13740 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 37 / Friday, February 23, 2024 / Notices 

investigation. The human remains 

represent one young adult female that, 

according to the osteology report, ‘‘18– 

25 yrs. age-at-death.’’ No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Based upon the historical record, site 

analysis, evidence obtained through 

criminal investigation, osteological 

analysis, and tribal consultation, the 

ARAS believes that there is a 

relationship of shared group identity 

that can be reasonably traced between 

the Native American human remains 

and the Caddo Nation. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes, ARAS has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the Native American 

human remains and the Caddo Nation of 

Oklahoma. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains 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 in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after March 25, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

ARAS must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the human remains are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. ARAS is 

responsible for notifying the Caddo 

Nation that this notice has been 

published. 

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 14, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03648 Filed 2–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037432; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville 

District, Nashville, TN 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville 

District intends to carry out the 

disposition of human remains removed 

from Federal lands to the lineal 

descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native 

Hawaiian organization with priority for 

disposition in this notice. 

DATES: Disposition of the human 

remains or cultural items in this notice 

may occur on or after March 25, 2024. 

If no claim for disposition is received by 

February 24, 2025, the human remains 

or cultural items in this notice will 

become unclaimed human remains or 

cultural items. 

ADDRESSES: Crystal Geiger, 

Archaeologist, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Nashville District, 110 9th 

Avenue South, Room A–405, Nashville, 

TN 37203, telephone (615) 736–2472, 

email crystal.l.geiger@usace.army.mil. 

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 U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Nashville District 

and additional information on the 

human remains or cultural items in this 

notice, including the results of 

consultation, can be found in the related 

records. The National Park Service is 

not responsible for the identifications in 

this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

Based on the information available, 

human remains representing, at least, 

one individual have been reasonably 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. In October 2023 a 

local fisherman reported exposed 

skeletal remains located on U.S. Army 

Corps, Nashville District managed lands 

in Dover, Stewart County, TN. The 

Stewart County Deputy Sheriff and a 

representative from the Tennessee 

Bureau of Investigation (TBI) visited the 

site and the TBI took possession of the 

remains. The human remains collected 

by TBI were transferred to U.S. Army 

Corps, Nashville District custody on 

October 20, 2023, and are stored in a 

secure location. Given the stratigraphic 

location of the discovery, and nearby 

pre-contact period sites with similar 

graves, the human remains are 

determined to be Native American in 

origin. 

Determinations 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Nashville District has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band 

of Cherokee Indians; The Chickasaw 

Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band 

of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma have 

priority for disposition of the human 

remains or cultural item described in 

this notice. 

Claims for Disposition 

Written claims for disposition of the 

human remains or cultural items in this 

notice must be sent to the appropriate 

official identified in this notice under 

ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition is 

received by February 24, 2025, the 

human remains or cultural items in this 

notice will become unclaimed human 

remains or cultural items. Claims for 

disposition may be submitted by: 

1. Any lineal descendant, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 

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 

they have priority for disposition. 

Disposition of the human remains or 

cultural items in this notice may occur 

on or after March 25, 2024. If competing 

claims for disposition are received, the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville 

District must determine the most 

appropriate claimant prior to 

disposition. Requests for joint 

disposition of the human remains or 

cultural items are considered a single 

request and not competing requests. The 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville 

District is responsible for sending a 

copy of this notice to the lineal 

descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native 


ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 37 / Friday, February 23, 2024 / Notices 13741 

Hawaiian organizations identified in 

this notice and to any other consulting 

parties. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.7. 

Dated: February 14, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03651 Filed 2–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037433; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

California State Department of 

Transportation, Sacramento, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

California State Department of 

Transportation (Caltrans) has completed 

an inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects and have 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and associated funerary objects and 

Indian Tribes in this notice. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Sacramento County, 

CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 25, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Lisa Bright, Branch 

Chief District 3, Cultural Resources 

(South), California State Department of 

Transportation, 703 B Street Marysville, 

CA 95901, telephone (530) 812–4569, 

email Lisa.Bright@dot.ca.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 Caltrans. 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 California State University, 

Sacramento (Sacramento State) and 

Caltrans. 

Description 

In the spring of 1957 (approximately 

February/March) human remains 

representing, at minimum, six 

individuals were removed from CA– 

SAC–96 (Accession Number 81–299; 

also known as Allen/Allyn Mound). The 

1957 excavations were carried out by 

Sacramento State College (now 

Sacramento State) under the direction of 

Norman Wilson on behalf of the 

California Division of Highways (now 

Caltrans). No excavation reports were 

written, and the collection remained 

uncatalogued until October 2023. 

Occupation of the site is estimated to 

have occurred during the Late Phase 2, 

post 500 years before present based on 

bead and pendent size and shape 

although occupation could extend back 

as far as 1,000 years before present. The 

associated funerary objects removed 

from this site (83 catalog entries) 

include baked clay objects; modified 

bones, stones, and shells; historic 

materials; flaked and ground stones; 

faunal remains; burnt basketry; and 

beads. The human remains were not 

individually catalogued, and those that 

had been previously boxed separately 

were treated as lots. Bags of faunal 

remains were also treated as lots to 

minimize handling. An additional 18 

objects are currently missing from the 

collection and Caltrans and Sacramento 

State continues to look for them. This 

count is based on handwritten index 

cards that were identified as associated 

with this collection. These 18 objects 

were not identified during the 

cataloging process. 

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, 

oral traditional, and expert opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, Caltrans has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of six individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 83 catalog entries 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 Buena Vista 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of 

Me-Wuk Indians of California; Ione 

Band of Miwok Indians of California; 

Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians; Shingle 

Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle 

Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), 

California; United Auburn Indian 

Community of the Auburn Rancheria of 

California; and the Wilton Rancheria, 

California. 

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 25, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

California State University, Sacramento 

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. Caltrans is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes 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. 


ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1