[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 76 (Thursday, April 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 27787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08230]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037773; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Nebraska State 
Museum, 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 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 May 20, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Taylor Ronquillo, University of Nebraska State Museum, 
Morrill Hall, 645 N 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588, telephone (402) 
472-6592, 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 the 
consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records. The 
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this 
notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, two individuals have been reasonably identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present. These items were discovered in the 
basement of Nebraska Hall in box A2050 on November 1, 2016. Based on 
material culture, this is a mixed site that includes Central Plains 
Tradition, Oneota, and Omaha cultural traditions. The individual was 
excavated from Stanton County, Indian Creek Village Site in 1938.

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 University of Nebraska State Museum has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a reasonable connection between the human remains 
described in this notice and the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska.

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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains 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 human remains 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. 2024-08230 Filed 4-17-24; 8:45 am]
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