Notice2023-21246
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Louisiana State University, Museum of Natural Science, Baton Rouge, LA
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Published
September 28, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Louisiana State University, Museum of Natural Science (LSUMNS) has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on December 13, 2000. This notice amends the minimum number of individuals and the number of associated funerary objects in a collection removed from the Phillip Nicks Place site in Avoyelles Parish, LA (16AV4).
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 187 (Thursday, September 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21246]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036648; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Louisiana State
University, Museum of Natural Science, Baton Rouge, LA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Louisiana State University, Museum of
Natural Science (LSUMNS) has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion
published in the Federal Register on December 13, 2000. This notice
amends the minimum number of individuals and the number of associated
funerary objects in a collection removed from the Phillip Nicks Place
site in Avoyelles Parish, LA (16AV4).
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after October 30, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Rebecca Saunders, Curator, LSUMNS Division of
Anthropology, 119 Foster Hall, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, telephone
(225) 588-0909, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#285a5b495d464c4d68445b5d064d4c5d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dba9a8baaeb5bfbe9bb7a8aef5bebfae">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
LSUMNS. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the amendments
and determinations in this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by
LSUMNS.
Amendment
This notice amends determinations concerning human remains and
associated funerary objects from site 16AV4, the Phillip Nicks site,
listed in a Notice of Inventory Completion that was published in the
Federal Register on December 13, 2000 (65 FR 77907-77908). Repatriation
of the items in the original Notice of Inventory Completion has not
occurred. During a re-inventory of collections from site 16AV4, the
minimum number of individuals was determined to be five, rather than
six as previously reported. In addition, 64 historical objects that
previously were thought to have come from the general site area were
determined to come from the disturbed mound summit and, consequently,
they are associated funerary objects. The 427 associated funerary
objects (previously identified as 363 associated funerary objects)
include bracelets, rings, glass beads, textile fragments, shell
fragments, gun flints, lead shot, iron nails, and iron nail fragments.
Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, LSUMNS has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this amended notice
represent the physical remains of five individuals of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> The 427 objects described in this amended 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.
<bullet> 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 Jena Band of Choctaw Indians;
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; and The Choctaw Nation 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
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 October 30, 2023.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, LSUMNS 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. LSUMNS is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10,
10.13, and 10.14.
Dated: September 20, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-21246 Filed 9-27-23; 8:45 am]
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