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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 4800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01013]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039322; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Intended Disposition: Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown, 
VA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Naval Weapons Station Yorktown (NWSY) 
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 16, 2026, the human remains in this notice will become 
unclaimed human remains.

ADDRESSES: Mike Makin, Cultural Resources Manager at NWSY, 160 Main 
Road, Building 406, York County, VA 23691, telephone (757) 887-4148, 
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 NWSY 
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, one individual have been reasonably identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present. These human remains were recovered on 9 
April 2003 during archaeological excavations at 44YO0002, the site of 
the Woodland and Contact Period village of Kiskiak located at NWSY in 
York County, VA. They were recovered from a 1920s trench that disturbed 
an earlier period burial. Most of the burial was left undisturbed and 
only material from the trench was removed.

Determinations

    NWSY has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     The Pamunkey Indian Tribe has 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 January 16, 
2026, 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 February 18, 2025. If competing claims for disposition are 
received, NWSY 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. NWSY 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: January 6, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-01013 Filed 1-15-25; 8:45 am]
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