[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 71 (Friday, April 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18035-18036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8573]


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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; Correction

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 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.
    This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals reported in 
a Notice of Inventory Completion published October 9, 2001 (Federal 
Register document 01-25150, page 51459). Since publication of the 
original notice, a review of American Museum of Natural History 
documentation revealed the presence of an additional individual 
culturally affiliated with the same tribes listed in the original 
notice. Paragraphs four and eight of the October 9, 2001, notice are 
corrected by substituting the following two paragraphs:
    In 1902, human remains representing a minimum of four individuals 
were collected by Ales Hrdlicka from the vicinity of Sacaton, Pinal 
County, AZ, while Dr. Hrdlicka was a member of the Hyde Expedition, 
sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History. No known 
individuals were identified. The two associated funerary objects are 
fragments of cloth.
    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 five individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials 
of the American Museum of Natural History also have determined that, 
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the four objects listed above 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. Lastly, officials of the American Museum of Natural History 
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 associated funerary 
objects and the Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) 
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River Indian Community of the Gila 
River Indian Reservation, Arizona; and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian 
Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Ak Chin Indian 
Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila 
River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; 
and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River 
Reservation, Arizona. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that 
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains 
and associated funerary objects should contact Elaine Guthrie, Acting 
Director of Cultural Resources, American Museum of Natural History, 
Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192, telephone 
(212) 769-5835, before May 13, 2002. Repatriation of these human 
remains and associated funerary objects to the Ak Chin Indian Community 
of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River 
Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; and 
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River 
Reservation, Arizona may begin after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.


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    Dated: March 5, 2002.
Robert Stearns,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 02-8573 Filed 4-11-02; 8:45 am]
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