Notice2025-10600
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]
[Pages 24650-24651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10600]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040330; 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#c8a1a5a9babcfafb88a4bbbde6adacbd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="731a1e1201074140331f00065d161706">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
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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 its
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
In 1972, human remains representing, at minimum, one adult
individual, were removed from 16AL2 (no state site name; LSUMNS name
Church Point), in Allen Parish, Louisiana, by Robert Neuman and William
Stroud during testing. The remains were limited to a single adult
femur. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
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 Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana.
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 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. 2025-10600 Filed 6-10-25; 8:45 am]
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