Notice of Inventory Completion: Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix, AZ, 82507-82508 [2020-27876]
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bead being of shell followed by four copper
ones. In the excavation were also a few small
conch shells and two tubes of purplish-red
sand-stone, one about 10 inches long and one
inch in diameter and the other six inches
long and the same diameter. . .
The articles discovered, however, will be
photographed and the black substance in the
tubes will be analyzed. Through the
generosity of the Holyoke Water Power
Company, all of these important relics have
been presented to the Holyoke library
association and are now in their possession.
Under the April 1980 Agreement for
Judgment in City of Holyoke v. Holyoke
Public Library Corporation (Civil Action
No. 75–2093), the Indian and Natural
History Collections were deeded to the
City of Holyoke, of which the
Wistariahurst Museum is a department.
No known individual was identified.
The 53 associated funerary objects are
two steatite tube pipes (one pipe is
broken), 43 copper beads, one bone
bead, five shell beads, one small bone
fragment, and one animal jawbone
fragment. With the exception of the
beads, all the associated funerary objects
are mounted on an orange plaque.
In her article Native Land Use and
Settlements in Northeastern Woodlands
and Schaghticoke and Points North:
Wobanaki Resistance and Persistence,
Native American scholar Marge Bruchac
suggests that many Connecticut River
Valley Tribes were forced out of the
area, and as a consequence, they merged
with other Indian Tribes. So, for
example, the Nipmuc could have moved
in with the Schaghticoke and
Stockbridge Munsee. Holyoke, located
on the western side of the Connecticut
River, would thus have lain at the
convergence of these many tribal
groups.
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Determinations Made by the
Wistariahurst Museum
Officials of the Wistariahurst 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 53 objects described in this notice
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.
• 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 Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin.
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Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Penni Martorell,
Wistariahurst Museum, 238 Cabot
Street, Holyoke, MA 01040, telephone
(413) 322–5660, email MartorellP@
Holyoke.org, by January 19, 2021. After
that date, if no additional requestors
have come forward, transfer of control
of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Stockbridge
Munsee Community, Wisconsin may
proceed.
The Wistariahurst Museum is
responsible for notifying The Consulted
and Invited Tribes that this notice has
been published.
Dated: December 9, 2020.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix, AZ
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Pueblo Grande Museum
has completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects,
in consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects and present-day Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request to the Pueblo Grande Museum.
If no additional requestors come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the lineal descendants, Indian
Tribes, or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may
proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or
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Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the Pueblo Grande Museum at
the address in this notice by January 19,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Lindsey Vogel-Teeter,
Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E
Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034,
telephone (602) 534–1572, email
lindsey.vogel-teeter@phoenix.gov.
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 associated
funerary objects under the control of the
Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix, AZ.
The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from
Maricopa County, AZ.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Pueblo Grande
Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
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; and the
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
History and Description of the Remains
The Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM)
has determined that all of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
listed in this notice are associated with
the Hohokam archeological culture
(A.D. 1–1450).
Between 1978 and 1979, human
remains representing, at minimum, 19
individuals were removed during
excavations conducted at site AZ
U:9:1(ASM)/Pueblo Grande in Maricopa
County, AZ. Although the human
remains have been kept in the
collections of PGM since they were
excavated, the majority of them were
not identified as human until 2018,
during a review of the faunal collection.
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PGM believes the excavations likely
encountered a concentration of infant
inhumations and cremations that were
unnoticed at the time and, therefore,
were not documented as burials. The
human remains include six infant or
fetal inhumations, three inhumations of
adolescents or adults, eight cremations,
and two isolated individuals of
undetermined age. No known
individuals were identified. PGM
identified associated funerary objects
through locational information
contained in the excavation field notes.
The 227 associated funerary objects are
67 lots of red-on-buff, buffware, and
plainware ceramic sherds; 24 pollen
samples; 15 flotation sample; 67 lots of
faunal and shell remains; 27 lots of
lithics; five shell or stone ornaments;
one mineral sample; two manos; four
ceramic bowls; two ceramic scoops; two
projectile points; one insect nest; three
lots charcoal; one palette; one stone
ring; and five spindle whorls.
Sometime prior to 2004, human
remains representing, at minimum, 15
individuals were excavated from either
La Ciudad or site AZ U:9:1(ASM)/
Pueblo Grande, both of which are in
Maricopa County, AZ. The human
remains were discovered at PGM in
2004, but were not identified as human
until 2020, during a review of the faunal
collection. The human remains belong
to individuals of varying ages and sexes
and include 14 inhumations and one
cremation. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The Ak-Chin Indian Community
(previously listed as 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
the Tohono O’Odham Nation of Arizona
comprise one cultural group known as
the O’Odham. Cultural continuity
between the prehistoric Hohokam
archeological culture and present-day
O’Odham peoples is supported by
continuities in settlement pattern,
architectural technologies, basketry,
textiles, ceramic technology, and ritual
practices. Oral traditions that are
documented for the Ak Chin Indian
Community (previously lised as AkChin 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 the Tohono
O’Odham Nation of Arizona support
their cultural affiliation with Hohokam
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archeological sites in central and
southern Arizona.
The Hopi Tribe of Arizona considers
all of Arizona to be within traditional
Hopi lands or within areas where Hopi
clans migrated in the past. Oral
traditions and material culture that are
documented for the Hopi Tribe support
their cultural affiliation with Hohokam
sites in central and southern Arizona.
Several Hopi clans and religious
societies are derived from ancestors who
migrated from the south, and likely
identified with the Hohokam
archeological culture.
