Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 38 / Monday, February 27, 2012 / Notices 11571 

Dated: February 22, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4519 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, Gila National Forest, 

Silver City, NM; Arizona State Museum, 

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and 

Logan Museum of Anthropology, 

Beloit College, Beloit, WI; Correction 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate cultural items in the 

control of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila 

National Forest, Silver City, NM, and in 

the physical custody of the Arizona 

State Museum, University of Arizona, 

Tucson, AZ, that meet the definition of 

‘‘unassociated funerary objects’’ under 

25 U.S.C. 3001. The cultural items were 

removed from the Gila National Forest 

in Catron County, NM. 

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 

unassociated funerary objects. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

This notice corrects the number of 

unassociated funerary objects removed 

from the Jewett Gap site. Additional 

unassociated funerary objects from the 

site were recently identified by staff at 

the Arizona State Museum, University 

of Arizona, AZ. 

In the Federal Register (70 FR 31510, 

June 1, 2005), paragraph number six is 

corrected by substituting the following 

paragraph: 

Between 1947 and 1949, cultural 

items were removed from the Jewett Gap 

site in the Gila National Forest, Catron 

County, NM, during excavations 

conducted by J. S. Deric O’Bryan of the 

Gila Pueblo Foundation. In 1950, the 

Gila Pueblo Foundation transferred the 

cultural items to the Arizona State 

Museum. The 920 cultural items are 190 

pottery vessels, 608 shell beads, 8 shell 

bracelets, 5 shell pendants, 3 pebbles, 1 

piece of shell, 4 pieces of bone, 8 

projectile points, 2 projectile point 

fragments, 2 stone awls, 1 stone axe, 75 

pieces of chipped stone, 7 pieces of 

malachite and 6 crystals. Based on 

material culture, architecture and site 

organization, the Jewett Gap site has 

been identified as an Upland Mogollon 

pueblo occupied between A.D. 600 and 

1050. 

In the Federal Register (70 FR 31510, 

June 1, 2005), paragraph number nine is 

corrected by substituting the following 

paragraph: 

Officials of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila 

National Forest, have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), 

the 966 cultural items 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 and 

are believed, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, to have been removed from a 

specific burial site of a Native American 

individual. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the unassociated funerary 

objects from the four Upland Mogollon 

sites and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 

Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; and the 

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 unassociated funerary 

objects should contact Dr. Frank E. 

Wozniak, NAGPRA Coordinator, 

Southwestern Region, USDA Forest 

Service, 333 Broadway Blvd. SE., 

Albuquerque, NM, telephone (505) 842– 

3238, before March 28, 2012. 

Repatriation of the unassociated 

funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; 

and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico, may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, Gila National Forest is 

responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe 

of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New 

Mexico; 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. 2012–4545 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los 

Angeles, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Fowler Museum at 

UCLA, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribes, has 

determined that the cultural items meet 

the definition of unassociated funerary 

objects and repatriation to the Indian 

tribe stated below may occur if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe that 

believes itself to be culturally affiliated 

with the cultural items may contact the 

Fowler Museum at UCLA. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the cultural items 

should contact the Fowler Museum at 

UCLA at the address below by March 

28, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Wendy G. Teeter, Ph.D., 

Curator of Archaeology, Fowler 

Museum at UCLA, Box 951549, Los 

Angeles, CA 90095–1549, telephone 

(310) 825–1864. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural 

items in the possession of the Fowler 

Museum at UCLA that meet the 

definition of unassociated funerary 

objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

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 cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

In 1922, two unassociated funerary 

objects were removed from a burial at 

Gila River, AZ, by Frank Larsen. 

Subsequently, the two unassociated 

funerary objects, a jar and a figurine 

head, came into the possession of 

Raleigh W. Applegate in 1949. The 

Fowler Museum at UCLA acquired these 

unassociated funerary objects from 

Mr. Applegate in 1968 as part of a larger 


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southwestern materials collection. 

These unassociated funerary objects are 

currently in the control of the Fowler 

Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. 

Expert testimony identified the jar 

and the figurine head as Late Preclassic 

Hohokam, dating to A.D. 900–1100. 

