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were removed from Hancock County, 

Ohio. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 11, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Nekole Alligood, NAGPRA 

Specialist, Ohio History Connection, 

800 E 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH 

43211, telephone (614) 297–2300, email 

nalligood@ohiohistory.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 Ohio History 

Connection. 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 Ohio History 

Connection. 

Description 

The following were recovered from 

Hancock County, Ohio. 

33 HK 5, Richard F. Moyer Kame Site, 

Mount Corey, Union Township, 

Hancock County, Ohio. Eight 

individuals were exhumed during a 

salvage excavation by Ohio Historical 

Society (now the Ohio History 

Connection) staff and by Mrs. Moyer. 

The excavations were conducted by Jack 

Shaffer, Raymond Baby, and Beverly 

Rettig in July–August 1957. Richard 

Moyer donated the individuals along 

with two faunal remain fragments and 

one animal tooth (possibly fish). 

33 HK 53, Shick Cemetery, Mount 

Corey, Union Township, Hancock 

County, Ohio. The remains of 10 

individuals were exhumed during a 

basement enlargement project. The 

individuals were donated to the Ohio 

History Connection by Mark C. Schick 

in 2000. There are four juveniles and six 

adults. 

33 HK 6, Washington Township, 

Hancock County, Ohio. There are five 

individuals found on the surface from a 

destroyed multicomponent campsite 

(Solether Site) that were collected by 

Rick Siferd and Jeff Krazynski, who then 

gifted the individuals to the Ohio 

History Connection. No dates were 

included. There was one associated 

funerary object, a deer, or elk scapula, 

also found. 

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, 

and indigenous knowledge from the 

consulting Tribes. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Ohio History 

Connection has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 23 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There are four objects described in 

this notice are 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 Absentee-Shawnee 

Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Cayuga 

Nation; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 

Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern 

Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Kaw 

Nation, Oklahoma; Little River Band of 

Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Oneida 

Indian Nation; Oneida Nation; 

Onondaga Nation; Ottawa Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Sac 

& Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and 

Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; 

Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in 

Iowa; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe; 

Seneca-Cayuga Nation; Shawnee Tribe; 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca; Tuscarora 

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 March 11, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Ohio History Connection 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 Ohio History 

Connection is responsible for sending a 

copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes 

and Native Hawaiian organizations 

identified in this notice. 

This notice was submitted on or after 

the effective date of the revised 

regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 

2023, effective January 12, 2024). As the 

notice conforms to the mandatory 

format of the Federal Register and 

includes the required information, the 

National Park Service is publishing this 

notice as submitted. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. 

Dated: February 1, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02553 Filed 2–7–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037352; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Nassau County Department of Parks, 

Recreation and Museums—Garvies 

Point Museum and Preserve, Glen 

Cove, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Nassau 

County Department of Parks, Recreation 

and Museums—Garvies Point Museum 

and Preserve 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 Suffolk County, NY. 


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8716 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 27 / Thursday, February 8, 2024 / Notices 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 11, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Veronica Natale, Museum 

Director—Garvies Point Museum and 

Preserve, 50 Barry Drive, Glen Cove, NY 

11542, telephone (516) 571–8010, email 

vnatale@nassaucountyny.gov and Darcy 

Belyea, Commissioner of Parks, Nassau 

County Department of Parks, Recreation 

and Museums, email dbelyea@

nassaucountyny.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 Nassau County 

Department of Parks, Recreation and 

Museums. 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 Nassau County 

Department of Parks, Recreation and 

Museums—Garvies Point Museum and 

Preserve. 

Description 

In 1966, Nassau County Museum 

(NCM) Archaeologists recovered the 

partial human remains of, at minimum, 

two male adults found in a single grave 

during development of an area for 

housing. They were removed from NCM 

Site #1, Catalog number 1–1, Stony 

Hollow-Water’s Edge, Centerport, 

Suffolk County, NY. Six associated 

funerary objects; Levanna points were 

found in association with grave; four 

have been located. Archeological 

evidence dates the human remains to 

the Late Woodland period. 

Sometime between 1966–1969, a 

fragmentary human skull, representing 

at minimum, one individual was found 

by others at an unknown location and 

removed from Strong’s Neck, Suffolk 

County, NY. In 1969, the cranial 

fragments were donated to the museum 

by Ken Robinson, an archeologist 

involved at this site, Catalog number 

63–x–113. No associated funerary 

objects are present. Time period is 

unknown. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 24 individuals were removed 

from Suffolk County, NY. (Catalog 

number 132–x–1) Provenance: NCM 

#32, Soak Hides, Three Mile Harbor, 

NY. No associated funerary objects are 

present. Archeological evidence dates 

the site and human remains to the 

Woodland period. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Suffolk County, NY. (Catalog 

number 136–79) Excavated by Suffolk 

County Police, March 1971. Medical 

Examiner #0706. Site was located on 

private property of Mr. Paul Windels Jr. 

and he subsequently donated the human 

remains to the museum in 1972. 

Provenance: NCM #136, Stony Brook 

Harbor site, Nissequogue, NY. 11 

associated funerary objects were found 

which include eight quartz projectile 

point fragments, a bead, deer scapula 

fragment, and fire-cracked 

hammerstone. Site has late Archaic 

through Late Woodland time. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Suffolk County, NY. (Catalog 

number 151–x) The frontal bone of a 

skull and two small skull fragments. 

Recovered by a bayman with clam 

tongs. Provenance: NCM Site #151, Plax 

site, Westhampton Beach, NY. 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: archeological, 

geographical, historical, kinship, oral 

tradition, and expert opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Nassau County 

Department of Parks, Recreation and 

Museums—Garvies Point Museum and 

Preserve has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 29 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 15 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 Shinnecock Indian 

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 March 11, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Nassau County Department of Parks, 

Recreation and Museums—Garvies 

Point Museum and Preserve 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 Nassau County 

Department of Parks, Recreation and 

Museums—Garvies Point Museum and 

Preserve is responsible for sending a 

copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe 

identified in this notice. 

This notice was submitted on or after 

the effective date of the revised 

regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 

2023, effective January 12, 2024). As the 

notice conforms to the mandatory 

format of the Federal Register and 

includes the required information, the 

National Park Service is publishing this 

notice as submitted. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. 

Dated: February 1, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02559 Filed 2–7–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037348; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Ohio 

History Connection, Columbus, OH 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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