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, 12205-12207 [E8-4337]
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Old Barnstable Road, Mashpee,
Massachusetts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kurt
Chandler (615) 564–6832.
The BIA is
considering the Tribe’s application for
approximately 679 acres of land to be
taken into trust as the Tribe’s initial
reservation as a newly acknowledged
Indian tribe. The Tribe’s application
includes some properties in Mashpee,
Barnstable County, Massachusetts, and
some properties in Middleboro,
Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The
properties located in Mashpee amount
to approximately 140 acres. Most of
these lands have been owned or used by
the Tribe or organizations controlled by
or related to the Tribe for many years,
and are currently used for tribal
administrative and cultural purposes
(such as the Old Meeting House and
tribal museum) and as conservation
land. These uses would not change.
Some of the Mashpee lands would also
be used to build homes for tribal
members and their families.
The properties in Middleboro, a
number of contiguous parcels totaling
approximately 539 acres, are located
along Route 44, about 3.5 miles east of
exit 6 on Interstate 495. Although the
eventual size and scope of the facilities
may be modified based on information
obtained through the EIS process, the
Tribe’s current plans for the Middleboro
land include the construction of a
destination resort and gaming facility,
with a 750 to 1500 room hotel,
restaurants and food court with a variety
of offerings, a 5,000 to 10,000 seat
entertainment venue, approximately
80,000 square feet of convention event
space, retail shops, a service station, a
warehouse and employee services. The
project also includes plans for Native
American cultural attractions and for
recreational facilities, such as a spa, golf
course and water park. In addition,
there would be approximately 10,000
parking spaces, the majority of which
would be in parking garages or under
the casino.
The proposed federal action
encompasses all of the various federal
approvals required to implement the
Tribe’s fee-to-trust application. Areas of
environmental concern identified so far
for analysis in the EIS include water
resources and wetlands, stormwater
management and erosion control, air
quality, biological resources, historic
properties and other cultural resources,
socioeconomic conditions, traffic and
transportation, land use, public utilities
and services, noise, lighting, hazardous
materials, environmental justice, visual
resources and aesthetics, and
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cumulative impacts. The range of issues
and alternatives addressed in the EIS
may be expanded or reduced, based on
comments received in response to this
notice and from the public scoping
meetings.
The action the BIA is considering—
accepting title to the property in trust,
and declaring the land to be the Tribe’s
reservation—is a federal undertaking
with the potential to affect historic
properties. As such, it is subject to the
requirements of section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act of
1966 (16 U.S.C. 470f.). In accordance
with regulations issued by the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation, 36
CFR part 800, the BIA intends to
coordinate compliance with section 106
of this Act with the preparation of the
EIS, beginning with the identification of
consulting parties through the scoping
process, in a manner consistent with the
standards set out in 36 CFR 800.8(c)(1).
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addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the
mailing address shown in the
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business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except
holidays. Before including your address,
phone number, e-mail address or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
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This notice is published under
authority delegated to the Assistant
Secretary—Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8.1
and in accordance with the following:
—The Council on Environmental
Quality Regulations (40 CFR 1503.1
and 1506.6);
—The National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C.
4321 et. seq.); and
—The Department of the Interior
Manual (516 DM 1–6).
Dated: February 14, 2008.
Carl J. Artman,
Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs.
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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
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. 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’’ or ‘‘sacred 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 3,134 unassociated funerary
objects are 6 awls, 1 bone tube, 2 pieces
botanical material, 5 ceramic bowls, 9
ceramic jars, 1 ceramic pitcher, 1
ceramic sherd, 9 clumps of charred
botanical material, 67 charred textile
fragments, 1 feather cord, 1 fiber belt
fragment, 1 fiber net fragment, 1 figurine
fragment, 51 fur robe fragments, 38
projectile points, 1 quartz crystal, 7
shells, 487 shell beads, 2 shell bracelets,
1 stone pestle, 2 textile bag fragments,
7 textile fragments, 2,425 turquoise
beads, and 8 wooden sticks.
The three sacred objects are two
wooden prayer sticks and one wooden
peg.
From 1960 to 1961, cultural items
were removed from the Bartley site, AZ
T:14:11(ASM), on the Gila Bend Indian
Reservation, Maricopa County, AZ,
during legally authorized excavations
conducted by the Arizona State
Museum under the direction of William
Wasley and Alfred Johnson. The
excavations were conducted under
contract with the National Park Service
as part of the Painted Rocks Reservoir
Project. The cultural items were
accessioned into the collections of the
Arizona State Museum in 1961. The 18
unassociated funerary objects are 4
ceramic bowls, 2 ceramic jars, 1 shell,
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2 shell bracelets, and 9 clumps of
charred botanical material.
