Notice of Inventory Completion: Texas State University, Center for Archaeological Studies and Department of Anthropology, San Marcos, TX, 29923-29924 [2017-13741]
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Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New
Mexico; San Carlos Apache Tribe of the
San Carlos Reservation, Arizona; Tonto
Apache Tribe of Arizona, and White
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort
Apache Reservation, Arizona.
History and Description of the Remains
At some time in the 1920s, human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an
unknown location in Hamilton County,
TX. The fragmentary human remains
were given to the Anna Miller Museum
in Newcastle, WY, in 1969 and then
transferred to the University of
Wyoming Anthropology Department
Human Remains Repository (Record
HR202) in 1993. The human remains
represent a single adult male. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
At the time of the excavation and
removal of these human remains, the
land from which the human remains
were removed was not the tribal land of
any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization. In January of 2017, the
Human Remains Repository,
Department of Anthropology, University
of Wyoming, initiated consultation with
all Indian tribes who are recognized as
aboriginal to the area from which these
Native American human remains were
removed. These tribes are the Comanche
Nation, Oklahoma, and the Kiowa
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma. None of
these Indian tribes responded to the
invitation nor agreed to accept control
of the human remains. In May of 2017,
the Human Remains Repository,
Department of Anthropology, University
of Wyoming, agreed to transfer control
of the human remains to the Tonkawa
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
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Determinations Made by the Human
Remains Repository, Department of
Anthropology, University of Wyoming
Officials of the Human Remains
Repository, Department of
Anthropology, University of Wyoming,
have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are reasonably believed to be Native
American based on museum notes and
characteristic features of the cranial
fragments.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
any present-day Indian Tribe.
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• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(i),
the disposition of the human remains
may be to the Tonkawa Tribe of Indians
of Oklahoma.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Dr. Rick L. Weathermon,
Curator, Human Remains Repository,
Department 3431, Anthropology, 1000
East University Avenue, University of
Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071,
telephone (307) 314–2035, email rikw@
uwyo.edu, by July 31, 2017. After that
date, if no additional requestors have
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to the Tonkawa Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma may proceed.
The Human Remains Repository,
Department of Anthropology, University
of Wyoming, is responsible for notifying
the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma;
Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Jicarilla
Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero
Apache Tribe of the Mescalero
Reservation, New Mexico; San Carlos
Apache Tribe of the San Carlos
Reservation, Arizona; Tonkawa Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Tonto Apache
Tribe of Arizona; and White Mountain
Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache
Reservation, Arizona, that this notice
has been published.
Dated: May 12, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Texas
State University, Center for
Archaeological Studies and
Department of Anthropology, San
Marcos, TX
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Texas State University,
Center for Archaeological Studies and
Department of Anthropology, has
completed an inventory of human
remains, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is no cultural
SUMMARY:
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affiliation between the human remains
and any present-day Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations.
Representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request to the Texas State University,
Center for Archaeological Studies and
Department of Anthropology. If no
additional requestors come forward, the
human remains may be reinterred.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the Texas State
University, Center for Archaeological
Studies and Department of
Anthropology, at the address in this
notice by July 31, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Todd M. Ahlman, Center for
Archaeological Studies, Texas State
University, 601 University Drive, San
Marcos, TX 78666, telephone (512) 245–
2724, email toddahlman@txstate.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of
the Texas State University, Department
of Anthropology, San Marcos, TX. The
human remains were removed from
Hays County, TX.
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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Texas State
University, Center for Archaeological
Studies and Department of
Anthropology, professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of
Texas (previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); Apache
Tribe of Oklahoma; Caddo Nation of
Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation; Comanche
Nation, Oklahoma; Coushatta Tribe of
Louisiana; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma;
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Jicarilla
Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kialegee
Tribal Town; Kickapoo Traditional
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Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of
Oklahoma; Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of
the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico;
Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed
as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama); The Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation; The Osage Nation (previously
listed as the Osage Tribe); The Quapaw
Tribe of Indians; The Seminole Nation
of Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal
Town; Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe;
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma; Wichita and
Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco
& Tawakonie), Oklahoma; and Ysleta
del Sur Pueblo (previously listed as the
Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas)
(hereafter listed as ‘‘The Consulted
Tribes’’). Texas State University, Center
for Archaeological Studies and
Department of Anthropology,
professional staff also consulted with
the Miakan-Garza Band of the
Coahuiltecan people, a non-federally
recognized Indian group.
