[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 145 (Tuesday, July 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44059-44060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17745]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-16118; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Forest Service, Tonto National Forest, Phoenix, AZ, and San Diego 
Museum of Man, San Diego, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, 
Tonto National Forest and the San Diego Museum of Man have completed an 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in 
consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations, and have 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 Tonto National Forest. 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 Tonto National Forest at the address in 
this notice by August 28, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Scott Wood, Heritage Program Manager, Tonto National Forest, 
2324 E. McDowell Road, Phoenix, AZ 85006, telephone (602) 225-5231, 
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 USDA Forest 
Service, Tonto National Forest and in the physical custody of the San 
Diego Museum of Man. The human remains and associated funerary

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objects were removed from the Tonto National Forest prior to 1972.
    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 San 
Diego Museum of Man professional staff (as the agent of the USDA Tonto 
National Forest) in consultation with representatives of the 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.

History and Description of the Remains

    Sometime prior to 1972, the cremated skeletal remains of at least 
one individual were discovered in a cremation pot at an archeological 
site in the Tonto Basin, AZ, on land under the jurisdiction of the 
Tonto National Forest. The human remains and the associated funerary 
object were collected by Mr. Thomas W. Sefton, and donated to the San 
Diego Museum of Man on December 8, 2003. No known individuals were 
identified. The associated funerary object is a cremation pot.
    According to the Museum of Man records, the human remains and 
associated funerary object are believed to date to approximately 1100 
A.D. The cremated bones appear to have been placed in the pot after the 
cremation, and then both the bones and pot were re-fired. Much of the 
design of the pot was lost during this process.
    The human remains and the pot containing them have been determined 
by the Tonto National Forest to belong to the Hohokam archeological 
culture. The USDA Forest Service has determined that the cultural 
affiliation of cultural items associated with or reasonably related to 
the Hohokam, Salado, or Payson archeological traditions as they are 
identified on the Tonto National Forest lies with the modern O'odham 
people, represented by the Four Southern Tribes of Arizona: The Ak Chin 
Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; 
Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, 
Arizona (GRIC); Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt 
River Reservation, Arizona (SRPMIC); and the Tohono O'odham Nation of 
Arizona. The USDA Forest Service also recognizes a cultural affiliation 
with the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 
Reservation, New Mexico.

Determinations Made by the Tonto National Forest and the San Diego 
Museum of Man

    Officials of the Tonto National Forest and the San Diego Museum of 
Man 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 associated with the Hohokam archeological 
culture.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object described 
in this notice is 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 the 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 Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 
Reservation, New Mexico.

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 Scott Wood, Heritage program Manager, Tonto 
National Forest, 2324 E. McDowell Road, Phoenix, AZ 85006, telephone 
(602) 225-5231, email [email protected], by August 28, 2014. After that 
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the 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 Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, 
may proceed.
    The USDA Tonto National Forest is responsible for notifying the 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 Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, 
that this notice has been published.

    Dated: June 26, 2014.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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