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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 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 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 are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. Marshall University 

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. 2025–01178 Filed 1–16–25; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039349; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa 

District, Tulsa, OK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District 

(USACE Tulsa) intends to carry out the 

disposition of human remains and 

associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects 

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 and associated 

funerary objects in this notice will 

become unclaimed human remains or 

cultural items. 

ADDRESSES: Jacqueline Rodgers, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, 

2488 East 81st Street, Tulsa, OK 74137, 

telephone (918) 669–4964, email 

jacqueline.rodgers@usace.army.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 the USACE Tulsa, 

and additional information on the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects 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. The one lot of associated 

funerary objects consist of coffin 

hardware. In the 1870s, the Kaw Nation 

founded the community of Washunga 

along the Arkansas River in what 

became Kay County, Oklahoma. The 

Washunga Cemetery was established 

was in use from approximately 1872 

until the 1970s. In the 1970s USACE 

Tulsa relocated known internments 

from this cemetery prior to the 

inundation of Kaw Lake. In 1997, 

human remains representing one 

individual and funerary objects 

including one lot of coffin hardware 

were collected from the site of the 

original Washunga Cemetery, now 

located along the shoreline of Kaw Lake. 

Currently the individual and all 

funerary objects are located at the Tulsa 

District Archaeological Repository. 

Determinations 

The USACE Tulsa has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The one lot of 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. 

• The Kaw Nation, Oklahoma has 

priority for disposition of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

described in this notice. 

Claims for Disposition 

Written claims for disposition of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects 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 20, 

2026, the human remains and associated 

funerary objects in this notice will 

become unclaimed human remains and 

associated funerary objects. 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 and 

associated funerary objects in this notice 

may occur on or after February 18, 2025. 

If competing claims for disposition are 

received, the USACE Tulsa must 

determine the most appropriate 

claimant prior to disposition. Requests 

for joint disposition of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

are considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The USACE Tulsa 

is responsible for sending a copy of this 


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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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