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and associated funerary objects and any 

Indian Tribe. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from Coconino or Navajo 

Counties, AZ. 

DATES: Disposition of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

February 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Lyn Carranza, 

Superintendent, Navajo National 

Monument, End of AZ Hwy 564 North, 

P.O. Box 7717, Shonto, AZ 86054–7717, 

telephone (928) 624–5500 Ext. 244, 

email lyn_carranza@nps.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 

superintendent, NAVA. Additional 

information on the determinations in 

this notice, including the results of 

consultation, can be found in the 

inventory or related records held by 

NAVA. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, nine individuals were 

removed from Coconino or Navajo 

County, AZ. The human remains were 

found in, or accessioned into, NAVA 

collections between 1954 and 1999 with 

no clear locational information. NAVA 

reasonably believes that they were 

either removed from within the 

monument or from the vicinity of the 

monument. The 37 associated funerary 

objects are one pendant, 30 beads, one 

worked stone, and five sherds. 

Tribal Land 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects in this notice were 

removed from known geographic 

locations. At the time of removal, these 

locations were the tribal land of one or 

more Indian Tribes. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes, NAVA has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of nine individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 37 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. The National Park Service 

intends to convey the associated 

funerary objects to the Tribes pursuant 

to 54 U.S.C. 102503(g) through (i) and 

54 U.S.C. 102504. 

• 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 tribal land of the 

Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & 

Utah. 

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 a tribal 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 12, 2024. If competing 

requests for disposition are received, 

NAVA 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. NAVA 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: January 5, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00523 Filed 1–11–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037232; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, 

OH 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) 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 Butler and Hamilton 

Counties, OH. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

February 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Tyler Swinney, Cincinnati 

Museum Center, 1301 Western Avenue, 

Cincinnati, OH 45203, telephone (513) 

287–7000 Ext. 7287, email tswinney@

cincymuseum.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 Cincinnati 

Museum Center. 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 Cincinnati Museum Center. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, five individuals were 

removed from site 33Bu297 (Watson 

Gravel) in Butler County, OH. The site 

was excavated by Bob Koth, most likely 

with assistance from Cincinnati 

Museum of Natural History archeology 

personnel, during the summer of 1973 

and subsequently donated to the 

museum in October 1973. A Fort 

Ancient determination for these 

ancestral Native American human 

remains is based on the presence of 

associated diagnostic shell-tempered 

pottery. The 49 associated funerary 

objects are one small shell-tempered jar 

with three-line guilloche-incised neck, 

two copper-stained bi-pointed bone 

pins/needles, 17 eroded sheet copper 

earspool fragments, one shell disc bead, 

one tee-shaped bone awl, one shelltempered decorated rim sherd, one 

freshwater mussel shell, one flint flake, 

one soil sample, six unburned animal 

bones, and 17 glacial pebbles. 

Human remains representing, at 

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removed from site 33Ha124(38) (Perin 

Village). The site was surface collected 

by Cincinnati Museum of Natural 

History archeology personnel in 1975 

following disturbances associated with a 

golf course expansion. A Late Woodland 

determination for these ancestral Native 

American human remains is based on 

proximity to nearby sites and 

comparison to diagnostic lithic artifacts 

recovered from the site during earlier 

1960s surveys. The nine associated 

funerary objects are one polished 

proximal deer phalanx and eight 

unburned animal bones. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 23 individuals were removed 

from site 33Ha243(157) (Sayler Park 

Mound) in Hamilton County, Ohio. The 

site was excavated from 1955–1957 by 

Dr. James Kellar on behalf of the 

Cincinnati Museum of Natural History 

prior to housing development. An Early 

Woodland determination for these 

ancestral Native American human 

remains is based on mound dimensions, 

mortuary behavior (log tombs), and 

associated diagnostic objects. The 83 

associated funerary objects are one bear 

effigy tubular pipe, one bird effigy pipe, 

one banded slate expanding center 

gorget, 13 copper bracelets, three copper 

bracelet fragments, one copper ring 

fragment, one unburned split bone awl, 

one antler billet, one sandstone slot 

abrader, five barrel-shaped marine shell 

beads, 10 lots of marine shell beads and 

fragments, 28 botanical/soil samples, 

one mending unburned deer humerus, 

13 untyped chert bifaces, one limestonetempered body sherd, one freshwater 

bivalve shell fragment, and one 

modified sedimentary stone. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 19 individuals were removed 

