Notice2023-27364
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items Amendment: Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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Published
December 13, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, has amended a Notice of Intent to Repatriate published in the Federal Register on October 17, 2018. This notice amends the number of cultural items in a collection removed from Pinal County, AZ.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 86373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27364]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037050; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items Amendment: Arizona
State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Arizona State Museum, University of
Arizona, has amended a Notice of Intent to Repatriate published in the
Federal Register on October 17, 2018. This notice amends the number of
cultural items in a collection removed from Pinal County, AZ.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after January 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Cristin Lucas, Repatriation Coordinator, P.O. Box 210026,
Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721,
telephone (520) 626-0320, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f8948d9b998b9bb8998a9182979699d69d9c8d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="80ecf5e3e1f3e3c0e1f2e9faefeee1aee5e4f5">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona. The National Park Service
is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional
information on the amendments and determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation, can be found in the summary or
related records held by the Arizona State Museum, University of
Arizona.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of
Intent to Repatriate in the Federal Register (83 FR 52532-52535,
October 17, 2018). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of
Intent to Repatriate has not occurred. This notice amends the number of
unassociated funerary objects as listed in the original notice. An
additional three unassociated funerary objects removed from AZ
AA:3:17(ASM) in Pinal County, AZ, were identified.
From AZ AA:3:17(ASM) in Pinal County, AZ, the 10 unassociated
funerary objects (previously identified as seven unassociated funerary
objects) are one ceramic bowl, one ceramic jar, one mano, one polishing
stone, one stone cylinder, two stone knives, one shell fragment, and
two shell bracelets.
Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, has
determined that:
<bullet> The 326 cultural items described above 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 and
are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed
from a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Ak-Chin Indian Community; 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.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after January 12, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Arizona State Museum, University of
Arizona, must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The Arizona
State Museum, University of Arizona, is 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 10.8, 10.10,
10.13, and 10.14.
Dated: December 6, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-27364 Filed 12-12-23; 8:45 am]
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