Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ, 53469-53470 [E6-14932]
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component site, containing an extensive
scatter of late Middle to early-Late
Woodland habitation debris, an Oneota
mortuary component, and some recent
Euro-American historic debris. The
presence of Woodland materials that are
not water worn and appear to represent
an in situ camp, suggests that the
Missouri River abandoned the channel,
represented by this sand bar, no less
than 1500 years ago. The human
remains and some of the associated
funerary objects were removed from the
Oneota component. All burials were in
a line and similarly oriented, are
reasonably believed to be from a single
small cemetery, and are therefore of the
same cultural affiliation.
The Utlaut site is nearly equidistant
between Gumbo Point site (23SA4), a
Late Missouri Indian village, and the
Plattner site (23SA3), a Little Osage
village. Gumbo Point is a Missouria
Indian village with an estimated
occupation of A.D. 1727–1777; Plattner
is a contemporaneous Osage Indian
village. Both villages are documented in
the historic literature, so their cultural
affiliations are known. Previously
excavated burials from each site are
described as extended and supine, as
are most of the Utlaut site burials.
Pottery found with the human remains
at Gumbo Point is Missouria (Chapman
1959:63–64) and closely resembles the
pottery in size, form, and decoration
removed from the Utlaut site. The dates
of manufacture for the pottery vessels
and beads found at Utlaut are consistent
with the known date of occupation of
the Gumbo Point and Plattner sites.
Based on associated funerary objects,
burial context, geographic location, and
historical records, it is reasonably
believed that the Utlaut site is a
Missouria mortuary site and therefore,
culturally affiliated with the present-day
Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians,
Oklahoma.
Officials of Kansas State University
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of nine individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of Kansas
State University also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A),
the 223 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 Kansas State University 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
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Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians,
Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Dr. Jacque E. Gibbons,
Department of Sociology, Anthropology
and Social Work, 204 Waters Hall,
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
66506–4003, telephone (785) 532–4976,
before October 11, 2006. Repatriation of
the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Otoe-Missouria
Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
Kansas State University is responsible
for notifying the Osage Tribe, Oklahoma
and Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians,
Oklahoma that this notice has
published.
Dated: August 23, 2006
C. Timothy McKeown,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E6–14931 Filed 9–8–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Museum of Northern Arizona,
Flagstaff, 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 and associated funerary objects
in the possession of the Museum of
Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from 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 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 the Museum of
Northern Arizona professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Ak-Chin Indian Community of the
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Colorado River Indian Tribes
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of the Colorado River Indian
Reservation, Arizona and California;
Gila River Indian Community of the Gila
River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Pascua Yaqui Tribe of
Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
Nation of Arizona; Yavapai-Apache
Nation of the Camp Verde Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Prescott
Tribe of the Yavapai Reservation,
Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico.
In 1978 and 1979, human remains
representing a minimum of 83
individuals were removed from the
Cashion site (NA 14690), Maricopa
County, AZ, during archeological
investigations conducted by the
Museum of Nothern Arizona on behalf
of the Arizona Nuclear Power Project.
The investigations took place prior to
the construction of a wastewater
conveyance system to cool the Palo
Verde Nuclear Generating Station. The
Cashion site is a large Hohokam
settlement south of the town of Cashion
and north of the confluence of the Salt
and Gila Rivers in central Arizona. No
known individuals were identified. The
796 associated funerary objects are 325
pottery and ceramic fragments; 102
jewelry items and fragments; 1 reed mat;
121 soil, faunal bone, C–14, pollen, and
wood samples; and 247 tools and
implements.
Based on archeological evidence,
associated funerary objects, and
geographic location, the human remains
are determined to be Native American.
Archeological evidence indicates that
the Salt River area of central Arizona
was occupied approximately A.D. 700–
900 by the Hohokam people, for whom
cremation was a common mortuary
practice. Many of the individuals
removed from the Cashion site were
cremations.
Archeological, historical, and oral
tradition evidence indicate that there is
a relationship of shared group identity
between the Hohokam people and the
present-day Piman and O’odham
cultures, represented by the 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. According
to oral traditions of the Hopi and Zuni,
segments of the prehistoric Hohokam
population migrated to areas that were
occupied by Hopi and Zuni and were
assimilated into the resident
populations. Therefore, there is also a
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relationship of shared group identity
between the Hohokam and the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Officials of the Museum of Northern
Arizona have determined that, pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human
remains described above represent the
physical remains of 83 individuals of
Native American ancestry. Officials of
the Museum of Northern Arizona also
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 796 objects
described above are reasonably believed
to have been placed with the individual
human remains at the time of death or
later as part of the death rite or
ceremony. Lastly, officials of the
Museum of Northern Arizona 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 AkChin 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 Gloria Lomahaftewa, Museum of
Northern Arizona, 3101 North Fort
Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001,
telephone (928) 774–5211, extension
228, before October 11, 2006.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the AkChin 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; or Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Museum of Northern Arizona is
responsible for notifying the Ak-Chin
Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak
Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona;
Colorado River Indian Tribes of the
Colorado River Indian Reservation,
Arizona and California; Gila River
Indian Community of the Gila River
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; Pascua Yaqui Tribe of
Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa
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Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
Nation of Arizona; Yavapai-Apache
Nation of the Camp Verde Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Prescott
Tribe of the Yavapai Reservation,
Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico that this
notice has been published.
