[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57850-57851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22740]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032767; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Culver-Stockton College, Canton, 
MO

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Culver-Stockton College 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 a cultural affiliation between the human 
remains and associated funerary objects and present-day Indian Tribes 
or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 Culver-Stockton College. 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 Culver-Stockton College at the address in 
this notice by November 18, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: C. Patrick Hotle, Culver-Stockton 
College, No. 1 College Hill, Canton, MO 63435, telephone (573) 288-
6394, 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 completion of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of Culver-Stockton 
College, Canton, MO. The human remains and associated funerary objects 
were removed from Clarksville, Pike County, MO.
    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.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Culver-
Stockton College's professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of The Osage Nation [previously listed as Osage Tribe].

History and Description of the Remains

    In the fall of 1971 and spring of 1972, human remains representing, 
at minimum, 10 individuals were removed from the Clarksville Mound 
Group site in Pike County, MO, by John Sperry Jr., Archeology Professor 
of History and Anthropology, as part of a course offered by Culver-
Stockton College entitled Field Archaeology I and II. The items have 
been in the possession of the College since their removal from the 
site. The human remains belong to 10 individuals of unknown age and 
sex. No known individuals were identified. The three associated 
funerary objects are one arrowhead and two lots of small snail shells.
    The human remains were determined to be Native American through 
physical examination and archeological provenience documentation. 
Cultural affiliation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects from the Clarksville Mound Group site with The

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Osage Nation has been determined based on geographical, historical, 
oral traditional, and archeological information.

Determinations Made by Culver-Stockton College

    Officials of Culver-Stockton College have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 10 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the three 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.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects and The Osage 
Nation [previously listed as Osage Tribe].

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 C. Patrick Hotle, Culver-Stockton College, 
No. 1 College Hill, Canton, MO 63435, telephone (573) 288-6394, email 
[email protected], by November 18, 2021. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects to The Osage Nation 
[previously listed as Osage Tribe] may proceed.
    Culver-Stockton College is responsible for notifying The Osage 
Nation [previously listed as Osage Tribe] that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: October 6, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-22740 Filed 10-18-21; 8:45 am]
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