Notice of Inventory Completion: Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH, 8716-8718 [2024-02555]
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Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
March 11, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Veronica Natale, Museum
Director—Garvies Point Museum and
Preserve, 50 Barry Drive, Glen Cove, NY
11542, telephone (516) 571–8010, email
vnatale@nassaucountyny.gov and Darcy
Belyea, Commissioner of Parks, Nassau
County Department of Parks, Recreation
and Museums, email dbelyea@
nassaucountyny.gov.
DATES:
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 Nassau County
Department of Parks, Recreation and
Museums. 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 Nassau County
Department of Parks, Recreation and
Museums—Garvies Point Museum and
Preserve.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Description
In 1966, Nassau County Museum
(NCM) Archaeologists recovered the
partial human remains of, at minimum,
two male adults found in a single grave
during development of an area for
housing. They were removed from NCM
Site #1, Catalog number 1–1, Stony
Hollow-Water’s Edge, Centerport,
Suffolk County, NY. Six associated
funerary objects; Levanna points were
found in association with grave; four
have been located. Archeological
evidence dates the human remains to
the Late Woodland period.
Sometime between 1966–1969, a
fragmentary human skull, representing
at minimum, one individual was found
by others at an unknown location and
removed from Strong’s Neck, Suffolk
County, NY. In 1969, the cranial
fragments were donated to the museum
by Ken Robinson, an archeologist
involved at this site, Catalog number
63–x–113. No associated funerary
objects are present. Time period is
unknown.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, 24 individuals were removed
from Suffolk County, NY. (Catalog
number 132–x–1) Provenance: NCM
#32, Soak Hides, Three Mile Harbor,
NY. No associated funerary objects are
present. Archeological evidence dates
the site and human remains to the
Woodland period.
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Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from Suffolk County, NY. (Catalog
number 136–79) Excavated by Suffolk
County Police, March 1971. Medical
Examiner #0706. Site was located on
private property of Mr. Paul Windels Jr.
and he subsequently donated the human
remains to the museum in 1972.
Provenance: NCM #136, Stony Brook
Harbor site, Nissequogue, NY. 11
associated funerary objects were found
which include eight quartz projectile
point fragments, a bead, deer scapula
fragment, and fire-cracked
hammerstone. Site has late Archaic
through Late Woodland time.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from Suffolk County, NY. (Catalog
number 151–x) The frontal bone of a
skull and two small skull fragments.
Recovered by a bayman with clam
tongs. Provenance: NCM Site #151, Plax
site, Westhampton Beach, NY. No
associated funerary objects are present.
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: archeological,
geographical, historical, kinship, oral
tradition, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Nassau County
Department of Parks, Recreation and
Museums—Garvies Point Museum and
Preserve has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 29 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 15 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 Shinnecock Indian
Nation.
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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 March 11, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Nassau County Department of Parks,
Recreation and Museums—Garvies
Point Museum and Preserve 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 Nassau County
Department of Parks, Recreation and
Museums—Garvies Point Museum and
Preserve is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe
identified in this notice.
This notice was submitted on or after
the effective date of the revised
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13,
2023, effective January 12, 2024). As the
notice conforms to the mandatory
format of the Federal Register and
includes the required information, the
National Park Service is publishing this
notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 1, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024–02559 Filed 2–7–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037348;
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Ohio
History Connection, Columbus, OH
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Ohio
History Connection 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 Lucas County, Ohio.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
March 11, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Nekole Alligood, NAGPRA
Specialist, Ohio History Connection,
800 E. 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH
43211, telephone (614) 297–2300, email
nalligood@ohiohistory.org.
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 Ohio History
Connection. 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 Ohio History
Connection.
SUMMARY:
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Description
Human remains representing at
minimum 72 individuals were removed
from different sites in Lucas County,
Ohio.
33 LU 394, Missionary Island 4 Site,
Lucas County, Ohio. There are 29
individuals who were exhumed in 1983
and donated to the Firelands
Archaeological Research Center in 1991.
The individuals were then donated to
the Ohio History Connection in 2021.
There are 73 associated funerary objects
with these people ranging from a
ceramic vessel, pottery sherds, faunal
remains, charcoal, and debitage.
33 LU 118, Petrie Site, Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio. There are nine
individuals, two adults, one adolescent
and six juveniles. Faunal remains were
found associated with these individuals.
