[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 76 (Thursday, April 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 21341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08400]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0031762; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Arizona Museum of Natural 
History, Mesa, AZ; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Arizona Museum of Natural History has corrected an 
inventory of human remains, published in a Notice of Inventory 
Completion in the Federal Register on May 14, 2020. This notice 
corrects the minimum number of individuals. 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 should submit a written request to the Arizona 
Museum of Natural History. If no additional requestors come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains 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 should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to the 
Arizona Museum of Natural History at the address in this notice by May 
24, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Ms. Melanie Deer, Arizona Museum of Natural History, 53 N 
MacDonald, Mesa, AZ 85201, telephone (480) 644-4381, 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 correction of an inventory of human remains under 
the control of the Arizona Museum of Natural History, Mesa, AZ. The 
human remains were removed from AZ.
    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. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.
    This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals published in 
a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (85 FR 28978-
28979, May 14, 2020). Transfer of control of the items in this 
correction notice has not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (85 FR 28979, May 14, 2020), column 2, 
paragraph 1, sentence 1 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    Prior to 2018, human remains representing, at minimum, 12 
individuals were removed from AZ.

    In the Federal Register (85 FR 28979, May 14, 2020), column 2, 
paragraph 5, sentence 1 under the heading ``Determinations Made by the 
Arizona Museum of Natural History'' is corrected by substituting the 
following sentence:

    Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in 
this notice represent the physical remains of 99 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.

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 should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Ms. 
Melanie Deer, Arizona Museum of Natural History, 53 N MacDonald, Mesa, 
AZ 85201, telephone (480) 644-4381, email [email protected], by 
May 24, 2021. After that date, if no additional requestors have come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains to The Tribes may 
proceed.
    The Arizona Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying 
The Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: April 15, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-08400 Filed 4-21-21; 8:45 am]
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