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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 

Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from the vicinity 

of Gila Bend, 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 Heard 

Museum professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of AkChin 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 Zuni Tribe of the 

Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. 

History and Description of the Remains 

Prior to 1953, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the 

vicinity of Gila Bend in Maricopa 

County, AZ, by Russell Cross and then 

acquired by the Heard Museum. In 

1953, the museum assigned the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

catalog number NA–SW–HH–A4–2. The 

human remains belong to a middle-aged 

adult of unknown gender. No known 

individuals were identified. The two 

associated funerary objects are one jar 

and one animal bone. 

The jar is identified as Hohokam 

Sacaton Red-on-Buff with a low Gila 

Shoulder, and was made between 

approximately A.D. 900 and 1100. In 

1990, the Ak-Chin Indian Community, 

Gila River Indian Community, Salt River 

Pima-Maricopa Community, and 

Tohono O’odham Nation adopted a joint 

policy statement stating that a cultural 

affiliation existed between themselves 

and the ancestors they described as 

‘‘Hohokam.’’ Subsequently, the Hopi 

Tribe (in 1994) and Pueblo of Zuni (in 

1995) asserted their own cultural 

affiliation with the Hohokam. 

Determinations Made by the Heard 

Museum 

Officials of the Heard 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 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 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); Cocopah 

Tribe of Arizona; Colorado River Indian 

Tribes of the Colorado River Indian 

Reservation, Arizona and California; 

Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, 

California & Nevada; Gila River Indian 

Community of the Gila River Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; Quechan Tribe of the Fort 

Yuma Indian Reservation, California & 

Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa 

Indian Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham 

Nation of Arizona; and 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 David Roche, Director/ 

CEO, Heard Museum, 2301 North 

Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004, 

telephone (602) 252–8840, email 

director@heard.org, by October 10, 

2018. 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 Heard Museum is responsible for 

notifying The Tribes that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: July 25, 2018. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19523 Filed 9–7–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026129; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Heard 

Museum, Phoenix, AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Heard 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 Heard 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 Heard Museum at the 

address in this notice by October 10, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: David Roche, Director/CEO, 

Heard Museum, 2301 North Central 

Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004, telephone 

(602) 252–8840, email director@

heard.org. 

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 

Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from near Camp 

Verde, Yavapai 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 


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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 Heard 

Museum professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of AkChin 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; Yavapai-Prescott 

Indian Tribe (previously listed as the 

Yavapai-Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai 

Reservation, Arizona); and Zuni Tribe of 

the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1972, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from near Camp Verde in 

Yavapai County, AZ by Tim Bailey. The 

human remains are of a child of 

unknown gender. They were donated to 

the Heard Museum in 1973, at which 

time they were assigned the catalog 

numbers NA–SW–SG–A2–1 and NA– 

SW–SG–K–2. No known individuals 

were identified. The 19 associated 

funerary objects are: One bowl, one 

pottery sherd, one bead, three fragments 

of an obsidian tool, two quartzite flakes, 

10 animal bones, and one corn cob. 

The bowl was identified as Flagstaff 

Black-on-white. The vessel was reattributed as Puebloan based on Wood’s 

classification of this type as an Anasazi 

type (Wood 1987:98). The cultural 

affiliation of the human remains was 

changed to Hohokam based on the 

presence of cremated bone and obsidian 

lithics. The bowl is a Puebloan pottery 

type. Possibly, it was a trade item. 

Alternatively, it is associated with the 

burial of a Hohokam person outside of 

his/her culture area whose religious 

convictions were respected upon death 

(see Wilcox 1987:135). Based on the 

cremated bone and pottery type of the 

cremation vessel, the human remains 

are not likely to be Sinagua. 

The Hohokam lived in central and 

southern Arizona from about A.D. 1 to 

1450. The style of pottery known as 

Flagstaff Black-on-white was made by 

Ancestral Puebloans and dates from 

A.D. 1130 to 1230. In 1990, the Ak-Chin 

Indian Community, Gila River Indian 

Community, Salt River Pima-Maricopa 

Community, and Tohono O’odham 

Nation adopted a joint statement 

asserting their cultural affiliation to 

ancestors described as ‘‘Hohokam.’’ In 

1994, the Hopi Tribe asserted its 

cultural affiliation to Hohokam and 

Hisatsinom (Puebloan). In 1995, the 

Pueblo of Zuni asserted its cultural 

affiliation to Hohokam and Puebloan. In 

1995, the Yavapai-Prescott Tribe 

asserted its cultural affiliation to human 

remains found near the area of 

Montezuma Well (near Camp Verde). 

Determinations Made by the Heard 

Museum 

Officials of the Heard 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 19 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 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; 

Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai 

Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; Hualapai Indian Tribe of the 

Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona; 

Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Laguna, New Mexico; 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 YavapaiPrescott Tribe of the Yavapai 

Reservation, Arizona); and 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 David Roche, Director/ 

CEO, Heard Museum, 2301 North 

Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004, 

telephone (602) 252–8840, email 

director@heard.org, by October 10, 

2018. 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 Heard Museum is responsible for 

notifying The Tribes that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: July 25, 2018. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19542 Filed 9–7–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026173; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: The 

University of Oregon Museum of 

Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, 

OR 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The University of Oregon 

Museum of Natural and Cultural History 

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 University of Oregon 

Museum of Natural and Cultural 

History. 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 University of Oregon 

Museum of Natural and Cultural History 

at the address in this notice by October 

10, 2018. 


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