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American ancestry. Officials of the 

Burke Museum also have determined 

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), 

the one object described above 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. Lastly, 

officials of the Burke Museum 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 object and the 

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of the 

Muckleshoot Reservation, Washington. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary object should 

contact Megon Noble, Burke Museum, 

University of Washington, Box 353010, 

Seattle, WA 98195–3010, telephone 

(206) 685–3849, before August 6, 2009. 

Repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary object to the 

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of the 

Muckleshoot Reservation, Washington 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Burke Museum is responsible for 

notifying the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe 

of the Muckleshoot Reservation, 

Washington; Puyallup Tribe of the 

Puyallup Reservation, Washington; 

Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of 

Washington; Snoqualmie Tribe, 

Washington; Suquamish Indian Tribe of 

the Port Madison Reservation, 

Washington; and Tulalip Tribes of the 

Tulalip Reservation, Washington that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: June 15, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Tumacacori National 

Historical Park, Tumacacori, 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 possession of the U.S. Department 

of the Interior, National Park Service, 

Tumacacori National Historical Park, 

Tumacacori, AZ. The human remains 

and associated funerary objects were 

removed from areas near Tumacacori 

Mission in Santa Cruz 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 

within this notice are the sole 

responsibility of the superintendent, 

Tumacacori National Historical Park. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

was made by Tumacacori National 

Historical Park and Western 

Archeological and Conservation Center 

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; Mescalero Apache Tribe of 

the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; 

Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona; Salt 

River Pima-Maricopa Indian 

Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos 

Apache Tribe of the San Carlos 

Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham 

Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the 

Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. The Ak 

Chin Indian Community of the 

Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 

Arizona did not attend the consultation 

meetings but was represented by the 

Gila River Indian Community of the Gila 

River Indian Reservation, Arizona. The 

Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; 

Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; and the 

White Mountain Apache Tribe of the 

Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona were 

contacted but did not participate in the 

consultation meetings. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown site within what is now 

Tumacacori National Historical Park in 

Santa Cruz County, AZ. No known 

individual was identified. The one 

associated funerary object is a 

cremation/burial jar. 

In the 1930s, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from the area 

near Tumacacori Mission in Santa Cruz 

County, AZ. The remains and associated 

funerary object were donated to 

Tumacacori National Historical Park in 

1938 by Louis Caywood. No known 

individual was identified. The one 

associated funerary object is a 

cremation/burial jar. 

Between December 1934 and March 

1935, human remains representing a 

minimum of two individuals were 

removed from an unknown location area 

near Tumacacori Mission in Santa Cruz 

County, AZ. No known individuals 

were identified. The 38 associated 

funerary objects are 33 plainware 

pottery sherds from a cremation/burial 

jar, 2 bags of sherds from a cremation 

jar, 1 unworked burnt shell, 1 piece of 

worked faunal bone, and 1 pendant. 

In 1955, human remains representing 

a minimum of nine individuals were 

removed from fields just outside park 

boundaries in Santa Cruz County, AZ. 

The remains and associated funerary 

objects were donated to the park by J.L. 

Kalb, a local rancher in whose fields the 

remains and objects were found. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

43 associated funerary objects are 4 

cremation/burial jars, 1 cremation/ 

burial bowl, 11 pieces of burnt 

unworked bone, 9 unworked ceramic 

sherds, 2 worked ceramic sherds, 12 

beads, 1 shell bracelet fragment, 1 piece 

of worked faunal bone, 1 unworked 

shell fragment, and 1 awl. 

The Native American human remains 

described above are all cremations with 

associated pottery vessels and artifacts 

that are characteristic of the culture 

group commonly known to 

archeologists as the Hohokam and date 

between A.D. 300 and A.D. 1300. The 

term ‘‘Hohokam’’ is used here for 

convenience due to its common use as 

a descriptor of this culture; it is 

unknown what name these people 

applied to themselves, and their 

present-day descendants do not use this 

term. The ‘‘Hohokam’’ were a sedentary 

agricultural group that developed out of 

the local Archaic population. Their 

settlement pattern was predominantly of 

the rancheria type, with pithouse or 

house-in-pit architecture. Pit or urn 

cremations were the predominant burial 

practice prior to A.D. 1100. Extended 

supine inhumations then became more 

prevalent, completely replacing 

cremations by A.D. 1300. There was a 

pronounced, though far from complete, 

decline in population after about A.D. 

