Notice2023-28913
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, Chillicothe, OH
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Published
January 3, 2024
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
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 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. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Ross County, OH.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 397-398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28913]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037157; 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 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. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Ross County, OH.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after February 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Chris Alford, Superintendent, Hopewell Culture
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National Historical Park, 16062 State Route 104, Chillicothe, OH 45601,
telephone (740) 774-1126, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0162697368725e606d676e7365416f71722f666e77"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f19299839882ae909d979e8395b19f8182df969e87">[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 the
Superintendent, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park. Additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held
by Hopewell Culture National Historical Park.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were
removed from the Mound City Group, Ross County, OH, between 1920 and
1921 by William C. Mills of the Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society (now Ohio History Connection). The human remains
were removed from federal property and were accessioned into the
collections at Mound City Group National Monument (now Hopewell Culture
National Historical Park). The human remains most probably date to the
Late Woodland and/or Late Precontact Periods. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the farm of Alva McGraw in Ross County, OH in 1962 by an unknown
person. The human remains and funerary objects were gifted to Mound
City Group National Monument (now Hopewell Culture National Historical
Park) by Alva McGraw in 1963. The human remains and associated funerary
objects most probably date from the Middle Woodland, Late Woodland, or
Late Precontact Period. The 94 associated funerary objects are one
utilized flake and 93 ceramic sherds.
Human remains representing one individual were removed from Gartner
Bottoms, Ross County, OH in 1964 by National Park Service archeologist
Richard Faust and added to the museum collection at Mound City National
Monument (now Hopewell Culture National Historical Park). The human
remains most probably date to the Late Precontact period and are
associated with Fort Ancient archeological culture. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: anthropological information, archeological information,
geographical information, historical information, linguistics, oral
tradition.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 94 objects described in this 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 Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma; and the Shawnee Tribe.
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 February 2, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, Hopewell Culture
National Historical Park 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. Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
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 10.9, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: December 20, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-28913 Filed 1-2-24; 8:45 am]
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