96674 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 234 / Thursday, December 5, 2024 / Notices 

competing requests. The NIU 

Department of Anthropology 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. 2024–28494 Filed 12–4–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039150; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Agate Fossil Beds 

National Monument, Harrison, NE 

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 the Interior, National 

Park Service, Agate Fossil Beds National 

Monument (AGFO) 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 December 5, 2025. If no claim for 

disposition is received by December 5, 

2025, the human remains in this notice 

will become unclaimed human remains. 

ADDRESSES: Jay Sturdevant, 

Superintendent, Agate Fossil Beds 

National Monument, 301 River Road, 

Harrison, NE 69346–2743, telephone 

(308) 665–4110, email jay_sturdevant@

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, AGFO, 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. On August 6, 2020, 

a human skull was found in the 

Niobrara River on Federal land within 

the boundary of AGFO in Sioux County, 

NE. Law enforcement officers from the 

National Park Service (NPS), Sioux 

County Sheriff’s Office, and the 

Nebraska State Patrol responded to the 

discovery. The NPS law enforcement 

officer took possession of the remains 

and placed them in a secure vault. The 

remains were visually examined and 

through facial micromorphology 

determined to be Native American. The 

skull had glue, tape, and faint blue 

lettering (undecipherable) on it. Nothing 

else is known about the remains or from 

where they originated. The remains are 

not part of any known NPS museum 

holdings. 

Determinations 

AGFO has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The Ponca Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma and the Ponca Tribe of 

Nebraska 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, AGFO 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. AGFO 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. 2024–28487 Filed 12–4–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039142; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: 

California Department of 

Transportation, Oakland, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

California Department of Transportation 

(Caltrans) 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 

January 6, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Lindsay Busse PQS 

Principal Investigator, Prehistoric 

Archaeology, California Department of 

Transportation, District 4, 111 Grand 

Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612, telephone 

(510) 847–1977, email lindsay.busse@

dot.ca.gov and Althea Asaro, PQS 

Principal Investigator, Prehistoric 

Archaeology, California Department of 

Transportation, District 4, 111 Grand 

Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612, telephone 

(510) 847–2178, email althea.asaro@

dot.ca.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 Caltrans, 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 

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Highway 1 in northern Sonoma County, 


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