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, 44689-44690 [05-15320]
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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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History (now the Denver Museum of
Nature and Science), Denver, CO, as
part of an exchange. In 2005, the Denver
Museum of Nature and Science returned
the two cultural items to the Arizona
State Museum.
Based on characteristics of the
mortuary pattern and the attributes of
the ceramic style, the cultural items
from AZ U:14:--area have been
identified as being associated with the
Hohokam archeological tradition, which
spanned the years circa A.D. 500–1350/
1400.
In 1963, cultural items were removed
from cremation features during
excavations at site AZ U:13:9 ASM, Gila
River Indian Reservation, Pinal County,
AZ, by Arizona State Museum staff
member Alfred E. Johnson. The two
cultural items are a ceramic jar and a
ceramic bowl. In 1967, the two cultural
items were loaned to the Milwaukee
Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI. In
2005, the Milwaukee Public Museum
returned the two cultural items to the
Arizona State Museum.
Based upon architecture, portable
material culture, and site organization,
occupation at site AZ U:13:9 ASM has
been dated to the Colonial through
Classic Phases of the Hohokam
archeological tradition, approximately
A.D. 700–1350/1400.
In 1964–1965, cultural items were
removed from cremation features at AZ
U:13:24 ASM, Gila River Indian
Reservation, Pinal County, AZ, during
joint University of Arizona, Department
of Anthropology and Arizona State
Museum excavations. The eight cultural
items are eight ceramic bowl fragments.
In 2005, the ceramic bowl fragments
were rediscovered during inventory of
boxes from the office of a former
professor. The human remains
associated with the cultural items were
reported in a Notice of Inventory
Completion published in the Federal
Register on December 29, 2000 (Volume
65, Number 251, page 83081) and
repatriated in 2001.
The archeological evidence, including
characteristics of portable material
culture, attributes of ceramic styles,
domestic and ritual architecture, site
organization, and canal-based
agriculture of the settlement, places AZ
U:13:24 ASM within the
archeologically-defined Hohokam
tradition and within the Phoenix Basin
local variant of that tradition. The
occupation of AZ U:13:24 ASM spans
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
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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 (3)(B), the 14 cultural items 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. Officials of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs and Arizona State
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 objects 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 cultural items 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
unassociated 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; 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-
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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.
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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
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 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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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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
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. 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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History (now the Denver Museum of Nature and Science), Denver, CO, as
part of an exchange. In 2005, the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
returned the two cultural items to the Arizona State Museum.
Based on characteristics of the mortuary pattern and the attributes
of the ceramic style, the cultural items from AZ U:14:--area have been
identified as being associated with the Hohokam archeological
tradition, which spanned the years circa A.D. 500-1350/1400.
In 1963, cultural items were removed from cremation features during
excavations at site AZ U:13:9 ASM, Gila River Indian Reservation, Pinal
County, AZ, by Arizona State Museum staff member Alfred E. Johnson. The
two cultural items are a ceramic jar and a ceramic bowl. In 1967, the
two cultural items were loaned to the Milwaukee Public Museum,
Milwaukee, WI. In 2005, the Milwaukee Public Museum returned the two
cultural items to the Arizona State Museum.
Based upon architecture, portable material culture, and site
organization, occupation at site AZ U:13:9 ASM has been dated to the
Colonial through Classic Phases of the Hohokam archeological tradition,
approximately A.D. 700-1350/1400.
In 1964-1965, cultural items were removed from cremation features
at AZ U:13:24 ASM, Gila River Indian Reservation, Pinal County, AZ,
during joint University of Arizona, Department of Anthropology and
Arizona State Museum excavations. The eight cultural items are eight
ceramic bowl fragments. In 2005, the ceramic bowl fragments were
rediscovered during inventory of boxes from the office of a former
professor. The human remains associated with the cultural items were
reported in a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal
Register on December 29, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 251, page 83081) and
repatriated in 2001.
The archeological evidence, including characteristics of portable
material culture, attributes of ceramic styles, domestic and ritual
architecture, site organization, and canal-based agriculture of the
settlement, places AZ U:13:24 ASM within the archeologically-defined
Hohokam tradition and within the Phoenix Basin local variant of that
tradition. The occupation of AZ U:13:24 ASM spans 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 (3)(B), the 14
cultural items 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. Officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and
Arizona State 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 objects 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 cultural items 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 unassociated 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; 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.
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