Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, Chillicothe, OH, 84394-84395 [2024-24427]

Download as PDF 84394 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 204 / Tuesday, October 22, 2024 / Notices Indians, California; Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Indians (previously listed as Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, California); Cahuilla Band of Indians; Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians, California; Morongo Band of Mission Indians, California; Ramona Band of Cahuilla, California; Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians, California; and the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, California. ACTION: Dated: October 11, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–24414 Filed 10–21–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038928; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY National Park Service, Interior. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:10 Oct 21, 2024 Jkt 265001 In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology, University of Kentucky (WSWM) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after November 21, 2024. ADDRESSES: Celise Chilcote-Fricker, William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology, University of Kentucky, 1020 Export Street, Lexington, KY 40504, telephone (859) 257–5124, email celise.fricker@uky.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 WSWM, 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. SUMMARY: 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 November 21, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the San Bernardino County Museum 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 San Bernardino County Museum 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. AGENCY: Notice. Abstract of Information Available Based on the information available, human remains representing, at least, two individuals have been reasonably identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Site 15BA08 was surface collected and then donated to the WSWM by Thomas Mitchell, Director of Division of Game, State of Kentucky, Ballard County Waterfowl Refuge in December of 1957. No known hazardous substances are present. Cultural Affiliation Based on the information available and the results of consultation, cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical location and acquisition history of the human remains described in this notice. Determinations The WSWM has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry. • There is a reasonable connection between the human remains described in this notice and the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The Chickasaw Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Requests for Repatriation Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after November 21, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the WSWM must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and not competing requests. The WSWM 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: October 11, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–24421 Filed 10–21–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038936; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, Chillicothe, OH National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park (HOCU) has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\22OCN1.SGM 22OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 204 / Tuesday, October 22, 2024 / Notices Requests for Repatriation Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after November 21, 2024. DATES: Chris Alford, Superintendent, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, 16062 State Route 104, Chillicothe, OH 45601, telephone (740) 774–1126, email chris_ alford@nps.gov. ADDRESSES: 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 Superintendent, HOCU, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Abstract of Information Available In 1963, associated funerary objects were removed from the Mound City Group, Ross County, OH during an excavation by the Ohio Historical Society under contract to the National Park Service (NPS). The associated funerary objects were removed from Federal property and were accessioned into the collections at Mound City Group National Monument (now Hopewell Culture National Historical Park). The funerary objects are associated with human remains that were included in a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on January 3, 2024 (89 FR 403) and most probably date to the Middle Woodland period. No known hazardous substances are present. The 22 associated funerary objects are seven shell beads and 15 copper artifacts. Cultural Affiliation ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 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. Dated: October 11, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–24427 Filed 10–21–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038933; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intended Repatriation: Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA AGENCY: HOCU has determined that: • The 22 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 Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; and the Shawnee Tribe. ACTION: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:10 Oct 21, 2024 Jkt 265001 National Park Service, Interior. Notice. In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Bryn Mawr College intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after November 21, 2024. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Marianne Weldon, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, telephone (610) 526–5022, email mweldon@ brynmawr.edu. ADDRESSES: 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 November 21, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, HOCU 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. HOCU 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. Determinations 84395 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 Bryn Mawr College, 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 lot of cultural items have been requested for repatriation. The one lot of objects of cultural patrimony are a lot of petroglyphs. The cultural items were believed to be removed from the Delaware Water Gap or Susquehanna River. The petroglyphs have been in Special Collections since prior to 2008, but it is unknown how or exactly when Bryn Mawr College acquired them. Bryn Mawr College has no knowledge of any potentially hazardous substances used to treat the objects of cultural patrimony. Determinations Bryn Mawr College has determined that: • The one lot of objects of cultural patrimony described in this notice have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. • There is a reasonable connection between the cultural items described in this notice and the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin. Requests for Repatriation Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items 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 E:\FR\FM\22OCN1.SGM 22OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84394-84395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24427]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038936; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, 
Chillicothe, 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 U.S. Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park (HOCU) 
has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has 
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated 
funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in 
this notice.

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DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice 
may occur on or after November 21, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Chris Alford, Superintendent, Hopewell Culture National 
Historical Park, 16062 State Route 104, Chillicothe, OH 45601, 
telephone (740) 774-1126, 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 
Superintendent, HOCU, and additional information on the determinations 
in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in 
the inventory or related records.

Abstract of Information Available

    In 1963, associated funerary objects were removed from the Mound 
City Group, Ross County, OH during an excavation by the Ohio Historical 
Society under contract to the National Park Service (NPS). The 
associated funerary objects were removed from Federal property and were 
accessioned into the collections at Mound City Group National Monument 
(now Hopewell Culture National Historical Park). The funerary objects 
are associated with human remains that were included in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on January 3, 
2024 (89 FR 403) and most probably date to the Middle Woodland period. 
No known hazardous substances are present. The 22 associated funerary 
objects are seven shell beads and 15 copper artifacts.

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.

Determinations

    HOCU has determined that:
     The 22 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 Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of 
Indians of Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; and the Shawnee 
Tribe.

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 November 21, 2024. If competing 
requests for repatriation are received, HOCU 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. HOCU 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: October 11, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-24427 Filed 10-21-24; 8:45 am]
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