[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68194-68195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18962]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038580; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, 
MT

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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

DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice 
may occur on or after September 23, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Eric Metz, Paleontology Collections Manager-Registrar, 
Museum of the Rockies, P.O. Box 172720, 600 W Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman, 
MT 59717, telephone (406) 994-6578, 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 
Museum of the Rockies, 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

    Six associated funerary objects have been identified. The six 
associated funerary objects are six lithics including one point blank, 
four diagnostic points, and one broken obsidian point. In 1951, human 
remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from a 
mesa in Carbon County, MT, by Joseph L. Cramer. The mesa, located 1.5 
miles southeast of Joliet Town, is the divide between Rock Creek & 
Elbow Creek. In 1991, Cramer donated these human remains and associated 
funerary objects to Museum of the Rockies. The human remains associated 
with these objects have been listed in a Notice of Inventory Completion 
published in the Federal Register on May 18, 2023 (88 FR 31819-31820).

Cultural Affiliation

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

Determinations

    The Museum of the Rockies has determined that:
     The six 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 Crow Tribe 
of Montana.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the 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 associated funerary objects described in this 
notice to a requestor may occur on or after September 23, 2024. If 
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Museum of the 
Rockies must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to 
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the associated 
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. The Museum of the Rockies 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.


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    Dated: August 15, 2024.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-18962 Filed 8-22-24; 8:45 am]
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