87802 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 242 / Tuesday, December 19, 2023 / Notices 

• The 20 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 Catawba Indian 

Nation; Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band 

of Cherokee Indians; The Muscogee 

(Creek) Nation; and the United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

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 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 human remains and 

associated funerary objects 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 10.9, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: December 8, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27793 Filed 12–18–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037101; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Voyageurs National Park, 

International Falls, MN 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Voyageurs National Park 

(VOYA) has completed an inventory of 

human remains and has determined that 

there is no cultural affiliation between 

the human remains and any Indian 

Tribe. The human remains were 

removed from St. Louis County, MN. 

DATES: Disposition of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after January 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Bob DeGross, 

Superintendent, Voyageurs National 

Park, 360 Hwy. 11 East, International 

Falls, MN 56649, telephone (218) 283– 

6600, email bob_degross@nps.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 

Superintendent, VOYA. Additional 

information on the determinations in 

this notice, including the results of 

consultation, can be found in the 

inventory or related records held by 

VOYA. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, three individuals were 

removed from St. Louis County, MN. 

The human remains were excavated by 

the National Park Service from a bundle 

burial on Wigwam Island (site 21SL183) 

that had been exposed due to erosion. 

Three individuals were identified, two 

adults and a child. The burial is dated 

as Middle to Late Woodland (200 BC— 

A.D. 1650). The thermoluminescence 

date for a fabric impressed body sherd 

recovered near, but not within, the 

burial is A.D. 1360 plus or minus 100 

years. No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

Aboriginal Land 

The human remains in this notice 

were removed from known geographic 

locations. These locations are the 

aboriginal lands of one or more Indian 

Tribes. The following information was 

used to identify the aboriginal land: a 

treaty. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes, VOYA has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of at least three individuals of 

Native American ancestry. 

• No relationship of shared group 

identity can be reasonably traced 

between the human remains and any 

Indian Tribe. 

• The human remains described in 

this notice were removed from the 

aboriginal land of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Bois Forte 

Band (Nett Lake)). 

Requests for Disposition 

Written requests for disposition of the 

human remains 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 

described in this notice to a requestor 

may occur on or after January 18, 2024. 

If competing requests for disposition are 

received, VOYA must determine the 

most appropriate requestor prior to 

disposition. Requests for joint 

disposition of the human remains are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. VOYA 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 11, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27804 Filed 12–18–23; 8:45 am] 

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