At an unknown date, cultural items
were removed from the Bartley site, AZ
T:14:11(ASM), on the Gila Bend Indian
Reservation, Maricopa County, AZ, by
an unknown person. The cultural items
were subsequently acquired by Norton
Allen, who donated them to the Arizona
State Museum in 1997. The 69
unassociated funerary objects are 1
ceramic jar, 1 ceramic bowl, and 67
charred textile fragments.
The ceramic assemblage indicates that
the Bartley site was occupied during the
Classic period of the Hohokam
Archaeological tradition, approximately
A.D. 1200–1450.
From 1960 to 1961, a cultural item
was removed from the Ring site, AZ
T:14:12(ASM), on the Gila Bend Indian
Reservation, Maricopa County, AZ,
during legally authorized excavations
conducted by the Arizona State
Museum under the direction of William
Wasley and Alfred Johnson. The
excavations were conducted under
contract with the National Park Service
as part of the Painted Rocks Reservoir
Project. The cultural item was
accessioned into the collections of the
Arizona State Museum in 1961. The one
unassociated funerary object is a quartz
crystal.
The ceramic assemblage indicates that
the Ring site was occupied during the
Classic period of the Hohokam
Archaeological tradition, approximately
A.D. 1200–1450.
In 1927, a cultural item was removed
from a site near Aguirre Wash, AZ
AA:10:–– vicinity, on the Tohono
O’odham Indian Reservation, Pima
County, AZ, by Byron Cummings and
brought to the Arizona State Museum.
Records indicate that the object was
associated with a grave that was
exposed by erosion in the side of a
wash. The one unassociated funerary
object is a ceramic jar.
The ceramic type establishes a date
from approximately A.D. 1700 to 1920.
At an unknown date prior to October
1935, cultural items were removed from
a construction site in the vicinity of the
Slate Mountains, AZ AA:5:–– vicinity,
on the Tohono O’odham Indian
Reservation, Pinal County, AZ, by
Alden Jones. Mr. Jones gave them to
another individual, who then donated
them to the Arizona State Museum in
1935. The 2,913 unassociated funerary
objects are 487 shell beads, 2,425
turquoise beads, and 1 ceramic jar.
Based on the ceramic type, the
unassociated funerary objects are
associated with the Hohokam
Archaeological tradition, approximately
A.D. 650–1500.
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From 1930 to 1932, cultural items
were removed from Martinez Hill Ruin
AZ BB:13:3(ASM), on the San Xavier
Indian Reservation, Pima County, AZ,
during legally authorized excavations
conducted by the University of Arizona
under the direction of Byron Cummings
and accession into the collections of the
Arizona State Museum at an unknown
date prior to 1953. The 11 unassociated
funerary objects are 1 bone tube, 3
ceramic jars, 1 ceramic pitcher, and 6
shells.
Architectural forms (platform
mounds, adobe room blocks, and
compound walls) and ceramic types
indicate occupation of the Martinez Hill
site during the Tucson phase of the late
Classic period of the Hohokam
Archaeological tradition, approximately
A.D. 1300–1450. Mortuary practices and
the types of funerary objects are
consistent with this determination.
In 1942, a cultural item was removed
from site AZ DD:2:7(ASM), east of Sells
on the San Xavier Indian Reservation,
Pima County, AZ, during an
archeological survey of the reservation
conducted by the Arizona State
Museum under the direction of Emil
Haury. The one unassociated funerary
object is a ceramic jar that held
cremated human remains at the time of
discovery. The vessel was accessioned
into the museum’s collections in 1943,
but there is no information regarding the
disposition of the human remains.
Based on the stratigraphic location of
the burial and the ceramic type, the
object dates to the Vamori or Topowa
phases of the Hohokam Archaeological
tradition, approximately A.D. 700–1150.
From 1941 to 1942, cultural items
were removed from Ventana Cave, AZ
Z:12:5(ASM), on the Tohono O’odham
Indian Reservation, Pima County, AZ,
during legally authorized excavations
conducted by the University of Arizona
under the direction of Emil Haury. The
cultural items were accessioned into the
collections of the Arizona State Museum
in 1942. The 66 unassociated funerary
objects are 6 bone awls, 2 pieces of
botanical material, 1 ceramic sherd, 1
feather cord, 1 fiber belt fragment, 1
fiber net fragment, 51 fur robe
fragments, 2 textile bag fragments, and
1 textile sash fragment.
