Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, MO, 77610-77611 [2023-24887]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036901;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Gilcrease Museum 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 in this notice. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Dauphin and
Wyoming Counties, PA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
December 13, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Laura Bryant, Gilcrease
Museum, 800 S Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK
74104, telephone (918) 596–2747, email
laura-bryant@utulsa.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 the Gilcrease
Museum. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the determinations
in this notice. Additional information
on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related
records held by the Gilcrease Museum.
SUMMARY:
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Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from Wyoming County, PA. In 1940,
Frank Soday, an avocational
archeologist, removed these human
remains from Frenchman’s Cave (aka
Soday site 60). In 1982, the Thomas
Gilcrease Association purchased the
Soday collection and gifted it to
Gilcrease Museum. The human remains
belong to an individual of unknown sex
and age. The nine associated funerary
objects are one lot consisting of lithic
flakes and chips, and eight lots
consisting of ceramic sherds.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, two individuals were
removed from Dauphin County, PA. In
1942, Frank Soday removed these
human remains from Shoop Site (also
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known as Mohr Farm and Soday site
148). In 1982, the Thomas Gilcrease
Association purchased the Soday
collection and gifted it to Gilcrease
Museum. The human remains belong to
two individuals of unknown sex and
age. The five associated funerary objects
are three lots consisting of lithic flakes
and debitage, one lot consisting of
quartz fragments, and one bullet.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice are
connected to one or more identifiable
earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or
cultures. There is a relationship of
shared group identity between the
identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures and one or more
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: geographical,
archeological, linguistic, oral tradition,
historic evidence, other relevant
information, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Gilcrease Museum
has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of three individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 14 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.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Delaware Nation,
Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians;
and the Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in
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
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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 December 13, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Gilcrease Museum 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. The Gilcrease
Museum is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes
identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: November 1, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023–24889 Filed 11–9–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036899;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Saint Louis Science Center, St.
Louis, MO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Saint
Louis Science Center (SLSC) intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that
meet the definition of unassociated
funerary objects and certain cultural
items that meet the definition of objects
of cultural patrimony and that have a
cultural affiliation with the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
in this notice. The cultural items were
removed from Jefferson and New
Madrid Counties, MO.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
December 13, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Kristina Hampton, Manager
of Collections and Special Projects,
Saint Louis Science Center, 5050
Oakland Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110,
telephone (314) 286–4672, email
Kristina.hampton@slsc.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
SUMMARY:
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responsibilities under NAGPRA. The
determinations in this notice are the
sole responsibility of the SLSC. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the summary or related records held
by the SLSC.
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Description
Twenty-nine cultural items were
removed from Jefferson County, MO,
and 12 cultural items were removed
from New Madrid County, MO, by
archeologist Robert McCormick Adams
between 1939 and 1942 during
archeological investigations in the state.
In 1939 and 1940, Adams conducted the
investigations in Jefferson County, MO,
on behalf of the Academy of Science of
St. Louis and sponsored by the Works
Projects Administration (WPA), with
support from Washington University of
St. Louis, the Missouri Resources
Museum in Jefferson City, MO, the
Illinois State Museum, and the
Smithsonian Institution in Washington,
DC. The bulk of the items removed
during these excavations were taken to
the Academy of Science of St. Louis
while a representative ratio of duplicate
materials excavated were sent to the
Illinois State Museum and to the
Smithsonian Institution. In 1941 and
1942, Adams directed investigations in
in New Madrid County, MO, for the
WPA, sponsored by the Academy of
Science of St. Louis and the Missouri
Resources Museum. The items removed
during these excavations were taken to
the Academy of Science of St. Louis.
In 1959, the Academy of Science of
St. Louis created the Museum of Science
and Natural History in St. Louis, MO. In
1972, the Museum of Science and
Natural History separated from the
Academy of Science of St. Louis and
control of this collection was transferred
to the Museum of Science and Natural
History. In 1985, when the Museum of
Science and Natural History joined with
St. Louis City’s Planetarium, the newly
formed institution was named the Saint
Louis Science Center. This collection
remains with the SLSC and is used to
support the SLSC’s mission, exhibits,
and programs.
The 36 unassociated funerary objects
are 13 ceramic jars, nine ceramic bowls,
one ceramic bottle, one ceramic pot,
four projectile points, four soil samples,
two adzes, one axe, and one shell bead
necklace. The five objects of cultural
patrimony are one ceramic pipe, one
bone effigy hair pin, two ceramic ear
plugs, and one ceramic human effigy.
