[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 104 (Tuesday, May 31, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32438-32439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11632]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033968; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Gilcrease Museum has completed an inventory of associated 
funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a 
cultural affiliation between an associated funerary object 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 this associated funerary object should submit a written request to 
the Gilcrease Museum. If no additional requestors come forward, 
transfer of control of the associated funerary object 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

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Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of this associated funerary object should 
submit a written request with information in support of the request to 
the Gilcrease Museum at the address in this notice by June 30, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 800 S 
Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK 74104, telephone (918) 596-2747, 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 associated funerary 
objects under the control of the Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK. The 
associated funerary object listed in this notice was removed from 
Moundville, Greene County, AL.
    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 associated funerary object. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the associated funerary object was made by 
the Gilcrease Museum professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of Muskogean Speaking Tribes that include the Seminole 
Tribe of Florida (previously listed as Seminole Tribe of Florida 
(Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood, & Tampa Reservations)); The 
Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) 
Nation; and The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as 
``The Tribes'').

History and Description of the Associated Funerary Object

    In 1929, one associated funerary object was removed from the 
Moundville site in Greene County, AL, by William L. Holton, a curator 
of the Alabama Museum of Natural History, University of Alabama. Holton 
removed this item from a burial and traded this item with Dr. P.F. 
Titterington of St. Louis, Missouri in July 1930. Harry J. Lemley, a 
judge and prominent collector from Arkansas, acquired the item from 
Titterington between 1930 and 1955. Thomas Gilcrease purchased Harry J. 
Lemley's entire collection, including this item, in 1955. Thomas 
Gilcrease transferred his collection to the City of Tulsa in 1955 and 
1963-64, forming the Gilcrease Museum. The associated funerary object 
is a stone palette (catalog number 61.1872).
    This item and the site from which it was removed are culturally 
affiliated to the Muskogean Speaking Tribes that include the Seminole 
Tribe of Florida, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, The Chickasaw Nation, 
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. The 
Tribal communities in and around the site of Moundville have clear 
connections and continuities with Muskogean Speaking Tribes, as seen in 
the archeological and anthropological records, and in oral traditions.

Determinations Made by the Gilcrease Museum

    Officials of the Gilcrease Museum have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object described 
in this notice is 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 associated funerary object and The Tribes.

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 this associated funerary object should 
submit a written request with information in support of the request to 
Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 800 S Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK 74104, 
telephone (918) 596-2747, email [email protected], by June 30, 
2022. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the associated funerary object to The Tribes may 
proceed.
    The Gilcrease Museum is responsible for notifying The Tribes that 
this notice has been published.

    Dated: May 18, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-11632 Filed 5-27-22; 8:45 am]
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