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• There is a reasonable connection 

between the cultural items described in 

this notice and the Agua Caliente Band 

of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente 

Indian Reservation, California; 

Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians, 

California; Cabazon Band of Cahuilla 

Indians (previously listed as Cabazon 

Band of Mission Indians, California); 

Cahuilla Band of Indians; Los Coyotes 

Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians, 

California; Morongo Band of Mission 

Indians, California; Ramona Band of 

Cahuilla, California; Santa Rosa Band of 

Cahuilla Indians, California; and the 

Torrez Martinez Desert Cahuilla 

Indians, 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 16, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the University of California, Riverside 

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 

University of California, Riverside 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: November 5, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26467 Filed 11–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039026; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: Ball 

State University, Muncie, IN 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Ball State 

University (BSU) 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 16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Chyan Gilaspy, Ball State 

University, Applied Anthropology 

Laboratories, 2000 W Riverside Avenue, 

Muncie, IN 47306, telephone (765) 285– 

5362, email NAGPRA@bsu.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 BSU 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 an effigy 

vessel or hooded water bottle (listed as 

animal-shaped vessel in BSU records). 

The item was donated to BSU by a 

private donor in 1953. Based on 

consultation, available documentation, 

and archaeological evidence pertaining 

to similar funerary objects, we conclude 

that this cultural item was likely 

removed from an ancestral Osage burial 

at an unrecorded date and location prior 

to 1953. There are no institutional 

records indicating the presence of any 

potentially hazardous substances used 

to treat the cultural item. 

Determinations 

BSU has determined that: 

• The one unassociated funerary 

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. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the cultural item described in 

this notice and The Osage Nation. 

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 16, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

BSU 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 BSU 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: November 5, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26449 Filed 11–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039022; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: 

Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, 

TN 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Tennessee State Museum intends to 

repatriate certain cultural items that 

meet the definition of unassociated 

funerary objects and that have a cultural 

affiliation with the Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

December 16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Debbie Shaw, Tennessee 

State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd., 

Nashville, TN 37243, telephone (615) 

253–0144, email Debbie.shaw@tn.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 


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