Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Pioneer Museum, Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort, Kentucky Department of Parks, Carlisle, KY, 3419-3420 [2024-00832]
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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 February 20, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the North Carolina Office of State
Archaeology 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 North Carolina
Office of State Archaeology 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 10.9, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: January 11, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Request for Nominations for the
National Park Service Alaska Region
Subsistence Resource Commission
Program
National Park Service, Interior.
Request for nominations.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Park Service
(NPS) is seeking nominations for
individuals to represent subsistence
users on the following Subsistence
Resource Commissions (SRC): the
Aniakchak National Monument SRC,
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the Cape Krusenstern National
Monument SRC, the Kobuk Valley
National Park SRC, the Lake Clark
National Park SRC, and the Wrangell-St.
Elias National Park SRC.
DATES: Nominations must be
postmarked by April 17, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent
to: Eva Patton, Regional Subsistence
Program Manager, National Park Service
Alaska Regional Office, 240 W 5th
Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501, or eva_
patton@nps.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eva
Patton via telephone at (907) 644–3601.
Individuals in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have
a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY,
TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS
SRC program is authorized under
section 808 of the Alaska National
Interest Lands Conservation Act (16
U.S.C. 3118). The SRCs hold meetings to
develop NPS subsistence program
recommendations and advise on related
regulatory proposals and resource
management issues.
Each SRC is composed of nine
members: (a) three members appointed
by the Secretary of the Interior; (b) three
members appointed by the Governor of
the State of Alaska; and (c) three
members appointed by a Regional
Advisory Council (RAC), established
pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 3115, which has
jurisdiction within the area in which the
park is located. Each of the three
members appointed by the RAC must be
a member of either the RAC or a local
advisory committee within the region
who also engages in subsistence uses
within the park or national monument.
We are now seeking nominations for
those members of each of the SRCs
listed above. These members are to be
appointed by the Secretary of the
Interior.
Members will be appointed for a term
of three years. Members of the SRC
serve without compensation. However,
while away from their homes or regular
places of business in the performance of
services for the SRC, and as approved by
the Designated Federal Officer (DFO),
members may be allowed travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence, in the same manner as
persons employed intermittently in
Government service are allowed such
expenses under Section 5703 of Title 5
of the United States Code.
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SRC meetings will take place at such
times as designated by the DFO.
Members are expected to make every
effort to attend all meetings. Members
may not appoint deputies or alternates.
All those interested in serving as
members, including current members
whose terms are expiring, must follow
the same nomination process.
Nominations should be typed and
should include a resume providing an
adequate description of the nominee’s
qualifications, including information
that would enable the Department of the
Interior to make an informed decision
regarding meeting the membership
requirements of the SRC, and to permit
the Department to contact a potential
member.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. ch. 10.
Alma Ripps,
Chief, Office of Policy.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Pioneer Museum, Blue Licks
Battlefield State Resort, Kentucky
Department of Parks, Carlisle, KY
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Pioneer
Museum, Blue Licks Battlefield State
Resort Park, Kentucky Department of
Parks intends to repatriate certain
cultural items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects and that
have a cultural affiliation with the
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The
cultural items were removed from
Mason, KY.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
February 20, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Jennifer Spence, Parks
Museum Curator, Kentucky Department
of Parks, 500 Mero Street, 5th Floor,
Frankfort, KY 40601, telephone (502)
892–3339, email Jennifer.spence@
ky.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 Kentucky
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Department of Parks. 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 the Kentucky Department of Parks.
Description
The 274 cultural items were removed
from Mason County, KY. These cultural
items were collected in the 1920s thru
the 1940s. The Pioneer Museum’s
founder, William Curtis, was a collector
of these objects and took part in
excavations at Fox Field (Fox Farm Fort
Ancient culture archeological site),
Mason County, Kentucky, and possibly
at other sites in Kentucky. Curtis
worked with other collectors in the field
to acquire objects for the museum from
surrounding counties in the state, but
most items with a known provenience
trace back to Fox Field. Most of these
items are displayed and stored in the
museum.
The 274 unassociated funerary objects
are two adzes, six awls, eight game
balls, five deer knuckle beads, two
copper bracelets, two celts, one chisel,
12 discoidals, four drills, eight effigies,
one effigy bead, five pottery figurines,
one fishhook, 11 shell gorgets, one
limestone gorget, one slate gorget, one
grooved bone hairpin, one knapping
hammer, three hoes, one grooved bone
body ornament, nine flint knives, three
necklaces of shell and bone beads, one
necklace of animal bones, two bone
sewing needles, 15 stone pendants, two
shell pendants, four conch shell wheel
pendants, four cannel coal pendants,
three bear tooth pendants, two animal
bone pendants, two ceramic disk
pendants, two stone pestles, 10 pipes,
27 projectile points, one hide scraper,
61 pottery sherds, two bone whistles,
one whetstone, one atlatl weight, 19
pottery vessels, four uniface knives, two
mussel shell spoons, one strand of nine
bone, clay, and shell beads, one strand
of bear and canine teeth and a hawks
claw, seven bear teeth fragments, one
strand of 10 canine teeth, one strand of
13 marine shells, one strand of 12 beads,
one string of seven beads, one string of
12 shell beads, one string of 18 shell
beads, one strand of nine shell beads,
one strand of seven conical shaped shell
beads, one strand of 12 animal teeth,
one strand of small shell beads, one
strand of nine stone beads, and one
animal tooth bead.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items in this notice are
connected to one or more identifiable
earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or
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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: archeological
information, geographical information,
historical information, other relevant
information, or expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Kentucky Department
of Parks has determined that:
• The 274 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 cultural items and
the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians
of Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; and the Shawnee Tribe.
