FR Doc 05-15321
[Federal Register: August 3, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 148)]
[Notices]
[Page 44690-44691]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 in the control of the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC,
and in the physical custody of the Arizona State Museum, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ. The human remains were removed from sites within
the boundaries of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Pinal 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
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Bureau of
Indian Affairs professional staff and Arizona State Museum professional
staff in consultation with representatives of the Ak Chin Indian
Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 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; and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. The Zuni Tribe has
withdrawn from this consultation. The Gila River Indian Community of
the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona is acting on behalf
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of the Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the
Salt River Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona;
and themselves.
During the years 1971-1973, human remains representing a minimum of
six individuals were removed from sites designated GR 2752, GR 2910, GR
3053, and AZ U:13:35 ASM, on the Gila River Indian Reservation, Pinal
County, AZ, by Donald Wood, staff member of the Arizona State Museum.
The human remains were originally classified as faunal remains. In
2005, a staff member of the Arizona State Museum examined collections
of faunal bones from sites on the Gila River Indian Reservation and
reclassified these six sets of remains as human bone. These are
fragmentary sets of human remains that were not collected from
recognized mortuary contexts. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present. Additional human remains from
the same survey, representing a minimum of three individuals, were
reported in a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal
Register on December 29, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 251, page 83081).
Based on characteristics of the mortuary program, the human remains
have been identified as having a high probability of association with
the archeologically-defined Hohokam tradition, which spans the years
circa A.D. 500-1350/1400.
In 1974, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from site AZ U:13:65 ASM on the Gila River Indian
Reservation, Pinal County, AZ, during archeological investigations
conducted by the Arizona State Museum under the direction of Gwinn
Vivian as part of the Queen Creek Floodway project. The human remains
were originally classified as faunal remains. In 2005, a staff member
of the Arizona State Museum examined collections of faunal bones from
sites on the Gila River Indian Reservation and reclassified these
remains as human bone. These are fragmentary human remains that were
collected from the surface and not from a recognized mortuary context.
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Based on characteristics of the mortuary pattern and the attributes
of the ceramic style, the human remains have been identified as having
a high probability of being associated with the Classic Period of the
Hohokam archeological tradition, which spanned the years circa A.D.
1150-1350/1400.
Continuities of mortuary practices, ethnographic materials, and
technology indicate affiliation of Hohokam settlements with present-day
O'odham (Piman), Pee Posh (Maricopa), and Puebloan cultures. Oral
traditions documented for the Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa
(Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 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; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico support affiliation with Hohokam sites in
central Arizona.
Officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Arizona State Museum
have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human
remains described above represent the physical remains of seven
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs and Arizona State Museum have also determined that,
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 Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak
Chin) Indian Reservation, 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; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact John
Madsen, Repatriation Coordinator, Arizona State Museum, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone (520) 621-4795, before September
2, 2005. Repatriation of the human remains to the Ak Chin Indian
Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 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; 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 Ak Chin
Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 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; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico that
this notice has been published.
Dated: July 11, 2005
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 05-15321 Filed 8-2-05; 8:45 am]
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