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individuals may have originated from
the southwestern Colorado, but without
additional evidence, it is not possible to
make a cultural affiliation. The tribes
consulted were those who expressed
their wishes to be notified of discoveries
in the Southwest Consultation Region as
established by the Process.
The Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is
responsible for recommending specific
actions for disposition of culturally
unidentifiable human remains. On
November 3–4, 2006, the Process was
presented to the Review Committee for
consideration. A January 8, 2007 letter
on behalf of the Review Committee from
the Designated Federal Officer
transmitted the provisional
authorization to proceed with the
Process upon receipt of formal
responses from the Jicarilla Apache
Nation, New Mexico, and Kiowa Indian
Tribe of Oklahoma, and subject to
forthcoming conditions imposed by the
Secretary of the Interior. On May 15–16,
2008, the responses from the Jicarilla
Apache Nation, New Mexico, and
Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma were
submitted to the Review Committee. On
September 23, 2008, the Assistant
Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and
Parks, as the designee for the Secretary
of the Interior, transmitted the
authorization for the disposition of
culturally unidentifiable human
remains according to the Process and
NAGPRA, pending publication of a
Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register. This notice fulfills
that requirement.
43 CFR 10.11 was promulgated March
15, 2010, providing a process for the
disposition of culturally unidentifiable
Native American human remains
recovered from tribal or aboriginal lands
as established by the final judgment of
the Indian Claims Commission or U.S.
Court of Claims, a treaty, Act of
Congress, or Executive Order, or other
authoritative governmental sources.
There is no evidence indicating that the
human remains reported in this notice
originated from tribal or aboriginal
lands, making them eligible for
disposition under the Process.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Sheila Goff, NAGPRA
Liaison, History Colorado, 1200
Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone
(303) 866–4531, before March 28, 2012.
Transfer of control of the human
remains to the Southern Ute Indian
Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation,
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Colorado, and the Ute Mountain Tribe
of the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado, New Mexico & Utah may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
History Colorado is responsible for
notifying the Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma; Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind
River Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne
and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma;
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the
Cheyenne River Reservation, South
Dakota; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma;
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow
Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Crow
Tribe of Montana; Fort Sill Apache
Tribe of Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New
Mexico; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico
(formerly Pueblo of Santo Domingo);
Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma;
Mescalero Apache Tribe of the
Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico;
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico &
Utah; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine
Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly the
Pueblo of San Juan); Paiute Indian Tribe
of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh
Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of
Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes,
and Shivwits Band of Paiutes) (formerly
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar City
Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of
Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes,
Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and
Shivwits Band of Paiutes)); Pawnee
Nation of Oklahoma; 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 Sandia, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia,
New Mexico; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of
the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South
Dakota; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe
of Arizona; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of
the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho;
Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Southern Ute
Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Indian
Reservation, Colorado; Standing Rock
Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota;
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; Ute
Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe
of the Ute Mountain Reservation,
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Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Wichita
and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi,
Waco & Tawakoni), Oklahoma; Ysleta
Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and the Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: February 22, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253–665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Grand
Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids,
MI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Grand Rapids Public
Museum has completed an inventory of
human remains and associated funerary
objects, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes, and has
determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and associated funerary objects and
present-day Indian tribes.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with the human remains and associated
funerary objects may contact the Grand
Rapids Public Museum. Repatriation of
the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Indian tribes
stated below may occur if no additional
claimants come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the human remains and
associated funerary object should
contact the Grand Rapids Public
Museum at the address below by March
28, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Marilyn Merdzinski,
Director of Collections and Preservation,
Grand Rapids Public Museum, 272 Pearl
St. NW., Grand Rapids, MI 49504,
telephone (616) 929–1801.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 an associated
funerary object in the possession of the
Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand
Rapids, MI. The human remains and
associated funerary object were removed
from an unknown location.
SUMMARY:
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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 object. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Grand Rapids
Public Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona on
behalf of themselves 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; and
the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona. The Zuni Tribe of
the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, and
the Hopi Tribe of Arizona indicated
they were affiliated with the Hohokam
culture but did not take part in
consultation.
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History and Description of the Remains
At an unknown date, a Hohokam red
on buff swirl designed vessel containing
the cremated remains of one individual
was removed from an unknown location
by an unknown individual. At an
unknown date, G.S. Knapp acquired the
Hohokam crematory vessel. In 1914,
G.S. Knapp sold the vessel to the Grand
Rapids Public Museum. No known
individuals were identified. The one
associated funerary object is a pottery
vessel.
