82_FR_30049 82 FR 29924 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force, Air Education and Training Command, Barry M. Goldwater Range East, 56th Range Management Office, Luke Air Force Base, AZ

82 FR 29924 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force, Air Education and Training Command, Barry M. Goldwater Range East, 56th Range Management Office, Luke Air Force Base, AZ

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 125 (June 30, 2017)

Page Range29924-29926
FR Document2017-13736

The U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force, Air Education and Training Command, Barry M. Goldwater Range East, 56th Range Management Office, Luke Air Force Base, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-day Indian tribes. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe 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 to the 56th Range Management Office, Luke Air Force Base. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to lineal descendants or Indian tribes stated in this notice may proceed.

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National Park Service

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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, 
Department of the Air Force, Air Education and Training Command, Barry 
M. Goldwater Range East, 56th Range Management Office, Luke Air Force 
Base, AZ

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force, 
Air Education and Training Command, Barry M. Goldwater Range East, 56th 
Range Management Office, Luke Air Force Base, has completed an 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in 
consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined 
that there is a cultural

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affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects 
and present-day Indian tribes. Lineal descendants or representatives of 
any Indian tribe 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 to the 56th Range Management 
Office, Luke Air Force Base. If no additional requestors come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects to lineal descendants or Indian tribes stated in this notice 
may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe 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 56th 
Range Management Office, Luke Air Force Base by July 31, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Mr. Charles Buchanan, Director, 56th Range Management 
Office, 7101 Jerstad Lane, Building 500, Luke Air Force Base, AZ 85309, 
phone (623) 856-5820, email [email protected].

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 56th Range 
Management Office, Luke Air Force Base, and in physical custody of the 
Arizona State Museum, Tucson, AZ. The human remains and associated 
funerary objects were removed from site AZ Y:8:001 (ASM), Maricopa 
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 
Department of the Air Force, 56th Range Management Office, Luke Air 
Force Base, which 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 Arizona 
State Museum and the 56th Range Management Office, Luke Air Force Base, 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Ak Chin 
Indian Community (previously listed as the Ak Chin Indian Community of 
the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona); Gila River Indian 
Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Quechan Tribe 
of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California & Arizona; Salt River 
Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; 
Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; and Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp 
Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona. The following Indian tribes were 
invited to consult but did not participate in consultations: The 
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 & 
Nevada; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San 
Carlos Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe (previously 
listed as the Yavapai-Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai Reservation, 
Arizona); and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. All 
tribes listed are referred to as the ``Invited and Consulted Tribes.''

