Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, New Orleans, LA; Correction, 23589 [2015-09892]

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• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 23589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09892]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-18011; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Jean Lafitte 
National Historical Park and Preserve, New Orleans, LA; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, has corrected an 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, published 
in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on October 
9, 2001. This notice corrects the number and descriptions 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 Jean 
Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. 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.

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 Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and 
Preserve at the address in this notice by May 28, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Lance Hatten, Superintendent, Jean Lafitte National 
Historical Park and Preserve, 365 Canal Street, Suite 2400, New 
Orleans, LA 70130-1142, telephone (504) 589-3882, email 
lance_hatten@nps.gov.

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 Jean Lafitte National 
Historical Park and Preserve, New Orleans, LA. The human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed from Bayou des Familles, 
Jefferson Parish, LA.
    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 
Superintendent, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve.
    This notice corrects the number and descriptions of associated 
funerary objects published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the 
Federal Register (66 FR 51471, October 9, 2001). Re-evaluation of 
materials in preparation for repatriation revealed additional funerary 
objects. In addition, it was discovered that one object had been 
inadvertently omitted from the published notice and others had not been 
appropriately described. Transfer of control of the items in this 
correction notice has not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (66 FR 51471-51472, October 9, 2001), 
paragraph four, sentence four is corrected by substituting the 
following sentence:

    The 96 associated funerary objects are 21 fragments of a Baytown 
Plain ceramic vessel, 1 untyped vessel fragment, 39 shells, 13 
muskrat teeth, 11 gar scales, 2 reptile bones, 2 turtle bones, 3 
bird bones, and 4 unidentified animal bones.

    In the Federal Register (66 FR 51471-51472, October 9, 2001), 
paragraph nine, sentence two is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    The superintendent of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and 
Preserve has determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 96 
objects listed 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.

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 Lance Hatten, Superintendent, Jean Lafitte 
National Historical Park and Preserve, 365 Canal Street, Suite 2400, 
New Orleans, LA 70130-1142, telephone (504) 589-3882, email 
lance_hatten@nps.gov, by May 28, 2015. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Chitimacha Tribe 
of Louisiana and Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe may proceed.
    Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve is responsible 
for notifying the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously listed 
as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal 
Town; Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Jena 
Band of Choctaw Indians; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; The 
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe that this 
notice has been published.

    Dated: February 20, 2015.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2015-09892 Filed 4-27-15; 8:45 am]
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