Ventana Cave is a deeply stratified
site with deposits extending from the
late Pleistocene to modern times. The
deepest layers have fossils from extinct
Pleistocene animals. Lower stratigraphic
layers contain stone tool fragments
characteristic of Folsom culture. There
are also deposits that contain artifacts
and human burials from Archaic or prepottery periods. The upper ceramic
bearing deposits are related to Hohokam
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culture. Early Hohokam ceramics from
the cave are indistinguishable from
contemporary ceramics in the Gila and
Santa Cruz Basins, however, later
Hohokam artifacts differ. The
uppermost levels contain ceramics and
other artifacts typical of historic
occupation from about A.D. 1700 to the
mid–20th century.
The unassociated funerary objects
listed above from Ventana Cave were all
derived from burials in the ceramic–
bearing layers. According to Dr. Haury
(1975), the burials from these deposits
are believed to date to the period from
A.D. 1000 to 1400.
In 1942, cultural items were removed
from site AA:14:7(ASM) in the Coyote
Mountains of the Tohono O’odham
Indian Reservation, Pima County, AZ.
The objects were collected from the
surface of two graves by Emil Haury
while conducting a survey of the
Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation.
The 46 unassociated funerary objects are
8 decorated wooden sticks and 38 stone
projectile points.
Based on the condition and
characteristics of these objects and other
objects which were present, but not
collected, the graves date to between
A.D. 1850 to 1942.
In 1965, a cultural item was removed
from the San Xavier Bridge site AZ
BB:13:14(ASM), on the San Xavier
Indian Reservation, Pima County, AZ,
by the Arizona State Museum under the
direction of Thomas Hemmings. The
object was associated with a burial that
was exposed by erosion of the bank of
the Santa Cruz River. The human
remains were repatriated to the Tohono
O’odham Nation in 1987. The one
unassociated funerary object, which was
later found in the museum, is a stone
pestle.
Stratigraphy, radiocarbon dates, and
attributes of the ceramic assemblage at
the San Xavier Bridge site indicate
occupation during the Tanque Verde
phase of the Classic period of the
Hohokam Archaeological tradition,
approximately A.D. 1150–1300.
From 1965 to 1966, a cultural item
was removed from the Punta de Agua
site, AZ BB:13:43(ASM), on the San
Xavier Indian Reservation, Pima
County, AZ, during legally authorized
excavations conducted by the Arizona
State Museum under the direction of R.
Gwinn Vivian. The one unassociated
funerary object is a figurine fragment
that had been associated with a
cremation.
On the basis of the ceramic types, the
cremations at the Punta de Agua site
were dated to the transition between the
Colonial and Sedentary periods of the
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Hohokam Archaeological tradition,
approximately A.D. 900–1000.
At an unknown date prior to 1970,
cultural items were removed from a site
about 30 miles south of Casa Grande,
AZ AA:9:–– vicinity, on the Tohono
O’odham Indian Reservation, Pima
County, AZ, by unknown persons. The
cultural items were donated to the
Arizona State Museum at an unknown
date. Records indicate that the cultural
items were removed from an ‘‘old Pima
grave.’’ The six unassociated funerary
objects are textile fragments.
Some of the textile fragments are from
commercially woven cotton and some
are historic Pima weave. This suggests
that the objects date to the mid to late
19th century, approximately A.D. 1825–
1875.
At an unknown date during the 1950s,
a cultural item was removed by an
unknown person from the Wihom-ki
site, AZ Z:12:–– area, on the Tohono
O’odham Indian Reservation, Pima
County, AZ. The cultural item was later
obtained by Julian Hayden, who
donated it to the Arizona State Museum
in 1984. The sacred object is a carved
wooden peg.
Based on the condition and location
of the sacred object, it appears to date
to the late historic period,
approximately A.D. 1880–1960.
In 1941, a cultural item was removed
from Ventana Cave AZ Z:12:5(ASM), on
the Tohono O’odham Indian
Reservation, Pima County, AZ, during
legally authorized excavations
conducted by the University of Arizona
under the direction of Emil Haury. The
sacred object was accessioned into the
collections of the Arizona State Museum
in 1941. The sacred object is a wooden
prayer stick.
Excavation records report that several
such objects were on the surface of the
site or found within surface debris. This
establishes a date in the recent historical
period, approximately A.D. 1700–1941.
