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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] 

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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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Washington University. The one 

associated funerary object is a bone tool. 

Documentation with the human 

remains states that the remains were 

recovered from ‘‘Colville’’ in Stevens 

County, WA. Based on osteological 

evidence and the associated funerary 

object, the human remains are Native 

American. The geographic location 

within the Plateau Culture Area, oral 

tradition, anthropological and historical 

research all indicate that the town of 

Colville lies within an area occupied by 

the San Poil and Nespelem tribes or 

bands, who are members of and legally 

represented by the Confederated Tribes 

of the Colville Reservation, Washington. 

Both the Colville and the Lakes tribes 

were part of the twelve tribes or bands 

that comprise the Confederated Tribes 

of the Colville Reservation, Washington. 

Determinations Made by the Central 

Washington University, Department of 

Anthropology 

Officials of Central Washington 

University Department of Anthropology 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the one object described above is 

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 object 

and the Confederated Tribes of the 

Colville Reservation, Washington. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian tribe 

that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary object should 

contact Lourdes Henebry-DeLeon, 

Central Washington University 

Department of Anthropology, 400 

University Drive, Ellensburg, WA 

98926–7544, telephone (509) 963–2671, 

before March 28, 2012. Repatriation of 

the human remains and associated 

funerary object to the Confederated 

Tribes of the Colville Reservation, 

Washington, may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The Central Washington University 

Department of Anthropology is 

responsible for notifying the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington, that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: February 22, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4517 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion for 

Native American Human Remains and 

Associated Funerary Objects From 

Arizona in the Possession of San 

Diego State University, San Diego, CA; 

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. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in the possession of San Diego State 

University, San Diego, CA. The human 

remains and cultural items were 

removed from the vicinity of Casa 

Grande and Gila Butte, AZ, and from the 

vicinity of Tuscon, 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. 

This notice corrects the consultation 

and relationship of the human remains 

identified in a Notice of Inventory 

Completion previously published in the 

Federal Register (65 FR 79120–79121, 

December 18, 2000) to include the Gila 

River Indian Community of the Gila 

River Indian Reservation, AZ, for the 

items removed from site SDSU–0370 

(1959–2). 

In the Federal Register (65 FR 79120– 

79121, December 18, 2000), paragraph 

three is corrected by substituting the 

following paragraph: 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by San Diego State 

University professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Gila River Indian Community of the Gila 

River Indian Reservation, Arizona, and 

the Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona. 

In the Federal Register (65 FR 79120– 

79121, December 18, 2000), paragraph 

six is corrected by substituting the 

following paragraph: 

Based on the manner of internment, 

these individuals have been identified 

as Native American. For the human 

remains removed from site SDSU–0370 

(1959–2), geographic affiliation is 

consistent with the historically 

documented territory of the Gila River 

Indian Community of the Gila River 

Indian Reservation, Arizona; for the 

human remains and cultural items 

removed from site SDSU–0371 (19701– 

10), geographic affiliation is consistent 

with the historically documented 

territory of the Tohono O’odham Nation 

of Arizona. 

In the Federal Register (65 FR 79120– 

79121, December 18, 2000), paragraph 

seven is corrected by substituting the 

following paragraph: 

Determinations Made by the San Diego 

State University 

Officials of San Diego State University 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains listed above represent 

the physical remains of two individuals 

of Native American ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the two objects 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. 

• 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 associated funerary 

objects and the Gila River Indian 

Community of the Gila River Indian 

Reservation, Arizona, and the Tohono 

O’odham Nation of Arizona. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Jaime Lennox, San Diego State 

University, Archeology Collections 

Management Program, 5500 Campanile 

Dr., San Diego, CA 92128–7010, 

telephone (619) 594–4575 before March 

28, 2012. Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

specified above to the Gila River Indian 

Community of the Gila River Indian 

Reservation, Arizona, and the Tohono 

O’odham Nation of Arizona may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

San Diego State University is 

responsible for notifying the Gila River 

Indian Community of the Gila River 

Indian Reservation, Arizona, and the 

Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona that 

this notice has been published. 


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