[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24650-24651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10600]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040330; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Louisiana State University, 
Museum of Natural Science, Baton Rouge, LA

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 Louisiana State University, Museum of 
Natural Science (LSUMNS) 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 July 11, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains 
in this notice to Dr. Irene Mart[iacute] Gil, LSU Museum of Natural 
Science, 119 Foster Hall, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the

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National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
LSUMNS, 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

    In 1972, human remains representing, at minimum, one adult 
individual, were removed from 16AL2 (no state site name; LSUMNS name 
Church Point), in Allen Parish, Louisiana, by Robert Neuman and William 
Stroud during testing. The remains were limited to a single adult 
femur. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.

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 LSUMNS has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     There is a reasonable connection between the human remains 
described in this notice and the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana.

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 July 11, 2025. If competing requests 
for repatriation are received, the LSUMNS 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 LSUMNS 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: May 28, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-10600 Filed 6-10-25; 8:45 am]
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