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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 Mashpee 

Wampanoag Tribe and the Wampanoag 

Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), the only 

Federally recognized Indian Tribes of 

the Wampanoag Tribes. 

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 and, if joined to 

a request from one or more of the Indian 

Tribes, Indian groups without Federal 

recognition that are a part of the 

Wampanoag Tribes. 

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 12, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the University of Rhode Island 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 University of 

Rhode Island 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: January 5, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00526 Filed 1–11–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037231; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion 

Amendment: U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 

Alaska State Office, Anchorage, AK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; amendment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management, Alaska State Office 

(BLM Alaska) has amended a Notice of 

Inventory Completion published in the 

Federal Register on May 4, 2010. This 

notice amends the minimum number of 

individuals and number of associated 

funerary objects in a collection removed 

from Umnak Island, Aleutians West 

Borough, AK. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

February 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Miriam (Nicole) Hayes, 

Bureau of Land Management, Alaska 

State Office, 222 W. 7th Avenue, #13, 

Anchorage, AK 99513, telephone (907) 

271–4354, email mnhayes@blm.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 BLM Alaska. 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 

BLM Alaska. 

Amendment 

This notice amends the 

determinations published in a Notice of 

Inventory Completion in the Federal 

Register (73 FR 47224, August 13, 2008) 

and corrected on May 4, 2010 (75 FR 

23804–23805). Repatriation of the items 

in the original and corrected Notices of 

Inventory Completion has not occurred. 

Additional human remains and 

associated funerary objects have been 

found. 

From the Chaluka Site at the Native 

Village of Nikolski, Ogalodox site, 

Sandy Beach site, and nearby smaller 

sites on Umnak Island, Aleutians West 

Borough, AK, 290 individuals were 

removed (previously identified as 222 

individuals). The 1,546 associated 

funerary objects (previously identified 

as 276 associated funerary objects) 

include a variety of stone, bone, shell, 

and ivory items identified as harpoons, 

scrapers, perforators, abraders, adzes, 

awls, gravers, reamers, sinkers, labrets, 

a comb, a necklace, knives, needles, 

pins, bowls, pestles, spoons, hooks, 

flakes, and undetermined tool or 

personal adornment fragments. 

Determinations (as amended) 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the BLM Alaska has 

determined that: 

• The human remains represent the 

physical remains of 290 individuals of 

Native American ancestry. 

• The 1,546 objects 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 and the 

Native Village of Nikolski. 

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 12, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the BLM Alaska 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 BLM Alaska 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 


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U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, 10.13, 

and 10.14. 

Dated: January 5, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00528 Filed 1–11–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037230; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion 

Amendment: Michigan State Historic 

Preservation Office, Lansing, MI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; amendment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Michigan State Historic Preservation 

Office (Michigan SHPO) has amended a 

Notice of Inventory Completion in the 

Federal Register on October 17, 2022. 

This notice amends the aboriginal land 

determination in a collection removed 

from Wexford County, MI. 

DATES: Disposition of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

February 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Sarah Surface-Evans, 

Senior Archaeologist, State Historic 

Preservation Office, Michigan Economic 

Development Corporation, 300 N 

Washington Square, Lansing, MI 48913, 

telephone (517) 282–7959, email 

SurfaceEvansS1@michigan.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 Michigan 

SHPO. 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 the 

Michigan SHPO. 

Amendment 

This notice amends the 

determinations published in a Notice of 

Inventory Completion in the Federal 

Register (87 FR 62889–62890, October 

17, 2022). Disposition of the items in the 

original Notice of Inventory Completion 

has not occurred. Two Tribes consulted 

were inadvertently omitted from Notice 

of Inventory Completion as published. 

They are the Little River Band of Ottawa 

Indians, Michigan and the Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan. 

Determinations (as Amended) 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes, the Michigan SHPO has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this amended notice represent the 

physical remains of three individuals of 

Native American ancestry. 

• The one object described in this 

amended 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 Bad River Band of the Lake 

Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 

the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; 

Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; 

Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky 

Boy’s Reservation, Montana; Grand 

Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay 

Indian Community, Michigan; Lac 

Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du 

Flambeau Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of the Lac du 

Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac 

Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little 

River Band of Ottawa Indians, 

Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of 

Chippewa Indians of Montana; Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota (Six component reservations: 

Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du 

Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech 

Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; White 

Earth Band); Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red 

Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 

Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian 

Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie 

Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; 

Sokaogon Chippewa Community, 

Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians 

of Wisconsin; and the Turtle Mountain 

Band of Chippewa Indians of North 

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 in this notice 

to a requestor may occur on or after 

February 12, 2024. If competing requests 

for disposition are received, the 

Michigan SHPO 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 Michigan 

SHPO 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, 10.11, and 

10.13. 

Dated: January 5, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00527 Filed 1–11–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037226; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, 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), 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 no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 


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