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.
Repatriation of the cultural items in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after February 20, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Kentucky Department of Parks 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
Kentucky Department of Parks 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.
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Dated: January 11, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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National Register of Historic Places;
Notification of Pending Nominations
and Related Actions
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Park Service is
soliciting electronic comments on the
significance of properties nominated
before January 6, 2024, for listing or
related actions in the National Register
of Historic Places.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
electronically by February 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments are encouraged
to be submitted electronically to
National_Register_Submissions@
nps.gov with the subject line ‘‘Public
Comment on <property or proposed
district name, (County) State>.’’ If you
have no access to email, you may send
them via U.S. Postal Service and all
other carriers to the National Register of
Historic Places, National Park Service,
1849 C Street NW, MS 7228,
Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sherry A. Frear, Chief, National Register
of Historic Places/National Historic
Landmarks Program, 1849 C Street NW,
MS 7228, Washington, DC 20240,
sherry_frear@nps.gov, 202–913–3763.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
properties listed in this notice are being
considered for listing or related actions
in the National Register of Historic
Places. Nominations for their
consideration were received by the
National Park Service before January
6,2024. Pursuant to section 60.13 of 36
CFR part 60, comments are being
accepted concerning the significance of
the nominated properties under the
National Register criteria for evaluation.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Pioneer Museum,
Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort, Kentucky Department of Parks,
Carlisle, KY
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 Pioneer Museum, Blue Licks Battlefield
State Resort Park, Kentucky Department of Parks intends to repatriate
certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated
funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural
items were removed from Mason, KY.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after February 20, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Jennifer Spence, Parks Museum Curator, Kentucky Department
of Parks, 500 Mero Street, 5th Floor, Frankfort, KY 40601, telephone
(502) 892-3339, 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
Kentucky
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Department of Parks. 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 the Kentucky
Department of Parks.
Description
The 274 cultural items were removed from Mason County, KY. These
cultural items were collected in the 1920s thru the 1940s. The Pioneer
Museum's founder, William Curtis, was a collector of these objects and
took part in excavations at Fox Field (Fox Farm Fort Ancient culture
archeological site), Mason County, Kentucky, and possibly at other
sites in Kentucky. Curtis worked with other collectors in the field to
acquire objects for the museum from surrounding counties in the state,
but most items with a known provenience trace back to Fox Field. Most
of these items are displayed and stored in the museum.
The 274 unassociated funerary objects are two adzes, six awls,
eight game balls, five deer knuckle beads, two copper bracelets, two
celts, one chisel, 12 discoidals, four drills, eight effigies, one
effigy bead, five pottery figurines, one fishhook, 11 shell gorgets,
one limestone gorget, one slate gorget, one grooved bone hairpin, one
knapping hammer, three hoes, one grooved bone body ornament, nine flint
knives, three necklaces of shell and bone beads, one necklace of animal
bones, two bone sewing needles, 15 stone pendants, two shell pendants,
four conch shell wheel pendants, four cannel coal pendants, three bear
tooth pendants, two animal bone pendants, two ceramic disk pendants,
two stone pestles, 10 pipes, 27 projectile points, one hide scraper, 61
pottery sherds, two bone whistles, one whetstone, one atlatl weight, 19
pottery vessels, four uniface knives, two mussel shell spoons, one
strand of nine bone, clay, and shell beads, one strand of bear and
canine teeth and a hawks claw, seven bear teeth fragments, one strand
of 10 canine teeth, one strand of 13 marine shells, one strand of 12
beads, one string of seven beads, one string of 12 shell beads, one
string of 18 shell beads, one strand of nine shell beads, one strand of
seven conical shaped shell beads, one strand of 12 animal teeth, one
strand of small shell beads, one strand of nine stone beads, and one
animal tooth bead.
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: archeological information,
geographical information, historical information, other relevant
information, or expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Kentucky Department of Parks has determined that:
The 274 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 cultural items and the Absentee-
Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; and the Shawnee Tribe.
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.
Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after February 20, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Kentucky Department of Parks 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 Kentucky Department of
Parks 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 11, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-00832 Filed 1-17-24; 8:45 am]
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