Notice2024-15199
Notice of Intended Repatriation: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Klamath Falls, OR
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Published
July 11, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) 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 133 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56901-56902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15199]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038221; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Fish and Wildlife Service, Klamath Falls, OR
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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish
and Wildlife Service (USFWS) 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 August 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Spencer Lodge, USFWS, 1936 California Avenue, Klamath Falls,
OR 97601, telephone (541) 885-8481, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#700300151e1315022f1c1f141715301607035e171f06"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="750605101b1610072a191a111210351302065b121a03">[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
USFWS, 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 1,949 cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The 1,949 unassociated funerary objects are projectile
points, stone tools, bone objects, cordage fragments, basketry
fragments, tule knots, stone flakes, shell, faunal remains, wood,
coprolites, botanical remains, charcoal, ash, stick objects,
groundstone, beads, glass fragment, and a fishing weight.
Objects described above were removed from Siskiyou County, CA by
R.J. Squier and Gordon L. Grosscup during archaeological excavations
occurring between 1952-1954. Excavations took place at two national
wildlife refuges (NWR) operated by the USFWS, Tule Lake and Lowe
Klamath NWR, where these objects were removed from four sites (CA-Sis-
2, CA-Sis-108, CA-Sis-223, CA-Sis-239). These objects have been curated
at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum at the University of California Berkeley
since their removal.
Determinations
The USFWS has determined that:
<bullet> The 1,949 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.
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<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Klamath Tribes and Modoc 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 August 12, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the USFWS 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 USFWS is responsible for sending a copy of
this notice to the 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: June 26, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-15199 Filed 7-10-24; 8:45 am]
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