2024-24415. Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles, CA

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Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1. [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038918; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

AGENCY:

National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice; amendment.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History (LACMNH) has amended a notice of inventory completion published in the Federal Register on June 22, 2023. This notice amends the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations with cultural affiliation.

DATES:

Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after November 21, 2024.

ADDRESSES:

Amy E. Gusick, NAGPRA Officer, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, telephone [phone], email [e-mail].

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 LACMNH, 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.

Amendment

This notice amends the determination of cultural affiliation published in a notice of inventory completion in the Federal Register (88 FR 40854-40855, June 22, 2023). Repatriation of the items in the original notice has not occurred.

Determinations

The LACMNH has determined that:

• There is a connection between the human remains described in the original notice and the Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; and the Santo Domingo Pueblo.

Requests for Repatriation

Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in the original 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 described in the original notice to a requestor may occur on or after November 21, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the LACMNH 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 LACMNH 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: October 11, 2024.

Melanie O'Brien,

Manager, National NAGPRA Program.