[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15741-15742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6897]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items in the Possession 
of the Arizona State Museum, Tucson, AZ, and in the Control of the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC.

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

    Notice is hereby given under the Native American Graves Protection 
and Repatriation Act, 43 CFR 10.10 (a)(3), of the intent to repatriate 
cultural items in the possession of the Arizona State Museum, Tucson, 
AZ, and in the control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau 
of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, that meet the definition of 
``unassociated funerary objects'' under Section 2 of the Act.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The 
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these 
cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations within this notice.
    The 20,475 objects from site AZ U:13:1 ASM are 2 abraders, 6 
abrader fragments, 4 axes, 1 stone ball, 3,890 shell beads, 437 stone 
beads, 5 turquoise beads, 10,560 beads of unspecified material, 14 bone 
artifacts, 16 bone artifact fragments, 2 bone awls, 2 bone awl 
fragments, 2 nonhuman bone fragments, 237 ceramic bowls, 1 clay bowl, 
52 stone bowls, 8 ceramic bowls (RV), 4 stone bowl fragments, 75 
bracelet fragments, 5 ceramic cauldrons, 2 reconstructable ceramic 
cauldrons, 33 ceramic censors, 6 ceramic artifacts, 8 cinders, 3 clay 
artifacts, 1 concretion, 1 stone cylinder, 3 sherd disks, 3 stone 
disks, 1 perforated sherd disk, 1 perforated sherd disk fragment, 1 
stone disk fragment, 1 ear spool, 8 ceramic figurines, 4 stone 
figurines, 29 ceramic figurine fragments, 30 ceramic figurine heads, 1 
grinding slab, 1 ceramic handle fragment, 3 pieces of hematite, 19 horn 
artifacts, 84 ceramic jars, 1 ceramic jar fragment, 1 ceramic ladle, 3 
ceramic legged plates, 1 mano, 7 medicine stones, 2 metates, 11 mica 
pieces, 4 fragments of unidentified minerals, 1 piece of obsidian, 2 
bone ornaments, 6 shell ornaments, 55 stone ornament fragments, 136 
palettes, 31 palette fragments, 38 shell pendants, 22 stone pendants, 1 
pendant of unidentified material, 1 pestle, 7 pigment fragments, 1 
ceramic pitcher, 10 plaques, 53 plaque fragments, 32 ceramic plates, 1 
reconstructable ceramic plate, 3,243 projectile points, 3 projectile 
point fragments, 5 proto-palettes, 1 proto-palette fragment, 1 punch, 
597 quartz crystals, 1 quartz nodule, 3 shell rings, 4 stone rings, 1 
bone ring fragment, 3 stone rods, 37 ceramic scoops, 1 reconstructable 
ceramic scoop, 9 ceramic seed jars, 133 shells, 19 shell artifacts, 3 
shell artifact fragments, 168 shell fragments, 31 sherds, 1 sherd 
artifact, 1 stone spoon, 14 stone artifacts, 2 stone artifact 
fragments, 4 pyrite tessera, 13 shell tessera, 1 stone tessera, 147 
turquoise tessera, 5 textile fragments, 6 textile impressions, 8 tripod 
plates, 1 bone tube fragment, 11 pieces of turquoise, 1 turtle shell, 2 
vegetal artifacts, and 2 wood artifacts.
    These objects were removed in 1934-35, during archeological 
excavations conducted by the Gila Pueblo Foundation of Arizona, and in 
1964-65 during excavations by University of Arizona personnel at the 
Snaketown site (AZ U:13:1 ASM), on the Gila River Reservation, Pinal 
County, AZ.
    The archeological evidence, including characteristics of portable 
material culture, attributes of ceramic styles, domestic and ritual 
architecture, site organization, and canal-based agriculture of the 
settlement places the Snaketown site within the archeologically-defined 
Hohokam tradition, and within the Phoenix Basin variant of that 
tradition. The occupation of the Snaketown site spans the years circa 
A.D. 500/700-1100/1150.
    The 18 objects from site AZ U:13:21 ASM are 1 scoop, 10 bowls, 6 
jars, and 1 pitcher.
    These objects were removed during joint University of Arizona 
Department of Anthropology and Arizona State Museum excavations at site 
AZ U:13:21 ASM, Gila River Indian Reservation, Pinal County, AZ, in 
1964-65.
    The archeological evidence, including characteristics of portable 
material culture, attributes of ceramic styles, domestic and ritual 
architecture, site organization, and canal-based agriculture of the 
settlement places site AZ U:13:22 ASM within the archeologically-
defined Hohokam

