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Bureau of Investigation, Portland Maine 

Resident Agency (FBI Maine) 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: Special Agent Dale D. 

Wengler, Federal Bureau of 

Investigation, Portland Maine Resident 

Agency, 100 Middle Street, Suite 400, 

Portland, ME 04101, telephone (207) 

541–0702, email ddwengler@fbi.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 FBI Maine, 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 

one individual has been identified. In 

May of 2022, a human scalp with an 

associated tag containing the following 

inscription ‘‘MESCALLARO APACHE 

SCALP. KILLED AT JOHNSON’S RUN 

TEXAS SENT TO FRANK OWENS. BY 

LANCE BREWINGTON. FORMER 

MAYSVILLE MAN ABOVE TOLD ME 

BY LANCE B. AT JOPLIN MO 1899 

W.W. GIBSON’’ was obtained by the FBI 

through a federal search warrant after 

the scalp was offered for sale through an 

auction house in Maine. After 

conducting extensive forensic testing, 

the FBI Laboratory confirmed the scalp 

was human head hairs with Asian/ 

Native American ancestral 

characteristics. The one associated 

funerary object is a beaded pipe bag that 

was contained with the human scalp 

and was also offered for sale at the 

auction house. The items belonged to a 

widow in New Mexico who was 

unaware that her husband had been in 

possession of them. The items had been 

grouped and consigned for sale along 

with many of her deceased husband’s 

personal property by an auction house 

in Maine. Upon seizure by the FBI, the 

items have been preserved and 

maintained in accordance with evidence 

policies and procedures. 

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 

The FBI Maine has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice likely 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 connection between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects described in this notice and the 

Mescalero Apache Tribe of the 

Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico. 

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, the FBI Maine 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. The FBI Maine 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 14, 2025. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01227 Filed 1–16–25; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039367; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management, Arizona State 

Office, Phoenix, AZ 

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 the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management, Arizona State Office 

(BLM), 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 object 

in this notice may occur on or after 

February 18, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Raymond Suazo, Bureau of 

Land Management, Arizona State Office, 

One North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 

85004, telephone (602) 417–9500, email 

rmsuazo@blm.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 BLM 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 two 

individuals have been identified. The 

one associated funerary object is one lot 

of vegetable material (including a 

fragment of narrowleaf yucca and 

multiple loose unidentified fibers). The 

individuals and associated funerary 

object were found in a box on the shelf 

of a storage closet at the Safford Field 

Office, Safford, Graham County, 

Arizona. No documentation could be 

found to identify where the box’s 


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contents had come from or when they 

were removed. 

In consultation with BLM, the Salt 

River Pima-Maricopa Indian 

Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona and the Gila River 

Indian Community of the Gila River 

Indian Reservation, Arizona asserted a 

lengthy historic tradition of basketry 

among tribes of southern Arizona which 

used similar fibers to those represented 

in the associated funerary object. 

A fiber specialist’s analysis of the 

associated funerary object indicated the 

manufacture of plaited basketry was a 

late (post 1100 CE) precontact 

perishable tradition south of the 

Mogollon Rim, primarily associated 

with the Late Mogollon and Salado 

archaeological cultures. The specialist 

suggested an association with the 

modern Hopi and Zuni pueblos. 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the information available 

and the results of consultation, cultural 

affiliation is reasonably identified by the 

geographic location and acquisition 

history of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice. 

Determinations 

The Bureau of Land Management 

Arizona State Office has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The one associated funerary 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 connection between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects described in this notice and the 

Ak-Chin Indian Community; Gila River 

Indian Community of the Gila River 

Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe 

of Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa 

Indian Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham 

Nation of Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe 

of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. 

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, the BLM 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. The BLM 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. 2025–01167 Filed 1–16–25; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039366; 

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 and has determined that there 

is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains 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. No associated funerary 

objects are present. The individual was 

removed from Huntington Mound, 

Cabell County, West Virginia. In 

September 2023, the Native American 

human remains were discovered within 

a collection housed at Marshall 

University’s Geology Department. The 

identification was made during a review 

of a handwritten collection ledger, 

which indicated that the remains had 

been exhumed by Alfred Ferrell, A.A. 

Ferrell, and Richard Malcolm. In June 

1959, avocational archaeologist Emory 

Jones donated the individual to the 

University. Marshall University has no 

knowledge or record of the presence of 

any potentially hazardous substances 

being used to treat the human remains. 

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 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. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the human remains described 

in this notice and the AbsenteeShawnee 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 


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