Notice of Inventory Completion: Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH, 14095-14096 [2024-03804]
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removed from Robinson’s Mound
(Parkin Phase) in Cross County, AR in
1880 as part of a Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology expedition
led by Edwin Curtiss. The two
associated funerary objects are one lot
consisting of ceramic vessel or vessel
fragments and one lot consisting of
faunal bones and vessel fragments.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, 52 individuals were removed
from Rose Mound (state site number
3CS27; Parkin Phase) in Cross County,
AR in 1880 as part of a Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
expedition led by Edwin Curtiss. The 73
associated funerary objects include: one
lot consisting of a ceramic item(s); 51
lots consisting of ceramic vessel or
vessel fragments; one lot consisting of a
clay item; one lot consisting of a copper
item; 13 lots consisting of faunal items;
and six lots consisting of stone items.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual was removed
from Hazel (state site number 3PO6) in
Poinsett County, AR in 1970 by Jeffry P.
Brain and Stephen Williams as part of
the Lower Mississippi Survey
Expedition. At that time, the Survey
Expedition was a project of Harvard
University. No associated funerary
objects are present.
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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,
biological information, folklore,
geographical information, historical
information, kinship, linguistics, oral
tradition, 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 PMAE has
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 129 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 201 objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have
been placed with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or
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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 Quapaw Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Dated: February 16, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037462;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Ohio
History Connection, Columbus, OH
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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 27, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the PMAE 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 PMAE 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 before 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.
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ACTION:
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 the Neilson Site
(20–MR–501) in Monroe County,
Michigan.
SUMMARY:
Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
March 27, 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.
DATES:
Description
On an unknown date the 20
individuals were removed from the
Neilson Site by a private collector and
put on temporary loan to the University
of Toledo for ‘‘study and analysis.’’ The
University of Toledo described them as
Culturally Unidentifiable Inventory in
1995. At some point, the individuals
were returned to the private collector
and on an unknown date, the
individuals were transferred to the
Firelands Archaeological Research
Center (FARC). In 2021 FARC
transferred the 20 individuals to Ohio
History Connection. It was determined
by the University of Toledo and Ohio
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History Connection in April 2023 that
legal control of the 20 Ancestors lays
with the Ohio History Connection. The
96 associated funerary objects are six
pre-contact ceramic sherds along with
faunal remains, debitage (stone flakes),
charcoal, and debris from the soils.
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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 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 20 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 96 objects describe 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;
Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky
Boy’s Reservation, Montana; Citizen
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Forest
County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of
Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay
Indian Community, Michigan; Lac
Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Michigan; 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
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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; Ottawa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians; Michigan and
Indiana; 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;
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
North Dakota; 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 27, 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.
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This notice was submitted after the
effective date of the revised regulations
(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023,
effective January 12, 2024) but in the
older format. 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 16, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024–03804 Filed 2–23–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037442;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office
of the State Archaeologist
Bioarchaeology Program, University of
Iowa, Iowa City, IA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Office
of the State Archaeologist
Bioarchaeology Program (OSA–BP) 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 Adams, Allamakee,
Clay, Lyon, Polk, and Warren Counties,
IA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
March 27, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Lara Noldner, Office of
the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology
Program, University of Iowa, 700 S
Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA 52242,
telephone (319) 384–0740, email laranoldner@uiowa.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 OSA–BP. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037462; 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 the Neilson Site (20-MR-501) in
Monroe County, Michigan.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after March 27, 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
On an unknown date the 20 individuals were removed from the Neilson
Site by a private collector and put on temporary loan to the University
of Toledo for ``study and analysis.'' The University of Toledo
described them as Culturally Unidentifiable Inventory in 1995. At some
point, the individuals were returned to the private collector and on an
unknown date, the individuals were transferred to the Firelands
Archaeological Research Center (FARC). In 2021 FARC transferred the 20
individuals to Ohio History Connection. It was determined by the
University of Toledo and Ohio
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History Connection in April 2023 that legal control of the 20 Ancestors
lays with the Ohio History Connection. The 96 associated funerary
objects are six pre-contact ceramic sherds along with faunal remains,
debitage (stone flakes), charcoal, and debris from the soils.
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 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 20 individuals of Native American ancestry.
The 96 objects describe 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; Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's
Reservation, Montana; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community, Michigan; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of Michigan; 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; Ottawa
Tribe of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians; Michigan and
Indiana; 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; 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
North Dakota; 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 27, 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 after the effective date of the revised
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12,
2024) but in the older format. 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 16, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-03804 Filed 2-23-24; 8:45 am]
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