57470 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 162 / Wednesday, August 23, 2023 / Notices 

• The human remains and associated 

funerary objects described in this notice 

were removed from the aboriginal land 

of the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians; The Chickasaw 

Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band 

of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. 

Requests for Disposition 

Written requests for disposition of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice must be sent to the 

Responsible Official identified in 

ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition 

may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes 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, or who 

shows that the requestor is an aboriginal 

land Indian Tribe. 

Disposition of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects in this notice 

to a requestor may occur on or after 

September 22, 2023. If competing 

requests for disposition are received, 

UTK must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

disposition. Requests for joint 

disposition of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. UTK is responsible 

for sending a copy of this notice to the 

Indian Tribes identified in this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.11, and 

10.13. 

Dated: August 16, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18137 Filed 8–22–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036436; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Item: University of Michigan, Ann 

Arbor, MI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

University of Michigan intends to 

repatriate a certain cultural item that 

meets the definition of a sacred objects 

and that has a cultural affiliation with 

the Indian Tribes in this notice. The 

cultural item was removed from an 

unknown county within the Rio Grande 

Valley, TX, or NM. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item 

in this notice may occur on or after 

September 22, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Ben Secunda, NAGPRA 

Office Manager, University of Michigan, 

Office of Research, Suite G269A, Lane 

Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 48109–1274, 

telephone (734) 615–8936, email 

bsecunda@umich.edu. 

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 

Michigan. The National Park Service is 

not responsible for the determinations 

in this notice. Additional information 

on the determinations in this notice, 

including the results of consultation, 

can be found in the summary or related 

records held by the University of 

Michigan. 

Description 

The one cultural item was removed 

from an unknown county within the Rio 

Grande Valley, TX, or NM, by Volney 

Jones, former Curator of Ethnology, 

University of Michigan Museum of 

Anthropological Archaeology 

(UMMAA). Prior to 1931, Jones 

conducted fieldwork with the Isleta 

Pueblo in and around New Mexico and 

El Paso, TX. Jones completed his 

Master’s Thesis for the University of 

New Mexico on Isleta Pueblo 

ethnobotany. The cultural item is one 

lot of botanicals. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The cultural item in this notice is 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, Tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, Tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: anthropological, 

folklore, geographical, historical, oral 

tradition, other relevant information, 

and expert opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the University of 

Michigan has determined that: 

• The one cultural item described 

above is a specific ceremonial object 

needed by traditional Native American 

religious leaders for the practice of 

traditional Native American religions by 

their present-day adherents. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the cultural item and the 

Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico, and the 

Ysleta del Sur Pueblo. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural item in this 

notice must be sent to the Responsible 

Official identified in ADDRESSES. 

Requests for repatriation may be 

submitted by 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 cultural item in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after September 22, 2023. If 

competing requests for repatriation are 

received, the University of Michigan 

must determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the cultural item 

are considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The University of 

Michigan is responsible for sending a 

copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes 

identified in this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: August 16, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18135 Filed 8–22–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036440; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion 

Amendment: University of California, 

Riverside, Riverside, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; amendment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 


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