History and Description of the Remains

    On September 21, 1978, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from site AZ Y:8:001 (ASM) on the Barry M. 
Goldwater Range East, Maricopa County, AZ (formerly the Luke AFB 
Bombing and Gunnery Range). The human remains, Cremation 1, were 
removed from Component 2, during an authorized archeological excavation 
under the direction of Dr. Bruce Huckell, Arizona State Museum, AZ. The 
collection was transferred to the Arizona State Museum on September 28, 
1978, where it is currently curated. A professional report on the 
collection was published in 1979: The Coronet REAL Project: 
Archaeological Investigations on the Luke Range, Southwestern Arizona, 
by Bruce B. Huckell. Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series No. 
129.
    The estimated age of the individual at death is older than 40 years 
based on dentition and ectocranial suture of the sagittal suture. The 
sex of the cremation was determined to be male based on evidence from 
the skull and in nominate. The stature of the individual is 
indeterminate due to the fragmentary nature of the long bones. No known 
individuals were identified. The 21 associated funerary objects include 
1 reconstructed Tanque Verde Red-on-Brown ceramic pitcher with missing 
handle (1979-145-1); 1 lot of sherds of a burned Colorado Red bowl 
(1979-145-10); 1 bone awl (1979-145-6); 3 rim sherds of a burned Tonto 
Polychrome bowl (1979-145-7:x); 14 body sherds of the same burned Tonto 
Polychrome bowl (1979-145-8:x), and 1 piece of worked animal bone 
(None-1979-145-C1-01).
    Based on morphological characteristics, geographic location, 
archeological context, and the presence of culturally and temporally 
identifiable ceramics, and consistency in cremation pit size and 
orientation, the human remains have been determined to be Native 
American dating to the Classic period (A.D. 1150-1450) Tucson Basin 
Hohokam. The cremation pit and orientation of the remains (the long-
axis of the body was aligned east-west, with the head at the east) are 
consistent with Classic Period Hohokam sites in the Gila Bend area and 
Tucson Basin. The cremation pit is identical in size and shape with 
primary cremations from site AZ AA:12:46 (ASM), the Rabid Ruin, a 
Tucson Basin Hohokam site.
    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 comprise four Federally recognized 
Indian tribes (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. Historically the Pimeria Alta is the traditional 
homeland of the O'odham; including the river people (Akimel), the 
desert people (Tohono) and the sand people (Hia C-ed O'odham). O'odham 
oral history teaches that the O'odham were created in this land and 
have always lived here. Places mentioned in the Creation Story and 
other stories and songs have been identified on the landscape 
throughout the Sonoran Desert.
    A relationship of shared group identity may also reasonably be 
traced between members of the Hohokam culture of the Phoenix Basin and 
clans of 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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culture and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 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). Zuni ancestors left many markers of their passing 
including trails, habitation sites, campsites, and burials. Elders have 
identified features in the area, including shrines and petroglyphs, as 
Zuni.
    A relationship of shared group identity may also be reasonably be 
traced between members of the Patayan culture and the Quechan tribe of 
the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California & Arizona. The Colorado 
Red bowl is associated with the archeological culture identified as 
Patayan, which the Quechan believe were their ancestors.

Determinations of the Luke Air Force Base

    Officials of the 56th Range Management Office, Luke Air Force Base 
have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 301(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. 301(3)(A), the 21 objects described 
in this notice 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.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 301(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 (previously listed as 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; Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California 
& 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 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 Mr. 
Charles Buchanan, Director, 56th Range Management Office, Barry M. 
Goldwater Range East, 7101 Jerstad Lane, Luke Air Force Base, AZ 85309, 
phone (623) 856-8520, email [email protected], by July 31, 
2017. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control 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; Hopi 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; 
Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 
Reservation, New Mexico, may proceed.
    The 56th Range Management Office, Luke Air Force Base, is 
responsible for notifying the Invited and Consulted Tribes that this 
notice has been published.

