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have determined that the preponderance 

of the evidence suggests that the historic 

O’odham groups (Ak-Chin Indian 

Community of the Ak-Chin Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; Gila River Indian 

Community of the Gila River Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; Salt River PimaMaricopa Indian Community of the Salt 

River Reservation, Arizona; and the 

Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona, 

including the San Xavier District) have 

a strong cultural affiliation with the 

prehistoric Hohokam who occupied the 

middle Gila Valley and surrounding 

areas. Great similarities in settlement 

patterns, economic systems, 

architecture, and material culture point 

to a close relationship between the 

Hohokam and the O’odham groups. The 

O’odham were well established along 

the rivers and in the deserts when the 

Spanish first arrived in northern Sonora 

and southern Arizona. 

One of the two Pima moieties claims 

descend from the Hohokam, while the 

other moiety is said to have descended 

from the ‘‘emergers,’’ those who 

overthrew the Hohokam leaders. 

Although the O’odham belong to the 

same linguistic group (Piman) as 

communities in what is now northern 

Mexico, shared vocabulary and syntax 

with Yuman language groups along the 

Colorado River suggests a long-term 

history of interaction that stretches back 

into prehistoric times in what is now 

southern Arizona. 

Evidence also shows the affiliation of 

ancestral Zuni and Hopi groups with the 

prehistoric Hohokam. Interaction is 

indicated by the presence of trade items, 

particularly ceramics. Such interaction 

continued into protohistoric and early 

historic times. In addition to trade, Hopi 

and Zuni migration traditions indicate 

that clans originating from areas south 

of the Colorado Plateau joined the 

plateau communities late in prehistoric 

times. These groups contributed 

ceremonies, societies, and iconography 

to the plateau groups. Both O’odham 

and Western Pueblo oral traditions 

indicate that some Hohokam groups 

may have left the Salt-Gila River Basin 

after disastrous floods and social 

upheaval. These groups traveled north 

and east, possibly to be assimilated by 

the Hopi and Zuni. These ties are 

reflected in some of the traditional 

ceremonies maintained as part of the 

annual ceremonial cycle. Therefore, the 

evidence suggests that the Hopi and 

Zuni are also culturally affiliated with 

the Hohokam. Their ancestors had trade 

relationships and other likely 

interactions with the Hohokam, similar 

to those found between groups in the 

early historic period. Hopi and Zuni 

oral traditions indicate that segments of 

the prehistoric Hohokam population 

migrated to the areas occupied by the 

Hopi and Zuni and were assimilated 

into the resident populations. 

Officials of the Bureau of Reclamation 

have determined that, pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 40 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 to have 

been removed from a specific burial site 

of Native American individuals. 

Officials of the Bureau of Reclamation 

also 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 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. 

Representative of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

objects should contact in writing Carol 

Erwin, Area Manager, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office, 6150 

West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ 

85306–4001, before June 3, 2010. 

Repatriation of the unassociated 

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; 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, may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The Bureau of Reclamation is 

responsible for notifying the Ak-Chin 

Indian Community of the Maricopa (AkChin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; 

Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the 

Chemehuevi Indian Reservation, 

California; Cocopah Tribe of Arizona; 

Colorado River Indian Tribes of the 

Colorado River Indian Reservation, 

Arizona and California; Fort McDowell 

Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Fort Mohave 

Indian Tribe of Arizona, California, and 

Nevada; Gila River Indian Community 

of the Gila River Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Pascua 

Yaqui Tribe of Arizona; Quechan Tribe 

of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, 

California and Arizona; Salt River PimaMaricopa Indian Community of the Salt 

River Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos 

Apache Tribe of the San Carlos 

Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham 

Nation of Arizona; Tonto Apache Tribe 

of Arizona; White Mountain Apache 

Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, 

Arizona; Yavapai-Apache Nation of the 

Camp Verde Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Yavapai-Prescott Tribe of the 

Yavapai Reservation, Arizona; and Zuni 

Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico, that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: April 6, 2010. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10378 Filed 5–3–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI 

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 in the possession and control of 

the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI. The 

human remains were removed from 

Brooks Island, Contra Costa County, CA. 

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. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Bishop Museum 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the the Santa Rosa 

Indian Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe). 

On February 8, 1958, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from Brooks 

Island, in San Pablo Bay, Contra Costa 

County, CA, most likely by A.C. Ziegler. 

