[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 56 (Monday, March 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16384-16385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06033]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0029916; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Pueblo Grande Museum, 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 April 22, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Lindsey Vogel-Teeter, Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E 
Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034, telephone (602) 534-1572, 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 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 Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; and the Zuni 
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico (hereafter referred to as 
``The Tribes'').

History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown date, prior to 1967, human remains representing, at 
minimum, four individuals were removed from an unknown site identified 
as ``Sheep's Crossing'' in Arizona. In 1967, the human remains were 
documented at Pueblo Grande Museum. In 1995, additional human remains 
with the same catalog number were found in Pueblo Grande Museum 
storage. In 2006, additional human remains with the same catalog number 
were found at residence of former Pueblo Grande Museum Director Don 
Hiser. The human remains range from complete to partial in 
preservation, and belong to an elderly adult female, a possible adult 
male, and two adult individuals of indeterminant sex. No known 
individuals were identified. The 11 associated funerary objects include 
one lot lithics, one shell bracelet fragment, one lot shell, one lot 
Tularosa and Reserve Black-on-white sherds, one Cibola whiteware sherd, 
two lots brown ware sherds, one unidentified glaze ware sherd, one 
polychrome sherd, one lot Tularosa style red-on-white sherds, and one 
lot faunal bone. Based on the associated funerary object types, these 
human remains are likely Ancestral Pueblo.

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    At an unknown date, likely in the 1900s, human remains 
representing, at minimum, four individuals, were removed from an 
unidentified site along Highway 87 between Payson and Winslow in 
Coconino, Gila, or Navajo County, AZ. Sometime prior to 1995, these 
human remains and associated funerary objects were transferred to 
Pueblo Grande Museum, and were identified during a Museum collection 
inventory. The partial human remains include skulls and isolated teeth. 
They represent four individuals: A young adult female, an infant of 
indeterminant sex, an adult of indeterminant sex, and a young-to-middle 
aged adult of indeterminant sex. No known individuals were identified. 
The three associated funerary objects include one St. John's black-on-
red sherd, one corrugated sherd, and one black-on-white sherd. Based on 
the associated funerary object types and geographic location, these 
human remains are likely Ancestral Pueblo.
    Cultural affiliation between Ancestral Pueblo and modern-day Pueblo 
tribes is demonstrated by geographic, historical, architectural, and 
oral traditional evidence. These Tribes include the Pueblo of Acoma, 
New Mexico and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
    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 demonstrate continuity 
between the prehistoric Ancestral Pueblo people and the Hopi people.

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 eight individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 14 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 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 85034, telephone (602) 534-1572, 
email [email protected], by April 22, 2020. 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: February 21, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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