Notice of Inventory Completion: Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, Norman, OK, 4799-4800 [2025-01014]
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in 1935. No associated funerary objects
are present.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the available information
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is clearly identified by the
information available about the human
remains described in this notice.
The PMAE has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of four individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the human remains described
in this notice and the Pueblo of Zia,
New Mexico.
Requests for Repatriation
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Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains 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 in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after February 18, 2025. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the PMAE 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. The PMAE 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 10.10.
Dated: January 6, 2025.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Sam
Noble Museum of Natural History,
Norman, OK
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
Determinations
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Sam
Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural
History (SNOMNH) 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
February 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Marc Levine, Associate
Curator of Archaeology, Sam Noble
Oklahoma Museum of Natural History,
University of Oklahoma, 2401
Chautauqua Avenue, Norman, OK
73072–7029, telephone (405) 325–1994,
email mlevine@ou.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 SNOMNH, and
additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
SUMMARY:
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least,
281 individuals were removed from the
Raymond Mackey site (34Lf29) in
LeFlore County, OK. This site was
excavated by the Works Progress
Administration in 1940 and transferred
to the Museum the same year. The
human remains include 62 adult
females, 32 adult males, 21 adolescents,
25 children, two infants, one fetus, 60
probable adult females, 41 probable
adult males, two females for whom age
could not be determined, 18 adults for
whom sex could not be determined, and
17 individuals for whom neither age nor
sex could be determined. No known
individuals were identified. The 169
associated funerary objects are two
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potsherds, 39 projectile points, one
projectile point fragment, three stone
manos, two hammerstones, one stone
hoe, one boatstone, six stone bifaces,
seven bags of stone biface fragments, 17
paintstones, one worked stone, one
stone flake, one unmodified piece of
quartz, one partial dog skeleton, two
bone awls, four bags of awl fragments,
two bone beads, two bags of bone fish
hook fragments, one bag of bone pin
fragments, one worked deer antler, one
worked deer ulna, three bags of worked
animal bone, 14 bags of deer antler
fragments, 44 bags of animal bone
fragments, two shell beads, one conch
disc, six bags of mussel shell fragments,
one snail shell, one burned nut, and one
bag of ash. The human remains and
associated funerary objects from site
34Lf29 were interred during the
Woodland Period (300 B.C.–A.D. 900).
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is clearly identified by the
information available about the human
remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice.
Determinations
The SNOMNH has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 281 individuals were of
Native American ancestry.
• The 169 objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have
been placed intentionally with or near
individual human remains at the time of
death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
• There is a connection between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma and the
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita,
Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie),
Oklahoma.
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.
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Repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or
after February 18, 2025. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the SNOMNH 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 SNOMNH 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: January 6, 2025.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039322;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Naval
Weapons Station Yorktown (NWSY)
intends to carry out the disposition of
human remains removed from Federal
or Tribal lands to the lineal
descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native
Hawaiian organization with priority for
disposition in this notice.
DATES: Disposition of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after February 18, 2025. If no claim for
disposition is received by January 16,
2026, the human remains in this notice
will become unclaimed human remains.
ADDRESSES: Mike Makin, Cultural
Resources Manager at NWSY, 160 Main
Road, Building 406, York County, VA
23691, telephone (757) 887–4148, email
douglas.m.makin.civ@us.navy.mil.
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 NWSY and
additional information on the human
remains or cultural items in this notice,
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Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at least,
one individual have been reasonably
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present. These human
remains were recovered on 9 April 2003
during archaeological excavations at
44YO0002, the site of the Woodland and
Contact Period village of Kiskiak located
at NWSY in York County, VA. They
were recovered from a 1920s trench that
disturbed an earlier period burial. Most
of the burial was left undisturbed and
only material from the trench was
removed.
Claims for Disposition
Notice of Intended Disposition: Naval
Weapons Station, Yorktown, VA
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Abstract of Information Available
NWSY has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry.
