[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63970-63971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17261]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038401; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Fort Leavenworth, Fort 
Leavenworth, KS

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Fort Leavenworth 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 September 5, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Dale Cleland, Fort Leavenworth, 820 McClellan Avenue, Fort 
Leavenworth, KS 66027, telephone (913) 680-5270, 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 Fort 
Leavenworth, and additional information on the determinations in this 
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in its 
inventory or related records. The

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National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this 
notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been 
identified. The 54 associated funerary objects are one projectile 
point, one section of a drill, one modified stone, two unmodified 
rocks, one scraper, 45 lithic flakes, two deer antler fragments, and 
one bag of soil matrix. In 1966, the individual was removed from site 
14LV328 in Leavenworth County, Kansas, as part of a Kansas State 
Historical Society excavation of a burial mound. The site has been 
dated to the Valley focus (50 B.C.-A.D. 400) or Kansas City Hopewell 
(A.D. 1-750).

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available 
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in 
this notice.

Determinations

    Fort Leavenworth has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     The 54 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 Kaw 
Nation, Oklahoma and the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.

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 September 
5, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, Fort 
Leavenworth 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. Fort Leavenworth 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 26, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-17261 Filed 8-5-24; 8:45 am]
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