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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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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Ohio 

History Connection 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 Lucas 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 

Human remains representing at 

minimum 72 individuals were removed 

from different sites in Lucas County, 

Ohio. 

33 LU 394, Missionary Island 4 Site, 

Lucas County, Ohio. There are 29 

individuals who were exhumed in 1983 

and donated to the Firelands 

Archaeological Research Center in 1991. 

The individuals were then donated to 

the Ohio History Connection in 2021. 

There are 73 associated funerary objects 

with these people ranging from a 

ceramic vessel, pottery sherds, faunal 

remains, charcoal, and debitage. 

33 LU 118, Petrie Site, Toledo, Lucas 

County, Ohio. There are nine 

individuals, two adults, one adolescent 

and six juveniles. Faunal remains were 

found associated with these individuals. 

33 LU 28, Spiegle Site, Toledo, Lucas 

County, Ohio. There is one individual 

who was exhumed in the 1970’s from 

the floodplain of the Maumee River in 

Toledo. They were then donated to the 

Firelands Archaeological Research 

Center, who then donated them to the 

Ohio History Connection in 2021. 

33 LU 6, Waterworks Mound Site, 

Jerusalem Township, Lucas County, 

Ohio. There are 28 individuals who 

were removed from a burial mound in 

the 1970s and donated to the Firelands 

Archaeological Research Center, who 

then donated them to Ohio History 

Connection in 2021. This is an ossuary 

burial, and while we have come to an 

MNI of 28, the remains are cremated 

and comingled. There were two 

associated funerary objects found among 

the remains, one cylindrical bead 

fragment made of bird bone, and faunal 

remains. 

33 LU 95, Morrison Site, Waterville 

Township, Lucas County, Ohio. One 

individual was likely exhumed in the 

1970s or 1980s and donated to Firelands 

Archaeological Research Center, who 

then donated them to Ohio History 

Connection in 2021. Faunal remains 

were found with the individual. 

33 LU 43, Deer Site, Waterville 

Township, Lucas County, Ohio. Four 

individuals, including three juveniles 

and one adult. On an unknown date, 

they were exhumed and donated to 

Firelands Archaeological Research 

Center. The individuals were then 

donated to Ohio History Connection in 

2021. One unmodified stone and faunal 

remains were found with these 

individuals. 

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 Indian 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 72 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 79 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 Absentee-Shawnee 

Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River 

Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of 

Chippewa Indians of the Bad River 

Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills 

Indian Community, Michigan; Cayuga 

Nation; Chippewa Cree Indians of the 

Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana; 

Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; 

Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware 

Tribe of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe 

of Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi 

Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse 

Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Hannahville Indian 

Community, Michigan; Kaw Nation, 

Oklahoma; Keweenaw Bay Indian 

Community, Michigan; Kickapoo 

Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo 

Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo 

Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe 

of Oklahoma; 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; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish 

Band of Pottawatomi Indians of 

Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; 

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); 

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the 

Potawatomi, Michigan; Omaha Tribe of 

Nebraska; Oneida Indian Nation; Oneida 

Nation; Onondaga Nation; Ottawa Tribe 

of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 

Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 

Indiana; Ponca Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; 

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation; Red 

Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 

Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of 

Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Sac & 

Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and 

Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; 

Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in 

Iowa; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe 

of Michigan; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe; 

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Seneca Nation of 

Indians; Seneca-Cayuga Nation; 

Shawnee Tribe; Sokaogon Chippewa 

Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca; Turtle 

Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of 


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North Dakota; 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. 2024–02555 Filed 2–7–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037341; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Central Washington University, 

Ellensburg, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Central 

Washington University 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 Grant, Kittitas, and Yakima 

County, WA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 11, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Lourdes Henebry-DeLeon, 

Department of Anthropology and 

Museum Studies, Central Washington 

University, 400 University Way, 

Ellensburg, WA 98926–7544, telephone 

(509) 963–2671, email Lourdes.HenebryDeLeon@cwu.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 Central 

Washington University. 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 Central Washington University. 

Description 

Between 1913 and 1943, 51 lots of 

unassociated funerary objects were 

removed from burial sites along the 

Columbia River in Grant, Kittitas, and 

Yakima Counties in Washington. They 

were excavated by Dr. Linus Walker, a 

private collector from Ellensburg, 

Kittitas County, WA, who donated most 

of his collection to Central Washington 

University in 1953. The 51 lots of 

unassociated funerary objects are 1 lot 

of adzes, 1 lot of anchor stones, 1 lot of 

war clubs, 1 lot of knives, 1 lot mortars, 

3 lots of paint cups, 2 lots of ochre, 7 

lots of pestles, 2 lots of pipes, 16 lots of 

modified shell, 10 lots of trade beads, 1 

lot of manos, 1 lot of net sinkers, 1 lot 

of whetstones, 1 lot of hammers, 1 lot 

of faunal material, and 1 lot modified 

sandstone. 

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: archaeological, 

geographical, historical, and expert 

opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, Central Washington 

University has determined that: 

• The 51 lots of 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. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the cultural items and 

the Confederated Tribes and Band of the 

Yakama Nation and the Confederated 

Tribes of the Colville Reservation. 

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 and, if joined to a request 

from one or more of the Indian Tribes, 

the Wanapum Band of Priest Rapids, a 

non-federally recognized Indian group. 

Repatriation of the cultural items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after March 11, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Central Washington University 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. Central 

Washington University 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. 


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