[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45539-45540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17086]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Central Arizona 
Project Repository, Tucson, AZ, and in the Control of the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office, 
Phoenix, AZ; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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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 U.S. Department of the 
Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Central Arizona Project Repository, 
Tucson, AZ, and in the control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office, 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.
    The National Park Service published a Notice of Inventory 
Completion in the Federal Register of February 27, 2002, concerning 
human remains and associated funerary objects recovered from sites in 
Arizona. In a review of Bureau of Reclamation, Central Arizona Project 
Repository collections, the presence of 3 additional individuals and 63 
additional associated funerary objects was revealed. This notice 
corrects the number of human remains and associated funerary objects 
reported in the February 27, 2002, notice.
    In the Federal Register of February 27, 2002, in FR Doc. 02-4580, 
page 8996-9002, paragraphs 40, 42, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, and 86 are 
corrected by substituting the following paragraphs:
    (Paragraph 40) In 1985, during legally authorized data recovery 
efforts undertaken by the Museum of Northern Arizona for the Bureau of 
Reclamation, human remains representing 55 individuals were recovered 
from the Brady Wash Site, NA18003(MNA), at the base of the Picacho 
Mountains in Pinal County, AZ. No known individuals were identified. 
The 294 associated funerary objects are 29 whole and reconstructable 
vessels (19 bowls, 6 jars, and 4 scoops); 1 partial perforated sherd 
disk; 1 figurine fragment; 63 bags of sherds; 1 schist anvil; 3 stone 
beads; 1 mano fragment; 1 stone lip/nose plug; 2 projectile points; 33 
bags of chipped stone; 7 bags of worked shell (including 50 shell disk 
beads, 78 whole Olivella shell beads, 1 Glycymeris shell ring, and 1 
worked shell fragment); 3 bags of unworked shell fragments; 4 bags of 
worked faunal bone (including 3 worked fragments, 2 broken tools, and 1 
awl tip); 29 bags of unworked faunal bone; and 116 flotation, pollen, 
macrobotanical, and raw material samples.
     (Paragraph 42) In 1985, during legally authorized data recovery 
efforts undertaken by the Museum of Northern Arizona for the Bureau of 
Reclamation, human remains representing eight individuals were 
recovered from the Picacho Pass site, NA18030(MNA), at the base of the 
Picacho Mountains in Pinal County, AZ. No known individuals were 
identified. The 33 associated funerary objects are 5 ceramic vessels (3 
bowls, 1 jar, and 1 cup); 9 bags of sherds; 1 stone disk bead; 3 
projectile points; 5 bags of chipped stone; and 10 flotation and pollen 
samples.
    (Paragraph 62) Between 1982 and 1983, during a legally authorized 
survey undertaken by the Arizona State Museum for the Bureau of 
Reclamation, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were recovered from the surface of site AZ AA:7:15(ASM), at the base of 
the Picacho Mountains in Pima County, AZ. No known individual was 
identified. The 18 associated funerary objects are 8 bags of sherds, 3 
projectile points, 4 bags of chipped stone, and 3 bags of unworked 
faunal bone.
    (Paragraph 64) In 1988, during legally authorized data recovery 
efforts by Northland Research for the Bureau of Reclamation, human 
remains representing a minimum of 61 individuals were recovered from 
the Los Rectangulos site, AZ AA:6:3(ASM), in the lower Santa Cruz 
Valley in Pinal County, AZ. No known individuals were identified. The 
369 associated funerary objects are 56 complete or reconstructable 
ceramic vessels (1 scoop, 1 mug, 20 jars, 32 bowls, and 2 
indeterminate); 2 sherd pendants; 2 worked sherds; 1 worked sherd 
spindle whorl; 77 bags of sherds; 1 polishing stone; 1 stone bead; 2 
ground stone artifacts; 9 ground stone fragments; 10 projectile points; 
59 bags of chipped stone; 25 bags of worked shell (including 16 shell 
beads, 1 shell tinkler, 2 shell pendants, 5 shell bracelet fragments, 
and 3 whole worked Glycymeris shells); 9 bags of unworked shell 
fragments; 2 bags of worked faunal bone (including 2 bone awls); 13 
bags of unworked faunal bone fragments; and 100 flotation, pollen, 
soil, macrobotanical and radiocarbon samples.
