[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 157 (Monday, August 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 44536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21069]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
from Navajo County, AZ in the Possession of the Los Angeles County 
Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, DOI.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains from Navajo County, 
AZ in the possession of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural 
History, Los Angeles, CA
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Los Angeles 
County Museum of Natural History professional staff in consultation 
with representatives of the Hopi Tribe.
    Between 1935 and 1965, human remains representing one individual 
were removed from the Homolobi (Homolovi 4) site in Navajo 
County, AZ under unknown circumstances by person(s) unknown. In 1969, 
these human remains were donated by Gordon Pond to the Los Angeles 
County Museum of Natural History. No known individuals were identified. 
No associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on ethnohistoric information and Hopi oral tradition, the 
Homolobi site has been identified as ancestral to the Hopi Tribe. 
Consultation with representatives of the Hopi Tribe indicate the 
Homolobi site was inhabited exclusively by ancestors of the Hopi Tribe.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Los 
Angeles County Museum of Natural History have determined that, pursuant 
to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. 
Officials of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History have also 
determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship 
of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced between these 
Native American human remains and the Hopi Tribe.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Hopi Tribe. 
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be 
culturally affiliated with these human remains should contact Dr. 
Margaret A. Hardin, Anthropology Section, Los Angeles County Museum of 
Natural History, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007; 
telephone: (213) 763-3382; e-mail: M[email protected], before September 
15, 1999. Repatriation of the human remains to the Hopi Tribe may begin 
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
    The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations 
within this notice.
Dated: August 10, 1999.
Richard Waldbauer,
Acting Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 99-21069 Filed 8-13-99; 8:45 am]
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