Notice2024-08226
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 Dawson County, NE.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 76 (Thursday, April 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27788-27789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08226]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037769; 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 Dawson County, NE.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after May 20, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Taylor Ronquillo, NAGPRA Project Manager, University of
Nebraska State Museum, 645 N 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588, telephone
(402) 472-6592, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#90c4e2fffee1e5f9fcfcffa2d0e5fefcbef5f4e5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6430160b0a15110d08080b5624110a084a010011">[email protected]</span></a> and Susan Weller, NAGPRA
Coordinator, University of Nebraska State Museum, 645 N 14th Street,
Lincoln, NE 68588, telephone (402) 472-0577, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#532024363f3f36216113263d3f7d363726"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="94e7e3f1f8f8f1e6a6d4e1faf8baf1f0e1">[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, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual have been reasonably identified. This individual
was donated to UNSM by N.D. Hungerford in 1875. Written on the cranium
of the individual are the words ``Farnam, NE''. Based on the lack of
records UNSM considered this writing to document the excavation
location as the Village of Farnam, Dawson County, Nebraska. A note was
left on the skull that stated ``Portion of Cheyenne Skull, Farnam,
Hungerford 1875''. ``Hungerford'' may be the family surname of the
collector.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains described in this
notice.
Determinations
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 reasonable connection between the human remains
described in this notice and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this
notice under 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.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
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U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: April 9, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-08226 Filed 4-17-24; 8:45 am]
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