[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44706-44707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11089]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037941; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Arizona State Museum, University 
of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, and Arizona Capitol Museum, Phoenix, AZ

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Arizona State Museum, University of 
Arizona (ASM) and the Arizona Capitol Museum have completed an 
inventory of human remains and have determined that there is a cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after June 20, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Cristin Lucas, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, 
P.O. Box 210026, Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone (520) 626-0320, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
ASM and Arizona Capitol Museum, and additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the inventory or related records. The National Park 
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, two individuals have been reasonably identified. On an 
indeterminate date circa 1976, human remains represented by cranial 
elements were brought to the Arizona State Library in Phoenix, AZ under 
unknown circumstances. The Arizona State Library retained the human 
remains until 1982 when they were accessioned into collections at the 
Arizona Capitol Museum after its opening in 1981. In 2023, the ASM 
accepted temporary custody of the remains to facilitate repatriation on 
behalf of the Arizona Capitol Museum. No known provenience is available 
for the human remains; however, it is reasonably presumed the 
individuals originated from an Arizona location based on the 
acquisition history. No known individual was identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical 
location or acquisition history of the human remains described in this 
notice.

Determinations

    The ASM and Arizona Capitol Museum have determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a reasonable connection between the human remains 
described in this notice and the Ak-Chin Indian Community; Cocopah 
Tribe of Arizona; 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; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai 
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the 
Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, 
& Utah; Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona; Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma 
Indian Reservation, California & Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa 
Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos 
Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona; San Juan

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Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; 
Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort 
Apache Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde 
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe; and the 
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this 
notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after June 20, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation 
are received, the ASM and Arizona Capitol Museum must determine the 
most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. The ASM and Arizona Capitol Museum are 
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes 
identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: May 9, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-11089 Filed 5-20-24; 8:45 am]
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