Notice2024-03581
Notice of Inventory Completion: Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
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Published
February 22, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Cleveland State University 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. The human remains were removed from Franklin County, MA.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13363-13364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03581]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037415; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Cleveland State University,
Cleveland, 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), Cleveland State University 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. The human remains were removed
from Franklin County, MA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after March 25, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Andrew E. Kersten, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid
Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115-2214, telephone (216) 687-9350, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#99f8b7fcb7f2fcebeaedfcf7d9faeaecf6f1f0f6b7fcfdec"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ceafe0abe0a5abbcbdbaaba08eadbdbba1a6a7a1e0abaabb">[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
Cleveland State University. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held
by Cleveland State University.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Franklin County, MA. The human remains collection currently held
at Cleveland State University is largely the work of the former member
of faculty in the CSU Department of Anthropology, Dr. John Blank (d.
2019). The sites known to be associated with the concerns of NAGPRA all
fall within those excavated by (or alongside) Dr. Blank, beginning in
the 1960s. Many of Dr. Blank's excavations took place as field schools
for students, but some also contained components of rescue archeology
(as sites emerged due to erosion). The human remains in question here
were part of the Knapp site in Franklin County, MA. The individual
appears to be 50-60 years of age. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains 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, folklore, geographical information,
historical information, kinship, linguistics, oral tradition, and
expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Cleveland State University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice
and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after March 25, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, Cleveland State University 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. Cleveland State University is responsible
for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
This notice was submitted before the effective date of the revised
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12,
2024). As the notice conforms to the mandatory format of the Federal
Register and includes the required information, the National Park
Service is publishing this notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
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Dated: February 9, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-03581 Filed 2-21-24; 8:45 am]
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