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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 and 

cultural items in this notice may occur 

on or after October 21, 2024. If 

competing claims for disposition are 

received, the Reclamation NebraskaKansas Area Office must determine the 

most appropriate claimant prior to 

disposition. Requests for joint 

disposition of the human remains and 

cultural items are considered a single 

request and not competing requests. The 

Reclamation Nebraska-Kansas Area 

Office is responsible for sending a copy 

of this notice to the lineal descendants, 

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. 3002, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.7. 

Dated: September 12, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21545 Filed 9–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038740; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: 

California Department of 

Transportation, Bishop, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), California 

Department of Transportation (Caltrans) 

intends to repatriate certain cultural 

items that meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects or objects 

of cultural patrimony and that have a 

cultural affiliation with the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

in this notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

October 21, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Jennifer Blake, Caltrans, 500 

South Main Street, Bishop, CA 93514, 

telephone (760) 937–3894, email 

jennifer.blake@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 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 1,864 cultural items have 

been requested for repatriation. The 735 

unassociated funerary objects are 

debitage, bifaces, flake tools, faunal 

bone fragments, groundstone fragments, 

ceramic sherds, beads, and modern/ 

historic items. The 1,129 objects of 

cultural patrimony are debitage, 

modified bone, projectile points, 

bifaces, flake tools, faunal bone, cores, 

groundstone fragments, ceramic sherds, 

paleobotanical samples, and modern/ 

historic items. These cultural items are 

housed at three repositories under the 

following accession numbers: at the 

University of California, Davis, Acc 

406–19 from site CA–INY–371/H; at 

California State University, Bakersfield, 

Acc 5953–1 from site CA–INY–5953H, 

Acc 5958 from site CA–INY–5958/H, 

Acc 5964 from site CA–INY–5964, Acc 

5966 from site CA–INY–5966, Acc 5981 

from site CA–INY–5981, Acc 5984 from 

site CA–INY–5984, and Acc 5990 from 

site CA–INY–5990/H; and at the 

University of California, Riverside, Acc 

308 from site CA–INY–5961/H, Acc 309 

from site CA–INY–5962/H, Acc 311 

from site CA–INY–5969/5971/H, Acc 

312 from site CA–INY–5990/H, Acc 265 

from site CA–INY–7716, Acc 281 from 

site CA–INY–7746, and Acc 313 from 

site CA–INY–7746. The collections are 

from sites located in the Owens Valley 

of the Eastern Sierra region of 

California, near Owens Lake. The 

collections were recovered from 

Caltrans right of way between 1993– 

2011 during a surface or subsurface 

archaeological investigation in 

compliance with state and federal 

environmental laws in support of 

Caltrans’ Olancha-Cartago Four Lane 

Project. Objects in these collections are 

culturally affiliated with the Paiute and 

Western Shoshone. Modern-day tribes 

with ancestral ties to this area include 

the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone 

Reservation, the Big Pine Paiute Tribe of 

the Owens Valley, the Bishop Paiute 

Tribe, the Fort Independence Indian 

Community of Paiutes, and the Death 

Valley Timbisha-Shoshone Tribe. To the 

best of Caltrans’ knowledge, the cultural 

items in this archaeological collection 

have not been treated with hazardous 

substances. 

Determinations 

Caltrans has determined that: 

• The 735 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. 

• The 1,129 objects of cultural 

patrimony described in this notice 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), according to the 

Native American traditional knowledge 

of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the cultural items described in 

this notice and the Lone Pine PaiuteShoshone Tribe. 

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 21, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

Caltrans 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. Caltrans is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes and Native 

Hawaiian organizations identified in 


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77188 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 183 / Friday, September 20, 2024 / Notices 

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 12, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21543 Filed 9–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038744; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. 

Army Garrison, Fort Leonard Wood, 

MO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. 

Army Garrison Fort Leonard Wood 

intends to carry out the disposition of 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects removed from Federal or Tribal 

lands to the lineal descendants, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 

with priority for disposition in this 

notice. 

DATES: Disposition of the human 

remains and cultural items in this notice 

may occur on or after October 21, 2024. 

If no claim for disposition is received by 

September 22, 2025, the human remains 

and cultural items in this notice will 

become unclaimed human remains or 

cultural items. 

