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identified in this notice and, if joined to 

a request from one or more of the Indian 

Tribes, the Huron-Wendat Nation, a 

non-federally recognized Indian group. 

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 12, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Field Museum 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 Field 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 10.9, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: December 6, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27380 Filed 12–12–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037056; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Missouri Basin Region, 

Nebraska-Kansas Area Office, 

McCook, NE 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Nebraska-Kansas Area 

Office (Reclamation Nebraska-Kansas 

Area Office) has completed an inventory 

of human remains and associated 

funerary objects and has determined 

that there is a cultural affiliation 

between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects and Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

in this notice. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from Jewell, Mitchell, Norton, 

and Phillips Counties, KS, and from 

Frontier County, NE. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Catherine Griffin, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Nebraska-Kansas Area 

Office, 1706 West 3rd Street, McCook, 

NE 69001, telephone (308) 345–8324, 

email cgriffin@usbr.gov. 

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 Reclamation 

Nebraska-Kansas Area Office. 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 Reclamation Nebraska-Kansas 

Area Office. 

Description 

14JW–HOFTS 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Jewell County, KS. Sometime prior 

to 1982, a private citizen reported that 

human remains were exposed on the 

south shore of Lovewell Reservoir. 

Native American archeological sites 

with fragmentary human remains are 

known to erode from the south shore of 

Lovewell Reservoir. These sites date to 

either the Plains Woodland period (A.D. 

1–1000) or Plains Village period (A.D. 

1000–1500). The Kansas Historical 

Society (KHS) assigned Unmarked 

Burial Sites (UBS) case number UBS 

1991–52 to the human remains. The box 

was labelled ‘‘Hofts Collection.’’ In 

1995, Reclamation transferred the 

human remains to the Wichita State 

University’s Biological Anthropology 

Laboratory (WSU–BAL) for inventory 

and secure storage. The fragmentary 

human remains belong to a young adult, 

probably female, 20 to 30 years of age. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

14JW312 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 11 individuals were removed 

from Jewell County, KS. In 1982, the 

KHS, working under a cooperative 

agreement with Reclamation, excavated 

fragmentary and poorly preserved 

human remains that were eroding into 

Lovewell Reservoir at site 14JW312, aka 

the Begin Ossuary. KHS excavated an 

estimated 10 sets of commingled human 

remains from a burial pit, and one set 

of human remains from an extended 

primary burial. KHS assigned case 

number UBS 1989–29 to the human 

remains. In 1995, Reclamation 

transferred the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to WSU– 

BAL for inventory and secure storage. 

The fragmentary human remains 

collected from 14JW312 belong to an 

infant, a child, an adolescent, and male 

and female adults. The four associated 

funerary objects are one shell disc bead, 

one lot consisting of pottery sherds 

(from at least two different vessels), one 

lot consisting of chipped stone debitage, 

and one lot consisting of unmodified 

deer bones. The associated funerary 

objects date to the Upper Republican 

phase of the Central Plains Tradition 

(A.D. 950–1400). 

14ML1 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Mitchell County, KS. In 1952, the 

Smithsonian Institution’s River Basin 

Surveys (SI–RBS) recommended that a 

salvage excavation be conducted at the 

late prehistoric village site 14ML1, aka 

the Glen Elder Site, prior to its 

destruction by construction of Glen 

Elder Dam. In 1963, the University of 

Nebraska, Lincoln (UNL) excavated site 

14ML1 under a cooperative agreement 

with the National Park Service (NPS). 

The 1963 excavation recovered two 

human bones from a filled pit. In 2001, 

graduate students working on faunal 

and artifact curation found additional 

human remains within the 14ML1 

archeological collection. The 

archeological materials from 14ML1 

date to the Central Plains Tradition 

(A.D. 1000–1500). In 2001, Reclamation 

transferred the human remains to WSU– 

BAL for inventory and secure storage. 

The fragmentary human remains 

collected from 14ML1 belong to a 

mature adult of unknown sex. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

14ML5 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Mitchell County, KS. In 1952, the 

SI–RBS recommended that a salvage 

excavation be conducted at the late 

prehistoric village site 14ML5 prior to 

its inundation by Glen Elder Dam and 

Waconda Lake. From 1964 to 1965, the 

UNL excavated site 14ML5 under a 

cooperative agreement with the NPS. 