    Dated: May 15, 2017.
Melanie, O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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                                                  Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of                       who determined them to be of                              • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
                                                  Oklahoma; Kiowa Indian Tribe of                         prehistoric Native American ancestry.                  relationship of shared group identity
                                                  Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of                     The human remains consist of one adult                 cannot be reasonably traced between the
                                                  the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico;                  male, two adult females, and one                       Native American human remains and
                                                  Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed                possible adult female. No known                        any present-day Indian Tribe.
                                                  as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of                  individuals were identified. No                           • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), a
                                                  Alabama); The Choctaw Nation of                         associated funerary objects are present.               ‘‘tribal land’’ or ‘‘aboriginal land’’
                                                  Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek)                             Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the                       provenience cannot be ascertained.
                                                  Nation; The Osage Nation (previously                    Secretary of the Interior may                             • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.10(g)(2)(ii)
                                                  listed as the Osage Tribe); The Quapaw                  recommend that culturally                              and 43 CFR 10.16, the human remains
                                                  Tribe of Indians; The Seminole Nation                   unidentifiable human remains with no                   may be reinterred according to the law
                                                  of Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal                        ‘‘tribal land’’ or ‘‘aboriginal land’’                 of the State of Texas and the City of San
                                                  Town; Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of                       provenience be reinterred under State or               Marcos, Texas.
                                                  Oklahoma; Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe;                   other law. In January 2017, the Texas                  Additional Requestors and Disposition
                                                  United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee                       State University, Center for
                                                  Indians in Oklahoma; Wichita and                        Archaeological Studies and Department                    Representatives of any Indian Tribe or
                                                  Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco                of Anthropology, requested that the                    Native Hawaiian organization not
                                                  & Tawakonie), Oklahoma; and Ysleta                      Secretary, through the Native American                 identified in this notice that wish to
                                                  del Sur Pueblo (previously listed as the                Graves Protection and Repatriation                     request transfer of control of these
                                                  Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas)                         Review Committee, recommend the                        human remains should submit a written
                                                  (hereafter listed as ‘‘The Consulted                    proposed re-interment of the culturally                request with information in support of
                                                  Tribes’’). Texas State University, Center               unidentifiable Native American human                   the request to Todd M. Ahlman, Center
                                                  for Archaeological Studies and                          remains in this notice, according to                   for Archaeological Studies, Texas State
                                                  Department of Anthropology,                             State or other law. The Review                         University, 601 University Drive, San
                                                  professional staff also consulted with                  Committee, acting pursuant to its                      Marcos, TX 78666, telephone (512) 245–
                                                  the Miakan-Garza Band of the                            responsibility under 25 U.S.C.                         2724, email toddahlman@txstate.edu,
                                                  Coahuiltecan people, a non-federally                    3006(c)(5), considered the request at its              by July 31, 2017. After that date, if no
                                                  recognized Indian group.                                March 2017 meeting and recommended                     additional requestors have come
                                                                                                          to the Secretary that the proposed re-                 forward, the human remains may be
                                                  History and Description of the Remains                                                                         reinterred.
                                                                                                          interment proceed. An April 2017 letter
                                                     In February of 1983, human remains                                                                            The Texas State University, Center for
                                                                                                          on behalf of the Secretary of Interior
                                                  representing, at minimum, two                                                                                  Archaeological Studies and Department
                                                                                                          from the National Park Service
                                                  individuals were removed from site                                                                             of Anthropology, is responsible for
                                                                                                          Associate Director for Cultural
                                                  41HY161 in Hays County, TX. The                                                                                notifying The Consulted Tribes that this
                                                  human remains were initially                            Resources, Partnerships, and Science
                                                                                                                                                                 notice has been published.
                                                  discovered in the fall of 1982 during                   transmitted the Secretary’s independent
                                                                                                          review and concurrence with the                         Dated: May 12, 2017.
                                                  construction and maintenance of the
                                                                                                          Review Committee that:                                 Melanie O’Brien,
                                                  Texas State University campus.
                                                  Osteological analysis was conducted by                     • None of The Consulted Tribes                      Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
                                                  a biological anthropologist from the                    objected to the proposed re-interment,                 [FR Doc. 2017–13741 Filed 6–29–17; 8:45 am]
                                                  Southwest Texas State University                        and                                                    BILLING CODE 4312–52–P

