[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 49835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20698]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the University 
Museum, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects in the possession of the University Museum, University 
of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The 
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations within this 
notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by University 
Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of the 
Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; and the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe 
of Louisiana.
    In 1932, human remains representing a minimum of 26 individuals 
were recovered from the Bradley site (3CT7), Crittenden County, AR 
during excavations conducted by the University Museum. No known 
individuals were identified. The 37 associated funerary objects include 
ceramic vessels, bone dice, a stone discoidal, a shell pendant, a 
fossilized tooth pendant, a sheet copper object, and animal bones.
    Based on the associated funerary objects, and skeletal and dental 
morphology, these individuals have been identified as Native American. 
Based on ceramic styles and construction, these human remains and 
associated funerary objects have been identified as belonging to the 
Nodena phase of the Late Mississippian and proto-historic periods (A.D. 
1350-1650).
    Based on historical documents and archeological evidence (early 
European trade beads at the site), the Bradley site has been identified 
as Pacaha, the principal town of the Pacaha chiefdom during the DeSoto 
entrada in Arkansas (A.D. 1541-43). Linguistic evidence indicates a 
possible link between the ``Capaha'' in a Spanish account, and a late 
17th century Quapaw Indian village name ``Kappa'' or ``Kappah.'' French 
maps and documents during A.D. 1673-1720 indicate that only the Quapaw 
had villages in this area of eastern Arkansas above the mouth of the 
Arkansas River, and the area of northeastern Arkansas was used as a 
hunting territory.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the 
University Museum, University of Arkansas have determined that, 
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above 
represent the physical remains of a minimum of 26 individuals of Native 
American ancestry. Officials of the University Museum, University of 
Arkansas also have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 
37 objects listed 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. Lastly, officials of the University 
Museum, University of Arkansas have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 
10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be 
reasonably traced between these Native American human remains and 
associated funerary objects and the Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma. 
This notice has been sent to officials of the Quapaw Tribe of Indians, 
Oklahoma; and the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana. 
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be 
culturally affiliated with these human remains and associated funerary 
objects should contact Michael P. Hoffman, Curator of Anthropology, 
University Museum, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72702, 
telephone (501) 575-3855, e-mail [email protected], before 
September 14, 2000. Repatriation of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to the Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma may begin 
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: August 3, 2000.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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