89 FR 76 pgs. 27785-27786 - Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Type: NOTICEVolume: 89Number: 76Pages: 27785 - 27786
Pages: 27785, 27786Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037771; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2024-08228 Filed 4-17-24; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037771; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Nebraska State Museum 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. The associated funerary objects were removed from Custer County, NE.
DATES:
Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after May 20, 2024.
ADDRESSES:
Taylor Ronquillo NAGPRA Project Manager, University of Nebraska State Museum, 645 N 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588, telephone (402) 472-6592, email Tronquillo2@unl.edu and Susan Weller NAGPRA Coordinator, University of Nebraska State Museum, 645 N 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588, telephone (402) 472-0577, email sweller2@unl.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[top] 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 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, the seven associated funerary objects are one lot of sherds (seven), four lots of chipped stones (44), one lot of beads (two), and one shell. The human remains associated with these associated funerary objects were listed in a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on October 2, 2000 (65 FR 58796-58803) and have been reburied. These associated funerary objects were discovered by Patricia (Trisha) Patton and Priscilla Grew on August 1, 2018. The collector and date of acquisition is unknown. The material was excavated from a hilltop near Comstock, a village in Custer, Custer County, NE.
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 associated funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The University of Nebraska State Museum has determined that:
• The seven 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 reasonable connection between the associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska.
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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after May 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 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: April 9, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-08228 Filed 4-17-24; 8:45 am]
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