ADDRESSES: Stephanie Nutt, 

Archaeologist/Cultural Resources 

Manager, 8112 Nebraska Avenue, 

Building 11400, Fort Leonard Wood, 

MO 65473, telephone (573) 596–7607, 

email Stephanie.L.Nutt.civ@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 Fort Leonard 

Wood 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, 

three individuals have been reasonably 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. The individuals 

were removed from Freeman Cave, site 

23PU58, in Pulaski County, MO. The 

individuals were removed from 

disturbed deposits during 

archaeological excavation and 

evaluation of the site for listing on the 

National Register for Historic Places by 

the Public Service Archaeology Program 

at the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign between 1995 and 1997. The 

individuals were later identified during 

an analysis of the faunal remains. The 

site dates from the Middle Archaic 

(5000–2500 BC) to the Late Woodland 

(A.D. 450–950). 

Based on the information available, 

human remains representing, at least, 

four individuals have been reasonably 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. The individuals 

were removed from Saltpeter Cave, site 

23PU209, in Pulaski County, MO. The 

individuals were removed during a 

geotechnical stabilization project and 

archaeological assessment performed by 

the Illinois State Museum on three cave 

sites on Fort Leonard Wood property in 

1997. The individuals were later 

identified during an analysis of the 

faunal remains. The site dates from the 

Archaic (7800–700 BC) to Mississippian 

(A.D. 950–1600) 

Based on the information available, 

human remains representing, at least, 

four individuals have been reasonably 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. The individuals 

were removed from Joy Cave, site 

23PU210, in Pulaski County, MO. The 

individuals were removed during a 

geotechnical stabilization and 

archaeological assessment project 

performed by the Illinois State Museum 

on three cave sites on Fort Leonard 

Wood property in 1997. The individuals 

were later identified during an analysis 

of the faunal remains. The site dates 

from the Early Archaic (7800–5000 BC) 

to Mississippian (A.D. 950–1600). 

Based on the information available, 

human remains representing, at least, 

two individuals have been reasonably 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. The individuals 

were removed from Davis Cave #1, 

23PU211, in Pulaski County, MO. The 

individuals were removed during a 

geotechnical stabilization and 

archaeological assessment performed by 

the Illinois State Museum on three cave 

sites on Fort Leonard Wood property in 

1997. The individuals were later 

identified during an analysis of the 

faunal remains. The site dates from the 

Early Archaic (7800–5000 BC) to 

Mississippian (A.D. 950–1600). 

Based on the information available, 

human remains representing, at least, 

one individual has been reasonably 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. The individuals 

were removed from Martin Cave B, site 

23PU217, in Pulaski County, MO. The 

individuals were removed as part of the 

Cultural and Biological Cave Survey 

Project conducted by the Illinois State 

Museum Society on Fort Leonard Wood 

property in 2002. The site dates from 

the Middle Woodland (200 BC–A.D. 

450) to Late Woodland (A.D. 450–950). 

Based on the information available, 

human remains representing, at least, 

four individuals have been reasonably 

identified. The 517 funerary objects are 

511 mussel shell, four debitage, and two 

faunal bone fragments. The individuals 

and associated funerary objects were 

removed from Martin Cave, site 

23PU218, in Pulaski County, MO. The 

individuals and associated funerary 

objects were removed as part of an 

evaluation of Martin Cave for the 

National Register of Historic Places 

between 2002 and 2003 by the Illinois 

State Museum on Fort Leonard Wood 

property. The site dates from the Middle 

Woodland (200 BC–A.D. 450) to the Late 

Woodland (A.D. 450–950). 

Based on the information available, 

human remains representing, at least, 

seven individuals have been reasonably 

identified. The 23 funerary objects 

include eight grayish chert bifaces, one 

grayish and white chert drill, one gray 

banded chert scraper, two chipped 

stones, six antler tool fragments, one 

antler awl, one bone awl, one mano, one 

soil sample, and one faunal fragment. 

The individuals and associated funerary 

objects were removed from Sadie’s 

Cave, site 23PU235, in Pulaski County, 

MO. The individuals and associated 

funerary objects were removed during a 

research oriented archaeological 

excavation and site evaluation by the 

University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign on Fort Leonard Wood 

property. The site dates from the Early 

Archaic (7800–5000 BC) to the Middle 

Woodland (200 BC–A.D. 450), however 

human remains were removed from 

strata assigned to the Archaic. 

Based on the information available, 

human remains representing, at least, 

two individuals have been reasonably 

identified. No funerary objects are 

associated. The individuals were 

removed from Red Oak Shelter, site 

23PU264, in Pulaski County, MO. The 

individuals were removed by 

Brockington and Associates, Inc. in 

1997. The individuals were identified 

later during an analysis of the faunal 

remains. The site dates from the Early 


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