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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 Queens County, NY. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Nell Murphy, American 

Museum of Natural History, Central 

Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 

10024, telephone (212) 769–5837, email 

nmurphy@amnh.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 AMNH. 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 AMNH. 

Description 

In 1900, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from Astoria, South of Bittner’s 

Beside Trolley Road From 92st Ferry, 

Queens County, NY, by M. Raymond 

Harrington as part of an AMNH funded 

expedition. The human remains were 

accessioned that same year. The eight 

associated funerary objects include one 

bone awl, one potential hammerstone, 

one lot of pot sherds, one lot of stones, 

one lot of animal bones, one lot of 

charcoal, one lot of shells, and one lot 

of fish bones. 

In 1923, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from Jamaica, Aqueduct, 250 

Ft. East of Public School Near Old South 

Road, Queens County, NY. The human 

remains were accessioned that same 

year as a gift from Eugene Gellot. The 

one associated funerary object is one lot 

of animal bone. 

In an unknown year, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from Far 

Rockaway, Forest and Cornegan Ave, 

Queens County, NY, by an unknown 

person while excavating for a building. 

The human remains were accessioned 

in 1939 as a gift from Mervin Rosenberg. 

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: geographical, 

historical, and linguistics information. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, AMNH has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of three individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The nine 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 Delaware Nation, 

Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; 

and the Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin. 

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 18, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

AMNH 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. AMNH 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 8, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27799 Filed 12–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037084; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: South Carolina Institute of 

Archaeology and Anthropology, 

University of South Carolina, 

Columbia, SC 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the South 

Carolina Institute of Archaeology and 

Anthropology (SCIAA) intends to 

repatriate certain cultural items that 

meet the definition of unassociated 

funerary objects and that have a cultural 

affiliation with the Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The cultural items were removed 

from Oconee County, SC. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Nina Schreiner, South 

Carolina Institute of Archaeology and 

Anthropology (SCIAA), College of Arts 

and Sciences, University of South 

Carolina, 1321 Pendleton Street, 

Columbia, SC 29208, email Schreinn@

email.sc.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 SCIAA. 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 SCIAA. 

Description 

In 1957, the two cultural items were 

removed from site 38OC55, Rock Cairn, 


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Oconee County, SC, by Mr. Marshall W. 

Williams. Williams transferred the items 

to SCIAA in 1970. The two unassociated 

funerary objects are one lot metal 

objects and one lot mixed material 

beads. 

In 1970, an additional cultural item 

was removed from the same site, 

38OC55, by Mr. John D. Combes of 

SCIAA, during the Keowee Toxaway 

Reservoir salvage excavations 

conducted by SCIAA for Duke Power 

Company of Charlotte, NC. The one 

unassociated funerary object is one lot 

of ceramic objects. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The cultural items 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 

information, archeological information, 

and historical information. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the SCIAA has 

determined that: 

• The three 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 cultural items and 

the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians; and the United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma. 

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 18, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the SCIAA 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 SCIAA 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 10.8, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: December 8, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27792 Filed 12–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037080; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: The University of Kansas, 

Lawrence, KS 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

University of Kansas intends to 

repatriate a certain cultural item that 

meets the definition of a sacred object 

and that has a cultural affiliation with 

the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. The 

cultural item was removed from Sonora, 

Mexico. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas Torma, 

NAGPRA Program Manager, The 

University of Kansas, Office of Audit, 

Risk & Compliance, 1450 Jayhawk 

Boulevard, 351 Strong Hall, Lawrence, 

KS 66045, telephone (406) 850–2220, 

email t-torma@ku.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 

Kansas. 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 

Kansas. 

Description 

The one cultural item was removed 

from Sonora, Mexico, at an unknown 

time. The item is a Pascola Mask, used 

by the Yaqui people during Holy Week 

celebrations. The mask was collected by 

J. Cotter Hirschberg, M.D. at an 

unknown date. In December 1967, Dr. 

Hirschberg donated the mask to the 

Museum and Archives Division of the 

Menninger Foundation, a psychiatric 

facility located in Topeka at that time. 

The mask was received at Kansas 

University Museum of Anthropology 

(KUMA) as a donation from the 

Menninger Foundation in 1993. KUMA 

closed to the public in August 2002. In 

July of 2005, the collections were 

renamed the Anthropological Research 

and Cultural Collections (ARCC). In 

January of 2007, the collection was 

transferred from the ARCC to the 

Spencer Museum of Art. The one sacred 

object is a Yaqui Pascola Mask. 

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 

information, folklore, geographical 

information, historical information, 

kinship, 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 Kansas 

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 

Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural item in this 


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