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Band of Mission San Juan Bautista in 

Lakeport, CA; Costanoan Ohlone 

Rumsen-Mutsen Tribe in Watsonville, 

CA; Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe in 

Pomona, CA; Esselen Tribe of Monterey 

County in Carmel Valley, CA; Indian 

Canyon Mutsun Band of Costanoan in 

Hollister, CA; Muwekma Ohlone Indian 

Tribe of the SF Bay Area in Castro 

Valley, CA; North Valley Yokuts Tribe 

in Linden, CA; Ohlone/CostanoanEsselen Nation in Monterey, CA; The 

Ohlone Indian Tribe in Fremont, CA; 

KaKoon Ta Ruk Band of OhloneCostanoan Indians of the Big Sur 

Rancheria in Woodland, CA; Rumsen 

Am:a Tur:ataj Ohlone in Hesperia, CA; 

and Tamien Nation in San Jose, CA. 

The Ohlone/Costanoan Esselen 

Nation responded to the invitation and 

participated in consultation. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The following types of information 

about the cultural affiliation of the 

human remains in this notice are 

available: geographical and other 

relevant information. 

The information, including the results 

of consultation, identified: 

1. The Ohlone/Costanoan Esselen 

Nation as an earlier group connected to 

the human remains. 

2. The Tule River Indian Tribe of the 

Tule River Reservation, California as an 

Indian Tribe connected to the human 

remains. 

3. No relationship of shared group 

identity between the earlier group and 

the Indian Tribe that can be reasonably 

traced through time. 

Determinations 

The Monterey Peninsula College 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. 

• The human remains will be 

reinterred according to applicable laws 

and policies. 

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 FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 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. 

Repatriation, transfer, or reinterment 

of the human remains described in this 

notice may occur on or after January 6, 

2025. If requests for repatriation are 

received, the Monterey Peninsula 

College must evaluate the requests and 

respond in writing to the requestors. 

The Monterey Peninsula College 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 22, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28500 Filed 12–4–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039143; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: 

William S. Webb Museum of 

Anthropology, University of Kentucky, 

Lexington, KY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

William S. Webb Museum of 

Anthropology, University of Kentucky 

(WSWM) 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 

January 6, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Celise Chilcote-Fricker, 

William S. Webb Museum of 

Anthropology, University of Kentucky, 

1020 Export Street, Lexington, KY 

40504, telephone (859) 257–5124, email 

celise.fricker@uky.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 WSWM, 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 37 cultural items have been 

requested for repatriation. The 37 

unassociated funerary objects are 

charcoal, faunal, floatation, lithics, 

shell, ceramics and a dog burial. Site 

15BE06 (Petersburg) in Boone County, 

KY was excavated as part of a cultural 

resource management project by K&V 

CRM and the Kentucky Archaeological 

Survey in 2013. A Fort Ancient 

determination for these human remains 

is based on the presence of shelltempered ceramics and contact-period 

burial associations. No known 

hazardous substances are present. 

A total of eight cultural items have 

been requested for repatriation. The 

eight unassociated funerary objects are 

botanics, faunal, ceramics, lithics, and 

burned clay. Site 15BB13 (Larkin) in 

Bourbon County, KY was excavated by 

Kentucky Heritage Council staff in 1986. 

A Fort Ancient determination is based 

on the presence of ceramic vessel 

shapes (salt pans, colanders, globular 

jars) and ‘weeping eye’ shell mask 

gorgets characteristic of Late Fort 

Ancient culture in the Central Bluegrass 

region. No known hazardous substances 

are present. 

A total of 13 cultural items have been 

requested for repatriation. The 13 

unassociated funerary objects are a 

stone celt, shell pendants, dogs and 

ceramics. Site 15GP22 (Hardin Village) 

in Greenup County, KY was excavated 

in 1939 by the University of Kentucky 

Museum of Anthropology under 

contract to the Works Progress 

Administration (WPA). A Fort Ancient 

determination for these human remains 

is based on the presence of diagnostic 

shell/limestone-tempered ceramics, and 

projectile points, wall-trench houses, 

and shell gorgets. No known hazardous 

substances are present. 

