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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 227 (Monday, November 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92968-92969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27515]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039110; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Inventory Completion: Autry Museum of the American 
West, Los Angeles, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Autry Museum of the American West 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 26, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Karimah Richardson, M. Phil, RPA, Associate Curator of 
Anthropology and Repatriation Supervisor, Autry Museum of the American 
West 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027, telephone (323) 
495-4203, email [email protected].

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 
Autry Museum of the American West, 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 two individuals have been reasonably identified. The five 
associated funerary objects are two lots of shell objects, one lot of 
faunal objects, one lot of organic material, and one lot of ground 
stone objects. In 1947, three field trips (March, April, and May) were 
made by the Archaeological Survey Association of Southern California 
(ASA) to Moody Springs Site (CA-LAn-83) is in Antelope Valley, Los 
Angeles County, CA. Through the leadership of Howard Arden Edwards, The 
Southwest Museum 1.S Collection consists of objects collected in March 
of 1947. Individuals are represented by one cranial bone and one foot 
bone; and a cremation.

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 Autry Museum of the American West has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The five lots 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 the human remains 
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the 
Morongo Band of Mission Indians, California and the Yuhaaviatam of San 
Manuel Nation (previously listed as San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, 
California).

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the

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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 human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after December 26, 2024. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Autry Museum 
of the American West 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 Autry Museum of the American West 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 18, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-27515 Filed 11-22-24; 8:45 am]
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