At an unknown date prior to 1969, a
cultural item was removed from
Ventana Cave, AZ Z:12:5(ASM), on the
Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation,
Pima County, AZ, by Julian Hayden. Mr.
Hayden donated the sacred object to the
Arizona State Museum in 1969. The
sacred object is a wooden prayer stick.
There is no specific information
regarding the archeological context.
Records from the 1941 excavations
conducted by Emil Haury reported that
several such objects were on the surface
of the site or found within surface
debris. This establishes a date in the
recent historical period, approximately
A.D. 1700–1969.
At the time of Spanish entry into
southern Arizona in the late 17th
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century, the lands currently under the
jurisdiction of the Tohono O’odham
Nation were occupied by O’odham–
speaking populations. The same
populations have continued to occupy
these lands throughout the historic
period. O’odham people also identify
themselves with the archeologically–
defined Hohokam Archaeological
tradition. Cultural continuity between
the prehistoric occupants of the region
and present day O’odham, Pee–Posh,
and Puebloan peoples is supported by
continuities in settlement pattern,
architectural technologies, basketry,
textiles, ceramic technology, ritual
practices, and oral traditions. The
descendants of the O’odham, Pee–Posh,
and Puebloan peoples of the areas
described above are members 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.
Officials of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs and Arizona State Museum have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(B), the 3,134 unassociated
funerary 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 and are
believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a
specific burial site of an 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 (3)(C),
the three sacred objects described above
are specific ceremonial objects needed
by traditional Native American religious
leaders for the practice of traditional
Native American religions by their
present–day adherents. Lastly, officials
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 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 unassociated funerary
objects and sacred 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
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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 unassociated funerary
objects and/or sacred objects should
contact John Madsen, Repatriation
Coordinator, Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
85721, telephone (520) 621–4795, before
April 7, 2008. Repatriation of the
unassociated funerary objects and
sacred 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: February 13, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items: 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. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the
possession of the University of Colorado
Museum, Boulder, CO, that meets 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
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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'' or ``sacred 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 3,134 unassociated funerary objects are 6 awls, 1 bone tube, 2
pieces botanical material, 5 ceramic bowls, 9 ceramic jars, 1 ceramic
pitcher, 1 ceramic sherd, 9 clumps of charred botanical material, 67
charred textile fragments, 1 feather cord, 1 fiber belt fragment, 1
fiber net fragment, 1 figurine fragment, 51 fur robe fragments, 38
projectile points, 1 quartz crystal, 7 shells, 487 shell beads, 2 shell
bracelets, 1 stone pestle, 2 textile bag fragments, 7 textile
fragments, 2,425 turquoise beads, and 8 wooden sticks.
The three sacred objects are two wooden prayer sticks and one
wooden peg.
From 1960 to 1961, cultural items were removed from the Bartley
site, AZ T:14:11(ASM), on the Gila Bend Indian Reservation, Maricopa
County, AZ, during legally authorized excavations conducted by the
Arizona State Museum under the direction of William Wasley and Alfred
Johnson. The excavations were conducted under contract with the
National Park Service as part of the Painted Rocks Reservoir Project.
The cultural items were accessioned into the collections of the Arizona
State Museum in 1961. The 18 unassociated funerary objects are 4
ceramic bowls, 2 ceramic jars, 1 shell,
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2 shell bracelets, and 9 clumps of charred botanical material.
At an unknown date, cultural items were removed from the Bartley
site, AZ T:14:11(ASM), on the Gila Bend Indian Reservation, Maricopa
County, AZ, by an unknown person. The cultural items were subsequently
acquired by Norton Allen, who donated them to the Arizona State Museum
in 1997. The 69 unassociated funerary objects are 1 ceramic jar, 1
ceramic bowl, and 67 charred textile fragments.
The ceramic assemblage indicates that the Bartley site was occupied
during the Classic period of the Hohokam Archaeological tradition,
approximately A.D. 1200-1450.
From 1960 to 1961, a cultural item was removed from the Ring site,
AZ T:14:12(ASM), on the Gila Bend Indian Reservation, Maricopa County,
AZ, during legally authorized excavations conducted by the Arizona
State Museum under the direction of William Wasley and Alfred Johnson.
The excavations were conducted under contract with the National Park
Service as part of the Painted Rocks Reservoir Project. The cultural
item was accessioned into the collections of the Arizona State Museum
in 1961. The one unassociated funerary object is a quartz crystal.
