[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84394-84395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24427]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038936; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: 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) 
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.

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DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice 
may occur on or after November 21, 2024.

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#6c0f041e051f330d000a031e082c021c1f420b031a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1d7e756f746e427c717b726f795d736d6e337a726b">[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 determinations 
in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in 
the inventory or related records.

Abstract of Information Available

    In 1963, associated funerary objects were removed from the Mound 
City Group, Ross County, OH during an excavation by the Ohio Historical 
Society under contract to the National Park Service (NPS). The 
associated funerary objects were removed from Federal property and were 
accessioned into the collections at Mound City Group National Monument 
(now Hopewell Culture National Historical Park). The funerary objects 
are associated with human remains that were included in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on January 3, 
2024 (89 FR 403) and most probably date to the Middle Woodland period. 
No known hazardous substances are present. The 22 associated funerary 
objects are seven shell beads and 15 copper artifacts.

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

    HOCU has determined that:
    <bullet> The 22 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> There is a connection between the associated funerary 
objects described in this notice and the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of 
Indians of Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; and the Shawnee 
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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after November 21, 2024. If competing 
requests for repatriation are received, HOCU must determine the most 
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the associated funerary objects are considered a single 
request and not competing requests. HOCU 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: October 11, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-24427 Filed 10-21-24; 8:45 am]
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