Notice2024-05863
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH
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Published
March 20, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Ohio History Connection intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19868-19869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05863]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037609; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Ohio History Connection,
Columbus, 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 Ohio History Connection intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects 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 April 19, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Nekole Alligood, NAGPRA Specialist, Ohio History Connection,
800 E 17th Ave., Columbus, OH 43211, telephone (405) 933-7643, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2a444b4646434d45454e6a454243454243595e4558530445584d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="523c333e3e3b353d3d36123d3a3b3d3a3b21263d202b7c3d2035">[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
Ohio History Connection, 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 27 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 27 unassociated funerary objects are one lot of shell necklace
beads, one kettle, one effigy ladle, one bowl, one mug, one ax, six
bone and metal handle fragments, one hook, one gorget, one cross
pendant, two glass shards, four armbands, one bracelet, two silver
fragments, one hair ornament, and two brooches. This material was
excavated by A.W. Agner. It is from ``an Indian grave, old burial
ground, one mile east of Ottawa, Ohio on the Blanchard River'' in
Putnam County. Ohio History Connection purchased the material on March
20, 1919.
Determinations
The Ohio History Connection has determined that:
<bullet> The 27 unassociated funerary objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills
Indian Community, Michigan; Cayuga Nation; Chippewa Cree Indians of the
Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma;
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern Shawnee
Tribe of Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Hannahville
Indian Community, Michigan; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community, Michigan; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac Vieux
Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little River
Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa
Indians of Montana; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
(Six component reservations: Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac
Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; White Earth
Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan; Omaha Tribe
of Nebraska; Oneida Indian Nation; Oneida Nation; Onondaga Nation;
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan
and Indiana; Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of
Nebraska; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation; Red Cliff Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa
Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Saint
Regis Mohawk Tribe; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Seneca Nation of Indians; Seneca-Cayuga Nation; Shawnee
Tribe; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa
Indians of Wisconsin; Tonawanda Band of Seneca; Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; Tuscarora Nation; and the Wyandotte
Nation.
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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after April 19, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Ohio History Connection must determine
the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for
joint repatriation of the cultural items are considered a single
request and not competing requests. The Ohio History Connection is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
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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: March 11, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-05863 Filed 3-19-24; 8:45 am]
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