Dated: August 21, 2006
C. Timothy McKeown,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E6–14932 Filed 9–8–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Colorado Museum,
Boulder, CO
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 and associated funerary objects
in the possession of the University of
Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Montezuma
County, CO.
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 and associated funerary objects
was made by University of Colorado
Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Navajo Nation,
Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New
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Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Zia, New Mexico; Southern Ute
Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado; Ute Mountain
Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Ysleta
del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe
of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Between 1954 and 1990, human
remains representing a minimum of 229
individuals were removed from three
sites near Yellow Jacket Pueblo (5MT1,
5MT2, and 5MT3), Montezuma County,
CO, during legally conducted
excavations by Dr. Joe Ben Wheat and
students participating in University of
Colorado Museum sponsored
archeological field schools. Human
remains and associated funerary objects
were physically transferred to the
museum at the end of each field season
through 1990. No known individuals
were identified. The 488 associated
funerary objects are 166 ceramic vessels
(whole and fragmentary), some of which
have black-on-white designs, human
figures, animal figures, or are gray ware;
45 lots of sherds, including 17 single
sherds; 5 lots of unmodified animal
bone; 45 ground stone tools and slabs,
including manos, hammerstones, axes,
tchamahias, and mauls; 17 bone tools,
including awls, scrapers, and whistles;
16 matting fragments; 8 beads,
pendants, and ornaments; 28 lots of
stone cores and flakes; 1 lot of gizzard
stone; 125 soil samples; 15 lots of
organic material; 13 flaked stone tools,
including projectile points; 1 sample of
adobe material; and 3 pieces of ochre.
The three habitation sites, (identified
on the National Register of Historic
Places as the Joe Ben Wheat Site
Complex), are at the head of Yellow
Jacket Canyon to the west of Tatum
Draw and southwest of the very large
archeological site, Yellow Jacket Pueblo
(5MT5). The Yellow Jacket burials were
predominantly single interments,
appearing in a wide variety of locations,
including abandoned rooms and kivas,
storage pits, subfloor burial pits,
extramural burial pits, and middens.
The habitation sites were occupied at
various times during the Basketmaker
III, Pueblo II and Pueblo III periods,
approximately A.D. 550–1250, with a
temporary abandonment during the
Pueblo I period, approximately A.D.
750–900. Based on the general
continuity in the material culture and
the architecture of these sites, it appears
that the community that lived in this
area had long-standing ties to the region
and returned to sites even after
migrations away from the locale that
lasted more than one hundred years.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Northern Arizona,
Flagstaff, 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 possession of the Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff,
AZ. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
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
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 the Museum
of Northern Arizona professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Ak-Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak
Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Colorado River Indian Tribes of the
Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California; Gila River
Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona; Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona;
Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp
Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Prescott Tribe of the
Yavapai Reservation, Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation,
New Mexico.
In 1978 and 1979, human remains representing a minimum of 83
individuals were removed from the Cashion site (NA 14690), Maricopa
County, AZ, during archeological investigations conducted by the Museum
of Nothern Arizona on behalf of the Arizona Nuclear Power Project. The
investigations took place prior to the construction of a wastewater
conveyance system to cool the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station.
The Cashion site is a large Hohokam settlement south of the town of
Cashion and north of the confluence of the Salt and Gila Rivers in
central Arizona. No known individuals were identified. The 796
associated funerary objects are 325 pottery and ceramic fragments; 102
jewelry items and fragments; 1 reed mat; 121 soil, faunal bone, C-14,
pollen, and wood samples; and 247 tools and implements.
Based on archeological evidence, associated funerary objects, and
geographic location, the human remains are determined to be Native
American. Archeological evidence indicates that the Salt River area of
central Arizona was occupied approximately A.D. 700-900 by the Hohokam
people, for whom cremation was a common mortuary practice. Many of the
individuals removed from the Cashion site were cremations.
Archeological, historical, and oral tradition evidence indicate
that there is a relationship of shared group identity between the
Hohokam people and the present-day Piman and O'odham cultures,
represented by the 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. According to oral traditions of the Hopi and Zuni,
segments of the prehistoric Hohokam population migrated to areas that
were occupied by Hopi and Zuni and were assimilated into the resident
populations. Therefore, there is also a
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relationship of shared group identity between the Hohokam and the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Officials of the Museum of Northern Arizona have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of 83 individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Museum of Northern Arizona also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 796 objects
described above are reasonably believed to have been placed with the
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the
death rite or ceremony. Lastly, officials of the Museum of Northern
Arizona 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 Gloria Lomahaftewa, Museum of Northern Arizona,
3101 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, telephone (928) 774-
5211, extension 228, before October 11, 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; or Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may proceed after that date
if no additional claimants come forward.
The Museum of Northern Arizona is responsible for notifying the Ak-
Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian
Reservation, Arizona and California; Gila River Indian Community of the
Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Pascua
Yaqui Tribe of Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of
the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona;
Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona;
Yavapai-Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai Reservation, Arizona; and Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico that this notice has been
published.
Dated: August 21, 2006
C. Timothy McKeown,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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