[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 57 (Monday, March 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13650-13651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7011]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


CORRECTION--Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American 
Human Remains in the Control of the Arizona State Office, Bureau of 
Land Management, Phoenix, AZ

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 control of the Arizona State Office, Bureau of 
Land Management, Phoenix, AZ.
    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 Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations within this 
notice.
    This notice corrects the list of culturally affiliated groups cited 
in the Notice of Inventory Completion published July 21, 2000. The list 
of culturally affiliated groups for four of the sites listed in the 
original notice is corrected by adding the following group: Hopi Tribe 
of Arizona. These four sites are AZ T:13:9(ASM), AZ EE:1:154(ASM), AZ 
EE:1:155(ASM), and AZ EE:1:9:107(ASM).
    Paragraphs 21 and 22 of the July 21, 2000, notice are corrected by 
substituting the following paragraphs:
    Continuities of ethnographic materials, technology, and 
architecture indicate affiliation of sites AZ T:13:9(ASM), AZ 
EE:1:154(ASM) and AZ EE:1:155(ASM) with present-day Piman and O'odham 
cultures, and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona. Oral traditions presented by 
representatives of the Ak-Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak-
Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; the Gila River Indian Community of 
the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; the 
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River 
Reservation, Arizona; the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona support 
affiliation with Hohokam sites in southern Arizona.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Bureau 
of Land Management have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(1), 
the human remains listed above represent the physical remains of eight 
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Bureau of 
Land Management have also determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 
(d)(2), the 32 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 Bureau of Land Management 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 Native American human remains and 
associated funerary objects and the Ak-Chin Indian Community of the 
Maricopa (Ak-Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; the Gila River Indian 
Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of 
Arizona; the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt 
River Reservation, Arizona; and the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona.
    Paragraphs 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34 of the July 21, 2000, notice 
are corrected by substituting the following eight paragraphs for this 
section of the published notice. For clarity, paragraphs 29, 30 and 31, 
32 are republished unchanged, although their positions in the notice 
are altered. The cultural affiliation for site AZ EE:4:9 (BLM) has not 
changed.
    In 1987, human remains representing three individuals were 
recovered during legally authorized salvage excavations of site AZ 
EE:9:107(ASM) in Nogales, AZ. No known individuals were identified. No 
associated funerary object are present.
    Based on ceramics and architecture, site AZ EE:9:107(ASM) was 
identified as a Hohokam village dating to A.D. 700-1200.
    Continuities of ethnographic materials, technology, and 
architecture indicate affiliation of site AZ EE:9:107(ASM) with 
present-day Piman and O'odham cultures and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona. 
Oral traditions presented by representatives of the Ak-Chin Indian 
Community of the Maricopa (Ak-Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; the 
Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian

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Reservation, Arizona; the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; the Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; and 
the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona support affiliation with Hohokam 
sites in southern Arizona.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Bureau 
of Land Management have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(1), 
the human remains listed above represent the physical remains of three 
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Bureau of 
Land Management 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 Native American human remains and the Ak-Chin 
Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak-Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; 
the Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, 
Arizona; the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian 
Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; and the Tohono 
O'odham Nation of Arizona.
    In 1988, human remains representing two individuals were recovered 
during legally authorized salvage excavations of site AZ EE:4:9(BLM) 
along the San Pedro River near Fairbank, AZ. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on artifacts and site organization, site AZ EE:4:9(BLM) was 
identified as Sobaipuri.
    Continuities of ethnographic materials, technology, and 
architecture indicate affiliation of site AZ EE:4:9(BLM) with present-
day Piman and O'odham cultures. Oral traditions presented by 
representatives of the Ak-Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak-
Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; 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; and 
the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona support affiliation with Sobaipuri 
sites in southern Arizona.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Bureau 
of Land Management have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(1), 
the human remains listed above represent the physical remains of two 
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Bureau of 
Land Management 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 Native American human remains and the Ak-Chin 
Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak-Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; 
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; and the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Hopi Tribe of 
Arizona; the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico; the Navajo 
Nation, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah; the Yavapai-Prescott Tribe of the 
Yavapai Reservation, Arizona; the Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the 
Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; the Ak-Chin Indian Community of the 
Maricopa (Ak-Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; 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 Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; the Fort Mohave Indian Tribe of 
Arizona, California and Nevada; and the Colorado River Indian Tribes of 
the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California. 
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be 
culturally affiliated with these human remains and associated funerary 
objects should contact Gary Stumpf, Bureau of Land Management, Arizona 
State Office, 222 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004, telephone (602) 
417-9509, before April 24, 2002. Repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects to the respective culturally affiliated 
Indian tribes may begin after that date if no additional claimants come 
forward.

    Dated: February 8, 2002.
Robert Stearns,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 02-7011 Filed 3-22-02; 8:45 am]
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