Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, Chillicothe, OH, 387-389 [2023-28912]
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• Homeland Security Act of 2002
(Pub. L. 107–296);
• Homeland Security Presidential
Directive 12—Policy for a Common
Identification Standard for Federal
Employees and Contractors; and
• Criminal Intelligence Systems
Operating Policies, 28 CFR part 23.
The TDU collects the below listed
information from prospective domestic
trainees requesting attendance in a
training program:
• Applicant’s full legal name, contact,
and identifying information;
• Emergency contact name and phone
number;
• Photograph;
• Biography;
• Highest education level; and
• Law enforcement affiliation
information, to include title/rank,
experience, and agency contacts.
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soliciting provide feedback on the
following:
• Length of experience;
• Program length;
• Overall ratings;
• Content, presentation, and course
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• Labs, practical exercises, and
written exams;
• Program outcomes; and
• General comments.
We use the information collected to
administratively record, track, and
manage training records of domestic and
foreign students affiliated with law
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records of previous attendees (upon
official inquiry only) by name, country
of origin, or specific identifying number.
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Proposed Revisions
The Service is proposing to revise this
information collection as follows:
1. (Discontinue) Account Registration
(Foreign Students): We will request
OMB approval to discontinue the
previously approved information
collection associated with the
registration of international students
attending TDU training. The State
Department coordinates the vetting
process for all prospective students. The
State Department relies on the host
country to vet the prospective students
and uses a certification process for final
selections which is exempt from the
requirements of the PRA. Therefore,
they do not have a control number for
their selection/registration process.
The Service does not collect
registration information for
international students; therefore, we
will request OMB approve our request
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to discontinue this specific information
collection within OMB Control No.
1018–0180. Approval of this request to
discontinue the information collection
associated with registration of
international students will result in an
annual burden decrease of 1,000
responses and 250 burden hours. We
will continue to request OMB approval
of the burden associated with
international students completing the
course evaluations.
2. (New) Pre-Course Evaluation: We
also propose to request OMB approval
of the pre-test administered prior to the
start of training. The pre-test gauges the
participant’s knowledge on topics such
as adaptive leadership, adaptive
challenges, use of intervention
techniques, how to manage
disequilibrium while exercising
leadership, the use of interpretation
during the diagnostic process, and
systems thinking. At this time, we use
Microsoft Office to deliver the pre-test.
A link is sent to the participants, and
they click on the link, take the test, and
submit. This is an anonymous test, as
we do not ask their name and it is used
to show that knowledge of the
curriculum has been gained during the
program.
Title of Collection: U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service Law Enforcement
Training System.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0180.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Domestic and international students
who attend the law enforcement/
conservation training offered by the
TDU.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 164.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 164.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Completion times vary from
10 minutes to 20 minutes, depending on
activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 29.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: One time for
the initial registration, and on occasion
for pre- and post-course evaluations.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
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.
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The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Hopewell Culture
National Historical Park, Chillicothe,
OH
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Hopewell Culture National
Historical Park 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 Ross County, OH.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
February 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Chris Alford,
Superintendent, Hopewell Culture
National Historical Park, 16062 State
Route 104, Chillicothe, OH 45601,
telephone (740) 774–1126, email chris_
alford@nps.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
Superintendent, Hopewell Culture
National Historical Park. Additional
information on the determinations in
this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records held by
Hopewell Culture National Historical
Park.
SUMMARY:
Description
Human remains representing one
individual were removed from the
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Higby Site, Ross County, OH, in or
around 1962 by an unknown person.
The human remains were gifted to
Mound City Group National Monument
(now Hopewell Culture National
Historical Park) by L. D. Hurley in
September 1962. The age of the human
remains is unknown. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from the North 40 Site (33RO338; also
known as the Drill Field Site), Ross
County, OH in 1964 by National Park
Service archeologist Richard Faust and
were accessioned into the museum
collection at Mound City Group
National Monument (now Hopewell
Culture National Historical Park). The
age of the human remains is unknown.
