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and development of Fort Stanwix
National Monument. Alternative 1: No
Action focuses on basically maintaining
current management, protection, and
interpretive practices and interpreting
the siege of Fort Stanwix in the
Revolutionary War. Alternative 2:
Action Alternative seeks to broaden
interpretation of Fort Stanwix in the
context of the Northern Frontier, the
Mohawk Valley, and American Indian
history; forge new partnerships; upgrade
exhibits and waysides; expand the
interpretive role of the Marinus Willett
Center; and develop an 18th-century
cultural landscape treatment plan for
the site. Alternative 2 is the preferred
alternative because it best supports the
park’s purpose, significance and goals,
while also providing management
direction that best protects resources
and offers high-quality visitor
experiences.
The Final GMP/EIS describes the
affected environment and evaluates
potential environmental consequences
of implementing the alternatives. Impact
topics include cultural and natural
resources, visitor experience, park
operations, and the socioeconomic
environment.
The Draft General Management Plan/
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EIS) was made available for public
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December 1, 2008. On August 26, 2008,
a ‘‘Notice of Availability’’ formally
announcing the public availability of
the Draft GMP/EIS was published in the
Federal Register (73 FR 50343). A
public meeting was held in Rome, NY,
on October 23, 2008. During the
comment period, 14 written comments
were received by the planning team.
Most respondents supported the
preferred alternative.
DATES: The National Park Service will
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the selection of a management
alternative no sooner than 30 days
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Notice of Availability of the Final GMP/
EIS in the Federal Register.
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Environmental Impact Statement for
Fort Stanwix National Monument is
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Superintendent Debbie Conway, Fort
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Tumacacori National
Historical Park, Tumacacori, 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 U.S. Department
of the Interior, National Park Service,
Tumacacori National Historical Park,
Tumacacori, AZ. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were
removed from Tumacacori Mission in
Santa Cruz 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
within this notice are the sole
responsibility of the superintendent,
Tumacacori National Historical Park.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
was made by Tumacacori National
Historical Park and Western
Archeological and Conservation Center
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; Mescalero Apache Tribe of
the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico;
Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona; Salt
River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos
Apache Tribe of San Carlos Reservation,
Arizona; Tohono O’odham Nation of
Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico. The Ak Chin
Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak
Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona did
not attend the consultation meetings but
was represented by the Gila River
Indian Community of the Gila River
Indian Reservation, Arizona. The Fort
Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Jicarilla
Apache Nation, New Mexico; Tonto
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Apache Tribe of Arizona; and the White
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort
Apache Reservation, Arizona were
contacted but did not participate in the
consultation meetings.
In 1965, human remains representing
a minimum of 20 individuals were
removed from Tumacacori Mission in
Santa Cruz County, AZ. No known
individuals were identified. The 32
associated funerary objects are 1 stone
ball/hammerstone, 1 unifacial flaked
stone tool (knife), 23 beads and 1 box of
beads, 1 box of textile fragments, 1
crucifix, 2 metal fragments, 1 majolica
sherd, and 1 soil sample.
The historic period burials are
Christianized Indian interments in and
around a church used during the Jesuit
and Franciscan Periods. The church
from which the burials were removed
was built between A.D. 1753 and A.D.
1757, but the burials could have taken
place anywhere from A.D. 1753 to A.D.
1824. The Jesuit Period ended in 1767,
but a new Franciscan church was not
built until 1822. After 1822, burials
were in the Franciscan cemetery and
church. However, individuals could
have been buried in the Jesuit church
after the Franciscan church was built.
One of the burials included in this
inventory was removed 6 inches above
the Jesuit church floor. The latest
possible date for these burials is 1848,
when the last residing Native Americans
departed for San Xavier del Bac north of
Tumacacori.
The human remains listed above have
been identified as Native American and
determined to be culturally affiliated
with the tribes listed below based on
analyses by a physical anthropologist,
an analysis of regional and archeological
contexts, and information from Spanish
burial records in mission registers.
During the Mission Period individuals
were buried under church floors if they
were in good standing with the Catholic
Church, or by relatives after the priests
left. Church burial records show that
there were very few Anglo or Spanish
priest burials at Tumacacori, and most
individuals were identified as O’odham.
