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represent the physical remains of 23 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 23 associated funerary 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 human 

remains and the Alutiiq Tribe of Old 

Harbor (previously listed as Native 

Village of Old Harbor and Village of Old 

Harbor). 

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 human remains and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Edward DeCleva, Regional 

Historic Preservation Officer, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, 

1011 East Tudor Road, MS–235, 

Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907) 

786–3399, email edward_decleva@

fws.gov, by December 8, 2017. After that 

date, if no additional requestors have 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Alutiiq Tribe of Old 

Harbor (previously listed as Native 

Village of Old Harbor and Village of Old 

Harbor) may proceed. 

The Alaska Region, USFWS are 

responsible for notifying the Alutiiq 

Museum and Archaeological Repository 

of Kodiak, Alaska, acting as agent for the 

Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harbor (previously 

listed as Native Village of Old Harbor 

and Village of Old Harbor), Kaguyak 

Village, Native Village of Afognak, 

Native Village of Akhiok, Native Village 

of Larsen Bay, Native Village of 

Ouzinkie, Native Village of Port Lions, 

Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak (previously 

listed as the Shoonaq’ Tribe of Kodiak), 

Tangirnaq Native Village (formerly 

Lesnoi Village (aka Woody Island)) that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: September 14, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024164; 

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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Museum of Texas Tech 

University, Lubbock, TX 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Museum of Texas Tech 

University, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, has determined 

that the cultural items listed in this 

notice meet the definition of sacred 

objects. Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request to the Museum 

of Texas Tech University. If no 

additional claimants come forward, 

transfer of control of the cultural items 

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 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

the Museum of Texas Tech University at 

the address in this notice by December 

8, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Eileen Johnson, 

Museum of Texas Tech University, 3301 

4th Street, Box 43191, Lubbock, TX 

79409–3191, telephone (806) 742–2442, 

email eileen.johnson@ttu.edu. 

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 under the control of the Museum 

of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 

that meet the definition of sacred 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 

At an unknown date, 39 cultural 

items were removed from multiple 

unknown locations. Of these, 38 of the 

cultural items were purchased by Dr. 

Lou Dunn Diekemper from the Morning 

Star Gallery in Santa Fe, NM, between 

1985 and 1987. The history of these 

cultural items prior to being acquired by 

the Morning Star Gallery is unknown. 

Dr. Lou Dunn Diekemper donated these 

items to the Museum of Texas Tech 

University in 2006. The remaining item 

was purchased by Evelyn Davies in 

2004 from the Adobe Gallery in Santa 

Fe, NM. The history of this object prior 

to being acquired by the Adobe Gallery 

is unknown. Evelyn Davies donated this 

item to the Museum of Texas Tech 

University in 2016. The 39 sacred items 

are 4 pahoes, 1 bandolier bag, and 3 jish 

and their contents that make up the 

remaining 31 items. 

Representatives of the Navajo Nation, 

Arizona, New Mexico & Utah examined 

records for these items, and consider 

them all to be sacred objects and objects 

of cultural patrimony belonging to the 

Navajo people. These representatives 

confirmed that Navajo jish are still in 

ceremonial use by the Navajo today, and 

can be possessed only by someone with 

proper ceremonial knowledge. 

Information from the Morning Star 

Gallery associated with the cultural 

items states that they are Navajo items 

intended for ceremonial use, and this 

information is consistent with related 

accession, catalog, and documentary 

information maintained by the Museum 

of Texas Tech University. 

Determinations Made by the Museum of 

Texas Tech University 

Officials of the Museum of Texas 

Tech University have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the 39 cultural items described above 

are specific ceremonial objects needed 

by traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present-day adherents. 

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

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the sacred objects and Navajo 

Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Dr. Eileen Johnson, Museum of Texas 


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Tech University, 3301 4th Street, Box 

43191, Lubbock, TX 79409–3191, 

telephone (806) 742–2442, email 

eileen.johnson@ttu.edu, by December 8, 

2017. After that date, if no additional 

claimants have come forward, transfer 

of control of the sacred objects to Navajo 

Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah 

may proceed. 

