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History Connection in April 2023 that 

legal control of the 20 Ancestors lays 

with the Ohio History Connection. The 

96 associated funerary objects are six 

pre-contact ceramic sherds along with 

faunal remains, debitage (stone flakes), 

charcoal, and debris from the soils. 

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 20 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 96 objects describe 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; 

Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky 

Boy’s Reservation, Montana; Citizen 

Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern 

Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Forest 

County Potawatomi Community, 

Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of 

Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Hannahville Indian 

Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay 

Indian Community, Michigan; Lac 

Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Michigan; 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; Ottawa Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 

Potawatomi Indians; Michigan and 

Indiana; 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; 

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 

North Dakota; 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 27, 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 after the 

effective date of the revised regulations 

(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, 

effective January 12, 2024) but in the 

older format. 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 16, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03804 Filed 2–23–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037442; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Office 

of the State Archaeologist 

Bioarchaeology Program, University of 

Iowa, Iowa City, IA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Office 

of the State Archaeologist 

Bioarchaeology Program (OSA–BP) 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 Adams, Allamakee, 

Clay, Lyon, Polk, and Warren Counties, 

IA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 27, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Lara Noldner, Office of 

the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology 

Program, University of Iowa, 700 S 

Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA 52242, 

telephone (319) 384–0740, email laranoldner@uiowa.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 OSA–BP. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 


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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 OSA–BP. 

Description 

In 1965 and 1966, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 43 

individuals were removed from the 

Howard Goodhue Site (13PK1) in Polk 

County, IA. The human remains were 

recovered during excavations conducted 

by the Iowa State University 

Archaeology Laboratory (ISUAL) under 

contract with the National Park Service 

in the area of the Red Rock Reservoir. 

In 1991, the ISUAL transferred the 

human remains to the OSA–BP. 

Additional human remains were later 

discovered in the ISUAL collections and 

were transferred to the OSA–BP in 1996, 

1997, and 2005. The transferred human 

remains were labeled with the following 

ISUAL catalog numbers: 16a, 1715, 

2383, 2925, 3518, 5712, 6318, 6534, 

9225, 10209, 13118, 13120, 13154–5, 

13344–5, 13701, 14601, 16804, 16342, 

16797, 20489, 20737–9, 21659–64, 

21723–46, 21753–7, 21758–65, 23060a, 

23106–12, 23539–40, 23545–60, 23562– 

4, 23566–9, 23577–9, 23585, 23638–9, 

23641–4, 23893–23914, 23970–2, 

23975–6, 24048–59. Among the 43 

individuals, 24 adults and 18 juveniles 

were identified. The adults include four 

possible males and eight possible 

females. Young and middle-aged adults 

are represented, as well as one old 

adult. Four of the juveniles are infants 

ranging from newborn to 2.5 years. Two 

juveniles fall in the two- to four-year-old 

range, and two in the four- to six-yearold range. Two juveniles fall in the sixto ten-year-old range, and five were aged 

somewhere between 10 and 16 years. 

The remaining three juveniles were 

roughly estimated to be between eight 

and 21 years old (Burial Project 521, 

990, 1141, 1825). The associated 

funerary objects were transferred to the 

OSA–BP in 1996 (Catalog #s 23640, 

23645a, 23892). The 27 associated 

funerary objects are 16 small copper 

beads, eight cylindrical copper beads 

and fragments, one portion of a 

reconstructed vessel, and two ceramic 

sherds. 

In 1966, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from the Clarkson Site 

(13WA2) in Warren County, IA. The 

human remains were recovered during 

excavations conducted by the ISUAL 

under contract with the National Park 

Service as part of the interagency river 

basin salvage program at the Red Rock 

Reservoir. In 1991, the human remains 

were transferred from the ISUAL to the 

OSA–BP. The transferred human 

remains were labeled with the following 

ISUAL catalog numbers: 3837–3952, 

3954–3967, 3969–3997. A child aged 2.5 

to 3.5 years is represented by the human 

remains (Burial Project 519). No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1968, human remains representing, 

at minimum, three individuals were 

removed from site 13WA105 in Warren 

County, IA. The human remains were 

recovered during salvage excavations 

conducted by the ISUAL after the land 

was acquired by the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers. The ISUAL transferred the 

human remains to the OSA–BP in 1991. 

