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Description 

The one cultural item was removed 

from the Southeastern United States. 

The one unassociated funerary object is 

a clay bowl, unglazed, with handles 

measuring height 5′′, width 7.75′′, length 

9′′. The bowl has a round base; widest 

at middle, then narrows slightly towards 

rim; which is flared with two flat 

handles on opposite sides of the rim. 

Currently there is a large chip at the 

edge of one handle, a crack radiating 

from the base, a small hole just below 

the widest part of the bowl at the 

midpoint between two handles, and an 

adhesive label with the number ‘‘54’’ on 

the neck. 

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: geographical 

information and expert opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, Boston Children’s 

Museum has determined that: 

• The one cultural item described 

above is 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 is 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 item and 

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural item 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 item in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after January 22, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

Boston Children’s Museum must 

determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the cultural item 

are considered a single request and not 

competing requests. Boston Children’s 

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 10.8, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: December 13, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037120; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Navajo National 

Monument, Shonto, AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Navajo National 

Monument (NAVA) 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 Coconino and 

Navajo Counties, AZ. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Lyn Carranza, 

Superintendent, Navajo National 

Monument, End of AZ Hwy 564 North, 

P.O. Box 7717, Shonto, AZ 86054–7717, 

telephone (928) 624–5500 Ext. 244, 

email lyn_carranza@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, NAVA. Additional 

information on the determinations in 

this notice, including the results of 

consultation, can be found in the 

inventory or related records held by 

NAVA. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Coconino County, AZ, in 1939, 

during excavations conducted by 

Charlie Steen of the NPS to stabilize 

Inscription House. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Coconino County, AZ, in 1964, by 

NPS personnel after being exposed on 

the surface of Inscription House by 

erosion. The three associated funerary 

objects are one bowl, one jar, and one 

ladle. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 43 individuals were removed 

from Coconino County, AZ, in 1966, 

when a midden below Inscription 

House was excavated by the Museum of 

Northern Arizona (MNA) under the 

direction of Dr. George Gumerman. The 

473 associated funerary objects are one 

projectile point, 15 awls, three worked 

bones, one flesher, one biface fragment, 

20 flakes, two pendants, one bead, two 

earrings, 13 stone tile fragments, nine 

pieces of limonite, one piece of 

hematite, one maul, one mano, 68 

faunal bones, one abrader, 41 bowls, 

seven ladles, 38 jars, two colanders, 

three bags of plant materials, one 

eggshell, one metate, 235 sherds, one 

worked sherd, one hammerstone, one 

concretion, one bag of unfired clay, and 

one bag of wood. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Coconino County, AZ, in 1977, by 

the University of Colorado through a 

contract with the NPS for salvage 

excavations on the midden at 

Inscription House that was excavated in 

1966. The 49 associated funerary objects 

are 48 sherds and one soil sample. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 13 individuals were removed 

from Navajo County, AZ, in 1934, by the 

Civil Works Administration (CWA) 

through the MNA during stabilization 

activities at Keet Seel. The 69 associated 

funerary objects are one axe, one bead, 

one bowl, 55 faunal bones, seven jars, 

two kaolin samples, one pendant, and 

one sherd. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Navajo County, AZ. In 1935, 

human remains were donated to the 


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MNA and were identified as being from 

Keet Seel. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Navajo County, AZ. In 1964, 

human remains were turned over to the 

NPS and were identified as being from 

Keet Seel. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, two individuals were 

removed from Navajo County, AZ, in 

1938, during excavations at Kiva Cave 

by Milton Wetherill. The 35 associated 

funerary objects are one piece of cotton 

cloth and 34 sherds. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, three individuals were 

removed from Navajo County, AZ, in 

1963, by Carl Jennings of the University 

of Colorado during excavations at 

Turkey Cave. The human remains were 

deposited at the MNA. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Navajo County, AZ, in 1985, 

during stabilization work at Turkey 

Cave by Peter McKenna and John Stein 

of the NPS Chaco Center. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, two individuals were 

removed from Navajo County, AZ. In 

1938 human remains removed from 

Betatakin by Milton Wetherill were 

donated to the MNA. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Navajo County, AZ in 1964 by NPS 

archeologist Keith Anderson during an 

authorized excavation of the midden 

below Betatakin. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Navajo County, AZ, in 1967, 

during an unauthorized exploration of 

Betatakin. 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 

information, archeological information, 

biological information, folklore, 

geographical information, historical 

information, kinship, linguistics, oral 

tradition, 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, NAVA has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 71 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 629 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 Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New 

Mexico, & Utah; and the Zuni Tribe of 

the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. 

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 22, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

NAVA 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. NAVA 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 13, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28176 Filed 12–21–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037123; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: State Historical Society of 

Wisconsin, Madison, WI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the State 

Historical Society of Wisconsin intends 

to repatriate a certain cultural item that 

meets the definition of an object of 

cultural patrimony and that has a 

cultural affiliation with the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

in this notice. The cultural item was 

removed from Black River Falls, Jackson 

County, WI. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Curator of American Indian 

Collections Jacqueline Pozza Reisner, 

State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 

204 S Thornton Avenue, Madison, WI 

53703, telephone (608) 263–3537, email 

jacqueline.pozza@wisconsinhistory.org 

and nagpra@wisconsinhistory.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 State Historical 

Society of Wisconsin. 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 State Historical Society of 

Wisconsin. 

Description 

The one cultural item has the catalog 

number 1950.6447 and is described in 

Society documentation as both a War 

Club and a Prophet Stick belonging to 

Chief Spoon Decorah and was removed 

from Black River Falls, Jackson County, 

WI. The State Historical Society of 

Wisconsin purchased this item on 

December 3, 1913 for $20.00 from Dr. 


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