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Suffolk County, NY, and no temporal 

information for their interments can be 

established. 

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: 

authoritative documents. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes, the PMAE has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of three 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 Shinnecock 

Indian 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 20, 2024. 

If competing requests for disposition are 

received, the PMAE 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. The PMAE 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 11, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00833 Filed 1–17–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037263; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: North 

Carolina Office of State Archaeology, 

Raleigh, NC 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the North 

Carolina Office of State Archaeology 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 Burke County, NC. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

February 20, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Emily McDowell, Office of 

State Archaeology, 215 West Lane 

Street, Raleigh, NC 27616, telephone 

(919) 715–5599, email emily.mcdowell@

dncr.nc.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 North Carolina 

Office of State Archaeology. 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 North Carolina Office of State 

Archaeology. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, three individuals were 

removed from Burke County, NC. 

Burials were excavated from the Berry 

Site/Joara/Fort San Juan in 1986 by Dr. 

David Moore of Warren Wilson College. 

The site itself is both an American 

Indian Mississippian village and 

Historic 16th-century Spanish 

settlement known as Joara and Fort San 

Juan, respectively. Joara is known as one 

of the largest Mississippian settlements 

in North Carolina. It is unclear when 

this collection came into the possession 

of the Office of State Archaeology in 

Raleigh, NC. The three individuals were 

removed from two burials and can be 

identified as follows: Burial 1, one adult 

male aged 23–30; Burial 2, two adult 

females aged less than 26 years 

(Individual A) and 18–22 years 

(Individual B). The 57 associated 

funerary objects are two feather rachis, 

one iron knife, eight chipped stone 

projectile points, one clay pipe, one 

quartz cobble, two ground stone, 10 

flakes, one bag turtle carapace 

fragments, two copper discs, three 

charcoal fragments, seven pieces of 

organic fibers, two rocks, 10 washings/ 

soil samples from Burial 1, four copper 

fragments, one charcoal fragment, and 

two soil samples from Burial 2. 

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: archeological 

information, geographical information, 

historical 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 North Carolina Office 

of State Archaeology has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of three individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 57 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 

this notice and the Catawba Indian 

Nation. 


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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 20, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the North Carolina Office of State 

Archaeology 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 North Carolina 

Office of State Archaeology 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 11, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00831 Filed 1–17–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–AKR–ANIA–CAKR–KOVA–LACL– 

WRST–36917; PPAKAKROR4, 

PPMPRLE1Y.LS0000] 

Request for Nominations for the 

National Park Service Alaska Region 

Subsistence Resource Commission 

Program 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Request for nominations. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) is seeking nominations for 

individuals to represent subsistence 

users on the following Subsistence 

Resource Commissions (SRC): the 

Aniakchak National Monument SRC, 

the Cape Krusenstern National 

Monument SRC, the Kobuk Valley 

National Park SRC, the Lake Clark 

National Park SRC, and the Wrangell-St. 

Elias National Park SRC. 

DATES: Nominations must be 

postmarked by April 17, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent 

to: Eva Patton, Regional Subsistence 

Program Manager, National Park Service 

Alaska Regional Office, 240 W 5th 

Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501, or eva_

patton@nps.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eva 

Patton via telephone at (907) 644–3601. 

Individuals in the United States who are 

deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 

a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS 

SRC program is authorized under 

section 808 of the Alaska National 

Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 

U.S.C. 3118). The SRCs hold meetings to 

develop NPS subsistence program 

recommendations and advise on related 

regulatory proposals and resource 

management issues. 

Each SRC is composed of nine 

members: (a) three members appointed 

by the Secretary of the Interior; (b) three 

members appointed by the Governor of 

the State of Alaska; and (c) three 

members appointed by a Regional 

Advisory Council (RAC), established 

pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 3115, which has 

jurisdiction within the area in which the 

park is located. Each of the three 

members appointed by the RAC must be 

a member of either the RAC or a local 

advisory committee within the region 

who also engages in subsistence uses 

within the park or national monument. 

We are now seeking nominations for 

those members of each of the SRCs 

listed above. These members are to be 

appointed by the Secretary of the 

Interior. 

Members will be appointed for a term 

of three years. Members of the SRC 

serve without compensation. However, 

while away from their homes or regular 

places of business in the performance of 

services for the SRC, and as approved by 

the Designated Federal Officer (DFO), 

members may be allowed travel 

expenses, including per diem in lieu of 

subsistence, in the same manner as 

persons employed intermittently in 

Government service are allowed such 

expenses under Section 5703 of Title 5 

of the United States Code. 

SRC meetings will take place at such 

times as designated by the DFO. 

Members are expected to make every 

effort to attend all meetings. Members 

may not appoint deputies or alternates. 

All those interested in serving as 

members, including current members 

whose terms are expiring, must follow 

the same nomination process. 

Nominations should be typed and 

should include a resume providing an 

adequate description of the nominee’s 

qualifications, including information 

that would enable the Department of the 

Interior to make an informed decision 

regarding meeting the membership 

requirements of the SRC, and to permit 

the Department to contact a potential 

member. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. ch. 10. 

Alma Ripps, 

Chief, Office of Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00823 Filed 1–17–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037264; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Pioneer Museum, Blue Licks 

Battlefield State Resort, Kentucky 

Department of Parks, Carlisle, KY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Pioneer 

Museum, Blue Licks Battlefield State 

Resort Park, Kentucky Department of 

Parks 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 

Mason, KY. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

February 20, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Jennifer Spence, Parks 

Museum Curator, Kentucky Department 

of Parks, 500 Mero Street, 5th Floor, 

Frankfort, KY 40601, telephone (502) 

892–3339, email Jennifer.spence@

ky.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 Kentucky 


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