History and Description of the Remains
In February of 1983, human remains
representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from site
41HY161 in Hays County, TX. The
human remains were initially
discovered in the fall of 1982 during
construction and maintenance of the
Texas State University campus.
Osteological analysis was conducted by
a biological anthropologist from the
Southwest Texas State University
Department of Sociology and
Anthropology (now Texas State
University Department of
Anthropology), who determined by the
context and appearance of the remains
that they are most likely of prehistoric
Native American ancestry. The human
remains from the first burial were very
fragmentary. Age and sex could not be
determined. The human remains from
the second burial were determined to be
those of an adult female. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In February of 2008 and April of 2009,
human remains representing, at
minimum, four individuals were
removed from site 40HY163 in Hays
County, TX. The human remains were
discovered during a construction project
for expansion of the City of San Marcos’
Wonder World Drive and later
excavated by Texas State University’s
Center for Archaeological Studies.
Osteological analysis was conducted
Kyra Stull, M.A. and Dr. Michelle
Hamilton of the Department of
Anthropology at Texas State University,
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who determined them to be of
prehistoric Native American ancestry.
The human remains consist of one adult
male, two adult females, and one
possible adult female. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the
Secretary of the Interior may
recommend that culturally
unidentifiable human remains with no
‘‘tribal land’’ or ‘‘aboriginal land’’
provenience be reinterred under State or
other law. In January 2017, the Texas
State University, Center for
Archaeological Studies and Department
of Anthropology, requested that the
Secretary, through the Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation
Review Committee, recommend the
proposed re-interment of the culturally
unidentifiable Native American human
remains in this notice, according to
State or other law. The Review
Committee, acting pursuant to its
responsibility under 25 U.S.C.
3006(c)(5), considered the request at its
March 2017 meeting and recommended
to the Secretary that the proposed reinterment proceed. An April 2017 letter
on behalf of the Secretary of Interior
from the National Park Service
Associate Director for Cultural
Resources, Partnerships, and Science
transmitted the Secretary’s independent
review and concurrence with the
Review Committee that:
• None of The Consulted Tribes
objected to the proposed re-interment,
and
• Texas State University, Center for
Archaeological Studies and Department
of Anthropology, may proceed with the
proposed re-interment of the culturally
unidentifiable human remains.
Re-interment is contingent on the
publication of a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register.
This notice fulfills that requirement.
Determinations Made by the Texas
State University, Center for
Archaeological Studies and Department
of Anthropology
Officials of the Texas State University,
Center for Archaeological Studies and
Department of Anthropology, have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on
association with prehistoric artifacts
and ancestry estimation.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of six
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
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• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
any present-day Indian Tribe.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), a
‘‘tribal land’’ or ‘‘aboriginal land’’
provenience cannot be ascertained.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.10(g)(2)(ii)
and 43 CFR 10.16, the human remains
may be reinterred according to the law
of the State of Texas and the City of San
Marcos, Texas.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Todd M. Ahlman, Center
for Archaeological Studies, Texas State
University, 601 University Drive, San
Marcos, TX 78666, telephone (512) 245–
2724, email toddahlman@txstate.edu,
by July 31, 2017. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, the human remains may be
reinterred.
The Texas State University, Center for
Archaeological Studies and Department
of Anthropology, is responsible for
notifying The Consulted Tribes that this
notice has been published.
Dated: May 12, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Defense, Department of
the Air Force, Air Education and
Training Command, Barry M.
Goldwater Range East, 56th Range
Management Office, Luke Air Force
Base, AZ
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of
Defense, Department of the Air Force,
Air Education and Training Command,
Barry M. Goldwater Range East, 56th
Range Management Office, Luke Air
Force Base, has completed an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects, in consultation with
the appropriate Indian tribes, and has
determined that there is a cultural
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23398; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Texas State University, Center
for Archaeological Studies and Department of Anthropology, San Marcos,
TX
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Texas State University, Center for Archaeological Studies
and Department of Anthropology, has completed an inventory of human
remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the human remains and any present-day Indian Tribes
or Native Hawaiian organizations. Representatives of any Indian Tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish
to request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a
written request to the Texas State University, Center for
Archaeological Studies and Department of Anthropology. If no additional
requestors come forward, the human remains may be reinterred.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request
transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of the request to the Texas State
University, Center for Archaeological Studies and Department of
Anthropology, at the address in this notice by July 31, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Todd M. Ahlman, Center for Archaeological Studies, Texas
State University, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666, telephone
(512) 245-2724, email toddahlman@txstate.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under
the control of the Texas State University, Department of Anthropology,
San Marcos, TX. The human remains were removed from Hays County, TX.
