[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 168 (Thursday, August 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 55429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21991]


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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 Museum of 
Natural History and Planetarium, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

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 Museum of Natural History and 
Planetarium, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI.
    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 were made by Museum of 
Natural History and Planetarium, Roger Williams Park, professional 
staff in consultation with representatives of the Osage Nation of 
Oklahoma and the Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma.
    In 1937, human remains representing one individual were removed 
from an unknown location in the Ozark Mountains, AR, by Otto Spring, 
Kent Spring, Charles H. Williams, Paul Santee, Harry Barton, and Fred 
Tebo. These human remains were received at an unknown date between 1937 
and 1959 by Louis Pierce, of Providence, RI. Albert E. Hagenberg, a 
resident of Warwick, RI, acquired the human remains from the estate of 
Louis Pierce and sold them to the Museum of Natural History and 
Planetarium, Roger Williams Park, in 1959. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    The human remains consist of a thoracic vertebra with an embedded 
projectile point. The projectile point is characteristic of points made 
by people living in the Ozark Mountains during the last 3,000 years. 
Historical evidence, material culture, and oral history indicate that 
this region is part of the traditional territory of the Osage Nation of 
Oklahoma.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Museum 
of Natural History and Planetarium, Roger Williams Park, have 
determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains 
listed above represent the physical remains of one individual of Native 
American ancestry. Officials of the Museum of Natural History and 
Planetarium, Roger Williams Park, also 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 the Osage Nation of Oklahoma.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Osage Nation of 
Oklahoma and Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma. Representatives of any 
other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated 
with these human remains should contact Marilyn Massaro, Curator of 
Collections, Museum of Natural History and Planetarium, Roger Williams 
Park, Providence, RI 02905, telephone (401) 785-9457, before September 
30, 2002. Repatriation of the human remains to the Osage Nation of 
Oklahoma may begin after that date if no additional claimants come 
forward.

    Dated: July 22, 2002.
C. Timothy McKeown,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 02-21991 Filed 8-28-02; 8:45 am]
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