Nearly all of the Sacaton red-on-buff 

vessels were produced at a few villages 

on the Gila River, most of which are 

now on the Gila River Indian 

Reservation, AZ. 

The Gila River Indian Community of 

the Gila River Indian Reservation, 

Arizona, has submitted a repatriation 

claim for the cultural items described in 

this notice, on behalf of itself and the 

Ak Chin Indian Community of the 

Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa 

Indian Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona; and the Tohono 

O’odham Nation of Arizona (hereinafter 

referred to as ‘‘The Four Southern 

Tribes of Arizona’’). 

The Four Southern Tribes of Arizona 

assert a close relationship of shared 

group identity that can be traced both 

historically and prehistorically between 

The Four Southern Tribes of Arizona 

and the people that inhabited south 

central Arizona and the northern region 

of present day Mexico from time 

immemorial. Therefore, The Four 

Southern Tribes of Arizona claim 

cultural affiliation to the cultural items 

based on geographical, archeological, 

linguistic, oral tradition, and historical 

evidence. These affiliations include 

several archeological cultures including 

(but not limited to) the Archaic, PaleoIndian, Hohokam, Salado, Patayan, and 

Sinagua. 

The Hopi Tribe of Arizona claims 

cultural and ancestral affiliation to all 

human remains, associated and 

unassociated funerary objects, sacred 

objects, and objects of cultural 

patrimony that were collected from 

Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Basketmaker, 

Hisatsinom (Anasazi), Mogollon, 

Hohokam, Sinaguan, Fremont, Mimbres, 

and Salado, prehistoric and historic 

cultures of the Southwest. 

Based on Zuni oral teachings and 

tradition, ethnohistoric documentation, 

historic documentation, archeological 

documentation, and other evidence, the 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico, claims cultural affiliation with 

prehistoric cultures of the southwestern 

United States that include, and are 

known as, Paleo Indian, Archaic, 

Basketmaker, Puebloan, Freemont, 

Anasazi, Mogollon (including Mimbres 

and Jornada), Hohokam, Sinagua, 

Western Pueblo, and Salado. In 

addition, the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico, claims 

cultural affiliation with the historically 

identified Zuni, Cibola, Shiwi, and 

Ashiwi cultures. 

Determinations Made by the Fowler 

Museum at UCLA 

Officials of the Fowler Museum at 

UCLA have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(b), 

the two cultural items 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 and 

are believed, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, to have been removed from a 

specific burial site of a Native American 

individual. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the unassociated funerary 

objects and the Ak Chin Indian 

Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) 

Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River 

Indian Community of the Gila Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa 

Indian Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham 

Nation of Arizona; and the 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 unassociated funerary 

objects should contact Wendy G. Teeter, 

Ph.D., Curator of Archaeology, Fowler 

Museum at UCLA, Box 951549, Los 

Angeles, CA 90095–1549, telephone 

(310) 825–1864, before March 28, 2012. 

Repatriation of the unassociated 

funerary objects to the Gila River Indian 

Community of the Gila River Indian 

Reservation, Arizona, on behalf of The 

Four Southern Tribes of Arizona, may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The Fowler Museum at UCLA is 

responsible for notifying The Four 

Southern Tribes of Arizona, the Hopi 

Tribe of 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. 2012–4542 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bishop Museum has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribe, and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and a present-day Indian tribe. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe that 

believes itself to be culturally affiliated 

with the human remains may contact 

the Bishop Museum. Repatriation of the 

human remains to the 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 

should contact the Bishop Museum at 

the address below by March 28, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Betty Lou Kam, Vice 

President, Cultural Collections, Bishop 

Museum, 1525 Bernice St., Honolulu, HI 

96817, telephone (808) 848–4144. 

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 in the possession of 

the Bishop Museum. The human 

remains were removed from western 

North America, most likely from northcentral California. 

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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Bishop Museum 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe). Correspondence in support of 

the assessment also was provided by the 

Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi 

Indians of California. In addition, the 

Bishop Museum contacted the Table 

Mountain Rancheria of California. 


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