The circumstances of the removal from 

Brooks Island are not known, but the 

remains were included in Dr. Ziegler’s 

personal collections donated to the 

Bishop Museum after his death. The 

remains were housed in a box labeled 

‘‘Homo Sapiens (infant)/sex?/Brooks 

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Island, 5 ft, contra Costa County, 

California/picked up Feb 9, 1958/part 

skeleton only/1016 A.C. Ziegler.’’ No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The human remains were listed on 

the National Park Service Culturally 

Unidentified Inventory database, and 

Bishop Museum received information 

from the Santa Rosa Indian Community 

of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California 

(Tachi Yokut Tribe) establishing their 

cultural affiliation to the remains 

through their historic and geographical 

connection to the Contra Costa County 

area. 

Officials of the Bishop Museum have 

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

3001(9), the human remains described 

above represent the physical remains of 

one individual of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Bishop 

Museum also 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 the Santa Rosa Indian Community 

of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California 

(Tachi Yokut Tribe). 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Betty Lou Kam, VicePresident, Cultural Resources, Bishop 

Museum, 1525 Bernice St., Honolulu, HI 

96817, telephone (808) 848–4144, before 

June 3, 2010. Repatriation of the human 

remains to the Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe) may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Bishop Museum is responsible 

for notifying the Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe) that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: April 6, 2010. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10366 Filed 5–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Paul 

H. Karshner Memorial Museum, 

Puyallup, WA 

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 in the possession of the Paul H. 

Karshner Memorial Museum, Puyallup, 

WA. The human remains were removed 

from the Aleutian Islands, AK. 

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. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Paul H. 

Karshner Memorial Museum 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Aleut 

Corporation. 

Prior to 1945, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from the 

Aleutian Islands in Alaska. On May 5, 

1945, the human remains were donated 

to the museum by Lee Anna (or 

Lavanna) McAllister (Catalog # 1–93, 

Accn. #1945–1). Museum records state 

that the human remains are ‘‘one skull 

from Aleutian Islands. Found at the 

mouth of the Salmon River on the 

shores of the Bering Sea’’. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Research into the donor has not 

indicated how she may have acquired 

the human remains. There is no known 

‘‘Salmon River’’ that drains into the 

Bering Sea, however, ‘‘Salmon Lagoon’’ 

was a location with significant U.S. 

military presence during World War II 

on Kiska Island, Aleutian Islands. 

Military records were searched to locate 

a McAllister who may have been 

stationed on Kiska Island, but no further 

information was identified. Although no 

further information could be identified, 

based on the known military presence 

on Kiska Island at Salmon Lagoon and 

the date of the donation (post-World 

War II), this individual is reasonably 

believed to have been collected by 

military personnel. 

The museum’s inventory book 

identifies the human remains as being 

part of the ‘‘Native American Collection’’ 

and being from the Aleutian Islands, 

AK. The Aleutian Islands are known to 

be aboriginal lands for the Aleut 

Corporation. Based on museum records, 

geographical location, and consultation, 

the museum reasonably believes the 

individual is culturally affiliated with 

the Aleut Corporation. 

Officials of the Paul H. Karshner 

Memorial Museum have determined 

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9)-(10), 

the human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

Officials of the Paul H. Karshner 

Memorial Museum also 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 the Aleut 

Corporation. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Jay Reifel, Assistant 

Superintendent, Paul H. Karshner 

Memorial Museum, telephone (253) 

840–8971, or Ms. Beth Bestrom, 

Museum Curator, Paul H. Karshner 

Memorial Museum, telephone (253) 

841–8748, 309 4th St. NE, Puyallup, WA 

98372, before June 3, 2010. Repatriation 

to the Aleut Corporation may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Paul H. Karshner Memorial 

Museum is responsible for notifying the 

Aleut Corporation that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: April 16, 2010. 

David Tarler, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10370 Filed 5–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Alaska 

State Office, Bureau of Land 

Management, Anchorage, AK; Museum 

of the Aleutians, Unalaska, AK; and 

University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; 

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. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in the control of the U.S. Department of 

the Interior, Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 

Anchorage, AK, and in the possession of 

the Museum of the Aleutians, Unalaska, 

AK, and the University of Wisconsin, 

Madison, WI. The human remains were 

removed from Umnak Island, AK. 

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 

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