[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16021-16022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04661]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037526; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. 
Louis District, St. Louis, MO

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. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis 
District, intends to carry out the disposition of human remains, 
associated funerary objects, unassociated funerary objects, sacred 
objects, or objects of cultural patrimony 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 or cultural items in this 
notice may occur on or after April 5, 2024. If no claim for disposition 
is received by March 6, 2025, the human remains or cultural items in 
this notice will become unclaimed human remains or cultural items.

ADDRESSES: Jenna Domeischel, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis 
District, 1222 Spruce Street, ATTN:

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CEMVS-EC-Z, St. Louis, MO 63103, telephone (314) 331-8840, 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 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, and additional 
information on the human remains or 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

    The 55 associated funerary objects are two lots of soil, 41 
ceramics, two shell fragments, seven lithics, one groundstone, and two 
small rocks. In July 2017, human remains and associated funerary 
objects were discovered at Mark Twain Lake, Monroe County, Missouri, by 
a member of the public. These remains and one associated funerary 
object were previously reported in a newspaper notice in 2023 (Hannibal 
Courier-Post on September 20 and 27 and Tulsa World on November 1 and 
8). The remains and objects are currently stored at a secure location 
in the St. Louis District laboratory.

Determinations

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, has 
determined that:
     The 55 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.
     The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, has 
identified The Osage Nation as having priority for disposition of the 
cultural items described in this notice.

Claims for Disposition

    Written claims for disposition of the human remains or 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 March 6, 2025, the human remains or cultural items in 
this notice will become unclaimed human remains or cultural items. 
Claims for disposition may be submitted by:
    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 or cultural items in this notice 
may occur on or after April 5, 2024. If competing claims for 
disposition are received, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis 
District, must determine the most appropriate claimant prior to 
disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the human remains or 
cultural items are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, 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: February 27, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-04661 Filed 3-5-24; 8:45 am]
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