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(WPA) in 1941, and the associated finds 

were transferred to the SNOMNH 

(formerly known as the Stovall Museum 

of Science and History) that same year. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects from site 34Lf19 were 

interred during the Woodland Period 

(300 BC–A.D. 900). The human remains 

consist of, at minimum, 47 adult males, 

15 adult females, 15 adults of 

indeterminate sex, and 17 children 

ranging in age from fetal to adolescent. 

The 174 associated funerary objects are 

one undecorated ceramic pot, one 

decorated potsherd, 10 undecorated 

potsherds, three stone knives, one Gary 

type projectile point, 50 projectile 

points, one scraper, one flake, five bone 

awls, three bone pins, one bone awl tip, 

one horn atlatl, five modified animal 

bones, 58 unmodified animal bones, 21 

shell beads, one shell gorget, one 

modified shell, four stone double bit 

axes, one stone gorget, one stone gorget 

fragment, three groundstone fragments, 

and one paint stone. 

In 1938, 1939, and 1969, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 154 

individuals were removed from the 

Moore site (34Lf31) in LeFlore County, 

OK. The site is located approximately 

two miles north of the town of Spiro, 

OK, and within the floodplain of the 

Arkansas River. The Moore site was 

initially discovered—and severely 

disturbed—by a railroad that cut 

through the site in 1885. The site was 

later impacted by extensive farming 

activities and looting. The 1938 and 

1939 excavations were carried out by 

the WPA, while the University of 

Oklahoma conducted additional salvage 

excavations in 1969. The associated 

finds were transferred to the SNOMNH 

following each excavation season. The 

human remains and funerary objects 

from site 34Lf31 were interred during 

the Fort Coffee phase (A.D. 1450–1650). 

The human remains consist of, at 

minimum, 34 adult females, 44 adult 

males, 28 adults of indeterminate sex, 

40 children, and eight infants. The 315 

associated funerary objects are: one 

ceramic pipe, one bag of charcoal from 

the aforementioned pipe, 42 

undecorated ceramic vessels, 18 

decorated ceramic vessels, one 

reconstructible decorated ceramic 

vessel, one undecorated partial vessel, 

11 reconstructible undecorated ceramic 

vessels, 46 undecorated potsherds, three 

decorated potsherds, four bags of 

undecorated potsherds, 21 turquoise 

beads, one sandstone elbow pipe, 74 

stone projectile points, 12 stone drills, 

one stone knife, one stone hoe, one 

unidentified stone tool, four stone tool 

fragments, 14 stone flakes, one bag of 

stone flakes, one modified stone, three 

red ochre fragments, seven pieces of 

quartz, six unmodified stones, eight 

faunal bone tools, four turtle shells, 

eight faunal jawbones, one modified fish 

bone, six faunal bones, five bags of 

faunal bones, three shell beads, two 

shells, two shell fragments, and one bag 

of shells. 

In 1941, human remains representing, 

at minimum, two individuals were 

removed from the Geren site (34Lf36) in 

LeFlore County, OK. Located about one 

mile southwest of Spiro Mounds, this 

site was excavated by the WPA in 1941 

and the associated finds were 

transferred to the SNOMNH that same 

year. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects from site 

34Lf36 were interred during the 

Mississippian Period, and more 

specifically, during the local Spiro (A.D. 

1350–1450) and Fort Coffee phases 

(A.D. 1450–1650). The human remains 

include one adult male, 35–50 years old, 

and one adult, older than 20 years, of 

indeterminate sex. The two associated 

funerary objects are one Fresno type 

projectile point and one side-notched 

Reed type projectile point. 

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, and historical 

information, as well as information 

provided through tribal consultation. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the SNOMNH has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 250 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 491 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 Caddo Nation of 

Oklahoma and the Wichita and 

Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, 

Waco, & Tawakonie), 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 SNOMNH 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 SNOMNH 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. 2023–27802 Filed 12–18–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037081; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Office 

of the State Archaeologist 

Bioarchaeology Program, University of 

Iowa, Iowa City, IA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Office 

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Bioarchaeology Program (OSA–BP) has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and has determined that there is no 

cultural affiliation between the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and any Indian Tribe. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Boone, Cass, 

Cherokee, Clayton, Clinton, Dickinson, 

Dubuque, Marshall, Monona, 

Muscatine, Page, Plymouth, 

Pottawattamie, Story, and Woodbury 

Counties, IA. 

DATES: Disposition of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Lara Noldner, Office of 

the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology 

Program, University of Iowa, 700 S 

Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA 52242, 

telephone (319) 384–0740, email laranoldner@uiowa.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 OSA–BP. 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 the OSA–BP. 

