Notice2024-21545
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Missouri Basin Region, Nebraska-Kansas Area Office, McCook, NE
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Published
September 20, 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, Bureau of Reclamation, Nebraska-Kansas Area Office (Reclamation Nebraska- Kansas Area Office) intends to carry out the disposition of human remains and associated funerary objects removed from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 183 (Friday, September 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77186-77187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21545]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038745; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation, Missouri Basin Region, Nebraska-Kansas Area
Office, McCook, 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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Reclamation, Nebraska-Kansas Area Office (Reclamation Nebraska-
Kansas Area Office) intends to carry out the disposition of human
remains and associated funerary objects removed from Federal or Tribal
lands to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization with priority for disposition in this notice.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and cultural items in this
notice may occur on or after October 21, 2024. If no claim for
disposition is received by September 22, 2025, the human remains and
cultural items in this notice will become unclaimed human remains and
cultural items.
ADDRESSES: Send written claims for disposition of the human remains and
cultural items identified in this notice to Catherine Griffin, Bureau
of Reclamation, Nebraska-Kansas Area Office, 1706 West 3rd Street,
McCook, NE 69001, telephone (308) 345-8324, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#caa9adb8a3acaca3a48abfb9a8b8e4ada5bc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b4d7d3c6ddd2d2dddaf4c1c7d6c69ad3dbc2">[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
Reclamation Nebraska-Kansas Area Office, and additional information on
the human remains and cultural items in this notice, including the
results of consultation, can be found in the related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the identifications in
this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, 14 individuals have been reasonably identified. The 10
associated funerary objects are one lot of bracelets, three lots of
ceramic sherds, one lot of chipped stone debitage, two stone scraper
tools, one stone tool fragment, one projectile point fragment, and one
lot of animal bone. During a period between 1992 to 2020, the human
remains and associated funerary objects were discovered and removed
from federal lands in Jewell, Mitchell, and Norton Counties, KS, and
Frontier and Greeley Counties, NE.
Determinations
The Reclamation Nebraska-Kansas Area Office has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 14 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 10 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> The Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Three Affiliated Tribes of
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; and the Wichita and
Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma have
priority for disposition of the human remains and cultural items
described in this notice.
Claims for Disposition
Written claims for disposition of the human remains and cultural
items in this notice must be sent to the appropriate official
identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition
is received by September 22, 2025, the human remains and cultural items
in this notice will become unclaimed human remains and cultural items.
Claims for disposition may be submitted by:
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1. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization 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 they have priority for disposition.
Disposition of the human remains and cultural items in this notice
may occur on or after October 21, 2024. If competing claims for
disposition are received, the Reclamation Nebraska-Kansas Area Office
must determine the most appropriate claimant prior to disposition.
Requests for joint disposition of the human remains and cultural items
are considered a single request and not competing requests. The
Reclamation Nebraska-Kansas Area Office is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the lineal descendants, 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. 3002, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.
Dated: September 12, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-21545 Filed 9-19-24; 8:45 am]
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