Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office, Oklahoma City, OK, 8034-8035 [2022-02976]
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Notice; correction.
The Anniston Museum of
Natural History has corrected an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, published
in a Notice of Inventory Completion in
the Federal Register on August 10,
2018. This notice corrects the cultural
affiliation. Lineal descendants or
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 and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
to the Anniston Museum of Natural
History. If no additional requestors
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the lineal descendants, Indian
Tribes, or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may
proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
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 and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the Anniston Museum of
Natural History at the address in this
notice by March 14, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel D. Spaulding, Anniston Museum
of Natural History, 800 Museum Drive,
Anniston, AL 36206, telephone (256)
237–6766, email dspaulding@
annistonmuseum.org.
SUMMARY:
Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003, of the correction of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
Anniston Museum of Natural History,
Anniston, AL. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from Moundville in
Tuscaloosa County, AL.
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 and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
This notice corrects the cultural
affiliation published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal
Register (83 FR 39776–39777, August
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10, 2018). Transfer of control of the
items in this correction notice has not
occurred.
Correction
In the Federal Register (83 FR 39776,
August 10, 2018), column 3, sentence 1
under the heading ‘‘Summary’’ is
corrected by substituting the following
sentence:
The Anniston Museum of Natural History
has completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects, in
consultation with the appropriate Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and
has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and present-day
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations.
In the Federal Register (83 FR 39777,
August 10, 2018), column 1, paragraph
4, under the heading ‘‘Determinations
Made by the Anniston Museum of
Natural History,’’ is corrected by
substituting the following paragraph:
Officials of the Anniston Museum of
Natural History have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 10
objects described in this notice 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.
• 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 Alabama-Coushatta
Tribe of Texas [previously listed as AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas]; Coushatta Tribe
of Louisiana; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians;
Seminole Tribe of Florida [previously listed
as Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood, & Tampa
Reservations)]; The Chickasaw Nation; The
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation; and The Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The
Tribes’’).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or 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 and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Daniel D. Spaulding,
Anniston Museum of Natural History,
800 Museum Drive, Anniston, AL
36206, telephone (256) 237–6766, email
dspaulding@annistonmuseum.org, by
March 14, 2022. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
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human remains and associated funerary
objects to The Tribes may proceed.
The Anniston Museum of Natural
History is responsible for notifying the
Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians; United Keetoowah
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma;
and The Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: February 3, 2022.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area
Office, Oklahoma City, OK
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Bureau of Reclamation,
Oklahoma-Texas Area Office
(Reclamation), has completed an
inventory of human remains, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and present-day Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. Lineal descendants or
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 Reclamation. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains to the
lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
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 Reclamation at the
address in this notice by March 14,
2022.
SUMMARY:
Kate
Ellison, Archeologist, Bureau of
Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area
Office, 5924 NW 2nd Street, Suite 200,
Oklahoma City, OK 73127, telephone
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(405) 470–4816, email kellison@
usbr.gov.
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 U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma City,
OK. The human remains were removed
from Lake Thunderbird Reservoir,
Cleveland County, OK.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Reclamation
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
Representatives from the Wichita and
Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi,
Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma were
also contacted but declined to consult,
on the basis that the land from which
the human remains were removed is
outside of the Tribe’s traditional
territory.
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History and Description of the Remains
On July 1, 1982, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the Little
Axe Skeletal Remains Site (34CL210) in
Cleveland County, OK. The burial was
discovered by a visitor to Little River
State Park, who noted the presence
human remains exposed by erosion on
an access road within the state park near
Clear Bay and reported the exposed
human remains at the Little Axe
Grocery store, whereupon a store
employee contacted state park officials.
Larry Neal of the Oklahoma
Archaeological Society notified
Reclamation archeologists of the
discovery on July 6, 1982. After
consulting with the Oklahoma State
Medical Examiner’s Office and the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma, Reclamation archeologists
removed the human remains and took
them to the Reclamation office in
Amarillo, TX. Beginning in December of
1982, the human remains were curated
at the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art, St.
