[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49190-49191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12718]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038072; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Pipe Spring National Monument, Fredonia, AZ

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. Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Pipe Spring National Monument (PISP) 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 July 11, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Amanda McCutcheon, Superintendent, Pipe Spring National 
Monument, 406 N Pipe Spring Road, Fredonia, AZ 86022, telephone (928) 
643-7105, 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 
Superintendent, PISP, and additional information on the determinations 
in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in 
the summary or related records.

Abstract of Information Available

    A total of eight cultural items have been requested for 
repatriation. The eight unassociated funerary objects are two mineral 
pigments, two lots of shell beads/fragments, one ceramic pot, one 
ceramic bowl, and two pipe bowls. Journal entries from PISP's first 
superintendent, Leonard Heaton, describes his finding of these objects 
alongside human remains. These entries span several years, from 1928 to 
1940, and do not provide specifics as to exact locations. The artifacts 
were not cataloged at the time of discovery and were later found in 
collections in 1985, along with hand-written envelopes from Heaton.

Determinations

    PISP has determined that:
     The eight unassociated funerary objects described above 
are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near 
individual human remains, and are connected, either at the time of 
death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony and are believed, 
by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed from a 
specific burial site 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 Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of 
the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona.

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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 July 11, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, PISP 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. PISP 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: May 31, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-12718 Filed 6-10-24; 8:45 am]
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