Notice of Inventory Completion: Cochise College, Douglas, AZ
| Published date | 10 October 2019 |
| Citation | 84 FR 54635 |
| Record Number | 2019-22167 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | National Park Service |
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 197 (Thursday, October 10, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 197 (Thursday, October 10, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54635-54636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22167]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0028960; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Cochise College, Douglas, AZ
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Cochise College 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 to Cochise College. 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 Cochise College at the address in this notice by
November 12, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Rebecca Orozco, Cochise College, 4190 West Highway 80,
Douglas, AZ 85607, telephone (520) 515-3697, 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 Cochise College,
Douglas, AZ. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from archeological sites in Cochise 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) 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 Cochise
College professional staff in consultation with representatives of 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; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Gila River Indian Community
of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Havasupai Tribe of the
Havasupai Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Hualapai Indian
Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona; Mescalero Apache
Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona,
New Mexico & Utah; Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; 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; Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe of
the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp
Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe
(previously listed as the Yavapai-Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai
Reservation, Arizona); and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
From 1968 to 1969, human remains representing, at minimum, four
individuals were removed from site AZ:FF:8:9 (Price Canyon Ranch), in
Cochise County, AZ, as part of a Cochise College archeological field
school. Burial #1-A consists of two fragmentary mandibular rami from a
3-5 year old child. Burial #1-B consists of post cranial remains of a
5-7 year old child. Burial #1-C consists of the charred fragments of
the cranial vault, left mandibular Ml and fragments of the right
illium, both humeri, both scapulae, the right clavicle and the right
femur of a 7-9 year old child. Burial #1-D consists of the skeletal
human remains of an adult male's mandible with much of the mandibular
body missing. The human remains were analyzed by T.M.J. Mulinski and
Dr. Walter Birkby from the Arizona State Museum, Human Identification
Laboratory in 1971. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
From 1969 to 1971, human remains representing, at minimum, three
individuals were removed from site AZ:FF:7:2 (the San Bernardino site),
in Cochise County, AZ, as part of a Cochise College archeological field
school. Burial #1 is the incomplete skeleton of a male, 30-40 years
old. Burial #2 is the flexed incomplete skeleton of a female,
approximately 25 years old. Burial #3 is the flexed incomplete skeleton
of a male, 20-35 years old. No known individuals were identified.
In 1970, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from site AZ:EE:12:1 in Cochise County, AZ, by an unknown
individual. The burial contained the extended, incomplete skeletal
remains of a female, 18-24 years old. This individual had previously
been removed from a Preceramic site on state land in Cochise County
leased to the S O Ranch. No known individual was identified.
In 1970, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from site AZ:CC:15:1, Chiricahua Cave in the Colorado
National Forest in Cochise County, AZ. The human remains were found by
weekend explorers. In 1970, portions of a human skull and mandible,
plus other bones, were given to Cochise College. No known individual
was identified.
Sometime before 1970, human remains representing, at minimum one
individual were removed from an unknown location in Cochise County, AZ.
The human remains--a small amount of calcined human bones--were
enclosed in a burial urn. A local rancher found this pot (tentatively
identified as Pantano Red on Brown) on the surface, just east of the
Mule Mountains in the Sulphur Springs Valley, and donated it to Cochise
College in 1970. No known individual was identified. The one associated
funerary object is the burial urn.
Sometime before 1970, human remains representing, at minimum, one
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individual were removed from an unknown location in Cochise County, AZ.
The human remains, labeled ``Kambitch Bones,'' appear to have been
given to Cochise College in 1970 from a ranch located northeast of
Douglas, AZ. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Sometime before 1980, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an unknown location near the San Pedro
River in Cochise County, AZ, by local residents. In 1980, the
calcinated human remains and the plain brownware burial urn containing
them were donated to Cochise College. No known individual was
identified. The one associated funerary object is the burial urn.
Between 1982 to 1987, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from site AZ:FF:7:10 (Boss Ranch site), in
Cochise County, AZ, as part of a Cochise College archeological field
school. The burial was located under the floor of Room 7 in the
Northwest Corner structure. The burial contained a flexed, incomplete
skeleton lying on the left side. The individual is probably male, 15-18
years old. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an unknown location, most probably within
Cochise County, AZ. No information has been found on this set of human
remains. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Determinations Made by Cochise College
Officials of Cochise College have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on archeological
investigations carried out by other entities in the region.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 14 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the two 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. 3001(2), a relationship of shared
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day
Indian Tribe.
Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate
that the land from which the Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of The
Tribes.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(i), the disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to The Tribes.
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 Rebecca
Orozco, Cochise College, 4190 West Highway 80, Douglas, AZ 85607,
telephone (520) 515-3697, email [email protected], by November 12,
2019. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary
objects to The Tribes may proceed.
Cochise College is responsible for notifying The Tribes that this
notice has been published.
Dated: September 20, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-22167 Filed 10-9-19; 8:45 am]
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