[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 184 (Monday, September 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53342-53343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20912]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032654; 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 October 27, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 San Bernardino 
County, CA.
    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 Agua Caliente Band of 
Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California; 
Morongo Band of Mission Indians, California [previously listed as 
Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Morongo Reservation]; 
and the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, California [previously 
listed as San Manual Band of Serrano Mission Indians of the San Manual 
Reservation].
    The Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians, California [previously 
listed as Augustine Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Augustine 
Reservation]; Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, California; Cahuilla 
Band of Indians [previously listed as Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians 
of the Cahuilla Reservation, California]; Campo Band of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, California; Capitan 
Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California (Barona Group of 
Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation, 
California; Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission 
Indians of the Viejas Reservation, California); Colorado River Indian 
Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and 
California; Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians, California; Fort 
McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, 
California [previously listed as Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission 
Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation]; Inaja Band of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, California; Jamul 
Indian Village of California; La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, 
California [previously listed as La Jolla Band of Luiseno Mission 
Indians of the La Jolla Reservation]; La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission 
Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation, California; Los Coyotes 
Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians, California [previously listed as 
Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla & Cupeno Indians of the Los Coyotes 
Reservation]; Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the 
Manzanita Reservation, California; Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission 
Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, California; Pala Band of 
Mission Indians [previously listed as Pala Band of Luiseno Mission 
Indians of the Pala Reservation, California]; Pauma Band of Luiseno 
Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California; Pechanga 
Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, 
California; Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, 
California & Arizona; Ramona Band of Cahuilla, California [previously 
listed as Ramona Band or Village of Cahuilla Mission Indians of 
California]; Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of Rincon 
Reservation, California; San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians 
of California; Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians, California 
[previously listed as Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of 
the Santa Rosa Reservation]; Soboba

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Band of Luiseno Indians, California; Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay 
Nation; Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, California [previously 
listed as Torres-Martinez Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of 
California]; and the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians of 
California were invited to consult but did not participate. Hereafter, 
all the above listed Indian Tribes are referred to as ``The Consulted 
and 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 most likely located in San 
Bernardino County, CA. The human remains were acquired by the 
University of South Florida by way of a donation from the St. 
Petersburg (Florida) Museum of History, but neither institution has a 
record of when the human remains were transferred. Records indicate 
that the human remains were donated to the St. Petersburg Museum of 
History by Cyrus Belden on January 15, 1966. The human remains are 
accompanied by a label reading ``Skull of Cahuilla Tribe Indian-Morongo 
Valley California-Tribe now in Palm Canyon, California, G-Cyrus Belden, 
1966.'' A second label reads ``Indian skull from Cahuilla Tribe Morongo 
Valley and Calif. Now in Palm Canyon Donated by Cyrus Belden St. 
Petersburg, Fla., and Morongo Valley, Calif 193[?]''. The human remains 
consist of a single cranium lacking the mandible and teeth in the 
maxilla. Cranial measurements indicate the individual was male. 
Comparison of the cranial measurements to modern populations using the 
FORDISC program returned only a broad affiliation of Native American. 
Comparison with a standard database of older Native American samples 
identified as Eskimo, Arikara, Peruvian, and Californian (tied to 
Native populations of the Channel Islands area), showed that the 
cranium was most similar to the California group. No known individual 
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    An obituary for ``Cyrus L. (Cy) Belden'' published in local 
newspapers in 1974 identifies him as a native of New Jersey and a 
former resident of St. Petersburg, Florida. Belden was apparently 
residing in Hudson, New Jersey, in 1942, when he filled out a World War 
II draft registration card. However, his address on the draft card was 
marked through, and a handwritten entry updated it to one in Monterey 
Park, California. Newspaper entries, voter registration records, and 
city directories place Belden in Long Beach, California, at various 
dates between 1944 and 1958. He appears to have moved to Florida by 
1965. Belden lived in St. Petersburg, Florida, before moving to Tampa 
three years before his death.
    Based on geographical, archeological, oral traditional, and 
historical lines of evidence, as well as expert opinion, the Agua 
Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian 
Reservation, California and the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, 
California [previously listed as Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission 
Indians of the Morongo Reservation] (hereafter referred to as ``The 
Tribes'') 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 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 October 27, 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 Consulted and Invited Tribes that this 
notice has been published.

    Dated: September 21, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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