45 unauthorized excavation pits at this 

site. The human remains were collected 

from these pits or adjacent backdirt 

piles. There is no record in Arizona 

State Museum files regarding the 

accession of these human remains; 

however, the collection likely entered 

the museum in the same year as other 

collections from the summer field 

school. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Paragraph number 7 is corrected by 

substituting the following paragraph: 

There is no record in Arizona State 

Museum files regarding the accession of 

these human remains; however, the 

collection likely entered the museum in 

the same year as other collections from 

the summer field school. No known 

individuals were identified. The 36 

associated funerary objects include: 1 

stone axe, 1 bone bead, 2 carved stone 

objects, 1 shell pendant, 1 pierced shell, 

3 projectile points, 2 ceramic vessels, 1 

rim sherd, 1 shell bead, 8 shell 

fragments, 7 ceramic sherds, 1 shell 

tinkler, 3 turquoise fragments, 2 worked 

lithic artifacts, 1 worked shell artifact, 

and 1 worked shell fragment. 

Paragraph number 11 is corrected by 

substituting the following paragraph: 

Between 1976 and 1989, legally 

authorized excavations were conducted 

at the site of Chiwodista ́s, AZ 

P:14:24(ASM), Navajo County, AZ, by 

the University of Arizona 

Archaeological Field School, under the 

direction of J. Jefferson Reid. No human 

burials were intentionally excavated 

during this project. Archeological 

collections from the site were brought to 

the museum at the end of each field 

season, but no accession number was 

assigned to them. Between 2009 and 

2011, Arizona State Museum staff found 

fragmentary human remains 

representing, at minimum, 31 

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. 

Paragraph number 19 is corrected by 

substituting the following paragraph: 

In 1929, human remains representing 

six individuals were removed from 

Canyon Creek Ruin, AZ C:2:8(GP)/AZ 

V:2:1(ASM), Gila County, AZ during 

legally authorized excavations 

conducted by the Gila Pueblo 

Foundation, under the direction of Emil 

Haury. In 1950, the Gila Pueblo 

Foundation closed and the collections 

were transferred to the Arizona State 

Museum. No known individuals were 

identified. The 64 associated funerary 

objects include: 1 yucca fiber apron, 1 

basketry bowl, 2 cradleboards, 1 

basketry tump strap, 3 ceramic bowls, 1 

gourd bottle, 1 gourd dipper, 1 gourd 

rind, 2 gourd scoops, 1 hair bundle, 1 

cotton manta, 1 basketry mat, 5 basketry 

mat fragments, 1 piece of plant fiber, 1 

plant fiber blanket, 1 yucca fiber quid, 

1 lot of cotton roving, 2 sandals, 1 wood 

spindle, 28 textile fragments, 3 textile 

wrappings, 4 wood lattice fragments, 

and 1 lot of yucca fiber yarn. 

Paragraph number 24 is corrected by 

substituting the following paragraph: 

In 1969, human remains representing, 

at minimum, five individuals were 

removed from site AZ V:2:12(ASM), 

Gila County, AZ, during legally 

authorized salvage activities conducted 

by the University of Arizona 

Archaeological Field School, under the 

direction of David Tuggle. The site had 

been extensively vandalized and the 

objective of the University of Arizona 

archeologists was to recover human 

remains that had been disturbed. 

Archeological collections from the site 

were brought to the museum at the end 

of the field season, but no accession 

numbers were assigned. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Paragraph number 29 is corrected by 

substituting the following paragraph: 

Officials of the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs and Arizona State Museum have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of 261 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 103 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. 

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 Indian 

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. 2012–4509 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: 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 Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and 

the Arizona State Museum, University 

of Arizona, have completed an 

inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects, in 


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consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribes, and have 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 the 

Arizona State Museum, University of 

Arizona. 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 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 

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 

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 

and associated funerary objects were 

removed from a location within the 

boundaries of the Fort Apache Indian 

Reservation, Navajo 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 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 Reservation, 

Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In the years 1963 through 1977, 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, 1,148 individuals were 

removed from the Grasshopper Pueblo, 

site AZ P:14:1 (ASM), in Navajo County, 

AZ, as a result of legally authorized 

excavations conducted by the 

University of Arizona Archaeological 

Field School. Archaeological collections 

from the site were brought to the 

museum at the end of each field season. 

No known individuals were identified. 

The 1,703 associated funerary objects 

are 4 animal bones, 3 animal claws, 7 

antler artifacts, 1 antler fragment, 9 bone 

artifacts, 32 bone awls, 3 bone awl 

fragments, 4 bone beads, 2 bone 

hairpins, 2 bone needles, 1 bone needle 

fragment, 3 bone ornaments, 14 bone 

rings, 1 bone spatula, 1 bone wand, 556 

ceramic bowls, 39 ceramic bowl 

fragments, 2 ceramic canteens, 1 

ceramic disk, 1 ceramic drill, 1 ceramic 

figurine fragment, 179 ceramic jars, 12 

ceramic jar fragments, 1 ceramic 

pendant, 8 ceramic pitchers, 1 ceramic 

pitcher fragment, 1 ceramic plate, 4 

ceramic scoops, 33 ceramic sherds, 3 

ceramic sherd artifacts, 9 pieces of 

chipped stone, 1 chipped stone core, 2 

pieces of chipped stone debris, 44 

chipped stone flakes, 1 lot of clay, 1 clay 

jar, 1 clay lid fragment, 1 coral fossil, 1 

cotton ball, 5 fossils, 1 hammerstone, 1 

handstone, 9 manos, 4 mano fragments, 

16 lots of mineral, 2 pieces of mortar, 12 

polishing stones, 28 quartz crystals, 7 

shells, 5 shell artifacts, 1 shell artifact 

fragment, 129 shell beads, 11 shell 

bracelets, 2 shell bracelet fragments, 1 

shell necklace, 1 shell ornament, 21 

shell pendants, 3 shell pendant 

fragments, 4 shell rings, 21 shell 

tinklers, 1 shell tinkler fragment, 2 soil 

impressions, 1 stone, 10 stone artifacts, 

1 stone awl, 1 stone axe, 1 stone ball, 

110 stone beads, 1 stone bowl, 1 stone 

concretion, 1 stone cylinder, 1 stone 

disk, 5 stone figurines, 1 stone 

handstone, 3 stone knives, 2 stone 

pebbles, 7 stone pendants, 209 stone 

projectile points, 3 stone projectile point 

fragments, 5 stone shaft smoothers, 1 

stone shaft straightener, 1 stone slab, 1 

textile cord, 5 turquoise beads, 42 

turquoise pendants, 12 turquoise 

tesserae, and 1 wood mat fragment. 

The Grasshopper Pueblo site is a large 

village site containing approximately 

500 rooms in more than a dozen stone 

room blocks arranged around three main 

plazas. The site has been dated from 

A.D. 1275–1400, based on tree ring 

dates, architectural forms, building 

technology and ceramic styles. These 

characteristics, the mortuary pattern and 

other items of material culture are 

consistent with the archeologicallydescribed Upland Mogollon or 

prehistoric Western Pueblo tradition. 

A detailed discussion of the basis for 

cultural affiliation of archeological sites 

in the region where the above site is 

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 site 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 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 


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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] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

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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