                                                  Department of Sociology and                                • Texas State University, Center for
                                                  Anthropology (now Texas State                           Archaeological Studies and Department
                                                  University Department of                                of Anthropology, may proceed with the                  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                  Anthropology), who determined by the                    proposed re-interment of the culturally
                                                                                                          unidentifiable human remains.                          National Park Service
                                                  context and appearance of the remains
                                                  that they are most likely of prehistoric                   Re-interment is contingent on the                   [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23403;
                                                  Native American ancestry. The human                     publication of a Notice of Inventory                   PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
                                                  remains from the first burial were very                 Completion in the Federal Register.
                                                  fragmentary. Age and sex could not be                   This notice fulfills that requirement.                 Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
                                                  determined. The human remains from                                                                             Department of Defense, Department of
                                                                                                          Determinations Made by the Texas                       the Air Force, Air Education and
                                                  the second burial were determined to be                 State University, Center for
                                                  those of an adult female. No known                                                                             Training Command, Barry M.
                                                                                                          Archaeological Studies and Department                  Goldwater Range East, 56th Range
                                                  individuals were identified. No                         of Anthropology
                                                  associated funerary objects are present.                                                                       Management Office, Luke Air Force
                                                     In February of 2008 and April of 2009,                 Officials of the Texas State University,             Base, AZ
                                                  human remains representing, at                          Center for Archaeological Studies and                  AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.
                                                  minimum, four individuals were                          Department of Anthropology, have                       ACTION:   Notice.
                                                  removed from site 40HY163 in Hays                       determined that:
                                                  County, TX. The human remains were                        • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the                 SUMMARY:  The U.S. Department of
                                                  discovered during a construction project                human remains described in this notice                 Defense, Department of the Air Force,
                                                  for expansion of the City of San Marcos’                are Native American based on                           Air Education and Training Command,
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                                                  Wonder World Drive and later                            association with prehistoric artifacts                 Barry M. Goldwater Range East, 56th
                                                  excavated by Texas State University’s                   and ancestry estimation.                               Range Management Office, Luke Air
                                                  Center for Archaeological Studies.                        • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the                 Force Base, has completed an inventory
                                                  Osteological analysis was conducted                     human remains described in this notice                 of human remains and associated
                                                  Kyra Stull, M.A. and Dr. Michelle                       represent the physical remains of six                  funerary objects, in consultation with
                                                  Hamilton of the Department of                           individuals of Native American                         the appropriate Indian tribes, and has
                                                  Anthropology at Texas State University,                 ancestry.                                              determined that there is a cultural


