Notice of Inventory Completion: Arizona State Land Department, Phoenix, AZ, and Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 27510-27511 [E6-7179]
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Transcripts of Review Committee
meetings are available approximately
eight weeks after each meeting at the
National NAGPRA Program office, 1201
Eye Street NW., Washington, DC. To
request electronic copies of meeting
transcripts, send an e-mail message to
TimlMcKeown@nps.gov. Information
about NAGPRA, the Review Committee,
and Review Committee meetings is
available at the National NAGPRA Web
site, https://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra; for
the Review Committee’s meeting
procedures, select ‘‘Review Committee,’’
then select ‘‘Procedures.’’
The Review Committee was
established by the Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
of 1990 (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3001 et
seq. Review Committee members are
appointed by the Secretary of the
Interior. The Review Committee is
responsible for monitoring the NAGPRA
inventory and identification process;
reviewing and making findings related
to the identity or cultural affiliation of
cultural items, or the return of such
items; facilitating the resolution of
disputes; compiling an inventory of
culturally unidentifiable human
remains that are in the possession or
control of each Federal agency and
museum and recommending specific
actions for developing a process for
disposition of such human remains;
consulting with Indian tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations and museums
on matters within the scope of the work
of the committee affecting such tribes or
organizations; consulting with the
Secretary of the Interior in the
development of regulations to carry out
NAGPRA; and making
recommendations regarding future care
of repatriated cultural items. The
Review Committee’s work is completed
during meetings that are open to the
public.
Dated: April 27, 2006
C. Timothy McKeown,
Designated Federal Officer,Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Arizona State Land Department,
Phoenix, AZ, and Arizona State
Museum, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ
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National Park Service, Interior.
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ACTION:
Notice.
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
in the control of the Arizona State Land
Department, Phoenix, AZ, and in the
physical custody of the Arizona State
Museum, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from 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 and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by 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
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.
In June 1985, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from site AZ
U:15:110 ASM, near Florence in Pinal
County, AZ, during legally authorized
archeological investigations conducted
by the Cultural Resources Management
Division of the Arizona State Museum.
The human remains consist of a human
tooth that was brought to the museum
for curation. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The ceramic assemblage included a
high percentage of Santa Cruz Red-onbuff wares. On this basis the site has
been identified as being associated with
the Santa Cruz phase of the late Colonial
period of the Hohokam archeological
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tradition, which spanned the years A.D.
700–900.
In June 1985, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from site AZ
U:15:111 ASM, near Florence in Pinal
County, AZ, during legally authorized
archeological investigations conducted
by the Cultural Resources Management
Division of the Arizona State Museum.
The fragmentary cremated human
remains were brought to the Arizona
State Museum for analysis and curation.
No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The ceramic assemblage included a
high percentage of Santa Cruz Red-onbuff wares. On this basis, as well as
attributes of architectural technology,
this site has been identified as being
associated with the Santa Cruz phase of
the late Colonial period of the Hohokam
archeological tradition, which spanned
the years A.D. 700–900.
In May and July 1989, human remains
representing a minimum of three
individuals were removed from site AZ
U:15:134 ASM, near Florence in Pinal
County, AZ, during legally authorized
archeological investigations conducted
by the Cultural Resources Management
Division of the Arizona State Museum.
The fragmentary cremated human
remains were brought to the Arizona
State Museum for analysis and curation.
No known individuals were identified.
The 36 associated funerary objects are
35 ceramic sherds and 1 hammerstone.
The ceramic assemblage at this site,
included mostly Santa Cruz Red-on-buff
or early Sacaton Red-on-buff wares. This
indicates a date at the transition
between the Santa Cruz phase of the late
Colonial period and the Sacaton phase
of the early Sedentary period of the
Hohokam archeological tradition,
around A.D. 900. Attributes of the
mortuary program and architectural
style are consistent with this
identification.
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. Documentation
submitted by representatives of the Gila
River Indian Community of the Gila
River Indian Reservation, Arizona on
August 4, 2000, addresses continuities
between the Hohokam and the O’odham
and Pee Posh tribes. Furthermore, oral
traditions that are 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
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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 during both the Santa Cruz
phase and late Colonial period
Officials of the Arizona State Land
Department 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 five individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the
Arizona State Land Department and
Arizona State Museum also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the 36 objects described
above 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. Lastly, officials of the
Arizona State Land Department and
Arizona State Museum 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 associated 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 human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact John Madsen, Repatriation
Coordinator, Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
85721, telephone (520) 621–4795, before
June 12, 2006. Repatriation 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; 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
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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: April 26, 2006
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural
Item: Minnesota Historical Society, St.
Paul, MN
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate
a cultural item in the possession of the
Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul,
MN, that meets the definition of ‘‘sacred
object’’ 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
item. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
The one cultural item is a tree-dweller
effigy figure (#6277.1). It is
approximately 6 inches in height carved
from birch or possibly poplar of a male
figure in Santee Sioux style. Inked on
the back of the figure with a quill pen
nib is ’’. . . 200 years in the Wabasha
family.’’
In 1922, the cultural item was
acquired by the Minnesota Historical
Society as a gift from the estate of
Stephen Jewett, vice-president of the
Security Bank of Faribault, Faribault,
MN. The cultural item came into the
collections wrapped in a sheet of
Mueller & Faribault Real Estate and
Financial Agents letterhead with
handwritten comments by W. R.