33 LU 28, Spiegle Site, Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio. There is one individual
who was exhumed in the 1970’s from
the floodplain of the Maumee River in
Toledo. They were then donated to the
Firelands Archaeological Research
Center, who then donated them to the
Ohio History Connection in 2021.
33 LU 6, Waterworks Mound Site,
Jerusalem Township, Lucas County,
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Ohio. There are 28 individuals who
were removed from a burial mound in
the 1970s and donated to the Firelands
Archaeological Research Center, who
then donated them to Ohio History
Connection in 2021. This is an ossuary
burial, and while we have come to an
MNI of 28, the remains are cremated
and comingled. There were two
associated funerary objects found among
the remains, one cylindrical bead
fragment made of bird bone, and faunal
remains.
33 LU 95, Morrison Site, Waterville
Township, Lucas County, Ohio. One
individual was likely exhumed in the
1970s or 1980s and donated to Firelands
Archaeological Research Center, who
then donated them to Ohio History
Connection in 2021. Faunal remains
were found with the individual.
33 LU 43, Deer Site, Waterville
Township, Lucas County, Ohio. Four
individuals, including three juveniles
and one adult. On an unknown date,
they were exhumed and donated to
Firelands Archaeological Research
Center. The individuals were then
donated to Ohio History Connection in
2021. One unmodified stone and faunal
remains were found with these
individuals.
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: archeological
information, geographical information,
and indigenous knowledge from the
consulting Indian Tribes.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Ohio History
Connection has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 72 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 79 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
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traced between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Absentee-Shawnee
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River
Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of the Bad River
Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills
Indian Community, Michigan; Cayuga
Nation; Chippewa Cree Indians of the
Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana;
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma;
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware
Tribe of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe
of Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse
Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Kaw Nation,
Oklahoma; Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community, Michigan; Kickapoo
Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo
Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo
Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe
of Oklahoma; 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; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish
Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma;
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);
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the
Potawatomi, Michigan; Omaha Tribe of
Nebraska; Oneida Indian Nation; Oneida
Nation; Onondaga Nation; Ottawa Tribe
of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Ponca Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska;
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation; Red
Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of
Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Sac &
Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and
Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma;
Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in
Iowa; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
of Michigan; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe;
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Seneca Nation of
Indians; Seneca-Cayuga Nation;
Shawnee Tribe; Sokaogon Chippewa
Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin;
Tonawanda Band of Seneca; Turtle
Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of
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North Dakota; Tuscarora Nation; and the
Wyandotte 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 March 11, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Ohio History Connection 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 Ohio History
Connection is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes
and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
This notice was submitted on or after
the effective date of the revised
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13,
2023, effective January 12, 2024). As the
notice conforms to the mandatory
format of the Federal Register and
includes the required information, the
National Park Service is publishing this
notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 1, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024–02555 Filed 2–7–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Central Washington University,
Ellensburg, WA
ACTION:
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
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Description
Between 1913 and 1943, 51 lots of
unassociated funerary objects were
removed from burial sites along the
Columbia River in Grant, Kittitas, and
Yakima Counties in Washington. They
were excavated by Dr. Linus Walker, a
private collector from Ellensburg,
Kittitas County, WA, who donated most
of his collection to Central Washington
University in 1953. The 51 lots of
unassociated funerary objects are 1 lot
of adzes, 1 lot of anchor stones, 1 lot of
war clubs, 1 lot of knives, 1 lot mortars,
3 lots of paint cups, 2 lots of ochre, 7
lots of pestles, 2 lots of pipes, 16 lots of
modified shell, 10 lots of trade beads, 1
lot of manos, 1 lot of net sinkers, 1 lot
of whetstones, 1 lot of hammers, 1 lot
of faunal material, and 1 lot modified
sandstone.
Cultural Affiliation
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AGENCY:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Central
Washington University 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 Grant, Kittitas, and Yakima
County, WA.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
March 11, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Lourdes Henebry-DeLeon,
Department of Anthropology and
Museum Studies, Central Washington
University, 400 University Way,
Ellensburg, WA 98926–7544, telephone
(509) 963–2671, email Lourdes.HenebryDeLeon@cwu.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 Central
Washington 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 Central Washington University.