The Museum of Texas Tech 

University is responsible for notifying 

the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New 

Mexico & Utah that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: September 15, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24232 Filed 11–7–17; 8:45 am] 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Tuzigoot National 

Monument, Clarkdale, AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, National Park Service, Tuzigoot 

National Monument, 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 Tuzigoot National Monument. 

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 Tuzigoot National Monument 

at the address in this notice by 

December 8, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Dorothy FireCloud, 

Superintendent, Tuzigoot National 

Monument, P.O. Box 219, Camp Verde, 

AZ 86322, telephone (928) 567–5276, 

email dorothy_firecloud@nps.gov. 

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, 

National Park Service, Tuzigoot 

National Monument, Clarkdale, AZ. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from a site in 

Yavapai 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 Superintendent, Tuzigoot National 

Monument. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Tuzigoot National 

Monument professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Ak-Chin Indian Community (previously 

listed as the Ak Chin Indian Community 

of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian 

Reservation, Arizona); Fort McDowell 

Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Gila River 

Indian Community of the Gila River 

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; Yavapai-Prescott 

Indian Tribe (previously listed as the 

Yavapai-Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai 

Reservation, Arizona); and Zuni Tribe of 

the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1955, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from a prehistoric village site 

located on the east side of the Clarkdale 

Smelter property in Yavapai County, 

AZ, by Ed Starkey and later donated to 

Tuzigoot National Monument. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

22 associated funerary objects are 16 

shell bracelets, 1 jar, and 5 bowls. 

The Ak Chin Indian Community of 

Maricopa (Ak Chin) Reservation, 

Arizona; Gila River Indian Community 

of the Gila River Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa 

Indian Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona; and the Tohono 

O’odham Nation of Arizona comprise 

one cultural group known as the 

O’odham. Material culture items found 

at the site, including associated funerary 

objects, demonstrate continuity between 

the people of the prehistoric village site 

located on the east side of the Clarkdale 

Smelter and the O’odham. These items 

include a Sacaton red on buff bowl and 

locally made plainware ceramics that 

are similar in construction and 

appearance to plainware ceramics made 

in lands attributed to the Hohokam 

archeological culture, commonly 

considered to be ancestral O’odham. 

Consultation with O’odham Tribes also 

indicates that oral traditions exist that 

describe ancestral O’odham people 

living in the Verde Valley. 

The Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, 

Arizona, traces ancestry to Yavapai 

bands once living in the Verde Valley. 

Consultation with Yavapai Tribes 

indicates the existence of specific 

ancestral names for the sites in the 

Verde Valley and a belief that ancestors 

lived near the sites. Archeological sites 

identified as Yavapai have also been 

found near the prehistoric village site on 

the east side of the Clarkdale Smelter. 

Additionally, the prehistoric village site 

on the east side of the Clarkdale Smelter 

is identified as being within the Yavapai 

traditional lands. 

The Hopi Tribe of Arizona considers 

all of Arizona to be within traditional 

Hopi lands or within areas where Hopi 

clans migrated in the past. Evidence 

demonstrating continuity between the 

people that lived at the prehistoric 

village site on the east side of the 

Clarkdale Smelter and the Hopi Tribe 

includes archeological, anthropological, 

linguistic, folkloric and oral traditions. 

Ceramic vessels associated with the 

Kayenta tradition demonstrate 

continuity between the prehistoric 

village, and the Hopi people. During 

consultation, Hopi clan members also 

identified ancestral names and 

traditional stories about specific events 

and ancestral people in the Verde 

Valley. 

The Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe 

(previously listed as the YavapaiPrescott Tribe of the Yavapai 

Reservation, Arizona) traces ancestry to 

Yavapai bands once living in the Verde 

Valley. Consultation with Yavapai 

Tribes indicates the existence of specific 

ancestral names for the sites in the 

Verde Valley and a belief that ancestors 

lived near the sites. Archeological sites 

identified as Yavapai have also been 

found near the prehistoric village site on 

the east side of the Clarkdale Smelter. 

Additionally, the prehistoric village site 


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