[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 9 (Friday, January 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2248-2249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00525]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037228; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of Oregon 
Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; amendment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Oregon Museum of Natural 
and Cultural History has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion 
published in the Federal Register on September 10, 2018. This notice 
amends the minimum number of individuals and number of associated 
funerary objects in a collection removed from Catron County, NM.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after February 12, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Pamela Endzweig, Director of Anthropological 
Collections, University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural 
History, 1224 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1224, telephone 
(541) 346-5120, email [email protected].

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 
University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History. The 
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this 
notice. Additional information on the amendments and determinations in 
this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the 
inventory or related records held by the University of Oregon Museum of 
Natural and Cultural History.

Amendment

    This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (83 FR 45656-45657, 
September 10, 2018). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice 
of Inventory Completion has not occurred. From the SU Ranch Site, a 
minimum of 10 individuals (previously reported as nine individuals) 
were removed from the Tularosa River area in Catron County, NM. This 
notice adds a 1-2-year-old child of unknown sex. One associated 
funerary object (previously no associated funerary objects), catalogued 
as 2-2937, is a Tularosa corrugated bowl.

Determinations (as amended)

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural 
History has determined that:
     The human remains described in this amended notice 
represent the physical remains of 10 individuals of Native American 
ancestry.
     The one object described in this amended notice is 
reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual human 
remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or 
ceremony.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary 
objects described in this notice and the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of 
Oklahoma.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
Responsible Official identified in 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 and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after February 12, 2024. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of 
Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History must determine the most 
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects are 
considered a single request and not competing requests. The University 
of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History 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 10.9, Sec.  
10.10, Sec.  10.13, and Sec.  10.14.

    Dated: January 5, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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