Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force, Air Education and Training Command, Barry M. Goldwater Range East, 56th Range Management Office, Luke Air Force Base, AZ, 29924-29926 [2017-13736]
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Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of
Oklahoma; Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of
the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico;
Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed
as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama); The Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation; The Osage Nation (previously
listed as the Osage Tribe); The Quapaw
Tribe of Indians; The Seminole Nation
of Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal
Town; Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe;
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma; Wichita and
Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco
& Tawakonie), Oklahoma; and Ysleta
del Sur Pueblo (previously listed as the
Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas)
(hereafter listed as ‘‘The Consulted
Tribes’’). Texas State University, Center
for Archaeological Studies and
Department of Anthropology,
professional staff also consulted with
the Miakan-Garza Band of the
Coahuiltecan people, a non-federally
recognized Indian group.
History and Description of the Remains
In February of 1983, human remains
representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from site
41HY161 in Hays County, TX. The
human remains were initially
discovered in the fall of 1982 during
construction and maintenance of the
Texas State University campus.
Osteological analysis was conducted by
a biological anthropologist from the
Southwest Texas State University
Department of Sociology and
Anthropology (now Texas State
University Department of
Anthropology), who determined by the
context and appearance of the remains
that they are most likely of prehistoric
Native American ancestry. The human
remains from the first burial were very
fragmentary. Age and sex could not be
determined. The human remains from
the second burial were determined to be
those of an adult female. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In February of 2008 and April of 2009,
human remains representing, at
minimum, four individuals were
removed from site 40HY163 in Hays
County, TX. The human remains were
discovered during a construction project
for expansion of the City of San Marcos’
Wonder World Drive and later
excavated by Texas State University’s
Center for Archaeological Studies.
Osteological analysis was conducted
Kyra Stull, M.A. and Dr. Michelle
Hamilton of the Department of
Anthropology at Texas State University,
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who determined them to be of
prehistoric Native American ancestry.
The human remains consist of one adult
male, two adult females, and one
possible adult female. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the
Secretary of the Interior may
recommend that culturally
unidentifiable human remains with no
‘‘tribal land’’ or ‘‘aboriginal land’’
provenience be reinterred under State or
other law. In January 2017, the Texas
State University, Center for
Archaeological Studies and Department
of Anthropology, requested that the
Secretary, through the Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation
Review Committee, recommend the
proposed re-interment of the culturally
unidentifiable Native American human
remains in this notice, according to
State or other law. The Review
Committee, acting pursuant to its
responsibility under 25 U.S.C.
3006(c)(5), considered the request at its
March 2017 meeting and recommended
to the Secretary that the proposed reinterment proceed. An April 2017 letter
on behalf of the Secretary of Interior
from the National Park Service
Associate Director for Cultural
Resources, Partnerships, and Science
transmitted the Secretary’s independent
review and concurrence with the
Review Committee that:
• None of The Consulted Tribes
objected to the proposed re-interment,
and
• Texas State University, Center for
Archaeological Studies and Department
of Anthropology, may proceed with the
proposed re-interment of the culturally
unidentifiable human remains.
Re-interment is contingent on the
publication of a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register.
This notice fulfills that requirement.
Determinations Made by the Texas
State University, Center for
Archaeological Studies and Department
of Anthropology
Officials of the Texas State University,
Center for Archaeological Studies and
Department of Anthropology, have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on
association with prehistoric artifacts
and ancestry estimation.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of six
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
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• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
any present-day Indian Tribe.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), a
‘‘tribal land’’ or ‘‘aboriginal land’’
provenience cannot be ascertained.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.10(g)(2)(ii)
and 43 CFR 10.16, the human remains
may be reinterred according to the law
of the State of Texas and the City of San
Marcos, Texas.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Todd M. Ahlman, Center
for Archaeological Studies, Texas State
University, 601 University Drive, San
Marcos, TX 78666, telephone (512) 245–
2724, email toddahlman@txstate.edu,
by July 31, 2017. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, the human remains may be
reinterred.
The Texas State University, Center for
Archaeological Studies and Department
of Anthropology, is responsible for
notifying The Consulted Tribes that this
notice has been published.
Dated: May 12, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Defense, Department of
the Air Force, Air Education and
Training Command, Barry M.
Goldwater Range East, 56th Range
Management Office, Luke Air Force
Base, AZ
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of
Defense, Department of the Air Force,
Air Education and Training Command,
Barry M. Goldwater Range East, 56th
Range Management Office, Luke Air
Force Base, has completed an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects, in consultation with
the appropriate Indian tribes, and has
determined that there is a cultural
SUMMARY:
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affiliation between the human remains
and associated funerary objects and
present-day Indian tribes. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian tribe 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 the 56th Range Management
Office, Luke Air Force Base. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
and associated funerary objects to lineal
descendants or Indian tribes stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe 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 the 56th Range Management
Office, Luke Air Force Base by July 31,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Mr. Charles Buchanan,
Director, 56th Range Management
Office, 7101 Jerstad Lane, Building 500,
Luke Air Force Base, AZ 85309, phone
(623) 856–5820, email
charles.buchanan@us.af.mil.
