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Jenwhite@illinois.edu, by November 17, 

2014. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains and 

associated funerary object to Native 

Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional 

Government may proceed. 

The Spurlock Museum is responsible 

for notifying the Native Village of 

Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: September 12, 2014. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24519 Filed 10–15–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–16761; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Organ Pipe Cactus 

National Monument, Ajo, AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, National Park Service, Organ 

Pipe Cactus National Monument has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribe or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

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 should submit 

a written request to Organ Pipe Cactus 

National Monument. If no additional 

requestors come forward, transfer of 

control of the human remains 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 should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Organ Pipe Cactus 

National Monument at the address in 

this notice by November 17, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Brent K. Range, 

Superintendent, Organ Pipe Cactus 

National Monument, 10 Organ Pipe 

Drive, Ajo, AZ 85321–9626, telephone 

(520) 387–6849, email brent_range@

nps.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 under the control of 

the U.S. Department of the Interior, 

National Park Service, Organ Pipe 

Cactus National Monument, Ajo, AZ, 

and in the physical custody of the 

Arizona State Museum, University of 

Arizona, Tucson, AZ. The human 

remains were removed from the vicinity 

of the Bates Well Ranch Site, 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 Superintendent, Organ Pipe Cactus 

National Monument. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Organ Pipe Cactus 

National Monument and 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; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; and 

Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Consulted 

Tribes’’). 

The following tribes were invited to 

consult but did not participate: Cocopah 

Tribe of Arizona; Colorado River Indian 

Tribes of the Colorado River Indian 

Reservation, Arizona and California; 

Fort Mohave Indian Tribe of Arizona, 

California & Nevada; Pascua Yaqui 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; and Zuni Tribe of 

the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Invited 

Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

Between 1951–1952, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the 

vicinity of the Bates Well Ranch Site in 

Pima County, AZ, during a cooperative 

archeological project between Arizona 

State Museum and Organ Pipe Cactus 

National Monument under the direction 

of Paul H. Ezell. No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Based upon the archeological context, 

Ezell’s field notes, and osteological 

analysis, the cremated human remains 

have been determined to be Native 

American dating to A.D. 500–1500. This 

time range in southern Arizona is 

commonly known to the archeological 

community as the Pioneer, Colonial, 

Sedentary, and Classic Hohokam 

periods. 

A relationship of shared group 

identity can reasonably be traced 

between members of the Hohokam 

culture and the four southern O’odham 

tribes of Arizona. The O’odham people 

comprise four Federally recognized 

Indian tribes (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) 

and one Indian group that is not 

Federally recognized, the Hia C-ed 

O’odham. An O’odham association with 

lands lying directly to the west of the 

Ajo Mountains, including Organ Pipe 

Cactus National Monument, is 

documented throughout the historic 

period and into the 20th century. 

O’odham oral histories describe the 

end time of the Hohokam, when armies 

gathered and marched on the Great 

House communities (e.g., Casa Grande, 

Pueblo Grande) and cast out the 

Hohokam societies there. The armies 

then occupied the conquered lands, 

intermarrying with the remnants of the 

Hohokam and ultimately becoming the 

O’odham people. Other evidence of the 

O’odham-Hohokam connection includes 

similar settlement patterns, irrigation 

systems, residence styles, and a possible 

relationship between modern O’odham 

kickball games and formal Hohokam 

ball courts. 

A relationship of shared group 

identity can also reasonably be traced 

between members of the Hohokam 

culture and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona. 

Hopi history is based, in large part, on 

clan migration narratives. The Hopi 

consider all of Arizona to be within 

traditional Hopi lands, i.e., areas in and 

through which Hopi clans are believed 

to have migrated in the past. Hopi oral 

history and the anthropological record 

show that some clans originated in the 

Salt-Gila region and were descended 

from the Hohokam. After the fall of the 

Great House communities, Hohokam 

refugees were absorbed into the Hopi 

culture. 

A relationship of shared group 

identity can also reasonably be traced 

between members of the Hohokam 

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Reservation, New Mexico. Zuni oral 

history tells of ancestral migrations and 

settling throughout this region in their 

search for the Middle Place of the World 

(present day Pueblo of Zuni). Elders 

have identified features in the area, 

including shrines and petroglyphs, as 

Zuni. Zuni ancestors left many markers 

of their passing including trails, 

habitation sites, campsites, burials, 

sacred shrines, and rock art. 

Determinations Made by Organ Pipe 

Cactus National Monument 

Officials of Organ Pipe Cactus 

National Monument 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(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains 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. 

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 should submit 

a written request with information in 

support of the request to Brent K. Range, 

Superintendent, Organ Pipe Cactus 

National Monument, 10 Organ Pipe 

Drive, Ajo, AZ 85321–9626, telephone 

(520) 387–6849, email brent_range@

nps.gov, by November 17, 2014. After 

that date, if no additional requestors 

have come forward, transfer of control 

of the human remains 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 PimaMaricopa 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. 

Organ Pipe Cactus National 

Monument is responsible for notifying 

The Consulted Tribes and The Invited 

Tribes that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: September 22, 2014. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The University of Michigan 

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 no cultural affiliation between 

the human remains and associated 

funerary objects and any present-day 

Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. 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 

Michigan. If no additional requestors 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects 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 and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the University of Michigan at 

the address in this notice by November 

17, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Ben Secunda, NAGPRA 

Project Manager, University of Michigan 

Office of Research, 4080 Fleming 

Building, 503 S. Thompson St., Ann 

Arbor, MI 48109–1340, telephone (734) 

647–9085, email bsecunda@umich.edu. 

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 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from 

private land in Lapeer County, MI. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 

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 University of 

Michigan officials in consultation with 

representatives of the Bay Mills Indian 

Community, Michigan; Chippewa-Cree 

Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, 

Montana; Grand Traverse Band of 

Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Hannahville Indian 

Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay 

Indian Community, Michigan; Lac 

Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Little 

River Band of Ottawa Indians, 

Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of 

Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-benash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi 

Indians of Michigan; Nottawaseppi 

Huron Band of the Potawatomi, 

Michigan (formerly the Huron 

Potawatomi, Inc.); Pokagon Band of 

Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 

Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian 

Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie 

Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan; 

and the Wyandotte Nation, Oklahoma. 

Additional requests for consultation 

were sent to the Bad River Band of the 

Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians of the Bad River Reservation, 

Wisconsin; Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) 

of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, 

Oklahoma; Fond du Lac Band of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 

Forest County Potawatomi Community, 

Wisconsin; Grand Portage Band of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 

Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake 

Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the 

Lac du Flambeau Reservation of 

Wisconsin; Leech Lake Band of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 

Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Ottawa 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Prairie Band of 

Potawatomi Nation, Kansas; Quechan 

Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian 

Reservation, California and Arizona; 

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red 


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