[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2908-2910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01629]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027160; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


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

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Pueblo Grande Museum has completed an inventory of human 
remains and associated funerary objects, 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 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 Pueblo Grande Museum. 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 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 and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the Pueblo Grande 
Museum, Phoenix, AZ. The human remains and associated funerary objects 
were removed from Maricopa County, AZ, and central or southern 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 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 Pueblo 
Grande Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives 
of the 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; and the Zuni 
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.

History and Description of the Remains

    On September 10, 2009, human remains representing, at minimum, 19 
individuals, and 34 associated funerary objects were transferred from 
the Phoenix Museum of History (which closed in 2009) to the Pueblo 
Grande Museum. On February 4, 2011 human remains representing, at 
minimum, one individual, and two associated funerary objects were 
transferred from the Phoenix Museum of History (which closed in 2009) 
to the Pueblo Grande Museum. The collection history information 
regarding these 20 individuals and 36 associated funerary objects 
follows.
    At an unknown date, likely during the late 1800s or early 1900s, 
human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from a site in Maricopa County, AZ, by James H. McClintock. The site 
was identified as ``the great ruin on the Tempe Road,'' which is 
consistent with either AZ U:9:1(ASM)/Pueblo Grande or AZ T:12:1(ASM)/La 
Ciudad. At an unknown date, the human remains and associated funerary 
objects were loaned to the Arizona Museum, which later became the 
Phoenix Museum of History. No known individual was identified. The 
fragmentary and cremated human remains belong to a young to middle-aged 
adult of indeterminate sex. The two associated funerary objects are a 
partial Gila Red Ware ceramic jar and a Tucson Polychrome ceramic 
sherd. Tucson Polychrome dates between A.D. 1275 and 1450, which is 
within the Hohokam Classic period. Both AZ U:9:1(ASM) and AZ 
T:12:1(ASM) were located on the north side of the Salt River, along 
Canal System Two, and were occupied throughout the Hohokam cultural 
sequence, reaching their greatest extent during the Hohokam Classic 
period (between A.D. 1150 and 1450).
    Between 1910 and 1911, human remains representing, at minimum, four 
individuals were removed from the area near 32nd Avenue and Buckeye 
Road in Maricopa County, AZ by an unknown individual. On October 20, 
1928, the human remains and associated funerary object were donated by 
Florence Blackmer to the Arizona Museum, which later became the Phoenix 
Museum of History. No known individuals were identified. The 
fragmentary and cremated human remains belong to four adults. One is 
possibly male, another is possibly female, and the other two are of 
indeterminate sex. The one associated funerary object is a Hohokam 
Sacaton Red-on-Buff ceramic jar. The location where the human remains 
and associated funerary object were collected is not a known 
archeological site. The Sacaton Red-on-Buff jar dates between A.D. 900 
and 1150, which is within the Hohokam Sedentary period. The lower Salt 
River Valley was intensively occupied by the prehistoric Hohokam 
archeological culture during this time.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from the area near the site of AZ 
T:12:256(ASM)/Grand Canal Ruin in Maricopa County, AZ by an unknown 
collector. The human remains and associated funerary objects were 
identified in the collection of the Phoenix Museum of History in 2002. 
No known individuals were identified. The fragmentary and cremated 
human remains belong to a young adult of indeterminate sex. The two 
associated funerary objects are one plain ware sherd and one daub 
fragment. Grand Canal Ruin is a prehistoric Hohokam habitation site 
that was heavily occupied from A.D. 1100 to 1450.
    At an unknown date, likely during the late 1800s or early 1900s, 
human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed by 
an unknown individual from a location about 100 yards away from the 
redwood pipeline intake on the Verde River in Maricopa County, AZ. On 
October 27, 1932, the human remains and associated funerary objects 
were donated by Mrs. J.A.R. Irvine to the Arizona Museum, which later 
became the Phoenix Museum of History. No known individuals were 
identified. The fragmentary and cremated human remains belong to a 
middle-aged to old adult of indeterminate sex. The two associated 
funerary objects are a Hohokam Gila Plain Ware ceramic jar

