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disposition of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. Kansas State 

University 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 and 10.11. 

Dated: December 6, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27366 Filed 12–12–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037050; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items Amendment: Arizona State 

Museum, University of Arizona, 

Tucson, AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; amendment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Arizona State Museum, University of 

Arizona, has amended a Notice of Intent 

to Repatriate published in the Federal 

Register on October 17, 2018. This 

notice amends the number of cultural 

items in a collection removed from 

Pinal County, AZ. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Cristin Lucas, Repatriation 

Coordinator, P.O. Box 210026, Arizona 

State Museum, University of Arizona, 

Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone (520) 626– 

0320, email lucasc@arizona.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 Arizona State 

Museum, University of Arizona. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

amendments and determinations in this 

notice, including the results of 

consultation, can be found in the 

summary or related records held by the 

Arizona State Museum, University of 

Arizona. 

Amendment 

This notice amends the 

determinations published in a Notice of 

Intent to Repatriate in the Federal 

Register (83 FR 52532–52535, October 

17, 2018). Repatriation of the items in 

the original Notice of Intent to 

Repatriate has not occurred. This notice 

amends the number of unassociated 

funerary objects as listed in the original 

notice. An additional three unassociated 

funerary objects removed from AZ 

AA:3:17(ASM) in Pinal County, AZ, 

were identified. 

From AZ AA:3:17(ASM) in Pinal 

County, AZ, the 10 unassociated 

funerary objects (previously identified 

as seven unassociated funerary objects) 

are one ceramic bowl, one ceramic jar, 

one mano, one polishing stone, one 

stone cylinder, two stone knives, one 

shell fragment, and two shell bracelets. 

Determinations (as Amended) 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Arizona State 

Museum, University of Arizona, has 

determined that: 

• The 326 cultural items described 

above 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 and are believed, by a 

preponderance of the evidence, to have 

been removed from a specific burial site 

of a Native American individual. 

• 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 Ak-Chin Indian 

Community; Gila River Indian 

Community of the Gila River Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa 

Indian Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham 

Nation of Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe 

of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items 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 items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after January 12, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Arizona State Museum, University 

of Arizona, must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the cultural items are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The Arizona State 

Museum, University of Arizona, 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, 10.13, 

and 10.14. 

Dated: December 6, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27364 Filed 12–12–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037055; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: The 

University of Oregon Museum of 

Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, 

OR 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The University of Oregon 

Museum of Natural and Cultural History 

has completed an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects, 

in consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, and has determined that 

there is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects and present-day Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the University of Oregon 

Museum of Natural and Cultural 

History. If no additional requestors 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the lineal descendants, Indian 

Tribes, or Native Hawaiian 

organizations stated in this notice may 

proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 


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