[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 106 (Monday, June 3, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25557-25558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11430]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027852; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Fowler Museum at University of 
California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Fowler Museum at University of California Los Angeles 
(UCLA) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a 
cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary 
objects and present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 
Lineal descendants or 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 and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request to the Fowler Museum 
at UCLA. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control 
of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal 
descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 
this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or 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 and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the Fowler Museum at UCLA at the address in 
this notice by July 3, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Wendy G. Teeter, Ph.D., Fowler Museum at UCLA, Box 951549, 
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1549, telephone (310) 825-1864, 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 and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the Fowler Museum at 
University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. The human 
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from an unknown 
site identified only as ``Zuni''.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Fowler 
Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of the 
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.

History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown time, human remains representing, at minimum, two 
individuals were removed from an unknown site, identified by the donor 
only as ``Zuni.'' Fowler Museum at UCLA received a large donation in 
1966 and 1969 from Mr. W. Thomas Davis, Oxnard Farmlands. This donation 
included many southwestern objects, including several Zuni ``fetish 
bowls.'' One of them included fragmentary human remains representing a 
minimum number of two individuals. No known individuals were 
identified. There were 18 objects included with the human remains in a 
sealed bag. They include 10 pieces of plant stems, one corn cob, three 
ceramic sherds, two turquoise fragments, and two obsidian projectile 
points.
    The human remains and associated funerary objects are Zuni based on 
the information provided by the donor on the donation inventory, as 
well as independent verification that the associated funerary objects 
are consistent with Zuni cultural traditions.

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Determinations Made by the Fowler Museum at University of California 
Los Angeles

    Officials of the Fowler Museum at University of California Los 
Angeles have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 18 objects described 
in this notice 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.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects and the Zuni 
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or 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 and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Wendy G Teeter, Ph.D., Fowler Museum at UCLA, 
Box 951549, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1549, telephone (310) 825-1864, email 
[email protected], by July 3, 2019. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects and the Zuni Tribe of the 
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may proceed.
    The Fowler Museum at University of California Los Angeles is 
responsible for notifying the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 
Mexico that this notice has been published.

    Dated: May 3, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-11430 Filed 5-31-19; 8:45 am]
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