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and one lot of plain ware sherds. The location where the human remains 
and associated funerary objects were collected is not a known 
archeological site. While the redwood pipeline intake itself was 
located on the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Indian Reservation, whether 
or not these human remains and associated funerary objects were 
collected on tribal lands is unclear. This area of the lower Verde 
River was occupied by the Hohokam archeological culture between A.D. 1 
and 1450.
    At an unknown date, likely during the late 1800s or early 1900s, 
human remains representing, at minimum, six individuals were removed by 
Herbert R. Patrick from an unknown location somewhere in the lower Salt 
River Valley (Maricopa County, AZ). On May 20, 1921, the human remains 
were donated to the Arizona Museum, which later became the Phoenix 
Museum of History. No known individuals were identified. The co-mingled 
and partial to fragmentary human remains were likely obtained from 
inhumations or surface collections. The preservation state of these 
individuals varies, and includes some organic materials, which suggests 
that individuals of both prehistoric and historic date are present. The 
human remains are those of one child, one sub-adult, three young 
adults, and one young to middle-aged adult. One individual is male, one 
is female, and the other individuals are of an indeterminate sex. No 
associated funerary objects are present. Herbert R. Patrick documented 
canals and prehistoric architecture in the lower Salt River Valley, and 
wrote a booklet called The Ancient Canal Systems and Pueblos of the 
Salt River Valley in 1903. According to a deed dated April 8, 1884, and 
an article in the Arizona Weekly Gazette (1/28/1899 pg. 4:4), Herbert 
R. Patrick lived within 100 feet of a Hohokam platform mound, and owned 
land within the site boundaries of AZ T:12:1(ASM)/La Ciudad. Historic 
documents and consultation with the Gila River Indian Community and the 
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community demonstrate that Herbert R. 
Patrick was a collector of Hohokam, O'odham, and Hopi material culture. 
More likely than not, these individuals are Hohokam or historic 
O'odham, and were collected in the lower Salt River Valley. This area 
of Arizona was intensively occupied by the prehistoric Hohokam 
archeological culture between A.D. 1 and 1450, and continues to be 
occupied by the O'odham people.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from an unknown location by an unknown 
collector. The human remains were identified in the collection of the 
Phoenix Museum of History in 2002. No known individuals were 
identified. The fragmentary and cremated human remains belong to an 
older adolescent or adult of indeterminate sex. The one associated 
funerary object is a partial, burnt Glycymeris shell bracelet. The 
presence of this funerary object and the preservation of the human 
remains are consistent with the Hohokam archeological culture, which 
intensively occupied Central Arizona between A.D. 1 and 1450.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from an unknown location by an unknown 
collector. The human remains were identified in the collection of the 
Phoenix Museum of History in 2002. No known individuals were 
identified. The fragmentary and cremated human remains belong to an 
older, possibly male, adult. The one associated funerary object is a 
plain ware ceramic sherd that is tempered with platy schist. A 
ceramicist identified the temper in the funerary object as being 
consistent with phyllite tempered ceramics produced along the middle 
Gila River and associated with the Hohokam archeological culture. 
Central Arizona was intensively occupied by the Hohokam archeological 
culture between A.D. 1 and 1450. A piece of paper with the human 
remains reading ``Sallie Medina'' might identify the donor.
    Around 1900, human remains representing, at minimum, three 
individuals were collected by Thomas Whitney from an unknown location 
in central or southern Arizona. Thomas Whitney (d. 3/1/1919) lived in 
California between 1880 and 1910, and while there is no record of him 
living in Arizona, his son, John Thomas Whitney (d. 12/2/1939), was an 
undertaker and partial owner of the Whitney and Murphy Funeral Home in 
Phoenix, AZ, between 1900 and 1939. On February 21, 1951, the 
granddaughter of Thomas Whitney, Marion Russell, donated the human 
remains and associated funerary objects to the Arizona Museum, which 
later became the Phoenix Museum of History. No known individuals were 
identified. The human remains are those of three children who were 
naturally mummified. All three are of indeterminate sex. They include a 
perinatal (pre-term) infant, an infant between one and two years of 
