| Back to the top Back to National-NAGPRA [Federal Register: February 26, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 38)] [Notices] [Page 7121-7122] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] - DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Control of Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, National Park Service, Ganado, AZ AGENCY: National Park Service. ACTION: Notice. - Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003(d), of the completion of the inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects in the control of the National Park Service, Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, Ganado, AZ. A detailed assessment and inventory of the human remains and associated funerary objects has been made by professional staff of the National Park Service in consultation with representatives of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, the Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Tribe, the Fort Sill Apache Tribe, the Hopi Tribe, the Jicarilla Apache Tribe, the Mescalero Apache Tribe, the Kaibab Paiute Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the San Carlos Apache Tribe, the Pueblo of Jemez, the Pueblo of Laguna, the Pueblo of Nambe, the Pueblo of Pojoaque, the Pueblo of San Ildefonso, the Pueblo of Tesuque, the Southern Ute Tribe, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, the White Mountain Apache Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe. Human remains representing four individuals were recovered along with 970 funerary objects from a site approximately half a mile from Hubbell Trading Post in 1971 and 1978. No known individuals were identified. Funerary objects include one hemispherical bowl resembling later Zuni ware, one Kana'a bowl, one White Mound bowl, two Lino bowls, one Lino seed jar, 135 potsherds, two pieces of yellow ochre, five olivella shell beads, 808 beads possibly made from juniper berry seed, one flake, one grinding stone, one polishing stone, nine chipped stone fragments, and two animal bone fragments. The above-mentioned materials have been dated between AD 400 and the Basketmaker/Pueblo Period transition in AD 900. This period is recognized as the time the territorial units of the western Anasazi were still in development. Because Anasazi territories in this region did not become well-defined until after AD 900, artifactual evidence does not allow specific identification of a single culturally affiliated Indian tribe. However, examination of cultural materials (e.g., ceramics, stone tools, and other items) and oral history regarding traditional and religious practice indicate probable cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and various Pueblo Indian groups. The oral traditions of both the Hopi Tribe and the Zuni Tribe indicate affiliation with Basketmaker and Anasazi sites. Human remains representing one individual were recovered in 1972 from Wide Reed, a pueblo ruin located east of Hubbell Trading Post. No known individual was identified. No funerary objects are present. The Wide Reed site has been identified as a Pueblo III Period Kayenta Anasazi site, dating to AD 1145-1345. Archeological evidenceincluding ceramics and architectureand oral traditions suggests that Kayenta Anasazi are culturally affiliated with the Hopi Tribe. The Zuni Tribe also claim affiliation with this site based on oral tradition. The National Park Service evidence shows that in addition to the traditional data linking the descendants of Wide Reed with modern Hopi and Zuni, Navajo oral tradition indicates ancestral ties to this site. [[Page 7122]] Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical remains of at least five individuals of Native American ancestry. Historic Site officials have also determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A) and (B), the 970 items listed above are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at or near the time of death as part of the death rite or ceremony. Historic Site officials have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced between the four Native American human remains and 970 associated funerary objects from the site one half mile from Hubbell Trading Post and the Hopi Tribe and the Zuni Tribe. Further, Historic Site officials have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced between the one individual from Wide Reed and the Hopi Tribe, the Zuni Tribe, and the Navajo Nation. This notice has been sent to officials of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, the Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Tribe, the Fort Sill Apache Tribe, the Hopi Tribe, the Jicarilla Apache Tribe, the Mescalero Apache Tribe, the Kaibab Paiute Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the San Carlos Apache Tribe, the Pueblo of Jemez, the Pueblo of Laguna, the Pueblo of Nambe, the Pueblo of Pojoaque, the Pueblo of San Ildefonso, the Pueblo of Tesuque, the Southern Ute Tribe, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, the White Mountain Apache Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains and associated funerary objects should contact Nancy Stone, Superintendent, Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, P.O. Box 150, Ganado, AZ 86505; telephone: (520) 755-3254, before thirty days after publication in the Federal Register. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe, Zuni Tribe, or Navajo Nation may begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward. Dated: February 16, 1996. C. Timothy McKeown, Acting Departmental Consulting Archeologist, Archeology and Ethnography Program. [FR Doc. 96-4200 Filed 2-23-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-70-F Back to the top Back to National-NAGPRA | |
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