90 FR 88 pgs. 19511-19512 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 88Pages: 19511 - 19512
Pages: 19511, 19512Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040073; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-08039 Filed 5-7-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040073; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program (OSA BP) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES:
Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after June 9, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Dr. Lara Noldner, Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program, University of Iowa, 700 S Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA 52242, telephone (319) 384-0740, email lara-noldner@uiowa.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[top] 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 OSA BP 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
At an unknown date, possibly in the 1930s, human remains representing a minimum of one individual were removed from an unknown location near St. Johns in Apache County, AZ. The remains were taken by a resident of Scottsdale, AZ and were later given to the Greene County Historical Society in Jefferson, Iowa. Museum records describe the individual as affiliated with the "Anasazi people in Arizona". The human remains were transferred to the OSA BP in 2005. The cranial remains represent an adult female, approximately 20 to 35 years old (Burial Project 1942). No associated funerary objects are present. No potentially hazardous substances were used to treat the human remains.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation, cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical location and acquisition history of the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
The OSA BP has determined that:
• The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
• There is a reasonable connection between the human remains described in this notice and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain Apache of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; 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 or Native Hawaiian organizations 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 9, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the OSA BP 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 OSA BP is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations 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: April 22, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-08039 Filed 5-7-25; 8:45 am]
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