[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83046-83047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23726]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038885; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, 
Chillicothe, OH

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park (HOCU) 
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 associated funerary objects 
in this notice may occur on or after November 14, 2024. If no claim for 
disposition is received by October 15, 2025, the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice will become unclaimed human 
remains and associated funerary objects.

ADDRESSES: Chris Alford, Superintendent, Hopewell Culture National 
Historical Park, 16062 State Route 104, Chillicothe, OH 45601, 
telephone (740) 774-1126, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#86e5eef4eff5d9e7eae0e9f4e2c6e8f6f5a8e1e9f0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a9cac1dbc0daf6c8c5cfc6dbcde9c7d9da87cec6df">[email protected]</span></a>.

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, HOCU, and additional information on the human remains 
and associated funerary objects in this notice, including the results 
of consultation, can be found in the related records.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, one individual have been reasonably identified. The 126 
associated funerary objects are one biface fragment, one faunal remain, 
two prismatic blade fragments, two pieces of copper, eight chert 
debitage, 49 fire-cracked rocks, four soil samples, 12 botanical 
samples, two charcoal samples, and 45 ceramic sherds. In 2004, human 
remains and funerary objects were removed from the Riverbank Site in 
Ross County, OH by National Park Service archeologists with the Midwest 
Archeological Center. The human remains and funerary objects date to 
the Middle Woodland period.

Determinations

    HOCU has determined that:
    <bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
    <bullet> The 126 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.
    <bullet> The Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Eastern 
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; and the Shawnee Tribe have priority for 
disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice.

Claims for Disposition

    Written claims for disposition of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the appropriate 
official identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. If no claim for 
disposition is received by October 15, 2025, the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice will become unclaimed human 
remains and associated funerary objects. Claims for disposition may be 
submitted by:
    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,

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by a preponderance of the evidence, that they have priority for 
disposition.
    Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects in 
this notice may occur on or after November 14, 2024. If competing 
claims for disposition are received, HOCU must determine the most 
appropriate claimant prior to disposition. Requests for joint 
disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects are 
considered a single request and not competing requests. HOCU 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: October 4, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-23726 Filed 10-11-24; 8:45 am]
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