[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2914-2916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01626]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027164; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix, AZ

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

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ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Pueblo Grande Museum has completed an inventory of human 
remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural 
affiliation between the human remains 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 
should submit a written request to the Pueblo Grande Museum. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains 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 should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to the 
Pueblo Grande Museum at the address in this notice by March 11, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Lindsey Vogel-Teeter, Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E 
Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85331, telephone (602) 495-0901, 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 under 
the control of the Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix, AZ. The human remains 
were removed from Tuzigoot pueblo, Yavapai County, AZ.
    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. 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 Pueblo 
Grande Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives 
of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, 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; Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian 
Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe (previously listed 
as the Yavapai-Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai Reservation, Arizona); and 
the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
    National Park Service staff in the Southern Arizona Office and the 
Intermountain Region Museum Services Program were consulted regarding 
the control of these human remains. In an email on 5/14/2018, they 
stated that Pueblo Grande Museum has control of these human remains.

History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown date prior to 1950, human remains representing, at 
minimum, three individuals were removed from Tuzigoot pueblo in Yavapai 
County, AZ, by an unknown collector. Around 1950, the human remains 
were donated by Mrs. Adele DeLong (or Mrs. Adelede Long) to the Arizona 
Museum, which later became the Phoenix Museum of History. On September 
10, 2009, the human remains were transferred from the Phoenix Museum of 
History (which closed in 2009) to the Pueblo Grande Museum. The 
fragmentary human remains belong to one, possibly male, adult; one, 
possibly female, young-adult; and one child of indeterminate sex 
between the ages of 7-8 years old. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Tuzigoot pueblo 
is a large, prehistoric Sinagua habitation site occupied between A.D. 
1125 and A.D. 1425.
    The Ak-Chin Indian Community (previously listed as the Ak Chin 
Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 
Arizona); Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian 
Reservation, Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the 
Salt River Reservation, Arizona; and the Tohono O'odham Nation of 
Arizona comprise one cultural group known as the O'odham. The material 
culture found at Tuzigoot pueblo demonstrates continuity between the 
earlier people at the prehistoric site and the present-day O'odham.
    The Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Yavapai-Apache Nation of 
the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona; and theYavapai-Prescott 
Indian Tribe (previously listed as the Yavapai-Prescott Tribe of the 
Yavapai Reservation, Arizona) comprise one cultural group known as the 
Yavapai. They trace their ancestry to bands once living in the Verde 
Valley. Archeological sites identified as Yavapai and located within 
Yavapai traditional lands have also been found in and near Tuzigoot 
pueblo.
    The Hopi Tribe of Arizona considers all of Arizona to be within 
traditional Hopi lands or within areas where Hopi clans migrated in the 
past. Oral traditions and material culture, including pottery 
traditions, demonstrate continuity between the prehistoric village of 
Tuzigoot pueblo and the Hopi people.
    The Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, considers the 
Verde Valley to be within the migration path of ancestral Zuni people. 
Archeological evidence, including similarities in ceramic designs 
demonstrates continuity between the prehistoric people of the Verde 
Valley and the people of Zuni.

Determinations Made by the Pueblo Grande Museum

    Officials of the Pueblo Grande Museum have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of three individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     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 (previously 
listed as the Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian 
Reservation, Arizona); Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, 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; 
Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona; 
Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe (previously listed as the Yavapai-
Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai Reservation, Arizona); and the Zuni Tribe 
of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, hereafter referred to as ``The 
Tribes.''

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 should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Lindsey 
Vogel-Teeter, Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E Washington Street, Phoenix, 
AZ 85331, telephone (602) 495-0901, email [email protected], by

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March 11, 2019. After that date, if no additional requestors have come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains to The Tribes may 
proceed.
    The Pueblo Grande Museum is responsible for notifying The Tribes 
that this notice has been published.

    Dated: December 11, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-01626 Filed 2-7-19; 8:45 am]
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