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
56th Range Management Office, Luke
Air Force Base, and in physical custody
of the Arizona State Museum, Tucson,
AZ. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from site
AZ Y:8:001 (ASM), Maricopa 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 Department of the Air Force, 56th
Range Management Office, Luke Air
Force Base, which has control of the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Arizona State
Museum and the 56th Range
Management Office, Luke Air Force
Base, 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,
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Arizona); Gila River Indian Community
of the Gila River Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Quechan Tribe of the Fort
Yuma Indian Reservation, California &
Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
Nation of Arizona; and Yavapai-Apache
Nation of the Camp Verde Indian
Reservation, Arizona. The following
Indian tribes were invited to consult but
did not participate in consultations: The
Cocopah Tribe of Arizona; Colorado
River Indian Tribes of the Colorado
River Indian Reservation, Arizona and
California; Fort McDowell Yavapai
Nation, Arizona; Fort Mohave Indian
Tribe of Arizona, California & Nevada;
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; San Carlos
Apache Tribe of the San Carlos
Reservation, 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. All
tribes listed are referred to as the
‘‘Invited and Consulted Tribes.’’
History and Description of the Remains
On September 21, 1978, human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from site AZ
Y:8:001 (ASM) on the Barry M.
Goldwater Range East, Maricopa
County, AZ (formerly the Luke AFB
Bombing and Gunnery Range). The
human remains, Cremation 1, were
removed from Component 2, during an
authorized archeological excavation
under the direction of Dr. Bruce
Huckell, Arizona State Museum, AZ.
The collection was transferred to the
Arizona State Museum on September
28, 1978, where it is currently curated.
A professional report on the collection
was published in 1979: The Coronet
REAL Project: Archaeological
Investigations on the Luke Range,
Southwestern Arizona, by Bruce B.
Huckell. Arizona State Museum
Archaeological Series No. 129.
The estimated age of the individual at
death is older than 40 years based on
dentition and ectocranial suture of the
sagittal suture. The sex of the cremation
was determined to be male based on
evidence from the skull and in
nominate. The stature of the individual
is indeterminate due to the fragmentary
nature of the long bones. No known
individuals were identified. The 21
associated funerary objects include 1
reconstructed Tanque Verde Red-onBrown ceramic pitcher with missing
handle (1979–145–1); 1 lot of sherds of
a burned Colorado Red bowl (1979–
145–10); 1 bone awl (1979–145–6); 3
rim sherds of a burned Tonto
Polychrome bowl (1979–145–7:x); 14
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body sherds of the same burned Tonto
Polychrome bowl (1979–145–8:x), and 1
piece of worked animal bone (None–
1979–145–C1–01).
Based on morphological
characteristics, geographic location,
archeological context, and the presence
of culturally and temporally identifiable
ceramics, and consistency in cremation
pit size and orientation, the human
remains have been determined to be
Native American dating to the Classic
period (A.D. 1150–1450) Tucson Basin
Hohokam. The cremation pit and
orientation of the remains (the long-axis
of the body was aligned east-west, with
the head at the east) are consistent with
Classic Period Hohokam sites in the Gila
Bend area and Tucson Basin. The
cremation pit is identical in size and
shape with primary cremations from site
AZ AA:12:46 (ASM), the Rabid Ruin, a
Tucson Basin Hohokam site.
A relationship of shared group
identity can reasonably be traced
between members of the Hohokam
culture and the four southern O’odham
tribes of Arizona. The O’odham
comprise four Federally recognized
Indian tribes (Ak Chin Indian
Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin)
Indian 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
Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona.
Historically the Pimeria Alta is the
traditional homeland of the O’odham;
including the river people (Akimel), the
desert people (Tohono) and the sand
people (Hia C-ed O’odham). O’odham
oral history teaches that the O’odham
were created in this land and have
always lived here. Places mentioned in
the Creation Story and other stories and
songs have been identified on the
landscape throughout the Sonoran
Desert.
A relationship of shared group
identity may also reasonably be traced
between members of the Hohokam
culture of the Phoenix Basin and clans
of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona. Hopi
history is based, in large part, on clan
migration narratives. The Hopi consider
all of Arizona to be within traditional
Hopi lands, i.e., areas in and through
which Hopi clans are believed to have
migrated in the past. Hopi oral history
and the anthropological record show
that some clans originated in the SaltGila region and were descended from
the Hohokam. After the fall of the Great
House communities, Hohokam refugees
were absorbed into the Hopi culture.
