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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. 

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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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one basket/basket fragments; one piece 

of red ochre; one unifacial tool; one 

bifacial tool; four pieces of modified 

bone (including one antler tine); 19 

pieces of bone (one burned bone 

fragment, one an antler fragment, and 17 

mammal bones); one piece of leather; 

116 pieces of sinew; 51 pieces of 

cordage (including one coiled); 19 mat 

fragments; three sandals; and one 

chipped stone flake. 

Between 1965 and 1968, human 

remains representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were removed from the 

Arenosa Shelter site in Val Verde 

County, TX. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In 1967, human remains representing, 

at minimum, five individuals were 

removed from the Parida Cave site in 

Val Verde County, TX. The site was 

documented by the University of Texas 

in 1958 and excavated in 1967. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1967, human remains representing, 

at minimum, two individuals were 

removed from the Perry Calk site in Val 

Verde County, TX. The site, which 

consists of an intermediate size 

rockshelter and an adjacent horizontal 

shaft cave, was located in 1958 by the 

University of Texas. Excavations were 

conducted in 1967 by the Texas 

Archaeological Salvage Project. The one 

associated funerary object is a small 

rabbit fur robe. 

In 1967, human remains representing, 

at minimum, four individuals were 

removed from the Rio Grande Canyon 

site in Val Verde County, TX. The site 

was located during a 1958 survey by the 

University of Texas, and later excavated 

by the Texas Archaeological Salvage 

Project. No associated funerary objects 

are present. 

In 1967, human remains representing, 

at minimum, two individuals were 

removed from the Techo Bajo Shelter 

site in Val Verde County, TX. The site 

is a small rockshelter. The four 

associated funerary objects are one awl 

made from a Canis sp. ulna, and three 

modified bone fragments. 

In 1977 and 1989, human remains 

representing, at minimum three 

individuals were removed from the Four 

Turtle Cave site in Val Verde County, 

TX. Wave action exposed human 

remains in 1977, which were then 

removed by NPS personnel. A second 

set of human remains were removed in 

1989. Thirty-nine associated funerary 

objects include pebbles, quartz crystals, 

seeds, rabbit bone, snail shell fossil, 

wood, burned wood, rabbit fur, and 

chipped stone. 

Around 1978, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the 

Keyhole Cave site in Val Verde County, 

TX. Fishermen found the human 

remains eroding out of the cave as a 

result of wave action. Sixteen associated 

funerary objects include stakes, mussel 

shell, a burnt wood fragment, burned 

pecan shell, and faunal remains 

(peccary). 

In 1979, human remains representing, 

at minimum, two individuals were 

removed from site 41VV962 in Val 

Verde County, TX. The human remains 

had been exposed by wave action and 

were removed by NPS personnel. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1983, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from the Sin Piernas Cave site 

in Val Verde County, TX by NPS 

personnel. Wave action exposed the 

human remains, which appear to have 

been interred in a flexed position. The 

one associated funerary object is a 

hammerstone. 

In 1988, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from the Dust Mask Shelter 

site in Val Verde County, TX, by NPS 

personnel. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

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 Indian 

Tribes. The following information was 

used to identify the aboriginal land: 

treaties. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes, AMIS has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 66 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 350 associated funerary 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 aboriginal land 

of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Fort Sill 

Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Jicarilla 

Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa 

Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero 

Apache Tribe of the Mescalero 

Reservation, New Mexico; and the 

White Mountain Apache Tribe of the 

Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona. 

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 12, 2024. If competing 

requests for disposition are received, 

AMIS 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. AMIS 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. 2024–00524 Filed 1–11–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037228; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion 

Amendment: University of Oregon 

Museum of Natural and Cultural 

History, Eugene, OR 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; amendment. 


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