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bead being of shell followed by four copper 

ones. In the excavation were also a few small 

conch shells and two tubes of purplish-red 

sand-stone, one about 10 inches long and one 

inch in diameter and the other six inches 

long and the same diameter. . . 

The articles discovered, however, will be 

photographed and the black substance in the 

tubes will be analyzed. Through the 

generosity of the Holyoke Water Power 

Company, all of these important relics have 

been presented to the Holyoke library 

association and are now in their possession. 

Under the April 1980 Agreement for 

Judgment in City of Holyoke v. Holyoke 

Public Library Corporation (Civil Action 

No. 75–2093), the Indian and Natural 

History Collections were deeded to the 

City of Holyoke, of which the 

Wistariahurst Museum is a department. 

No known individual was identified. 

The 53 associated funerary objects are 

two steatite tube pipes (one pipe is 

broken), 43 copper beads, one bone 

bead, five shell beads, one small bone 

fragment, and one animal jawbone 

fragment. With the exception of the 

beads, all the associated funerary objects 

are mounted on an orange plaque. 

In her article Native Land Use and 

Settlements in Northeastern Woodlands 

and Schaghticoke and Points North: 

Wobanaki Resistance and Persistence, 

Native American scholar Marge Bruchac 

suggests that many Connecticut River 

Valley Tribes were forced out of the 

area, and as a consequence, they merged 

with other Indian Tribes. So, for 

example, the Nipmuc could have moved 

in with the Schaghticoke and 

Stockbridge Munsee. Holyoke, located 

on the western side of the Connecticut 

River, would thus have lain at the 

convergence of these many tribal 

groups. 

Determinations Made by the 

Wistariahurst Museum 

Officials of the Wistariahurst Museum 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 53 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 Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin. 

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 Penni Martorell, 

Wistariahurst Museum, 238 Cabot 

Street, Holyoke, MA 01040, telephone 

(413) 322–5660, email MartorellP@

Holyoke.org, by January 19, 2021. After 

that date, if no additional requestors 

have come forward, transfer of control 

of the human remains and associated 

funerary objects to the Stockbridge 

Munsee Community, Wisconsin may 

proceed. 

The Wistariahurst Museum is 

responsible for notifying The Consulted 

and Invited Tribes that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: December 9, 2020. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0031240; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix, AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 January 19, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Lindsey Vogel-Teeter, 

Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E 

Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034, 

telephone (602) 534–1572, email 

lindsey.vogel-teeter@phoenix.gov. 

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. 

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 PimaMaricopa Indian Community of the Salt 

River Reservation, Arizona; and the 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico. 

History and Description of the Remains 

The Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM) 

has determined that all of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

listed in this notice are associated with 

the Hohokam archeological culture 

(A.D. 1–1450). 

Between 1978 and 1979, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 19 

individuals were removed during 

excavations conducted at site AZ 

U:9:1(ASM)/Pueblo Grande in Maricopa 

County, AZ. Although the human 

remains have been kept in the 

collections of PGM since they were 

excavated, the majority of them were 

not identified as human until 2018, 

during a review of the faunal collection. 


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PGM believes the excavations likely 

encountered a concentration of infant 

inhumations and cremations that were 

unnoticed at the time and, therefore, 

were not documented as burials. The 

human remains include six infant or 

fetal inhumations, three inhumations of 

adolescents or adults, eight cremations, 

and two isolated individuals of 

undetermined age. No known 

individuals were identified. PGM 

identified associated funerary objects 

through locational information 

contained in the excavation field notes. 

The 227 associated funerary objects are 

67 lots of red-on-buff, buffware, and 

plainware ceramic sherds; 24 pollen 

samples; 15 flotation sample; 67 lots of 

faunal and shell remains; 27 lots of 

lithics; five shell or stone ornaments; 

one mineral sample; two manos; four 

ceramic bowls; two ceramic scoops; two 

projectile points; one insect nest; three 

lots charcoal; one palette; one stone 

ring; and five spindle whorls. 

Sometime prior to 2004, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 15 

individuals were excavated from either 

La Ciudad or site AZ U:9:1(ASM)/ 

Pueblo Grande, both of which are in 

Maricopa County, AZ. The human 

remains were discovered at PGM in 

2004, but were not identified as human 

until 2020, during a review of the faunal 

collection. The human remains belong 

to individuals of varying ages and sexes 

and include 14 inhumations and one 

cremation. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The Ak-Chin Indian Community 

(previously listed as 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 

archeological culture 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 (previously lised as AkChin 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 

archeological 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 

archeological culture. 

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 34 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 227 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 (previously listed as AkChin 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 85034, 

telephone (602) 534–1572, email 

lindsey.vogel-teeter@phoenix.gov, by 

January 19, 2021. 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 9, 2020. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27876 Filed 12–17–20; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0031248; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

History Colorado, Formerly Colorado 

Historical Society, Denver, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: History Colorado, formerly 

Colorado Historical Society, has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains, 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 any present-day Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations. 

Representatives of any Indian Tribe 

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 History Colorado. If no 

additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

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 should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to History Colorado at the 

address in this notice by January 19, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Alisa DiGiacomo, NAGPRA 

Liaison, History Colorado, 1200 


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