2642 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 10 / Tuesday, January 16, 2024 / Notices 

Dated: January 9, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00613 Filed 1–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037240; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Longyear Museum of Anthropology, 

Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Longyear Museum of Anthropology 

(LMA) has completed an inventory of 

human remains and has determined that 

there is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The human remains were 

removed from St. Mary’s County, MD. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after February 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Kelsey Olney-Wall, 

Repatriation Manager, Longyear 

Museum of Anthropology, Colgate 

University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 

13346, telephone (315) 228–7677, email 

kolneywall@colgate.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 the LMA. 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 LMA. 

Description 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from St. 

Mary’s County, MD. Writing on the 

cranium states ‘‘Indian-White Mixture, 

St. Mary’s County, Maryland.’’ The 

exact site is uncertain. The human 

remains were acquired by Professor 

Frederick Hulse of the Sociology and 

Anthropology Department at Colgate 

University through a transfer from T.D. 

Stewart, Curator of Physical 

Anthropology at the Smithsonian 

Institution’s National Museum of 

Natural History (formally the U.S. 

National Museum) Physical 

Anthropology department in 1948. It is 

not known how the Smithsonian 

Institution acquired this individual 

prior to 1948. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains 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: geographical 

information, historical information, 

kinship, oral tradition, other relevant 

information, and expert opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the LMA has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains 

described in this notice and the Upper 

Mattaponi Tribe. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains 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, the Choptico Band of Indians, 

Piscataway Conoy Tribe, and the 

Piscataway Indian Nation, non-federally 

recognized Indian groups. 

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 in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after February 15, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the LMA must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the human remains are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The LMA 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 9, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00610 Filed 1–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037236; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 

MI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Detroit 

Institute of Arts intends to repatriate 

certain cultural items that meet the 

definition of unassociated funerary 

objects and objects of cultural 

patrimony and that have a cultural 

affiliation with the Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The cultural items were removed 

from unknown locations in Alaska. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

February 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Denene De Quintal Ph.D., 

Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 

Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202, 

telephone (313) 578–1067, email 

NAGPRA@dia.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 Detroit 

Institute of Arts. 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 the Detroit Institute of Arts. 


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Description 

Four cultural items and two 

unassociated funerary objects were 

removed from an unknown location in 

Alaska. Between the years 1871–1895, 

Frederick Stearns acquired these items 

and later bequeathed them to the Detroit 

Institute of Arts (DIA) in 1907. The four 

objects of cultural patrimony include a 

Gooch Sha ́daa (Wolf Headdress) 

(72.488); a Weix’ S’eek Daakeit (Sculpin 

Tobacco Pipe) (72.490); a Xixch’ S’eek 

Daakeit (Frog Tobacco Pipe) (72.491); 

and a Kaashishxaaw S’eek Daakeit 

(Dragonfly Pipe) (72.496), and one 

unassociated funerary object is a Bear 

Tooth amulet (99.5B2318). One 

unassociated funerary object was 

removed from an unknown location in 

Alaska. The cultural item was acquired 

by Caleb Lyon and subsequently sold to 

Frederick Stearns between the years 

1871–1895. Mr. Stearns bequeathed the 

item to the DIA in 1907 with the other 

objects listed above. The unassociated 

funerary object is a Naaxein k’ideit 

(Chilkat Apron) (99.5B5047). 

One cultural item was removed from 

an unknown location in Alaska. Mrs. 

Bessie Visaya of Juneau, Alaska, 

initially obtained the item, which was 

later acquired by the Michael R. Johnson 

Gallery. The DIA purchased this object 

in 1977. The object of cultural 

patrimony is a Yaxte ́ X’oow (Big Dipper 

Button Blanket) (77.61). 

One cultural item was removed from 

an unknown location in Alaska. The 

cultural item was acquired by George E. 

Buchanan in 1923, who then donated 

the item to the Detroit News. The 

Detroit News loaned and then later 

donated the item to the DIA. The object 

of cultural patrimony is a Naaxein 

(Chilkat Blanket) (23.28). 

One cultural item was removed from 

an unknown location in Alaska. The 

Carlebach Gallery in New York obtained 

the item from Rasmussen on an 

unknown date. In 1959, the DIA 

purchased the item from the gallery. 

The object of cultural patrimony is a 

Naaxein Kuda ́s’ (Chilkat Shirt) (59.265). 

One unassociated funerary object was 

removed from an unknown location in 

Alaska. Henry Glover Stevens acquired 

the cultural item and later bequeathed it 

to his siblings. In 1934, they donated it 

to the DIA. The unassociated funerary 

object is a Sheishoox (Rattle) (34.49). 

One unassociated funerary object was 

removed from an unknown location in 

Alaska. Richard A. Pohrt and Marion D. 

Pohrt purchased the item in 1990. They 

later donated it to the DIA in 1998. The 

unassociated funerary object is a 

shaman figure (1998.170). 

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: geographical, 

historical, kinship, linguistics, and oral 

tradition. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Detroit Institute of 

Arts has determined that: 

• The four 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 a specific burial site 

of a Native American individual. 

• The seven cultural items described 

above have ongoing historical, 

traditional, or cultural importance 

central to the Native American group or 

culture itself, rather than property 

owned by an individual. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the cultural items and 

the Central Council of the Tlingit & 

Haida Indian Tribes. 

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 

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 15, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Detroit Institute of Arts 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. The Detroit 

Institute of Arts 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. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: January 9, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00606 Filed 1–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037238; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Longyear Museum of 

Anthropology, Colgate University, 

Hamilton, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Longyear Museum of Anthropology 

(LMA) intends to repatriate certain 

cultural items that meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects or sacred 

objects and that have a cultural 

affiliation with the Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The cultural items were removed 

from Bay County, FL. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

February 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Kelsey Olney-Wall, 

Repatriation Manager, Longyear 

Museum of Anthropology, Colgate 

University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 

13346, telephone (315) 228–7677, email 

kolneywall@colgate.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 the LMA. 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 the LMA. 

Description 

The five cultural items were removed 

from Bay County, FL, in 1902 and 1918 

by Clarence B. Moore, during his 

excavations of a small sand mound at 


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