[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 96 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27475-27476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10654]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0031917; 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 the southern 
Arkansas.
    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 Quapaw Nation 
[previously listed as The Quapaw Tribe of Indians]; Shawnee Tribe; and 
The Osage Nation [previously listed as Osage Tribe].
    The Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Alabama-
Quassarte Tribal Town; Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Caddo Nation of 
Oklahoma; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; 
Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; 
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation 
of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band 
of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma were invited to consult but did not 
participate (hereafter, these non-participating Indian Tribes are 
referred to as ``The Invited Tribes'').

History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from an unknown site in southern Arkansas.

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When the human remains were acquired by the University of South Florida 
is also unknown. The human remains may have been part of a larger 
donation from the St. Petersburg (Florida) Museum of History or another 
local museum. The human remains consist of a single mandible in two 
pieces and represent an adult of indeterminate sex. No known individual 
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on geographical, archeological, oral traditional, and 
historical lines of evidence, as well as expert opinion, the Quapaw 
Nation [previously listed as The Quapaw Tribe of Indians]; Shawnee 
Tribe; and The Osage Nation [previously listed as Osage Tribe] 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 Quapaw Nation [previously listed as The 
Quapaw Tribe of Indians]; Shawnee Tribe; and The Osage Nation 
[previously listed as Osage Tribe] (hereafter referred to as ``The 
Tribes'').

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 Tribes may proceed.
    The Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida is 
responsible for notifying The Tribes and The Invited Tribes that this 
notice has been published.

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