Description 

In June 2009, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from 13PM247 

in Plymouth County, IA. Very small 

cranial fragments were found on the 

surface of the known Archaic Period site 

by a local collector and were transferred 

to the OSA–BP. An individual of 

unknown age and sex is represented by 

the human remains (Burial Project 

3084). No associated funerary objects 

are present. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were removed from an 

unknown location, presumed to be in 

Iowa. In 2016, a private citizen 

transferred to the OSA–BP human 

remains which he had inherited from a 

deceased relative with no provenience 

information. A middle adult male and a 

young adult of indeterminate sex are 

represented by the cranial remains 

(Burial Project 3184). No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In the 1950s and 1960s, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 16 

individuals were removed from mound 

sites 13DB40 and 13DB1140 in Dubuque 

County, IA, as well as from a mound site 

of unknown location (reported as 

Richards Mound group) likely in Grant 

County, WI. The human remains were 

excavated by amateurs and curated in 

private homes until one of the 

excavators passed away. A descendant 

of the excavator transferred commingled 

human remains from all three sites to 

the OSA–BP in May 2016. Seven adults, 

including at least one female and three 

males, are represented, as well as eight 

juveniles of the following ages: 1.5–2.5 

years, 2.5–4.5 years, 4.5–6.5 years, 

around 5.5 years, 7.5–9.5 years, 10.5– 

11.5 years, 11.5–13.5 years, and >14.5– 

15.5. The sixteenth individual is a likely 

juvenile, but age could not be estimated 

(Burial Project 3189). The 14 associated 

funerary objects are seven freshwater 

shell fragments, four small faunal bones, 

two pieces of baked clay, and one small 

piece of limestone. 

In 2015 and 2016, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from 13DK96, 

likely a winter campsite, in Dickinson 

County, IA. During field school 

excavations conducted in 2015 and 

2016 by the University of Iowa 

Department of Anthropology, three 

isolated human bone fragments 

originally thought to be faunal were 

recovered. Once identified as human, 

these remains were transferred to the 

OSA–BP. A child approximately 10-to12 years old is represented by the 

human remains (Burial Project 3205). 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

In 1939, human remains representing, 

at minimum, two individuals were 

removed from 13CK98, a precontact 

cemetery, in Cherokee County, IA. The 

human remains were discovered by a 

Civilian Conservation Corps crew 

digging a gravel pit on the property of 

a local farmer. The farmer kept the 

cranial remains in a house that was 

passed down to his descendants. 

Grandchildren of the farmer transferred 

the human remains to the OSA–BP in 

2017. An old adult male and a youngto-middle adult female are represented 

by the human remains (Burial Project 

3214). The one associated funerary 

object is a flat copper object, which 

appears to be a pendant. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown location, possibly in 

northwestern Iowa. The 

unprovenienced remains, a single 

human tooth, were discovered in a desk 

drawer at the Sanford Museum in 

Cherokee, Cherokee County, IA. The 

discovery of the tooth with papers 

belonging to an archeological society 

suggests an archeological origin for the 

human remains, potentially a Native 

American site. No additional 

information is available. The human 

remains were transferred to the OSA–BP 

in 2017. An adult of unknown age and 

sex is represented by the tooth (Burial 

Project 3246). No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In September 2017, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from 

Muscatine County, IA. A private citizen 

discovered a partial cranium in the 

Cedar River (find spot 13MC350). The 

original location of the cranium is 

unknown. The find was reported to the 

Muscatine County Sheriff’s Office, 

which collected the human remains and 

transferred them to the OSA–BP. An 

adult of unknown sex is represented by 

the human remains (Burial Project 

3287). No associated funerary objects 

are present. 

In August 2018, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from Cass 

County, IA. The human remains were 

discovered on a sandbar in the East 

Nishnabotna River (find spot 13CA79) 

by a private citizen who then transferred 

the human remains to the OSA–BP. An 

adult of unknown age, possibly female, 

is represented by the partial mandible 

(Burial Project 3375). No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, eight 

individuals were removed from an 

unknown location or locations in Iowa. 

