Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 47 / Thursday, March 12, 2009 / Notices 10757 

Dated: February 12, 2009 

Sangita Chari, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–5312 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Coronado National Forest, 

Tucson, AZ and Arizona State 

Museum, University of Arizona, 

Tucson, AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 

in the control of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, Coronado 

National Forest, Tucson, AZ, and in the 

possession of the Arizona State 

Museum, University of Arizona, 

Tucson, AZ. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from Pima 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. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Arizona State 

Museum professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of 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 Tohono 

O’odham Nation of Arizona. 

In 1983, human remains representing 

a minimum of 20 individuals were 

removed from the Pima Canyon Site, 

Pima County, AZ, during legally 

authorized excavations by the Coronado 

National Forest. The human remains 

have remained in the possession of the 

Arizona State Museum since their 

excavation. No known individuals were 

identified. The 229 associated funerary 

objects are pottery sherds, chipped 

stone tools and flakes. The associated 

funerary objects have remained in the 

possession of the Coronado National 

Forest since their excavation. 

Based on material culture and site 

components, the Pima Canyon Site is a 

multi-component site with multiple 

occupations from the Archaic Period 

(approximately 2,000 years ago) through 

the early and middle Hohokam Periods 

(approximately A.D. 500–1150) to the 

Historic Period (approximately A.D. 

1700 to early 1900s). Because the 

human remains are Native American 

and because they are most likely from 

the Historic Period, the human remains 

from this site are most likely to be of 

O’odham ancestry. The oral traditions of 

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 Tohono 

O’odham Nation of Arizona, support the 

cultural affiliation of these four Indian 

tribes with historic O’odham sites in 

this area of southeastern Arizona. 

Officials of the Arizona State 

Museum, University of Arizona and the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Coronado National Forest have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (9–10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of 20 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Coronado National Forest have 

also determined that, pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 229 objects 

described above 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. Lastly, officials of the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture have 

determined that, 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 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 Tohono 

O’odham Nation of Arizona. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and/ 

or associated funerary objects should 

contact Dr. Frank E. Wozniak, NAGPRA 

Coordinator, Southwestern Region, 

USDA Forest Service, 333 Broadway 

Blvd., SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102, 

telephone (505) 842–3238, before April 

13, 2009. Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

to 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 Tohono 

O’odham Nation of Arizona may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, Coronado National 

Forest is responsible for notifying 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 Tohono 

O’odham Nation of Arizona that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: February 20, 2009 

David Tarler, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–5310 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Museum of Peoples and Cultures, 

Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 

in the possession of the Museum of 

Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young 

University, Provo, UT. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Utah County, UT. 

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. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

was made by the Brigham Young 


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