Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Ajo, AZ, 44688-44689 [05-15317]
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It is believed that Ms. Turnbull most
likely found the pendant in an area
known as Mo’omomi. In 1976, Ms.
Turnbull’s daughter, Mrs. J.D. Korsund,
wrote to the Bernice Pauahi Bishop
Museum requesting information on the
pendant and mentioned that the
pendant was found in an area that had
human remains. In 1985, Ms. Turnbull
sent a letter to the Bernice Pauahi
Bishop Museum stating that she was
sending the pendant as a gift to the
museum and that there were many
bones in the area where she picked up
the pendant. In June of that same year,
Ms. Turnbull signed the deed of gift for
the pendant to the Bernice Pauahi
Bishop Museum. The Bernice Pauahi
Bishop Museum has classified the
pendant as a ‘‘niho palaoa’’ due to its
similarity in shape to other Hawaiian
pendants usually made from animal
ivory or whale teeth.
Consultation was held with the
representatives of the Hui Malama I Na
Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei, Maui/Lanai
Island Burial Council, Molokai Island
Burial Council, Na Lei Ali’i
Kawananakoa, and Royal Hawaiian
Academy of Traditional Arts. Based on
Ms. Turnbull’s description that the
pendant was found in an area with
evidence of burials, it was concluded
during consultation that this pendant
may be classified as an unassociated
funerary object.
Officials of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop
Museum have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the
one cultural item described above is
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 is
believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a
specific burial site of a Native Hawaiian
individual. Officials of the Bernice
Pauahi Bishop Museum also have
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
unassociated funerary object and the
Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i
Nei, Na Lei Ali’i Kawananakoa, and
Royal Hawaiian Academy of Traditional
Arts.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
object should contact Betty Kam,
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, 1525
Bernice Street, Honolulu, HI, 96817,
telephone (808) 848–4144, before
September 2, 2005. Repatriation of the
unassociated funerary object to Hui
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Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei, Na
Lei Ali’i Kawananakoa, and Royal
Hawaiian Academy of Traditional Arts
may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum is
responsible for notifying the Hui
Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei,
Maui/Lanai Island Burial Council,
Molokai Island Burial Council, Na Lei
Ali’i Kawananakoa, and Royal Hawaiian
Academy of Traditional Arts that this
notice has been published.
Dated: July 5, 2005
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Organ Pipe Cactus
National Monument, Ajo, AZ
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 possession of the U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Organ Pipe Cactus
National Monument, Ajo, AZ. The
human remains were removed from a
vandalized cremation burial near
Dripping Spring in the Puerto Blanco
Mountains, Pima 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
within this notice are the sole
responsibility of the superintendent,
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Organ Pipe Cactus
National Monument professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Gila River Indian Community of the Gila
River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Salt River PimaMaricopa Indian Community of the Salt
River Reservation, Arizona; Tohono
O’odham Nation of Arizona; and the
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico. The Ak-Chin Indian
Community of the Maricopa (Ak-Chin)
Indian Reservation, Arizona was
represented by members of the Gila
River Indian Community of the Gila
River Indian Reservation, Arizona.
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In 1967, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from a site in Pima County,
AZ. A National Park Service employee
collected burned and fragmented human
remains from a vandalized cremation
burial near Dripping Springs in the
Puerto Blanco Mountains of Arizona.
The fragments were recovered from the
surface of a pit-like depression at the
base of a natural wall-like outcrop on a
ridge top. Since collection, the human
remains have always been in National
Park Service control. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The cremation represents an adult of
unknown sex. Based on the burial type
and location, as well as available
archeological and historical
information, it is likely that the remains
are Native American. Cremations are
characteristic of prehistoric Hohokam
funerary practices in this region. During
consultation, representatives from the
above mentioned tribes stated that their
oral traditions say they are culturally
affiliated with the Hohokam. The
ethnographic, archeological, and
historical evidence supports their claim
of cultural affiliation.
Organ Pipe Cactus National
Monument is located in the western
Papagueria of the Sonora Desert
Subsection of the Basin and Range
Province. The Papagueria is an area that
extended from west of Tucson, AZ to
the Colorado River and south of the Gila
River to the Rocky Point Region. It is
further subdivided, based on archeology
and climate, into the eastern and
western Papagueria. The western
Papagueria is the most arid portion of
the Sonoran Desert and ranges from
south of the Gila River to Rocky Point
and from the Ajo Mountains to the
Colorado River.
