Identified! AZ - Laveen, NativeMale 50-70, UP152244, found on Gila River Reservation, Partial Skeleton, Reconstruction, Nov 2025, Kirt Atakai

[Hochman]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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ME# - 25-11896

Sketch

"Unidentified skeletal remains of American Indian Male found on Gila River Reservation."

Sex - Male
Race - Native American
Age Range - 50-70
DBF - November 1, 2025
Location - Laveen, Arizona
Condition - Partial Skeleton

Height - 5'7 - 5'11

No other info.

 

[Hochman]

Home Page - Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner Case Status

Identified as Kirt Atakai

 

[Hochman]

Building the Navajo Churro breed - Navajo Times

Photo of Atakai at the Navajo Sheep is Life Celebration. He appears to have won best of show in the lamb category in 2011, though this picture may not have been taken in said year.