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                                                  affiliation between the human remains                   Arizona); Gila River Indian Community                  body sherds of the same burned Tonto
                                                  and associated funerary objects and                     of the Gila River Indian Reservation,                  Polychrome bowl (1979–145–8:x), and 1
                                                  present-day Indian tribes. Lineal                       Arizona; Quechan Tribe of the Fort                     piece of worked animal bone (None–
                                                  descendants or representatives of any                   Yuma Indian Reservation, California &                  1979–145–C1–01).
                                                  Indian tribe not identified in this notice              Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa                         Based on morphological
                                                  that wish to request transfer of control                Indian Community of the Salt River                     characteristics, geographic location,
                                                  of these human remains and associated                   Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham                   archeological context, and the presence
                                                  funerary objects should submit a written                Nation of Arizona; and Yavapai-Apache                  of culturally and temporally identifiable
                                                  request to the 56th Range Management                    Nation of the Camp Verde Indian                        ceramics, and consistency in cremation
                                                  Office, Luke Air Force Base. If no                      Reservation, Arizona. The following                    pit size and orientation, the human
                                                  additional requestors come forward,                     Indian tribes were invited to consult but              remains have been determined to be
                                                  transfer of control of the human remains                did not participate in consultations: The              Native American dating to the Classic
                                                  and associated funerary objects to lineal               Cocopah Tribe of Arizona; Colorado                     period (A.D. 1150–1450) Tucson Basin
                                                  descendants or Indian tribes stated in                  River Indian Tribes of the Colorado                    Hohokam. The cremation pit and
                                                  this notice may proceed.                                River Indian Reservation, Arizona and                  orientation of the remains (the long-axis
                                                  DATES: Lineal descendants or                            California; Fort McDowell Yavapai                      of the body was aligned east-west, with
                                                  representatives of any Indian tribe not                 Nation, Arizona; Fort Mohave Indian                    the head at the east) are consistent with
                                                  identified in this notice that wish to                  Tribe of Arizona, California & Nevada;                 Classic Period Hohokam sites in the Gila
                                                  request transfer of control of these                    Hopi Tribe of Arizona; San Carlos                      Bend area and Tucson Basin. The
                                                  human remains and associated funerary                   Apache Tribe of the San Carlos                         cremation pit is identical in size and
                                                  objects should submit a written request                 Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Prescott                 shape with primary cremations from site
                                                  with information in support of the                      Indian Tribe (previously listed as the                 AZ AA:12:46 (ASM), the Rabid Ruin, a
                                                  request to the 56th Range Management                    Yavapai-Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai                  Tucson Basin Hohokam site.
                                                                                                          Reservation, Arizona); and Zuni Tribe of                  A relationship of shared group
                                                  Office, Luke Air Force Base by July 31,
                                                                                                          the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. All                  identity can reasonably be traced
                                                  2017.
                                                                                                          tribes listed are referred to as the                   between members of the Hohokam
                                                  ADDRESSES: Mr. Charles Buchanan,                                                                               culture and the four southern O’odham
                                                                                                          ‘‘Invited and Consulted Tribes.’’
                                                  Director, 56th Range Management                                                                                tribes of Arizona. The O’odham
                                                  Office, 7101 Jerstad Lane, Building 500,                History and Description of the Remains                 comprise four Federally recognized
                                                  Luke Air Force Base, AZ 85309, phone                       On September 21, 1978, human                        Indian tribes (Ak Chin Indian
                                                  (623) 856–5820, email                                   remains representing, at minimum, one                  Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin)
                                                  charles.buchanan@us.af.mil.                             individual were removed from site AZ                   Indian Reservation, Arizona); Gila River
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is                    Y:8:001 (ASM) on the Barry M.                          Indian Community of the Gila River
                                                  here given in accordance with the                       Goldwater Range East, Maricopa                         Indian Reservation, Arizona; Salt River