A total of 10 cultural items have been 

requested for repatriation. The 10 

unassociated funerary objects are 

ceramics, charcoal, faunal, lithics, shell, 

a bear tooth pendant, bone beads and a 

worked bone. Site 15HR22 (Florence) in 

Harrison County, KY was excavated 

between 1989 and 1990 by the Kentucky 

Archaeology Survey and Kentucky 

Heritage Council. A Fort Ancient 

determination for these human remains 

is based on diagnostic ceramic types, 

triangular projectile points, and C14 

dates. No known hazardous substances 

are present. 


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A total of seven cultural items have 

been requested for repatriation. The 

seven unassociated funerary objects are 

ceramics, faunal, lithics, and a cannel 

coal pendant. Site 15JO14 (Mayo) in 

Johnson County, KY was excavated in 

1939 by the University of Kentucky 

Museum of Anthropology under 

contract to the Works Progress 

Administration. A Fort Ancient 

determination for these human remains 

is based on the presence of shelltempered ceramics, overall site plan, 

and rectangular single-set-post houses. 

No known hazardous substances are 

present. 

A total of 31 cultural items have been 

requested for repatriation. The 31 

unassociated funerary objects are bone 

awls, engraved bear tooth pendants, a 

shark tooth, a lithic tool, shell beads, 

shell gorgets, shell pendants, and 

ceramics. Site 15MS01 (Fox Farm/Fox 

Field) in Mason County, KY was first 

surveyed, surface collected and 

excavated by E.S. Maxwell and William 

S. Webb between 1920 and 1930 and 

donated to the University of Kentucky 

Museum of Anthropology. An 

additional donation to the WSWM was 

made by a private collector in 1991. A 

Fort Ancient determination for these 

human remains is based on diagnostic 

ceramic types, triangular projectile 

points, and marine shell gorgets. No 

known hazardous substances are 

present. 

A total of 22 cultural items have been 

requested for repatriation. The 22 

unassociated funerary objects are ash, 

ceramic, charcoal, faunal, lithics, shell, 

a biface, ceramic pipe, clay bead, gun 

flint, lithic cores, microdrill, projectile 

points/knives, red ochre, and a uniface. 

Site 15ME15 (Wheeler, Mercer Village) 

in Mercer County, KY was excavated in 

2013 as part of a University of Kentucky 

field school by the Kentucky 

Archaeological Survey. A Fort Ancient 

determination for these human remains 

is based on the presence of diagnostic 

shell-tempered ceramics and triangular 

projectile points. No known hazardous 

substances are present. 

A total of 99 cultural items have been 

requested for repatriation. The 99 

unassociated funerary objects are shell 

beads, ceramics and pipe fragment. Site 

15PI227 (Pauley Station) in Pike 

County, KY was surface collected and 

then donated to the University of 

Kentucky Museum of Archaeology by a 

private collector in 1959. A Fort Ancient 

determination for these human remains 

is based on the presence of shelltempered ceramics and stone slab graves 

characteristic of Fort Ancient culture in 

Eastern Kentucky. No known hazardous 

substances are present. 

Determinations 

The WSWM has determined that: 

• The 227 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 Absentee-Shawnee 

Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Eastern 

Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; and the 

Shawnee Tribe. 

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 January 6, 2025. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the WSWM 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 WSWM 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 22, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28498 Filed 12–4–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039141; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: Riley 

County Historical Society and 

Museum, Manhattan, KS 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Riley 

County Historical Society and Museum 

(RCHSM) 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 

January 6, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Dawn Munger, Curator of 

Collections, Riley County Historical 

Society and Museum, 2309 Claflin 

Road, Manhattan, KS 66502, telephone 

(785) 565–6490, email dmunger@

rileycountyks.gov and Katharine 

Hensler, Director, Riley County 

Historical Society and Museum, 2309 

Claflin Road, Manhattan, KS 66502, 

telephone (785) 565–6490, email 

khensler@rileycountyks.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 RCHSM, 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 15 cultural items have been 

requested for repatriation. The 15 

unassociated funerary objects include 

brass bells, a small metal cone, and 

beads made of shell and other 

unidentified material. According to 

institutional notes, these items were 

removed from a Native American grave 

located at Fort Laramie, WY. This 

would have likely occurred sometime 

between the 1930s and 1960s when the 

donor was most actively collecting. The 

items listed here were likely originally 

loaned along with many other items to 

the museum by collector and donor 

Elmer E. ‘‘Peg’’ Walter in the 1960s, and 

they were then converted into a gift to 


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