[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 175 (Wednesday, September 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53774-53775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21488]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-16418; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Arizona State 
Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Arizona State Museum, in consultation with the appropriate 
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the 
cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of 
unassociated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of 
any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this 
notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written 
request to the Arizona State Museum. If no additional claimants come 
forward, transfer of control of the cultural items 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 
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with 
information in support of the claim to the Arizona State Museum at the 
address in this notice by October 10, 2014.

ADDRESSES:  John McClelland, NAGPRA Coordinator, P.O. Box 210026, 
Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, 
telephone (520) 626-2950.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the 
control of Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 
that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects under 25 
U.S.C. 3001.
    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 cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

History and Description of the Cultural Items

    In 1949, four cultural items were removed from San Agust[igrave]n 
de Tucson, AZ BB:13:6(ASM), in Tucson, Pima County, AZ. The legally 
authorized excavations were conducted by the University of Arizona 
under the direction of Terah L Smiley. At the end of excavations, the 
archeological collections were brought the Arizona State Museum (ASM) 
and assigned accession numbers. The four unassociated funerary objects 
are four lots of glass beads.
    Site AZ BB:13:6(ASM) is a multicomponent habitation and 
agricultural site. In the 1690s, Father Eusebio Kino traveled through 
southern Arizona and reported the presence of a Piman village on the 
west bank of the Santa Cruz River near Sentinel Peak. He named this 
village San Cosme de Tucson after Chuk-son, the Piman name for the 
village. By the early years of the 18th century, a visita was 
established at San Cosme as an extension of the mission of San Xavier 
Del Bac, located a few miles to the south. Priests from San Xavier 
would come to the visita occasionally to conduct baptisms and other 
rites for the village inhabitants. Beginning in the early 1770's 
construction began on more permanent facilities. The mission complex, 
renamed San Agust[igrave]n, eventually included a chapel, a two-story 
convent building, an orchard, a granary, and a cemetery for the Native 
American population. The mission was in use until the middle of the 
19th century. Historical records indicate that Sections A and B of the 
cemetery were used for the internment of baptized Native Americans who 
were the inhabitants of the O'odham village. The O'odham people today 
are comprised of the Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) 
Indian Reservation, Arizona, Gila River Indian Community of the Gila 
River Indian Reservation, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of 
the Salt River Reservation, Arizona, and Tohono O'odham Nation of 
Arizona.

Determinations Made by the Arizona State Museum

    Officials of the ASM have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 4 cultural items 
described 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 and are believed, by a preponderance of the 
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native 
American individual.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the 
unassociated funerary objects and the Ak Chin Indian Community of the 
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River Indian 
Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation; Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; and 
Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim 
these cultural items should submit a written request with information 
in support of the claim to John McClelland, NAGPRA Coordinator, P.O. 
Box 210026, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 
85721, telephone (520) 626-2950, by October 10, 2014. After that date, 
if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of 
the unassociated 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; Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; and 
Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona may proceed.
    The Arizona State Museum 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; Salt 
River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, 
Arizona; and Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona that this notice has been 
published.


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    Dated: August 1, 2014.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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