92962 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 227 / Monday, November 25, 2024 / Notices 

Abstract of Information Available 

A total of nine cultural items have 

been requested for repatriation. The 

nine unassociated funerary objects 

include pendants, a gorget, a bird call, 

a blade, a stone tool, a net weight, and 

a plumb bob. At some point prior to 

1936, Leslie L. Cooke collected these 

items from Sacramento County, 

California. In 1936, Cooke donated the 

items to New Trier Township High 

School in Winnetka, Illinois. The High 

School likely donated the items to the 

Museum in the late 1930s. The items 

were accessioned by the Museum in 

1986 or 1987 as part of a larger 

collection. Based on the information 

available and the results of consultation, 

cultural affiliation is reasonably 

identified by geographic location, 

historical information, and Native 

American traditional knowledge. There 

is no known presence of any potentially 

hazardous substances. 

Determinations 

The Field Museum has determined 

that: 

• The nine unassociated funerary 

objects described in this notice are 

reasonably believed to have been placed 

intentionally with or near human 

remains, and are connected, either at the 

time of death or later as part of the death 

rite or ceremony of a Native American 

culture according to the Native 

American traditional knowledge of a 

lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or 

Native Hawaiian organization. The 

unassociated funerary objects have been 

identified by a preponderance of the 

evidence as related to human remains, 

specific individuals, or families, or 

removed from a specific burial site or 

burial area of an individual or 

individuals with cultural affiliation to 

an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the cultural items described in 

this notice and the Wilton Rancheria, 

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 26, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Field 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 Field 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. 2024–27508 Filed 11–22–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039090; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Michigan State Police, Dimondale, MI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Michigan State Police has completed an 

inventory of human remains 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 in this notice may occur 

on or after December 26, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Hanna Friedlander, 

Forensic Anthropologist, Michigan State 

Police, Intelligence Operations 

Division—Missing Persons Coordination 

Unit, 7150 Harris Drive, Dimondale, MI 

48821, telephone (517) 242–5731, email 

friedlanderh@michigan.gov. 

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 Michigan State 

Police, 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, 

one individual have been identified. 

There are no associated funerary objects 

present. On May 21 and 22, 2024, 

human remains representing one 

individual were removed from their 

resting spot in Harrison, MI (Clare 

County). The human remains (MPC–11– 

24) consist of a near compete set of 

remains, missing three cervical 

vertebrae, the sternum (including 

manubrium and xiphoid), the hyoid, the 

coccyx, majority of the carpals, four 

metacarpals, most hand phalanges, three 

tarsals, most metatarsals, and most foot 

phalanges. Radiocarbon dating done by 

ICA (International Chemical Analysis) 

in June of 2024; radiocarbon dating 

came back to A.D. 1400–1460. On Sept. 

17, 2024, the Clare County Sheriff’s 

Department, which had been storing the 

human remains, requested assistance in 

carrying out NAGPRA responsibilities. 

Subsequently, Ms. Hanna Friedlander 

collected the human remains and 

transferred them to temporary holding 

at the Michigan State Police 

Headquarters in Dimondale, MI. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Consultation 

Invitations to consult were sent to the 

Bad River Band of the Lake Superior 

Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad 

River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills 

Indian Community, Michigan; 

Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky 

Boy’s Reservation, Montana; Citizen 

Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest 

County Potawatomi Community, 

Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of 

Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Hannahville Indian 

Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay 

Indian Community, Michigan; Lac 

Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior 

Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau 

Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 

Indians of the Lac du Flambeau 

Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac Vieux 

Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 

Indians of Michigan; Little River Band 

of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little 

Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 

Montana; Little Traverse Bay Bands of 

Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-benash-she-wish Band of Potawatomi 

Indians of Michigan; Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six 

component reservations: Bois Forte 

Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; 

Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; 

Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band); 

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the 

Potawatomi, Michigan; Ottawa Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 


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Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 

Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi 

Nation; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red 

Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 

Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian 

Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie 

Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; 

Sokaogon Chippewa Community, 

Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians 

of Wisconsin; and the Turtle Mountain 

Band of Chippewa Indians of North 

Dakota. 

The Forest County Potawatomi 

Community, Wisconsin, and the 

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of 

Michigan requested consultation. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The following types of information 

about the cultural affiliation of the 

human remains in this notice are 

available: geographical. 

The information, including the results 

of consultation, identified: 

1. No earlier group connected to the 

human remains. 

2. The Saginaw Chippewa Indian 

Tribe of Michigan as an Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization connected 

to the human remains. 

3. No relationship of shared group 

identity between the earlier group and 

the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization that can be reasonably 

traced through time. 

Determinations 

The Michigan State Police has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. 

• No known lineal descendant who 

can trace ancestry to the human remains 

in this notice has been identified. 

• No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization with cultural affiliation to 

the human remains in this notice has 

been clearly or reasonably identified. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains 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 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. 

Upon request, repatriation of the 

human remains described in this notice 

may occur on or after December 26, 

2024. If competing requests for 

repatriation are received, the Michigan 

State Police 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. The Michigan State 

Police is responsible for sending a copy 

of this notice to any consulting lineal 

descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native 

Hawaiian organization. 

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. 2024–27502 Filed 11–22–24; 8:45 am] 

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National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039100; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: 

University of Alabama at Birmingham, 

Birmingham, AL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

University of Alabama at Birmingham 

(UAB) 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 26, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Lauren Downs, 

University of Alabama at Birmingham, 

Department of Anthropology, UH 3165, 

1720 2nd Avenue, South, Birmingham, 

AL 35294–1241, telephone (205) 934– 

3508, email nagprastaff@uab.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 UAB, 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 two lots of cultural items 

have been requested for repatriation. 

The two lots of unassociated funerary 

objects are one lot of pottery from two 

partial vessels and one lot of flaked 

stone tools. The unassociated funerary 

objects were removed from a limestone 

lined grave reported to be sixty miles 

north of Murray, Kentucky. This 

description places the geographic 

location in or near Crittenden, 

Livingston, Lyon, or Marshall County, 

Kentucky, or Hardin or Pope County, 

Illinois. The collection was donated to 

UAB at an unknown date. No cultural 

affiliation information is included in 

UAB’s internal records, but the 

geographical origin of the objects and 

relevant archaeological information 

reasonably identify a cultural affiliation 

with the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band 

of Cherokee Indians, Miami Tribe of 

Oklahoma, Quapaw Nation, Shawnee 

Tribe, and The Chickasaw Nation. There 

is no record of any potentially 

hazardous substances used to treat the 

unassociated funerary objects. 

Determinations 

The University of Alabama at 

Birmingham has determined that: 

• The two lots of unassociated 

funerary objects described in this notice 

are reasonably believed to have been 

placed intentionally with or near human 

remains, and are connected, either at the 

time of death or later as part of the death 

rite or ceremony of a Native American 

culture according to the Native 

American traditional knowledge of a 

lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or 

Native Hawaiian organization. The 

unassociated funerary objects have been 

identified by a preponderance of the 

evidence as related to human remains, 

specific individuals, or families, or 

removed from a specific burial site or 

burial area of an individual or 

individuals with cultural affiliation to 

an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the cultural items described in 

this notice and The Chickasaw Nation. 

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 


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