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Park). The human remains most 

probably date to the Middle Woodland 

period. The 59 associated funerary 

objects are 59 faunal remains. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, three individuals were 

removed from the Mound City Group, 

Ross County, OH in 1975 by Raymond 

S. Baby of the Ohio Historical Society 

(now Ohio History Connection). The 

human remains were removed from 

federal property and were accessioned 

into the collections at Mound City 

Group National Monument (now 

Hopewell Culture National Historical 

Park). The human remains most 

probably date to the Middle Woodland 

period. The nine associated funerary 

objects are two shell fragments, three 

faunal remains, two mica, one ceramic 

sherd, and one prismatic blade. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 11 individuals were removed 

from the Mound City Group, Ross 

County, OH between 1920 and 1975 by 

an unknown individual or individuals. 

The human remains and funerary 

objects were removed from federal 

property and were accessioned into the 

collections at Mound City Group 

National Monument (now Hopewell 

Culture National Historical Park). The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects most probably date to the 

Middle Woodland period. The 84 

associated funerary objects are 28 shark 

teeth, seven shell beads, six bone beads, 

three animal teeth, 10 mica, and 30 

faunal remains. 

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, historical 

information, linguistics, oral tradition. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, Hopewell Culture 

National Historical Park has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 57 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 1,368 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 Absentee-Shawnee 

Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Eastern 

Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; and the 

Shawnee Tribe. 

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 February 2, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

Hopewell Culture National Historical 

Park 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. Hopewell Culture 

National Historical Park 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 20, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28914 Filed 1–2–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037167; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: San 

Jose State University, San Jose, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), San Jose 

State University (SJSU) 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 

federally recognized Indian Tribe. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from Alameda 

County, CA. 

DATES: Disposition of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

February 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Charlotte Sunseri, Ph.D., 

San Jose State University, One 

Washington Square, San Jose, CA 

95192–0113, telephone (408) 924–5713, 

email charlotte.sunseri@sjsu.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 San Jose State 

University. 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 San Jose State 

University. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, five individuals were 

removed from Alameda County, CA. 

The CA–ALA–342 collection includes 

human remains which were excavated 

by a team from Ohlone College. The one 

box of associated funerary objects is 

comprised of faunal shell. The 

collection was inadvertently left behind 

when the rest of the human remains 

were returned to Ohlone College and 

then subsequently reburied by Andrew 

Galvan of the Ohlone Tribe. The Niles/ 

Alvarado Ancestor (George Herbert 

Collection) was donated to San Jose 

State University by George Herbert; 

documentation supports that the 

remains were excavated by an unknown 


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college in 1940–1950s from the 

Alvarado area (present-day Union City). 

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 

Federally recognized Indian Tribes. 

These locations are also the aboriginal 

lands of the Ohlone/Costanoan Tribes 

recognized by the State. The following 

information was used to identify the 

aboriginal land: California Native 

American Heritage Commission Native 

American Contact List for implementing 

AB275 (dated: 9/30/2021), Unratified 

Treaty E ‘‘Treaty at Dent’s and 

Valentine’s Crossing (May 28, 1851)’’ 

(Heizer 1972). 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes, San Jose State University 

has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of five individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The one box of associated funerary 

objects described in this notice 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. 

• No relationship of shared group 

identity can be reasonably traced 

between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects and any 

federally-recognized Indian Tribe. 

• The human remains and associated 

funerary objects described in this notice 

were removed from the aboriginal land 

of the Wilton Rancheria, California. 

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 February 2, 2024. If competing 

requests for disposition are received, 

San Jose State University 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. San Jose State 

University 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 20, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28922 Filed 1–2–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037163; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items Amendment: Animas Museum/La 

Plata County Historical Society, 

Durango, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; amendment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Animas 

Museum/La Plata County Historical 

Society has amended a Notice of Intent 

to Repatriate published in the Federal 

Register on April 4, 2018. This notice 

amends the number of cultural items in 

a collection removed from San Juan 

County, NM. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

February 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Susan Jones, Museum, 

Collections Manager, Animas Museum/ 

La Plata County Historical Society, 3065 

W 2nd Avenue, Durango, CO 81301, 

telephone (970) 259–2402, email 

susanjones@animasmuseum.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 Animas 

Museum. 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 

summary or related records held by the 

Animas Museum. 

Amendment 

This notice amends the 

determinations published in a Notice of 

Intent to Repatriate in the Federal 

Register (83 FR 14497–14498, April 4, 

2018). Repatriation of the items in the 

original Notice of Intent to Repatriate 

has not occurred. During further 

analysis of the artifacts in the Museum’s 

collection, documentation was found 

concerning one bowl excavated by 

George F. Stewart from 31 archeological 

sites within Dolores, La Plata, and 

Montezuma Counties in Colorado and 

San Juan and Rio Arriba Counties in 

New Mexico was found not to have been 

associated with a burial. This notice 

amends the number of unassociated 

funerary objects as listed in the original 

notice as follows: 

Between 1951 and 1971, 116 

unassociated funerary objects 

(previously identified as 117 

unassociated funerary objects) were 

removed from 31 archeological sites 

within Dolores, La Plata, and 

Montezuma Counties in Colorado and 

San Juan and Rio Arriba Counties in 

New Mexico. They were excavated by 

George F. Stewart, an amateur 

archeologist and private collector from 

La Plata County, CO, who donated most 

of his collection to the La Plata County 

Historical Society in 1978. These 

unassociated funerary objects are all 

from Ancestral Puebloan sites dating 

from the Basketmaker III (A.D. 500) to 

the Pueblo III (A.D. 1300) periods. The 

116 unassociated funerary objects 

include 106 ceramic objects (53 bowls, 

16 jars, 13 pitchers, seven seed jars, six 

ladles, five ollas, four pipes, and two 

dippers), two stone pendants, one stone 

pipe, one flake, one concretion, one 

sandstone bowl, one bone awl, one bone 

bead, and two unidentifiable objects. 

Determinations (as Amended) 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Animas Museum has 

determined that: 

• The 118 cultural items 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 in this 


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