[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23585-23586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09929]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-17921; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Arkansas Archeological Survey, 
Fayetteville, AR; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Arkansas Archeological Survey has corrected an inventory 
of human remains and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice 
of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on December 22, 2014. 
This notice corrects the number of associated funerary objects listed 
in that notice. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian 
tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice 
that wish to request transfer of control of these associated funerary 
objects should submit a written request to the Arkansas Archeological 
Survey. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control 
of associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian 
tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may 
proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these associated funerary objects should 
submit a written request with information in support of the request to 
the Arkansas Archeological Survey at the address in this notice by May 
28, 2015.

ADDRESSES: George Sabo, Director, Arkansas Archeological Survey, 2475 
North Hatch Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72704, telephone (479) 575-3556.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the correction of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the Arkansas 
Archeological Survey. The human remains and associated funerary objects 
were removed from multiple counties in Arkansas.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
    This notice corrects the number of associated funerary objects 
published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register 
(79 FR 76351-76361, December 22, 2014). In preparing the associated 
funerary objects for transfer, discrepancies were discovered in the 
count of associated funerary objects. Transfer of control of the items 
in this correction notice has not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (79 FR 76351-76361, December 22, 2014), 
paragraph 8, sentence 3 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    The nine associated funerary objects include nine fragments of 
two different ceramic vessels.

    In the Federal Register (79 FR 76351-76361, December 22, 2014), 
paragraph 79, sentence three and four are corrected by substituting the 
following sentences:

    No associated funerary objects are present. Diagnostic artifacts 
found at site 3MS4 indicate that these human remains were

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probably buried during the Late Woodland and Early Mississippian 
periods (A.D. 750-950)

    In the Federal Register (79 FR 76351-76361, December 22, 2014), 
paragraph 111, sentence 3 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    The two associated funerary objects include one Neeley's Ferry 
Plain bottle and one Neeley's Ferry Plain effigy bowl.

    In the Federal Register (79 FR 76351-76361, December 22, 2014), 
paragraph 113, sentence 3 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    The eight associated funerary objects include two ceramic 
bottles, five vessels, and one jar.

    In the Federal Register (79 FR 76351-76361, December 22, 2014), 
paragraph 128, sentence 3 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    The 158 associated funerary objects include one Barton incised 
``Helmet-like'' bowl, one Bell Plain jar, five Mississippi Plain 
``Helmet'' bowls, two Mississippi Plain ``Helmet'' jars, 23 shell 
beads, two Old Town red bottles, five pieces of red ochre, three 
Nodena arrow point preform fragments, one grooved sandstone maul, 
one Wallace Incised var unspec bowl, one quartz crystal, one Avenue 
Polychrome var unspec bottle, one engraved siltstone pendant, one 
sandstone rubbing/polishing stone, 14 tubular metal beads, three 
untyped arrow point, four Nodena arrow points, two Old Town red 
``Helmet'' bowl, two Mississippi Plain miniature deep bowls, eight 
glass beads, 71 metal and brass beads, two metal tinkle cones, one 
perforator/graver, one Old Town red effigy bowl, one thumbnail 
scraper, and one plain jar.

    In the Federal Register (79 FR 76351-76361, December 22, 2014), 
paragraph 132, sentence 3 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    The one associated funerary object is a gorget.

    In the Federal Register (79 FR 76351-76361, December 22, 2014), 
paragraph 161 is corrected by substituting the following paragraph:

    Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 214 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.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these associated funerary objects should 
submit a written request with information in support of the request to 
George Sabo, Director, Arkansas Archeological Survey, 2475 North Hatch 
Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72704, telephone (479) 575-3556, by May 28, 
2015. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the associated funerary objects to The Quapaw 
Tribe of Indians may proceed.
    The Arkansas Archeological Survey is responsible for notifying The 
Quapaw Tribe of Indians that this notice has been published.

    Dated: March 4, 2015.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2015-09929 Filed 4-27-15; 8:45 am]
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