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Yale Peabody Museum in 1916 by 

Herbert H. Beadle. 

The one unassociated funerary object 

removed from Pisarro Rancho in Santa 

Barbara County by Reverend Stephen 

Bowers in 1875 is a stone implement. 

Bowers sold the cultural items to Elias 

Root Beadle circa 1876. The items were 

donated to the Yale Peabody Museum in 

1916 by Herbert H. Beadle. 

The one unassociated funerary object 

removed from Santa Ynez in Santa 

Barbara County by Reverend Stephen 

Bowers in 1875 is a metal boot spur. 

Bowers sold the cultural items to Elias 

Root Beadle circa 1876. The items were 

donated to the Yale Peabody Museum in 

1916 by Herbert H. Beadle. 

The two unassociated funerary objects 

removed from Guadalupe in San Luis 

Obispo County by Reverend Stephen 

Bowers in 1875 are two stone knives. 

Bowers sold the cultural items to Elias 

Root Beadle circa 1876. The items were 

donated to the Yale Peabody Museum in 

1916 by Herbert H. Beadle. 

The one unassociated funerary object 

removed from Pesino Rancheria in San 

Luis Obispo County by Reverend 

Stephen Bowers in 1875 is a lot of shell 

beads. Bowers sold the cultural items to 

Elias Root Beadle circa 1876. The items 

were donated to the Yale Peabody 

Museum in 1916 by Herbert H. Beadle. 

Determinations 

The Yale Peabody Museum has 

determined that: 

• The 473 unassociated funerary 

objects described in this notice are 

reasonably believed to have been placed 

intentionally with or near human 

remains, and are connected, either at the 

time of death or later, to a death rite or 

ceremony of a Native American culture 

according to the Native American 

traditional knowledge of a lineal 

descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native 

Hawaiian organization. The 

unassociated funerary objects have been 

identified by a preponderance of the 

evidence as related to human remains, 

specific individuals, or families, or 

removed from a specific burial site or 

burial area 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 21, 2024. If 

competing requests for repatriation are 

received, the Yale Peabody Museum 

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 Yale 

Peabody Museum is responsible for 

sending a copy of this notice to the 

Indian Tribes 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: October 11, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24419 Filed 10–21–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038939; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Eastern California Museum, 

Independence, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Eastern 

California Museum has completed an 

inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects and has 

determined that there is no lineal 

descendant and no Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization with 

cultural affiliation. 

DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice may occur on or 

after November 21, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Shawn Lum, Eastern 

California Museum, 155 N Grant St., 

Independence, CA 93526, telephone 

(760) 878–0258, email ecmuseum@

inyocounty.us. 

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 Eastern 

California Museum, 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, 

one individual have been identified. 

The two associated funerary objects are 

pieces of shell and obsidian flakes. 

These items were donated to the 

museum by the Lindsey family of Lone 

Pine, CA on 4–14–1977 and they were 

assigned accession #1977.103 (ID #NL3). 

Consultation 

Invitations to consult were sent to the 

Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens 

Valley; Bishop Paiute Tribe; Fort 

Independence Indian Community of 

Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence 

Reservation, California; Lone Pine 

Paiute-Shoshone Tribe; and the 

Timbisha Shoshone Tribe. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The following types of information 

about the cultural affiliation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice are available: 

geographical. The information, 

including the results of consultation, 

identified: 

1. No earlier group connected to the 

human remains or associated funerary 

objects. 

2. Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe as 

an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization connected to the human 

remains or associated funerary objects. 

3. No relationship of shared group 

identity between the earlier group and 

the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization that can be reasonably 

traced through time. 

Determinations 

The Eastern California Museum has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The two 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. 

• No known lineal descendant who 

can trace ancestry to the human remains 


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and associated funerary objects in this 

notice has been identified. 

• No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization with cultural affiliation to 

the human remains and associated 

funerary objects in this notice has been 

clearly or reasonably identified. 

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 

any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or 

Native Hawaiian organization 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. 

Upon request, repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects described in this notice may 

occur on or after November 21, 2024. If 

competing requests for repatriation are 

received, the Eastern California Museum 

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 Eastern 

California Museum is responsible for 

sending a copy of this notice to any 

consulting lineal descendant, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. 

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. 2024–24428 Filed 10–21–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038929; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Tennessee, McClung 

Museum of Natural History & Culture, 

Knoxville, TN 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

University of Tennessee, McClung 

Museum of Natural History & Culture 

(UTK), 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 

November 21, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Ellen Lofaro, University 

of Tennessee, Office of Repatriation, 

5723 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 

37921–6053, telephone (865) 974–3370, 

email nagpra@utk.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 UTK, 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, 

56 individuals have been identified. The 

397 lots of associated funerary objects 

are 146 lots of ceramics, 105 lots of 

faunal remains, 29 lots of lithics, 88 lots 

of daub, one lot of petrified wood, 17 

lots of indeterminate/other objects, 10 

lots of botanicals, and one lot of historic 

objects. 

The remains and funerary objects 

were removed from 40SY1, the 

Chucalissa site, in Shelby County, TN. 

The site was excavated in 1940 by 

T.M.N. Lewis, George Lidberg, and C.H. 

Nash of the University of Tennessee, 

Knoxville. After excavation ended, the 

remains and funerary objects were 

transferred to UTK. Chucalissa was a 

Mississippian site, with the most 

intensive occupation between 900–1500 

CE. Some of the remains and associated 

funerary objects have been ‘‘repaired’’ 

using an unknown adhesive/s, but to 

our knowledge, no potentially 

hazardous substances were used to treat 

the remains or objects. 

During consultation the Quapaw 

Nation communicated their cultural 

affiliation with the Chucalissa site, 

based off the following types of 

information: historical, geographical, 

linguistic, anthropological, 

archaeological, folkloric, oral tradition, 

and expert opinion. 

During consultation, The Chickasaw 

Nation communicated their cultural 

affiliation with the Chucalissa site based 

off historical and geographical 

information, specifically referencing the 

Treaty with the US and the Chickasaw 

of 1818. 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the information available 

and the results of consultation, cultural 

affiliation is clearly identified by the 

information available about the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

described in this notice. 

Determinations 

UTK has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 56 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 397 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 

Quapaw Nation and The Chickasaw 

Nation. 

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 21, 

2024. If competing requests for 

repatriation are received, UTK 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. UTK 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. 


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