[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 65924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17973]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038471; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: U.S. Department of the 
Interior, National Park Service, Yellowstone National Park, Mammoth Hot 
Springs, WY

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; amendment.

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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, Yellowstone National Park (YELL) has amended a 
notice of inventory completion published in the Federal Register on 
November 22, 2006. This notice amends the Indian Tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations with cultural affiliation.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains may occur on or after 
September 12, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Cameron Sholly, Superintendent, Yellowstone National Park, 
P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190, telephone (307) 344-
2229, 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, YELL, and additional information on the determinations 
in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in 
the inventory or related records.

Amendment

    This notice amends the determination of cultural affiliation in a 
Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on 
November 22, 2006 (71 FR 67635-67636). Repatriation of the human 
remains in the original notice of inventory completion has not 
occurred.

Determinations

    YELL has determined that:
     There is a connection between the human remains described 
in the original notice and the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian 
Reservation of Montana; Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the 
Flathead Reservation; Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap 
Reservation of Montana; and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort 
Hall Reservation.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in the 
original 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 the original notice 
to a requestor may occur on or after September 12, 2024. If competing 
requests for repatriation are received, YELL 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. YELL 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: August 1, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-17973 Filed 8-12-24; 8:45 am]
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