Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Coronado National Forest, Tucson, AZ and Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 10757 [E9-5310]
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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 47 / Thursday, March 12, 2009 / Notices
Dated: February 12, 2009
Sangita Chari,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9–5312 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Coronado National Forest,
Tucson, AZ and Arizona State
Museum, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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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 control of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Coronado
National Forest, Tucson, AZ, and in the
possession of the Arizona State
Museum, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from Pima County, AZ.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations
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; Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono
O’odham Nation of Arizona.
In 1983, human remains representing
a minimum of 20 individuals were
removed from the Pima Canyon Site,
Pima County, AZ, during legally
authorized excavations by the Coronado
National Forest. The human remains
have remained in the possession of the
Arizona State Museum since their
excavation. No known individuals were
identified. The 229 associated funerary
objects are pottery sherds, chipped
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stone tools and flakes. The associated
funerary objects have remained in the
possession of the Coronado National
Forest since their excavation.
Based on material culture and site
components, the Pima Canyon Site is a
multi-component site with multiple
occupations from the Archaic Period
(approximately 2,000 years ago) through
the early and middle Hohokam Periods
(approximately A.D. 500–1150) to the
Historic Period (approximately A.D.
1700 to early 1900s). Because the
human remains are Native American
and because they are most likely from
the Historic Period, the human remains
from this site are most likely to be of
O’odham ancestry. The oral traditions 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; Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono
O’odham Nation of Arizona, support the
cultural affiliation of these four Indian
tribes with historic O’odham sites in
this area of southeastern Arizona.
Officials of the Arizona State
Museum, University of Arizona and the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Coronado National Forest have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of 20 individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Coronado National Forest have
also determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 229 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 U.S.
Department of Agriculture 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; Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono
O’odham Nation of Arizona.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and/
or associated funerary objects should
contact Dr. Frank E. Wozniak, NAGPRA
Coordinator, Southwestern Region,
USDA Forest Service, 333 Broadway
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Blvd., SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102,
telephone (505) 842–3238, before April
13, 2009. 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; Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono
O’odham Nation of Arizona may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Coronado National
Forest 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; Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono
O’odham Nation of Arizona that this
notice has been published.
Dated: February 20, 2009
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9–5310 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Museum of Peoples and Cultures,
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
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
Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young
University, Provo, UT. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Utah County, UT.
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 the Brigham Young
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Coronado National Forest, Tucson, 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 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Coronado National Forest, Tucson, AZ, and in the possession of
the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. The human
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Pima County,
AZ.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3).
The determinations 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; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono O'odham Nation of
Arizona.
In 1983, human remains representing a minimum of 20 individuals
were removed from the Pima Canyon Site, Pima County, AZ, during legally
authorized excavations by the Coronado National Forest. The human
remains have remained in the possession of the Arizona State Museum
since their excavation. No known individuals were identified. The 229
associated funerary objects are pottery sherds, chipped stone tools and
flakes. The associated funerary objects have remained in the possession
of the Coronado National Forest since their excavation.
Based on material culture and site components, the Pima Canyon Site
is a multi-component site with multiple occupations from the Archaic
Period (approximately 2,000 years ago) through the early and middle
Hohokam Periods (approximately A.D. 500-1150) to the Historic Period
(approximately A.D. 1700 to early 1900s). Because the human remains are
Native American and because they are most likely from the Historic
Period, the human remains from this site are most likely to be of
O'odham ancestry. The oral traditions 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; Salt
River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation,
Arizona; and Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona, support the cultural
affiliation of these four Indian tribes with historic O'odham sites in
this area of southeastern Arizona.
Officials of the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona and
the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Coronado National
Forest have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the
human remains described above represent the physical remains of 20
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Coronado National Forest
have also determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 229
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 U.S.
Department of Agriculture 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; Salt River
Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona;
and Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and/or associated
funerary objects should contact Dr. Frank E. Wozniak, NAGPRA
Coordinator, Southwestern Region, USDA Forest Service, 333 Broadway
Blvd., SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102, telephone (505) 842-3238, before
April 13, 2009. 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; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono O'odham
Nation of Arizona may proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Coronado
National Forest 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;
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona that this
notice has been published.
Dated: February 20, 2009
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9-5310 Filed 3-11-09; 8:45 am]
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