Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 234 / Thursday, December 5, 2024 / Notices 96667 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039148; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Big South Fork National 

River and Recreation Area, Oneida, TN 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. 

Department of Interior, National Park 

Service, Big South Fork National River 

and Recreation Area (BISO) intends to 

carry out the disposition of human 

remains removed from Federal or Tribal 

lands to the lineal descendants, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 

with priority for disposition in this 

notice. 

DATES: Disposition of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after January 6, 2025. If no claim for 

disposition is received by December 5, 

2025, the human remains in this notice 

will become unclaimed human remains. 

ADDRESSES: Niki S. Nicholas, 

Superintendent, National Park Service, 

Big South Fork National River and 

Recreation Area, 4564 Leatherwood 

Road, Oneida, TN 37841, telephone 

(423) 569–9778, email niki_nicholas@

nps.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 

Superintendent, BISO, and additional 

information on the human remains in 

this notice, including the results of 

consultation, can be found in the related 

records. 

Abstract of Information Available 

Based on the information available, 

human remains representing, at least, 

one individual has been reasonably 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. Human remains 

were discovered within the Luna Moth 

Rockshelter in Scott County, TN, in 

1994. The human remains were 

discovered while National Park Service 

archaeologists were excavating in a 

disturbed context along with diagnostic 

ceramics. The human remains were 

collected and transferred to the 

Southeast Archeology Center (SEAC) in 

Tallahassee, FL, where they are 

currently housed. 

Determinations 

BISO has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The Absentee Shawnee Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma; AlabamaCoushatta Tribe of Texas; AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee 

Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee 

Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe; The 

Chickasaw Nation; The Muscogee 

(Creek) Nation; and the United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma have priority for disposition 

of the human remains described in this 

notice. 

Claims for Disposition 

Written claims for disposition of the 

human remains in this notice must be 

sent to the appropriate official identified 

in this notice under ADDRESSES. If no 

claim for disposition is received by 

December 5, 2025, the human remains 

in this notice will become unclaimed 

human remains. Claims for disposition 

may be submitted by: 

1. Any lineal descendant, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 

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 

they have priority for disposition. 

Disposition of the human remains in 

this notice may occur on or after January 

6, 2025. If competing claims for 

disposition are received, BISO must 

determine the most appropriate 

claimant prior to disposition. Requests 

for joint disposition of the human 

remains are considered a single request 

and not competing requests. BISO is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the lineal descendants, 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. 3002, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.7. 

Dated: November 22, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28485 Filed 12–4–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039147; 

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 associated 

funerary objects and has determined 

that there is a cultural affiliation 

between the associated funerary objects 

and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the associated 

funerary objects in this notice may 

occur on or after January 6, 2025. 

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 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 

Seven associated funerary objects 

have been identified. These are pottery 

vessels that were removed by James 

Ford in the Spring of 1940 from 

different locations across Arkansas: two 

from Carson Lake (3MS13), two from 

Bell Place (3MS8), one from Neely’s 

Ferry (3CS24), one from Williamson 

(3CS26) and one from Dupree (3PH1). 

They were partially reconstructed at a 

later date. 

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 associated funerary 

objects described in this notice. 

Determinations 

LSUMNS has determined that: 


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• The seven 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 described 

in this notice and the Quapaw Nation. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

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 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Repatriation of the associated 

funerary objects in this notice to a 

requestor may occur on or after January 

6, 2025. If competing requests for 

repatriation are received, LSUMNS must 

determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the associated 

funerary objects are considered a single 

request and not competing requests. 

LSUMNS 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 22, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28484 Filed 12–4–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039144; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

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) 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 

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 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, 19 

individuals have been reasonably 

identified. The 350 associated funerary 

objects are 43 lots lithic, 24 lots stone, 

five chipped stone tools, two stone 

drills, three stone discodials, two stone 

pipe fragments, one biface, one blade, 

one scraper, 11 lithic projectile points, 

one grinding slab, eight lithic cores, one 

bone drift, 24 modified bone tools, one 

bone bead, one deer mandible, one bear 

tooth pendant, two bone awls, 44 lots 

faunal, 38 lots shell, one shell hoe, 43 

lots ceramic, one lot clay, 32 lots 

charcoal, 26 lots soil samples, 17 lots 

floatation, and 16 lots historic. Site 

15BE06 (Petersburg) in Boone County, 

KY was initially excavated by the 

University of Kentucky Program for 

Cultural Resource Assessment in 1990, 

then excavated by the Kentucky 

Archaeological Survey as a salvage 

project in 2007 and again 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 

shell-tempered ceramics and contactperiod burial associations. No known 

hazardous substances are present. 

Based on the information available, 

human remains representing, at least, 

one individual have been reasonably 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. Site 15BE08 

(McCabe Mound) in Boone County, KY 

was excavated in 1939 by the University 

of Kentucky Museum of Anthropology 

under contract to the WPA. A Fort 

Ancient determination for these human 

remains is based on the presence of 

diagnostic limestone/shell-tempered 

ceramics and projectile points, and on 

C14 dates of 830 +/¥90 BP. No known 

hazardous substances are present. 

Based on the information available, 38 

associated funerary objects are seven 

lots lithic, five lots shell, four lots 

burned clay, four lots faunal, six lots 

sherds, two lots soil flotations, one soil 

sample, one nail, one piece of wood, 

and seven lots charcoal. 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. 

Based on the information available, 11 

associated funerary objects are one lot 

ceramic, two sherds, two lots faunal, 

two faunal bones, one lot lithic, one 

lithic fragment, and two lots shell. Site 

15BB45 (New Field) in Bourbon County, 

KY was excavated in 1992 by the 

University of Kentucky Program for 

Cultural Resource Assessment. A Fort 

Ancient determination is based on the 

presence of shell/limestone tempered 

ceramics characteristic of Fort Ancient 

occupations in eastern Kentucky and on 

C14 dates. No known hazardous 

substances are present. 

Based on the information available, 

human remains representing, at least, 

two individuals have been reasonably 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. Site 15BK200 

(Augusta) in Bracken County, KY was 

excavated in 1984 as part of the 

University of Kentucky’s Contact Period 

Project. A Fort Ancient determination 

for these human remains is based on the 

presence of shell-tempered 

Madisonville ceramics and triangular 

projectile points. No known hazardous 

substances are present. 

Based on the information available, 

human remains representing, at least, 

one individual have been reasonably 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. Site 15BK03 

(unnamed) in Bracken County, KY was 

surface collected in 1960 by University 

of Kentucky archaeologists as part of the 

Bracken County Survey. A Fort Ancient 

determination for these human remains 

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