Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Navajo National Monument, Shonto, AZ, 2244-2245 [2024-00523]
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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 9 / Friday, January 12, 2024 / Notices
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, 10.13,
and 10.14.
Dated: January 5, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
Determinations (as Amended)
[FR Doc. 2024–00528 Filed 1–11–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion
Amendment: Michigan State Historic
Preservation Office, Lansing, MI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; amendment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Michigan State Historic Preservation
Office (Michigan SHPO) has amended a
Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register on October 17, 2022.
This notice amends the aboriginal land
determination in a collection removed
from Wexford County, MI.
DATES: Disposition of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
February 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Sarah Surface-Evans,
Senior Archaeologist, State Historic
Preservation Office, Michigan Economic
Development Corporation, 300 N
Washington Square, Lansing, MI 48913,
telephone (517) 282–7959, email
SurfaceEvansS1@michigan.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 Michigan
SHPO. 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
Michigan SHPO.
SUMMARY:
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Amendment
This notice amends the
determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal
Register (87 FR 62889–62890, October
17, 2022). Disposition of the items in the
original Notice of Inventory Completion
has not occurred. Two Tribes consulted
were inadvertently omitted from Notice
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of Inventory Completion as published.
They are the Little River Band of Ottawa
Indians, Michigan and the Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan.
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes, the Michigan SHPO has
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this amended notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of
Native American ancestry.
• The one object described in this
amended 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 Bad River Band of the Lake
Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of
the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin;
Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan;
Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky
Boy’s Reservation, Montana; Grand
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay
Indian Community, Michigan; Lac
Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du
Flambeau Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of the Lac du
Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac
Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little
River Band of Ottawa Indians,
Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of Montana; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota (Six component reservations:
Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du
Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech
Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; White
Earth Band); Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma;
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red
Lake Band of Chippewa Indians,
Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie
Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Sokaogon Chippewa Community,
Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians
of Wisconsin; and the Turtle Mountain
Band of Chippewa Indians of North
Dakota.
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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 in this notice
to a requestor may occur on or after
February 12, 2024. If competing requests
for disposition are received, the
Michigan SHPO must determine the
most appropriate requestor prior to
disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Michigan
SHPO 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, 10.11, and
10.13.
Dated: January 5, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024–00527 Filed 1–11–24; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Navajo
National Monument, Shonto, AZ
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Navajo National
Monument (NAVA) has completed an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the human remains
SUMMARY:
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and associated funerary objects and any
Indian Tribe. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from Coconino or Navajo
Counties, AZ.
DATES: Disposition of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
February 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Lyn Carranza,
Superintendent, Navajo National
Monument, End of AZ Hwy 564 North,
P.O. Box 7717, Shonto, AZ 86054–7717,
telephone (928) 624–5500 Ext. 244,
email lyn_carranza@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, NAVA. Additional
information on the determinations in
this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records held by
NAVA.
Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, nine individuals were
removed from Coconino or Navajo
County, AZ. The human remains were
found in, or accessioned into, NAVA
collections between 1954 and 1999 with
no clear locational information. NAVA
reasonably believes that they were
either removed from within the
monument or from the vicinity of the
monument. The 37 associated funerary
objects are one pendant, 30 beads, one
worked stone, and five sherds.
Tribal Land
The human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice were
removed from known geographic
locations. At the time of removal, these
locations were the tribal land of one or
more Indian Tribes.
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Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes, NAVA has determined
that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of nine individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 37 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. The National Park Service
intends to convey the associated
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funerary objects to the Tribes pursuant
to 54 U.S.C. 102503(g) through (i) and
54 U.S.C. 102504.
• 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 tribal land of the
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, &
Utah.
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 a tribal land
Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after February 12, 2024. If competing
requests for disposition are received,
NAVA must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. NAVA 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: January 5, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024–00523 Filed 1–11–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati,
OH
AGENCY:
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National Park Service, Interior.
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Notice.
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) 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 Butler and Hamilton
Counties, OH.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
February 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Tyler Swinney, Cincinnati
Museum Center, 1301 Western Avenue,
Cincinnati, OH 45203, telephone (513)
287–7000 Ext. 7287, email tswinney@
cincymuseum.org.
SUMMARY:
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 Cincinnati
Museum Center. 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 Cincinnati Museum Center.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, five individuals were
removed from site 33Bu297 (Watson
Gravel) in Butler County, OH. The site
was excavated by Bob Koth, most likely
with assistance from Cincinnati
Museum of Natural History archeology
personnel, during the summer of 1973
and subsequently donated to the
museum in October 1973. A Fort
Ancient determination for these
ancestral Native American human
remains is based on the presence of
associated diagnostic shell-tempered
pottery. The 49 associated funerary
objects are one small shell-tempered jar
with three-line guilloche-incised neck,
two copper-stained bi-pointed bone
pins/needles, 17 eroded sheet copper
earspool fragments, one shell disc bead,
one tee-shaped bone awl, one shelltempered decorated rim sherd, one
freshwater mussel shell, one flint flake,
one soil sample, six unburned animal
bones, and 17 glacial pebbles.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, three individuals were
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Navajo National Monument, Shonto, AZ
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), U.S. Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Navajo National Monument (NAVA) has completed an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human
remains
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and associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were removed from Coconino or Navajo
Counties, AZ.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after February 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Lyn Carranza, Superintendent, Navajo National Monument, End
of AZ Hwy 564 North, P.O. Box 7717, Shonto, AZ 86054-7717, telephone
(928) 624-5500 Ext. 244, 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, NAVA. Additional information on the determinations in
this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records held by NAVA.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, nine individuals were
removed from Coconino or Navajo County, AZ. The human remains were
found in, or accessioned into, NAVA collections between 1954 and 1999
with no clear locational information. NAVA reasonably believes that
they were either removed from within the monument or from the vicinity
of the monument. The 37 associated funerary objects are one pendant, 30
beads, one worked stone, and five sherds.
Tribal Land
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
were removed from known geographic locations. At the time of removal,
these locations were the tribal land of one or more Indian Tribes.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, NAVA has determined
that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of nine individuals of Native American ancestry.
The 37 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. The
National Park Service intends to convey the associated funerary objects
to the Tribes pursuant to 54 U.S.C. 102503(g) through (i) and 54 U.S.C.
102504.
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 tribal land of the
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah.
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 a tribal land Indian
Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after February
12, 2024. If competing requests for disposition are received, NAVA must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests
for joint disposition of the human remains and associated funerary
objects are considered a single request and not competing requests.
NAVA 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: January 5, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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