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removed from the region of Fort Ancient 

archeological culture (the Upper Ohio 

River drainage), including parts of the 

current states of Ohio, Indiana, West 

Virginia, and Kentucky. 

The collection was donated to the 

Susquehanna River Archaeological 

Center (SRAC), Waverly, New York in 

2012. The collection was subsequently 

donated to SUNY Broome Community 

College by SRAC to be used as a 

teaching collection. Deb Twigg, the cofounder, and executive director of 

SRAC, identified the human remains as 

being a donation collected in the 20th 

century in the Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, 

or West Virginia region. The collection, 

which was referred to as the Les Rolfe/ 

Libold Collection, was reportedly 

donated to SRAC by the family of 

unidentified deceased collectors. No 

provenience or location information was 

provided with the collection, nor was 

any notice included of any human 

remains present in the collection. The 

collection was received in 31 buckets 

with slips of paper marked ‘‘Lee’’ or 

‘‘Davis.’’ 

The collection includes, at minimum, 

the human remains of two Ancestors, a 

juvenile of undetermined sex, aged 7–10 

years, based on dentition, and an adult 

of undetermined sex. No known 

individuals were identified. There are 

13 teeth, one foot, and two hand 

phalanges associated with the juvenile. 

There are five teeth, a maxillary 

fragment, one foot, and three hand 

phalanges associated with the adult. 

Identifications were made by 

professional anthropologists at SUNY 

Broome Community College and by a 

professional osteologist at Binghamton 

University. 

The 3,514 associated funerary objects 

are 949 pottery sherds and assorted 

ceramics; 964 lithic tools, flakes, cores 

and assorted stone; three unidentified 

minerals; 683 freshwater bivalve shells; 

six shell hoes with drilled holes; five 

modified bones/shells; 19 turtle 

carapaces/fragments; one elk cranium; 

775 large and small mammal bones; 76 

fish bones; nine bird bones; three pieces 

of charcoal; 10 lots of carbonized maize 

cobs, seeds, nuts and wood; one nut; 

one piece of unidentified wood; three 

pieces of glass; one metal buckle; two 

broken metal spoons; one large metal 

nail; one metal spike; and one 

unidentified metal fragment. 

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, biological 

information, 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, SUNY Broome 

Community College has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 3,514 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 Delaware Nation, 

Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi 

Community, Wisconsin; Little Traverse 

Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; 

Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of 

Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; 

Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Prairie Band 

Potawatomi Nation; Pokagon Band of 

Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 

Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian 

Tribe of Michigan; and the Shawnee 

Tribe. 

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, 

SUNY Broome Community College 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. SUNY Broome 

Community College 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. 2024–03798 Filed 2–23–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037457; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: James B. and Rosalyn L. Pick 

Museum of Anthropology at Northern 

Illinois University, DeKalb, IL (Formerly 

Anthropology Museum at Northern 

Illinois University) 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the James 

B. and Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of 

Anthropology at Northern Illinois 

University (Pick Museum) intends to 

repatriate a cultural item that meets the 

definition of a sacred object and that has 

a cultural affiliation with the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

in this notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 27, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Christy DeLair, Museum 

Director, James B. and Rosalyn L. Pick 

Museum of Anthropology at Northern 

Illinois University, 1425 W Lincoln 

Hwy., DeKalb, IL 60015, telephone (815) 

753–0230, email cdelair@niu.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

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National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of the Pick Museum. 

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 the Pick Museum. 

Description 

In 1969, the Pick Museum purchased 

a medicine face mask (catalog no. 69– 

27–50) from Kohlberg’s in Denver, CO. 

The Pick Museum records identify the 

medicine face as Seneca. The medicine 

face mask is a sacred object. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The cultural item in this notice is 

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, historical information, 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 Pick Museum has 

determined that: 

• The one cultural item described 

above is a specific ceremonial object 

needed by traditional Native American 

religious leaders for the practice of 

traditional Native American religions by 

their present-day adherents. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the cultural item and the 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural item 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. 

Repatriation of the cultural item in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after March 27, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Pick Museum must determine the 

most appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the cultural item are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The Pick Museum 

is responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribe 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. 3004, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. 

Dated: February 16, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03800 Filed 2–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037459; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) 

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 Cross and Poinsett 

Counties, AR. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 27, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, PMAE, 

Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–3702, email pcapone@

fas.harvard.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 PMAE. 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 PMAE. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, seven individuals were 

removed from Stanley Mounds, also 

known as the Parkin Site (state site 

number 3CS29; Parkin Phase) in Cross 

County, AR in 1879 as part of a Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 

expedition led by Edwin Curtiss. The 42 

associated funerary objects include: 39 

lots consisting of ceramic vessel or 

vessel fragments and three lots 

consisting of faunal items. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 10 individuals were removed 

from Fortune Mounds (state site number 

3CS71; Parkin Phase) in Cross County, 

AR in 1880 as part of a Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 

expedition led by Edwin Curtiss. The 16 

associated funerary objects include 11 

lots consisting of ceramic vessel or 

vessel fragments; one lot consisting of 

copper items; and four lots consisting of 

faunal items. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, three individuals were 

removed from Halcomb’s Mounds (state 

site number 3CS28; Parkin Phase) in 

Cross County, AR in 1880 as part of a 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology expedition led by Edwin 

Curtiss. The two associated funerary 

objects include one lot consisting of 

ceramic vessel or vessel fragments, and 

one lot consisting of a copper item. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 54 individuals were removed 

from Neeley’s Ferry Mounds (state site 

number 3CS24; Parkin Phase) in Cross 

County, AR in 1880 as part of a Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 

expedition led by Edwin Curtiss. The 66 

associated funerary objects include: one 

lot consisting of ceramic items; 53 lots 

consisting of ceramic vessel or vessel 

fragments; eight lots consisting of faunal 

items; one lot consisting of red pigment; 

two lots consisting of stone items; and 

one lot consisting of stone or coal 

fragment. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, two individuals were 


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