[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 95 (Friday, May 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29480-29481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10432]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0029959; 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, 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 June 15, 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 under 
the control of the Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix, AZ. The human remains 
were removed from Coconino, Yavapai or Gila 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.

History and Description of the Remains

    Sometime prior to 1960, human remains representing, at minimum, six 
individuals were removed by Fred Eldean from an unidentified site near 
Brown Springs, which is located about 18 miles from Camp Verde in 
Yavapai County, AZ. The ownership of the land from which the 
individuals were removed is unclear. Around 1960, the human remains 
were transferred to the Pueblo Grande Museum where they have remained. 
The human remains are partial or fragmentary, and belong to an adult 
female 50-59 years old, three children between the ages of one and 10 
years old, and two perinatal or pre-term infants. No known individuals 
were identified. The two associated funerary objects are one bone awl 
and one Deadman's black-on-red dipper.
    Sometime prior to 1967, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed by Robert Wright from an unidentified site 30-
35 miles south of Flagstaff in Coconino, Yavapai or Gila County, AZ. 
The ownership of the land from which the individuals were removed is 
unclear. Around 1967, the human remains were transferred to the Pueblo 
Grande Museum. The human remains are complete, and belong to a young 
adult male. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    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 within the Sinagua archeological

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cultural area (where the human remains and associated funerary objects 
listed in this notice were found) demonstrates continuity between the 
earlier people and the present-day O'Odham.
    The Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Yavapai-Apache Nation of 
the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona; and the Yavapai-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 Sinagua 
archeological cultural area.
    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 Sinagua archeological 
culture 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 Sinagua 
archeological cultural area 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 seven 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), 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 85034, telephone (602) 534-1572, email [email protected], by June 15, 2020. 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: February 28, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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