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history specimens as well. To what 

extent Wesleyan staff attempted to 

mitigate cross-contamination when 

objects were stored or handled is 

unknown. 

There is one documented instance of 

pest fumigation relating to the 

collections that dates to 1972–1973. 

This was to treat a silverfish infestation 

in underground storage rooms that held 

the museum’s objects after it closed. The 

proposal was for the application of 

dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) 

to the floors, the placement of open 

containers of paradichlorobenzene 

(PDB) around the room, and the 

placement of a mildew-retarding 

insecticide inside the wraps of 

specimens. The specific contents of the 

room in which the chemicals were 

applied, and to what extent they were 

shielded from them, is unknown. 

Determinations 

Wesleyan University has determined 

that: 

• The 257 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 as part of the 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 December 12, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

Wesleyan University 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. Wesleyan 

University is responsible for sending a 

copy of this notice to the 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. 3004 and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. 

Dated: October 29, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26083 Filed 11–8–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038989; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: The 

San Diego Archaeological Center, San 

Diego, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the San 

Diego Archaeological Center 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. 

DATES: Repatriation of the associated 

funerary objects in this notice may 

occur on or after December 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Stephanie Sandoval, 

Executive Director, The San Diego 

Archaeological Center, 16666 San 

Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA 

92027, telephone (760) 291–0370, email 

sjsandoval@sandiegoarchaeology.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 San Diego 

Archaeological Center, 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 one 

individual has been reasonably 

identified and a Notice of Inventory 

Completion was published in the 

Federal Register on October 7, 2008 (73 

FR 58628). The 49 additional associated 

funerary objects related to these human 

remains are ceramic effigy, figurines, 

and pipe fragments; faunal bone bird 

talon; ground stone figurine fragment; 

crystals; ochre and hematite fragments. 

The site was excavated in 1989 by CRM 

firm ERC Environmental and Energy 

Services Co. as part of a cultural 

assessment program before development 

of the property. Artifacts were found 

and excavated in compliance with 

mitigation as required pursuant to the 

California Environmental Quality Act 

(CEQA). The site was described in the 

report as a village. The report does not 

reference an individual Native 

American monitor who served the 

project but refers to the assistance of 

Luisen ̃ o representatives from the Rincon 

reservation in the completion of the 

project. During the project, researchers 

met with three Rincon elders for an 

interview concerning several artifacts. 

The site report states that the site falls 

within the traditional Luisen ̃ o territory. 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the information available, 

cultural affiliation is reasonably 

identified by the geographical location 

or acquisition history of the associated 

funerary objects described in this notice. 

Determinations 

The San Diego Archaeological Center 

has determined that: 

• The 49 associated funerary 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 associated funerary objects 

described in this notice and the La Jolla 

Band of Luiseno Indians; Pala Band of 

Mission Indians; Pauma Band of 

Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma 

& Yuima Reservation, California; 

Pechanga Band of Indians (previously 

listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno 

Mission Indians of the Pechanga 

Reservation, California); Rincon Band of 

Luiseno Mission Indians of the Rincon 

Reservation, California; Soboba Band of 

Luiseno Indians, California; and the 

Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission 

Indians of California. 


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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 

December 12, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the San Diego Archaeological Center 

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. The 

San Diego Archaeological Center 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 29, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26084 Filed 11–8–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039000; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: Field 

Museum, Chicago, IL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Field 

Museum intends to repatriate a certain 

cultural item that meets the definition of 

an unassociated funerary object and that 

has a cultural affiliation with the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

in this notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item 

in this notice may occur on or after 

December 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: June Carpenter, NAGPRA 

Director, Field Museum, 1400 S Lake 

Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, 

telephone (312) 665–7820, email 

jcarpenter@fieldmuseum.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 Field Museum, 

and additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the summary or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

A total of one cultural item has been 

requested for repatriation. The one 

unassociated funerary object is a burial 

kapa cloth (represented by Field 

Museum catalog number T2023.29.1). 

The kapa cloth was included in the 

book, Specimens of Hawaiian Kapa Vol. 

I, No. 31, published by D.R. Severson in 

1979. The burial kapa cloth, from 

Severson’s private collection, was 

removed from a burial cave on the Kona 

coast of the island of Hawaii at an 

unknown date. The Field Museum 

acquired the book from Samuel R. 

Rosenthal sometime between 1979 and 

1983. No potentially hazardous 

substances are known to have been used 

to treat this item. 

Determinations 

The Field Museum has determined 

that: 

• The one unassociated funerary 

object described in this notice is 

reasonably believed to have been placed 

intentionally with or near human 

remains, and is connected, either at the 

time of death or later as part of the 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 object has 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 Na Hoa Aloha O Ka 

Pu’uhonua o Ho ̄naunau and the Office 

of Hawaiian Affairs. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural item 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 item in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after December 12, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Field Museum must determine the 

most appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the cultural item are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The Field Museum 

is responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the 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. 3004 and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. 

Dated: October 29, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26082 Filed 11–8–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039004; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, 

Albuquerque District, Albuquerque, 

New Mexico 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque 

District intends to carry out the 

disposition of human remains 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 in this notice may occur on or 

after December 12, 2024. If no claim for 

disposition is received by November 12, 


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