Oral history, tradition, archeological
evidence, and written Spanish
documents show that, historically, the
Native American groups at Tumacacori
included all present day O’odham
tribes, nations, and communities. The
Ak Chin Indian Community of the
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Reservation,
Arizona consists primarily of Akimel
and Tohono O’odham, with a few
families of Hia-Ced O’odham. The Gila
River Indian Community of the Gila
River Indian Reservation, Arizona and
the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River
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Reservation are both composed
primarily of Akimel O’odham along
with small populations of Maricopas
who moved from the central portion of
the Gila River, around Gila Bend, to join
Akimel O’odham populations living
along the Salt and Gila Rivers in the
1800s.
Historical Spanish records of
baptisms, weddings, and burials
indicate that Yaqui and Apache families
and individuals were also present at the
mission and were buried in church
cemeteries and under church floors.
Apache groups are known to have
occupied the area historically, and
Apache baptisms, marriages, and burials
were recorded by Spanish priests,
especially in the 1800s. The Spanish
burial records suggest that the most
common Indian burials were that of
O’odham, with smaller numbers of
Apache and Yaqui.
Officials of Tumacacori National
Historical Park 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 Tumacacori
National Historical Park also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the 32 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
Tumacacori National Historical Park
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; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma; Gila River Indian
Community of the Gila River Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Jicarilla Apache
Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero Apache
Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New
Mexico; Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona;
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos
Apache Tribe of the San Carlos
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
Nation of Arizona; Tonto Apache Tribe
of Arizona; and White Mountain
Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache
Reservation, Arizona.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Lisa Carrico, superintendent,
Tumacacori National Historical Park,
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P.O. Box 8067, Tumacacori, AZ 85640,
telephone (520) 398–2341 Ext. 52,
before August 17, 2009. Repatriation of
the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Ak Chin Indian
Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin)
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Fort Sill
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Gila River
Indian Community of the Gila River
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Jicarilla
Apache Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero
Apache Tribe of the Mescalero
Reservation, New Mexico; Pascua Yaqui
Tribe of Arizona; Salt River PimaMaricopa Indian Community of the Salt
River Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos
Apache Tribe of the San Carlos
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
Nation of Arizona; Tonto Apache Tribe
of Arizona; and White Mountain
Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache
Reservation, Arizona may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
Tumacacori National Historical Park
is responsible for notifying the Ak Chin
Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak
Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Fort
Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Gila
River Indian Community of the Gila
River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache
Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero Apache
Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New
Mexico; Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona;
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos
Apache Tribe of San Carlos Reservation,
Arizona; Tohono O’odham Nation of
Arizona; Tonto Apache Tribe of
Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe
of the Fort Apache Reservation,
Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico that this
notice has been published.
The Commission was established
pursuant to Public Law 99–420, Sec.
103. The purpose of the commission is
to consult with the Secretary of the
Interior, or his designee, on matters
relating to the management and
development of the park, including but
not limited to the acquisition of lands
and interests in lands (including
conservation easements on islands) and
termination of rights of use and
occupancy.
The meeting will convene at Park
Headquarters, Bar Harbor, Maine, at 1
p.m., to consider the following agenda:
1. Committee Reports:
—Land Conservation
—Park Use
—Science and Education
—Historic
2. Old business.
3. Superintendent’s report.
4. Public comments.
5. Proposed agenda for next
Commission meeting in February 2010.
The meeting is open to the public.
Interested persons may make oral/
written presentations to the Commission
or file written statements. Such requests
should be made to the Superintendent
at least seven days prior to the meeting.
Further information concerning this
meeting may be obtained from the
Superintendent, Acadia National Park,
P.O. Box 177, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609,
tel: (207) 288–3338.
Dated: June 30, 2009.
Sheridan Steele,
Superintendent.
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Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, ME;
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Notice is hereby given in accordance
with the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770, 5
U.S.C. App. 1, Sec. 10), that the Acadia
National Park Advisory Commission
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Cancellation of meeting.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.
L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770, 5 U.S.C. App 1,
10), notice is hereby given that the July
21, 2009, meeting of the Big Cypress
National Preserve ORV Advisory
Committee previously announced in the
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2008, p. 67882, is cancelled.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Tumacacori National Historical Park, Tumacacori,
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 U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Tumacacori National Historical Park, Tumacacori,
AZ. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
Tumacacori Mission in Santa Cruz 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 within this notice are the sole responsibility of
the superintendent, Tumacacori National Historical Park.
