Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1938-1939 [2024-00435]

Download as PDF 1938 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 8 / Thursday, January 11, 2024 / Notices TABLE 1—ESTIMATED BURDEN FOR RESPONDENTS—Continued Information collection (OMB control No.) HUD bases the following estimates on historical experience. HUD estimates it takes an average of 30 working hours for HUD to complete its pre-award activities associated with competitive applications, including parts 1 and 2 of the pre-award process. This includes activities related to proper storage of related records. For purposes of this information collection request, HUD has used a GS 13 step 5 rate ($51.25 per hour) to monetize the value of HUD time. Therefore, the burden for preaward activities is as follows using average response times: 30,000 800 800 30,000 30,000 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 36,000 960 960 36,000 36,000 0.25 0.50 0.25 3 0.25 9,000.00 480.00 240.00 108,000.00 9,000.00 48.85 48.85 48.85 48.85 48.85 439,650.00 23,448.00 11,724.00 5,275,800.00 439,650.00 30,000 1.2 36,000 140 5,040,000.00 48.85 246,204,000.00 30,000 applications * 30 hours * 1.2 frequency = 1,080,000 hours 1,080,000 hours * $51.25 = $55,350,000 If the Department incurs any unique start-up or operational and maintenance costs with the collection of information covered by this ICR, HUD will include them on the request to OMB. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 B. Solicitation of Public Comment This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and affecting agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond; including through the use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. (5) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:53 Jan 10, 2024 Jkt 262001 C. Authority The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended. Colette Pollard, Department Reports Management Officer, Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer. [FR Doc. 2024–00430 Filed 1–10–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P Annual burden hours Hourly cost per response Frequency of response HUD–50070 ................................................................... Rural Partners Certification ........................................... HUD 50153 ................................................................... HUD 2991 ..................................................................... HUD 2993 ..................................................................... Program specific requirements and rating factors (narrative and other attachments) ................................... Responses per annum Burden hour per response Number of respondents Annual cost Description The 27 cultural items were removed from unknown locations and given at various times to the university. The 27 sacred objects are nine rattles, four whistles, two necklaces, three dance accessories, three pipe bowls, three pipe stems, two otter skins, and one beaver pelt. Cultural Affiliation DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037220; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Indiana University intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after February 12, 2024. ADDRESSES: Dr. Jayne-Leigh Thomas, Indiana University, Student Building 318, 701 E Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405, telephone (812) 856–5315, email thomajay@ indiana.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 Indiana 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 summary or related records held by Indiana University. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The cultural items 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 and expert opinion. Determinations Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, Indiana University has determined that: • The 27 cultural items described above are specific ceremonial objects needed by traditional Native American religious leaders for the practice of traditional Native American religions by their present-day adherents. • There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. 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. E:\FR\FM\11JAN1.SGM 11JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 8 / Thursday, January 11, 2024 / Notices Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after February 12, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, Indiana University 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. Indiana University 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 regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, and 10.14. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Dated: January 4, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. AGENCY: National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037216; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN; Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, St. Paul/Bemidji, MN; Science Museum of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN; University of Colorado Museum (Boulder), Boulder, CO; Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI; Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; Yale Peabody Museum, New Haven, CT; and Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Minnesota Twin Cities (UMN); Minnesota Indian Affairs Council; Science Museum of Minnesota; University of Colorado Museum (Boulder); Milwaukee Public Museum; Denver Art Museum; Yale Peabody Museum; and Cleveland Museum of Art, hereafter the Collaborating Museums, have amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on February 24, 2023. This notice amends the number of associated funerary objects in a collection removed from Grant and Catron Counties, NM. SUMMARY: BILLING CODE 4312–52–P Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after February 12, 2024. ˜ a Gutie´rrez, ADDRESSES: Alejandra Pen Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, 333 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455, telephone (612) 624–5934, email apenagut@ umn.edu. DATES: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice; amendment. [FR Doc. 2024–00435 Filed 1–10–24; 8:45 am] 1939 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 Collaborating Museums. 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 Collaborating Museums. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Amendment This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (88 FR 11932–11934, February 24, 2023). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of Inventory Completion has not occurred. This amendment is being made because physical inventory has identified additional items which were previously unreported, and because additional known items were subsequently identified to be associated funerary objects. ASSOCIATED FUNERARY OBJECTS Site Original number Cameron Creek and Warm Springs sites in Grant County, NM. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Galaz Ruin site in Grant County, NM. 571 575 3,236 3,256 Determinations (as Amended) Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:31 Jan 10, 2024 Amended number Jkt 262001 Amended description One carved jade pendant, 92 stone tools or other items, two carved shell or stone items, 43 shell items, one shell pendant, 16 bead lots, seven turquoise item lots, 45 bone tools or other items, 191 ceramic vessels, one non-vessel ceramic item, 167 ceramic sherds or sherd lots, four organic items including charcoal, and one adobe lot. In addition, the Collaborating Museums continue to look for two ceramic vessels and two turquoise pendants which are documented but not physically located. 1,009 ceramic vessels, 23 ceramic non-vessel items, 798 ceramic sherds or sherd lots, three copper bell fragments, 51 bead lots, 738 stone tools or other items, 16 stone vessels, four lots of faunal material, 205 shell items, 51 turquoise items or lots, 260 bone tools or other items, 17 horn items, 13 mineral samples or objects, 20 unidentified organic items, and two unidentified residue samples. In addition, the Collaborating Museums continue to look for the missing 46 associated funerary objects, which are 34 pottery vessels, four bead lots, four shell adornments, one stone pendant, one stone axe, one stone palette, and one projectile point. organizations, the Collaborating Museums have determined that: • The human remains described in this amended notice represent the PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 physical remains of 198 individuals of Native American ancestry. • The 4,234 objects described in this amended notice are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near E:\FR\FM\11JAN1.SGM 11JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 8 (Thursday, January 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1938-1939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00435]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037220; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Indiana 
University, Bloomington, IN

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Indiana University intends to repatriate 
certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred objects and 
that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after February 12, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Jayne-Leigh Thomas, Indiana University, Student Building 
318, 701 E Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405, telephone (812) 856-
5315, 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 
Indiana 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 summary or related records held by Indiana 
University.

Description

    The 27 cultural items were removed from unknown locations and given 
at various times to the university. The 27 sacred objects are nine 
rattles, four whistles, two necklaces, three dance accessories, three 
pipe bowls, three pipe stems, two otter skins, and one beaver pelt.

Cultural Affiliation

    The cultural items 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 
and expert opinion.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, Indiana University has determined that:
     The 27 cultural items described above are specific 
ceremonial objects needed by traditional Native American religious 
leaders for the practice of traditional Native American religions by 
their present-day adherents.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Pawnee Nation 
of Oklahoma.

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.

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    Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor 
may occur on or after February 12, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, Indiana University 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. Indiana University 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 regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: January 4, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-00435 Filed 1-10-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312-52-P


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