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trace the relationship: geographical and
other authoritative information.
Determinations
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Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Mercyhurst University
has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of four individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The three 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.
• 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 Seneca Nation of
Indians; Seneca-Cayuga Nation; and the
Tonawanda Band of Seneca.
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Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in
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
and associated funerary objects in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or
after September 18, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
Mercyhurst University must determine
the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. Mercyhurst
University 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 10.9, § 10.10, and
§ 10.14.
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Dated: August 9, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion
Amendment: U.S. Department of
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Washington, DC
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; amendment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S.
Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) has amended a Notice of
Inventory Completion published in the
Federal Register on October 8, 2003.
This notice amends the number of
associated funerary objects in a
collection removed from Riverside
County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
September 18, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Tamara Billie, NAGPRA
Lead, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1001
Indian School Road NW, Mailbox 44—
Suite 345, Albuquerque, NM 87104,
telephone (505) 879–9711, email
tamara.billie@bia.gov.
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 BIA. 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
inventory or related records held by the
BIA.
SUMMARY:
Amendment
This notice amends the
determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal
Register (68 FR 58137–58138, October
8, 2003). Repatriation of the items in the
original Notice of Inventory Completion
has not occurred. The amendment is
being made to reflect the addition of
newly identified associated funerary
objects from the same archeological
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collection (accession 22). These
funerary objects are under the control of
the BIA and in the physical custody of
the University of California, Riverside.
The original notice listed human
remains and did not list any associated
funerary objects. Tribal representatives
have reviewed the remaining objects in
the collection and have identified
funerary objects. The five associated
funerary objects are one lot consisting of
animal bones, one lot consisting of
ceramic sherds, one lot consisting of
lithics, one lot consisting of
mineralogical objects, and one lot
consisting of unmodified shells.
Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the BIA has determined
that:
• The human remains represent the
physical remains of one individual of
Native American ancestry.
• The five lots of objects 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.
• 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 Agua Caliente Band
of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente
Indian Reservation, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in
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
and associated funerary objects in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or
after September 18, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the BIA must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The BIA is
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In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Texas
Department of Transportation (TxDOT)
has completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is a
cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Anderson County,
TX.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
September 18, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Scott Pletka, TxDOT, 6230
East Stassney Lane, Austin, TX 78701,
telephone (512) 865–8694, email
scott.pletka@txdot.gov.
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 TxDOT. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the inventory or related records held
by TxDOT.
objects from 32 burials at the A. S.
Mann site (41AN201) in Anderson
County, Texas. The burials contained
fragmentary physical remains belonging
to 12 juveniles, six adult males, four
adult females, and 12 adults of
indeterminate sex. The 1,125 associated
funerary objects include one antler
fragment, 194 arrow points or arrow
point fragments (including four Bassett
points, three untyped arrow point
fragments, one Harrell point, 165 Perdiz
points, seven Perdiz Side-notched
points, three Triangular points, 10
Turney points, and one Washita point),
three pieces of bentonite, one beveled
edge tool, nine bifaces, 22 bottles
(including eight Hume Engraved, one
Hume-Poynor Engraved, one Killough
Pinched, one Mann Punctated, 10
Poynor Engraved, and one untyped
plain ware), 14 bowls (including two
Hood Engraved, one Mann Punctated,
one Patton Engraved, three Poynor
Engraved, one untyped fine ware, two
untyped plain ware, and four untyped
utility ware), 101 carinated bowls
(including six Patton Engraved, three
Poynor Brushed, 87 Poynor Engraved,
one Taylor Engraved, two untyped plain
ware, and two untyped specimens), two
celts, 11 pieces of charcoal, one piece of
red clay, 17 pieces of lithic debitage, 12
Hood Engraved effigy bowls, one end
scraper, one end-side scraper, two heavy
fraction flotation samples from burial
fill, three pieces of hematite, 35 jars
(including nine Bullard Brushed, 11
Killough Pinched, six Mann Punctated,
one Maydelle Incised, two Patton
Engraved, three Poynor Engraved, one
untyped plain ware, and two untyped
utility ware), one piece of lead, two light
fraction flotation samples from burial
fill, one marine shell conch columella,
four pebbles (including three polished
and one unmodified), 10 elbow pipes or
elbow pipe fragments (including five
untyped, one untyped rim sherd, and
four Neches), one untyped utility ware
rattle bowl, two unidentified rodent
bones, 385 pottery sherds (including 42
Bullard Brushed, 168 decorated, 40
plain, 38 Poynor Engraved, 15 untyped
specimen, and 82 untyped utility ware),
one silver box with Spanish insignia, 68
samples of burial fill, one ferruginous
sandstone tool fragment, one turquoise
pendant, one unidentified botanical
remain, one unidentified faunal bone,
one piece of unidentified metal, two
pieces of unidentified minerals, one
piece of unidentified pottery, and 212
samples of fill from within the vessels.
Description
In 2015 and 2016, archeologists
working on behalf of TxDOT removed
human remains and associated funerary
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice are
connected to one or more identifiable
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribe identified in
this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, 0.13,
and 10.14.
Dated: August 9, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Department of Transportation, Austin,
TX
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or
cultures. There is a relationship of
shared group identity between the
identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures and one or more
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: anthropological,
archeological, biological, geographical,
historical, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, TxDOT has determined
that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 34 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 1,125 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.
• 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 Caddo Nation of
Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in
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
and associated funerary objects in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or
after September 18, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
TxDOT must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. TxDOT is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribe identified in
this notice.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036392; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: U.S. Department of
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC
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 U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs (BIA) has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion
published in the Federal Register on October 8, 2003. This notice
amends the number of associated funerary objects in a collection
removed from Riverside County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after September 18, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Tamara Billie, NAGPRA Lead, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1001
Indian School Road NW, Mailbox 44--Suite 345, Albuquerque, NM 87104,
telephone (505) 879-9711, email [email protected].
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
BIA. 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 inventory or related records held by
the BIA.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (68 FR 58137-58138,
October 8, 2003). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of
Inventory Completion has not occurred. The amendment is being made to
reflect the addition of newly identified associated funerary objects
from the same archeological collection (accession 22). These funerary
objects are under the control of the BIA and in the physical custody of
the University of California, Riverside. The original notice listed
human remains and did not list any associated funerary objects. Tribal
representatives have reviewed the remaining objects in the collection
and have identified funerary objects. The five associated funerary
objects are one lot consisting of animal bones, one lot consisting of
ceramic sherds, one lot consisting of lithics, one lot consisting of
mineralogical objects, and one lot consisting of unmodified shells.
Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the BIA has determined that:
The human remains represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
The five lots of objects 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.
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 Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla
Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in 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 and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after September 18, 2023.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the BIA must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The BIA is
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responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe
identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10,
0.13, and 10.14.
Dated: August 9, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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