[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 96 (Thursday, May 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31820-31821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10558]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035863; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

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 Gilcrease Museum has completed an 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has 
determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human 
remains and associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe. The human 
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Limestone and 
Morgan Counties, AL.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice may occur on or after June 20, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 800 S Tucker Drive, Tulsa, 
OK 74104, telephone (918) 596-2747, 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 
Gilcrease Museum. 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 Gilcrease 
Museum.

Description

    All the human remains and associated funerary objects listed below 
were removed in the 1950s by Frank J. Soday, a collector and amateur 
archeologist. The Thomas Gilcrease Museum Association purchased the 
Soday Collection in 1982, and subsequently donated the collection to 
the Gilcrease Museum.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Chemstrand, Harbor Island, in Morgan County, AL (Soday site number 
504). No known individual was identified. The one associated funerary 
object is a lot consisting of faunal remains, including turtle and 
bird.
    The associated funerary objects listed below were recently found at 
the Gilcrease Museum. The human remains with which these funerary 
objects are associated (together with additional associated funerary 
objects) were listed in a notice published in the Federal Register on 
September 20, 2016 (81 FR 64503-64505) and have since been repatriated.
    One associated funerary object was removed from Limestone County, 
AL. Most likely, this object was removed from one of the following 
sites: 1LI27, 1LI49, 1LI52, or 1LI53 (Soday site number 399). The one 
associated funerary object is a lot consisting of lithic tools and 
projectile points.
    Two associated funerary objects were removed from Skeleton Island 
(Soday site number 401) in Limestone County, AL. The two associated 
funerary objects are two lots consisting of lithic tools and projectile 
points.
    One associated funerary object was removed from Center Island East 
(Soday site number 423) in Limestone County, AL. The one associated 
funerary object is a lot consisting of projectile points.
    One associated funerary object was removed from East Middle Quad/
TVA (Soday site number 428) in Limestone County, AL. The one associated 
funerary object is a lot consisting of lithic tools and projectile 
points.
    One associated funerary object was removed from West Middle Quad, 
Decatur (Soday site number 435) in Morgan County, AL. The one 
associated funerary object is a lot consisting of lithic tools.
    One associated funerary object was removed from Bald Knob Cemetery/
Folsom Graveyard (Soday site number 456) in Morgan County, AL. The one 
associated funerary object is a lot consisting of lithic tools.
    One associated funerary object was removed from Strap Handle Island 
(Soday site number 489) in Limestone County, AL. The one associated 
funerary object is a lot consisting of lithic tools.

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: a final judgment 
of the Indian Claims Commission or the United States Court of Claims, 
and a treaty.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Gilcrease Museum 
has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     The nine 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.
     No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably 
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and 
any Indian Tribe.

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     The human remains and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the 
Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The Chickasaw 
Nation; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band of 
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.

Requests for Disposition

    Written requests for disposition of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after June 20, 
2023. If competing requests for disposition are received, the Gilcrease 
Museum must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to 
disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not 
competing requests. The Gilcrease Museum 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: May 10, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-10558 Filed 5-17-23; 8:45 am]
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