Notice2021-13509
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Tuzigoot National Monument, Clarkdale, AZ
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Published
June 25, 2021
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Abstract
The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Tuzigoot National Monument, 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 unassociated funerary 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 Tuzigoot National Monument. 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 120 (Friday, June 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33736-33737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13509]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032104; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of
the Interior, National Park Service, Tuzigoot National Monument,
Clarkdale, AZ
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service,
Tuzigoot National Monument, 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
unassociated funerary 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 Tuzigoot National Monument. 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 Tuzigoot National Monument at
the address in this notice by July 26, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lloyd Masayumptewa, Acting
Superintendent, Tuzigoot National Monument, P.O. Box 219, Camp Verde,
AZ 86322, telephone (928) 567-5276, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#327e5e5d4b566d7f5341534b475f4246574553725c42411c555d44"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c08cacafb9a49f8da1b3a1b9b5adb0b4a5b7a180aeb0b3eea7afb6">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service,
Tuzigoot National Monument, Clarkdale, AZ, 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
Superintendent, Tuzigoot National Monument.
History and Description of the Cultural Items
Tuzigoot Pueblo, Hatalacva Pueblo, and Tuzigoot Extension Pueblo in
the Verde Valley of Arizona, were excavated in 1933 and 1934 by
University of Arizona graduate students, Louis Caywood and Edward
Spicer, when the three sites were on private land owned by the United
Verde Copper Company. The three sites were excavated as part of a
single project funded through the Civil Works Administration.
Excavation notes indicate that several of the human remains excavated
during this project were left in-situ or were reburied at the close of
the excavation in 1934 without the associated grave goods, which were
taken to a private museum in Clarkdale, AZ, or held in private hands.
When Tuzigoot National Monument was established in 1939, the artifacts
were transferred to Tuzigoot National Monument.
Between 1933-1934, 17 cultural items were removed from Hatalacva
Pueblo in
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Yavapai County, AZ. The 17 unassociated funerary objects are 13 bowls,
one pendent, one cup, one necklace, and one awl.
Between 1933-1934, 7,171 cultural items were removed from Tuzigoot
Pueblo in Yavapai County, AZ. The 7,171 unassociated funerary objects
are one bow, two basketry fragments, one spindle whorl, two axes, one
crystal, one prayer stick, 19 dendrochronology samples, 13 jars, 84
bowls, four miniature bowls, four pitchers, four ladles, one miniature
jar, 6,969 beads, 12 pendants, 19 bracelets, three unworked shells,
eight projectile points, six necklaces, five rings, four worked shells,
one worked sherd, two worked bones, two drills, two unworked bones, and
one pigment.
Between 1933-1934, 896 cultural items were removed from Tuzigoot
Extension Pueblo in Yavapai County, AZ. The 896 unassociated funerary
objects are 19 bowls, one jar, one miniature jar, one ladle, one
whistle, one bracelet, one ring, 844 beads, six pendants, 14 projectile
points, one crystal, two ground stone artifacts, two knives, and two
drills.
Tuzigoot Pueblo is a large pueblo with more than 100 rooms, which
is classified by archeologists as Southern Sinagua, Honanki and
Tuzigoot phases. Occupation dates range from A.D. 1125-1425. Tuzigoot
Extension Pueblo and Hatalacva Pueblo are multi-room pueblos near
Tuzigoot National Monument, also classified as Southern Sinagua,
Honanki, and Tuzigoot phases.
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 Tuzigoot, Tuzigoot Extension, and Hatalacva and the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona includes archeological, anthropological, linguistic, folkloric,
and oral traditions. Ceramic vessels made only on the Hopi mesas as
well as coiled basketry demonstrate continuity between Tuzigoot Pueblo,
Tuzigoot Extension Pueblo, and Hatalacva Pueblo, 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.
Determinations Made by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Tuzigoot National Monument
Officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park
Service, Tuzigoot National Monument have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 8,084 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.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the 8,084
unassociated funerary objects and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
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 Lloyd Masayumptewa, Acting Superintendent,
Tuzigoot National Monument, P.O. Box 219, Camp Verde, AZ 86322,
telephone (928) 567-5276, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#501c3c3f29340f1d31233129253d2024352731103e20237e373f26"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d894b4b7a1bc8795b9abb9a1adb5a8acbdafb998b6a8abf6bfb7ae">[email protected]</span></a>, by July 26,
2021. After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward,
transfer of control of the unassociated funerary objects to the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona may proceed.
The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service,
Tuzigoot National Monument is responsible for notifying 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-Apache Nation of the Camp
Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe
[previously listed as Yavapai-Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai
Reservation, Arizona]; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico that this notice has been published.
Dated: June 9, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-13509 Filed 6-24-21; 8:45 am]
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