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###### Department of the Interior

###### National Park Service

          - [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038935; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

# AGENCY:

National Park Service, Interior.

# ACTION:

Notice; amendment.

# SUMMARY:

                        In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Leonard Wood (Fort Leonard Wood) has amended a notice of inventory completion published in the                         **Federal Register**                         on March 7, 2017. This notice amends the                               ( print page 84388)                            Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations with cultural affiliation.                    

# DATES:

Repatriation of the human remains may occur on or after November 21, 2024.

# 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 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.

## Amendment

                    This notice amends the determination of cultural affiliation published in a notice of inventory completion in the                     **Federal Register**                     (82 FR 12835-12836, March 7, 2017). Repatriation of the human remains in the original notice of inventory completion has not occurred.                

## Determinations

Fort Leonard Wood has determined that:
    - There is a connection between the human remains described in the original notice and The Osage Nation.

## Requests for Repatriation

                    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in the original 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 described in the original notice to a requestor may occur on or after November 21, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, Fort Leonard Wood 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. Fort Leonard Wood 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. 2024-24426 Filed 10-21-24; 8:45 am]

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