Notice of Inventory Completion: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK, 390-391 [2023-28928]
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Colony, Nevada; Samish Indian Nation;
San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of
Arizona; Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe;
Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe of the
Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation;
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort
Hall Reservation; Shoshone-Paiute
Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation,
Nevada; Skokomish Indian Tribe;
Snoqualmie Indian Tribe; Spokane
Tribe of the Spokane Reservation;
Squaxin Island Tribe of the Squaxin
Island Reservation; Stillaguamish Tribe
of Indians of Washington; Summit Lake
Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Suquamish
Indian Tribe of the Port Madison
Reservation; Susanville Indian
Rancheria, California; Swinomish
Indian Tribal Community; Te-Moak
Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of
Nevada (Four constituent bands: Battle
Mountain Band; Elko Band; South Fork
Band; and Wells Band); Timbisha
Shoshone Tribe; Tulalip Tribes of
Washington; Twenty-Nine Palms Band
of Mission Indians of California; Upper
Skagit Indian Tribe; Utu Utu Gwaitu
Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute
Reservation, California; Walker River
Paiute Tribe of the Walker River
Reservation, Nevada; Winnemucca
Indian Colony of Nevada; Yerington
Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony &
Campbell Ranch, Nevada; and the
Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba
Reservation, Nevada.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the
human remains in this notice must be
sent to the Responsible Official
identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for
disposition may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian
Tribes 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
a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization, or who
shows that the requestor is an aboriginal
land Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains
described in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after February 2, 2024.
If competing requests for disposition are
received, the OHSU must determine the
most appropriate requestor prior to
disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the human remains are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The OHSU 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
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regulations, 43 CFR 10.9 and 10.11.
Dated: December 20, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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fragments and dishes, three lots of
buttons, four lots of metal utensils, one
lot of wood fragments, one lot of bullets,
two lots of shell, seven lots of faunal
remains, two lots of marbles, two lots of
beads, one lot of textile fragments, one
pipe, and one tin cup.
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Cultural Affiliation
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037175;
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 or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Tulsa County, OK.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
February 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Laura Bryant, Gilcrease
Museum, 800 S Tucker Dr., 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:
Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, 14 individuals were removed
from Tulsa County, OK, by Frank Soday,
an avocational archaeologist, in 1971.
The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation
purchased Soday’s collection in 1982.
The 176 associated funerary objects are
94 lots of lithic tools, four lots of sherds,
35 lots of nails and metal fasteners and
belt buckles, seven lots of glass jar or
bottle fragments, 11 lots of porcelain
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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: anthropological
information, geographical information,
historical information, kinship, and
other relevant information.
Lineal Descent
The human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice are
connected to an identifiable individual
whose descendants can be traced
directly and without interruption by
means of a traditional kinship system or
by the common law system of
descendance. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: anthropological
information, geographical information,
historical information, kinship, and
other relevant information.
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 14 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 176 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 Muscogee (Creek)
Nation.
• There is a relationship between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and
lineal descendants.
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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
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 February 2, 2024. 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 Tribe
and the lineal descendants 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: December 20, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023–28928 Filed 1–2–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037159;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Alabama Department of Archives and
History, Montgomery, AL
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Alabama Department of Archives and
History (ADAH) 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
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Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Dallas County,
Montgomery County, Elmore County,
and Russell County, AL.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
February 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Kellie Bowers, NAGPRA
Coordinator, the Alabama Department of
Archives and History, P.O. Box 300100,
624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery,
AL 36130, telephone (334) 353–4731,
email nagpra.adah@
archives.alabama.gov.
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 Alabama
Department of Archives and History.
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 Alabama
Department of Archives and History.
Description
Dallas County, AL
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the
Durant Bend site by members of the
Alabama Anthropological Society.
Between 1916 and 1951, the human
remains were donated to the ADAH
(Human Remains Identification Number
4107). No associated funerary objects
are present.
