Notice2024-08228
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 associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The associated funerary objects were removed from Custer County, NE.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 76 (Thursday, April 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27785-27786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08228]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037771; 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 associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated
funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice. The associated funerary objects were removed from Custer
County, NE.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects 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#a1f5d3cecfd0d4c8cdcdce93e1d4cfcd8fc4c5d4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a0e2835342b2f33363635681a2f3436743f3e2f">[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#e29195878e8e8790d0a2978c8ecc878697"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="314246545d5d54430371445f5d1f545544">[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.
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Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, the seven associated funerary
objects are one lot of sherds (seven), four lots of chipped stones
(44), one lot of beads (two), and one shell. The human remains
associated with these associated funerary objects were listed in a
Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on
October 2, 2000 (65 FR 58796-58803) and have been reburied. These
associated funerary objects were discovered by Patricia (Trisha) Patton
and Priscilla Grew on August 1, 2018. The collector and date of
acquisition is unknown. The material was excavated from a hilltop near
Comstock, a village in Custer, Custer County, NE.
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 associated funerary objects
described in this notice.
Determinations
The University of Nebraska State Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The seven objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally 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 reasonable connection between the associated
funerary objects described in this notice and the Ponca Tribe of
Nebraska.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary
objects 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 associated funerary objects 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 associated funerary objects 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,
25 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. 2024-08228 Filed 4-17-24; 8:45 am]
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