[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 24824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11838]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects from Southern Arizona in the Possession 
of the California Department of State Parks, Sacramento, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects in the possession of the California Department of 
State Parks, Sacramento, CA.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by California 
Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Ak-Chin Indian Community of 
Papago Indians of the Maricopa, the Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian 
Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, the Pueblo of Zuni, the 
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River 
Reservation, the Hopi Tribe, and the Tohono O'odham Nation.
    In 1963, human remains representing one individual were purchased 
as part of a large Native American collection from John M. Sheedy by 
the DPR. No known individuals were identified. The five associated 
funerary objects include an cremation olla and pieces of charcoal.
    The majority of the collection of which these human remains were a 
part was collected between 1880 -1915 by Charles Wilcomb from several 
museums. The remainder of the collection were collected by various 
members of the Hall and Sheedy family. Donor information indicates this 
olla with human remains was collected at an unknown site in Southern 
Arizona. Based on manner of interment, these human remains have been 
identified as Native American. The form and style of the olla is 
consistent with Hohokam practice in Southern Arizona during 300 B.C. to 
1450 A.D. Consultation evidence provided by the Ak-Chin Indian 
Community of Papago Indians of the Maricopa, the Gila River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, the 
Pueblo of Zuni, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the 
Salt River Reservation, the Hopi Tribe, and the Tohono O'odham Nation 
indicates these Indian tribes are the present-day descendants of the 
Hohokam in Southern Arizona.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the 
California Department of Parks and Recreation have determined that, 
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above 
represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American 
ancestry. Officials of the California Department of Parks and 
Recreation have also determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), 
the five objects listed 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 
California Department of Parks and Recreation have determined that, 
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group 
identity which can be reasonably traced between these Native American 
human remains and associated funerary objects and the Ak-Chin Indian 
Community of Papago Indians of the Maricopa, the Gila River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, the 
Pueblo of Zuni, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the 
Salt River Reservation, the Hopi Tribe, and the Tohono O'odham Nation.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Ak-Chin Indian 
Community of Papago Indians of the Maricopa, the Gila River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, the 
Pueblo of Zuni, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the 
Salt River Reservation, the Hopi Tribe, and the Tohono O'odham Nation. 
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be 
culturally affiliated with these human remains and associated funerary 
objects should contact Robert M. Wood, NAGPRA Coordinator, California 
Department of Parks and Recreation, 1416 9th Street, Room 1431, 
Sacramento, CA 95814; telephone (916) 653-7976; before June 4, 1998. 
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects to 
the culturally affiliated tribes may begin after that date if no 
additional claimants come forward.
Dated: April 29, 1998.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 98-11838 Filed 5-4-98; 8:45 am]
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