Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office, Oklahoma City, OK, 61138-61139 [2024-16707]
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• There is a connection between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in
this notice under 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
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization with cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after August 29, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation
are received, Kansas State University
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. Kansas State
University is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes
and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: July 17, 2024.
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:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area
Office (OTAO) (Reclamation) has
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Repatriation of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after August 29, 2024.
DATES:
Send written requests for
repatriation of human remains to Kate
Ellison, Bureau of Reclamation, 5924
NW 2nd Street, Suite 200, Oklahoma
City, OK 73127–6514, or by email to
kellison@usbr.gov.
ADDRESSES:
Kate
Ellison, Bureau of Reclamation, at
telephone (405) 470–4816, or by email
to kellison@usbr.gov. Individuals who
are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or
have a speech disability may dial 711
(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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 Reclamation, and
additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in its inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Abstract of Information Available
[FR Doc. 2024–16700 Filed 7–29–24; 8:45 am]
ACTION:
completed an inventory of human
remains and has determined that there
is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice.
Human remains representing, at least,
13 individuals have been identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
A contractor conducted an inventory of
artifacts and human remains for
Reclamation in 2023 at the Museum of
the Great Plains in Lawton, Oklahoma.
The artifacts and human remains were
recovered by local collectors from the
W.C. Austin Project (Lake Altus),
Oklahoma before 1990.
34GR—
Human remains representing one
individual were found in a box with
mixed rock and ground stone from Greer
County, Oklahoma. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing one
individual were found in a box among
faunal bones from Greer County,
Oklahoma. No associated funerary
objects are present.
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Human remains representing one
individual were found in a box with
archeological artifacts. No associated
funerary objects are present.
34GR4—Rattlesnake Slough
Human remains representing one
individual were found in a box with
archeological artifacts. No associated
funerary objects are present.
34GR6
Human remains representing eight
individuals were found in a box with
archeological artifacts. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Radiocarbon dating performed in
1985 at site 34GR6 identified that the
site was occupied during the two
periods: 1,270 ±90 B.P. and 1,390 ±90
B.P. The 120-year gap between the two
dates is a reasonable period for a single
group to occupy a location.
34GR8—Taylor
Human remains representing one
individual were found in a box with
archeological artifacts. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is reasonably identified by the
geographical location or acquisition
history of the human remains described
in this notice.
Determinations
Reclamation has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 13 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• There is a connection between the
human remains described in this notice
and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes
(Wichita, Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie),
Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains in this notice must be
sent to the authorized representative
identified in this notice under
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
described in this notice to a requestor
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may occur on or after August 29, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation
are received, Reclamation must
determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests
for joint repatriation of the human
remains are considered a single request
and not competing requests.
Reclamation is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes
and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: July 17, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024–16707 Filed 7–29–24; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Tennessee, Department
of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
University of Tennessee, Department of
Anthropology (UTK) 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
August 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Ellen Lofaro, University
of Tennessee, Office of Repatriation,
5723 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN
37921–6053, telephone (865) 974–3370,
email nagpra@utk.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 UTK, and
additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in its inventory or related records. The
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SUMMARY:
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National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least,
24 individuals have been identified. The
seven associated funerary objects are
one lot of faunal remains, one lot of
historic objects, one lot of ceramics, one
lot of mica, one lot of lithics, one lot of
botanicals, and one lot of shell. In
September 2004, local children found
the remains in a cave, (site 40AN236),
in Anderson County, TN. Members of
the Anderson County Sherriff’s
Department were called to investigate.
The Sherriff’s Department contacted the
UTK Forensic Anthropology Center
(FAC) for assistance in recovering the
remains. The remains were removed in
2004 and housed at the FAC as case 04–
23. In 2009, the remains were
transferred to Dr. Nicholas Herrmann
(formerly of UTK) at Mississippi State
University. At an unknown date, the
remains were returned to the FAC,
where they remained until they were
recently transferred to the UTK Office of
Repatriation (OR). To our knowledge, no
potentially hazardous substances were
used to treat the remains or objects.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual have been identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
On February 11, 2008, a person brought
the remains (found in a cave on her
property), to the Anderson County
(Tennessee) Sherriff’s Department.
Investigators contacted the FAC, and on
February 14, Nicholas Herrmann
accompanied the investigators to the
cave. Herrmann recorded multiple
individuals within the cave, severely
disturbed by looters. Except for the
original remains brought to the
Sherriff’s Department, all the remains
found in the cave were reburied on site
by Herrmann after his examination. The
original remains were examined by
Herrmann, determined to be Native
American, and were retained by the
FAC as case 08–03. They remained at
the FAC until they were recently
transferred to the OR. To our
knowledge, no potentially hazardous
substances were used to treat the
remains.
