Notice of Intended Repatriation: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 100524 [2024-29252]
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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: December 4, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Intended Repatriation:
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Indiana
University intends to repatriate certain
a cultural item that meets the definition
of a sacred object and that has a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item
in this notice may occur on or after
January 13, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Jayne-Leigh Thomas,
NAGPRA Director, Indiana University,
Student Building 318, 701 E Kirkwood
Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405,
telephone (812) 856–5315, email
thomajay@iu.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 Indiana University
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.
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SUMMARY:
Abstract of Information Available
A total of one cultural item has been
requested for repatriation. The one
sacred object is a mask. It was collected
by Mollie Greist between 1916–1931 in
Barrow, Alaska.
Determinations
Indiana University has determined
that:
• The one sacred object described in
this notice is a specific ceremonial
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object needed by a traditional Native
American religious leader for presentday adherents to practice traditional
Native American religion, according to
the Native American traditional
knowledge of a lineal descendant,
Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the cultural item described in
this notice and the Native Village of
Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government.
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 January 13, 2025. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
Indiana University 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. Indiana University
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: December 4, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Indiana
University has completed an inventory
SUMMARY:
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Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least,
481 individuals have been identified.
The six associated funerary objects are
one lot shell; one lot lithics; one lot
stone; one lot charcoal; one lot faunal;
and one lotceramics. This collection
was excavated from the Fisher site in
Will County, Illinois by George Langford
in 1926–1929 and the University of
Chicago in 1940. There are no known
pesticide contaminants.
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
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
ACTION:
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
January 13, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Jayne-Leigh Thomas,
NAGPRA Director, Indiana University,
Student Building 318, 701 E Kirkwood
Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405,
telephone (812) 856–5315, email
thomajay@iu.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 Indiana University
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.
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Indiana University has determined
that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 481 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The six 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
Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039176; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Indiana University, Bloomington,
IN
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Indiana University intends to repatriate
certain a cultural item that meets the definition of a sacred object
and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after January 13, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Jayne-Leigh Thomas, NAGPRA Director, Indiana University,
Student Building 318, 701 E Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405,
telephone (812) 856-5315, 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
Indiana University 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.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
The one sacred object is a mask. It was collected by Mollie Greist
between 1916-1931 in Barrow, Alaska.
Determinations
Indiana University 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 present-day adherents to practice traditional
Native American religion, according to the Native American traditional
knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization.
There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item
described in this notice and the Native Village of Barrow Inupiat
Traditional Government.
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 January 13, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, Indiana University 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. Indiana University 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: December 4, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-29252 Filed 12-11-24; 8:45 am]
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