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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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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024193; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

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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on the east side of the Clarkdale Smelter 

is identified as being within the Yavapai 

traditional lands. 

The Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico, considers the 

Verde Valley to be within the migration 

path of ancestral Zuni people. 

Archeological evidence, including 

similarities in ceramic designs 

demonstrates continuity between the 

people of the Verde Valley during A.D. 

1125–1425 and the people of Zuni. 

Determinations Made by Tuzigoot 

National Monument 

Officials of Tuzigoot National 

Monument 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 22 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 associated funerary objects 

and The Tribes. 

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 Dorothy FireCloud, 

Superintendent, Tuzigoot National 

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

AZ 86322, telephone (928) 567–5276, 

email dorothy_firecloud@nps.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 Tribes may proceed. 

Tuzigoot National Monument is 

responsible for notifying The Tribes that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: September 21, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24235 Filed 11–7–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024161; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: New York State Museum, 

Albany, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The New York State Museum, 

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 

New York State Museum. 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 New York State Museum at the 

address in this notice by December 8, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Lisa Anderson, New York 

State Museum, 3049 Cultural Education 

Center, Albany, NY 12230, telephone 

(518) 486–2020, email lisa.anderson@

nysed.gov. 

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 New York 

State Museum, Albany, NY, 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 

In 1898, the New York State Museum 

(hereafter ‘‘Museum’’) acquired one 

cultural item from Harriet Maxwell 

Converse of New York City, NY. 

Museum records indicate that Converse 

acquired the mask from Charlie Adams 

on the Tonawanda Seneca Reservation 

(E–37613). 

In 1906, Arthur C. Parker, Museum 

ethnologist and archeologist, purchased 

one cultural item for the New York State 

Museum. The cultural item is a wooden 

medicine mask (E–37039). Museum 

records indicate the medicine face was 

obtained from an individual on the 

Tonawanda Seneca Reservation who 

ceremonially passed the object and its 

inhabiting spirit on to Parker’s care. 

In 1918, Arthur C. Parker purchased 

a cultural item for the Museum from 

Mrs. Laura Doctor on the Tonawanda 

Seneca Reservation. The cultural item is 

a wooden medicine face (E–36869). 

Museum records indicate the medicine 

mask once belonged to Ely S. Parker, a 

prominent member of the Tonawanda 

Seneca Nation who was the uncle of 

Mrs. Doctor and the great-uncle of 

Arthur C. Parker. Ely S. Parker assisted 

Lewis Henry Morgan with his study of 

Iroquois culture, served in the Civil War 

as adjutant for General Ulysses S. Grant, 

and later became the first Native 

American Commissioner of Indian 

Affairs. 

Traditional religious leaders of the 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca (previously 

listed as the Tonawanda Band of Seneca 

Indians of New York) have identified 

these three medicine masks as being 

needed for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by presentday adherents. Museum documentation, 

supported by oral evidence presented 

during consultation with members of 

the Haudenosaunee Standing 

Committee on Burial Rules and 

Regulations, indicates that these 

medicine masks are culturally affiliated 

with the Tonawanda Band of Seneca 

(previously listed as the Tonawanda 

Band of Seneca Indians of New York). 

Determinations Made by the New York 

State Museum 

Officials of the New York State 

Museum have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the three 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 


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