10756 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 47 / Thursday, March 12, 2009 / Notices 

Hawaii Island Burial Council, Hoohuli 

Ohana, Hooulu Lahui, Hui Malama I Na 

Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei, Ka Ohana Ayau, 

Keaweamahi Ohana, Kekumano Ohana, 

Laika-a-Mauia Ohana, Na Lei Alii 

Kawananakoa, Na Papa Kanaka O 

Pu’ukohola Heiau, Office of Hawaiian 

Affairs, Royal Hawaiian Academy of 

Traditional Arts, and Van Horn 

Diamond Ohana mutually agree upon 

the appropriate recipient or the dispute 

is otherwise resolved pursuant to 

NAGPRA or as ordered by a court of 

competent jurisdiction. 

Representatives of any other Native 

Hawaiian organization that believes 

itself to be culturally affiliated with the 

unassociated funerary objects should 

contact Cindy Orlando, superintendent, 

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii 

National Park, HI 96718, telephone 

(808) 985–6025, before April 13, 2009. 

Repatriation of the unassociated 

funerary objects to the Department of 

Hawaiian Homelands, Hawaii Island 

Burial Council, Hoohuli Ohana, Hooulu 

Lahui, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O 

Hawai’i Nei, Ka Ohana Ayau, 

Keaweamahi Ohana, Kekumano Ohana, 

Laika-a-Mauia Ohana, Na Lei Alii 

Kawananakoa, Na Papa Kanaka O 

Pu’ukohola Heiau, Office of Hawaiian 

Affairs, Royal Hawaiian Academy of 

Traditional Arts, and Van Horn 

Diamond Ohana may proceed after that 

date when the affiliated Native 

Hawaiian organizations have mutually 

agreed upon a resolution. 

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is 

responsible for notifying the Department 

of Hawaiian Homelands, Hawaii Island 

Burial Council, Hoohuli Ohana, Hooulu 

Lahui, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O 

Hawai’i Nei, Ka Ohana Ayau, 

Keaweamahi Ohana, Kekumano Ohana, 

Laika-a-Mauia Ohana, Na Lei Alii 

Kawananakoa, Na Papa Kanaka O 

Pu’ukohola Heiau, Office of Hawaiian 

Affairs, Royal Hawaiian Academy of 

Traditional Arts, and Van Horn 

Diamond Ohana that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: January 29, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–5331 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: San Diego Museum of Man, San 

Diego, CA; Correction 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate cultural items in the 

possession of the San Diego Museum of 

Man, San Diego, CA, that meet the 

definition of ‘‘unassociated funerary 

objects’’ or ‘‘object of cultural 

patrimony’’ under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

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 cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

This notice corrects a Notice of Intent 

to Repatriate Cultural Items published 

in the Federal Register (73 FR 59653, 

October 9, 2008), which described 28 

cultural items (26 unassociated funerary 

objects and 2 objects of cultural 

patrimony) that were culturally 

affiliated to the Tohono O’odham 

Nation of Arizona. Since publication, 

the Gila River Indian Community of the 

Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona, 

has claimed one Wihosa mask, an object 

of cultural patrimony, used in the 

Navichu ceremony from Komatke, AZ. 

This object of cultural patrimony is 

described in a separate notice. 

The notice published in the Federal 

Register (73 FR 59653, October 9, 2008) 

is replaced with the following: 

The cultural items are 26 

unassociated funerary objects and 1 

object of cultural patrimony. 

In 1959, cultural items were removed 

by M.J. Rogers from an abandoned 

Papago Village approximately four miles 

west of Covered Wells, Pima County, 

AZ, on the south side of Highway 86. 

The 26 unassociated funerary objects are 

24 pottery sherds, 1 cockle shell 

fragment, and 1 metavolcanic stone 

(possibly rhyolite) scraper. 

The 24 pottery sherds are reasonably 

believed to have been placed as part of 

a pottery sacrifice on graves covered 

with boulders. Based on consultation 

with a tribal representative of the 

Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona, the 

cockle shell frament and metavolcanic 

stone scraper are also reasonably 

believed to be unassociated funerary 

objects. 

In 1976, one medicine bundle 

container (dated to circa 1930) was 

acquired from Mrs. Martinez of Havanna 

Naka (Crow Hang) Village on what was 

called the Papago Reservation. The 

medicine bundle belonged to Mrs. 

Martinez’ husband, a local medicine 

man. 

Based on consultation with a tribal 

representative of the Tohono O’odham 

Nation of Arizona, the officials of the 

San Diego Museum of Man have 

reasonably determined that the one 

cultural item is an object of cultural 

patrimony used in important 

ceremonies of the O’odham people and 

could not have been alienated by a 

single individual. 

Recorded information from museum 

records about the unassociated funerary 

objects and object of cultural patrimony 

states that all the items were located on 

traditional Papago (Tohono O’odham) 

land. Descendants of the O’odham 

people are members of the Tohono 

O’odham Nation of Arizona. 

Officials of the San Diego Museum of 

Man have determined that, pursuant to 

25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the 26 cultural 

items 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 and are believed, by a 

preponderance of the evidence, to have 

been removed from a specific burial site 

of a Native American individual. 

Officials of the San Diego Museum of 

Man also have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(D), the 

one cultural item described above has 

ongoing historical, traditional, or 

cultural importance central to the 

Native American group or culture itself, 

rather than property owned by an 

individual. Lastly, officials of the San 

Diego Museum of Man 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 unassociated funerary 

objects and object of cultural patrimony 

and the Tohono O’odham Nation of 

Arizona. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

objects and object of cultural patrimony 

should contact Philip Hoog, 

Archaeology and NAGPRA Coordinator, 

San Diego Museum of Man, 1350 El 

Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 

92101, telephone (619) 239–2001, before 

April 13, 2009. Repatriation of the 

unassociated funerary objects and object 

of cultural patrimony to the Tohono 

O’odham Nation of Arizona may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The San Diego Museum of Man is 

responsible for notifying the Gila River 

Indian Community of the Gila River 

Indian Reservation, Arizona and 

Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona that 

this notice has been published. 


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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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