[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 41 (Friday, March 1, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7115-7116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03575]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027250; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Baylor University's Mayborn 
Museum Complex, (Formerly Baylor University's Strecker Museum; Formerly 
Baylor University Museum), Waco, TX

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex (formerly 
Baylor University's Strecker Museum; formerly Baylor University Museum) 
has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary 
objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects 
and any present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 
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 Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains and associated funerary objects to the Indian Tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: 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 Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex at the 
address in this notice by April 1, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Anita L. Benedict, Baylor University's Mayborn Museum 
Complex, One Bear Place #97154, Waco, TX 76798-7154, telephone (254) 
710-4835, 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.

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3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects under the control of Baylor University's Mayborn 
Museum Complex, Waco, TX. The human remains and associated funerary 
objects were removed from a dry cave 25 miles northwest of Toyah, 
Reeves 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) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Baylor 
University's Mayborn Museum Complex professional staff in consultation 
with representatives of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Comanche Nation, 
Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New 
Mexico; Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; and the Wichita and 
Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma.
    An initiation to consult was extended to the Apache Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Fort Sill Apache Tribe 
of Oklahoma; San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, 
Arizona; Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe of 
the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; and the Yavapai-Apache Nation of 
the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona.
    Hereafter, all Tribes listed in this section are referred to as 
``The Consulted and Notified Tribes.''

History and Description of the Remains

    On an unknown date, possibly prior to 1895, human remains 
representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from a dry cave 
25 miles northwest of Toyah, Reeves County, TX, by Rev. L. R. Millican. 
In 1904, they were donated to the Baylor University Museum. The human 
remains (AR 3548) represent one infant of indeterminate sex. No known 
individuals were identified. The one associated funerary object (AR 
6215) is a basket.

Determinations Made by Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex

    Officials of Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex have 
determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American, based on the associated funerary 
object and museum documentation.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object 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.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and associated funerary object and any present-day Indian 
Tribe.
     According to final judgments of the Indian Claims 
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the 
Native American human remains and associated funerary object were 
removed is the aboriginal land of the Mescalero Apache Tribe of the 
Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico.
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of the 
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Fort 
Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; 
Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; San 
Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona; Tonto 
Apache Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache 
Reservation, Arizona; and the Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde 
Indian Reservation, Arizona, hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes.''
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains and associated funerary object may be to The Tribes.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    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 Anita L. 
Benedict, Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex, One Bear Place 
#97154, Waco, TX 76798-7154, telephone (254) 710-4835, email 
[email protected], by April 1, 2019. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains and associated funerary object to The Tribes may proceed.
    Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex is responsible for 
notifying The Tribes and The Consulted and Notified Tribes that this 
notice has been published.

    Dated: February 1, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-03575 Filed 2-28-19; 8:45 am]
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