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hair clippings collected from one 

individual who was recorded as being 

18 years old and identified as ‘‘Omaha.’’ 

S.B. Davis took the hair clippings at the 

Genoa Indian School between 1930 and 

1933. Davis sent the hair clippings to 

George Woodbury, who donated the hair 

clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual was collected 

at an unknown location. The human 

remains are hair clippings collected 

from one individual whose age was not 

recorded and identified as ‘‘Omaha.’’ Dr. 

Earnest Albert Hooten took the hair 

clippings at an unknown location. 

Hooten sent the hair clippings to George 

Woodbury, who donated the hair 

clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the available information 

and the results of consultation, cultural 

affiliation is clearly identified by the 

information available about the human 

remains described in this notice. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate lineal 

descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native 

Hawaiian organizations, the PMAE has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the human remains described 

in this notice and the Omaha Tribe of 

Nebraska. 

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 October 21, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the PMAE 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. The PMAE is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribe 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 12, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21533 Filed 9–19–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038739; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Columbia-Pacific 

Northwest Region, Boise, ID 

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, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Interior Region 9: 

Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region 

(Reclamation Region 9) 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. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

October 21, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Send written requests for 

repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects identified in 

this notice to Dr. Sean Hess, 

Supervisory Regional Archaeologist, 

Columbia-Pacific Northwest Regional 

Office, Bureau of Reclamation, 1150 N 

Curtis Road, Boise, ID 83706, telephone 

(208) 378–5316, email shess@usbr.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 Reclamation 

Region 9, 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 

Human remains representing, at least, 

seven individuals have been identified. 

The three associated funerary objects are 

one piece of shell, one unidentified 

animal dewclaw, and one lot of soil. 

This notice represents the second 

repatriation of materials from site 

45OK7 and was initiated in 2021 due to 

the discovery of items relocated in 

museum collections at both Central 

Washington University and Eastern 

Washington University. The original 

Notice of Inventory Completion was 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 21, 2011 (76 FR 36153–36154). 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the information available 

and the results of consultation, cultural 

affiliation is reasonably identified by the 

geographical location or acquisition 

history of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice. 

Determinations 

Reclamation Region 9 has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of seven individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• 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 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects described in this notice and the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains and 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 21, 2024. 


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If competing requests for repatriation 

are received, Reclamation Region 9 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. Reclamation Region 

9 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 12, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21542 Filed 9–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038729; 

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 has determined that there 

is a known lineal descendant connected 

to the human remains in this notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after October 21, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 

02138, telephone (617) 496–2374, email 

jpickering@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, and 

additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the inventory or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

Based on the information available, 

human remains representing one 

individual has been reasonably 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. The human remains 

were collected at the Sherman Institute, 

Riverside County, CA, and are hair 

clippings collected from one individual, 

Allen Lavine (Lovine), who was 

recorded as being 17 years old and 

identified as ‘‘Digger.’’ Samuel H. 

Gilliam took the hair clippings at the 

Sherman Institute between 1930 and 

1933. Gilliam sent the hair clippings to 

George Woodbury, who donated the hair 

clippings to the PMAE in 1935. 

Lineal Descendant 

Based on the information available 

and the results of consultation, a lineal 

descendant is connected to the human 

remains described in this notice. 

Determinations 

The PMAE has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. 

• A known lineal descendant, Beverly 

Hipbshman, is connected to the human 

remains described in this notice. 

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. The known lineal descendant 

connected to the human remains. 

2. Any other lineal descendant not 

identified who shows, by a 

preponderance of the evidence, that the 

requestor is a lineal descendant. 

Repatriation of the human remains in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after October 21, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the PMAE must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. The PMAE is responsible 

for sending a copy of this notice to the 

lineal descendant and any other 

consulting parties. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. 

Dated: September 12, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21532 Filed 9–19–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038736; 

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 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. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

October 21, 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 

Human remains representing, at least, 

seven individuals have been identified. 

The 39 associated funerary objects are 

bone, stone and antler tools, carved 

bone, midden samples, and shells with 

red ochre. 

Three different projects (conducted in 

1975, 1976, and 2010) related to 

excavation and monitoring of the Birch 

Bay Sewer line resulted in the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

listed in this notice. 

In 1975, Western Washington State 

College signed a contract with Arcomm 

Construction Company, Inc. of Seattle to 

conduct ‘‘salvage’’ archaeology during 

the development of the Birch Bay 

sewage treatment facility. The project 

was led by Jeannette Gaston and 


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