Sometime in the 1970s, these human 

remains were transferred by Iowa 

archeologists to a forensic 

anthropologist at Kansas State 

University. In 2018, an anthropology 

professor at Kansas State identified the 

skeletal remains as originating from 

Iowa and transferred them to the OSA– 

BP in 2019. Three older adults, two 

adolescents or young adults, two young 

children (1.0–4.0 years), and one fetal to 

newborn individual are represented by 

the incomplete and fragmented remains 

(Burial Project 3402). No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In July 2019, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from Page 

County, IA. A partial human cranium 

was discovered by private citizens on a 

sandbar (find spot 13PA124) in the East 

Nishnabotna River. Page County 

Sheriff’s deputies recovered the human 

remains and sent them to the Iowa 

Office of the State Medical Examiner 

(SME case #19–03834). A forensic 

anthropologist with Des Moines 

University determined that the human 

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significance and were likely Native 

American. The State Medical Examiner 

transferred the human remains to the 

OSA–BP in August 2019. A middle 

adult female is represented by the 

human remains (Burial Project 3456). 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, four 

individuals were removed from an 

unknown location or locations in Iowa. 

Human remains were discovered on 

display at Jim’s History Barn in 

Peterson, IA, by a Sanford Museum 

archeologist and reported to the OSA. 

Many bones that the elements were 

displayed with had site numbers written 

on them but these were without labels; 

given their similar coloration to labeled 

elements they are likely from sites in 

northwest Iowa as well. The human 

remains were confiscated by the OSA– 

BP in 2019. Four adults, one of 

unknown age beyond the category of 

adult, two middle-aged adults and one 

younger to middle-aged adult are 

represented by the incomplete and 

fragmented remains (BP3474). No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Between 2000 and 2009, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 

three individuals were removed from 

various locations in Iowa, potentially 

from Clinton in Clinton County. The 

human remains were initially collected 

and stored by Jim Pilgrim; they were 

transferred to the OSA–BP in December 

of 2019. The cranial and postcranial 

fragments represent three individuals: 

one adult of indeterminate sex, one 

adult male and one possible juvenile 

(BP3477). The 22 associated funerary 

objects are 10 faunal bones,11 pieces of 

stone, and one piece of black flint that 

has been flaked. 

In 2019, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from Pottawattamie County, 

IA. A private citizen contacted the OSA 

for identification of an isolated bone 

fragment he had found while metal 

detecting. It was confirmed to be 

human, and it was transferred to the 

OSA–BP in December 2019, as other 

sites in the vicinity are known to 

include ancient burials. The find spot 

was designated 13PW391. An adult of 

unknown age and sex is represented by 

a tibial fragment (Burial Project 3483). 

No associated funerary objected are 

present. 

In 2021, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual was 

removed from 13MN87 in Monona 

County, IA. On March 30, 2020, the 

Iowa Department of Natural Resources 

contacted the OSA to report a skull 

eroding along a road cut bank in the 

Loess Hills. The human remains were 

left in place and covered with clean fill. 

A year later the human remains were reexposed, so were collected by the OSA– 

BP in 2021. A juvenile of unknown age 

is represented by a partial fragmented 

cranium (Burial Project 3498). No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In August 2020, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from Clayton 

County, IA. Kayakers found a partial 

maxilla and zygomatic on the bank of 

the Turkey River in Elkader, IA (find 

spot 13CT477), and turned it over to the 

Clayton County Sheriff’s Office. The 

Clayton County Sheriff’s Office 

contacted the OSA and in August 2020, 

the human remains were transferred to 

the OSA–BP. An adult of indeterminate 

sex around the age of 20–35 years old 

is represented by the human remains 

(Burial Project 3530). No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In October 2020, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from 

Woodbury County, IA. A private citizen 

informed the Woodbury County 

Sheriff’s Office that he had discovered 

part of a human cranium in the Little 

Sioux River (find spot 13WD232). The 

original burial location of the cranium is 

unknown. The sheriff’s office 

transferred the cranial fragment to the 

Iowa Office of the State Medical 

Examiner, where the human remains 

were determined not to be of forensic 

significance (SME Case#: 20–03037). 

The cranial remains were transferred to 

the OSA–BP in November 2020. An 

adult of unknown age and sex is 

represented by the left parietal (Burial 

Project 3544). No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

On July 3, 2021, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from Cherokee 

County, IA. A human mandible was 

found by kayakers on a sandbar in the 

Little Sioux River (find spot 13CK175). 

The mandible was brought to the 

Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office on July 

10, 2021 and transferred to the OSA–BP 

on July 30, 2021. One middle-aged male 

(35–50 years) is represented by an 

almost complete mandible (BP3617). No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

At an unknown time, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from 

13BN323, a village site with associated 

mounds, in Boone County, IA. The 

human remains were identified among 

faunal remains in the 2022 Jimmie 

Thompson Donation to the OSA. The 

human remains consist of a single 

mandibular right first molar. Dental 

wear indicates a middle-aged adult 

individual of Native American ancestry 

is represented; sex is indeterminate 

(BP3686). No associated funerary objects 

are present. 