The transferred human remains were 

labeled with the following ISUAL 

catalog numbers: 2013, 2275, 3980, 

4937a. Two young to middle-aged 

adults are represented by the human 

remains, as well as a child 

approximately three months to one year 

old (Burial Project 520). No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In 2008, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from Adams County, IA. The 

culturally modified human cranium was 

discovered on a sand bar (find spot 

13AA106) in the East Nodoway River by 

a private citizen. No Native American 

habitation or burial sites have been 

recorded in the vicinity of the findspot, 

so the original location of the cranium 

is unknown. The human remains were 

transferred to the Iowa OSA–BP. A 

young adult female is represented by the 

cranial remains, which exhibit pictorial 

incising including a ‘‘birdman’’ figure 

and a four-pointed star (Burial Project 

2300). The design motifs have been 

documented on other culturally 

modified cranial fragments from other 

archaeologically defined Oneota sites. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

At an unknown time, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the 

Blood Run Site (13LO2) in Lyon County, 

IA. The human remains were collected 

from the site by a private citizen before 

being transferred to the OSA with faunal 

remains from the site in April 2022. The 

human remains were initially thought to 

be faunal before being properly 

identified by OSA staff. The human 

remains are a single fragmented ilium 

representing a single juvenile individual 

aged between 8 and 10 years. The 

fragment exhibits green staining from 

contact with copper (Burial Project 

3685). No associated funerary objects 

are present. 

At an unknown time, human remains 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were removed from Blood 

Run Site (13LO2) in Lyon County, IA. 

The human remains were collected by a 

private citizen before being transferred 

to the OSA with other artifacts collected 

from the site in July of 2023. The human 

remains are a single fragmented adult 

right ulna and a right mandible fragment 

from a juvenile individual aged between 

8 and 11 years old (BP3812). No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In May of 2023, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the Fort 

Des Moines site (13PK61) in Polk 

County, IA. The human remains were 

excavated by Wapsi Valley Archaeology 

Inc. during a Phase III excavation for a 

new watermain. Tribal monitors were 

contacted to observe the rest of the 

Phase III, and the human remains were 

transferred to the OSA. They represent 

one adult individual of unknown sex 

and age (BP3798). No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

At an unknown time, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from site 

13CY2 in Clay County IA. The human 

remains were collected by a private 

collector and then donated to the OSA. 

In July of 2023 the human remains were 

identified in the donated materials by 

OSA staff. The human remains are a left 

second mandibular molar from an adult 

individual (BP 3817). 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: anthropological 

information, archeological information, 

geographical information, historical 

information, 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 OSA–BP has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 53 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 27 objects described in this 

notice are reasonably believed to have 

been placed with or near individual 

human remains at the time of death or 


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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 Ho-Chunk Nation of 

Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and 

Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; OtoeMissouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; 

Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 

Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Three 

Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold 

Reservation, North Dakota; and the 

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. 

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 27, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the OSA–BP 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 OSA–BP 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 before 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 16, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03797 Filed 2–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037455; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Department of Anthropology at 

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Department of Anthropology at 

Northern Illinois University (NIU 

Department of Anthropology) 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 an unknown 

county, IL, and Marshall County, IL. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 27, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Leila Porter, Chair, 

Department of Anthropology at 

Northern Illinois University, 1425 W 

Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb, IL 60115, 

telephone (815) 753–5669, email 

lmporter@niu.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 NIU 

Department of Anthropology. 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 NIU Department of 

Anthropology. 

Description 

In 1976, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

donated to the NIU Department of 

Anthropology and were identified by 

the donor as being from an unknown 

county, IL. It is not known how or when 

the donor acquired the human remains, 

but the donor was the owner of antique 

stores in Aurora, IL, and Geneva, IL. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In fall 1975, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from 

Hopewell Estates in Marshall County, 

IL. A 2010 collections inventory by NIU 

Department of Anthropology staff noted 

these human remains and associated 

funerary objects in an envelope marked 

with collection date and site 

information, but there is no earlier 

record or information on how they came 

to be in the NIU Department of 

Anthropology collections or who 

originally collected them. The six 

associated funerary objects are one red 

ceramic sherd and five lithic fragments. 

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: anthropological, 

archeological, geographical, historical 

information, and oral tradition. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the NIU Department of 

Anthropology has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The six 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 Citizen Potawatomi 

Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, 

Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi 

Community, Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk 

Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of 

Kansas and Nebraska; Lac Vieux Desert 

Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 

Indians of Michigan; Match-e-be-nashshe-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians 

of Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota 

(Fond du Lac Band); Omaha Tribe of 

Nebraska; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi 

Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Ponca 

Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Prairie 

Band Potawatomi Nation; Saginaw 

Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; 


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