A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary
objects was made by Tumacacori National Historical Park and Western
Archeological and Conservation Center 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; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New
Mexico; Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos Apache
Tribe of San Carlos Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O'odham Nation of
Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. The Ak
Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,
Arizona did not attend the consultation meetings but was represented by
the Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation,
Arizona. The Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache
Nation, New Mexico; Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; and the White
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona were
contacted but did not participate in the consultation meetings.
In 1965, human remains representing a minimum of 20 individuals
were removed from Tumacacori Mission in Santa Cruz County, AZ. No known
individuals were identified. The 32 associated funerary objects are 1
stone ball/hammerstone, 1 unifacial flaked stone tool (knife), 23 beads
and 1 box of beads, 1 box of textile fragments, 1 crucifix, 2 metal
fragments, 1 majolica sherd, and 1 soil sample.
The historic period burials are Christianized Indian interments in
and around a church used during the Jesuit and Franciscan Periods. The
church from which the burials were removed was built between A.D. 1753
and A.D. 1757, but the burials could have taken place anywhere from
A.D. 1753 to A.D. 1824. The Jesuit Period ended in 1767, but a new
Franciscan church was not built until 1822. After 1822, burials were in
the Franciscan cemetery and church. However, individuals could have
been buried in the Jesuit church after the Franciscan church was built.
One of the burials included in this inventory was removed 6 inches
above the Jesuit church floor. The latest possible date for these
burials is 1848, when the last residing Native Americans departed for
San Xavier del Bac north of Tumacacori.
The human remains listed above have been identified as Native
American and determined to be culturally affiliated with the tribes
listed below based on analyses by a physical anthropologist, an
analysis of regional and archeological contexts, and information from
Spanish burial records in mission registers. During the Mission Period
individuals were buried under church floors if they were in good
standing with the Catholic Church, or by relatives after the priests
left. Church burial records show that there were very few Anglo or
Spanish priest burials at Tumacacori, and most individuals were
identified as O'odham.
Oral history, tradition, archeological evidence, and written
Spanish documents show that, historically, the Native American groups
at Tumacacori included all present day O'odham tribes, nations, and
communities. The Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin)
Reservation, Arizona consists primarily of Akimel and Tohono O'odham,
with a few families of Hia-Ced O'odham. The Gila River Indian Community
of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona and the Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River
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Reservation are both composed primarily of Akimel O'odham along with
small populations of Maricopas who moved from the central portion of
the Gila River, around Gila Bend, to join Akimel O'odham populations
living along the Salt and Gila Rivers in the 1800s.
Historical Spanish records of baptisms, weddings, and burials
indicate that Yaqui and Apache families and individuals were also
present at the mission and were buried in church cemeteries and under
church floors. Apache groups are known to have occupied the area
historically, and Apache baptisms, marriages, and burials were recorded
by Spanish priests, especially in the 1800s. The Spanish burial records
suggest that the most common Indian burials were that of O'odham, with
smaller numbers of Apache and Yaqui.
Officials of Tumacacori National Historical Park 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 Tumacacori National Historical Park
also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 32
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 Tumacacori
National Historical Park 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; Fort Sill Apache Tribe
of Oklahoma; Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero
Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Pascua Yaqui
Tribe of Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt
River Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; Tonto Apache
Tribe of Arizona; and White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache
Reservation, Arizona.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Lisa Carrico, superintendent, Tumacacori
National Historical Park, P.O. Box 8067, Tumacacori, AZ 85640,
telephone (520) 398-2341 Ext. 52, before August 17, 2009. Repatriation
of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Ak Chin
Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona;
Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Gila River Indian Community of the
Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New
Mexico; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New
Mexico; Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos Apache
Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O'odham Nation of
Arizona; Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; and White Mountain Apache Tribe
of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
Tumacacori National Historical Park is responsible for notifying
the Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Gila River
Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero Apache
Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Pascua Yaqui Tribe of
Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos Apache Tribe of San Carlos
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; Tonto Apache
Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache
Reservation, Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico that this notice has been published.
Dated: June 23, 2009
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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