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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 29, 2024. If no claim for 

disposition is received by October 30, 

2025, the human remains and associated 

funerary objects in this notice will 

become unclaimed human remains and 

associated funerary objects. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Melanie Ryan, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Region 10: CaliforniaGreat Basin, 2800 Cottage Way, 

Sacramento, CA 95825, telephone (916) 

978–5526, email emryan@usbr.gov. 

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 BLM Region 

10, 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. The National Park 

Service is not responsible for the 

identifications in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

Based on the information available, 

human remains representing, at least, 

one individual of Native American 

ancestry, have been reasonably 

identified. The one associated funerary 

object is an obsidian flake. 

The human remains were discovered 

on March 19, 2017, by the Bureau of 

Land Management, on the Bureau of 

Reclamation, Region 10 land at the San 

Joaquin River Gorge Management Area, 

Fresno County, California. The human 

remains and funerary object had been 

unearthed by natural erosion caused by 

extensive water drainage episodes over 

the winter 2016–2017 season. 

Determinations 

The BLM Region 10 has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of at least one individual of 

Native American ancestry. 

• The one object described in this 

notice is 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. 

• The Northfork Rancheria of Mono 

Indians of California has 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 30, 

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, 

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 29, 

2024. If competing claims for 

disposition are received, the BLM 

Region 10 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. The BLM Region 10 

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 25, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25190 Filed 10–29–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038955; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) 

has completed an inventory of human 

remains and has determined that there 

is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The human remains were 

collected at the Laboratory of 

Anthropology, Santa Fe County, NM. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after November 29, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–2374, email jpickering@

fas.harvard.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 the PMAE, and 

additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the inventory or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

Based on the information available, 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual was collected 

at the Laboratory of Anthropology, 

Santa Fe County, NM. The human 

remains are hair clippings collected 

from one individual who was recorded 

as being 32 years old and identified as 

‘‘San Ildefonso.’’ An unknown collector 

took the hair clippings at the Laboratory 

of Anthropology between 1930 and 

1933. They sent the hair clippings to 

George Woodbury, who donated the hair 

clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the available information 

and the results of consultation, cultural 

affiliation is clearly identified by the 

information available about the human 

remains described in this notice. 

Determinations 

The PMAE has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the human remains described 

in this notice and the Pueblo of San 

Ildefonso, New Mexico. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains in this notice must be 


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sent to the Responsible Official 

identified in 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 human remains in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after November 29, 2024. If 

competing requests for repatriation are 

received, the PMAE 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. The PMAE is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribe 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 25, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25187 Filed 10–29–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038954; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Museum of Us, San Diego, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Museum of Us 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 29, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Carmen Mosley, NAGPRA 

Repatriation Manager, Museum of Us, 

1350 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, 

CA 92101, telephone (619) 239–2001 

Ext. 42, email cmosley@

museumofus.org. 

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 Museum of Us, 

and additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the inventory or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

Based on the information available, 

human remains representing, at least, 

four individuals have been reasonably 

identified from three archaeological 

sites. The 1,679 associated funerary 

objects are from five archaeology sites. 

Human remains representing, at least, 

two individuals and 267 associated 

funerary objects removed from Rose 

Canyon (W–3; CA–SDI–4595) in La 

Jolla, San Diego County, CA, include 33 

unmodified faunal bone, four bifaces, 15 

core tools, 11 unworked flakes, eight 

utilized flakes, six manos, one stone 

pendant, one pestle, 11 ecofacts, five 

hammerstones, and 172 unmodified 

shells. The 53 associated funerary 

objects removed from C–5 (shore line of 

ancient Blake Sea) in Imperial County, 

CA include 16 decorated body sherds, 

13 decorated rim sherds, one 

undecorated body sherd, 15 

undecorated rim sherds, one biface, one 

chopper, four manos, one battered 

stone, and one ecofact. The 632 

associated funerary objects removed 

from C–123 (CA–IMP–135) in East San 

Felipe Valley, Imperial County, CA 

include one unmodified faunal bone, 

two ceramic pipe fragments, 22 

decorated body sherds, 22 decorated rim 

sherds, 103 undecorated body sherds, 

372 undecorated rim sherds, seven 

bifaces, six choppers, one core tool, 17 

projectile points, 16 scrapers, nine 

unworked flakes, 13 utilized flakes, four 

manos, one stone sucking tube, one 

shaft straightener, one historic metal 

material, five ecofacts, three modified 

shells, 23 unmodified shells, and three 

battered stones. Human remains 

representing, at least, one individual 

and 167 associated funerary objects 

removed from C–158/A in Granite Hill, 

East Central San Diego County, CA 

include one ball stone, one unmodified 

shell, 16 Olivella beads, one modified 

shell, one shell pendant, one bull roarer, 

three mescal chisels, one mano, eight 

unworked flakes, nine projectile points, 

three chipped stones, 30 undecorated 

mixed sherds, 26 undecorated body 

sherds, three decorated rim sherds, one 

decorated body sherd, one ceramic disk, 

and 61 mixed sherds. Human remains 

representing, at least, one individual 

and 560 associated funerary objects 

removed from C–165 in Hawi-Vallecito, 

San Diego County, CA include one 

unmodified faunal bone, three ceramic 

pipe handles, one ceramic tinaja, two 

ceramic water ollas, five decorated body 

sherds, 31 decorated mixed sherds, 

three decorated rim sherds, 436 

undecorated mixed sherds, one chipped 

stone axe preform, two chipped stone 

scrapers, one quartz scraper, 23 

projectile points, two unworked flakes, 

three utilized flakes, one groundstone 

weight, three pestles, one shaft 

straightener, one Olivella bead, three 

ecofacts, 33 modified shells, three 

unmodified shells, and one modified 

groundstone. 

Between the 1920s and 1950s, 

geologist and amateur archaeologist and 

collector, Malcolm J. Rogers, conducted 

surveys and excavations on behalf of the 

Museum of Man (now Museum of Us) 

at several sites, including the 

aforementioned, in east central San 

Diego County and Imperial County. 

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 

The Museum of Us has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of four individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 1,679 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 reasonable connection 

between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice and the Campo Band of 

Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo 

Indian Reservation, California; Capitan 

Grande Band of Diegueno Mission 

Indians of California (Barona Group of 

Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians 

of the Barona Reservation, California; 

Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan 

Grande Band of Mission Indians of the 

Viejas Reservation, California); 

Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay 

Indians, California; Iipay Nation of 

Santa Ysabel, California; Inaja Band of 

Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja 


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