The Akimel O’odham (Pima), Tohono
O’odham and the Hia-Ced O’odham
claim to be the descendants of the
Hohokam. Their oral history documents
the end time of the Hohokam, when
armies from the south and southeast
gathered and marched on the Great
House communities (Casa Grande, Mesa
Grande, Pueblo Grande) and cast out the
priestly societies. The armies
intermarried with the Hohokam and
became the O’odham people. The AkChin Indian Community is composed
primarily of Akimel and Tohono
O’odham, and a few families of Hia-Ced
O’odham. The Gila River Indian
Community and the Salt River PimaMaricopa Community are both
composed of Akimel O’odham along
with small populations of Maricopa
who moved from the central portion of
the Gila River around Gila Bend to join
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Akimel O’odham population living
along the Salt and Gila Rivers.
Oral history and the archeological
record also support the claim by the
Zuni and Hopi that some clans
originated in the Salt-Gila region and
were originally Hohokam.
Hopi history is based, in large part, in
clan migration narratives. The Hopi
consider all of Arizona to be within
traditional Hopi lands, i.e. areas to
which Hopi clans are believed to have
migrated in the past. Some Hopi clans
trace their inception to a place believed
to be near the Valley of Mexico, other
clans originated in Central and South
America, and others in what is now the
eastern United States. Clans that moved
out of central Mexico migrated north
and settled for a time in the Gila and
Salt River Valleys. Hopi cultural
advisors have indicated that the western
Papagueria was one of many migration
routes used by the clans.
There is also a resemblance between
Hopi ceremonies and those of the
O’odham, in particular the Tohono
O’odham. Teague (1993:447–448) has
noted the similarities of the O’odham
Wi’ikita ceremony and the Hopi
Wuwtsin (Ancient’s Society) and on the
connections with the Paalolokangw
(Plumed Water Serpent) and the
Kwaakwant (Agave Society). Underhill
(1946) also drew clear links between the
O’odham Wi’ikita ceremony and Hopi
and other pueblo ceremonies. According
to Amadeo Rea (1997) the Akimel
O’odham (Pima) Navichu ceremony
bears all the earmarks of the Hopi
katchine cult.
The claims of the Zuni Tribe, the
A:shiwi People, are based on oral
history of ancestral migrations and
settling throughout this region in their
search for the Middle Place of the World
(present day Pueblo of Zuni). A:shiwi
elders have observed and identified
features, including shrines, and
petroglyphs in the western Papagueria
that are affiliated with the A:shiwi. The
A:shiwi trace their migration from the
origin point in the Grand Canyon. The
ancestors embarked from this point and
left many markers of the passing. These
include trails, habitation sites,
campsites, burials, sacred shrines, rock
art, and other shrines that mark specific
events. Pilgrimage and trade routes to
collect shells and ocean water are
known to pass through the Western
Papagueria.
Officials of Organ Pipe Cactus
National Monument have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10),
the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of at
least one individual of Native American
ancestry. Officials of Organ Pipe Cactus
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National Monument have 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 Kathy Billings,
superintendent, Organ Pipe Cactus
National Monument, 10 Organ Pipe
Drive, Ajo, AZ 85321, telephone (520)
387–6849, ext. 7500, 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.
Organ Pipe Cactus National
Monument is responsible for notifying
the Gila River Indian Community of the
Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona;
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt River PimaMaricopa 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: June 29, 2005
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington,
DC, and Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
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Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items 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, 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 museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the cultural
items. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
The 14 cultural items are 8 ceramic
bowl fragments, 1 ceramic bowl, 2
ceramic jars, 2 projectile points, and 1
shell pendant.
A detailed assessment of the cultural
items 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
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.
On unknown dates between 1931 and
1934, cultural items were removed from
cremation features at an unknown site
in the vicinity of Sacaton (AZ U:14:-area), Gila River Indian Reservation,
Pinal County, AZ, by Carl A. Moosberg.
The four cultural items are a shell
pendant, two projectile points, and a
ceramic jar. In 1935, the four cultural
items were donated to the Arizona State
Museum by Mr. Moosberg.
In 1947, the two projectile points
were loaned to the Maxwell Museum,
University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM. In 2005, Maxwell
Museum returned the two cultural items
to the Arizona State Museum. In 1953,
the ceramic jar and shell pendant were
sent to the Denver Museum of Natural
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Ajo, 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 possession of the
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Organ Pipe
Cactus National Monument, Ajo, AZ. The human remains were removed from
a vandalized cremation burial near Dripping Spring in the Puerto Blanco
Mountains, Pima 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 within this notice are the sole responsibility of
the superintendent, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Organ Pipe
Cactus National Monument professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the 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 the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico. The Ak-Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa
(Ak-Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona was represented by members of the
Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation,
Arizona.
