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the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the 

Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, 

Montana. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

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 Thomas Whitford, District 

Ranger, USDA Forest Service MBRTB, 

2468 Jackson Street, Laramie, WY, 

telephone (307) 745–2443, by November 

17, 2014. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Arapaho Tribe of the 

Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; 

Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, 

Oklahoma (previously listed as the 

Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of 

Oklahoma); Chippewa-Cree Indians of 

the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana; 

Crow Tribe of Montana; and the 

Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the 

Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, 

Montana, may proceed. 

The USDA Forest Service MBRTB is 

responsible for notifying the of the 

Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River 

Reservation, Wyoming; Assiniboine and 

Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian 

Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne and 

Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously 

listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes 

of Oklahoma); Cheyenne River Sioux 

Tribe of the Cheyenne River 

Reservation, South Dakota; ChippewaCree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s 

Reservation, Montana; Comanche 

Nation, Oklahoma; Crow Tribe of 

Montana; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of 

the Northern Cheyenne Indian 

Reservation, Montana; and the Pawnee 

Nation of Oklahoma that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: September 22, 2014. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois 

at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Spurlock Museum 

University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign has completed an inventory 

of human remains and associated 

funerary object, 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 object 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 object should submit a written 

request to the Spurlock Museum. If no 

additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

and associated funerary object 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 

object should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the Spurlock Museum at the 

address in this notice by November 17, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Jennifer White, Registrar, 

Spurlock Museum University of Illinois 

at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South 

Gregory Street, Urbana, IL 61801, 

telephone (217) 244–3353, email 

Jenwhite@illinois.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 object under the control of the 

Spurlock Museum University of Illinois 

at Urbana-Champaign. The human 

remains and associated funerary object 

were removed from Point Barrow 

Headland, 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 and 

associated funerary object. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains and associated funerary object 

was made by the Spurlock Museum 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Native Village of 

Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government. 

History and Description of the Remains 

Between 1913 and 1917, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 21 

individuals were removed from Point 

Barrow Headland, AK. The human 

remains are 21 teeth acquired by the 

Museum of Natural History at the 

University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign and later transferred to the 

Spurlock Museum. The human remains 

were identified as ‘‘possibly from grave 

site’’ from the Point Barrow Headlands 

and were acquired on the ‘‘Alaskan 

Expedition.’’ Original ledgers from the 

Museum of Natural History are missing 

and no additional information has been 

uncovered regarding further details of 

the provenance of these items. The teeth 

appear to include ten adult teeth, nine 

teeth that are likely to be adult teeth, 

and two teeth of a child. No known 

individuals were identified. The 

associated funerary object is one canid 

tooth. 

Determinations Made by the Spurlock 

Museum 

Officials of the Spurlock Museum 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 21 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the one object described in this notice 

is 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 object 

and the Native Village of Barrow Inupiat 

Traditional Government. 

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 object should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Jennifer White, Registrar, 

Spurlock Museum University of Illinois 

at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South 

Gregory Street, Urbana, IL 61801, 

telephone (217) 244–3353, email 


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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. 

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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 

culture and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 


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