[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 178 (Friday, September 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74990-74991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20877]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038703; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's 
Office, Jackson, MO

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 Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Office 
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.

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DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after October 15, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Jennifer Bengtson, NAGPRA consultant, Cape Girardeau 
County Sheriff's Office, 216 N Missouri Street, Jackson, MO 63755, 
telephone (573) 651-2354, 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 
Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Office, 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

    Human remains representing, at least, two individuals have been 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. These remains 
were turned over on August 11, 2020, by a private citizen. The citizen 
stated that they did not know how old the remains were or where they 
came from, but that they had been removed from an unknown 
archaeological site at least 50 years ago and retained by now deceased 
persons.

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

    The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Office has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a connection between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Quapaw 
Nation and The Osage Nation.

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 October 15, 2024. If competing requests 
for repatriation are received, the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's 
Office 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. The Cape 
Girardeau County Sheriff's Office 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: September 5, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-20877 Filed 9-12-24; 8:45 am]
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