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housed at the University of Georgia, 

Laboratory of Archaeology. The 2,502 

unassociated funerary objects include: 

Possibly associated with Burial 7— 

lithics, ceramics, celt, lithic flakes, 

faunal, fossil bead, and faunal; Possibly 

associated with Burial 8—lithics, lithic 

worked, lithic PPK, ceramics, and 

faunal; Burial 9A, Mound A—copper 

band fragment; Burial 10—alligator 

tooth, stones, and UID ‘‘gallstones’’; 

Possibly associated with Burial 12— 

copper fragments; Mound C, Feature 

30—copper flakes, bone beads, shark 

vertebrae beads, animal teeth, drilled 

shark vertebrae, drilled shark teeth, 

faunal, pebbles from near bone rattle, 

backed chert knife, copper pin w/ 

wooden head, copper flake, cast of fiber 

plate with impression, copper plate 

with fiber impressions, copper plate 

fragments and microslide, copper 

earspools, and woven material and fiber; 

Burial 15A, Mound C, Feature 31— 

PPKs, fragmented material associated 

with pan pipe, copper pan pipe, shell 

fragments, copper fragments, and soil 

from inside pipe; Burial 16 Mound A— 

copper earspool (w/microslide); 

Unknown burials from Mound 

context—lithics, lithic PPK, lithics 

worked, ceramic, faunal, UID metal, 

burned clay and bone mix, soil, 

charcoal, plain vessel, material under 

pan pipe, copper earspool fragments, 

Flint Ridge Ohio blade, shell, shell bead 

necklace, mica, and lithic spade/hoe. 

The site 9DD57 was identified during 

a survey conducted by Bruce Smith in 

1975. At the time the site was surveyed, 

a collection was made from the surface 

of the cave as well as test pits and areas 

just outside the cave. The collection was 

then housed at the University of 

Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology. The 

489 unassociated funerary objects 

include: lithics, hammerstone, faunal 

bone, shell, burned nut shell, peach 

pits, burned wood/charcoal, bone pin 

fragment, and eagle raptor talon. 

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. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, University of Georgia, 

Laboratory of Archaeology has 

determined that: 

• The 2,991 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 Muscogee (Creek) Nation. 

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 22, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

University of Georgia, Laboratory of 

Archaeology 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 University of 

Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology 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. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28188 Filed 12–21–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037127; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: The Filson Historical Society, 

Louisville, KY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Filson 

Historical Society 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 Essex County, VA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Kelly Hyberger, Filson 

Historical Society, 1310 South Third 

Street, Louisville, KY 40208, telephone 

(502) 635–5083, email khyberger@

filsonhistorical.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 Filson 

Historical Society. 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 Filson Historical Society. 

Description 

The one unassociated funerary object 

was removed from Essex County, VA. 

On July 21, 1936, construction workers 

uncovered a Native American grave on 

the grounds of the county courthouse in 

Rappahannock, Essex County, VA. 

Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston collected 

a stone grooved ax from the burial; he 

did not take possession of the ancestral 

remains. Thruston donated the ax to the 

Filson Historical Society on July 26, 

1936. The one unassociated funerary 

object is a grooved stone ax. 

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 


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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, historical 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 Filson Historical 

Society 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 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 Rappahannock Tribe, Inc. 

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 22, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Filson Historical Society 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 Filson 

Historical Society 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. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28182 Filed 12–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037124; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Antelope 

Valley College (AVC) 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 Yuba, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Darcy L. Wiewall, 

Antelope Valley College (AVC) 3041 W 

Ave. K, Lancaster, CA 93536, telephone 

(661) 722–6300 Ext. 6902, email 

darcy.wiewall@avc.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 AVC. 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 AVC. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 13 individuals were removed 

from Yuba, CA. These human remains 

and associated funerary objects came 

into AVC’s possession in 2019. The 

human remains were excavated in 1966 

by Ernest D. Wetstein (Yuba College 

Science Division) and directed by Roger 

Robinson (Sacramento State) with 

volunteer crews from Yuba College and 

local high schools at CA–YUB–164 (aka 

Yuba 58–1). Roger Robinson brought the 

collection to Antelope Valley College in 

1968 and subsequently transferred it to 

his personal residence in 2007. In 2019, 

Antelope Valley College took possession 

of the collection. In July 2021, California 

State University, Sacramento 

Archaeological Curation Facility, 

transferred four Lindhurst Site (CA– 

YUB–164) items to be reunited with the 

rest of the collection in AVC’s 

possession. The five lots of associated 

funerary objects consist of faunal, 

lithics, shell, ground stone, clay objects, 

sediment samples, and rocks. 

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, 

geographical information, folkloric, 

historical, kinship, linguistic, oral 

traditional, and expert opinion, 

including Tribal Traditional Knowledge. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, AVC has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 13 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The five lots of 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 United Auburn 

Indian Community of the Auburn 

Rancheria of California. 

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. 


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