90044 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 220 / Thursday, November 14, 2024 / Notices 

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 WWU, 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 

object of cultural patrimony is a large 

sandstone abrader. 

On August 18, 1977, WWU Master’s 

candidate Jerry Bailey was given 

permission to conduct a test excavation 

at registered archaeological site 45SJ84 

located in Reid-Prevost Harbor State 

Park. Certain conditions were outlined 

by Jan T. Tveten, Assistant Director of 

Resources Development, Washington 

State Parks and Recreation Commission 

(WSPRC). Completion of a final report 

and shipment of artifactual materials to 

Fort Warden State Park were two of 

these conditions (Archaeological Test 

Excavations at Reid Harbor, Stuart 

Island, Washington, Published by The 

Department of Anthropology, WWU, 

Papers in Archaeology No. 9). This 

project was conducted as part of Jerry 

Bailey’s M.A. thesis project, A 

Distributional Study of Three Late 

Prehistoric Culture Types in the Gulf of 

Georgia Region. 

No hazardous chemicals are known to 

have been used to treat the item while 

in the custody of WWU. 

Determinations 

The WWU has determined that: 

• The one object of cultural 

patrimony described in this notice has 

ongoing historical, traditional, or 

cultural importance central to the 

Native American group, including any 

constituent sub-group (such as a band, 

clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or 

other subdivision), according to the 

Native American traditional knowledge 

of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the cultural item described in 

this notice and the Lummi Tribe of the 

Lummi Reservation; Samish Indian 

Nation; and the Swinomish Indian 

Tribal Community. 

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 WWU 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 WWU 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039023; 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 

VA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

University of Virginia 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: Meg Kennedy, University of 

Virginia, 170 McCormick Road, 

Charlottesville, VA 22812, telephone 

(434) 924–9425, email mmkennedy@

virginia.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 University of 

Virginia, 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, 

five individuals have been identified. 

The one lot of associated funerary 

objects are charcoal from a burial 

context, pottery, copper, stone, and 

walnut. Human remains representing, at 

minimum, five individuals were 

removed from several archaeological 

sites by University of Virginia faculty 

and students during the twentieth 

century. Charlton Gilmore (Gilly) 

Holland, M.D., a neuropsychiatrist at 

the University of Virginia who taught 

Virginia archaeology in the department 

of sociology for ten years, actively 

excavated sites in Augusta, Bath, 

Highland, Rockingham and Rockbridge 

Counties in Virginia the mid-twentieth 

century. Some of this work was done in 

conjunction with the Smithsonian 

Institution. 

On an unknown date(s), Holland 

removed ‘‘bones scattered through sod’’ 

from Virginia Department of Historic 

Resources (DHR) site number 44AU12 

in Augusta County, Virginia. The bones 

are believed to be human. 

On an unknown date(s) in 1962, 

Holland removed human remains and 

associated funerary objects from the 

Hirsch Mound (DHR site number 

44BA35) in Bath County, Virginia. The 

material includes human remains, 

charcoal from a burial context and 

associated funerary objects including 

pottery, copper, stone and walnut. From 

his notes: ‘‘bones and charcoal from 

lowest level in Square A,’’ ‘‘charcoal 

from 24’’1’ south of stake (W) for 

trench,’’ ‘‘square F2 feet from surface +6 

above skull, SE post, chips in fill,’’ 

‘‘skull + teeth fragments burial of square 

F,’’ and ‘‘burial 1 square A second 

level,’’ as well as ‘‘square A below 3rd 

level stones separated from skull + 

burial,’’ ‘‘possible copper, square A 14 

inches,’’ ‘‘1 sherd pottery found under 

burial #2 in 1st level,’’ and ‘‘walnut 

Square A.’’ 

On an unknown date(s), Holland or 

another colleague removed one human 

bone (bag labeled ‘‘12–19 inches’’) from 

Lee Site #3 in Wise County, Virginia. 

Holland published research on 10 sites 


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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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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[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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