[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19874-19875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05848]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037610; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: Ohio History Connection, 
Columbus, OH

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 Ohio History Connection intends to 
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of 
unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with 
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after April 19, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Nekole Alligood, NAGPRA Specialist, Ohio History Connection, 
800 E 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211, telephone (405) 933-7643, 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 
Ohio History Connection, and additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the summary or related records. The National Park 
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    A total of 28 cultural items have been requested for repatriation. 
The 28 unassociated funerary objects are one ceramic vessel, two lots 
of shell beads, two antler drifts, one lot of faunal remains, one bone 
harpoon, and 21 antler flint-chipping tools.
    The vessel was collected on an unknown date from Harmon Cemetery 
(33 PU 1) in Blanchard Township, Putnam County, OH. The area the vessel 
came from is described as a ``burial ground and village site. Material 
found in gravel pits and during construction work''. The collector is 
unknown. Dr. Gordon Meuser donated the beads to Ohio History Connection 
in 1942.
    The two lots of shell beads, antler drifts, faunal remains, bone 
harpoon, and antler flint-chipping tools were collected on an unknown 
date from Hay-Jay Mound, also known as W.J. Clark Kame Site (33 WI 1) 
in Bridgewater Township, Williams County, OH. The collector is unknown. 
Dr. Gordon Meuser donated the beads to Ohio History Connection on June 
30, 1942. The remaining materials were purchased from an unknown entity 
by Ohio History Connection on June 26, 2942.

Determinations

    The Ohio History Connection has determined that:
     The 28 unassociated funerary objects described in this 
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed

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intentionally with or near human remains, and are connected, either at 
the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a 
Native American culture according to the Native American traditional 
knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization. The unassociated funerary objects have been identified by 
a preponderance of the evidence as related to human remains, specific 
individuals, or families, or removed from a specific burial site or 
burial area of an individual or individuals with cultural affiliation 
to an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
     There is a reasonable connection between the cultural 
items described in this notice and the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of 
Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of 
Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills 
Indian Community, Michigan; Cayuga Nation; Chippewa Cree Indians of the 
Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; 
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Community, 
Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 
Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; 
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of 
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of 
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of 
Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 
Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Shell 
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana; Little Traverse Bay Bands of 
Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi 
Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 
Minnesota (Six component reservations: Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); 
Fond du Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; 
White Earth Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan; 
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Oneida Indian Nation; Oneida Nation; Onondaga 
Nation; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, 
Michigan and Indiana; Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe 
of Nebraska; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation; Red Cliff Band of Lake 
Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa 
Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Saint 
Regis Mohawk Tribe; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, 
Michigan; Seneca Nation of Indians; Seneca-Cayuga Nation; Shawnee 
Tribe; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa 
Indians of Wisconsin; Tonawanda Band of Seneca; Turtle Mountain Band of 
Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; Tuscarora Nation; and the Wyandotte 
Nation.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items 
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified 
in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be 
submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor 
may occur on or after April 19, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the Ohio History Connection must determine 
the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for 
joint repatriation of the cultural items are considered a single 
request and not competing requests. The Ohio History Connection is 
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the 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. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.

    Dated: March 11, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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