Notice2024-18670
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, NE
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Published
August 21, 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67653-67654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18670]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038512; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Nebraska State
Museum, 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after September 20, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Taylor Ronquillo, University of Nebraska State Museum, 645 N
14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588, telephone (402) 472-6592, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3561475a5b44405c59595a0775405b591b505140"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1440667b7a65617d78787b2654617a783a717061">[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 the
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, 14 individuals from four unique sites have been reasonably
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The individuals
per site are as follows:
1. Lyon County, IA. One individual was excavated by Roye Lindsay of
the UNL Department of Anthropology in connection with a 1970 Lindsey
and Tom Thiessen (National Park Service), Canton Reservoir, Big Sioux
Survey, 1970.
2. Fairmont Park, Council Bluffs. Nine individuals from an
excavation involving Robert Gilder. No additional information is
available.
3. East Nishnabota River, IA. Three individuals were donated to
UNSM Vertebrate Paleontology Division by D. A Easterly on November 8,
2021, and transferred to the Anthropology Division on November 23,
2021. They were found by McClernon Brothers in 2017, eroding from the
riverbank.
4. Crescent, IA. One individual was donated by Robert Gilder with
no other information provided.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of the
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 University of Nebraska State Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 14 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Omaha
Tribe of Nebraska.
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.
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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 September 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 and 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: August 7, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-18670 Filed 8-20-24; 8:45 am]
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