Notice2024-11090
Notice of Inventory Completion: Kent State University, Department of Anthropology, Kent, OH
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Published
May 21, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Kent State University, Department of Anthropology, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44701-44702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11090]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037942; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Kent State University, Department
of Anthropology, Kent, 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 Kent State University, Department of
Anthropology, has completed an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects and has determined that there is cultural
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects
and the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after June 20, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Richard Meindl Ph.D., Kent State University, P.O. Box 5190
Lowry Hall, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44240, telephone (330)-672-
4363, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a5d7c8c0cccbc1c9e5cec0cbd18bc0c1d0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="acdec1c9c5c2c8c0ecc7c9c2d882c9c8d9">[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
Kent State University, Department of Anthropology, 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 16 individuals have been reasonably identified. The 167
associated funerary objects are two painted turtle shells, shell beads,
ceramic vessel sherds, fragments of ground stone tools, chert
fragments, and animal bones (some worked into tools, and some not
worked). The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed
from the Kramer Village Site (33R033) in Ross County, OH, during the
field season from 1984-1986. Many of the human remains uncovered are
fragmentary, and determining age or sex of such individuals was not
possible. Since 1992, all burials and their
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associated funerary objects were curated with the utmost care and
placed in a secure area with access granted only to those working on
the repatriation effort. The objects were found either with, or in
close proximity to, human remains. Several objects were included in
this inventory although they were collected on the surface of the
ground requiring no excavation but are believed to be of cultural
significance.
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 and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The Kent State University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 16 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 167 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed 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 human remains
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; and the Shawnee
Tribe.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
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 human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after June 20, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Kent State
University, Department of Anthropology, must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The Kent State
University Department of Anthropology 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: May 9, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-11090 Filed 5-20-24; 8:45 am]
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