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Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Searcy County, AR. In August 

1990, human remains of one individual 

were removed from site 3SE279 by 

National Park Service archeologists as 

part of an Archeological Resource 

Protection Act (ARPA) investigation. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 10 individuals were removed 

from Marion County, AR. Between 1988 

and 1990, human remains were 

recovered from site 3MR80. The human 

remains were recovered during two 

separate excavation projects led by the 

Sponsored Research Program of the 

Arkansas Archeological Survey under 

contract to the National Park Service. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

Aboriginal Land 

The human remains 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 

treaty. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes, BUFF has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 11 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• No relationship of shared group 

identity can be reasonably traced 

between the human remains and any 

Indian Tribe. 

• The human remains described in 

this notice were removed from the 

aboriginal land of The Osage Nation. 

Requests for Disposition 

Written requests for disposition of the 

human remains 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 

described in this notice to a requestor 

may occur on or after February 2, 2024. 

If competing requests for disposition are 

received, BUFF must determine the 

most appropriate requestor prior to 

disposition. Requests for joint 

disposition of the human remains are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. BUFF 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. 2023–28911 Filed 1–2–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037172; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Yale University Art Gallery, New 

Haven, CT 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Yale 

University Art Gallery (YUAG) 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 Elmore County and Macon County, 

AL. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

February 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Stephanie Wiles, Director, 

Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 

Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06510, 

telephone (203) 432–7802, email 

stephanie.wiles@yale.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 YUAG. 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 YUAG. 

Description 

Eight lots of cultural items were 

probably removed from several 

locations in Elmore County and Macon 

County, AL, by Peter A. Brannon, most 

likely between 1909 and 1934. Brannon 

was employed at the Alabama 

Department of Archives and History and 

donated the cultural items to YUAG in 

1935. Of the eight lots of unassociated 

funerary objects, seven were probably 

removed from Elmore County and 

include 171 ceramic and glass beads 

from the Upper Creek Town Fusihatchi. 

Three bronze ornaments and 106 glass 

and ceramic beads were probably 

removed from the Upper Creek Town 

Huithlewalli. Three metal ring 

fragments and 224 glass beads were 

probably removed from Tallapoosa 

Swamp at Fort Toulouse. Forty-five 

glass and ceramic beads were probably 

removed from the Tallapoosa River area. 

One lot of 1,000 glass beads was 

probably removed from the Upper Creek 

Town Thlopthlocco (Laplako) in Macon 

County. 

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: anthropological 

information, archeological information, 

and geographical information. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes, YUAG has determined 

that: 

• The eight lots of 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 specific burial sites 

of Native American individuals. 

• 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 


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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 February 2, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

YUAG 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. YUAG is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribe identified in 

this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3004, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: December 20, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28927 Filed 1–2–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037169; 

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 CA–SCR–12 

and CA–SCR–7 Sandhill Bluff of Santa 

Cruz 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, two individuals were 

removed from Santa Cruz County, CA, 

from the locales of CA–SCR–12 and CA– 

SCR–7. The CA–SCR–12 collection was 

excavated in 1986 by Stephen Dietz and 

includes burials and cultural remains. 

The CA–SCR–7 collection from Sandhill 

Bluff was collected on March 18, 1974, 

and donated to SJSU; the skull was 

identified in the College of Science 

teaching collection in 2023. A separate 

collection from CA–SCR–12 housed at 

the University of California Santa Cruz 

was returned in 2019 to the Amah 

Mutsun Tribal Band. The 21 boxes of 

associated funerary objects include 

faunal remains, shell, lithics, 

groundstone, and soil samples. 

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 of California. 

The following information was used to 

identify the aboriginal land: California 

Native American Heritage Commission 

Native American Contact List for 

implementing AB275 (dated: 6/22/2021 

for CA–SCR–12 and 9/11/2023 for CA– 

SCR–7), Unratified Treaty A ‘‘Treaty at 

Camp Belt (May 13, 1851)’’, Unratified 

Treaty B ‘‘Treaty at Camp Keyes (May 

30, 1851)’’, and Unratified Treaty N 

‘‘Treaty at Camp Barbour (April 29, 

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 two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 21 boxes 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. 

• 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 Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk 

Indians of California; California Valley 

Miwok Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians 

of California; Jackson Band of Miwuk 

Indians; Picayune Rancheria of 

Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa 

Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 

Rosa Rancheria, California; Table 

Mountain Rancheria; and the Tule River 

Indian Tribe of the Tule River 

Reservation, 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. 


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