SUMMARY:
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
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organizations. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: archaeological,
geographical, historical, and expert
opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Central Washington
University has determined that:
• The 51 lots of 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 Confederated Tribes and Band of the
Yakama Nation and the Confederated
Tribes of the Colville Reservation.
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 and, if joined to a request
from one or more of the Indian Tribes,
the Wanapum Band of Priest Rapids, a
non-federally recognized Indian group.
Repatriation of the cultural items in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after March 11, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Central Washington 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. Central
Washington University is responsible
for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
This notice was submitted on or after
the effective date of the revised
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13,
2023, effective January 12, 2024). As the
notice conforms to the mandatory
format of the Federal Register and
includes the required information, the
National Park Service is publishing this
notice as submitted.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037348; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Ohio History Connection,
Columbus, 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 Ohio History Connection 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 Lucas County, Ohio.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after March 11, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Nekole Alligood, NAGPRA Specialist, Ohio History Connection,
800 E. 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211, telephone (614) 297-2300, 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
Ohio History Connection. 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 Ohio
History Connection.
Description
Human remains representing at minimum 72 individuals were removed
from different sites in Lucas County, Ohio.
33 LU 394, Missionary Island 4 Site, Lucas County, Ohio. There are
29 individuals who were exhumed in 1983 and donated to the Firelands
Archaeological Research Center in 1991. The individuals were then
donated to the Ohio History Connection in 2021. There are 73 associated
funerary objects with these people ranging from a ceramic vessel,
pottery sherds, faunal remains, charcoal, and debitage.
33 LU 118, Petrie Site, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. There are nine
individuals, two adults, one adolescent and six juveniles. Faunal
remains were found associated with these individuals.
33 LU 28, Spiegle Site, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. There is one
individual who was exhumed in the 1970's from the floodplain of the
Maumee River in Toledo. They were then donated to the Firelands
Archaeological Research Center, who then donated them to the Ohio
History Connection in 2021.
33 LU 6, Waterworks Mound Site, Jerusalem Township, Lucas County,
Ohio. There are 28 individuals who were removed from a burial mound in
the 1970s and donated to the Firelands Archaeological Research Center,
who then donated them to Ohio History Connection in 2021. This is an
ossuary burial, and while we have come to an MNI of 28, the remains are
cremated and comingled. There were two associated funerary objects
found among the remains, one cylindrical bead fragment made of bird
bone, and faunal remains.
33 LU 95, Morrison Site, Waterville Township, Lucas County, Ohio.
One individual was likely exhumed in the 1970s or 1980s and donated to
Firelands Archaeological Research Center, who then donated them to Ohio
History Connection in 2021. Faunal remains were found with the
individual.
33 LU 43, Deer Site, Waterville Township, Lucas County, Ohio. Four
individuals, including three juveniles and one adult. On an unknown
date, they were exhumed and donated to Firelands Archaeological
Research Center. The individuals were then donated to Ohio History
Connection in 2021. One unmodified stone and faunal remains were found
with these individuals.
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: archeological information, geographical information, and
indigenous knowledge from the consulting Indian Tribes.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Ohio History Connection has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 72 individuals of Native American ancestry.
The 79 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; Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills
Indian Community, Michigan; Cayuga Nation; Chippewa Cree Indians of the
Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma;
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern Shawnee
Tribe of Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Hannahville
Indian Community, Michigan; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community, Michigan; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo
Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe
of Oklahoma; 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; Match-e-be-nash-
she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma; 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);
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan; Omaha Tribe of
Nebraska; Oneida Indian Nation; Oneida Nation; Onondaga Nation; Ottawa
Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Ponca Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation; Red
Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake
Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in
Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Saint
Regis Mohawk Tribe; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Seneca Nation of Indians; Seneca-Cayuga Nation; Shawnee
Tribe; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa
Indians of Wisconsin; Tonawanda Band of Seneca; Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa Indians of
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North Dakota; Tuscarora Nation; and the Wyandotte 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 March 11, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Ohio History
Connection 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 Ohio History Connection is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
This notice was submitted on or after the effective date of the
revised regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January
12, 2024). As the notice conforms to the mandatory format of the
Federal Register and includes the required information, the National
Park Service is publishing this notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 1, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-02555 Filed 2-7-24; 8:45 am]
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