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determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the inventory or related records held 

by the PMAE. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 25 individuals were removed 

from the Channel Islands, CA. In 1875, 

Paul Schumacher led a joint expedition 

on behalf of PMAE and the Smithsonian 

Institution to what he referred to as the 

Santa Barbara Islands, which are today 

known as the Channel Islands. During 

this expedition, he removed human 

remains from San Miguel Island (Santa 

Barbara County), Santa Cruz Island 

(Santa Barbara County), San Nicolas 

Island (Ventura County), and Santa 

Catalina Island (Los Angeles County). 

The Smithsonian Institution received 

the majority of those human remains. 

One hundred crania removed from San 

Miguel Island and Santa Cruz Island, 

and 25 mandibles identified as coming 

from the Santa Barbara Islands were 

sent to PMAE. Based on PMAE having 

received human remains that came from 

San Miguel Island and Santa Cruz 

Island, the mandibles most likely came 

from one or both of those islands, too. 

No known associated funerary objects 

are present. 

Human remains, representing at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Santa Barbra County, California. In 

1934, PMAE received these human 

remains from the Gila Pueblo 

Foundation, which identified them as 

coming from Hope Ranch in Santa 

Barbara County, CA. No known 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Human remains, representing at 

minimum one individual, were removed 

from Los Angeles County, CA. In 1939, 

Isaac Richardson donated to the PMAE 

the remains of an individual that were 

recovered from Los Angeles County, CA. 

The individual was unearthed by a 

steam shovel in Los Flores Canyon, five 

miles from Santa Monica on Roosevelt 

Highway. No known associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains in this notice are 

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 

evidence were used to reasonably trace 

the relationship: oral traditional, 

geographical, and biological. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the PMAE has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 27 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains 

described in this notice and the Santa 

Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians 

of the Santa Ynez Reservation, 

California. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice must be sent to the 

Responsible Official identified in 

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 human remains in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after January 4, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the PMAE 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 PMAE is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribe 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, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: November 28, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26612 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037013; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Los 

Angeles County Natural History 

Museum, Los Angeles, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Los 

Angeles County Natural History 

Museum (LACNHM) has completed an 

inventory of human remains and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and Indian Tribes in this notice. The 

human remains were removed from 

Orange and Los Angeles Counties, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after January 4, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Amy E. Gusick, NAGPRA 

Officer, Los Angeles County Museum of 

Natural History, 900 Exposition 

Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, 

telephone (213) 763–3370, email 

agusick@nhm.org. 

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 LACNHM. 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 inventory or related records held 

by the LACNHM. 

Description 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at a minimum, one 

individual were removed from Laguna 

Beach in Orange County, CA, and at an 

unknown date, they were transferred to 

the Laboratory of Anthropology of the 

Hancock Foundation, a now disbanded 

museum once part of the University of 

Southern California (U.S.C.). In 1966, 

these human remains were donated to 

LACNHM. The human remains 

(L.2397.66–1) consist of a mandible 

belonging to an adult of indeterminate 

sex. No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

Human remains representing, at a 

minimum, two individuals were 

removed from Long Beach in Los 

Angeles County, CA. In 1953, U.S.C. 

and California State University, Long 


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Beach conducted a salvage excavation at 

LAN–270, a site located in the Los Altos 

neighborhood of Long Beach, under the 

direction of Dr. William J. Wallace. The 

human remains excavated by Wallace at 

Los Altos were transferred to the 

Laboratory of Anthropology of the 

Hancock Foundation, and in 1966, they 

were donated to LACNHM. These 

human remains consist of eight human 

vertebrae and two human carpals 

(L.2397.66–4) belonging of one 

individual and an almost complete 

skeleton (L.2397.66–12) belonging to an 

adult female. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains in this notice are 

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. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: anthropological, 

archeological, biological, historical, and 

oral traditional. 

The Acjachemen Nation, Gabrieleno 

Tribes and Tongva Tribes (‘‘People of 

the Earth’’) have strong cultural ties to 

Laguna Beach and Long Beach 

coastlines. The site of Puvungna, 

located on the California State 

University, Long Beach campus, is 

sacred to the Gabrieleno, Tongva, and 

Acjachemen for its association with 

their Creation account and Tribal 

history, and annual pilgrimages there by 

Gabrieleno, Tongva, and Acjachemen 

continue today. The Luisen ̃ o people, 

which include the Pechanga Band of 

Indians, share cultural practices and 

beliefs with the Gabrieleno, Tongva, and 

Acjachemen, and are linguistically 

related. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes, the LACNHM determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of three individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains 

described in this notice and the 

Pechanga Band of Indians (Previously 

listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno 

Mission Indians of the Pechanga 

Reservation, California). 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains in this notice must be 

sent to the Responsible Official 

identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for 

repatriation 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. 

Repatriation of the human remains in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after January 4, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the LACNHM 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 LACNHM is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribe 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, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: November 28, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26618 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036999; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Florida, Florida Museum 

of Natural History, Gainesville, FL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

University of Florida, Florida Museum 

of Natural History (FLMNH) 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. The human remains were 

removed from Okaloosa County, FL. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after January 4, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Catherine Smith, University 

of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural 

History, 1659 Museum Road, 

Gainesville, FL 32611, telephone (352) 

273–1921, email smithcatherine@

floridamuseum.ufl.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 FLMNH. 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 inventory or related records held 

by FLMNH. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, three individuals were 

removed from Okaloosa County, FL. 

During the summer of 1977, FLMNH 

received ancestral remains, ceramics, 

and a few other items from a private 

donor whose father had collected them 

incrementally during fishing trips in the 

Fort Walton area during the 1920s and 

1930s. No associated funerary objects 

are present. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains in this notice are 

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: geographical and 

archeological. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, FLMNH has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of three individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains 

described in this notice and the 

Seminole Tribe of Florida. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains in this notice must be 

sent to the Responsible Official 


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