Faribault. It is not known how Mr.
Faribault acquired the cultural item.
The cultural item is specifically
documented in Plains Indian Sculpture:
A Traditional Art from America’s
Heartland by John C. Ewers, which
states that the cultural item ’’. . . must
be the oldest Tree-Dweller in any
museum collection.’’ Mr. Ewers also
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notes that the ‘‘Santee Sioux respected
the supernatural powers of Canhotdan,
the Tree-Dweller, to help or harm the
hunter.’’ Further documentation also
notes that ’’. . . the owners of these
images are able to make them dance
magically during the rites of the
(Medicine Dance) society . . .. ‘‘
(Skinner, 1925).
During consultation, a family
genealogy was presented showing that
Mr. Ernest Wabasha (Wabasha VI) is a
lineal descendant. Other direct
descendants of the Wabasha line are Mr.
Wabasha’s children and grandchildren:
Cheyanne St. John, Forrest St. John,
Leonard Wabasha, Theresa Wabasha,
and Winona Wabasha. This claim is also
supported by members of the extended
Wabasha family: Vera Hutter and
Ernestine Ryan-Wabasha (sisters); and
Jeanine Hutter, Kathy Ferdig, and
Yvonne Hutter (nieces). It is believed
the tree-dweller effigy figure may have
been released by an individual or group
that did not have the authority to
alienate such an object from the
Wabasha family or it may have been
released to provide temporary
protection for the object, as many
members of the Wabasha family were
held in the Fort Snelling internment
camp in 1853, and many personal
possessions were confiscated from tribal
members at that time.
Mr. Ernest Wabasha (Wabasha VI) is
the recognized hereditary Chief of the
Dakota People and of the Wabasha
(Mdewakanton Dakota) family, as well
as keeper of the sacred bundle of the
Wabasha family that originally owned
the cultural item. Mr. Wabasha has
identified the cultural item as necessary
for the continued practice of traditional
Dakota ceremonies by present-day
adherents and has claimed them as a
lineal descendant. Furthermore, Mr.
Wabasha has communicated to the
Minnesota Historical Society that the
cultural item is needed for the practice
of on-going ceremonial and religious
traditions.
Officials of the Minnesota Historical
Society have determined that, pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(C), the cultural
item described above is a specific
ceremonial object needed by traditional
Native American religious leaders for
the practice of traditional Native
American religions by their present-day
adherents. Officials of the Minnesota
Historical Society have also determined,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3005 (a)(5)(A),
that Mr. Ernest Wabasha (Wabasha VI)
can trace his ancestry directly and
without interruption by means of the
traditional kinship system of the Dakota
and common law system of descent to
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Arizona State Land Department,
Phoenix, AZ, 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 and associated funerary
objects in the control of the Arizona State Land Department, Phoenix,
AZ, and in the physical custody of the Arizona State Museum, University
of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from 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 and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by 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 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.
In June 1985, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from site AZ U:15:110 ASM, near Florence in
Pinal County, AZ, during legally authorized archeological
investigations conducted by the Cultural Resources Management Division
of the Arizona State Museum. The human remains consist of a human tooth
that was brought to the museum for curation. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The ceramic assemblage included a high percentage of Santa Cruz
Red-on-buff wares. On this basis the site has been identified as being
associated with the Santa Cruz phase of the late Colonial period of the
Hohokam archeological tradition, which spanned the years A.D. 700-900.
In June 1985, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from site AZ U:15:111 ASM, near Florence in
Pinal County, AZ, during legally authorized archeological
investigations conducted by the Cultural Resources Management Division
of the Arizona State Museum. The fragmentary cremated human remains
were brought to the Arizona State Museum for analysis and curation. No
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
The ceramic assemblage included a high percentage of Santa Cruz
Red-on-buff wares. On this basis, as well as attributes of
architectural technology, this site has been identified as being
associated with the Santa Cruz phase of the late Colonial period of the
Hohokam archeological tradition, which spanned the years A.D. 700-900.
In May and July 1989, human remains representing a minimum of three
individuals were removed from site AZ U:15:134 ASM, near Florence in
Pinal County, AZ, during legally authorized archeological
investigations conducted by the Cultural Resources Management Division
of the Arizona State Museum. The fragmentary cremated human remains
were brought to the Arizona State Museum for analysis and curation. No
known individuals were identified. The 36 associated funerary objects
are 35 ceramic sherds and 1 hammerstone.
The ceramic assemblage at this site, included mostly Santa Cruz
Red-on-buff or early Sacaton Red-on-buff wares. This indicates a date
at the transition between the Santa Cruz phase of the late Colonial
period and the Sacaton phase of the early Sedentary period of the
Hohokam archeological tradition, around A.D. 900. Attributes of the
mortuary program and architectural style are consistent with this
identification.
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.
Documentation submitted by representatives of the Gila River Indian
Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona on August 4,
2000, addresses continuities between the Hohokam and the O'odham and
Pee Posh tribes. Furthermore, oral traditions that are 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
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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 during both the Santa Cruz phase and late Colonial
period
Officials of the Arizona State Land Department 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 five
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Arizona State
Land Department and Arizona State Museum also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 36 objects described above 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. Lastly, officials of the Arizona State Land Department and
Arizona State Museum 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
associated 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 human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact John Madsen, Repatriation Coordinator, Arizona
State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone (520)
621-4795, before June 12, 2006. Repatriation 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; 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: April 26, 2006
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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