Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 74988-74989 [2024-20874]

Download as PDF 74988 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 178 / Friday, September 13, 2024 / Notices excavation, but the associated funerary objects remained in National Park Service collections. The 35 associated funerary objects are five pottery sherds, two buttons, one bag of faunal bones, three bags of metals, 23 bags of mixed material, and one tombstone. Cultural Affiliation Based on the information available and the results of consultation, cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available about the associated funerary objects described in this notice. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Determinations FOSU has determined that: • The 35 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 associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Requests for Repatriation Written requests for repatriation of the 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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October 15, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, FOSU must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing requests. FOSU 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: September 5, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–20872 Filed 9–12–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:53 Sep 12, 2024 Jkt 262001 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038696; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intended Repatriation: Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, CA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Turtle Bay Exploration Park (TBEP) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of a sacred objects and that has a known lineal descendant. DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after October 15, 2024. ADDRESSES: Julia Cronin, Turtle Bay Exploration Park, 844 Sundial Bridge Drive, Redding, CA 96001, telephone (530) 242–3191, email jcronin@ turtlebay.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 TBEP and additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Abstract of Information Available A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation. The one sacred object is a Pomo bead drill. The drill was made by Kenneth Fred around 1978. The Redding Museum and Art Center, the predecessor of TBEP, purchased the item from the Fall 1978 Pacific West Traders catalog with funds from the Redding Museum of Art and History League, a fundraising body for the museum. Pacific West Traders was located in Folsom, CA and owned/ operated by Herb Puffer. There is no record of treatment with potentially hazardous materials by TBEP or prior to acquisition. Turtle Bay Exploration Park has determined that: • The one sacred object described in this notice is a specific ceremonial object needed by a traditional Native American religious leader for presentday adherents to practice traditional Native American religion, according to the Native American traditional Frm 00122 Fmt 4703 Requests for Repatriation Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this notice under 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 item in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October 15, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, Turtle Bay Exploration Park must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural item are considered a single request and not competing requests. Turtle Bay Exploration Park is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and to any other consulting parties. Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. Dated: September 5, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–20876 Filed 9–12–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038699; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), The University of Toledo 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. SUMMARY: Determinations PO 00000 knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. • Vincent Fred is connected to the cultural item described in this notice. Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\13SEN1.SGM 13SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 178 / Friday, September 13, 2024 / Notices Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after October 15, 2024. ADDRESSES: Thomas Zych, The University of Toledo, 2801 W. Bancroft Street MS 956, Toledo, OH 43606, telephone (419) 530–4395, email thomas.zych@UToledo.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 University of Toledo, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. DATES: khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Abstract of Information Available Based on the information available, human remains representing, at least, 38 individuals have been reasonably identified. The 16 associated funerary objects are three lots of pottery fragments; one lot of flotation excess residue; one ceramic pipe fragment; one faunal bone; one lot of calcined faunal bone; one lot of burnt faunal bone fragments; four pottery fragments; two pieces of white clay; one quartzite stone; and one lot of rocks. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from the Reau Site (20– MR–166) by The University of Toledo between 1974 and 1977, under the direction of David Stothers, a professor at the university. On August 15, 1991, David Stothers loaned ‘‘all cultural material and skeletal remains’’ from the Reau Site to the Firelands Archaeological Research Center (FARC). In November 2021, FARC transferred individuals and associated funerary objects from the Reau Site to Ohio History Connection (OHC). In April 2023, the University of Toledo and OHC determined that the University of Toledo retained legal control of the individuals and associated funerary objects from the Reau Site. On May 10, 2023, OHC transferred physical custody of the individuals and associated funerary objects from the Reau Site to the University of Toledo. The University of Toledo has no record of any potentially hazardous substances being used to treat the human remains or associated funerary objects. Cultural affiliation Based on the information available and the results of consultation, cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:53 Sep 12, 2024 Jkt 262001 information available about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice. Determinations The University of Toledo has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of 38 individuals of Native American ancestry. • The 16 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 reasonable connection 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 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; 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 PO 00000 Frm 00123 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 74989 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 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 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 October 15, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, The University of Toledo 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 University of Toledo 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: September 5, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–20874 Filed 9–12–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038697; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\13SEN1.SGM 13SEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038699; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Toledo, Toledo, 
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 University of Toledo 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.

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DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after October 15, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Thomas Zych, The University of Toledo, 2801 W. Bancroft 
Street MS 956, Toledo, OH 43606, telephone (419) 530-4395, 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 
University of Toledo, and additional information on the determinations 
in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in 
the inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, 38 individuals have been reasonably identified. The 16 
associated funerary objects are three lots of pottery fragments; one 
lot of flotation excess residue; one ceramic pipe fragment; one faunal 
bone; one lot of calcined faunal bone; one lot of burnt faunal bone 
fragments; four pottery fragments; two pieces of white clay; one 
quartzite stone; and one lot of rocks. The human remains and associated 
funerary objects were removed from the Reau Site (20-MR-166) by The 
University of Toledo between 1974 and 1977, under the direction of 
David Stothers, a professor at the university. On August 15, 1991, 
David Stothers loaned ``all cultural material and skeletal remains'' 
from the Reau Site to the Firelands Archaeological Research Center 
(FARC). In November 2021, FARC transferred individuals and associated 
funerary objects from the Reau Site to Ohio History Connection (OHC). 
In April 2023, the University of Toledo and OHC determined that the 
University of Toledo retained legal control of the individuals and 
associated funerary objects from the Reau Site. On May 10, 2023, OHC 
transferred physical custody of the individuals and associated funerary 
objects from the Reau Site to the University of Toledo. The University 
of Toledo has no record of any potentially hazardous substances being 
used to treat the human remains or associated funerary objects.

Cultural affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available 
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in 
this notice.

Determinations

    The University of Toledo has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 38 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 16 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 reasonable connection 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 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; 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 
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 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 October 15, 2024. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, The University of 
Toledo 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 University of Toledo 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: September 5, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-20874 Filed 9-12-24; 8:45 am]
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