[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67653-67654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18670]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038512; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Nebraska State 
Museum, Lincoln, NE

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 University of Nebraska State Museum 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 September 20, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Taylor Ronquillo, University of Nebraska State Museum, 645 N 
14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588, telephone (402) 472-6592, 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 
University of Nebraska State Museum, and additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of the 
consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records. The 
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this 
notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing at 
least, 14 individuals from four unique sites have been reasonably 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The individuals 
per site are as follows:
    1. Lyon County, IA. One individual was excavated by Roye Lindsay of 
the UNL Department of Anthropology in connection with a 1970 Lindsey 
and Tom Thiessen (National Park Service), Canton Reservoir, Big Sioux 
Survey, 1970.
    2. Fairmont Park, Council Bluffs. Nine individuals from an 
excavation involving Robert Gilder. No additional information is 
available.
    3. East Nishnabota River, IA. Three individuals were donated to 
UNSM Vertebrate Paleontology Division by D. A Easterly on November 8, 
2021, and transferred to the Anthropology Division on November 23, 
2021. They were found by McClernon Brothers in 2017, eroding from the 
riverbank.
    4. Crescent, IA. One individual was donated by Robert Gilder with 
no other information provided.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of the 
consultation, cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the 
geographical location or acquisition history of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects described in this notice.

Determinations

    The University of Nebraska State Museum has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 14 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a reasonable connection between the human remains 
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Omaha 
Tribe of Nebraska.

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.

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    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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after September 20, 2024. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of 
Nebraska State Museum 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. The University of Nebraska State Museum 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 7, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-18670 Filed 8-20-24; 8:45 am]
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