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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039314; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: 

Michigan State University, East 

Lansing, MI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Michigan 

State University intends to repatriate a 

certain cultural item that meets the 

definition of an unassociated funerary 

object and that has a cultural affiliation 

with the Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations in this notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item 

in this notice may occur on or after 

February 18, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Judith Stoddart, Michigan 

State University, 287 Delta Court, East 

Lansing, MI 48824, telephone (517) 

432–2524, email stoddart@msu.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 Michigan State 

University, 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 one cultural item has been 

requested for repatriation. The one 

unassociated funerary object is a 

preserved textile fragment in plaster 

(catalog number 2002.29.27). The textile 

was removed from the Sumnerville 

Mound (20CS6) in Pokagon Township, 

Cass County, Michigan. The textile was 

likely removed from the mound in 1888 

by Eliot Crane, who sold/gave away the 

objects recovered (most to the Kent 

Scientific Institute). We believe Crane 

gave some of these textiles to local 

collectors and eventually it made it into 

Donald Boudeman’s collection, which 

was donated to the Michigan State 

University Museum in 1961 by Donna 

Boudeman after his passing. While the 

textile has been modified by placing it 

in plaster, no hazardous substances are 

known to have been used. 

Determinations 

Michigan State University has 

determined that: 

• The one unassociated funerary 

object described in this notice is 

reasonably believed to have been placed 

intentionally with or near human 

remains, and is connected, either at the 

time of death or later as part of the death 

rite or ceremony of a Native American 

culture according to the Native 

American traditional knowledge of a 

lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or 

Native Hawaiian organization. The 

unassociated funerary object has been 

identified by a preponderance of the 

evidence as related to human remains, 

specific individuals, or families, or 

removed from a specific burial site or 

burial area of an individual or 

individuals with cultural affiliation to 

an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the cultural item described in 

this notice and the Pokagon Band of 

Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 

Indiana. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural item 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 item in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after February 18, 2025. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

Michigan State University must 

determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the cultural item 

are considered a single request and not 

competing requests. Michigan State 

University 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: January 6, 2025. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039312; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) 

has completed an inventory of human 

remains and has determined that there 

is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The human remains were 

collected at the U.S. Indian Vocational 

School, Bernalillo County, NM. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after February 18, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–2374, email jpickering@

fas.harvard.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 PMAE, 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 

minimum, four individuals were 

collected at the U.S. Indian Vocational 

School, Bernalillo County, NM. The 

human remains are hair clippings 

collected from one individual who was 

recorded as being 15 years old, one 

individual who was recorded as being 

14 years old, one individual who was 

recorded as being 13 years old, and one 

individual who was recorded as being 

12 years old and identified as ‘‘Zia.’’ 

Reuben Perry took the hair clippings at 

the U.S. Indian Vocational School 

between 1930 and 1933. Perry sent the 

hair clippings to George Woodbury, who 

donated the hair clippings to the PMAE 


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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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