Gregory College in Shawnee, OK. On
May 23, 1995, the human remains were
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moved to the Museum of the Great
Plains in Lawton, OK, by Hector Garcia
and placed on a one-year loan. The
individual is represented by a nearly
complete skeleton. The remains
probably belong to a male 18–20 years
old. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Determinations Made by the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area
Office
AGENCY:
Officials of the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Reclamation,
Oklahoma-Texas Area Office have
determined that:
• 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), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and the Absentee-Shawnee
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or 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 Kate Ellison,
Archeologist, Bureau of Reclamation,
Oklahoma-Texas Area Office, 5924 NW
2nd Street, Suite 200, Oklahoma City,
OK 73127, telephone (405) 470–4816,
email kellison@usbr.gov, by March 14,
2022. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains to the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma may proceed.
The U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation, OklahomaTexas Area Office is responsible for
notifying the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe
of Indians of Oklahoma that this notice
has been published.
Dated: February 3, 2022.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Beloit
College, Logan Museum of
Anthropology, Beloit, WI
ACTION:
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
Beloit College, Logan
Museum 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 a cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and present-day Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
descendants or 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 Beloit College,
Logan Museum of Anthropology. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes,
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated
in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
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 Beloit College, Logan
Museum of Anthropology at the address
in this notice by March 14, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nicolette B. Meister, Director, Logan
Museum of Anthropology, Beloit
College, Beloit, WI 53511, telephone
(608) 363–2305, email meistern@
beloit.edu.
SUMMARY:
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
Beloit College, Logan Museum of
Anthropology, Beloit, WI. The human
remains were removed from an
unknown location in the Northeast
region of the United States.
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
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office, Oklahoma City, OK
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office
(Reclamation), has completed an inventory of human remains, in
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation
between the human remains and present-day Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or 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 Reclamation. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to
the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations
stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or 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
Reclamation at the address in this notice by March 14, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Ellison, Archeologist, Bureau of
Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office, 5924 NW 2nd Street, Suite 200,
Oklahoma City, OK 73127, telephone
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(405) 470-4816, email [email protected].
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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation, Oklahoma City, OK. The human remains were removed from
Lake Thunderbird Reservoir, Cleveland County, OK.
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 Reclamation
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma. Representatives from the
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie),
Oklahoma were also contacted but declined to consult, on the basis that
the land from which the human remains were removed is outside of the
Tribe's traditional territory.
History and Description of the Remains
On July 1, 1982, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the Little Axe Skeletal Remains Site
(34CL210) in Cleveland County, OK. The burial was discovered by a
visitor to Little River State Park, who noted the presence human
remains exposed by erosion on an access road within the state park near
Clear Bay and reported the exposed human remains at the Little Axe
Grocery store, whereupon a store employee contacted state park
officials. Larry Neal of the Oklahoma Archaeological Society notified
Reclamation archeologists of the discovery on July 6, 1982. After
consulting with the Oklahoma State Medical Examiner's Office and the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, Reclamation
archeologists removed the human remains and took them to the
Reclamation office in Amarillo, TX. Beginning in December of 1982, the
human remains were curated at the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art, St.
Gregory College in Shawnee, OK. On May 23, 1995, the human remains were
moved to the Museum of the Great Plains in Lawton, OK, by Hector Garcia
and placed on a one-year loan. The individual is represented by a
nearly complete skeleton. The remains probably belong to a male 18-20
years old. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Determinations Made by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office
Officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office have determined that:
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), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or 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 Kate
Ellison, Archeologist, Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area
Office, 5924 NW 2nd Street, Suite 200, Oklahoma City, OK 73127,
telephone (405) 470-4816, email [email protected], by March 14, 2022.
After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe
of Indians of Oklahoma may proceed.
The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation,
Oklahoma-Texas Area Office is responsible for notifying the Absentee-
Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma that this notice has been
published.
Dated: February 3, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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