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individuals are identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In 1996, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual was 

excavated and removed from site 

1Tu768, the Gerald Wiggins Site. Site 

1Tu768 was originally recorded by 

Margaret Scarry, John Scarry, and 

Mintcy Maxham of the University of 

North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The Gerald 

Wiggins site is a Late Moundville I 

farmstead in the Black Warrior 

floodplain. The site was identified by 

the landowner, Gerald Wiggins, on the 

basis of a feature eroding from a road 

cut on his property. Surface collection 

yielded artifacts only in the immediate 

vicinity of the darker soil of the feature. 

No human remains were recorded as 

being excavated. The individual 

identified was housed with faunal 

remains and so it is likely it was 

misidentified as faunal at the time of 

excavation. No known individuals are 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

During a period from the 1930s to the 

late 1980s, 29 lots of associated funerary 

objects were excavated and removed 

from Site 1Tu500, the Moundville site, 

during various excavations, including 

field schools conducted by the 

University of Alabama. Moundville, a 

large mound complex on the banks of 

the Black Warrior River whose 

occupation spans the Late Woodland 

and the West Jefferson phase through 

the Moundville I, II, and III phases, and 

terminates in the Late Mississippian/ 

Protohistoric Moundville IV phase, has 

been the subject of two centuries of 

archaeological inquiry. The 29 lots of 

associated funerary objects include 

ceramic vessels, ceramic sherds, 

discoidals, shell, copper, and a stone 

disk. 

In the 1930s and again in 1997, 69 lots 

of associated funerary objects were 

excavated and removed from Site 1Tu1, 

the Pride Place site. The site dates from 

Late Woodland, West Jefferson phase to 

the Moundville III phase. The lots of 

associated funerary objects include 

ceramic vessels, ceramic sherds, lithics, 

charcoal, ground stone, burial fill, 

discoidal, sandstone, faunal bone, and 

shell. 

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 

The University of Alabama Museums 

has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 23 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 152 lots of 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 

Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; 

Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Seminole 

Tribe of Florida (previously listed as 

Seminole Tribe of Florida; The 

Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation 

of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) 

Nation; and The Seminole Nation of 

Oklahoma with letters of support from 

the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas 

and the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians. 

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 November 4, 2024. 

If competing requests for repatriation 

are received, the University of Alabama 

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 University of 

Alabama 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 25, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22885 Filed 10–3–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038783; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: Autry 

Museum of the American West and 

California, Los Angeles, CA, and 

California Department of Parks and 

Recreation, Sacramento, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Autry 

Museum of the American West jointly 

with California Department of Parks and 

Recreation intends to repatriate certain 

cultural items that meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects 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 

November 4, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Karimah Richardson, 

M.Phil., RPA, Associate Curator of 

Anthropology and Repatriation 

Supervisor, Autry Museum of the 

American West, 4700 Western Heritage 

Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027, telephone 

(323) 495–4203, email krichardson@

theautry.org and Leslie Hartzell, 

NAGPRA Coordinator, at California 

State Parks, 715 P Street, Suite 13, 

Sacramento, CA 95814, telephone (415) 

831–2700, email leslie.hartzell@

parks.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 the Autry Museum 

of the American West jointly with 

California Department of Parks and 

Recreation, 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 


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unassociated funerary object is one lot 

of cordage. In an unknown year, Mr. 

Willy Stahl (830.G) collected material 

from Mishopshnow (CA–SBa–7), 

Carpinteria, Carpinteria State Beach, in 

Santa Barbara County, CA. Mr. Stahl 

gifted the cultural item to the Southwest 

Museum (now part of the Autry 

Museum of the American West) in 1942. 

Mishopshnow (CA–SBa–7) is a 

Chumash village and cemetery site that 

dates to the Late Period (1100 AD to 

contact). 

A total of one cultural item has been 

requested for repatriation. The one 

unassociated funerary object is one 

fishhook. In 1930, Mr. Bruce Bryan 

(1864.G) collected the cultural item 

from a burial at Mishopshnow (CA– 

SBA–7) Carpinteria, Carpinteria State 

Beach, in Santa Barbara County, CA. Mr. 

Bryan gifted the cultural item in 1966 to 

the Southwest Museum. 

A total of eight cultural items have 

been requested for repatriation. The 

eight unassociated funerary objects are 

eight trade beads. The trade beads were 

found in the museum collection (5.C.98) 

with no object number in a box with 

cultural material from Misphopshnow/ 

Carpinteria from the Mr. Willy Stahla 

(830.G) collection. Thus, it is likely they 

came from that collection, exact 

collection number could not be found. 

A total of 186 cultural items have 

been requested for repatriation. The 186 

unassociated funerary objects are one lot 

of shell beads (missing), 137 shell beads, 

45 shell beads, and three ochre 

fragments. At an unknown date, Mr. 

Harry Clayton Davis (1052.G), and 

members of the Archaeological Society 

of Southern California (ASSC), a nonprofessional group, collected cultural 

items from a sandbank at Mishopshnow 

Village (CA–SBa–7) in Carpinteria, 

Carpinteria State Beach, Santa Barbara 

County, CA. Mr. Davis’s wife gifted the 

cultural items to the Southwest Museum 

in 1946. 

A total of five cultural items have 

been requested for repatriation. The five 

unassociated funerary objects are one 

bone bead and four shell beads. At an 

unknown date, Mr. Francis H. Elmore 

collected cultural items from near the 

tar pits at Mishopshnow (CA–SBa–7), in 

Carpinteria, Carpinteria State Beach, 

Santa Barbara County, CA. Mr. Elmore 

gifted the cultural items to the 

Southwest Museum in 1959. 

Determinations 

The Autry Museum of the American 

West jointly with California Department 

of Parks and Recreation has determined 

that: 

• The 201 unassociated funerary 

objects described above are reasonably 

believed to have been placed 

intentionally with or near individual 

human remains, and are connected, 

either at the time of death or later as part 

of the death rite or ceremony and are 

believed, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, to have been removed from a 

specific burial site 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 Santa Ynez Band of 

Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa 

Ynez Reservation, 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 November 4, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Autry Museum of the American 

West jointly with California Department 

of Parks and Recreation 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 Autry Museum 

of the American West jointly with 

California Department of Parks and 

Recreation 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 24, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22884 Filed 10–3–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038786; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: San 

Francisco State University NAGPRA 

Program, San Francisco, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the San 

Francisco State University (SF State) 

NAGPRA Program intends to repatriate 

a certain cultural item that meets the 

definition of 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 

November 4, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Elise Green, San Francisco 

State University NAGPRA Program, 

1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, 

CA 94132, telephone (415) 338–1381, 

email egreen@sfsu.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 SF State 

NAGPRA Program 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 is 

requested for repatriation. The one 

object of cultural patrimony is a fern 

and conifer basket cap. This basket cap 

was donated to the Treganza 

Anthropology Museum (TAM) at San 

Francisco State University in the 1960s 

and 1970s. When the TAM closed in 

2012, all the Native American items 

were transferred to the SF State 

NAGPRA Program. The basket cap is 

from the Northwest California Basket 

Collection and there are no records of 

the donor at SF State. 

It was once common practice by 

museums to use chemicals on cultural 

items to prevent deterioration by mold, 

insects, and moisture. To date, the SF 

State NAGPRA Program has no records 

documenting use of chemicals at our 

facilities, and we currently do not use 


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