A relationship of shared group
identity can also reasonably be traced
between members of the Hohokam
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culture and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico. Zuni oral
history tells of ancestral migrations and
settling throughout this region in their
search for the Middle Place of the World
(present day Pueblo of Zuni). Zuni
ancestors left many markers of their
passing including trails, habitation sites,
campsites, and burials. Elders have
identified features in the area, including
shrines and petroglyphs, as Zuni.
A relationship of shared group
identity may also be reasonably be
traced between members of the Patayan
culture and the Quechan tribe of the
Fort Yuma Indian Reservation,
California & Arizona. The Colorado Red
bowl is associated with the
archeological culture identified as
Patayan, which the Quechan believe
were their ancestors.
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Determinations of the Luke Air Force
Base
Officials of the 56th Range
Management Office, Luke Air Force
Base have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 301(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. 301(3)(A), the
21 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. 301(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 Ak Chin Indian Community
(previously listed as 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; Quechan Tribe of the Fort
Yuma Indian Reservation, California &
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.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe 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
Mr. Charles Buchanan, Director, 56th
Range Management Office, Barry M.
Goldwater Range East, 7101 Jerstad
Lane, Luke Air Force Base, AZ 85309,
phone (623) 856–8520, email
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charles.buchanan@us.af.mil, by July 31,
2017. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects 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;
Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian
Reservation, California & 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.
The 56th Range Management Office,
Luke Air Force Base, is responsible for
notifying the Invited and Consulted
Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: May 15, 2017.
Melanie, O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Deschutes National Forest,
Bend, OR
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Deschutes
National Forest has completed an
inventory of human remains, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that
there is no cultural affiliation between
the human remains and any present-day
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. 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 should submit
a written request to the Deschutes
National Forest. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains to the
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may
proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
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not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the Deschutes National
Forest at the address in this notice by
July 31, 2017.
ADDRESSES: John Allen, Deschutes
National Forest, 63095 Deschutes
Market Road, Bend, OR 97701,
telephone (541) 383–5512, email
jpallen@fs.fed.us.
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 under the control of
the Deschutes National Forest, Bend,
OR. The human remains were removed
from Federal lands in central Oregon.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
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 the Deschutes
National Forest professional staff, with
assistance by the University of Oregon,
Department of Anthropology, in
consultation with representatives of the
Burns Paiute Tribe (previously listed as
the Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns
Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon),
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon, and
Klamath Tribes.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1989, human remains representing,
at minimum, three individuals were
removed from individual homes of
persons arrested for violations of the
Archeological Resource Protection Act.
The three individuals were
apprehended while looting an
archeological site on the Deschutes
National Forest. Pre-contact human
remains were discovered during a
search of the individuals’ residences.
The Deschutes National Forest is unable
to determine the exact provenience of
the human remains, other than their
origination from Federal lands in central
Oregon. The human remains remained
in possession of Federal law
enforcement until 1997, when they were
returned to the Deschutes National
Forest. In 2009, the Deschutes National
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23403; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense,
Department of the Air Force, Air Education and Training Command, Barry
M. Goldwater Range East, 56th Range Management Office, Luke Air Force
Base, AZ
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force,
Air Education and Training Command, Barry M. Goldwater Range East, 56th
Range Management Office, Luke Air Force Base, has completed an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in
consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined
that there is a cultural
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affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects
and present-day Indian tribes. Lineal descendants or representatives of
any Indian tribe 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 the 56th Range Management
Office, Luke Air Force Base. If no additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary
objects to lineal descendants or Indian tribes stated in this notice
may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe 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 the 56th
Range Management Office, Luke Air Force Base by July 31, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Mr. Charles Buchanan, Director, 56th Range Management
Office, 7101 Jerstad Lane, Building 500, Luke Air Force Base, AZ 85309,
phone (623) 856-5820, email charles.buchanan@us.af.mil.
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 56th Range
Management Office, Luke Air Force Base, and in physical custody of the
Arizona State Museum, Tucson, AZ. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from site AZ Y:8:001 (ASM), Maricopa
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
Department of the Air Force, 56th Range Management Office, Luke Air
Force Base, which has control of the Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Arizona
State Museum and the 56th Range Management Office, Luke Air Force Base,
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); Gila River Indian
Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Quechan Tribe
of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California & Arizona; Salt River
Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona;
Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; and Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp
Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona. The following Indian tribes were
invited to consult but did not participate in consultations: The
Cocopah Tribe of Arizona; Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado
River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California; Fort McDowell Yavapai
Nation, Arizona; Fort Mohave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California &
Nevada; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San
Carlos Reservation, 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. All
tribes listed are referred to as the ``Invited and Consulted Tribes.''