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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Texas
State University, Center for Archaeological Studies and Department of
Anthropology, professional staff in consultation with representatives
of the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta
Tribe of Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of
Texas); Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Cherokee
Nation; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache
Nation, New Mexico; Kialegee Tribal Town; Kickapoo Traditional
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Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New
Mexico; Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed as the Poarch Band of
Creek Indians of Alabama); The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation; The Osage Nation (previously listed as the Osage
Tribe); The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma;
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Tunica-
Biloxi Indian Tribe; United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma; Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco &
Tawakonie), Oklahoma; and Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (previously listed as
the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas) (hereafter listed as ``The
Consulted Tribes''). Texas State University, Center for Archaeological
Studies and Department of Anthropology, professional staff also
consulted with the Miakan-Garza Band of the Coahuiltecan people, a non-
federally recognized Indian group.
History and Description of the Remains
In February of 1983, human remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from site 41HY161 in Hays County, TX. The
human remains were initially discovered in the fall of 1982 during
construction and maintenance of the Texas State University campus.
Osteological analysis was conducted by a biological anthropologist from
the Southwest Texas State University Department of Sociology and
Anthropology (now Texas State University Department of Anthropology),
who determined by the context and appearance of the remains that they
are most likely of prehistoric Native American ancestry. The human
remains from the first burial were very fragmentary. Age and sex could
not be determined. The human remains from the second burial were
determined to be those of an adult female. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
In February of 2008 and April of 2009, human remains representing,
at minimum, four individuals were removed from site 40HY163 in Hays
County, TX. The human remains were discovered during a construction
project for expansion of the City of San Marcos' Wonder World Drive and
later excavated by Texas State University's Center for Archaeological
Studies. Osteological analysis was conducted Kyra Stull, M.A. and Dr.
Michelle Hamilton of the Department of Anthropology at Texas State
University, who determined them to be of prehistoric Native American
ancestry. The human remains consist of one adult male, two adult
females, and one possible adult female. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the Secretary of the Interior may
recommend that culturally unidentifiable human remains with no ``tribal
land'' or ``aboriginal land'' provenience be reinterred under State or
other law. In January 2017, the Texas State University, Center for
Archaeological Studies and Department of Anthropology, requested that
the Secretary, through the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Review Committee, recommend the proposed re-interment of
the culturally unidentifiable Native American human remains in this
notice, according to State or other law. The Review Committee, acting
pursuant to its responsibility under 25 U.S.C. 3006(c)(5), considered
the request at its March 2017 meeting and recommended to the Secretary
that the proposed re-interment proceed. An April 2017 letter on behalf
of the Secretary of Interior from the National Park Service Associate
Director for Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and Science transmitted
the Secretary's independent review and concurrence with the Review
Committee that:
None of The Consulted Tribes objected to the proposed re-
interment, and
Texas State University, Center for Archaeological Studies
and Department of Anthropology, may proceed with the proposed re-
interment of the culturally unidentifiable human remains.
Re-interment is contingent on the publication of a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register. This notice fulfills that
requirement.
Determinations Made by the Texas State University, Center for
Archaeological Studies and Department of Anthropology
Officials of the Texas State University, Center for Archaeological
Studies and Department of Anthropology, have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on association with
prehistoric artifacts and ancestry estimation.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of six individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and any present-day Indian Tribe.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), a ``tribal land'' or
``aboriginal land'' provenience cannot be ascertained.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.10(g)(2)(ii) and 43 CFR 10.16, the
human remains may be reinterred according to the law of the State of
Texas and the City of San Marcos, Texas.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains should submit a written request with information
in support of the request to Todd M. Ahlman, Center for Archaeological
Studies, Texas State University, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX
78666, telephone (512) 245-2724, email toddahlman@txstate.edu, by July
31, 2017. After that date, if no additional requestors have come
forward, the human remains may be reinterred.
The Texas State University, Center for Archaeological Studies and
Department of Anthropology, is responsible for notifying The Consulted
Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: May 12, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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