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in Lee in 1970 and presumably this 

material related to DHR site numbers 

44LE0010, 44LE0014 or 44LE0017. 

On August 2, 1988 (and possibly on 

other unknown dates), University of 

Virginia professor of archaeology Jeffrey 

Hantman excavated DHR site number 

44OR1, the Rapidan Mound in Orange 

County, Virginia. Material believed to be 

human was removed for future study, in 

consultation with Monacan Tribal 

leadership. Included in the material 

was: ‘‘teeth NO36 L1-alluv 8/2/88’’ and 

‘‘23 contexts with bone that is 

potentially human (including charred 

material).’’ Hantman’s research focused 

on traditional Monacan lands in 

Albemarle, Nelson and Orange 

Counties. 

On an unknown date(s) in 1997, 

University of Virginia archaeology 

graduate students Martin Gallivan and 

Michael Klein (with unnamed 

undergraduate students and University 

faculty) removed material believed to be 

human from DHR site number 44GO30, 

Elk Island on the James River in 

Goochland County, Virginia. This work 

was part of a University of Virginia field 

school 1994–1997. The cultural items 

removed include two bags: ‘‘one human 

molar F2 surface/disturbance 1997’’ and 

‘‘one fragment F2 surface disturbance 

1997.’’ It is believed that these items 

were inadvertently retained. 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the information available 

and the results of consultation, cultural 

affiliation is reasonably identified by the 

geographical location or acquisition 

history of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice. 

Determinations 

The University of Virginia has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of five individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The one lot 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 reasonable connection 

between human remains and associated 

funerary objects described in this notice 

and the Eastern Band of Cherokee 

Indians and the Monacan Indian 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 December 16, 

2024. If competing requests for 

repatriation are received, the University 

of Virginia 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 University of 

Virginia 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: November 5, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26454 Filed 11–13–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039024; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Louisiana State University, Museum of 

Natural Science, Baton Rouge, LA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Louisiana State University, Museum of 

Natural Science (LSUMNS) 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 

December 16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Irene Martı ́ Gil, LSU 

Museum of Natural Science, 119 Foster 

Hall, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, 

telephone (225) 578–2855, email 

imart23@lsu.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 LSUMNS, 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, 16 

individuals have been reasonably 

identified. No known individuals were 

identified. The 24 associated funerary 

objects are pottery vessels, effigies, and 

disks; stone mortars; bone awls; and 

glass beads. 

From the Bayou Matherne site (16LF3, 

located at the confluence of Bayous 

Vacherie and Matherne in Lafourche 

Parish, LA), human remains 

representing, at a minimum, three adult 

individuals, were removed by James Q. 

Harris during two separate surface 

collection events in 1985. The burials 

could be Coles Creek-Plaquemine. The 

four funerary objects include one 

probably Mississippian clay bird head 

effigy, one undiagnostic bone awl, one 

undiagnostic stone mortar, and one 

Maddox Incised Effigy bowl. They have 

been identified as Late Plaquemine, 

Choctaw, and Caddo. One modern clay 

pipe replica, possibly Caddo, is 

available for repatriation as well. All 

five objects were acquired by William 

McIntire and Roger Saucier in 1952 and 

accessioned into the LSUMNS in 1953. 

From the Sanson Place site (16RA1, 

also Joseph’s Island, Stock Landing, 

located on a terrace by the Catahoula 

Lake in Rapides Parish, LA), 15 

aboriginal vessels in various states of 

repair were transferred from ‘‘Mrs. 

Evans’’ to the LSUMNS in 1932 and 

1935. Some ‘vessels’ are distinctive 

sherds; others are partially 

reconstructed vessels. While the GIS 

database attributed the site to 

Plaquemine and Mississippian cultures, 

the current consensus for the cultural 

attribution of the Sanson Place site 

favors a Plaquemine component, albeit 

with strong Caddo influences/ 

relationships. 

From the Woodward Place site 

(16RA05, also known as Rougeau 

Mounds, located on a terrace knoll west 

of Bayou Robert or Boeuf and east of 


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Woodworth, in Rapides Parish, LA), 

human remains representing, at a 

minimum, 13 individuals, were 

removed by James Ford during a surface 

collection in 1933. The five associated 

funerary objects are one aboriginal pot, 

two copper-covered clay disks, one 

Maddox Engraved var. Baptiste jar, and 

one lot of white European glass trade 

beads. The burials could be Coles Creek, 

Plaquemine, Caddo Unknown, Historic 

Indian Contact A.D. 1200–1700. 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the information available 

and the results of consultation, cultural 

affiliation is reasonably identified by the 

geographical location or acquisition 

history of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice. 

Determinations 

The Louisiana State University, 

Museum of Natural Science (LSUMNS) 

has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 16 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 24 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 the associated 

funerary objects described in this notice 

and the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; 

Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana; Jena 

Band of Choctaw Indians; Mississippi 

Band of Choctaw Indians; and The 

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. 

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 December 16, 

2024. If competing requests for 

repatriation are received, the Louisiana 

State University, Museum of Natural 

Science (LSUMNS) 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 Louisiana State 

University, Museum of Natural Science 

(LSUMNS) 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: November 5, 2024 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26448 Filed 11–13–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039027; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Cumberland University, Lebanon, TN 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Cumberland University 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 December 16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Rachael C. Bible, 

Cumberland University, 1 Cumberland 

Drive, Lebanon, TN 37087, telephone 

(615) 549–5319, email rbible@

cumberland.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 Cumberland 

University, 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, 

two individuals have been identified. 

The three associated funerary objects are 

one scapula of a Virginia opossum 

(Didelphis virginiana), one premolar of 

an unidentified ungulate, and one shard 

of faunal long bone of unidentified 

taxonomic origin. In 1972, the remains 

and funerary objects were removed from 

the archaeological site known as 

Castalian Springs (40SU14) by the 

Cumberland College Archaeology Club. 

Cumberland University was, at the time, 

known as Cumberland College. The 

remains and funerary objects were 

rediscovered during a collection 

inventory. 

Consultation 

Invitations to consult were sent to the 

Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of 

Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; 

Catawba Indian Nation; Cherokee 

Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; 

Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee 

Tribal Town; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; 

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; 

Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 

Poarch Band of Creek Indians; Quapaw 

Nation; Seminole Tribe of Florida; 

Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; 

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The 

Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Osage 

Nation; The Seminole Nation of 

Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; 

and the United Keetoowah Band of 

Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. 

The Eastern Band of Cherokee 

Indians; Quapaw Nation; Shawnee 

Tribe; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; 

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; and the 

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians in Oklahoma responded to the 

invitation and participated in 

consultation. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The following types of information 

about the cultural affiliation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice are available: 

archaeological, geographical, and other 

relevant information. The information, 

including the results of consultation, 

identified: 

1. No earlier group is connected to the 

human remains or associated funerary 

object. 

2. No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization is connected to the human 

remains or associated funerary objects. 

3. No relationship of shared group 

identity between the earlier group and 


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