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responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of Indiana University 

and additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in its inventory or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

On an unknown date, partial human 

remains labeled ‘Arikara’ were delivered 

to Indiana University. It is assumed that 

these remains are part of other Arikara 

collections that were affiliated to the 

Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort 

Berthold Reservation, North Dakota in 

2021. There are no known contaminants 

present. 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the information available 

and the results of consultation, cultural 

affiliation is clearly identified by the 

available information about the human 

remains describe in this notice. 

Determinations 

Indiana University has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a connection between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects described in this notice and the 

Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort 

Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains 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 

an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization with cultural affiliation. 

Repatriation of the human remains 

described in this notice to a requestor 

may occur on or after October 15, 2024. 

If competing requests for repatriation 

are received, Indiana University 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. Indiana 

University 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038706; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: 

University of California, Berkeley, 

Berkeley CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

University of California, Berkeley 

intends to repatriate a certain cultural 

item that meets the definition of a 

sacred object and an object of cultural 

patrimony 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 

October 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Alexandra Lucas, 

Repatriation Coordinator, Government 

and Community Relations (Chancellor’s 

Office), University of California, 

Berkeley, 200 California Hall, Berkeley, 

CA 94720, telephone (510) 570–0964, 

email nagpra-ucb@berkeley.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 University of 

California, Berkeley, 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 sacred 

object and object of cultural patrimony 

is a Kyoˆin ̃ (war shield) estimated to 

have been created in 1792 by Black 

Horse (catalog number 2–4866a,b and 

formerly named Satanta’s Shield). Black 

Horse passed guardianship of the Kyoˆin ̃

to his son Se ́t:t’a ́in ̃:de`, who passed 

guardianship of the Kyoˆin ̃ to his son 

Grey Goose between 1872 and 1874. US 

Cavalry Captain Hugh Lenox Scott 

obtained the Kyoˆin ̃ from Grey Goose in 

1894, purportedly through Grey Goose’s 

will. Phoebe Apperson Hearst 

purchased the Kyoˆin ̃ along with 200 

other Plains Indian objects from Hugh 

Knox in 1901. Kiowa people know the 

Kyoˆin ̃ to be the temporary residence of 

a spirit, and while cared for by 

individual caretakers entrusted by the 

Kyoˆin ̃, as a spirit it cannot be 

individually owned. The Kyoˆin ̃ has held 

a vital ceremonial and protective role in 

the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma since its 

creation. Since 2000, the Kyoˆin ̃ has been 

on loan from the Phoebe A Hearst 

Museum of Anthropology to the U.S 

Army Fort Sill National Historic 

Landmark and Museum in Oklahoma to 

ensure its continued access by Kiowa 

people and inclusion in ceremony and 

cultural practice. 

Collections and collection spaces at 

the Phoebe A Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology were treated with 

substances for preservation and pest 

control, some potentially hazardous. No 

records have been found to date at the 

Museum to indicate whether or not 

chemicals or natural substances were 

used prior to 1960. No chemicals are 

recorded to have been applied while on 

loan to the U.S. Army Fort Sill National 

Historic Landmark and Museum. 

Determinations 

The University of California, Berkeley 

has determined that: 

• The one sacred object/object of 

cultural patrimony described in this 

notice is, according to the Native 

American traditional knowledge of an 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization, a specific ceremonial 

object needed by a traditional Native 

American religious leader for presentday adherents to practice traditional 

Native American religion, and have 

ongoing historical, traditional, or 

cultural importance central to the 

Native American group, including any 

constituent sub-group (such as a band, 

clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or 

other subdivision). 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the cultural item described in 

this notice and the Kiowa Indian Tribe 

of Oklahoma. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural item in this 

notice must be sent to the authorized 


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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, 

the University of California, Berkeley 

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 University of 

California, Berkeley 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038695; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Western Washington University, 

Department of Anthropology, 

Bellingham, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Western Washington University (WWU) 

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. The associated funerary objects 

were removed from 45–WH–67 in 

Whatcom County, WA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the associated 

funerary objects in this notice may 

occur on or after October 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Judith Pine, Western 

Washington University, Department of 

Anthropology, Arntzen Hall 340, 516 

High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225, 

telephone (360) 650–4783, email pinej@

wwu.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 WWU, and 

additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in its inventory or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

Three associated funerary objects 

have been newly identified during a 

recent repatriation and rehousing 

project. The three associated funerary 

objects consist of one wooden burial 

box, one lot of carbon 14 samples, and 

one antler wedge. These items were 

newly identified in consultation with 

Lummi Nation Cultural Specialist, R. 

Tom. No hazardous chemicals are 

known to have been used to treat the 

associated funerary objects while in the 

custody of WWU. 

Western Washington State College 

signed a contract with Arcomm 

Construction Company, Inc. of Seattle in 

April of 1975 to conduct ‘‘salvage’’ 

archaeology during the development of 

the Birch Bay sewage treatment facility. 

The project was led by Jeannette Gaston 

and Garland Grabert (WWU). Most of 

the work consisted of monitoring and 

salvage archaeology during construction 

activities throughout the summer of 

1975. A total of twenty-six test cuts 

were excavated within the pipeline 

right-of-way (Gaston and Grabert,1975). 

During this work, an intact cedar slab 

box burial was identified at site 45– 

WH–67. Analysis of the box burial was 

conducted, which included radiocarbon 

dating of a sample of the wood burial 

box (Lundy, 1977). The ancestral 

remains were previously repatriated to 

the Lummi Nation, however, the burial 

box, carbon 14 samples, and an antler 

wedge found with the box are present in 

the WWU collections. 

The 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, archaeological information, 

geographical information, historical 

information, and oral tradition. 

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 

The WWU has determined that: 

• The three 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 Lummi Tribe of the 

Lummi Reservation and the Nooksack 

Indian Tribe. 

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 

an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization with cultural affiliation. 

Repatriation of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects 

described in this notice to a requestor 

may occur on or after October 15, 2024. 

If competing requests for repatriation 

are received, the WWU 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 WWU 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. 

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