106568 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 249 / Monday, December 30, 2024 / Notices 

U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.7. 

Dated: December 19, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039253; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Santa Fe National Forest, 

Santa Fe, NM 

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 Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Santa Fe National Forest (Forest 

Service), 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 29, 2025. If no claim for 

disposition is received by December 30, 

2025, the human remains in this notice 

will become unclaimed human remains. 

ADDRESSES: Kathryn Turner, U.S. Forest 

Service, Santa Fe National Forest, 11 

Forest Lane, Santa Fe, NM 87508, 

telephone (505) 438–5380, email 

kathryn.turner@usda.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 Forest Service 

and additional information on the 

human remains or cultural items in this 

notice, including the results of 

consultation, can be found in the related 

records. The National Park Service is 

not responsible for the identifications in 

this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

Based on the information available, 

human remains representing, at least, 

two individuals have been reasonably 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

On August 8, 2006, human remains 

representing two individuals were 

recovered from Forest Service site 03– 

10–02–01363/LA 90334 during 

excavations undertaken by the U.S. 

Forest Service when they were found 

eroding from the site during a wildfire. 

The individuals were sent to the 

University of Oregon for analysis shortly 

thereafter and later returned to the Santa 

Fe National. There are no known 

associated funerary objects. 

Site 03–10–02–01363/LA 90334 is 

located within the Cuba Ranger District, 

Santa Fe National Forest, Rio Arriba 

County, NM. The site is located on a 

north to south trending ridge north of 

Forest Road 313 and consists of two 

features, a unit house and an undefined 

rock alignment which may have been a 

terrace. The artifact assemblage numbers 

in the thousands and is comprised of 

pottery sherds and flaked and ground 

stone. Diagnostic pottery types 

documented include Gallina Black-ongray, Red Mesa Black-on-white, and 

utility wares. Flaked stone includes 

chert and obsidian. Ground stone 

present includes several manos. The 

structure type and presence of Gallina 

Black-on-gray pottery suggests that this 

site was occupied by the Gallina from 

A.D. 1100 to A.D. 1300. 

Determinations 

The U.S. Forest Service has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• Based on geographic location the 

Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache 

Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero Apache 

Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New 

Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New 

Mexico, & Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 

Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 

Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; 

Santo Domingo Pueblo; Southern Ute 

Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute 

Reservation, Colorado; Ute Mountain 

Ute Tribe; and the Zuni Tribe of the 

Zuni Reservation, New Mexico has 

priority for disposition of the human 

remains or cultural item 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 30, 2025, the human remains 

or cultural items 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 

29, 2025. If competing claims for 

disposition are received, the Forest 

Service 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. The Forest Service 

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: December 19, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039246; 

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Notice of Intended Repatriation: San 

Francisco State University NAGPRA 

Program, San Francisco, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the San 

Francisco State University (SF State) 

NAGPRA Program intends to repatriate 

certain cultural items that meet the 

definition of sacred objects and objects 

of cultural patrimony and that have a 

cultural affiliation with the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

in this notice. 


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DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 29, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Victor Javier Aguilar, San 

Francisco State University NAGPRA 

Program, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San 

Francisco, CA 94132, telephone (415) 

405–3545, email vaguila4@sfsu.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 SF State 

NAGPRA Program, 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 three cultural items have 

been requested for repatriation. The 

three sacred objects/objects of cultural 

patrimony are a coiled basket jar, a 

coiled flare bowl, and a coiled tray 

basket. These baskets were donated to 

the Treganza Anthropology Museum 

(TAM) at San Francisco State University 

in the 1960s and 1970s. When the TAM 

closed in 2012, all the Native American 

items were transferred to the SF State 

NAGPRA Program. All baskets are from 

the California Basket Collection. 

It was once common practice by 

museums to use chemicals on cultural 

items to prevent deterioration by mold, 

insects, and moisture. To date, the SF 

State NAGPRA Program has no records 

documenting use of chemicals at our 

facilities, and we currently do not use 

chemicals on any cultural items. A 

former SF State professor, Dr. Michael 

Moratto, stated that staff used glues, 

polyvinyl acetate, and a solution called 

Glyptol to mend and stabilize cultural 

objects in the past. Prior non-invasive 

and non-destructive hazardous chemical 

tests conducted at the SF State NAGPRA 

Program repositories show arsenic, 

mercury, and/or lead in some storage 

containers, surfaces, and certain cultural 

items. 

Determinations 

The SF State NAGPRA Program has 

determined that: 

• The three sacred objects/objects of 

cultural patrimony described in this 

notice are, according to the Native 

American traditional knowledge of an 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization, specific ceremonial objects 

needed by a traditional Native American 

religious leader for present-day 

adherents to practice traditional Native 

American religion, and 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). 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the cultural items described in 

this notice and the Jamul Indian Village 

of California. 

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 29, 2025. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the SF State NAGPRA Program 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 SF 

State NAGPRA Program 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 19, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–OIA–DTS–39203; 

PPWODIREI0–PIN00IO15.XI0000] 

Submission of U.S. Nomination to the 

World Heritage List 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Interior has submitted a nomination to 

the World Heritage List for Okefenokee 

National Wildlife Refuge. This is the 

third notice required by the Department 

of the Interior’s World Heritage Program 

regulations. 

ADDRESSES: To request paper copies of 

documents discussed in this notice, 

contact April Brooks, Office of 

International Affairs, National Park 

Service, 1849 C St. NW, Room 2415, 

Washington, DC 20240 (202) 354–1808, 

or send electronic mail (Email) to: april_

brooks@nps.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan Putnam, Acting Chief, Office 

of International Affairs, at 202–354– 

1809. Information on the U.S. World 

Heritage program can be found at: 

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ 

internationalcooperation/ 

worldheritage.htm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

constitutes the official notice of the 

decision by the United States 

Department of the Interior to submit a 

nomination to the World Heritage List 

for Okefenokee National Wildlife 

Refuge, as enumerated in the Summary 

above, and serves as the Third Notice 

referred to in 36 CFR 73.7(j) of the 

World Heritage Program regulations (36 

CFR part 73). 

The nomination was submitted 

through the U.S. Department of State to 

the World Heritage Centre of the United 

Nations Educational, Scientific and 

Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for 

consideration by the World Heritage 

Committee, which will likely occur at 

the Committee’s 48th annual session in 

mid-2026. 

This property has been selected from 

the U.S. World Heritage Tentative List, 

which comprises properties that appear 

to qualify for World Heritage status, and 

which may be considered for 

nomination by the United States to the 

World Heritage List, as required by the 

World Heritage Committee’s 

Operational Guidelines. 

The U.S. World Heritage Tentative 

List appeared in a Federal Register 

notice on June 7, 2023 (88 FR 37270), 

as required by 36 CFR 73.7(c)) with a 

request for public comment on possible 

nominations from the 19 sites on the 

Tentative List. A summary of the 

comments received, the Department of 

the Interior’s responses to them and the 

Department’s decision to request 

preparation of this nomination appeared 

in a subsequent Federal Register notice 

published on September 25, 2023 (88 FR 

65748–65749). These are the First and 

Second Notices required by 36 CFR 

73.7(c) and (f). 

In making the decision to submit this 

U.S. World Heritage nomination, 

pursuant to 36 CFR 73.7(h) and (i), the 

Department’s Assistant Secretary for 

Fish and Wildlife and Parks evaluated 


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