88642 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 245 / Friday, December 22, 2023 / Notices 

Dated: December 13, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28181 Filed 12–21–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037137; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion 

Amendment: Western Washington 

University, Department of 

Anthropology, Bellingham, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; amendment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Western 

Washington University (WWU) has 

amended a Notice of Inventory 

Completion published in the Federal 

Register on April 22, 2022. This notice 

amends the minimum number of 

individuals in a collection removed 

from Skagit County, WA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after January 22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Judith Pine, Western 

Washington University, Department of 

Anthropology, Arntzen Hall 340, 516 

High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225, 

telephone (360) 650–4783, email pinej@

wwu.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 WWU. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

amendments and determinations in this 

notice, including the results of 

consultation, can be found in the 

inventory or related records held by 

WWU. 

Amendment 

This notice amends the 

determinations published in a Notice of 

Inventory Completion in the Federal 

Register (87 FR 24196, April 22, 2022). 

Repatriation of the items in the original 

Notice of Inventory Completion has not 

occurred. In 2023, elements that were 

originally described as ‘‘unidentified’’ 

were reviewed by an osteologist. As a 

result of this review, the minimum 

number of individuals has increased 

from three to four individuals. 

From Site 45–SK–37 in Skagit County, 

WA, four individuals were removed 

(previously identified as three 

individuals). 

Determinations (as Amended) 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, WWU has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this amended notice represent the 

physical remains of four individuals of 

Native American ancestry. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains 

described in this notice and the 

Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains 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 in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after January 22, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

WWU must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the human remains are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. WWU 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, 10.13, 

and 10.14. 

Dated: December 13, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28190 Filed 12–21–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037131; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Alabama Department of Archives and 

History, Montgomery, AL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Alabama Department of Archives and 

History (ADAH) has completed an 

inventory of human remains and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. The human 

remains were removed from Winston or 

Blount County, AL. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after January 22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Kellie Bowers, NAGPRA 

Coordinator, the Alabama Department of 

Archives and History, P.O. Box 300100, 

624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, 

AL 36130, telephone (334) 353–4731, 

email nagpra.adah@

archives.alabama.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 Alabama 

Department of Archives and History. 

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 Alabama 

Department of Archives and History. 

Description 

Winston or Blount County, AL 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the site 

of Winston or Blount County Cave by 

members of the Alabama 

Anthropological Society. On October 8, 

1913, the human remains were donated 

to the ADAH (Human Remains 

Identification Number 4106). No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 


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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: archeological 

information, geographical information, 

historical information, kinship, and 

linguistics. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Alabama Department 

of Archives and History has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. 

• 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 Alabama-Coushatta 

Tribe of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte 

Tribal Town; Cherokee Nation; 

Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern 

Band of Cherokee Indians; Kialegee 

Tribal Town; Miccosukee Tribe of 

Indians; Poarch Band of Creek Indians; 

Seminole Tribe of Florida; The 

Chickasaw Nation; The Muscogee 

(Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of 

Oklahoma; and the Thlopthlocco Tribal 

Town. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains 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 in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after January 22, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Alabama Department of Archives 

and History must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the human remains are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The Alabama 

Department of Archives and History 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. 2023–28184 Filed 12–21–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037122; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology (PMAE), Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA, has completed an 

inventory of associated funerary objects 

and has determined that there is no 

cultural affiliation between the 

associated funerary objects and any 

Indian Tribe. The associated funerary 

objects were removed from Sumner and 

Williamson counties, TN. 

DATES: Disposition of the associated 

funerary objects in this notice may 

occur on or after January 22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–3702, email pcapone@

fas.harvard.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 PMAE. 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 PMAE. 

Description 

The human remains associated with 

the associated funerary objects were 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on December 21, 2018 (83 FR 

65741–65743), September 15, 2022 (87 

FR 56695–56696), and April 26, 2023 

(88 FR 25426–25427) and transfer of 

control has been completed. The present 

notice reflects the identification of 

additional associated funerary objects. 

In 1878, associated funerary objects 

were removed from the site of Gray’s 

Farm (40Wm11) in Williamson County, 

TN, by Edwin Curtiss as part of a 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology expedition led by F.W. 

Putnam. The one associated funerary 

object is a shell spoon. 

In 1878, associated funerary objects 

were removed from the site of Noel 

Cemetery, also known as Oscar Noel’s 

Farm (40Dv3), in Davidson County, TN, 

by Edwin Curtiss as part of a Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 

expedition led by F.W. Putnam. The one 

associated funerary object is a stone 

bead. 

In 1882, associated funerary objects 

were removed from the Brentwood 

Library Site (40Wm210) also known as 

Dr. Jarman’s Site, in Williamson County, 

TN, by F.W. Putnam as part of a 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology expedition. The one 

associated funerary object is a pearl 

bead. 

In 1879, associated funerary objects 

were removed from the RutherfordKizer site (40Su15) in Sumner, TN, by 

Edwin Curtiss as part of a Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 

Expedition led by F.W. Putnam. The 

two associated funerary objects are one 

shell fragment and one shell bead. 

Aboriginal Land 

The 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 and 

treaties. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes, the PMAE has 

determined that: 

• The five objects described in this 

notice are reasonably believed to have 

been placed with or near individual 

human remains at the time of death or 


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