1350. 

The Ak Chin Indian Community of 

the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Reservation, 

Arizona; Gila River Indian Community 

of the Gila River Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa 

Indian Community of the Salt River 

Reservation; and the Tohono O’odham 

Nation of Arizona comprise one cultural 

group known as the O’odham. The Ak 

Chin Indian Community of the 

Maricopa (Ak Chin) Reservation, 

Arizona consists primarily of Akimel 

and Tohono O’odham, with a few 

families of Hia-Ced O’odham. The Gila 

River Indian Community of the Gila 

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River Indian Reservation, Arizona and 

the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian 

Community of the Salt River 

Reservation are both composed 

primarily of Akimel O’odham along 

with small populations of Maricopas. 

The O’odham commonly refer to their 

ancestors as the ‘‘Huhugam’’. The 

Akimel O’odham, Tohono O’odham and 

the Hia-Ced O’odham (not Federallyrecognized) are descendants of the 

‘‘Huhugam’’. Their oral history 

documents the end time of the 

‘‘Hohokam’’, and archeological evidence 

supports the link between historic 

O’odham groups and the prehistoric 

‘‘Hohokam’’. Linguistic, oral tradition, 

and ethnographic evidence also support 

affiliation between the ‘‘Hohokam’’ and 

the present-day O’odham. 

The Hopi Tribe of Arizona considers 

all of Arizona to be within traditional 

Hopi lands, or within areas where Hopi 

clans migrated in the past. According to 

Hopi oral history some clans moved out 

of the Valley of Mexico/Central Mexico 

and migrated north into the Gila and 

Salt River Basins. The Santa Cruz 

Valley, which extends from Northern 

Sonora, Mexico into southern Arizona 

to the confluence of the Gila and Salt 

Rivers, was a natural corridor for the 

movement of peoples from the south 

and served as a migration route for Hopi 

clans. Several researchers have noted 

similarities between Hopi ceremonies 

and those of the O’odham. On May 23, 

1994, the Hopi Tribe of Arizona issued 

a resolution declaring its cultural 

affiliation with the ‘‘Hohokam’’. 

Oral history suggests that some Zuni 

clans began their migrations in the SaltGila River basins and originated from 

the Hohokam. On July 11, 1995, the 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico issued a ‘‘Statement of Cultural 

Affiliation with Prehistoric and Historic 

Cultures’’ which asserts a shared group 

identity with the ‘‘Hohokam’’ based on 

oral teachings and traditions, 

ethnohistoric documentation, and 

historic and archeological evidence. 

Zuni oral history speaks of ancestral 

migrations and settling throughout the 

region in search for the Middle Place of 

the World (present-day Pueblo of Zuni). 

A recent publication, Zuni Origins, 

discusses some of the evidence for 

shared group identity between the 

‘‘Hohokam’’ of southern Arizona and 

the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico. 

Officials of Tumacacori National 

Historical Park have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of 13 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of Tumacacori 

National Historical Park also have 

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

3001 (3)(A), the 83 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 

Tumacacori National Historical Park 

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) 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 the Zuni Tribe 

of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Lisa Carrico, superintendent, 

Tumacacori National Historical Park, 

P.O. Box 8067, Tumacacori, AZ 85640, 

telephone (520) 398–2341 Ext. 52, 

before August 6, 2009. Repatriation of 

the human remains and associated 

funerary objects to the Ak Chin Indian 

Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) 

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 the Zuni Tribe 

of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

Tumacacori National Historical Park 

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; Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona; Mescalero Apache 

Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New 

Mexico; Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona; 

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian 

Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos 

Apache Tribe of the San Carlos 

Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham 

Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the 

Zuni Reservation, New Mexico that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: June 22, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–16022 Filed 7–6–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC 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 an associated funerary 

object in the control of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in 

the physical custody of the Arizona 

State Museum, University of Arizona, 

Tucson, AZ. The human remains and 

associated funerary object were removed 

from a site within the boundaries of the 

Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa 

and Pinal Counties, 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 object. 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 and Bureau of Indian Affairs 

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 1973, human remains representing 

a minimum of four individuals were 

removed from a cave northwest of St. 

Johns Church, located within the 

boundaries of the Gila River Indian 

Reservation in Maricopa County, AZ. 

No additional site information is 

available. The human remains were 

collected by agents of the U.S. 

Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of