from site 33Ha368 (Luebkeman Mound) 

in Hamilton County, Ohio. The site was 

surface collected by Miami Purchase 

Association for Historic Preservation 

(MPAHP) archeologists in 1980 after the 

mound has been extensively looted and 

destroyed in 1978 and all MPAHP 

collections were subsequently 

transferred to the museum in 1990. An 

Early or Middle Woodland 

determination for these ancestral Native 

American human remains is based on 

mound dimensions and Ohio 

Archaeological Inventory 

documentation for the site. The 86 

associated funerary objects include one 

lot of unburned animal bone, one lot of 

worked animal bone, one lot of saw-cut 

animal bone, one chert biface fragment, 

one lot of unmodified gastropods, one 

lot of unmodified freshwater bivalve 

shells, and one lot of worked freshwater 

bivalve shell fragments that were 

surface collected along with ancestral 

remains. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, six individuals were 

removed from site 33Ha400 (Schomaker 

Site) in Hamilton County, Ohio. The site 

was surveyed by Miami Purchase 

Association for Historic Preservation 

(MPAHP) in 1978; excavated by amateur 

archeologists Mike Sedler and Tom 

Stumpf in 1984–1985; and, surveyed by 

the museum in 1985 during the Great 

Miami River Survey, which expanded to 

unit excavations in 1986–1987. A Fort 

Ancient determination for these 

ancestral Native American human 

remains is based on circular village 

orientation and wall-trench domestic 

architecture, as well as the presence of 

diagnostic shell-tempered ceramics and 

triangular arrow points. The 13 

associated funerary objects are 

unburned animal bone; however, Tom 

Stumpf apparently sold a human effigy 

smoking pipe to Jan Sorgenfri before 

Mike Sedler donated ancestral Native 

American human remains in his 

collection to the museum in 1991. The 

current location of the human effigy 

smoking pipe is unknown. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 12 individuals were removed 

from site 33Ha586 (Driving Range Site) 

in Hamilton County, Ohio. The site was 

surveyed and excavated by Kemron 

Environmental Services in 1992–1993 as 

part of a Metropolitan Sewer District 

project and recovered cultural material 

was subsequently deposited at the 

museum in 1997. Late Archaic, 

Woodland, and Fort Ancient 

determinations for these ancestral 

Native American human remains are 

based on the presence of diagnostic 

shell- and rock-tempered ceramics, C14 

dates, and diagnostic stone tools 

characteristic of the Late Archaic period 

in southwest Ohio. The 93 associated 

funerary objects include 17 soil 

samples, a suspected toolkit (consisting 

of two bifaces, 10 burned limestone 

pieces, one sandstone abrader, one 

retouched uniface, two mending turtle 

shell fragments, one Merom cluster 

projectile point, 16 retouched flakes, 

one McWhinney cluster projectile point, 

three chert flakes, and three unmodified 

freshwater bivalve shells with one 

associated soil sample), 28 unburned 

animal bones, one bone awl distal tip, 

one chert flake, one shell-tempered cord 

marked body sherd, and four burned 

animal bones. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, two individuals were 

removed from site 33Ha588 (Martin 

Field Site) in Hamilton County, Ohio. 

The site was partially excavated by Gray 

and Pape, Inc., in 1993 as part of a 

Metropolitan Sewer District project and 

recovered cultural material was 

subsequently deposited at the museum 

in 1996 and accessioned in 2002. 

Although these ancestral Native 

American human remains were 

recovered from highly disturbed 

contexts, a Late Archaic period 

determination is probable based on 

diagnostic stone tools (McWhinney 

cluster projectile points) recovered from 

nearby midden deposits and features. 

The two associated funerary objects are 

one burned Ordovician trilobite fossil 

and one chert flake. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, two individuals were 

removed from site 33Ha641 (Clear Creek 

Site) in Hamilton County, Ohio. 

