[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 222 (Friday, November 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69329-69330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25129]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034884; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of Arkansas 
Museum Collections, Fayetteville, AR

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; amendment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Arkansas Museum 
Collections has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion originally 
published in the Federal Register on November 13, 2018 and subsequently 
amended in a Notice of Inventory Completion Correction published in the 
Federal Register on May 20, 2022. This notice amends the minimum number 
of individuals and number of associated funerary objects in collections 
removed from Cross, Mississippi, and Poinsett Counties, AR.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after December 19, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Mary Suter, University of Arkansas Museum Collections, 
Biomass 125, Fayetteville, AR 72701, telephone (479) 575-3456, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
University of Arkansas Museum Collections. The National Park Service is 
not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional 
information on the amendments and determinations in this notice, 
including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or 
related records held by the University of Arkansas Museum Collections.

Amendment

    This notice amends the determinations originally published in a 
Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (83 FR 56371-
56374, November 13, 2018) and subsequently amended in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion Correction published in the Federal Register (87 
FR 30990-30993, May 20, 2022). Repatriation of the items in the 
original and amended notices has not occurred. Accordingly, the minimum 
number of individuals whose human remains were removed from Rose Mound 
(3CS27) in Cross County, AR, is nine (previously six individuals were 
listed). In addition, this amendment lists as currently missing human 
remains representing nine individuals that had been removed from the 
Golden Lake site (3MS60) in Mississippi County, AR (previously no 
individuals were listed as missing). Also, this amendment lists as 
currently missing one additional associated funerary object that had 
been removed from the Hazel Site (3PO6) in Poinsett County, AR 
(previously 52 associated funerary objects were listed as missing).
    In 1950, 1967, and another unknown date, human remains 
representing, at minimum, nine individuals were removed from the Rose 
Mound Site (3CS27) in Cross County, AR. No known individuals were 
identified. The five associated funerary objects are five fragments of 
copper.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, 105 
individuals were removed from the Golden Lake Site (3MS60) in 
Mississippi County, AR. Of that number, human remains representing nine 
individuals are currently missing from the collection. The University 
of Arkansas Museum continues to look for the missing individuals. No 
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    In 1933, human remains representing, at minimum, 260 individuals 
were removed from the Hazel Site (3PO6) in Poinsett County, AR. No 
known individuals were identified. In total, there are 1,319 associated 
funerary objects, of which 53 objects are currently missing from the 
collection. The 1,266 associated funerary objects currently accounted 
for are one abrader, six deer antler tines, one arrow point, one 
artifact sample, two bone awls, one axe, one basketry fragment, 30 bone 
beads, two ceramic beads, four crinoid beads, 439 shell beads, 83 
animal bones, three bird bones, 118 fish bones, 78 ceramic bottles, 83 
ceramic bowls, two non-vessel ceramic objects, two lots of charcoal, 
two clay lumps, two sheets of copper, one corn cob, nine pieces of 
daub, three ceramic discs, eight ear plugs, two effigy bottles, 12 
effigy bowls, one effigy jar, one shell gorget, 43 ceramic jars, one 
knife, one antler knife, one bone needle, one copper ornament, one 
shell pendant, 21 bone pins, three pipes, 35 gar scales, two samples of 
sediment, 26 mussel shells, four pieces of turtle shell, 219 ceramic 
sherds, one painted stone, two textiles, three animal teeth, two twigs, 
and two partial vessels. The University of Arkansas Museum continues to 
look for the missing 53 (previously identified as 52) associated 
funerary objects, which are one deer antler tine, one artifact sample, 
one bird bill awl, one bone awl, three shell beads, two worked bones, 
eight ceramic bottles, 12 ceramic bowls (previously identified as 11 
ceramic bowls), one ceramic non-vessel objects, one lot of charcoal, 
one sheet of copper, three ear plugs, one effigy bottle, four effigy 
bowls, one bone needle, one pipe, four mussel shells, one sherd, and 
six vessels.

Determinations (as Amended)

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the University of Arkansas Museum Collections has 
determined that:
     The human remains represent the physical remains of 374 
individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 1,324 objects 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.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary 
objects described in this notice and the Quapaw Nation (previously 
listed as The Quapaw Tribe of Indians).

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 
may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after December 19, 2022. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of 
Arkansas Museum Collections must determine the most

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appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects are 
considered a single request and not competing requests. The University 
of Arkansas Museum Collections is responsible for sending a copy of 
this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations 
identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, Sec.  
10.10, Sec.  10.13, and Sec.  10.14.

    Dated: November 9, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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