No associated funerary objects are
present.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from Maurice Eugene Morrison’s farm in
the vicinity of archeological sites
33RO0120 and 33RO121, Ross County,
OH in 1965 by National Park Service
archeologist Lee Hanson and were
accessioned into the museum collection
at Mound City Group National
Monument (now Hopewell Culture
National Historical Park). The age of the
human remains is unknown. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from the property of Robert Williamson,
Ross County, OH in 1966 during
excavations by National Park Service
archeologist Lee Hanson and Rev.
Arthur Hayes and were accessioned into
the museum collection at Mound City
Group National Monument (now
Hopewell Culture National Historical
Park). Based on the limited excavation
records and the funerary objects, the
human remains most probably date to
the Early Woodland or Middle
Woodland period. The 11 associated
funerary objects are one ceramic sherd,
one retouched flake, two soil samples,
and seven charcoal fragments.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from or near the Baum Earthworks, Ross
County, OH, in the 1970s during the
excavation of a utility trench. The
human remains were gifted to Hopewell
Culture National Historical Park in 1995
by Bill Anderson Jr. The age of the
human remains is unknown. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, five individuals were most
probably removed from an unknown
site in or near Ross County, OH at an
unknown date. The human remains
were located within the collections at
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Hopewell Culture National Historical
Park in 1990 and 1996 with no known
provenience. The age of the human
remains is unknown. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from the Overly Site (33RO110), Ross
County, OH in 1995 by an Ohio State
University archeological field school.
The site is located on private land. The
National Park Service acquired the
human remains through a cooperative
agreement with the university. An
osteological analysis concluded the
human remains were a 30–40 year old
Native American male. A radiocarbon
date obtained on wood charcoal from
the pit suggests the individual likely
lived in the Archaic period, ca. 2000–
1650 BCE. The 21 associated funerary
objects are three collections of red
ocher, one piece of limestone, and 17
samples of charcoal.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, two individuals were
removed from the Overly Site
(33RO110), Ross County, OH by
National Park Service archeologist Bret
J. Ruby in 1996. The site is located on
private land. These human remains
were collected from the surface of the
site, having been disturbed by graveling
operations. The National Park Service
acquired these human remains through
a donation from the landowner. The age
of the human remains is unknown. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from an unknown site on private
property, Ross County, OH during a
construction project in the 1970s. These
human remains and the objects
recovered alongside them were donated
to Hopewell Culture National Historical
Park in 1996 by a local resident, Jack
Hatton. The age of the human remains
is unknown. The 49 associated funerary
objects are one quartz stone, one chert
tool, one piece of chert debitage, and 46
pieces of fire-cracked rock.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice are
connected to one or more identifiable
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
information, archeological information,
geographical information, historical
information, linguistics, oral tradition.
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Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Hopewell Culture
National Historical Park has determined
that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 14 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 81 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 Absentee-Shawnee
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Match-ebe-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi
Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of
the Potawatomi, Michigan; Shawnee
Tribe; and The Osage Nation.
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 February 2, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
Hopewell Culture National Historical
Park 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. Hopewell Culture
National Historical Park 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
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regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: December 20, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Oregon Health & Science University,
Portland, OR
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Oregon
Health & Science University (OHSU) has
completed an inventory of human
remains and has determined that there
is no cultural affiliation between the
human remains and any Indian Tribe.
The human remains were removed from
an unknown geographic location in
Oregon or Washington.
DATES: Disposition of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after February 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Alice Cuprill Comas,
Oregon Health & Science University,
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd.,
Portland, OR 97239, telephone (503)
494–5222, email legal@ohsu.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 OHSU. 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 the OHSU.
