[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 76 (Thursday, April 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27785-27786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08228]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037771; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Nebraska State 
Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

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 University of Nebraska State Museum has 
completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has 
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated 
funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in 
this notice. The associated funerary objects were removed from Custer 
County, NE.

DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice 
may occur on or after May 20, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Taylor Ronquillo NAGPRA Project Manager, University of 
Nebraska State Museum, 645 N 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588, telephone 
(402) 472-6592, email [email protected] and Susan Weller NAGPRA 
Coordinator, University of Nebraska State Museum, 645 N 14th Street, 
Lincoln, NE 68588, telephone (402) 472-0577, 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 Nebraska State Museum, 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.

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Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, the seven associated funerary 
objects are one lot of sherds (seven), four lots of chipped stones 
(44), one lot of beads (two), and one shell. The human remains 
associated with these associated funerary objects were listed in a 
Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on 
October 2, 2000 (65 FR 58796-58803) and have been reburied. These 
associated funerary objects were discovered by Patricia (Trisha) Patton 
and Priscilla Grew on August 1, 2018. The collector and date of 
acquisition is unknown. The material was excavated from a hilltop near 
Comstock, a village in Custer, Custer County, NE.

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 associated funerary objects 
described in this notice.

Determinations

    The University of Nebraska State Museum has determined that:
     The seven 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.
     There is a reasonable connection between the associated 
funerary objects described in this notice and the Ponca Tribe of 
Nebraska.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary 
objects 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 associated funerary objects in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after May 20, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the University of Nebraska State Museum must 
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the associated funerary objects are 
considered a single request and not competing requests. The University 
of Nebraska State Museum 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: April 9, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-08228 Filed 4-17-24; 8:45 am]
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