Notice2024-20865
Notice of Inventory Completion: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
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Published
September 13, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Indiana 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 178 (Friday, September 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74982-74983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20865]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038698; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Indiana University, Bloomington,
IN
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Indiana 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 October 15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Jayne-Leigh Thomas, Office of the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, Student Building 318, 701 E Kirkwood
Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405, telephone (812) 856-5315, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#394d5156545853584079504c175c5d4c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="84f0ecebe9e5eee5fdc4edf1aae1e0f1">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative
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responsibilities under NAGPRA. The determinations in this notice are
the sole responsibility of Indiana 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
On an unknown date, partial human remains labeled `Arikara' were
delivered to Indiana University. It is assumed that these remains are
part of other Arikara collections that were affiliated to the Three
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota in
2021. There are no known contaminants present.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the available information
about the human remains describe in this notice.
Determinations
Indiana University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Three
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
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 October 15, 2024. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, Indiana 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. Indiana 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: September 5, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-20865 Filed 9-12-24; 8:45 am]
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