[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 138 (Thursday, July 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33512-33513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15217]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23486; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Lake Meredith 
National Recreation Area, Fritch, TX; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area, has corrected an inventory of 
human remains and associated funerary objects published in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on June 18, 2001. This 
notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number of 
associated funerary objects. 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 human remains 
and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to Lake 
Meredith National Recreation Area. If no additional requestors come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and 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 human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Lake Meredith National Recreation Area at the 
address in this notice by August 21, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Robert Maguire, Superintendent, Lake Meredith National 
Recreation Area, P.O. Box 1460, Fritch, TX 79036, telephone (806) 857-
3151, email [email protected].

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 U.S. Department of 
the Interior, National Park Service, Lake Meredith National Recreation 
Area, Fritch, TX. The human remains and associated funerary objects 
were removed from sites in Potter County, TX.
    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 
Superintendent, Lake Meredith National Recreation Area.

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    This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number 
of associated funerary objects published in a Notice of Inventory 
Completion in the Federal Register (66 FR 32845-32846, June 18, 2001). 
A re-evaluation of the inventory resulted in an increase in the minimum 
number of individuals removed from the Footprint site. The total number 
of associated funerary objects has been found to be incorrectly 
calculated, though all funerary objects are accounted for. Transfer of 
control of the items in this correction notice has not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (66 FR 32845, June 18, 2001), column 2, 
paragraph 2, sentence 1 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    In 1964, human remains representing a minimum of 43 individuals 
were recovered during legally-authorized excavation by F.E. Green of 
Texas Tech University at the Footprint site, then under the 
management of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Reclamation.

    In the Federal Register (66 FR 32845, June 18, 2001), column 3, 
paragraph 2, sentences 1 and 2 are corrected by substituting the 
following sentences:

    Based on the above-mentioned information, the superintendent of 
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area has determined that, pursuant 
to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the 
physical remains of 49 individuals of Native American ancestry. The 
superintendent of Lake Meredith National Recreation Area also has 
determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 347 objects 
listed above are reasonably believed to have been placed with or 
near individual human remains at the time of death or later as a 
part of a 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 human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Robert Maguire, Superintendent, Lake Meredith 
National Recreation Area, P.O. Box 1460, Fritch, TX 79036, telephone 
(806) 857-3151, email [email protected], by August 21, 2017. After 
that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the 
Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, and the Wichita & Affiliated Tribes 
(Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma, may proceed.
    Lake Meredith National Recreation Area is responsible for notifying 
the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma 
(previously listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma); 
Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Pawnee 
Nation of Oklahoma; Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, 
Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma; and the Cohuiltecan Nation, an Indian 
group that is not federally recognized, that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: May 30, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-15217 Filed 7-19-17; 8:45 am]
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