Notice2024-15896
Notice of Inventory Completion: Weber State University, Ogden, UT
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Published
July 19, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Weber State University 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58755-58756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15896]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038298; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Weber State University, Ogden, UT
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Weber State University 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after August 19, 2024.
ADDRESSES: David Yoder, Weber State University, 1299 Edvalson Street,
Dept. 1208, Ogden, UT 84408-1208, telephone (801) 896-6286, email
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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
Weber State University, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in its inventory or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on information available, human remains representing at least
12 individuals have been identified. No funerary objects are present.
Eleven of the sets of remains were given to WSU in the 1960s and 1970s
by private individuals. Seven of these have no associated provenience
information and four were reportedly found in Weber or Davis County,
Utah. The twelfth individual was turned over to WSU in the early 1990s
and may have been found in Cache County, Utah. The number of materials
vary, from an individual represented by a single tooth to an individual
represented by ~85% of the skeleton present.
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
Weber State University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 12 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation; Paiute
Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes,
Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits
Band of Paiutes); and the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah.
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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after August 19, 2024. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, Weber State University 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. Weber State University 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: July 10, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-15896 Filed 7-18-24; 8:45 am]
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