Notice2024-08224
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
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Published
April 18, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Nebraska State Museum 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 Phillips, KS.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 76 (Thursday, April 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27784-27785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08224]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037767; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Nebraska State
Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
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 University of Nebraska State Museum 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 Phillips, KS.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after May 20, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Taylor Ronquillo NAGPRA Project Manager, the University of
Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 645 N 14th St.,
Lincoln, NE 68588, telephone (402) 472-6592, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#baeec8d5d4cbcfd3d6d6d588facfd4d694dfdecf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b5e1c7dadbc4c0dcd9d9da87f5c0dbd99bd0d1c0">[email protected]</span></a>
and Susan Weller, NAGPRA Coordinator, University of Nebraska State
Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 645 N 14th St., Lincoln, NE
68588, telephone (402) 472-0577, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c6b5b1a3aaaaa3b4f486b3a8aae8a3a2b3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="770400121b1b1205453702191b59121302">[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
University of Nebraska State Museum. 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 the University of Nebraska State Museum.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Phillips, KS. This individual was removed from site 14PH004,
Woodruff Ossuary. Woodruff Ossuary is a Missouri River Basin Survey
Site: Missouri Basin Project and Inter-Agency Archeological and
Paleontological Salvage Program, Smithsonian. The donor and date of
acquisition for the individual is unknown. The individual is estimated
to be a juvenile of an unknown sex. The individual is determined to be
Woodland based on the archeological record. 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: geographical information and
historical information.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of Nebraska State Museum 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 Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.
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 May 20, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, the University of Nebraska State Museum 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. The University of Nebraska State Museum is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and
Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
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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: April 9, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-08224 Filed 4-17-24; 8:45 am]
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