Human remains representing, at least,
two individuals have been identified.
No associated funerary objects are
present. On October 6, 1981, a member
of the Elizabethton Police Department
contacted Dr. William Bass to inform
him that remains had been disinterred
by a backhoe during construction of a
culvert in Elizabethton, Carter County,
TN. The remains were sent to the FAC
for examination and arrived at UTK on
October 12, 1981. Patrick Willey
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examined the remains on October 22.
They were determined to be Native
American, and they were retained as
case 81–22. They remained at the FAC
until they were recently transferred to
the OR. Some of the remains have been
‘‘repaired’’ using glue, but to our
knowledge, no potentially hazardous
substances were used to treat the
remains.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual have been identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
On March 17, 1991, the remains were
found in a rock shelter in Eagan,
Claiborne County, TN. On March 18, the
Claiborne County Sherriff’s Office called
Bass at UTK for assistance. UTK
graduate student Theresa Woltanski met
a representative of the Sherriff’s Office
at the site and determined the remains
were likely archaeological. The remains
were brought to the FAC for
examination, were determined to be
Native American, and were retained as
case 91–9. They remained at the FAC
until they were recently transferred to
the OR. To our knowledge, no
potentially hazardous substances were
used to treat the remains.
Human remains representing, at least,
three individuals have been identified.
The two associated funerary objects are
one lot of faunal remains, and one lot of
lithics. At an unknown date, these
remains were removed from an
unknown cave site in Tazewell,
Claiborne County, TN, by an unknown
party. On May 18, 1993, a Tennessee
Bureau of Investigation (TBI) agent
transferred the remains to the FAC for
examination, and upon completion,
they were determined to be Native
American, and were retained as case
93–22. They remained at the FAC until
they were recently transferred to the OR.
Some of the remains were ‘‘repaired’’
using glue, and plaster is present on
some of the remains. To our knowledge,
no other substances, hazardous or other,
were used to treat the remains.
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual have been identified.
The two associated funerary objects are
one lot of faunal remains, and one lot of
burial soil. At an unknown date, an
unknown party removed the remains
from a cave site in Claiborne County,
TN. On February 26, 1996, the remains
were transferred from the Claiborne
County Sherriff’s Office to the FAC for
examination, and upon completion,
they were determined to be Native
American and were retained as case 96–
8. They remained at the FAC until they
were recently transferred to the OR.
Some of the remains were
‘‘reconstructed’’ using glue, but to our
knowledge, no potentially hazardous
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038351; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
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: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office (OTAO) (Reclamation) has
completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there
is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes
or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after August 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of human remains to
Kate Ellison, Bureau of Reclamation, 5924 NW 2nd Street, Suite 200,
Oklahoma City, OK 73127-6514, or by email to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Ellison, Bureau of Reclamation,
at telephone (405) 470-4816, or by email to [email protected].
Individuals who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech
disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United
States should use the relay services offered within their country to
make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.
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
Reclamation, and additional information on the determinations in this
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in its
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, 13 individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. A contractor
conducted an inventory of artifacts and human remains for Reclamation
in 2023 at the Museum of the Great Plains in Lawton, Oklahoma. The
artifacts and human remains were recovered by local collectors from the
W.C. Austin Project (Lake Altus), Oklahoma before 1990.
34GR--
Human remains representing one individual were found in a box with
mixed rock and ground stone from Greer County, Oklahoma. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing one individual were found in a box among
faunal bones from Greer County, Oklahoma. No associated funerary
objects are present.
34GR3
Human remains representing one individual were found in a box with
archeological artifacts. No associated funerary objects are present.
34GR4--Rattlesnake Slough
Human remains representing one individual were found in a box with
archeological artifacts. No associated funerary objects are present.
34GR6
Human remains representing eight individuals were found in a box
with archeological artifacts. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Radiocarbon dating performed in 1985 at site 34GR6 identified that
the site was occupied during the two periods: 1,270 90 B.P.
and 1,390 90 B.P. The 120-year gap between the two dates is
a reasonable period for a single group to occupy a location.
34GR8--Taylor
Human remains representing one individual were found in a box with
archeological artifacts. No associated funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains described in this
notice.
Determinations
Reclamation has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 13 individuals of Native American ancestry.
There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi,
Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this
notice under 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 described in this notice to a
requestor
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may occur on or after August 29, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, Reclamation must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. Reclamation is responsible for sending a copy
of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: July 17, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-16707 Filed 7-29-24; 8:45 am]
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