The ceramic assemblage indicates that the Ring site was occupied
during the Classic period of the Hohokam Archaeological tradition,
approximately A.D. 1200-1450.
In 1927, a cultural item was removed from a site near Aguirre Wash,
AZ AA:10:-- vicinity, on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, Pima
County, AZ, by Byron Cummings and brought to the Arizona State Museum.
Records indicate that the object was associated with a grave that was
exposed by erosion in the side of a wash. The one unassociated funerary
object is a ceramic jar.
The ceramic type establishes a date from approximately A.D. 1700 to
1920.
At an unknown date prior to October 1935, cultural items were
removed from a construction site in the vicinity of the Slate
Mountains, AZ AA:5:-- vicinity, on the Tohono O'odham Indian
Reservation, Pinal County, AZ, by Alden Jones. Mr. Jones gave them to
another individual, who then donated them to the Arizona State Museum
in 1935. The 2,913 unassociated funerary objects are 487 shell beads,
2,425 turquoise beads, and 1 ceramic jar.
Based on the ceramic type, the unassociated funerary objects are
associated with the Hohokam Archaeological tradition, approximately
A.D. 650-1500.
From 1930 to 1932, cultural items were removed from Martinez Hill
Ruin AZ BB:13:3(ASM), on the San Xavier Indian Reservation, Pima
County, AZ, during legally authorized excavations conducted by the
University of Arizona under the direction of Byron Cummings and
accession into the collections of the Arizona State Museum at an
unknown date prior to 1953. The 11 unassociated funerary objects are 1
bone tube, 3 ceramic jars, 1 ceramic pitcher, and 6 shells.
Architectural forms (platform mounds, adobe room blocks, and
compound walls) and ceramic types indicate occupation of the Martinez
Hill site during the Tucson phase of the late Classic period of the
Hohokam Archaeological tradition, approximately A.D. 1300-1450.
Mortuary practices and the types of funerary objects are consistent
with this determination.
In 1942, a cultural item was removed from site AZ DD:2:7(ASM), east
of Sells on the San Xavier Indian Reservation, Pima County, AZ, during
an archeological survey of the reservation conducted by the Arizona
State Museum under the direction of Emil Haury. The one unassociated
funerary object is a ceramic jar that held cremated human remains at
the time of discovery. The vessel was accessioned into the museum's
collections in 1943, but there is no information regarding the
disposition of the human remains.
Based on the stratigraphic location of the burial and the ceramic
type, the object dates to the Vamori or Topowa phases of the Hohokam
Archaeological tradition, approximately A.D. 700-1150.
From 1941 to 1942, cultural items were removed from Ventana Cave,
AZ Z:12:5(ASM), on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, Pima County,
AZ, during legally authorized excavations conducted by the University
of Arizona under the direction of Emil Haury. The cultural items were
accessioned into the collections of the Arizona State Museum in 1942.
The 66 unassociated funerary objects are 6 bone awls, 2 pieces of
botanical material, 1 ceramic sherd, 1 feather cord, 1 fiber belt
fragment, 1 fiber net fragment, 51 fur robe fragments, 2 textile bag
fragments, and 1 textile sash fragment.
Ventana Cave is a deeply stratified site with deposits extending
from the late Pleistocene to modern times. The deepest layers have
fossils from extinct Pleistocene animals. Lower stratigraphic layers
contain stone tool fragments characteristic of Folsom culture. There
are also deposits that contain artifacts and human burials from Archaic
or pre-pottery periods. The upper ceramic bearing deposits are related
to Hohokam culture. Early Hohokam ceramics from the cave are
indistinguishable from contemporary ceramics in the Gila and Santa Cruz
Basins, however, later Hohokam artifacts differ. The uppermost levels
contain ceramics and other artifacts typical of historic occupation
from about A.D. 1700 to the mid-20th century.
The unassociated funerary objects listed above from Ventana Cave
were all derived from burials in the ceramic-bearing layers. According
to Dr. Haury (1975), the burials from these deposits are believed to
date to the period from A.D. 1000 to 1400.
In 1942, cultural items were removed from site AA:14:7(ASM) in the
Coyote Mountains of the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, Pima County,
AZ. The objects were collected from the surface of two graves by Emil
Haury while conducting a survey of the Tohono O'odham Indian
Reservation. The 46 unassociated funerary objects are 8 decorated
wooden sticks and 38 stone projectile points.
Based on the condition and characteristics of these objects and
other objects which were present, but not collected, the graves date to
between A.D. 1850 to 1942.