At an unknown time, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from 13SR5 in 

Story County, IA. The human remains 

came to the OSA through the 2022 

Jimmie Thompson Donation with other 

artifacts from the site. The human 

remains include three rib fragments and 

one manubrium fragment and represent 

an adult individual of indeterminate age 

and sex (BP3693). No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

At an unknown time, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the 

Ioway Creek in Boone County north of 

Ames, IA (find spot 13BN491), by 

collector Jimmie Thompson. Mr. 

Thompson’s collection was donated to 

the OSA in May 2022. In August 2022, 

a human mandible fragment was 

identified by OSA lab staff during the 

processing of the collection and was 

transferred to the OSA–BP. One adult 

probable male is represented by the 

mandible fragment (BP3706). No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

On August 10, 2022, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from Marshall 

County, IA. A human mandible was 

found on a sandbar in the Iowa River 

(find spot 13MR501) by Marshall 

County Conservation volunteers 

surveying the river near Timmons Grove 

County Park. The volunteers contacted 

the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office 

who contacted the Iowa State Medical 

Examiner. The mandible was transferred 

to the OSA–BP after the Medical 

Examiner’s determination on August 11, 

2022, that the human remains were not 

of forensic significance (SME Case#: 22– 

27091). One middle aged male (30–50) 

is represented by an almost complete 

mandible (BP3708). No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

At an unknown date human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from Monona 

County, IA. A mostly complete right 

parietal, articulating left parietal 

fragment, and partial mandible with five 

associated teeth were collected from a 

farm field near Castana, IA, by a farmer 

and given to private citizen of Mapleton, 

IA. The citizen’s wife transferred the 

human remains to the Mapleton 

Museum in the late 1990s. The museum 

curator transferred the human remains 

to the Monona County Sheriff’s Office in 

2021 and the Sheriff transferred the 

human remains to the OSA in February 

of 2023. On older adult male (50+ years 

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elements and mandible (BP3757). No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

At an unknown date, possibly 

between the 1960s and 2009, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 

three individuals were removed from an 

unknown location, likely within the 

vicinity of Clinton, IA, by a private 

collector. Upon the private collectors 

passing his family transferred the 

human remains to the OSA in March of 

2023. One juvenile individual aged birth 

to two years and two adult males are 

represented (BP3770). The 16 associated 

funerary objects include one black chert 

early-stage biface, one white chert point 

base, and 14 shell fragments. 

At an unknown date human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown location, likely in the vicinity 

of Clinton, IA, by a private collector. 

Upon his passing his family transferred 

the human remains to the OSA in March 

of 2023. The human remains include on 

left tibia midsection from an adult 

individual (BP3772). The human 

remains represent one adult individual. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

Aboriginal Land 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects 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 

final judgment of the Indian Claims 

Commission or the United States Court 

of Claims, treaties, oral history, and 

consultation with 26 signatory Tribes to 

the Process for Reburial of Culturally 

Unidentifiable Native American Human 

Remains and Associated Funerary 

Objects originating from Iowa. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes, the OSA–BP has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 55 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 53 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. 

• No relationship of shared group 

identity can be reasonably traced 

between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects and any 

Indian Tribe. 

• The human remains and associated 

funerary objects described in this notice 

were removed from the aboriginal land 

of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of 

the Cheyenne River Reservation, South 

Dakota; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, 

Oklahoma; Flandreau Santee Sioux 

Tribe of South Dakota; Ho-Chunk 

Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of 

Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Lower Sioux Indian 

Community in the State of Minnesota; 

Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Omaha Tribe 

of Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of 

Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation of 

Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; 

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation; Sac & 

Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and 

Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; 

Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in 

Iowa; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; 

Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake 

Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; 

Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota;, The 

Osage Nation; Three Affiliated Tribes of 

the Fort Berthold Reservation, North 

Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, 

Minnesota; Winnebago Tribe of 

Nebraska; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe 

of South Dakota. 

Requests for Disposition 

Written requests for disposition of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects 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 and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after January 18, 2024. If competing 

requests for disposition are received, the 

OSA–BP must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

disposition. Requests for joint 

disposition of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The OSA–BP 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 8, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037092; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

American Museum of Natural History, 

New York, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

American Museum of Natural History 

(AMNH) 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 Snohomish County, 

WA. 

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, 200 Central 

Park West, 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 the 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 the AMNH. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 16 individuals were removed 

from Snohomish County, WA. In 1899, 

former AMNH Curator of North 

American Archaeology, Harlan Smith, 

excavated the individuals and 15 

associated funerary objects from eight 

shell heaps found along the 


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