UNL excavated two earthen lodge floors 

and an extramural work area. Human 

remains were excavated from an 

unknown area within the site. The 

archeological materials from site 14ML5 

are associated with the Solomon River 

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(A.D. 1000–1300). In 1992, Reclamation 

transferred the human remains to WSU– 

BAL for inventory and secure storage. 

The human remains collected from 

14ML5 belong to an infant or a young 

child less than seven years of age. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

14ML11 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, two individuals were 

removed from Mitchell County, KS. In 

1952, the SI–RBS recommended that a 

salvage excavation be conducted at the 

late prehistoric village site 14ML11 

prior to its being inundated by Glen 

Elder Dam and Waconda Lake. From 

1965 to 1967, the UNL excavated site 

14ML11 under a cooperative agreement 

with the NPS. UNL excavated an 

earthen lodge floor, where they found 

one nearly complete infant skeleton and 

one set of adult human remains. The 

archeological materials from the site are 

associated with the Solomon River 

phase of the Central Plains Tradition 

(A.D. 1000–1300). In 1998, Reclamation 

transferred the human remains to WSU– 

BAL for inventory and secure storage. 

The human remains belong to an infant 

or a young child less than four years in 

age, and a mature adult of indeterminate 

sex. No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

14ML15 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Mitchell County, KS. In 1952, the 

SI–RBS recommended that a salvage 

excavation be conducted at the late 

prehistoric village site 14ML15 prior to 

its being inundated by Glen Elder Dam 

and Waconda Lake. In 1964 and 1965, 

the UNL excavated site 14ML15 under 

a cooperative agreement with the NPS. 

Human remains were present in one of 

four earthen lodge floors excavated by 

the UNL. The archeological materials 

from the site are associated with the 

Central Plains Tradition (A.D. 1000– 

1500). In 1992, Reclamation transferred 

the human remains to WSU–BAL for 

inventory and secure storage. The 

human remains collected from 14ML15 

belong to a young adult female, 20 to 35 

years of age. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

14ML16 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 33 individuals were removed 

from Mitchell County, KS. In 1952, the 

SI–RBS recommended that a salvage 

excavation be conducted at the late 

prehistoric village site 14ML16 prior to 

its being inundated by Glen Elder Dam 

and Waconda Lake. In 1964 and 1965, 

the UNL excavated site 14ML16 under 

a cooperative agreement with the NPS. 

UNL excavated flexed and commingled 

burials from several pit features within 

earthen lodge floors. The archeological 

materials from the site are associated 

with the Central Plains Tradition (A.D. 

1000–1500). KHS assigned case number 

UBS 1995–9 to the human remains. In 

1992, Reclamation transferred the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to WSU–BAL for inventory and 

secure storage. The fragmentary human 

remains collected from 14ML16 belong 

to a fetus, an infant, a child, an 

adolescent, a young adult, and mature 

adults of both sexes. The nine 

associated funerary objects are one lot 

consisting of unworked faunal bones, 

one lot consisting of worked faunal 

bones, one lot consisting of chipped 

stone debris, one lot consisting of 

chipped stone tools, one lot consisting 

of pottery sherds, one lot consisting of 

shell beads, one lot consisting of 

miscellaneous shells, one marine shell 

gorget, and one lot consisting of 

charcoal. 

14NT11 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Norton County, KS. In 1962, the 

UNL surveyed and excavated site 

14NT11 under a cooperative agreement 

with the NPS, prior to the site being 

inundated by Norton Dam and Keith 

Sebelius Lake. The site’s Plains 

Woodland period (A.D. 1–1000) 

component included an undisturbed 

midden and subterranean pit features 

containing charred corn and bison 

faunal remains. During a NAGPRA 

inventory in 1998, UNL identified the 

human remains, and in 1999, 

Reclamation transferred the human 

remains to WSU–BAL for inventory and 

secure storage. The human remains 

collected from 14NT11 belong to a child 

between 7.5 and 12.5 years of age and 

of unknown sex. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

14PH10 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, three individuals were 

removed from Phillips County, KS. In 

1952, the SI–RBS recorded site 14PH10, 

aka the West Island Site, but did not 

recommend an excavation. In 1963, a 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) 

employee discovered human remains 

and artifacts eroding from site because 

of exposure during low lake levels at 

Kirwin Reservoir. That same year, the 

KHS State Archeologist, working under 

a cooperative agreement with the NPS, 

conducted an initial excavation, during 

which human remains were collected 

from the surface of the island’s eroding 

shelf. In 1965, archeologists from the 

University of Kansas, Lawrence (KU), 

working under a cooperative agreement 

with the NPS, excavated the site and 

collected additional human remains. 

