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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 

described in this notice to a requestor 

may occur on or after December 26, 

2024. If competing requests for 

repatriation are received, UTK must 

determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the human 

remains are considered a single request 

and not competing requests. UTK 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. 2024–27513 Filed 11–22–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039104; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: 

Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Gilcrease Museum intends to repatriate 

certain cultural items that meet the 

definition of sacred objects or objects of 

cultural patrimony 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 26, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Laura Bryant, Gilcrease 

Museum, 800 S Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK 

74104, telephone (918) 596–2747, email 

laura-bryant@utulsa.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 Gilcrease 

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 14 cultural items have been 

requested for repatriation. The four 

sacred objects are one lot of prayer 

sticks, two shell necklaces, and one 

sash. The 10 objects of cultural 

patrimony are seven ceramic jars and 

three katsinas. The prayer sticks, shell 

necklaces, and katsinas were 

anonymously donated to Gilcrease 

Museum in 2005. Five of the jars were 

collected by artist William R. Leigh, 

whose heirs donated them to Gilcrease 

Museum in 1963. R. Mack Bettis 

donated one of the jars in 2005. Another 

jar was acquired in 1945 by Carol 

Rachlin, an anthropologist, who 

donated her collection to Gilcrease in 

2014. 

Determinations 

The Gilcrease Museum has 

determined that: 

• The four sacred objects described in 

this notice are specific ceremonial 

objects needed by a traditional Native 

American religious leader for presentday adherents to practice traditional 

Native American religion, according to 

the Native American traditional 

knowledge of a lineal descendant, 

Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

• The 10 objects of cultural 

patrimony described in this notice have 

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 items described in 

this notice and the Pueblo of Acoma, 

New Mexico. 

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 26, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Gilcrease Museum 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 Gilcrease 

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: November 18, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27509 Filed 11–22–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039095; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: 

Western Washington University, 

Department of Anthropology, 

Bellingham, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Western Washington University, 

Department of Anthropology (WWU), 

intends to repatriate certain cultural 

items that meet the definition of objects 

of cultural patrimony 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 26, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Judith Pine, Western 

Washington University, Department of 

Anthropology, Arntzen Hall 340, 516 

High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225, 

telephone (360) 650–4783, email pinej@

wwu.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 


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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 seven cultural items have 

been requested for repatriation. The 

seven objects of cultural patrimony are 

a honing stone, a sandstone abrader, a 

barbed bone harpoon point, two incised 

silt stones, a stone bowl, and an agate 

projectile point. 

The materials described in this notice 

were collected in 1975 by R. L. Logsdon 

of Western Washington University 

through non-systematic surface 

collection and excavation of two 1x3 

meter test cuts. This work was part of 

a subcontract with Washington 

Archaeological Research Center, 

Washington State University, Pullman, 

Washington, under contract with 

Bonneville Power Administration 

(Logsdon, 1975, ‘‘A Report of 

Archaeological Investigations: San Juan 

County Site 45–SJ–169, Decatur Island, 

1975, Reports in Archaeology No.1, 

Department of Sociology/Anthropology, 

Western Washington State College, 

Bellingham, Washington’’). 

No hazardous chemicals are known to 

have been used to treat the items while 

in the custody of WWU. 

Determinations 

The WWU has determined that: 

• The seven objects of cultural 

patrimony described in this notice have 

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 items 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 26, 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 18, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27498 Filed 11–22–24; 8:45 am] 

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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. 

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 krichardson@

theautry.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 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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