Notice of Inventory Completion: Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, Little Rock, AR, 49483 [E8-19314]
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Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma that this
notice has been published.
Dated: July 14, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8–19323 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Arkansas Highway and Transportation
Department, Little Rock, AR
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the possession of the Arkansas
Highway and Transportation
Department, Little Rock, AR. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Poinsett
County, AR.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations
in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Arkansas
Highway and Transportation
Department professional staff with
assistance from the University of
Missouri in Columbia, MO, and in
consultation with representatives of the
Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma.
In 1988, human remains representing
a minimum of 15 individuals were
removed from the Priestly site (3PO490)
in Poinsett County, AR, by the Center
for Archaeological Research, Southwest
Missouri State University, Springfield,
MO. The human remains were sent to
the University of Missouri, Columbia for
analysis and curation. The human
remains were transferred to the
Arkansas Highway and Transportation
in June 2004. No known individuals
were identified. The 46 associated
funerary objects are 2 Lander points, 1
Gary point, 42 plain shell-tempered
body sherds, and 1 plain shell-tempered
sherd from the rim of a bowl.
Archeological evidence indicates the
human remains are Native American
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and are considered to be from an
Emergent Mississippian culture. Judging
from the context and radio-carbon dates
obtained from various features at the
site, the main component at the site and
the human remains are thought to date
between A.D. 750 to 1100.
Oral history evidence presented by
representatives of the Quapaw Tribe of
Indians, Oklahoma indicates that the
region has long been included in the
traditional and hunting territory of the
Quapaw. French colonial records from
the 1700s also indicate that at that time,
the Quapaw were the only Native
American group present in the St.
Frances River valley where the Priestly
site is located. Based on geographical
location, historical documents, and oral
history, the human remains are most
likely associated with the Quapaw Tribe
of Indians, Oklahoma.
Officials of the Arkansas Highway and
Transportation have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of at
least 15 individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Arkansas
Highway and Transportation also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the 46 objects described
above are reasonably believed to have
been placed with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or
later as part of the death rite or
ceremony. Lastly, officials of the
Arkansas Highway and Transportation
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship
of shared group identity that can be
reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects and the
Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Diana Wilks, Arkansas Highway
and Transportation Department, P.O.
Box 2261, Little Rock, AR 72203,
telephone (501) 569–2038, before
September 22, 2008. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Quapaw Tribe of Indians,
Oklahoma may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
Arkansas Highway and
Transportation Department is
responsible for notifying the Quapaw
Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma that this
notice has been published.
Dated: July 28, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8–19314 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Horner Collection, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, OR
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains in the Horner Collection,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
The human remains were removed from
an unknown location in Hawai‘i.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations
in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Horner Collection,
Oregon State University professional
staff in consultation with
representatives of the Office of
Hawaiian Affairs, Hawai‘i. The Alapa ‘I
Hanapi, Hawai‘i Island Burial Council,
Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai‘i
Nei, Kauai/Niihau Island Burial
Council, Maui/Lanai Island Burial
Council, Molokai Island Burial Council,
O’ahu Burial Committee, and Van Horn
Diamond ‘Ohana were notified, but did
not participate in consultations
concerning the human remains.
At an unknown time by an unknown
donor, human remains representing a
minimum of one individual were
accessioned into the Horner Collection.
This skull came into the Horner
Collection at an unknown time, but is
accounted for in an inventory report of
the Oregon State University’s Osteology
Collection, located in the Anthropology
Department, in 1976. Notations taken at
the time identify the skull as ‘‘Hawaii.’’
No additional information on
provenience is available. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Osteologist professionals of the
Anthropology Department at Oregon
State University have determined that
the skull is possibly of Native Hawaiian
ancestry.
Officials of the Horner Collection,
Oregon State University have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (9–10), the human remains
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Arkansas Highway and
Transportation Department, Little Rock, AR
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the Arkansas Highway and Transportation
Department, Little Rock, AR. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Poinsett County, AR.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3).
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Arkansas
Highway and Transportation Department professional staff with
assistance from the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO, and in
consultation with representatives of the Quapaw Tribe of Indians,
Oklahoma.
In 1988, human remains representing a minimum of 15 individuals
were removed from the Priestly site (3PO490) in Poinsett County, AR, by
the Center for Archaeological Research, Southwest Missouri State
University, Springfield, MO. The human remains were sent to the
University of Missouri, Columbia for analysis and curation. The human
remains were transferred to the Arkansas Highway and Transportation in
June 2004. No known individuals were identified. The 46 associated
funerary objects are 2 Lander points, 1 Gary point, 42 plain shell-
tempered body sherds, and 1 plain shell-tempered sherd from the rim of
a bowl.
Archeological evidence indicates the human remains are Native
American and are considered to be from an Emergent Mississippian
culture. Judging from the context and radio-carbon dates obtained from
various features at the site, the main component at the site and the
human remains are thought to date between A.D. 750 to 1100.
Oral history evidence presented by representatives of the Quapaw
Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma indicates that the region has long been
included in the traditional and hunting territory of the Quapaw. French
colonial records from the 1700s also indicate that at that time, the
Quapaw were the only Native American group present in the St. Frances
River valley where the Priestly site is located. Based on geographical
location, historical documents, and oral history, the human remains are
most likely associated with the Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma.
Officials of the Arkansas Highway and Transportation have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains
described above represent the physical remains of at least 15
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Arkansas
Highway and Transportation also have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 46 objects described above are reasonably
believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at
the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
Lastly, officials of the Arkansas Highway and Transportation have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a
relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human remains and associated funerary
objects and the Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Diana Wilks, Arkansas Highway and Transportation
Department, P.O. Box 2261, Little Rock, AR 72203, telephone (501) 569-
2038, before September 22, 2008. Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma
may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department is responsible for
notifying the Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma that this notice has
been published.
Dated: July 28, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-19314 Filed 8-20-08; 8:45 am]
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