SUMMARY:
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Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, two individuals were
removed from an unknown geographic
location or locations, believed to be in
Oregon or Washington. On an unknown
date, the human remains (MMC–2008–
16.1.6[3]; MMC–2008–16.1.6[5]) came to
the OHSU, where they became a part of
the Medical Museum Collection. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
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from an unknown geographic location,
believed to be in Oregon or Washington.
On an unknown date, the human
remains (teeth) (SOD–2010.281.17) were
removed from an unknown patient of
Dr. Ernest Starr, Interim Dean of the
University of Oregon Dental School
from 1944 to 1946, or one of his
colleagues. The University of Oregon
Dental School then became the OHSU.
On an unknown date, the human
remains were transferred to the Oregon
Health & Science University School of
Dentistry, where they became part of
what was called the ‘‘Ernest E. Starr
Memorial Museum of Dental
Anomalies.’’ No associated funerary
objects are present.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, four individuals were
removed from an unknown geographic
location or locations, believed to be in
Oregon or Washington. On an unknown
date, the human remains (SOD–2010–
2.281.17[5]; SOD–2010–2.281.17[9];
SOD–2010–2.281.17[10]; SOD–2010–
2.281.17[1]) were transferred to the
School of Dentistry at Oregon Health &
Science University, where they were
used for teaching purposes. The School
of Dentistry changed buildings in 2011
or 2012. Based on institutional
knowledge, the 2010 catalog numbers
that include ‘‘SOD’’ were likely assigned
in anticipation of that move, when the
School of Dentistry collections were
moved to the OHSU Archives. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains 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: a
final judgment of the Indian Claims
Commission, the United States Court of
Claims, a treaty, an Act of Congress, an
Executive Order, and other information,
such as expert testimony.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes, the OHSU has
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of seven individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• No relationship of shared group
identity can be reasonably traced
between the human remains and any
Indian Tribe.
• The human remains described in
this notice were removed from the
aboriginal land of the Big Pine Paiute
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Tribe of the Owens Valley; Bishop
Paiute Tribe; Bridgeport Indian Colony;
Burns Paiute Tribe; Cedarville
Rancheria, California; Chemehuevi
Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi
Reservation, California; Coeur D’Alene
Tribe; Confederated Tribes and Bands of
the Yakama Nation; Confederated Tribes
of Siletz Indians of Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis
Reservation; Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation; Confederated
Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and
Siuslaw Indians; Confederated Tribes of
the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation; Confederated Tribes
of the Warm Springs Reservation of
Oregon; Coquille Indian Tribe; Cow
Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians;
Cowlitz Indian Tribe; Duckwater
Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater
Reservation, Nevada; Eastern Shoshone
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming; Ely Shoshone Tribe of
Nevada; Fort Bidwell Indian
Community of the Fort Bidwell
Reservation of California; Fort
Independence Indian Community of
Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence
Reservation, California; Fort McDermitt
Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort
McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada
and Oregon; Hoh Indian Tribe;
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe; Kaibab
Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Kalispel
Indian Community of the Kalispel
Reservation; Klamath Tribes; Las Vegas
Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas
Indian Colony, Nevada; Lone Pine
Paiute-Shoshone Tribe; Lovelock Paiute
Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony,
Nevada; Lower Elwha Tribal
Community; Lummi Tribe of the Lummi
Reservation; Makah Indian Tribe of the
Makah Indian Reservation; Moapa Band
of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River
Indian Reservation, Nevada; Modoc
Nation; Muckleshoot Indian Tribe; Nez
Perce Tribe; Nisqually Indian Tribe;
Nooksack Indian Tribe; Northwestern
Band of the Shoshone Nation; Paiute
Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of
Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes,
Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian
Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits
Band of Paiutes); Paiute-Shoshone Tribe
of the Fallon Reservation and Colony,
Nevada; Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe;
Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup
Reservation; Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
of the Pyramid Lake Reservation,
Nevada; Quartz Valley Indian
Community of the Quartz Valley
Reservation of California; Quileute Tribe
of the Quileute Reservation; Quinault
Indian Nation; Reno-Sparks Indian
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037156; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park,
Chillicothe, OH
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park 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 Ross County, OH.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after February 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Chris Alford, Superintendent, Hopewell Culture National
Historical Park, 16062 State Route 104, Chillicothe, OH 45601,
telephone (740) 774-1126, 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
Superintendent, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park. Additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held
by Hopewell Culture National Historical Park.
