Notice2022-27525
Notice of Inventory Completion: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA
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Published
December 20, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Pinal County, Maricopa County, and Pima County, AZ.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77882-77883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27525]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035038; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural
History, Santa Barbara, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
has completed an inventory of human
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remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there
is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated
funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from Pinal County, Maricopa County, and Pima County, AZ.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after January 19, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Luke Swetland, President and CEO, Santa Barbara Museum of
Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara, CA 93105,
telephone (805) 682-4711, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b0dcc3c7d5c4dcd1ded4f0c3d2ded1c4c5c2d5829edfc2d7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="81edf2f6e4f5ede0efe5c1f2e3efe0f5f4f3e4b3afeef3e6">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held
by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were
removed from Pinal County, Maricopa County, and Pima County, AZ.
On September 10, 1915, Frank A. Thackery collected a Hohokam
ceramic funerary vessel containing cremated human remains and a
potsherd from the Gila River Indian Reservation during the excavation
of a sewer ditch running north from the new Sacaton hospital to the
Little Gila canal, in Sacaton, AZ. In 1995, Eric Hvolboll donated this
burial to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. The two
associated funerary objects are the ceramic funerary vessel and the
ceramic potsherd contained within it.
Sometime prior to October 23, 1933, the Gila Pueblo Archaeological
Foundation (Globe, AZ) excavated a Hohokam ceramic funerary vessel
containing cremated human remains from the archeological site of Casa
Buena in Phoenix, AZ. Harold Gladwin, the archeologist who founded the
Gila Pueblo Archaeological Foundation, donated this burial to the Santa
Barbara Museum of Natural History, and it was accessioned on October
23, 1933. The one associated funerary object is the ceramic funerary
vessel.
Sometime prior to 1950, a Hohokam ceramic funerary vessel
containing cremated human remains was removed from the site of the
Russell Ranch School in Tucson, AZ. On July 30, 1954, Dr. and Mrs.
Robert Russell donated this burial to the Santa Barbara Museum of
Natural History. The one associated funerary object is the ceramic
funerary vessel.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: geographical, kinship, biological, archeological,
linguistic, folkloric, oral traditional, historical, and other
information or expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The four 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.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Ak-Chin Indian Community
(previously listed as Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak
Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona); Gila River Indian Community of the
Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt
River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation,
Arizona; Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 19, 2023.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Santa Barbara
Museum of Natural History must determine the most appropriate requestor
prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single request
and not competing requests. The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes
and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: December 13, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-27525 Filed 12-19-22; 8:45 am]
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