Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Texas at San Antonio, Center for Archaeological Research, San Antonio, TX, 73435-73436 [2024-20293]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 175 / Tuesday, September 10, 2024 / Notices a Herenberg site have been unsuccessful. The one associated funerary object is one eagle bone whistle. Based on the information available, human remains representing, at least, one individual have been reasonably identified. In December 1991, the individual was permanently transferred from the Doty Cabin Museum in Neenah, WI to UWO. The burial was originally identified as ‘‘Doty Cabin Museum Burial #2’’ when reported in the UWO 1995 NAGPRA Inventory. A card packed with the individual states that the burial was found ‘‘along the west shore of Little Lake Butte de Morts’’, which is located in Winnebago County, WI. No associated funerary objects are present. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Cultural Affiliation Based on the information available and the results of consultation, cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical location of the human remains and associated funerary object described in this notice. Determinations UWO has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry. • The one object described in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony. • There is a reasonable connection between the human remains and associated funerary object described in this notice and the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:45 Sep 09, 2024 Jkt 262001 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 Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; 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; Oglala Sioux Tribe; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota; 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; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; SissetonWahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. Requests for Repatriation Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary object in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this notice under 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. PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 73435 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 object in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October 10, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, UWO must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary object are considered a single request and not competing requests. UWO 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 10.10. Dated: August 29, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–20298 Filed 9–9–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038667; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Texas at San Antonio, Center for Archaeological Research, San Antonio, TX National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) 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. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after October 10, 2024. ADDRESSES: Cynthia Munoz, Center for Archaeological Research (CAR), One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\10SEN1.SGM 10SEN1 73436 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 175 / Tuesday, September 10, 2024 / Notices telephone (210) 458–4379, email cindy.munoz@utsa.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 CAR, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in its inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Abstract of Information Available Human remains representing, at least, 58 individuals have been identified. The 80 associated funerary objects are bone awls, bone beads, one possible bone bead, bone pins, one incised bone, modified bone, possibly modified bone, one shark tooth, one sting ray spine, one turtle shell, lithic bifaces, one lithic blade, one possible boatstone, lithic dart points, lithic debitage, red ochre (74 grams), marine shell, one modified shell, and shell pendants. The remains and associated funerary objects are associated with the 1990–1991 and 1997–1998 Houston Archaeological Society archaeological investigations of 41FB3, the Bowser Site, in Fort Bend County, Texas. The burials and objects were donated by the land owner to CAR in 2016. The land owner retained most of the grave goods. The remains consist of 13 adult females, 25 adult males, five adults of indeterminate sex, 13 juveniles, and two individuals of indeterminate age and sex. The burials represent Native Americans from the Late Archaic Period, 2500 BC–AD 600/ 700, based on dates of two burials obtained by the original investigators. Recovered point types, including Pedernales, Marshall, Gary, Kent, Morhiss, Ensor, and Ellis, are consistent with the time period. No known hazardous substances were used to treat the remains or objects. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Cultural Affiliation Based on the information available and the results of consultation, cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice. Determinations The CAR has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of 58 individuals of Native American ancestry. • The 80 objects described in this notice are reasonably believed to have VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:45 Sep 09, 2024 Jkt 262001 been placed intentionally with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony. • There is a connection between the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma. Requests for Repatriation Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this notice under 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October 10, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the CAR 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 CAR 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 10.10. Dated: August 29, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–20293 Filed 9–9–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038656; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Division of Archaeology, Nashville, TN National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology (TDEC–DOA) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined in consultation that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after October 10, 2024. ADDRESSES: Phillip R. Hodge, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology (TDEC–DOA), 1216 Foster Avenue, Cole Building #3, Nashville, TN 37243, telephone (615) 626–2025, email Phil.Hodge@tn.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 TDEC–DOA, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in its inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Abstract of Information Available Human remains representing at minimum 39 individuals and associated funerary objects (AFO) consisting of one lot of faunal material. Hampton Place (40HA146), Moccasin Bend, Hamilton County, Tennessee Ancestral remains of at minimum 37 individuals were recovered from disturbed and looted contexts by the Chattanooga Regional Anthropological Association in 1982, transferred to TDEC–DOA in 1984, and subsequently housed at the University of TennesseeChattanooga from 1991–2007. For unknown reasons, the ancestral remains were temporarily transferred to the Hamilton County Medical Examiner in 2007 and then returned to TDEC–DOA that same year. A single lot of associated faunal material is commingled with the ancestral remains, and at the request of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians was not inventoried for the purposes of this notice. Consultation took place on May 24, June 6, and June 24, 2024. There is no known exposure to hazardous substances or treatments. Unknown Sites, Moccasin Bend, Hamilton County, Tennessee Ancestral remains of at minimum two individuals recovered from unknown E:\FR\FM\10SEN1.SGM 10SEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038667; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Texas at San 
Antonio, Center for Archaeological Research, San Antonio, TX

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 University of Texas at San Antonio 
(UTSA) Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) 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.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after October 10, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Cynthia Munoz, Center for Archaeological Research (CAR), One 
UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249,

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telephone (210) 458-4379, 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 
CAR, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, 
including the results of consultation, can be found in its inventory or 
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Human remains representing, at least, 58 individuals have been 
identified. The 80 associated funerary objects are bone awls, bone 
beads, one possible bone bead, bone pins, one incised bone, modified 
bone, possibly modified bone, one shark tooth, one sting ray spine, one 
turtle shell, lithic bifaces, one lithic blade, one possible boatstone, 
lithic dart points, lithic debitage, red ochre (74 grams), marine 
shell, one modified shell, and shell pendants. The remains and 
associated funerary objects are associated with the 1990-1991 and 1997-
1998 Houston Archaeological Society archaeological investigations of 
41FB3, the Bowser Site, in Fort Bend County, Texas. The burials and 
objects were donated by the land owner to CAR in 2016. The land owner 
retained most of the grave goods. The remains consist of 13 adult 
females, 25 adult males, five adults of indeterminate sex, 13 
juveniles, and two individuals of indeterminate age and sex. The 
burials represent Native Americans from the Late Archaic Period, 2500 
BC-AD 600/700, based on dates of two burials obtained by the original 
investigators. Recovered point types, including Pedernales, Marshall, 
Gary, Kent, Morhiss, Ensor, and Ellis, are consistent with the time 
period. No known hazardous substances were used to treat the remains or 
objects.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical 
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects described in this notice.

Determinations

    The CAR has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 58 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 80 objects described in this notice are reasonably 
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual 
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite 
or ceremony.
     There is a connection between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Tonkawa 
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
authorized representative identified in this notice under 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October 
10, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the CAR 
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 CAR 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 10.10.

    Dated: August 29, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-20293 Filed 9-9-24; 8:45 am]
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