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requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the cultural item 

are considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The Cincinnati 

Museum Center 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: December 4, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29257 Filed 12–11–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039179; 

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 

January 13, 2025. 

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 

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 five cultural items have 

been requested for repatriation. 

The four objects of cultural patrimony 

are one net weight, one ground shell, 

one incised stone, and one adze blade. 

In 1982, Western Washington University 

entered a contract with the Bureau of 

Indian Affairs to conduct a cultural 

resource survey of selected portions of 

the Swinomish Indian Reservation, 

Skagit County, Washington. Both sites, 

45–SK–32 and 45–SK–91, are located 

adjacent to the Swinomish Slough 

within the boundaries of the Swinomish 

Reservation. Materials were collected by 

excavation of four 1x2 meter test cuts 

(Chesmore 1984, A Cultural Resource 

Survey and Test Excavations of Selected 

Portions of the Swinomish Indian 

Reservation, Skagit County, 

Washington, Contract No. 2P10– 

0100515 with the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs, Reports in Archaeology No. 22, 

Department of Anthropology, Western 

Washington University, Bellingham, 

Washington). 

The one object of cultural patrimony 

is a worked bone point. The materials 

described in this notice were collected 

in the spring of 2003 as part of a 

collaborative effort between Dr. Sarah 

Campbell and field school students from 

WWU, Equinox Research and 

Consulting International, Inc. (ERCI) 

and the Samish Indian Nation to 

mitigate erosion of a cut bank on 

Weaverling Spit. An area approximately 

150 m long between a jetty for a private 

residence and a field south of the Cove 

at Fidalgo Condominium property was 

examined. The crew excavated eight 

shovel tests, faced, and profiled the 

bank in six locations and collected 

column samples from two locations. 

During this work, two burials were 

observed eroding out of the bank in 

front of the condominiums. Human 

remains were also observed and 

collected beneath the bank on the beach. 

All these remains were repatriated to 

the Samish Indian Nation (Nelson, 

2006). 

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 five 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 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 January 13, 2025. 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: December 4, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29255 Filed 12–11–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039186; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: The 

Kikuchi Center at Kaua1i Community 

College, Lı ̄hu1e, HI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Kikuchi Center at Kaua1i Community 

College has completed an inventory of 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects and has determined that there is 

a cultural affiliation between the human 


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