[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58604-58605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18503]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036466; 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 a cultural affiliation between the human 
remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated 
funerary objects were removed from Clark, Garland, Lafayette, Miller, 
Ouachita, and Union Counties, AR.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after September 27, 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

    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Clark County, AR. In December of 1938, avocational archeologists 
Harry J. Lemley and S.D. Dickinson excavated these human remains at the 
Kirkham Place (3CL29). The 27 associated funerary objects are 20 lots 
consisting of sherds; one lot consisting of faunal remains, including 
antlers; two lots consisting of faunal bone tools; two lots consisting 
of lithic tools, including projectile points, scrapers, flakes, and 
knives; one lot consisting of pipe fragments; and one lot consisting of 
celts.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Garland County, AR. In 1929, Reverend O.N. Wehunt removed these 
human remains from the Jim Williamson Place, and at an unknown date, 
Harry J. Lemley acquired them from Wehunt. The one associated funerary 
object is a ceramic vessel.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were 
removed from Lafayette County, AR. In 1900, H.A. McCants removed these 
human remains from the Joe Russell Place (3LA91, 3LA245, 3LA246), and 
at an unknown date, Harry J. Lemley acquired them. The one associated 
funerary object is a ceramic vessel.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Lafayette County, AR. Sometime in the early 20th century, Gamel 
Smith removed these human remains from Lester's Brother's Place (3LA38, 
3LA48), and at an unknown date, Harry J. Lemley acquired them. The one 
associated funerary object is a ceramic vessel.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
removed from Lafayette County, AR. During the early 20th century, 
various individuals, including Dan Jenkins, removed items from the 
Battle Place/William Handy Place (3LA0001), and at different times 
during the early-to-mid-20th century, Harry J. Lemley acquired them. 
The five associated funerary objects are one lot consisting of sherds, 
one lot consisting of faunal remains, two lots consisting of lithic 
tools, and one ceramic vessel.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Miller County, AR. In 1935, Harry J. Lemley removed these human 
remains from the Crenshaw Place (3MI6). No associated funerary objects 
are present.
    In 1955, the Gilcrease Foundation purchased the human remains and 
associated funerary objects listed above from Harry J. Lemley. In 1963-
1964, the Foundation transferred this collection to the City of Tulsa.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Miller County, AR. In 1967, Gregory Perino, a curator at Gilcrease 
Museum at the time, removed these human remains from the Haley Place 
(3MI11). The three associated funerary objects are two ceramic vessels 
and one ceramic pipe bowl.
    The human remains and associated funerary objects listed below were 
part of Frank and Norma Soday's collection. In 1982, the Thomas 
Gilcrease Museum Association purchased this collection and gifted it to 
the Gilcrease Museum.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Ouachita County, AR. In 1950, Frank Soday, an avocational 
archeologist, removed these human remains from Carroll Givens Mound 
(3OU27, Soday site 380). No associated funerary objects are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Ouachita County, AR. Sometime between 1948 and 1950, Frank Soday 
removed these human remains from Hindman Mound (Soday site 306). The 
two associated funerary objects are two lots consisting of faunal 
remains.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were 
removed from Ouachita County, AR. In 1949, Frank Soday removed these 
human remains from Bacon Mound #3 (3OU131, Soday site 360). The four 
associated funerary objects are one lot consisting of lithic tools, one 
lot consisting of pottery sherds, one lot consisting of faunal remains, 
and one lot consisting of daub.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, seven individuals were 
removed from Ouachita County, AR. In 1950, Frank Soday removed these 
human remains from Freo Island (Soday site 371). The eight associated 
funerary objects are three lots consisting of faunal remains, one lot 
consisting of pottery sherds and daub, one lot consisting of shell 
beads and lithics, one ceramic vessel, one lot consisting of lithic 
tools, and one lot consisting of antlers.

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    Human remains representing, at minimum, 10 individuals were removed 
from Ouachita County, AR. In 1951, Frank Soday removed these human 
remains from Matkins Bee Ranch/Stone Trestle Mound (3OU005, Soday sites 
369 and 378). The one associated funerary object is one lot consisting 
of faunal remains.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Ouachita County, AR. In 1948, Frank Soday removed these human 
remains from Paw Paw Mound (3OU22, Soday site 316). The two associated 
funerary objects are one lot consisting of pottery sherds and one lot 
consisting of faunal remains.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Ouachita County, AR. In 1950, Frank Soday removed these human 
remains from the Ritchie Place (Soday site 367). No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Union County, AR. In 1947, Frank Soday removed these human remains 
from Harper Mound (3UN41, Soday site 333). The three associated 
funerary objects are one lot consisting of faunal remains, one lot 
consisting of pottery sherds, and one lot consisting of lithic tools.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, 18 individuals were removed 
from Union County, AR. Sometime between 1948 and 1950, Frank Soday 
removed these human remains from the J. M. Nelson Farm (3UN8, Soday 
site 325). The 39 associated funerary objects are nine lots consisting 
of faunal remains, antlers, and bone tools; one lot consisting of 
burned faunal remains; 17 lots consisting of pottery sherds; four lots 
consisting of lithic tools; five ceramic vessels; and three lots 
consisting of shells.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
removed from Union County, AR. In 1955, Frank Soday removed these human 
remains from Lapile Mound Village (Soday site 551). The four associated 
funerary objects are one lot consisting of faunal bone tools, one lot 
consisting of lithic flakes, one lot consisting of wood and burnt 
faunal remains, and one lot consisting of pottery sherds.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Union County, AR. In 1949, Frank Soday removed these human remains 
from Watt Mound (3UN18 or 3UN22, Soday site 342). The one associated 
funerary object is one lot consisting of faunal remains.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice 
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity 
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures 
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The 
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the 
relationship: archeological, geographical, oral traditional, and museum 
records.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the Gilcrease Museum has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 56 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 102 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.
     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 Caddo Nation of Oklahoma.

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 September 27, 2023. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Gilcrease 
Museum 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 Gilcrease Museum is responsible for sending a 
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe 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, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: August 18, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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