     (Paragraph 66) In 1988, during legally authorized data recovery 
efforts by Northland Research for the Bureau of Reclamation human 
remains representing a minimum of 13 individuals were recovered from 
the Gecko site, AZ AA:6:25(ASM), in the lower Santa Cruz Valley in 
Pinal County, AZ. No known individuals were identified. The 103 
associated funerary objects are 9 complete or reconstructable ceramic 
vessels (7 bowls and 2 jars); 15 bags of sherds; 1 turquoise pendant; 1 
stone bead; 8 bags of chipped stone; 4 bags of worked shell (including 
2 complete shell bracelets, 2 complete shell pendants/earrings, and 2 
shell beads); 1 bag of unworked shell fragments; 2 bags of worked 
faunal bone (including 3 bone awls); 1 bag of unworked faunal 
fragments; and 61 flotation, pollen, radiocarbon, and macrobotanical 
samples.

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     (Paragraph 68) In 1988, during legally authorized data recovery 
efforts by Northland Research for the Bureau of Reclamation, human 
remains representing a minimum of five individuals were recovered from 
the Hotts Hawk site, AZ AA:6:31(ASM), in the lower Santa Cruz Valley in 
Pinal County, AZ. No known individuals were identified. The 35 
associated funerary objects are 8 complete and reconstructable ceramic 
vessels (6 bowls and 2 jars); 1 ceramic spindle whorl/bead; 1 unfired 
clay disk; 7 bags of sherds; 3 bags of chipped stone; 1 bag of worked 
shell (including 2 shell pendants/earrings); and 14 flotation and 
pollen samples.
     (Paragraph 70) In 1984, during legally authorized data recovery 
efforts undertaken by Northland Research for the Bureau of Reclamation, 
human remains representing one individual were recovered from the Crip 
site, AZ AA:2:69(ASM), in the lower Santa Cruz Valley in Pinal County, 
AZ. No known individual was identified. The 49 associated funerary 
objects are 14 bags of sherds; 2 mano fragments; 1 polishing stone 
fragment; 7 bags of chipped stone; 2 bags of worked shell (including 1 
bracelet fragment and 1 fragment of worked shell); 2 bags of unworked 
shell; 4 bags of unworked faunal bone fragments; and 17 flotation, 
radiocarbon, and macrobotanical samples.
    (Paragraph 86) Based on the above-mentioned information, officials 
of the Bureau of Reclamation have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 
10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical 
remains of a minimum of 483 individuals of Native American ancestry. 
Officials of the Bureau of Reclamation also have determined that the 
3,269 items 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 
Reclamation 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 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.
    This notice has been sent to the Ak-Chin Indian Community of the 
Ak-Chin Indian Reservation, Arizona; Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the 
Chemehuevi Indian Reservation, California; Cocopah Tribe of Arizona; 
Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, 
Arizona and California; Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Community of the 
Fort McDowell Indian Reservation, Arizona; Fort Mohave Indian Tribe of 
Arizona, California & Nevada; Gila River Indian Community of the Gila 
River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Pascua Yaqui 
Tribe of Arizona; Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, 
California & Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the 
Salt River Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San 
Carlos Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; Tonto 
Apache Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache 
Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian 
Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai 
Reservation, Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 
Mexico. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself 
to be culturally affiliated with these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should contact in writing Jon Czaplicki or Bruce 
Ellis, Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office, P.O. Box 81169, 
Phoenix, AZ 85069-1169, telephone (602) 216-3862, before August 8, 
2002. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
to the Ak-Chin Indian Community of the 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 may begin after that date if no additional claimants come 
forward.

    Dated: May 22, 2002.
Robert Stearns,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 02-17086 Filed 7-8-02; 8:45 am]
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