[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84390-84391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24428]


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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.

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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 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b8dddbd5cdcbddcdd5f8d1d6c1d7dbd7cdd6ccc196cdcb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5035333d252335253d10393e293f333f253e24297e2523">[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 
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:
    <bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
    <bullet> 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.
    <bullet> 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.
    <bullet> 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]
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