Notice of Inventory Completion: Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 86372-86373 [2023-27366]

Download as PDF 86372 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 238 / Wednesday, December 13, 2023 / Notices Form Number: NPS Form 10–941, ‘‘Application for a Permit to Conduct a Demonstration or Special Event in Park Areas’’. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals, organizations, businesses, and State, local, or tribal governments. Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 1,890. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 7,166. Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 0.5 hours to 1.5 hours, depending on activity. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 6,617. Respondent’s Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit. Frequency of Collection: On occasion. Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: The estimated annual nonhour burden cost associated with this information collection is 169.920 ($120 × 1,416 applicants). A $120.00 application fee is submitted to recover the cost of processing the request. There is no application fee for permits to cover First Amendment activities. An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Phadrea Ponds, Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service. [FR Doc. 2023–27253 Filed 12–12–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037052; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Kansas State University has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe. The human remains and khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:54 Dec 12, 2023 Jkt 262001 associated funerary objects were removed from Geary County, KS. Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after January 12, 2024. DATES: Megan Williamson, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Kansas State University, 204 Waters Hall, 1603 Old Claflin Place, Manhattan, KS 66506– 4003, telephone (785) 532–6005, email mwillia1@ksu.edu. ADDRESSES: 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 Kansas State University. 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 Kansas State University. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Description Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were removed from the Elliot site, 14GE303, in Geary County, KS. The Elliott site was first excavated in the fall of 1970, by Dr. Patricia J. O’Brien of Kansas State University. The area designated the Elliott site is assigned a single site number, but it is not a continuous debris scatter. Rather, it is comprised of several discrete clusters of material culture that span the Early Plains Archaic through the Middle Ceramic periods. Accordingly, each cluster has been assigned a separate site number. Thus, in addition to the 14GE303 number, the following 12 additional State of Kansas archeological site numbers pertain to this locality: 14GE310, 14GE311, 14GE312, 14GE313, 14GE322, 14GE401, 14GE625, 14GE626, 14GE627, 14GE628, 14GE629, and 14GE630. The human remains and associated funerary objects listed in this notice come from the cluster at the Elliott site designated 14GE312, which demonstrates a Woodland-era affiliation. In 1971, 1972, and 1982, additional excavations were conducted at 14GE312. The resulting assemblages were processed and cataloged in the field and then removed to the archaeology laboratory at Kansas State University for analysis, reporting, and curation, where they have since remained. The 28 associated funerary objects are 19 bone beads (whole and fragmented), eight animal bone fragments, and one bone tool. PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Aboriginal Land The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice were removed from known geographic locations. These locations are the aboriginal lands of one or more Indian Tribes. The following information was used to identify the aboriginal land: treaties. Determinations Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, Kansas State University has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry. • The 28 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. • No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe. • The human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; The Osage Nation; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma. Requests for Disposition Written requests for disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition may be submitted by: 1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes 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, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land Indian Tribe. Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 12, 2024. If competing requests for disposition are received, Kansas State University must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint E:\FR\FM\13DEN1.SGM 13DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 238 / Wednesday, December 13, 2023 / Notices disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing requests. Kansas State 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 and 10.11. Dated: December 6, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–27366 Filed 12–12–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037050; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice; amendment. AGENCY: 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 lucasc@arizona.edu. 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. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:54 Dec 12, 2023 Jkt 262001 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) Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items Amendment: Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ SUMMARY: Amendment 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. Frm 00059 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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] 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: • 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. • 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. PO 00000 86373 BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037055; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: The University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History. 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 SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\13DEN1.SGM 13DEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037052; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Kansas State University, 
Manhattan, KS

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Kansas State University has completed an 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has 
determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human 
remains and associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe. The human 
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Geary County, 
KS.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice may occur on or after January 12, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Megan Williamson, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and 
Social Work, Kansas State University, 204 Waters Hall, 1603 Old Claflin 
Place, Manhattan, KS 66506-4003, telephone (785) 532-6005, 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 Kansas 
State University. 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 Kansas State 
University.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
removed from the Elliot site, 14GE303, in Geary County, KS. The Elliott 
site was first excavated in the fall of 1970, by Dr. Patricia J. 
O'Brien of Kansas State University. The area designated the Elliott 
site is assigned a single site number, but it is not a continuous 
debris scatter. Rather, it is comprised of several discrete clusters of 
material culture that span the Early Plains Archaic through the Middle 
Ceramic periods. Accordingly, each cluster has been assigned a separate 
site number. Thus, in addition to the 14GE303 number, the following 12 
additional State of Kansas archeological site numbers pertain to this 
locality: 14GE310, 14GE311, 14GE312, 14GE313, 14GE322, 14GE401, 
14GE625, 14GE626, 14GE627, 14GE628, 14GE629, and 14GE630. The human 
remains and associated funerary objects listed in this notice come from 
the cluster at the Elliott site designated 14GE312, which demonstrates 
a Woodland-era affiliation. In 1971, 1972, and 1982, additional 
excavations were conducted at 14GE312. The resulting assemblages were 
processed and cataloged in the field and then removed to the 
archaeology laboratory at Kansas State University for analysis, 
reporting, and curation, where they have since remained. The 28 
associated funerary objects are 19 bone beads (whole and fragmented), 
eight animal bone fragments, and one bone tool.

Aboriginal Land

    The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice 
were removed from known geographic locations. These locations are the 
aboriginal lands of one or more Indian Tribes. The following 
information was used to identify the aboriginal land: treaties.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, Kansas State 
University has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 28 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.
     No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably 
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and 
any Indian Tribe.
     The human remains and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the 
Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; The Osage Nation; 
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; 
and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco, & 
Tawakonie), Oklahoma.

Requests for Disposition

    Written requests for disposition of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition 
may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes 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, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land 
Indian Tribe.
    Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 
12, 2024. If competing requests for disposition are received, Kansas 
State University must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to 
disposition. Requests for joint

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disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects are 
considered a single request and not competing requests. Kansas State 
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 and 
10.11.

    Dated: December 6, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-27366 Filed 12-12-23; 8:45 am]
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