History and Description of the Remains
On September 21, 1978, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from site AZ Y:8:001 (ASM) on the Barry M.
Goldwater Range East, Maricopa County, AZ (formerly the Luke AFB
Bombing and Gunnery Range). The human remains, Cremation 1, were
removed from Component 2, during an authorized archeological excavation
under the direction of Dr. Bruce Huckell, Arizona State Museum, AZ. The
collection was transferred to the Arizona State Museum on September 28,
1978, where it is currently curated. A professional report on the
collection was published in 1979: The Coronet REAL Project:
Archaeological Investigations on the Luke Range, Southwestern Arizona,
by Bruce B. Huckell. Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series No.
129.
The estimated age of the individual at death is older than 40 years
based on dentition and ectocranial suture of the sagittal suture. The
sex of the cremation was determined to be male based on evidence from
the skull and in nominate. The stature of the individual is
indeterminate due to the fragmentary nature of the long bones. No known
individuals were identified. The 21 associated funerary objects include
1 reconstructed Tanque Verde Red-on-Brown ceramic pitcher with missing
handle (1979-145-1); 1 lot of sherds of a burned Colorado Red bowl
(1979-145-10); 1 bone awl (1979-145-6); 3 rim sherds of a burned Tonto
Polychrome bowl (1979-145-7:x); 14 body sherds of the same burned Tonto
Polychrome bowl (1979-145-8:x), and 1 piece of worked animal bone
(None-1979-145-C1-01).
Based on morphological characteristics, geographic location,
archeological context, and the presence of culturally and temporally
identifiable ceramics, and consistency in cremation pit size and
orientation, the human remains have been determined to be Native
American dating to the Classic period (A.D. 1150-1450) Tucson Basin
Hohokam. The cremation pit and orientation of the remains (the long-
axis of the body was aligned east-west, with the head at the east) are
consistent with Classic Period Hohokam sites in the Gila Bend area and
Tucson Basin. The cremation pit is identical in size and shape with
primary cremations from site AZ AA:12:46 (ASM), the Rabid Ruin, a
Tucson Basin Hohokam site.
A relationship of shared group identity can reasonably be traced
between members of the Hohokam culture and the four southern O'odham
tribes of Arizona. The O'odham comprise four Federally recognized
Indian tribes (Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin)
Indian 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 Tohono O'odham
Nation of Arizona. Historically the Pimeria Alta is the traditional
homeland of the O'odham; including the river people (Akimel), the
desert people (Tohono) and the sand people (Hia C-ed O'odham). O'odham
oral history teaches that the O'odham were created in this land and
have always lived here. Places mentioned in the Creation Story and
other stories and songs have been identified on the landscape
throughout the Sonoran Desert.
A relationship of shared group identity may also reasonably be
traced between members of the Hohokam culture of the Phoenix Basin and
clans of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona. Hopi history is based, in large
part, on clan migration narratives. The Hopi consider all of Arizona to
be within traditional Hopi lands, i.e., areas in and through which Hopi
clans are believed to have migrated in the past. Hopi oral history and
the anthropological record show that some clans originated in the Salt-
Gila region and were descended from the Hohokam. After the fall of the
Great House communities, Hohokam refugees were absorbed into the Hopi
culture.
A relationship of shared group identity can also reasonably be
traced between members of the Hohokam
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culture and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. Zuni
oral history tells of ancestral migrations and settling throughout this
region in their search for the Middle Place of the World (present day
Pueblo of Zuni). Zuni ancestors left many markers of their passing
including trails, habitation sites, campsites, and burials. Elders have
identified features in the area, including shrines and petroglyphs, as
Zuni.
A relationship of shared group identity may also be reasonably be
traced between members of the Patayan culture and the Quechan tribe of
the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California & Arizona. The Colorado
Red bowl is associated with the archeological culture identified as
Patayan, which the Quechan believe were their ancestors.
Determinations of the Luke Air Force Base
Officials of the 56th Range Management Office, Luke Air Force Base
have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 301(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. 301(3)(A), the 21 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. 301(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 Ak Chin
Indian Community (previously listed as 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; Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California
& 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.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe 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 Mr.
Charles Buchanan, Director, 56th Range Management Office, Barry M.
Goldwater Range East, 7101 Jerstad Lane, Luke Air Force Base, AZ 85309,
phone (623) 856-8520, email charles.buchanan@us.af.mil, by July 31,
2017. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary
objects 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; Quechan Tribe
of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California & 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.
The 56th Range Management Office, Luke Air Force Base, is
responsible for notifying the Invited and Consulted Tribes that this
notice has been published.
Dated: May 15, 2017.
Melanie, O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-13736 Filed 6-29-17; 8:45 am]
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