Notice2024-18962
Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, MT
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Published
August 23, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Museum of the Rockies 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68194-68195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18962]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038580; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman,
MT
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Museum of the Rockies 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after September 23, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Eric Metz, Paleontology Collections Manager-Registrar,
Museum of the Rockies, P.O. Box 172720, 600 W Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman,
MT 59717, telephone (406) 994-6578, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6e0b1c070d40030b1a142e0301001a0f000f400b0a1b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2f4a5d464c01424a5b556f4240415b4e414e014a4b5a">[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
Museum of the Rockies, 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
Six associated funerary objects have been identified. The six
associated funerary objects are six lithics including one point blank,
four diagnostic points, and one broken obsidian point. In 1951, human
remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from a
mesa in Carbon County, MT, by Joseph L. Cramer. The mesa, located 1.5
miles southeast of Joliet Town, is the divide between Rock Creek &
Elbow Creek. In 1991, Cramer donated these human remains and associated
funerary objects to Museum of the Rockies. The human remains associated
with these objects have been listed in a Notice of Inventory Completion
published in the Federal Register on May 18, 2023 (88 FR 31819-31820).
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the associated funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The Museum of the Rockies has determined that:
<bullet> The six 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 connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Crow Tribe
of Montana.
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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the associated funerary objects described in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or after September 23, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Museum of the
Rockies 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 Museum of the Rockies 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.
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Dated: August 15, 2024.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-18962 Filed 8-22-24; 8:45 am]
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