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removed in 1983 during survey and 

excavation work done by archaeologists 

affiliated with California State 

University, Sacramento under contract 

with the Sacramento District. California 

State University, Sacramento has 

reported this unassociated funerary 

object as missing. 

One cultural item has been requested 

for repatriation. The one unassociated 

funerary object is a chert flake. The 

unassociated funerary object was 

removed from site CA–TEH–1326 at the 

Sacramento District operating project at 

Black Butte Dam and Lake in Tehama 

County, CA by Black Butte Dam and 

Lake staff, Sacramento District 

personnel, contractors, and/or park 

visitors on an unknown date. The 

unassociated funerary object was stored 

at the Black Butte Dam and Lake Project 

Office prior to being transferred to the 

Veterans Curation Program facility in 

San Mateo, CA in 2018. The 

unassociated funerary object currently 

remains at the Veterans Curation 

Program facility. 

One cultural item has been requested 

for repatriation. The one unassociated 

funerary object is a piece of debitage 

(missing). The unassociated funerary 

object was removed from site CA–TEH– 

1328 at the Sacramento District 

operating project at Black Butte Dam 

and Lake in Tehama County, CA. The 

unassociated funerary object was 

removed in 1983 during survey and 

excavation work done by archaeologists 

affiliated with California State 

University, Sacramento under contract 

with the Sacramento District. California 

State University, Sacramento has 

reported this unassociated funerary 

object as missing. 

Unspecified County (Glenn or Tehama) 

Fifty-four cultural items have been 

requested for repatriation. The 54 

unassociated funerary objects are: one 

chert flake, one projectile point, seven 

Olivella shell beads, and 45 shell disk 

beads. The unassociated funerary 

objects were removed from unspecified 

locations within the Sacramento District 

operating project at Black Butte Dam 

and Lake in Glenn and Tehama 

counties, CA by Black Butte Dam and 

Lake staff, Sacramento District 

personnel, contractors, and/or park 

visitors on unknown dates. The 

unassociated funerary objects were 

stored at the Black Butte Dam and Lake 

Project Office prior to being transferred 

to the Veterans Curation Program 

facility in San Mateo, CA in 2018. The 

unassociated funerary objects currently 

remain at the Veterans Curation 

Program facility. 

No information is available that 

would indicate that any of the cultural 

items in this notice have been treated 

with potentially hazardous substances. 

Determinations 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Sacramento District has determined 

that: 

• The 297 unassociated funerary 

objects described in this notice are 

reasonably believed to have been placed 

intentionally with or near human 

remains, and are connected, either at the 

time of death or later as part of the death 

rite or ceremony of a Native American 

culture according to the Native 

American traditional knowledge of a 

lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or 

Native Hawaiian organization. The 

unassociated funerary objects have been 

identified by a preponderance of the 

evidence as related to human remains, 

specific individuals, or families, or 

removed from a specific burial site or 

burial area of an individual or 

individuals with cultural affiliation to 

an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the cultural items described in 

this notice and the Paskenta Band of 

Nomlaki Indians of California. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items in this 

notice must be sent to the authorized 

representative identified in this notice 

under 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 items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after October 15, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Sacramento District 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. The U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District 

is responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes and Native 

Hawaiian organizations identified in 

this notice and to any other consulting 

parties. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. 

Dated: September 5, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20878 Filed 9–12–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038700; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Fort Sumter and Fort 

Moultrie National Historical Park, 

Sullivan’s Island, SC 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Fort Sumter and Fort 

Moultrie National Historical Park 

(FOSU) has completed an inventory of 

associated funerary objects and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the associated 

funerary objects and Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the associated 

funerary objects in this notice may 

occur on or after October 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: J. Tracy Stakely, 

Superintendent, Fort Sumter and Fort 

Moultrie National Historical Park, 1214 

Middle Street, Sullivan’s Island, SC 

29482, telephone (843) 732–5014, email 

tracy_stakely@nps.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 

Superintendent, FOSU, and additional 

information on the determinations in 

this notice, including the results of 

consultation, can be found in the 

inventory or related records. 

Abstract of Information Available 

In 1968 associated funerary objects 

were removed from the grave of 

Seminole leader Osceola in Charleston 

County, SC during excavation by John 

W. Griffin of the National Park Service. 

This excavation was conducted in 

response to a self-reported 1966 case of 

vandalism, wherein an individual 

claimed to have excavated and stolen 

the remains of Osceola. The remains of 

Osceola were re-interred following the 


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excavation, but the associated funerary 

objects remained in National Park 

Service collections. The 35 associated 

funerary objects are five pottery sherds, 

two buttons, one bag of faunal bones, 

three bags of metals, 23 bags of mixed 

material, and one tombstone. 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the information available 

and the results of consultation, cultural 

affiliation is clearly identified by the 

information available about the 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice. 

Determinations 

FOSU has determined that: 

• The 35 objects described in this 

notice are reasonably believed to have 

been placed intentionally with or near 

individual human remains at the time of 

death or later as part of the death rite 

or ceremony. 

• There is a connection between the 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice and the Seminole Tribe of 

Florida. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

associated funerary objects in this notice 

must be sent to the authorized 

representative identified in this notice 

under 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 associated 

funerary objects in this notice to a 

requestor may occur on or after October 

15, 2024. If competing requests for 

repatriation are received, FOSU must 

determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the associated 

funerary objects are considered a single 

request and not competing requests. 

FOSU is responsible for sending a copy 

of this notice to the Indian Tribes and 

Native Hawaiian organizations 

identified in this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. 

Dated: September 5, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20872 Filed 9–12–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038696; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: Turtle 

Bay Exploration Park, Redding, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Turtle Bay 

Exploration Park (TBEP) intends to 

repatriate certain cultural items that 

meet the definition of a sacred objects 

and that has a known lineal descendant. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

October 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Julia Cronin, Turtle Bay 

Exploration Park, 844 Sundial Bridge 

Drive, Redding, CA 96001, telephone 

(530) 242–3191, email jcronin@

turtlebay.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 TBEP and 

additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the summary or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

A total of one cultural item has been 

requested for repatriation. The one 

sacred object is a Pomo bead drill. The 

drill was made by Kenneth Fred around 

1978. The Redding Museum and Art 

Center, the predecessor of TBEP, 

purchased the item from the Fall 1978 

Pacific West Traders catalog with funds 

from the Redding Museum of Art and 

History League, a fundraising body for 

the museum. Pacific West Traders was 

located in Folsom, CA and owned/ 

operated by Herb Puffer. There is no 

record of treatment with potentially 

hazardous materials by TBEP or prior to 

acquisition. 

Determinations 

Turtle Bay Exploration Park has 

determined that: 

• The one sacred object described in 

this notice is a specific ceremonial 

object needed by a traditional Native 

American religious leader for presentday adherents to practice traditional 

Native American religion, according to 

the Native American traditional 

knowledge of a lineal descendant, 

Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

• Vincent Fred is connected to the 

cultural item described in this notice. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural item in this 

notice must be sent to the authorized 

representative identified in this notice 

under 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 October 15, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

Turtle Bay Exploration Park 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. Turtle Bay 

Exploration Park is responsible for 

sending a copy of this notice to the 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations identified in this notice 

and to any other consulting parties. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. 

Dated: September 5, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20876 Filed 9–12–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038699; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: The 

University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), The 

University of Toledo 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. 


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