Notice2025-10599
Notice of Inventory Completion: Louisiana State University, Museum of Natural Science, Baton Rouge, LA
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Published
June 11, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Louisiana State University, Museum of Natural Science (LSUMNS) 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 90, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 24656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10599]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040329; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Louisiana State University,
Museum of Natural Science, Baton Rouge, LA
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 Louisiana State University, Museum of
Natural Science (LSUMNS) 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 July 11, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Dr. Irene Mart[iacute] Gil, LSU Museum of Natural
Science, 119 Foster Hall, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#533a3e3221276160133f20267d363726"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="40292d2132347273002c33356e252435">[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
LSUMNS, and additional information on the determinations in this
notice, including the results of 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, one individual have been reasonably identified. No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present. These remains were removed from the Hornsby site (16SH21),
located in St. Helena Parish, LA, probably by Joseph Manuel Jr. as part
of an excavation through the Delta Chapter Louisiana Archaeological
Society in March 1977. In 2023, these remains were transferred to the
LSUMNS. As a result of the fragmentary nature of the remains no age or
sex determination was made.
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
The LSUMNS has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
described in this notice and the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Chitimacha
Tribe of Louisiana; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Jena Band of Choctaw
Indians; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; The Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma; and the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe.
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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after July 11, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, the LSUMNS 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. The
LSUMNS 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: May 28, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-10599 Filed 6-10-25; 8:45 am]
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