[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 58755]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15895]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038297; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Indiana University, Bloomington, 
IN

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Indiana University has completed an 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has 
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human 
remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after August 19, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Jayne-Leigh Thomas, Office of the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act, Indiana University, Student Building 
318, 701 E Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405, telephone (812) 856-
5315, 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 
Indiana University and additional information on the determinations in 
this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in its 
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Human remains representing, at least, 128 individuals have been 
identified. The one associated funerary object is one lot of potsherds. 
Collection is labeled `ARK' which has been interpreted as an 
abbreviation for `Arkansas'. Labels also indicate ancestral remains 
come from specific Arkansas counties. Artifacts are similar to 
Mississippian styles; however, no additional time period information is 
available due to no archaeological site information.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by tribal oral histories 
and the geographical location of the ancestral remains and associated 
funerary objects described in this notice.

Determinations

    Indiana University has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 128 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The one lot of 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 connection between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Caddo 
Nation of Oklahoma; Quapaw Nation; and The Osage Nation.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after August 
19, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, Indiana 
University must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to 
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not 
competing requests. Indiana University 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: July 10, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-15895 Filed 7-18-24; 8:45 am]
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