The archeological materials from the 

site date to the Keith phase of the Plains 

Woodland period (A.D. 600–800). The 

human remains collected in 1963, 

which are securely stored at KHS (case 

number UBS 1990–25), belong to one 

adult male between 34 and 40 years of 

age, and one adult female of unknown 

age. The human remains collected in 

1965, which are securely stored at KU 

(accession number 698.1996), belong to 

one adult, probably female based on the 

presence of a wide sciatic notch of the 

innominate. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

14PH305 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Phillips County, KS. In 1978, KHS, 

working under a contract with the FWS, 

surveyed and tested site 14PH305 

during an archeological survey of the 

Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge. The 

surveyors collected artifacts and bone 

from the surface of the site and 

excavated at least one soil core probe. 

The archeological materials from the 

site date to the Plains Woodland period 

(A.D. 1–1000). In 2000, Dr. Michael 

Finnegan at Forensic Anthropological 

Consultants in Manhattan, KS, 

inventoried the human remains, but 

could not determine the age, sex, or 

ancestry of the individual. In 2023, 

Reclamation conducted a repository 

facility review of KHS and became 

aware of the human remains from 

14PH305. The human remains are 

securely stored at KHS (case number 

UBS–2000.15). No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

25FT— 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Frontier County, NE. Sometime 

prior to 1982, a private individual 

collected a human skull from Harry 

Strunk Lake and subsequently donated 

it to the University of Nebraska State 

Museum (UNSM). The reported 

discovery location is near two 

archeological sites—25FT18, a Plains 

Woodland period site (A.D. 1–1000), 

and 25FT20, a Central Plains Tradition 

site (A.D. 1000–1500). In 1995, UNSM 

transferred the donated remains to 

Reclamation. Prior to Reclamation’s 

possession, the skull had been 

reconstructed and coated in a shellaclike substance. In 2017, Dr. E. Melanie 

Ryan, Reclamation’s California-Great 

Basin Region, Regional NAGPRA 


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Program Manager, determined that the 

human remains belonged to an 

individual of Native American ancestry, 

based on non-metric cranial traits. In 

2019, Reclamation transferred the 

human remains to WSU–BAL for secure 

storage. The human remains belong to 

an adult male, 18 to 42 years of age. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects 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: anthropological, 

archeological, geographical, linguistic, 

oral traditional, 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 Reclamation 

Nebraska-Kansas Area Office has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 56 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 13 objects described in this 

notice are reasonably believed to have 

been placed with or near individual 

human remains at the time of death or 

later as part of the death rite or 

ceremony. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice and the Pawnee Nation of 

Oklahoma; Three Affiliated Tribes of the 

Fort Berthold Reservation, North 

Dakota; and the Wichita and Affiliated 

Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco, & 

Tawakonie), Oklahoma. 

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 

and associated funerary objects in this 

notice to a requestor may occur on or 

after January 12, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Reclamation Nebraska-Kansas Area 

Office must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The Reclamation 

Nebraska-Kansas Area Office 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, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: December 6, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037059; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) 

has completed an inventory of human 

remains and determined they are 

reasonably believed to be related to the 

lineal descendant in this notice. The 

human remains were collected at the 

Flandreau Indian School in Moody 

County, SD. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after January 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–2374, email jpickering@

fas.harvard.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 PMAE. 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 PMAE. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were 

collected at the Flandreau Indian School 

in Moody County, SD. The human 

remains are hair clippings collected 

from one individual identified as 

‘‘Sioux’’ who was recorded as being 16 

years old. George E. Peters took the hair 

clippings at the Flandreau Indian 

School between 1930 and 1933. Peters 

sent the hair clippings to George 

Woodbury, who donated the hair 

clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Lineal Descent 

The human remains in this notice are 

connected to an identifiable individual 

whose descendants can be traced 

directly and without interruption by 

means of a traditional kinship system or 

by the common law system of 

descendance. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate lineal 

descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native 

Hawaiian organizations, the PMAE has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a direct lineal descendant 

to the named individual whose human 

remains are described in this notice. 

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 lineal 

descendants, 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 


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