[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 82 (Monday, April 29, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18077-18078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08594]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027609, PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Petrified Forest National Park, Petrified 
Forest, AZ

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 
Petrified Forest National Park has completed an inventory of human 
remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and any present-day Indian Tribes 
or Native Hawaiian organizations. Representatives of any Indian Tribe 
or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish 
to request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request to Petrified Forest National Park. If no additional 
requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to 
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this 
notice may proceed.

DATES: Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request 
transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written 
request with information in support of the request to Petrified Forest 
National Park at the address in this notice by May 29, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Brad Traver, Superintendent, Petrified Forest National Park, 
1 Park Road, P.O. Box 2217, Petrified Forest, AZ 86028, telephone (928) 
524-6228 Ext. 225, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains under 
the control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park 
Service, Petrified Forest National Park, Petrified Forest, AZ, and in 
the physical custody of the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, 
AZ. The human remains were removed from Petrified Forest National Park, 
AZ.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). The determinations in this notice are the sole 
responsibility of the Superintendent, Petrified Forest National Park.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Petrified 
Forest National Park professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Hopi 
Tribe of Arizona; Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian 
Reservation, Arizona; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico (previously listed as the 
Pueblo of Santo Domingo); Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; 
Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; and the 
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico (hereafter referred to 
as ``The Consulted Tribes'').
    The following tribes were invited to consult, but did not 
participate: Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado Indian 
Reservation, Arizona and California; Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of 
Arizona, California & Nevada; Gila River Indian Community of the Gila 
River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai 
Reservation, Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab 
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the 
Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of the Paiute Indians of 
the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico 
(previously listed as the Pueblo of San Juan); Paiute Indian Tribe of 
Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of 
Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes 
(formerly Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar City Band of Paiutes, 
Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian

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Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes)); Pascua Yaqui 
Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 
Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San 
Carlos Reservation, Arizona; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; 
Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; and 
the Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona 
(hereafter referred to as ``The Invited Tribes'').

History and Description of the Remains

    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from an unknown site likely within the 
boundaries of Petrified Forest National Park. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.

Determinations Made by Petrified Forest National Park

    Officials of Petrified Forest National Park have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on their osteological 
characteristics, as determined by James T. Watson from Arizona State 
University in August of 2010.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and any present-day Indian Tribe.
     According to final judgments of the Indian Claims 
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the 
Native American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of 
the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah and the Zuni Tribe of the 
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah 
and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control 
of these human remains should submit a written request with information 
in support of the request to Brad Traver, Superintendent, Petrified 
Forest National Park, P.O. Box 2217, Petrified Forest, AZ 86028, 
telephone (928) 524-6228 Ext. 225, email [email protected], by May 
29, 2019. After that date, if no additional requestors have come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Navajo Nation, 
Arizona, New Mexico & Utah and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 
New Mexico may proceed.
    Petrified Forest National Park is responsible for notifying The 
Consulted Tribes and The Invited Tribes that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: April 2, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-08594 Filed 4-26-19; 8:45 am]
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