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in 1935. No associated funerary objects 

are present. 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the available information 

and the results of consultation, cultural 

affiliation is clearly identified by the 

information available about the human 

remains described in this notice. 

Determinations 

The PMAE has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of four individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the human remains described 

in this notice and the Pueblo of Zia, 

New Mexico. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains in this notice must be 

sent to the Responsible Official 

identified in 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 in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after February 18, 2025. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the PMAE must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the human remains are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The PMAE is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribe 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 6, 2025. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01006 Filed 1–15–25; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039323; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Sam 

Noble Museum of Natural History, 

Norman, OK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Sam 

Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural 

History (SNOMNH) 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: Dr. Marc Levine, Associate 

Curator of Archaeology, Sam Noble 

Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 

University of Oklahoma, 2401 

Chautauqua Avenue, Norman, OK 

73072–7029, telephone (405) 325–1994, 

email mlevine@ou.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 SNOMNH, 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 

Human remains representing, at least, 

281 individuals were removed from the 

Raymond Mackey site (34Lf29) in 

LeFlore County, OK. This site was 

excavated by the Works Progress 

Administration in 1940 and transferred 

to the Museum the same year. The 

human remains include 62 adult 

females, 32 adult males, 21 adolescents, 

25 children, two infants, one fetus, 60 

probable adult females, 41 probable 

adult males, two females for whom age 

could not be determined, 18 adults for 

whom sex could not be determined, and 

17 individuals for whom neither age nor 

sex could be determined. No known 

individuals were identified. The 169 

associated funerary objects are two 

potsherds, 39 projectile points, one 

projectile point fragment, three stone 

manos, two hammerstones, one stone 

hoe, one boatstone, six stone bifaces, 

seven bags of stone biface fragments, 17 

paintstones, one worked stone, one 

stone flake, one unmodified piece of 

quartz, one partial dog skeleton, two 

bone awls, four bags of awl fragments, 

two bone beads, two bags of bone fish 

hook fragments, one bag of bone pin 

fragments, one worked deer antler, one 

worked deer ulna, three bags of worked 

animal bone, 14 bags of deer antler 

fragments, 44 bags of animal bone 

fragments, two shell beads, one conch 

disc, six bags of mussel shell fragments, 

one snail shell, one burned nut, and one 

bag of ash. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects from site 

34Lf29 were interred during the 

Woodland Period (300 B.C.–A.D. 900). 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the information available 

and the results of consultation, cultural 

affiliation is clearly identified by the 

information available about the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

described in this notice. 

Determinations 

The SNOMNH has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 281 individuals were of 

Native American ancestry. 

• The 169 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 

Caddo Nation of Oklahoma and the 

Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, 

Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie), 

Oklahoma. 

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. 


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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, 

the SNOMNH 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 SNOMNH 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 6, 2025. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01014 Filed 1–15–25; 8:45 am] 

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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. 

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 

douglas.m.makin.civ@us.navy.mil. 

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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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039327; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Chugach National Forest, 

Anchorage, AK 

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, Chugach National Forest 

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: Jeff E. Schramm, Forest 

Supervisor, Chugach National Forest, 

Supervisor’s Office, 161 E 1st Ave., Door 

8, Anchorage, AK 99501, telephone 

(907) 743–9500, email jeff.schramm@

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 Chugach 

National Forest, and additional 

information on the human remains 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. 

In 1992, human remains were 

recovered near the Eagle Glacier Nordic 

Training Center cabin, within the 

Municipality of Anchorage, near 

Girdwood, AK by a private individual. 


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