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Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items in this notice are
connected to one or more identifiable
earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or
cultures. There is a relationship of
shared group identity between the
identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures and one or more
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: oral tradition,
linguistics, archeological data, and
historical information.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the SLSC has determined
that:
• The 36 cultural items 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 and are believed, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from a specific burial site
of a Native American individual.
• The 5 cultural items described
above have ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group or
culture itself, rather than property
owned by an individual.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the cultural items and
The Osage Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for
repatriation of the cultural items in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible
Official identified in ADDRESSES.
Requests for repatriation may be
submitted by 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 cultural items in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after December 13, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the SLSC must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the cultural items are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The SLSC is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribe identified in
this notice.
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Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: November 1, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023–24887 Filed 11–9–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036902;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Gilcrease Museum intends to repatriate
certain cultural items that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary
objects and that have a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes in this
notice. The cultural items were removed
from Burlington County, NJ.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
December 13, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Laura Bryant, Gilcrease
Museum, 800 S Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK
74104, telephone (918) 596–2747, email
laura-bryant@utulsa.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 the Gilcrease
Museum. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the determinations
in this notice. Additional information
on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation,
can be found in the summary or related
records held by the Gilcrease Museum.
SUMMARY:
Description
Ten cultural items were removed from
Burlington County, NJ. In 1941, Frank
Soday, an avocational archeologist,
removed pottery sherds from Site C–133
(aka Soday site 92). In 1982, the Thomas
Gilcrease Association purchased the
Soday collection and gifted it to
Gilcrease Museum. The 10 unassociated
funerary objects are 10 lots consisting of
ceramic sherds.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036899; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Saint Louis
Science Center, St. Louis, MO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Saint Louis Science Center (SLSC)
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition
of unassociated funerary objects and certain cultural items that meet
the definition of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a
cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from
Jefferson and New Madrid Counties, MO.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after December 13, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Kristina Hampton, Manager of Collections and Special
Projects, Saint Louis Science Center, 5050 Oakland Avenue, St. Louis,
MO 63110, telephone (314) 286-4672, email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative
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responsibilities under NAGPRA. The determinations in this notice are
the sole responsibility of the SLSC. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records held by
the SLSC.
Description
Twenty-nine cultural items were removed from Jefferson County, MO,
and 12 cultural items were removed from New Madrid County, MO, by
archeologist Robert McCormick Adams between 1939 and 1942 during
archeological investigations in the state. In 1939 and 1940, Adams
conducted the investigations in Jefferson County, MO, on behalf of the
Academy of Science of St. Louis and sponsored by the Works Projects
Administration (WPA), with support from Washington University of St.
Louis, the Missouri Resources Museum in Jefferson City, MO, the
Illinois State Museum, and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington,
DC. The bulk of the items removed during these excavations were taken
to the Academy of Science of St. Louis while a representative ratio of
duplicate materials excavated were sent to the Illinois State Museum
and to the Smithsonian Institution. In 1941 and 1942, Adams directed
investigations in in New Madrid County, MO, for the WPA, sponsored by
the Academy of Science of St. Louis and the Missouri Resources Museum.
The items removed during these excavations were taken to the Academy of
Science of St. Louis.
In 1959, the Academy of Science of St. Louis created the Museum of
Science and Natural History in St. Louis, MO. In 1972, the Museum of
Science and Natural History separated from the Academy of Science of
St. Louis and control of this collection was transferred to the Museum
of Science and Natural History. In 1985, when the Museum of Science and
Natural History joined with St. Louis City's Planetarium, the newly
formed institution was named the Saint Louis Science Center. This
collection remains with the SLSC and is used to support the SLSC's
mission, exhibits, and programs.
The 36 unassociated funerary objects are 13 ceramic jars, nine
ceramic bowls, one ceramic bottle, one ceramic pot, four projectile
points, four soil samples, two adzes, one axe, and one shell bead
necklace. The five objects of cultural patrimony are one ceramic pipe,
one bone effigy hair pin, two ceramic ear plugs, and one ceramic human
effigy.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items in this notice are connected to one or more
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were
used to reasonably trace the relationship: oral tradition, linguistics,
archeological data, and historical information.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the SLSC has determined that:
The 36 cultural items 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 and
are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed
from a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
The 5 cultural items described above have ongoing
historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native
American group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an
individual.
There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and The Osage Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after December 13, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the SLSC must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the
cultural items are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The SLSC is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Indian Tribe identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: November 1, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-24887 Filed 11-9-23; 8:45 am]
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