Description
Human remains representing one individual were removed from the
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Higby Site, Ross County, OH, in or around 1962 by an unknown person.
The human remains were gifted to Mound City Group National Monument
(now Hopewell Culture National Historical Park) by L. D. Hurley in
September 1962. The age of the human remains is unknown. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the North 40 Site (33RO338; also known as the Drill Field Site),
Ross County, OH in 1964 by National Park Service archeologist Richard
Faust and were accessioned into the museum collection at Mound City
Group National Monument (now Hopewell Culture National Historical
Park). The age of the human remains is unknown. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Maurice Eugene Morrison's farm in the vicinity of archeological
sites 33RO0120 and 33RO121, Ross County, OH in 1965 by National Park
Service archeologist Lee Hanson and were accessioned into the museum
collection at Mound City Group National Monument (now Hopewell Culture
National Historical Park). The age of the human remains is unknown. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the property of Robert Williamson, Ross County, OH in 1966 during
excavations by National Park Service archeologist Lee Hanson and Rev.
Arthur Hayes and were accessioned into the museum collection at Mound
City Group National Monument (now Hopewell Culture National Historical
Park). Based on the limited excavation records and the funerary
objects, the human remains most probably date to the Early Woodland or
Middle Woodland period. The 11 associated funerary objects are one
ceramic sherd, one retouched flake, two soil samples, and seven
charcoal fragments.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from or near the Baum Earthworks, Ross County, OH, in the 1970s during
the excavation of a utility trench. The human remains were gifted to
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park in 1995 by Bill Anderson Jr.
The age of the human remains is unknown. No associated funerary objects
are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals were most
probably removed from an unknown site in or near Ross County, OH at an
unknown date. The human remains were located within the collections at
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park in 1990 and 1996 with no
known provenience. The age of the human remains is unknown. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the Overly Site (33RO110), Ross County, OH in 1995 by an Ohio
State University archeological field school. The site is located on
private land. The National Park Service acquired the human remains
through a cooperative agreement with the university. An osteological
analysis concluded the human remains were a 30-40 year old Native
American male. A radiocarbon date obtained on wood charcoal from the
pit suggests the individual likely lived in the Archaic period, ca.
2000-1650 BCE. The 21 associated funerary objects are three collections
of red ocher, one piece of limestone, and 17 samples of charcoal.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from the Overly Site (33RO110), Ross County, OH by National
Park Service archeologist Bret J. Ruby in 1996. The site is located on
private land. These human remains were collected from the surface of
the site, having been disturbed by graveling operations. The National
Park Service acquired these human remains through a donation from the
landowner. The age of the human remains is unknown. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from an unknown site on private property, Ross County, OH during a
construction project in the 1970s. These human remains and the objects
recovered alongside them were donated to Hopewell Culture National
Historical Park in 1996 by a local resident, Jack Hatton. The age of
the human remains is unknown. The 49 associated funerary objects are
one quartz stone, one chert tool, one piece of chert debitage, and 46
pieces of fire-cracked rock.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
are connected to one or more identifiable 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 information, archeological information,
geographical information, historical information, linguistics, oral
tradition.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park has determined
that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 14 individuals of Native American ancestry.
The 81 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 Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Match-e-be-
nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan; Shawnee
Tribe; and The Osage Nation.
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 February 2, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, Hopewell Culture
National Historical Park 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. Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
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
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regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and 10.14.
Dated: December 20, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-28912 Filed 1-2-24; 8:45 am]
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