[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 197 (Thursday, October 10, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54635-54636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22167]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0028960; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Cochise College, Douglas, AZ

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Cochise College 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 no cultural affiliation between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian Tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations. 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 Cochise College. If 
no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains and associated funerary objects to the Indian Tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: 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 Cochise College at the address in this notice by 
November 12, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Rebecca Orozco, Cochise College, 4190 West Highway 80, 
Douglas, AZ 85607, telephone (520) 515-3697, 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 Cochise College, 
Douglas, AZ. The human remains and associated funerary objects were 
removed from archeological sites in Cochise 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) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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 Cochise 
College professional staff in consultation with representatives of the 
Cocopah Tribe of Arizona; Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado 
River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California; Fort McDowell Yavapai 
Nation, Arizona; Fort Mohave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California & 
Nevada; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Gila River Indian Community 
of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Havasupai Tribe of the 
Havasupai Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Hualapai Indian 
Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona; Mescalero Apache 
Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, 
New Mexico & Utah; Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; 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 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'').

History and Description of the Remains

    From 1968 to 1969, human remains representing, at minimum, four 
individuals were removed from site AZ:FF:8:9 (Price Canyon Ranch), in 
Cochise County, AZ, as part of a Cochise College archeological field 
school. Burial #1-A consists of two fragmentary mandibular rami from a 
3-5 year old child. Burial #1-B consists of post cranial remains of a 
5-7 year old child. Burial #1-C consists of the charred fragments of 
the cranial vault, left mandibular Ml and fragments of the right 
illium, both humeri, both scapulae, the right clavicle and the right 
femur of a 7-9 year old child. Burial #1-D consists of the skeletal 
human remains of an adult male's mandible with much of the mandibular 
body missing. The human remains were analyzed by T.M.J. Mulinski and 
Dr. Walter Birkby from the Arizona State Museum, Human Identification 
Laboratory in 1971. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    From 1969 to 1971, human remains representing, at minimum, three 
individuals were removed from site AZ:FF:7:2 (the San Bernardino site), 
in Cochise County, AZ, as part of a Cochise College archeological field 
school. Burial #1 is the incomplete skeleton of a male, 30-40 years 
old. Burial #2 is the flexed incomplete skeleton of a female, 
approximately 25 years old. Burial #3 is the flexed incomplete skeleton 
of a male, 20-35 years old. No known individuals were identified.
    In 1970, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from site AZ:EE:12:1 in Cochise County, AZ, by an unknown 
individual. The burial contained the extended, incomplete skeletal 
remains of a female, 18-24 years old. This individual had previously 
been removed from a Preceramic site on state land in Cochise County 
leased to the S O Ranch. No known individual was identified.
    In 1970, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from site AZ:CC:15:1, Chiricahua Cave in the Colorado 
National Forest in Cochise County, AZ. The human remains were found by 
weekend explorers. In 1970, portions of a human skull and mandible, 
plus other bones, were given to Cochise College. No known individual 
was identified.
    Sometime before 1970, human remains representing, at minimum one 
individual were removed from an unknown location in Cochise County, AZ. 
The human remains--a small amount of calcined human bones--were 
enclosed in a burial urn. A local rancher found this pot (tentatively 
identified as Pantano Red on Brown) on the surface, just east of the 
Mule Mountains in the Sulphur Springs Valley, and donated it to Cochise 
College in 1970. No known individual was identified. The one associated 
funerary object is the burial urn.
    Sometime before 1970, human remains representing, at minimum, one

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individual were removed from an unknown location in Cochise County, AZ. 
The human remains, labeled ``Kambitch Bones,'' appear to have been 
given to Cochise College in 1970 from a ranch located northeast of 
Douglas, AZ. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    Sometime before 1980, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from an unknown location near the San Pedro 
River in Cochise County, AZ, by local residents. In 1980, the 
calcinated human remains and the plain brownware burial urn containing 
them were donated to Cochise College. No known individual was 
identified. The one associated funerary object is the burial urn.
    Between 1982 to 1987, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from site AZ:FF:7:10 (Boss Ranch site), in 
Cochise County, AZ, as part of a Cochise College archeological field 
school. The burial was located under the floor of Room 7 in the 
Northwest Corner structure. The burial contained a flexed, incomplete 
skeleton lying on the left side. The individual is probably male, 15-18 
years old. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from an unknown location, most probably within 
Cochise County, AZ. No information has been found on this set of human 
remains. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.

Determinations Made by Cochise College

    Officials of Cochise College have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on archeological 
investigations carried out by other entities in the region.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 14 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the two 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), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day 
Indian Tribe.
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of The 
Tribes.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(i), the disposition of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to The Tribes.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    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 Rebecca 
Orozco, Cochise College, 4190 West Highway 80, Douglas, AZ 85607, 
telephone (520) 515-3697, email [email protected], by November 12, 
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.
    Cochise College is responsible for notifying The Tribes that this 
notice has been published.

    Dated: September 20, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-22167 Filed 10-9-19; 8:45 am]
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