[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 77882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27527]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035043; 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 published in 
the Federal Register on April 29, 2022. This notice amends the 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 January 19, 2023.

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 published in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (87 FR 25527-25529, April 
29, 2022). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of 
Inventory Completion has not occurred. This notice identifies one 
individual as missing and amends the number of associated funerary 
objects listed in the original notice by the addition of two associated 
funerary objects removed from the Carden Bottoms Site (3YE14).
    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, 84 
individuals were removed from unidentified sites located in Northeast 
Arkansas. Of that number, human remains representing one individual is 
currently missing from the collection. The University of Arkansas 
Museum continues to look for the missing individual.
    From the Carden Bottoms Site (3YE14) in Yell County, AR, the five 
(previously identified as three) associated funerary objects are two 
(previously identified as one) complete ceramic bowls, two 
reconstructed ceramic bowls, and one piece of daub.

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 211 
individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 103 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 January 19, 2023. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of 
Arkansas Museum Collections must determine the most 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: December 13, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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