• The Pamunkey Indian Tribe has
priority for disposition of the human
remains described in this notice.
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SUMMARY:
Dated: January 6, 2025.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
Determinations
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ACTION:
including the results of consultation,
can be found in the related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the identifications in this notice.
Written claims for disposition of the
human remains in this notice must be
sent to the appropriate official identified
in this notice under ADDRESSES. If no
claim for disposition is received by
January 16, 2026, the human remains in
this notice will become unclaimed
human remains. Claims for disposition
may be submitted by:
1. Any lineal descendant, Indian
Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
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
they have priority for disposition.
Disposition of the human remains in
this notice may occur on or after
February 18, 2025. If competing claims
for disposition are received, NWSY
must determine the most appropriate
claimant prior to disposition. Requests
for joint disposition of the human
remains are considered a single request
and not competing requests. NWSY is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the lineal descendants, Indian
Tribes, and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice
and to any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.
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Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Chugach National Forest,
Anchorage, AK
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Chugach National Forest
intends to carry out the disposition of
human remains removed from Federal
or Tribal lands to the lineal
descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native
Hawaiian organization with priority for
disposition in this notice.
DATES: Disposition of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after February 18, 2025. If no claim for
disposition is received by January 16,
2026, the human remains in this notice
will become unclaimed human remains.
ADDRESSES: Jeff E. Schramm, Forest
Supervisor, Chugach National Forest,
Supervisor’s Office, 161 E 1st Ave., Door
8, Anchorage, AK 99501, telephone
(907) 743–9500, email jeff.schramm@
usda.gov.
SUMMARY:
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 Chugach
National Forest, and additional
information on the human remains in
this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the related
records. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the identifications in
this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at least,
one individual have been reasonably
identified.
In 1992, human remains were
recovered near the Eagle Glacier Nordic
Training Center cabin, within the
Municipality of Anchorage, near
Girdwood, AK by a private individual.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Sam Noble Museum of Natural
History, Norman, 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 Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural
History (SNOMNH) 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 February 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Marc Levine, Associate Curator of Archaeology, Sam Noble
Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma, 2401
Chautauqua Avenue, Norman, OK 73072-7029, telephone (405) 325-1994,
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
SNOMNH, and additional information on the determinations in this
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
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, 281 individuals were removed
from the Raymond Mackey site (34Lf29) in LeFlore County, OK. This site
was excavated by the Works Progress Administration in 1940 and
transferred to the Museum the same year. The human remains include 62
adult females, 32 adult males, 21 adolescents, 25 children, two
infants, one fetus, 60 probable adult females, 41 probable adult males,
two females for whom age could not be determined, 18 adults for whom
sex could not be determined, and 17 individuals for whom neither age
nor sex could be determined. No known individuals were identified. The
169 associated funerary objects are two potsherds, 39 projectile
points, one projectile point fragment, three stone manos, two
hammerstones, one stone hoe, one boatstone, six stone bifaces, seven
bags of stone biface fragments, 17 paintstones, one worked stone, one
stone flake, one unmodified piece of quartz, one partial dog skeleton,
two bone awls, four bags of awl fragments, two bone beads, two bags of
bone fish hook fragments, one bag of bone pin fragments, one worked
deer antler, one worked deer ulna, three bags of worked animal bone, 14
bags of deer antler fragments, 44 bags of animal bone fragments, two
shell beads, one conch disc, six bags of mussel shell fragments, one
snail shell, one burned nut, and one bag of ash. The human remains and
associated funerary objects from site 34Lf29 were interred during the
Woodland Period (300 B.C.-A.D. 900).
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
The SNOMNH has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 281 individuals were of Native American ancestry.
The 169 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
There is a connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Caddo
Nation of Oklahoma and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita,
Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma.
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.
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Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after February 18, 2025.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the SNOMNH 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 SNOMNH 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: January 6, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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