[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 96 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27470-27471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10653]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0031916; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Department of Anthropology, 
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida 
has completed an inventory of human remains, 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 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 should submit a 
written request to the Department of Anthropology, University of South 
Florida. 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 
Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida at the address 
in this notice by June 21, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Thomas J. Pluckhahn, Department of Anthropology, University 
of South Florida, 4202 E Fowler Avenue, SOC 107, Tampa, FL 33620-8100, 
telephone (813) 549-9742, 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 Department of Anthropology, University of South 
Florida, Tampa, FL. The human remains were removed from an unknown site 
in Arizona.
    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.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the 
Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida professional 
staff in consultation with representatives of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona 
and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
    The Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian 
Reservation, Arizona and California; Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, 
Arizona; 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; Hualapai Indian 
Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona; Kaibab Band of 
Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Kewa Pueblo, 
New Mexico [previously listed as the Pueblo of Santo Domingo]; Las 
Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; 
Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, 
Nevada; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; 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 [previously listed as Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar City 
Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, 
Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes)]; Pascua 
Yaqui Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; 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 Ana, 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 
were invited to consult but did not participate.

History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from an unknown site in Arizona. The human 
remains were identified by a label reading ``Indian Thigh from the 
Petrified Forest, Ariz.'' The human remains appear to have been part of 
a large donation to the Department of Anthropology, University of South 
Florida, from a local museum at an unknown date. The human remains 
consist of fragments of a left femur and right tibia that have been 
attached with a metal screw. Examination found that the human remains 
represent an adult of indeterminate sex. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on geographical, archeological, oral tradition, and 
historical lines of evidence, as well as expert opinion, the Hopi Tribe 
of Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico are 
culturally affiliated with the human remains.

Determinations Made by the Department of Anthropology, University of 
South Florida

    Officials of the Department of Anthropology, University of South 
Florida have determined that:
     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), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona 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 should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Thomas J. 
Pluckhahn, Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, 
4202 E Fowler Avenue, SOC 107, Tampa, FL 33620-8100, telephone (813) 
549-9742, email [email protected], by June 21, 2021. After that date, 
if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of 
the human remains to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of 
the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, may proceed.
    The Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida is 
responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and the Zuni Tribe 
of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: May 6, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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