                                                  Native American Graves Protection and                   County, AZ (formerly the Luke AFB                      Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of
                                                  Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.                    Bombing and Gunnery Range). The                        the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; and
                                                  3003, of the completion of an inventory                 human remains, Cremation 1, were                       Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona.
                                                  of human remains and associated                         removed from Component 2, during an                    Historically the Pimeria Alta is the
                                                  funerary objects under the control of the               authorized archeological excavation                    traditional homeland of the O’odham;
                                                  56th Range Management Office, Luke                      under the direction of Dr. Bruce                       including the river people (Akimel), the
                                                  Air Force Base, and in physical custody                 Huckell, Arizona State Museum, AZ.                     desert people (Tohono) and the sand
                                                  of the Arizona State Museum, Tucson,                    The collection was transferred to the                  people (Hia C-ed O’odham). O’odham
                                                  AZ. The human remains and associated                    Arizona State Museum on September                      oral history teaches that the O’odham
                                                  funerary objects were removed from site                 28, 1978, where it is currently curated.               were created in this land and have
                                                  AZ Y:8:001 (ASM), Maricopa County,                      A professional report on the collection                always lived here. Places mentioned in
                                                  AZ.                                                     was published in 1979: The Coronet                     the Creation Story and other stories and
                                                     This notice is published as part of the              REAL Project: Archaeological                           songs have been identified on the
                                                  National Park Service’s administrative                  Investigations on the Luke Range,                      landscape throughout the Sonoran
                                                  responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25                       Southwestern Arizona, by Bruce B.                      Desert.
                                                  U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in                Huckell. Arizona State Museum                             A relationship of shared group
                                                  this notice are the sole responsibility of              Archaeological Series No. 129.                         identity may also reasonably be traced
                                                  the Department of the Air Force, 56th                      The estimated age of the individual at              between members of the Hohokam
                                                  Range Management Office, Luke Air                       death is older than 40 years based on                  culture of the Phoenix Basin and clans
                                                  Force Base, which has control of the                    dentition and ectocranial suture of the                of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona. Hopi
                                                  Native American human remains and                       sagittal suture. The sex of the cremation              history is based, in large part, on clan
                                                  associated funerary objects. The                        was determined to be male based on                     migration narratives. The Hopi consider
                                                  National Park Service is not responsible                evidence from the skull and in                         all of Arizona to be within traditional
                                                  for the determinations in this notice.                  nominate. The stature of the individual                Hopi lands, i.e., areas in and through
                                                                                                          is indeterminate due to the fragmentary                which Hopi clans are believed to have
                                                  Consultation                                            nature of the long bones. No known                     migrated in the past. Hopi oral history
                                                    A detailed assessment of the human                    individuals were identified. The 21                    and the anthropological record show
                                                  remains was made by Arizona State                       associated funerary objects include 1                  that some clans originated in the Salt-
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                                                  Museum and the 56th Range                               reconstructed Tanque Verde Red-on-                     Gila region and were descended from
                                                  Management Office, Luke Air Force                       Brown ceramic pitcher with missing                     the Hohokam. After the fall of the Great
                                                  Base, professional staff in consultation                handle (1979–145–1); 1 lot of sherds of                House communities, Hohokam refugees
                                                  with representatives of the Ak Chin                     a burned Colorado Red bowl (1979–                      were absorbed into the Hopi culture.
                                                  Indian Community (previously listed as                  145–10); 1 bone awl (1979–145–6); 3                       A relationship of shared group
                                                  the Ak Chin Indian Community of the                     rim sherds of a burned Tonto                           identity can also reasonably be traced
                                                  Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,                  Polychrome bowl (1979–145–7:x); 14                     between members of the Hohokam