In 1965, a cultural item was removed from the San Xavier Bridge
site AZ BB:13:14(ASM), on the San Xavier Indian Reservation, Pima
County, AZ, by the Arizona State Museum under the direction of Thomas
Hemmings. The object was associated with a burial that was exposed by
erosion of the bank of the Santa Cruz River. The human remains were
repatriated to the Tohono O'odham Nation in 1987. The one unassociated
funerary object, which was later found in the museum, is a stone
pestle.
Stratigraphy, radiocarbon dates, and attributes of the ceramic
assemblage at the San Xavier Bridge site indicate occupation during the
Tanque Verde phase of the Classic period of the Hohokam Archaeological
tradition, approximately A.D. 1150-1300.
From 1965 to 1966, a cultural item was removed from the Punta de
Agua site, AZ BB:13:43(ASM), on the San Xavier Indian Reservation, Pima
County, AZ, during legally authorized excavations conducted by the
Arizona State Museum under the direction of R. Gwinn Vivian. The one
unassociated funerary object is a figurine fragment that had been
associated with a cremation.
On the basis of the ceramic types, the cremations at the Punta de
Agua site were dated to the transition between the Colonial and
Sedentary periods of the
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Hohokam Archaeological tradition, approximately A.D. 900-1000.
At an unknown date prior to 1970, cultural items were removed from
a site about 30 miles south of Casa Grande, AZ AA:9:-- vicinity, on the
Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, Pima County, AZ, by unknown persons.
The cultural items were donated to the Arizona State Museum at an
unknown date. Records indicate that the cultural items were removed
from an ``old Pima grave.'' The six unassociated funerary objects are
textile fragments.
Some of the textile fragments are from commercially woven cotton
and some are historic Pima weave. This suggests that the objects date
to the mid to late 19th century, approximately A.D. 1825-1875.
At an unknown date during the 1950s, a cultural item was removed by
an unknown person from the Wihom-ki site, AZ Z:12:-- area, on the
Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, Pima County, AZ. The cultural item
was later obtained by Julian Hayden, who donated it to the Arizona
State Museum in 1984. The sacred object is a carved wooden peg.
Based on the condition and location of the sacred object, it
appears to date to the late historic period, approximately A.D. 1880-
1960.
In 1941, a cultural item was removed from Ventana Cave AZ
Z:12:5(ASM), on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, Pima County, AZ,
during legally authorized excavations conducted by the University of
Arizona under the direction of Emil Haury. The sacred object was
accessioned into the collections of the Arizona State Museum in 1941.
The sacred object is a wooden prayer stick.
Excavation records report that several such objects were on the
surface of the site or found within surface debris. This establishes a
date in the recent historical period, approximately A.D. 1700-1941.
At an unknown date prior to 1969, a cultural item was removed from
Ventana Cave, AZ Z:12:5(ASM), on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation,
Pima County, AZ, by Julian Hayden. Mr. Hayden donated the sacred object
to the Arizona State Museum in 1969. The sacred object is a wooden
prayer stick.
There is no specific information regarding the archeological
context. Records from the 1941 excavations conducted by Emil Haury
reported that several such objects were on the surface of the site or
found within surface debris. This establishes a date in the recent
historical period, approximately A.D. 1700-1969.
At the time of Spanish entry into southern Arizona in the late 17th
century, the lands currently under the jurisdiction of the Tohono
O'odham Nation were occupied by O'odham-speaking populations. The same
populations have continued to occupy these lands throughout the
historic period. O'odham people also identify themselves with the
archeologically-defined Hohokam Archaeological tradition. Cultural
continuity between the prehistoric occupants of the region and present
day O'odham, Pee-Posh, and Puebloan peoples is supported by
continuities in settlement pattern, architectural technologies,
basketry, textiles, ceramic technology, ritual practices, and oral
traditions. The descendants of the O'odham, Pee-Posh, and Puebloan
peoples of the areas described above are members 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.
Officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Arizona State Museum
have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the 3,134
unassociated funerary 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 and are
believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed from
a specific burial site of an 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 (3)(C), the three sacred
objects described above are specific ceremonial objects needed by
traditional Native American religious leaders for the practice of
traditional Native American religions by their present-day adherents.
Lastly, officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 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 unassociated funerary objects and sacred 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 unassociated funerary objects and/or
sacred objects should contact John Madsen, Repatriation Coordinator,
Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721,
telephone (520) 621-4795, before April 7, 2008. Repatriation of the
unassociated funerary objects and sacred 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: February 13, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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