[[Page 15742]]

tradition, and within the Phoenix Basin variant of that tradition. The 
occupation of site AZ U:13:21 was within the years circa A.D. 1150-
1350.
    The two objects from site AZ U:13:24 ASM are pottery jars.
    These objects were removed during joint University of Arizona 
Department of Anthropology and Arizona State Museum excavations at site 
AZ U:13:24 ASM, Gila River Indian Reservation, Pinal County, AZ, in 
1964-65.
    The archeological evidence, including characteristics of portable 
material culture, attributes of ceramic styles, domestic and ritual 
architecture, site organization, and canal-based agriculture of the 
settlement, places site AZ U:13:24 ASM within the archeologically-
defined Hohokam tradition, and within the Phoenix Basin variant of that 
tradition. The occupation of site AZ U:13:21 was within the years circa 
A.D. 1150-1350.
    The 36 objects from site AZ U:13:9 ASM are 2 ground stone 
artifacts, 4 ceramic scoops, 13 ceramic bowls and bowl fragments, 1 
ceramic censer, 1 polishing stone, 3 ceramic jars, 5 ceramic sherds, 1 
whole shell pendant, 1 ceramic pitcher, 1 ceramic plate, 1 sherd 
pendant, 1 bifurcate medicine stone, and 2 turquoise tessera.
    These objects were removed in 1963 during I-10 Highway Salvage 
Project excavations at site AZ U:13:9 by Arizona State Museum staff 
Alfred E. Johnson. This site is located approximately 1 mile north of 
Bapchule, at the southwestern corner of Gila Butte, Gila River Indian 
Reservation, Pinal County, AZ.
    Based upon architecture, portable material culture, and site 
organization, occupation at site AZ U:13:9 ASM has been dated to 
approximately A.D. 700-1350/1400.
    The five objects from site AZ U:13:11 ASM include two jars, one 
bowl, and two sherds.
    These objects were removed in during I-10 Highway Salvage Project 
excavations at site AZ U:13:11 ASM by Arizona State Museum staff Alfred 
E. Johnson. This site is located approximately 0.5 mile north of 
Bapchule, Gila River Indian Reservation, Pinal County, AZ.
    The archeological evidence, including characteristics of portable 
material culture, attributes of ceramic styles, domestic and ritual 
architecture, site organization, and canal-based agriculture of the 
settlement places site AZ U:13:11 ASM within the archeologically-
defined Hohokam tradition, and within the Phoenix Basin variant of that 
tradition. The occupation of site AZ U:13:11 spans the years circa 
A.D.1150-1300.
    The 34 objects from the vicinity of Sacaton, AZ (AZ U:14:--area), 
are 17 projectile points, 1 ceramic plate, 1 miniature jar, 2 bracelet 
fragments, 3 shell pendants, 3 ear spools, 6 whole shell beads, and 1 
ceramic bowl.
    Unknown persons removed these objects at an unknown date. These 
objects were donated to the Arizona State Museum by unknown persons in 
1967.
    Based upon attributes of portable material culture, these objects 
are associated with the archeologically defined Hohokam tradition, 
during the years A.D. 900-1150.
    Continuities of mortuary practices, ethnographic materials, and 
technology indicate affiliation of Hohokam settlements with present-day 
O'odham (Piman), Pee Posh (Maricopa), and Puebloan cultures. Oral 
traditions documented for the Gila River Indian Community of the Gila 
River Indian Reservation, Arizona; the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian 
Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; the Ak Chin Indian 
Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; the 
Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; and the 
Pueblo of Zuni support affiliation with Hohokam sites in central 
Arizona.
    Officials of the Arizona State Museum and the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2)(ii), these 
20,570 cultural items 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 and are believed, by a preponderance of 
the evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a 
Native American individual. Officials of the Arizona State Museum and 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs also have determined that, pursuant to 43 
CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between these cultural items and the Gila River 
Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; the 
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River 
Reservation, Arizona; the Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak 
Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; the Tohono O'odham Nation of 
Arizona; the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; and the Pueblo of Zuni. The Pueblo 
of Zuni has withdrawn from this consultation. The Gila River Indian 
Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona, is acting on 
behalf of themselves and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, 
Arizona; the Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian 
Reservation, Arizona; and the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Gila River Indian 
Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; the Salt River 
Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; 
the Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian 
Reservation, Arizona; the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; and the 
Hopi Tribe of Arizona. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that 
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these cultural items 
should contact Lynn S. Teague, Repatriation Coordinator, Arizona State 
Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone (520) 621-
4795, before April 19, 2001. Repatriation of these cultural items to 
the Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, 
Arizona; the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt 
River Reservation, Arizona; the Ak Chin Indian Community of the 
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; the Tohono O'odham 
Nation of Arizona; and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona may begin after that 
date if no additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: March 5, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
[FR Doc. 01-6897 Filed 3-19-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-70-F