Montgomery County, AL
On October 24, 1915, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the 30
Acre Field site by members of the
Alabama Anthropological Society.
Between 1916 and 1951, the human
remains were donated to the ADAH
(Human Remains Identification Number
4105). No associated funerary objects
are present.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the Toasi
site by members of the Alabama
Anthropological Society. Between 1916
and 1951, the human remains were
donated to the ADAH (Human Remains
Identification Number 4099). No
associated funerary objects are present.
On March 15, 1918, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
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individual were removed from the Toasi
site by members of the Alabama
Anthropological Society. Between 1916
and 1951, the human remains were
donated to the ADAH (Human Remains
Identification Number 4100). The six
associated funerary objects are six
Mississippian Plain ceramic sherds.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the Big
Eddy site by member(s) of the
Montgomery Art and Archaeology
Society (MAS). A former member of the
MAS donated the material to the ADAH
in 2021 (Human Remains Identification
Number 1MT5–1). The ADAH accepted
these materials for the sole purpose of
repatriation under NAGPRA. The two
associated funerary objects are stone
debitage fragments.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the Jere
Shine site by member(s) of the
Montgomery Art and Archaeology
Society. A former member of the MAS
donated the material to the ADAH in
2021 (Human Remains Identification
Number 1MT6–1). The ADAH accepted
these materials for the sole purpose of
repatriation under NAGPRA. The six
associated funerary objects are one shell
fragment, one stone object, one ceramic
object, one lot of faunal remains, one lot
of mixed shell, charcoal, and soil, and
one lot of fragmentary shells.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the Jere
Shine site by member(s) of the
Montgomery Art and Archaeology
Society (MAS). A former member of the
MAS donated the material to the ADAH
in 2021 (Human Remains Identification
Number 1MT6–2). The ADAH accepted
these materials for the sole purpose of
repatriation under NAGPRA. The eight
associated funerary objects are five
ceramic sherds, two faunal remains, and
a one lot of mixed shell, charcoal, and
soil.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the Jere
Shine site by member(s) of the
Montgomery Art and Archaeology
Society (MAS). A former member of the
MAS donated the material to the ADAH
in 2021 (Human Remains Identification
Number 1MT6–3). The ADAH accepted
these materials for the sole purpose of
repatriation under NAGPRA. The ten
associated funerary objects are five
ceramic sherds, one unidentifiable
fragmentary metal object, one lump of
burnt organic material (charcoal), two
stones, and one lot of mixed shell,
charcoal, and soil.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037175; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
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 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 or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from Tulsa County, OK.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after February 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 800 S Tucker Dr., Tulsa, OK
74104, telephone (918) 596-2747, email [email protected].
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.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, 14 individuals were removed
from Tulsa County, OK, by Frank Soday, an avocational archaeologist, in
1971. The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation purchased Soday's collection in
1982. The 176 associated funerary objects are 94 lots of lithic tools,
four lots of sherds, 35 lots of nails and metal fasteners and belt
buckles, seven lots of glass jar or bottle fragments, 11 lots of
porcelain fragments and dishes, three lots of buttons, four lots of
metal utensils, one lot of wood fragments, one lot of bullets, two lots
of shell, seven lots of faunal remains, two lots of marbles, two lots
of beads, one lot of textile fragments, one pipe, and one tin cup.
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: anthropological information, geographical information,
historical information, kinship, and other relevant information.
Lineal Descent
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
are connected to an identifiable individual whose descendants can be
traced directly and without interruption by means of a traditional
kinship system or by the common law system of descendance. The
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: anthropological information, geographical information,
historical information, kinship, and other relevant information.
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 14 individuals of Native American ancestry.
The 176 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 Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
There is a relationship between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and lineal
descendants.
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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 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 February 2, 2024.
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 Tribe and the lineal descendants
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: December 20, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-28928 Filed 1-2-24; 8:45 am]
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