Although the Grand Rapids Public
Museum’s records state that the vessel
is from ‘‘Flats of Doe Run, MO’’ and is
from a mound builder culture, Missouri
is not an area traditionally occupied by
the Hohokam, and the vessel type is
indicative of an Arizona origin. On
November 12, 2010, the vessel was
identified by Peter Steere of the Tohono
O’odham Nation of Arizona as being an
Early-Middle Rincon Phase Red-onBrown design from the Tucson Basin,
ca. A.D. 1100. In 1990, 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 issued a
joint policy statement claiming ancestral
ties to the Hohokam cultural traditions.
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Determinations Made by the Grand
Rapids Public Museum
Officials of the Grand Rapids Public
Museum have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the one object described above is
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.
• 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 object
and the Tohono O’odham Nation of
Arizona; Ak Chin Indian Community of
the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Gila River Indian
Community of the Gila River Indian
Reservation, Arizona; and the Salt River
Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of
the Salt River Reservation, Arizona.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe
that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Marilyn Merdzinski, Director of
Collections and Preservation, Grand
Rapids Public Museum, 272 Pearl St.
NW., Grand Rapids, MI 49504,
telephone (616) 929–1801, March 28,
2012. Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
to the Tohono O’odham Nation of
Arizona may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
The Grand Rapids Public 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 PimaMaricopa Indian Community of the Salt
River Reservation, Arizona; Tohono
O’odham Nation of Arizona; and the
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: February 22, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253–663]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Walla Walla District, Walla
Walla, WA, and the University of
Oregon Museum of Natural and
Cultural History, Eugene, OR
AGENCY:
ACTION:
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
The United States Department
of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers,
Walla Walla District, and the University
of Oregon Museum of Natural and
Cultural History have completed an
inventory of human remains in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes, and have determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and present-day Indian
tribes. Repatriation of the human
remains to the Indian tribes stated
below may occur if no additional
claimants come forward.
SUMMARY:
Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the human remains
should contact the U.S. Department of
Defense, Army Corps of Engineers,
Walla Walla District at the address
below by March 28, 2012.
DATES:
LTC David Caldwell, U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Walla Walla District, 201
North Third Ave., Walla Walla, WA
99362, telephone (509) 527–7700.
ADDRESSES:
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 under the control of
the U.S. Department of Defense, Army
Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla
District, Walla Walla, WA, and in the
physical custody of the University of
Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural
History (UO–MNCH), Eugene, OR. The
human remains were removed from
45BN3, a village site located on
Berrian’s Island, in Benton County, WA.
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. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand
Rapids, MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Grand Rapids Public Museum has completed an inventory of
human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects
and present-day Indian tribes. Representatives of any Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects may contact the Grand Rapids Public Museum.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects to
the Indian tribes stated below may occur if no additional claimants
come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the human remains and associated funerary
object should contact the Grand Rapids Public Museum at the address
below by March 28, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Marilyn Merdzinski, Director of Collections and
Preservation, Grand Rapids Public Museum, 272 Pearl St. NW., Grand
Rapids, MI 49504, telephone (616) 929-1801.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 an
associated funerary object in the possession of the Grand Rapids Public
Museum, Grand Rapids, MI. The human remains and associated funerary
object were removed from an unknown location.
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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 object. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Grand
Rapids Public Museum professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona on behalf of
themselves 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; and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona. The Zuni Tribe
of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona
indicated they were affiliated with the Hohokam culture but did not
take part in consultation.
History and Description of the Remains
At an unknown date, a Hohokam red on buff swirl designed vessel
containing the cremated remains of one individual was removed from an
unknown location by an unknown individual. At an unknown date, G.S.
Knapp acquired the Hohokam crematory vessel. In 1914, G.S. Knapp sold
the vessel to the Grand Rapids Public Museum. No known individuals were
identified. The one associated funerary object is a pottery vessel.
Although the Grand Rapids Public Museum's records state that the
vessel is from ``Flats of Doe Run, MO'' and is from a mound builder
culture, Missouri is not an area traditionally occupied by the Hohokam,
and the vessel type is indicative of an Arizona origin. On November 12,
2010, the vessel was identified by Peter Steere of the Tohono O'odham
Nation of Arizona as being an Early-Middle Rincon Phase Red-on-Brown
design from the Tucson Basin, ca. A.D. 1100. In 1990, 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 issued a joint policy statement claiming ancestral ties to the
Hohokam cultural traditions.
Determinations Made by the Grand Rapids Public Museum
Officials of the Grand Rapids Public Museum have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object described
above is 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.
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 object and the Tohono
O'odham Nation of Arizona; Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak
Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River Indian Community of the
Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; and the Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Marilyn Merdzinski, Director of Collections and
Preservation, Grand Rapids Public Museum, 272 Pearl St. NW., Grand
Rapids, MI 49504, telephone (616) 929-1801, March 28, 2012.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects to
the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Grand Rapids Public 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 the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico, that this notice has been published.
Dated: February 22, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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