Cincinnati Museum Center conducted 

salvage excavations at the site in 1994 

after the site had been graded in 

preparation for recreational soccer fields 

and community park. A Fort Ancient 

determination for these ancestral Native 

American human remains is based on 

the presence of associated diagnostic 

shell-tempered pottery and triangular 

arrow points. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

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, 

archeological, folkloric, geographic, 

historical, linguistic, and oral 

traditional. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Cincinnati Museum 

Center has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 72 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 335 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 


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this notice and the Absentee Shawnee 

Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Eastern 

Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Miami 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Ottawa Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe; The Osage 

Nation; and the Wyandotte Nation. 

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 Cincinnati Museum Center 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 Cincinnati 

Museum Center 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. 2024–00529 Filed 1–11–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037227; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Amistad National 

Recreation Area, Del Rio, TX 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Amistad National 

Recreation Area (AMIS) 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 Val Verde County, TX. 

DATES: Disposition of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

February 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Christopher Ryan, 

Superintendent, Amistad National 

Recreation Area, 10477 Hwy. 90 West, 

Del Rio, TX 78840, telephone (830) 775– 

7491, email chris_ryan@nps.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 

superintendent, AMIS. Additional 

information on the determinations in 

this notice, including the results of 

consultation, can be found in the 

inventory or related records held by 

AMIS. 

Description 

Most human remains and associated 

funerary objects in the collections of 

Amistad National Recreation Area were 

removed by the NPS-sponsored Texas 

Archeological Salvage Project (TASP) 

salvage excavations carried out by the 

University of Texas at Austin in 1958– 

1968, during the planning and 

construction of the Amistad Reservoir in 

Val Verde County, Texas. Later, after 

Amistad National Recreation Area was 

established to manage the federal lands 

surrounding the completed reservoir, 

some additional human remains were 

removed by NPS personnel. 

In 1958, human remains representing, 

at minimum, five individuals were 

removed from the Damp Cave site in Val 

Verde County, TX. The site, a small 

rockshelter, was located by the Texas 

Archaeological Salvage Project and 

excavated by the University of Texas. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

In 1958, human remains representing, 

at minimum, two individuals were 

removed from the Centipede Cave site 

in Val Verde County, TX. The site, an 

intermediate-sized rockshelter, was 

located by the Texas Archaeological 

Salvage Project and excavated by the 

University of Texas. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In 1959, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from the Devils Mouth site in 

Val Verde County, TX during a reservoir 

survey by the University of Texas. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1962, human remains representing, 

at minimum, 14 individuals were 

removed from the Coontail Spin site in 

Val Verde County, TX. The site, a large 

rockshelter, was located in 1958 by the 

University of Texas and tested in 1962 

by the Texas Archaeological Salvage 

Project. The 47 associated funerary 

objects are four manos, one soil sample, 

one metate, two dart points, 29 pieces 

of matting and fragments, one nonhuman vertebra (possibly bear or cow), 

one other faunal bone, and eight 

wooden stakes. 

In 1988, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one more individual were 

removed from the Coontail Spin site 

during salvage excavations by NPS staff. 

There were no associated funerary 

objects. 

In 1963, human remains representing, 

at minimum, two individuals were 

removed from the Mosquito Cave site in 

Val Verde County, TX, by the Texas 

Archaeological Salvage Project. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1963, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from the Eagle Cave site, in Val 

Verde County, TX. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In 1965, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from site 41VV88 in Val Verde 

County, TX. The site, a small 

rockshelter, was located in 1958 by the 

University of Texas and excavated in 

1965. The one associated funerary object 

is one lot of perishable objects including 

cordage and possible ‘‘fur cordage’’ 

(robe fragments?). 

In 1965, human remains representing, 

at minimum, 10 individuals were 

removed from the Perpetual Care 

Shelter site in Val Verde County, TX. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Between 1965 and 1968, human 

remains representing, at minimum, six 

individuals were removed from the 

Conejo Shelter site in Val Verde County, 

TX by the University of Texas. The 241 

associated funerary objects are three 

metates/grinding slabs; two Sophora 

segundiflora fragments; four prickly 

pear cactus Opuntia sp. fragments; six 

bags of unidentified vegetal material; 

one bundle of tied grass; one fiber object 

of miscellaneous leaves, twigs, and 

fibers with cordage; three lots of fur 

objects (rabbit fur robe fragments, or 

bags of robe fragments); one fiber tied 

with cordage; one grass bundle with 

rabbit fur robe remnants; one bracelet; 


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