[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 87 (Friday, May 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29162-29163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09584]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035780; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State 
Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Office of the State Archaeologist 
Bioarchaeology Program, previously listed as the Office of the State 
Archaeologist Burials Program, has completed an inventory of human 
remains and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation 
between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were 
removed from either Kay or Osage County, OK.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice may occur on or after June 5, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Lara Noldner, Office of the State Archaeologist 
Bioarchaeology Program, University of Iowa, 700 S Clinton Street, Iowa 
City, IA 52242, telephone (319) 384-0740, 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 
Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. 
Additional information on the determinations in this notice, including 
the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related 
records held by the Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology 
Program.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from an unknown location near Ponca City, in either Kay or Osage 
County, OK. The human remains were reportedly disinterred by animals on 
a farm belonging to Walter Hawk (now deceased) and located near Ponca 
City, OK, in 1958. The farmer who collected the human remains gave them 
to a friend and neighboring landowner, Marvin Clark (now deceased). 
Subsequently, Mr. Clark passed the human remains on to a grandson, and 
in 1999, the grandson, who resided in Knoxville, IA, transferred them 
to the Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program. The 
cranial human remains (Burial Project 1291) belong to a juvenile 
approximately 10-11 years old. Craniofacial morphology suggests Native 
ancestry, and the low level of dental wear suggests the individual 
lived during the late pre-contact or early contact period. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.

Aboriginal Land

    The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice 
were removed from known geographic locations. These locations are the 
aboriginal lands of one or more Indian Tribes. The following 
information was used to identify the aboriginal land: treaties, 
including the 1825 Treaty with Great and Little Osage.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Office of the 
State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably 
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
     The human remains described in this notice were removed 
from the aboriginal land of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Kiowa Indian 
Tribe of Oklahoma; and The Osage Nation.

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Requests for Disposition

    Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes 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, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land 
Indian Tribe.
    Disposition of the human remains described in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after June 5, 2023. If competing requests for 
disposition are received, the Office of the State Archaeologist 
Bioarchaeology Program must determine the most appropriate requestor 
prior to disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the human 
remains are considered a single request and not competing requests. The 
Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program is responsible 
for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes 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 and 
10.11.

    Dated: April 25, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-09584 Filed 5-4-23; 8:45 am]
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