In 1967, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from a site in Pima County, AZ. A National Park Service
employee collected burned and fragmented human remains from a
vandalized cremation burial near Dripping Springs in the Puerto Blanco
Mountains of Arizona. The fragments were recovered from the surface of
a pit-like depression at the base of a natural wall-like outcrop on a
ridge top. Since collection, the human remains have always been in
National Park Service control. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The cremation represents an adult of unknown sex. Based on the
burial type and location, as well as available archeological and
historical information, it is likely that the remains are Native
American. Cremations are characteristic of prehistoric Hohokam funerary
practices in this region. During consultation, representatives from the
above mentioned tribes stated that their oral traditions say they are
culturally affiliated with the Hohokam. The ethnographic,
archeological, and historical evidence supports their claim of cultural
affiliation.
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is located in the western
Papagueria of the Sonora Desert Subsection of the Basin and Range
Province. The Papagueria is an area that extended from west of Tucson,
AZ to the Colorado River and south of the Gila River to the Rocky Point
Region. It is further subdivided, based on archeology and climate, into
the eastern and western Papagueria. The western Papagueria is the most
arid portion of the Sonoran Desert and ranges from south of the Gila
River to Rocky Point and from the Ajo Mountains to the Colorado River.
The Akimel O'odham (Pima), Tohono O'odham and the Hia-Ced O'odham
claim to be the descendants of the Hohokam. Their oral history
documents the end time of the Hohokam, when armies from the south and
southeast gathered and marched on the Great House communities (Casa
Grande, Mesa Grande, Pueblo Grande) and cast out the priestly
societies. The armies intermarried with the Hohokam and became the
O'odham people. The Ak-Chin Indian Community is composed primarily of
Akimel and Tohono O'odham, and a few families of Hia-Ced O'odham. The
Gila River Indian Community and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Community
are both composed of Akimel O'odham along with small populations of
Maricopa who moved from the central portion of the Gila River around
Gila Bend to join
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Akimel O'odham population living along the Salt and Gila Rivers.
Oral history and the archeological record also support the claim by
the Zuni and Hopi that some clans originated in the Salt-Gila region
and were originally Hohokam.
Hopi history is based, in large part, in clan migration narratives.
The Hopi consider all of Arizona to be within traditional Hopi lands,
i.e. areas to which Hopi clans are believed to have migrated in the
past. Some Hopi clans trace their inception to a place believed to be
near the Valley of Mexico, other clans originated in Central and South
America, and others in what is now the eastern United States. Clans
that moved out of central Mexico migrated north and settled for a time
in the Gila and Salt River Valleys. Hopi cultural advisors have
indicated that the western Papagueria was one of many migration routes
used by the clans.
There is also a resemblance between Hopi ceremonies and those of
the O'odham, in particular the Tohono O'odham. Teague (1993:447-448)
has noted the similarities of the O'odham Wi'ikita ceremony and the
Hopi Wuwtsin (Ancient's Society) and on the connections with the
Paalolokangw (Plumed Water Serpent) and the Kwaakwant (Agave Society).
Underhill (1946) also drew clear links between the O'odham Wi'ikita
ceremony and Hopi and other pueblo ceremonies. According to Amadeo Rea
(1997) the Akimel O'odham (Pima) Navichu ceremony bears all the
earmarks of the Hopi katchine cult.
The claims of the Zuni Tribe, the A:shiwi People, are based on oral
history of ancestral migrations and settling throughout this region in
their search for the Middle Place of the World (present day Pueblo of
Zuni). A:shiwi elders have observed and identified features, including
shrines, and petroglyphs in the western Papagueria that are affiliated
with the A:shiwi. The A:shiwi trace their migration from the origin
point in the Grand Canyon. The ancestors embarked from this point and
left many markers of the passing. These include trails, habitation
sites, campsites, burials, sacred shrines, rock art, and other shrines
that mark specific events. Pilgrimage and trade routes to collect
shells and ocean water are known to pass through the Western
Papagueria.
Officials of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described
above represent the physical remains of at least one individual of
Native American ancestry. Officials of Organ Pipe Cactus National
Monument have 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 Kathy
Billings, superintendent, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, 10 Organ
Pipe Drive, Ajo, AZ 85321, telephone (520) 387-6849, ext. 7500, 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.
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is responsible for notifying
the 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: June 29, 2005
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program
[FR Doc. 05-15317 Filed 8-2-05; 8:45 am]
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