5992 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 11 / Friday, January 17, 2025 / Notices 

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: January 13, 2025. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01189 Filed 1–16–25; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039365; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Marshall University, Huntington, WV 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Marshall 

University 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 

February 18, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Marion Coe, Marshall 

University, One John Marshall Drive, 

Huntington, WV 25755, telephone (304) 

696–3758, email coem@marshall.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 Marshall 

University, 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, 

one individual has been reasonably 

identified. The one lot of associated 

funerary objects consist of 37 fragments 

of unmodified faunal remains. Of this 

number, 30 are currently missing from 

the collection. Marshall University 

continues to look for any missing 

objects. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from the Childers Site (46– 

MS–121), Burial Feature 24 from Mason 

County in West Virginia. In 1980, the 

University of Akron Field School 

conducted an archaeological excavation 

of the Site and exhumed human remains 

and associated funerary objects. The 

human remains were later transferred to 

Marshall University. Sometime in the 

early 1990s, a now retired faculty 

member from the Department of 

Sociology and Anthropology at Marshall 

University, sent the human remains to 

a graduate student for their dissertation 

research. This individual reached out to 

Marshall University and returned the 

human remains in September 2023. 

Marshall University has no knowledge 

or record of the presence of any 

potentially hazardous substances being 

used to treat the human remains or 

associated funerary objects. 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the information available 

and the results of consultation, cultural 

affiliation is reasonably identified by the 

geographical location of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

described in this notice. 

Determinations 

Marshall University has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The one object described in this 

notice is 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 and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice and the Absentee-Shawnee 

Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River 

Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of 

Chippewa Indians of the Bad River 

Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills 

Indian Community, Michigan; Catawba 

Indian Nation; Cayuga Nation; Cherokee 

Nation; Chickahominy Indian Tribe; 

Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern 

Division; Chippewa Cree Indians of the 

Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana; 

Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware 

Tribe of Indians; Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Grand Traverse 

Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; 

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, 

Michigan; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the 

Lac du Flambeau Reservation of 

Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of 

Chippewa Indians of Montana; 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota 

(Six component reservations: Bois Forte 

Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; 

Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; 

Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band); 

Nansemond Indian Nation; Omaha 

Tribe of Nebraska; Oneida Indian 

Nation; Oneida Nation; Onondaga 

Nation; Pamunkey Indian Tribe; Ponca 

Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca 

Tribe of Nebraska; Rappahannock Tribe, 

Inc.; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red 

Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 

Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian 

Tribe of Michigan; Saint Regis Mohawk 

Tribe; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Seneca 

Nation of Indians; Seneca-Cayuga 

Nation; Shawnee Tribe; Sokaogon 

Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. 

Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca; TunicaBiloxi Indian Tribe; Turtle Mountain 

Band of Chippewa Indians of North 

Dakota; Tuscarora Nation; United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma; Upper Mattaponi Tribe; and 

the Wyandotte Nation. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains and 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 human remains 

and associated funerary objects in this 

notice to a requestor may occur on or 

after February 18, 2025. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

Marshall University must determine the 

most appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. Marshall University 

is responsible for sending a copy of this 


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Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 11 / Friday, January 17, 2025 / Notices 5993 

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: January 13, 2025. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01177 Filed 1–16–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039352; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Auburn University at Montgomery, 

Montgomery, AL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Auburn 

University at Montgomery 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 

February 18, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Megan LeBlanc, Auburn 

University at Montgomery, P.O. Box 

244023, Montgomery, AL 36124, 

telephone (334) 394–5532, email 

mleblanc@aum.edu and nagpra@

aum.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 Auburn University 

at Montgomery, 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 

Human remains representing at least 

13 individuals have been identified. The 

3,406 associated funerary objects (3,368 

individual items and 38 lots of 

associated funerary objects) include one 

incomplete pottery vessel, 2,066 pottery 

sherds, 1,298 lithic items, two metal 

buttons, one glass fragment, 10 lots of 

faunal remains, 11 lot of shell 

fragments, four lots of charcoal, 11 lots 

of daub, and two lots of sediment 

samples. 1DS1, Durant’s Bend, is 

located in Dallas County, AL along the 

Alabama River. In 1982, Dr. Craig 

Sheldon and field school students from 

Auburn University at Montgomery 

removed human remains and associated 

funerary objects from the east midden 

area of the site. These human remains 

and associated funerary objects were 

then housed in the Auburn University at 

Montgomery Archaeology Laboratory. 

No known hazardous substances were 

used to treat any of the human remains 

or associated funerary objects. 

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 human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice. 

Determinations 

Auburn University at Montgomery 

has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of a minimum of 13 individuals 

of Native American ancestry. 

• The 3,406 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 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects described in this notice and the 

Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas; 

Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; 

Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Jena Band 

of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee Tribal 

Town; Mississippi Band of Choctaw 

Indians; Poarch Band of Creek Indians; 

Seminole Tribe of Florida; The Choctaw 

Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee 

(Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of 

Oklahoma; and the Thlopthlocco Tribal 

Town. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains and 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 human remains 

and associated funerary objects 

described in this notice to a requestor 

may occur on or after February 18, 2025. 

If competing requests for repatriation 

are received, Auburn University at 

Montgomery must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. Auburn University 

at Montgomery 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: January 13, 2025. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01185 Filed 1–16–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039330; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Cibola National Forest and 

National Grasslands, Albuquerque, 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, Cibola National Forest and 

National Grasslands (USDA-Cibola 

NF&NGs) 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 February 18, 2025. If no claim for 

disposition is received by January 20, 

2026, the human remains in this notice 

will become unclaimed human remains. 


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