[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51456-51457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25147]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the American 
Museum of Natural History, New York, NY

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

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 and associated 
funerary objects in the possession of the American Museum of Natural 
History, New York, NY.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The 
determinations within this

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notice are the sole responsibility of the museum, institution, or 
Federal agency that has control of these Native American human remains 
and associated funerary objects. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations within this notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the American 
Museum of Natural History professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak 
Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona, and Tohono O'odham Nation of 
Arizona.
    In 1902, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were collected by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka from southern Arizona, while Dr. 
Hrdlicka was a member of the Hyde Expedition, sponsored by the American 
Museum of Natural History. No known individual was identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    This individual has been identified as Native American based on the 
American Museum of Natural History's catalog entry describing the 
remains as ``Papago.'' Geographic location is consistent with the 
postcontact territory of the Tohono O'odham, who are represented by the 
Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona and the Ak Chin Indian Community of 
the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona. The presence of 
desiccated soft tissue and bone stained by copper or brass suggests a 
postcontact date for this burial.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the American 
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 a minimum of one individual of Native American ancestry. Officials 
of the American Museum of Natural History also have determined that, 
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group 
identity that can be reasonably traced between these Native American 
human remains and the Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak 
Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona, and Tohono O'odham Nation of 
Arizona.This notice has been sent to officials of the Ak Chin Indian 
Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona, and 
Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona. Representatives of any other Indian 
tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human 
remains should contact Martha Graham, Director of Cultural Resources, 
American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, 
New York, NY 10024-5192, telephone (212) 769-5846, before November 8, 
2001. Repatriation of the human remains to the Ak Chin Indian Community 
of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona, and Tohono 
O'odham Nation of Arizona may begin after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.

    Dated: August 15, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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