age, and an infant under six months of age. The individuals--who are 
wrapped in Hohokam textiles, were displayed at the Arizona Museum for 
an unspecified length of time. The 24 associated funerary objects are 
seven textile fragments associated with the perinatal infant, six 
textile fragments associated with the infant who is one to two years 
old, and nine textile fragments, one leather sandal, and one woven 
sandal associated with the infant under six months old. Although 
provenience information for these individuals does not exist, the 
associated funerary objects are consistent with known examples of 
Hohokam textiles, as identified by the two conservators and a 
representative of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. One 
associated textile has brocade ornamentation that has been observed at 
the Hohokam site of Casa Grande. Mummified human remains and complete 
textiles from the Hohokam archeological culture are usually found in 
dry cave contexts. The Hohokam archeological culture was present across 
central and southern Arizona between A.D. 1 and 1450.
    At an unknown date, likely during the late 1800s or early 1900s, 
human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were removed by 
Herbert R. Patrick from an unknown location, somewhere in the lower 
Salt River Valley (Maricopa County, AZ). On May 20, 1921, the human 
remains and associated funerary objects were donated to the Arizona 
Museum, which later became the Phoenix Museum of History. No known 
individuals were identified. The fragmentary and cremated human remains 
belong to a middle-aged, possibly adult, and a young to middle-aged 
adult of indeterminate sex. The three associated funerary objects are 
two Hohokam Gila Red Ware ceramic jars, and one lot of sherds. Herbert 
R. Patrick documented canals and prehistoric architecture in the lower 
Salt River Valley, and wrote a booklet called The Ancient Canal Systems 
and Pueblos of the Salt River Valley in 1903. According to a deed dated 
April 8, 1884, and an article in the Arizona Weekly Gazette (1/28/1899 
pg. 4:4), Herbert R. Patrick lived within 100 feet of a Hohokam 
platform mound, and owned land within the site boundaries of AZ 
T:12:1(ASM)/La Ciudad. Historic documents and consultation with the 
Gila River Indian Community and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian 
Community demonstrate that Herbert R. Patrick was a collector of 
Hohokam, O'odham, and Hopi material culture. More likely than not, the 
associated funerary object types suggest that these individuals belong 
to the Hohokam archeological culture, and were collected in the lower 
Salt River Valley, which was intensively occupied by the

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prehistoric Hohokam archeological culture between A.D. 1 and 1450.
    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. Cultural 
continuity between the prehistoric Hohokam and present day O'odham 
peoples is supported by continuities in settlement pattern, 
architectural technologies, basketry, textiles, ceramic technology, and 
ritual practices. Oral traditions that are documented for 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 support 
their cultural affiliation with Hohokam sites in central and southern 
Arizona.
    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 that are documented for the 
Hopi Tribe support their cultural affiliation with Hohokam sites in 
central and southern Arizona. Several Hopi clans and religious 
societies are derived from ancestors who migrated from the south, and 
likely identified with the Hohokam tradition.
    Migration from portions of the Southwest to present day Zuni are 
documented in the oral traditions of kivas, priesthoods, and medicine 
societies of the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. These 
traditions support their affiliation with the central and southern 
Arizona Hohokam archeological culture. Historical linguistic analysis 
also suggests interaction between ancestral Zuni and Uto-Aztecan 
speakers during the late Hohokam period.

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 20 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 36 objects described 
in this notice 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.
     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 associated funerary objects and 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; 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 (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 and associated 
funerary objects 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 March 11, 2019. After that 
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects 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. 2019-01629 Filed 2-7-19; 8:45 am]
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