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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 102945-102946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29952]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039224; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Reclamation, Boise, ID

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau 
of Reclamation, Interior Region 9: Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region 
(Reclamation Region 9) 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 17, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Sean Hess, Supervisory Regional Archaeologist, Columbia-
Pacific Northwest Regional Office, Bureau of Reclamation, 1150 N Curtis 
Road, Boise, ID 83706, telephone (208) 378-5316, email [email protected].

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 
Reclamation Region 9, 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

    Site 45ST118 is on Federal lands associated with operation and 
maintenance of Grand Coulee Dam within the exterior boundary of the 
Spokane Indian Reservation. The collection from 45ST118 that has not 
been repatriated consists of two associated funerary objects (AFOs): a 
cedar wood stake and a vial of wood fibers. There are no associated 
human remains. The AFOs are currently housed at Washington State 
University in Pullman, Washington.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical 
location or acquisition

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history of the associated funerary objects described in this notice.

Determinations

    The Reclamation Region 9 has determined that:
     The two 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 connection between the associated funerary 
objects described in this notice and the Spokane Tribe of the Spokane 
Reservation.

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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation.
    Repatriation of the associated funerary objects described in this 
notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 17, 2025. If 
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Reclamation 
Region 9 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. The Reclamation Region 9 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: December 11, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-29952 Filed 12-17-24; 8:45 am]
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