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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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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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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 

minimum, three individuals were 


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