[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58755-58756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15896]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038298; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Weber State University, Ogden, UT

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Weber State University 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 August 19, 2024.

ADDRESSES: David Yoder, Weber State University, 1299 Edvalson Street, 
Dept. 1208, Ogden, UT 84408-1208, telephone (801) 896-6286, email 
[email protected].

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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 
Weber State 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

    Based on information available, human remains representing at least 
12 individuals have been identified. No funerary objects are present. 
Eleven of the sets of remains were given to WSU in the 1960s and 1970s 
by private individuals. Seven of these have no associated provenience 
information and four were reportedly found in Weber or Davis County, 
Utah. The twelfth individual was turned over to WSU in the early 1990s 
and may have been found in Cache County, Utah. The number of materials 
vary, from an individual represented by a single tooth to an individual 
represented by ~85% of the skeleton present.

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

    Weber State University has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 12 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a connection between the human remains described 
in this notice and the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation; Paiute 
Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, 
Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits 
Band of Paiutes); and the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 
Reservation, Utah.

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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation.
    Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after August 19, 2024. If competing requests 
for repatriation are received, Weber State University 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. Weber State 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. 2024-15896 Filed 7-18-24; 8:45 am]
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