[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 134 (Thursday, July 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32318-32319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14899]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0025756; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of San Diego, San 
Diego, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The University of San Diego has completed an inventory of 
human remains in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no 
cultural affiliation between the human remains and any present-day 
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Representatives of any 
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not

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identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of 
these human remains should submit a written request to the University 
of San Diego. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains to the 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 
University of San Diego, at the address in this notice by August 13, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Derrick R. Cartwright, Ph.D., University of San Diego, 5998 
Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110, telephone (619) 260-7632, 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 University of San Diego, San Diego, CA. The human 
remains were removed from Squaw Point, near Dove Creek, Delores County, 
CO.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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 were made by the 
University of San Diego professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico 
(previously listed as the Pueblo of Santo Domingo); Navajo Nation, 
Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (previously 
listed as the Pueblo of San Juan); Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo 
of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, 
New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo 
of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo 
of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the 
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & 
Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (previously listed as 
the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New 
Mexico & Utah);Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (previously listed as the Ysleta 
Del Sur Pueblo of Texas); and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 
Mexico (hereafter referred to as ``The Consulted Tribes'').

History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown time, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from Squaw Point, near Dove Creek, CO. No 
information regarding the circumstances surrounding the removal is 
known. Rose Tyson, a physical anthropologist, received the human 
remains from Dr. Spencer L. Rogers, also a physical anthropologist, and 
gave them to the Anthropology Department at the University of San Diego 
in 2002. The human remains--one cranium and mandible--belong to a male 
and have been cradleboard flattened. Printed in ink on the left side of 
the cranium is ``PII 7/55 Squaw Point near Dove Creek Colorado prop. S. 
L. Rogers. Dimensions: maximum length 143 mm, maximum width 168 mm.'' 
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.

Determinations Made by the University of San Diego

    Officials of the University of San Diego 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), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and any present-day Indian Tribe.
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remain was removed 
is the aboriginal land of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern 
Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 
Reservation, Utah; and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (previously listed as 
the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New 
Mexico & Utah).
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern 
Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 
Reservation, Utah; and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (previously listed as 
the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New 
Mexico & Utah).

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 Dr. 
Derrick R. Cartwright, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, San 
Diego, CA 92110, telephone (619) 260-7632, email 
[email protected] by August 13, 2018. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remain to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute 
Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 
Reservation, Utah; and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (previously listed as 
the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New 
Mexico & Utah) may proceed.
    The University of San Diego is responsible for notifying The 
Consulted Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: June 11, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-14899 Filed 7-11-18; 8:45 am]
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