Migration from portions of the
Southwest to present-day Zuni are
documented in the oral traditions of
kivas, priesthoods, and medicine
societies of the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico. These
traditions support their affiliation with
the central and southern Arizona
Hohokam archeological culture.
Historical linguistic analysis also
suggests interaction between ancestral
Zuni and Uto-Aztecan speakers during
the late Hohokam period.
Determinations Made by the Pueblo
Grande Museum
Officials of the Pueblo Grande
Museum have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 34
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 227 objects described in this notice
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.
• 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
(previously listed as the Ak Chin Indian
Community (previously listed as AkChin Indian Community of the
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,
Arizona); Gila River Indian Community
of the Gila River Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt
River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’Odham
Nation of Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe
of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
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of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Lindsey Vogel-Teeter,
Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E
Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034,
telephone (602) 534–1572, email
lindsey.vogel-teeter@phoenix.gov, by
January 19, 2021. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to The Tribes may proceed.
The Pueblo Grande Museum is
responsible for notifying The Tribes that
this notice has been published.
Dated: December 9, 2020.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2020–27876 Filed 12–17–20; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
History Colorado, Formerly Colorado
Historical Society, Denver, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
History Colorado, formerly
Colorado Historical Society, has
completed an inventory of human
remains, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and any present-day Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations.
Representatives of any Indian Tribe
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request to History Colorado. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
to the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may
proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to History Colorado at the
address in this notice by January 19,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Alisa DiGiacomo, NAGPRA
Liaison, History Colorado, 1200
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0031240; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix, AZ
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Pueblo Grande Museum has completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects and present-day Indian Tribes
or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in
this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human
remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request
to the Pueblo Grande Museum. If no additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary
objects to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to the Pueblo Grande Museum at the address in
this notice by January 19, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Lindsey Vogel-Teeter, Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E
Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034, telephone (602) 534-1572, email
[email protected].
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
associated funerary objects under the control of the Pueblo Grande
Museum, Phoenix, AZ. The human remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Maricopa County, AZ.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Pueblo
Grande Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives
of the 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; and the Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
History and Description of the Remains
The Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM) has determined that all of the human
remains and associated funerary objects listed in this notice are
associated with the Hohokam archeological culture (A.D. 1-1450).
Between 1978 and 1979, human remains representing, at minimum, 19
individuals were removed during excavations conducted at site AZ
U:9:1(ASM)/Pueblo Grande in Maricopa County, AZ. Although the human
remains have been kept in the collections of PGM since they were
excavated, the majority of them were not identified as human until
2018, during a review of the faunal collection.
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PGM believes the excavations likely encountered a concentration of
infant inhumations and cremations that were unnoticed at the time and,
therefore, were not documented as burials. The human remains include
six infant or fetal inhumations, three inhumations of adolescents or
adults, eight cremations, and two isolated individuals of undetermined
age. No known individuals were identified. PGM identified associated
funerary objects through locational information contained in the
excavation field notes. The 227 associated funerary objects are 67 lots
of red-on-buff, buffware, and plainware ceramic sherds; 24 pollen
samples; 15 flotation sample; 67 lots of faunal and shell remains; 27
lots of lithics; five shell or stone ornaments; one mineral sample; two
manos; four ceramic bowls; two ceramic scoops; two projectile points;
one insect nest; three lots charcoal; one palette; one stone ring; and
five spindle whorls.
Sometime prior to 2004, human remains representing, at minimum, 15
individuals were excavated from either La Ciudad or site AZ U:9:1(ASM)/
Pueblo Grande, both of which are in Maricopa County, AZ. The human
remains were discovered at PGM in 2004, but were not identified as
human until 2020, during a review of the faunal collection. The human
remains belong to individuals of varying ages and sexes and include 14
inhumations and one cremation. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The Ak-Chin Indian Community (previously listed as 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 the Tohono O'Odham Nation of Arizona comprise
one cultural group known as the O'Odham. Cultural continuity between
the prehistoric Hohokam archeological culture and present-day O'Odham
peoples is supported by continuities in settlement pattern,
architectural technologies, basketry, textiles, ceramic technology, and
ritual practices. Oral traditions that are documented for the Ak Chin
Indian Community (previously lised as 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 the Tohono O'Odham Nation of Arizona support their cultural
affiliation with Hohokam archeological sites in central and southern
Arizona.
The Hopi Tribe of Arizona considers all of Arizona to be within
traditional Hopi lands or within areas where Hopi clans migrated in the
past. Oral traditions and material culture that are documented for the
Hopi Tribe support their cultural affiliation with Hohokam sites in
central and southern Arizona. Several Hopi clans and religious
societies are derived from ancestors who migrated from the south, and
likely identified with the Hohokam archeological culture.
Migration from portions of the Southwest to present-day Zuni are
documented in the oral traditions of kivas, priesthoods, and medicine
societies of the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. These
traditions support their affiliation with the central and southern
Arizona Hohokam archeological culture. Historical linguistic analysis
also suggests interaction between ancestral Zuni and Uto-Aztecan
speakers during the late Hohokam period.
Determinations Made by the Pueblo Grande Museum
Officials of the Pueblo Grande Museum have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 34 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 227 objects
described in this notice 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.
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 (previously listed as the Ak Chin Indian Community
(previously listed as 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 (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to Lindsey Vogel-Teeter, Pueblo Grande Museum,
4619 E Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034, telephone (602) 534-1572,
email [email protected], by January 19, 2021. After that
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to The
Tribes may proceed.
The Pueblo Grande Museum is responsible for notifying The Tribes
that this notice has been published.
Dated: December 9, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2020-27876 Filed 12-17-20; 8:45 am]
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