2019-16687. Notice of Inventory Completion: Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Correction  

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    AGENCY:

    National Park Service, Interior.

    ACTION:

    Notice; correction.

    SUMMARY:

    The Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona has corrected an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on September 10, 2014. This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number of associated funerary objects. 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 and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

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    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 and associated funerary objects should submit a written request with information in support of the request to the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona at the address in this notice by September 4, 2019.

    ADDRESSES:

    Claire S. Barker, Repatriation Coordinator, Arizona State Museum, P.O. Box 210026, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone (520) 626-0320, email csbarker@email.arizona.edu.

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    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 and associated funerary objects under the control of the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Pima County, 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 and associated funerary objects. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

    This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number of associated funerary objects published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (79 FR 53754-53759, September 10, 2014). The number of human remains and associated funerary objects has changed due to a search through uncatalogued collections. Transfer of control of the items in this correction notice has not occurred.

    Correction

    In the Federal Register (79 FR 53757, September 10, 2014), column 1, paragraph 1, sentence 5 is corrected by substituting the following sentence:

    The 106 associated funerary objects include 62 animal bones, three bone awls, 16 ceramic sherds, one ceramic vessel, one lot of charcoal, 16 chipped stones, one ground stone, two minerals, three soil samples, and one turquoise fragment.

    In the Federal Register (79 FR 53757, September 10, 2014), column 1, paragraph 3, sentence 1 is corrected by substituting the following sentence:

    In the years 1981 to 1987, human remains representing, at minimum, 57 individuals were removed from the Redtail Village site, AZ AA:12:149(ASM), in Tucson, Pima County, AZ.

    In the Federal Register (79 FR 53757, September 10, 2014), column 1, paragraph 3, sentence 7 is corrected by substituting the following sentence:

    The 965 associated funerary objects are 45 animal bones, two ceramic bowls, two ceramic jars, two ceramic scoops, 730 ceramic sherds, five lots of charcoal, 74 chipped stones, 78 flotation fraction lots, two ground stones, one metate, one mineral, five pollen samples, three shells, two stone projectile points, and 13 turquoise fragments.

    In the Federal Register (79 FR 53757, September 10, 2014), column 3, paragraph 1, sentence 5 is corrected by substituting the following sentence:

    The 142 associated funerary objects are two animal bones, two lots of botanical material, 126 ceramic sherds, one lot of charcoal, and 11 chipped stones.

    In the Federal Register (79 FR 53758, September 10, 2014), column 1, paragraph 2, sentence 6 is corrected by substituting the following sentence:

    The 259 associated funerary objects are six ceramic bowls, three ceramic jars, 17 ceramic jar fragments, 166 ceramic sherds, two lot of charcoal, 27 chipped stones, two chipped stone knives, two flotation fraction lots, 20 flotation samples, one glass fragment, one ground stone, one mano, three minerals, two polishing stones, one shell, one shell bracelet, one soil sample, two stone artifacts, and one stone palette fragment.

    In the Federal Register (79 FR 53758, September 10, 2014), column 3, paragraph 4, sentence 1 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 626 individuals of Native American ancestry.

    In the Federal Register (79 FR 53758, September 10, 2014), column 3, paragraph 4, sentence 2 is corrected by substituting the following sentence:

    Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 7,419 objects described in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.

    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 and associated funerary objects should submit a written request with information in support of the request to Claire S. Barker, Repatriation Coordinator, Arizona State Museum, P.O. Box 210026, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone (520) 626-0320, email csbarker@email.arizona.edu, by September 4, 2019. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Ak-Chin Indian Community (previously listed as the Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona); Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico; hereafter referred to as “The Tribes,” may proceed.

    The Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona is responsible for notifying The Tribes that this notice has been published.

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    Dated: July 16, 2019.

    Melanie O'Brien,

    Manager, National NAGPRA Program.

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    [FR Doc. 2019-16687 Filed 8-2-19; 8:45 am]

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Document Information

Published:
08/05/2019
Department:
National Park Service
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice; correction.
Document Number:
2019-16687
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 and associated funerary objects should submit a written request with information in support of the request to the Arizona State Museum, University of
Pages:
38047-38048 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0028456, PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000
PDF File:
2019-16687.Pdf