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                                                  culture and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni                  charles.buchanan@us.af.mil, by July 31,                not identified in this notice that wish to
                                                  Reservation, New Mexico. Zuni oral                      2017. After that date, if no additional                request transfer of control of these
                                                  history tells of ancestral migrations and               requestors have come forward, transfer                 human remains should submit a written
                                                  settling throughout this region in their                of control of the human remains and                    request with information in support of
                                                  search for the Middle Place of the World                associated funerary objects to the Ak                  the request to the Deschutes National
                                                  (present day Pueblo of Zuni). Zuni                      Chin Indian Community of the                           Forest at the address in this notice by
                                                  ancestors left many markers of their                    Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,                 July 31, 2017.
                                                  passing including trails, habitation sites,             Arizona; Gila River Indian Community                   ADDRESSES: John Allen, Deschutes
                                                  campsites, and burials. Elders have                     of the Gila River Indian Reservation,                  National Forest, 63095 Deschutes
                                                  identified features in the area, including              Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona;                        Market Road, Bend, OR 97701,
                                                  shrines and petroglyphs, as Zuni.                       Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian                  telephone (541) 383–5512, email
                                                     A relationship of shared group                       Reservation, California & Arizona; Salt                jpallen@fs.fed.us.
                                                  identity may also be reasonably be                      River Pima-Maricopa Indian                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
                                                  traced between members of the Patayan                   Community of the Salt River
                                                  culture and the Quechan tribe of the                                                                           here given in accordance with the
                                                                                                          Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham                   Native American Graves Protection and
                                                  Fort Yuma Indian Reservation,                           Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the
                                                  California & Arizona. The Colorado Red                                                                         Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
                                                                                                          Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, may                      3003, of the completion of an inventory
                                                  bowl is associated with the                             proceed.
                                                  archeological culture identified as                                                                            of human remains under the control of
                                                                                                            The 56th Range Management Office,                    the Deschutes National Forest, Bend,
                                                  Patayan, which the Quechan believe                      Luke Air Force Base, is responsible for
                                                  were their ancestors.                                                                                          OR. The human remains were removed
                                                                                                          notifying the Invited and Consulted                    from Federal lands in central Oregon.
                                                  Determinations of the Luke Air Force                    Tribes that this notice has been                          This notice is published as part of the
                                                  Base                                                    published.                                             National Park Service’s administrative
                                                     Officials of the 56th Range                           Dated: May 15, 2017.                                  responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
                                                  Management Office, Luke Air Force                       Melanie, O’Brien,                                      U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
                                                  Base have determined that:                              Manager, National NAGPRA Program.                      The determinations in this notice are
                                                     • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 301(9), the                  [FR Doc. 2017–13736 Filed 6–29–17; 8:45 am]            the sole responsibility of the museum,
                                                  human remains described in this notice                  BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
                                                                                                                                                                 institution, or Federal agency that has
                                                  represent the physical remains of one                                                                          control of the Native American human
                                                  individual of Native American ancestry.                                                                        remains. The National Park Service is
                                                     • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 301(3)(A), the               DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                             not responsible for the determinations
                                                  21 objects described in this notice are                                                                        in this notice.
                                                  reasonably believed to have been placed                 National Park Service
                                                                                                                                                                 Consultation
                                                  with or near individual human remains                   [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23414;
                                                  at the time of death or later as part of                PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]                             A detailed assessment of the human
                                                  the death rite or ceremony.                                                                                    remains was made by the Deschutes
                                                     • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 301(2), there                Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.                   National Forest professional staff, with
                                                  is a relationship of shared group                       Department of Agriculture, Forest                      assistance by the University of Oregon,
                                                  identity that can be reasonably traced                  Service, Deschutes National Forest,                    Department of Anthropology, in
                                                  between the Native American human                       Bend, OR                                               consultation with representatives of the
                                                  remains and associated funerary objects                                                                        Burns Paiute Tribe (previously listed as
                                                  and the Ak Chin Indian Community                        AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.             the Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns
                                                  (previously listed as the Ak Chin Indian                ACTION:   Notice.                                      Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon),
                                                  Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin)                                                                            Confederated Tribes of the Warm
                                                  Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River                 SUMMARY:   The U.S. Department of                      Springs Reservation of Oregon, and
                                                  Indian Community of the Gila River                      Agriculture, Forest Service, Deschutes                 Klamath Tribes.
                                                  Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe                 National Forest has completed an
                                                                                                          inventory of human remains, in                         History and Description of the Remains
                                                  of Arizona; Quechan Tribe of the Fort
                                                  Yuma Indian Reservation, California &                   consultation with the appropriate                         In 1989, human remains representing,
                                                  Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa                       Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian                       at minimum, three individuals were
                                                  Indian Community of the Salt River                      organizations, and has determined that                 removed from individual homes of
                                                  Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham                    there is no cultural affiliation between               persons arrested for violations of the
                                                  Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the                the human remains and any present-day                  Archeological Resource Protection Act.
                                                  Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.                           Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian                       The three individuals were
                                                                                                          organizations. Representatives of any                  apprehended while looting an
                                                  Additional Requestors and Disposition                   Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian                        archeological site on the Deschutes
                                                    Lineal descendants or representatives                 organization not identified in this notice             National Forest. Pre-contact human
                                                  of any Indian tribe not identified in this              that wish to request transfer of control               remains were discovered during a
                                                  notice that wish to request transfer of                 of these human remains should submit                   search of the individuals’ residences.
                                                  control of these human remains and                      a written request to the Deschutes                     The Deschutes National Forest is unable
                                                  associated funerary objects should                      National Forest. If no additional                      to determine the exact provenience of
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                                                  submit a written request with                           requestors come forward, transfer of                   the human remains, other than their
                                                  information in support of the request to                control of the human remains to the                    origination from Federal lands in central
                                                  Mr. Charles Buchanan, Director, 56th                    Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian                       Oregon. The human remains remained
                                                  Range Management Office, Barry M.                       organizations stated in this notice may                in possession of Federal law
                                                  Goldwater Range East, 7101 Jerstad                      proceed.                                               enforcement until 1997, when they were
                                                  Lane, Luke Air Force Base, AZ 85309,                    DATES: Representatives of any Indian                   returned to the Deschutes National
                                                  phone (623) 856–8520, email                             tribe or Native Hawaiian organization                  Forest. In 2009, the Deschutes National


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Document Created: 2017-06-30 06:01:35
Document Modified: 2017-06-30 06:01:35
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesLineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe 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 56th Range Management Office, Luke Air Force Base by July 31, 2017.
FR Citation82 FR 29924 

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