[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58606-58607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18504]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036467; 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 Calhoun and 
Ashley Counties, AR.

DATES: Disposition 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

    The human remains and associated funerary objects listed below were 
collected by Frank Soday, an avocational archeologist. In 1980, the 
Thomas Gilcrease Association purchased Frank Soday's entire collection 
from him and donated it to Gilcrease Museum.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
removed from Bang's Slough in Calhoun County, AR. On June 19-20, 1950, 
Frank Soday excavated at the site with Jerry

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Carr (his nephew) and Ray Hammons. The three associated funerary 
objects are one lot consisting of pottery sherds and two lots 
consisting of worked stone.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
removed from the Stringfellow Farm in Calhoun County, AR. On November 
19, 1949, Frank Soday excavated at the site. The five associated 
funerary objects are one lot consisting of pottery sherds, one lot 
consisting of grinding stones, one lot consisting of lithic tools, one 
lot consisting of worked stone, and one lot consisting of awls.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Sweitzer's Mound in Ashley County, AR. On November 13, 1949, Frank 
Soday excavated at the site with Richard Franz. The two associated 
funerary objects are one lot consisting of pottery sherds and one 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 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 five individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 10 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.
     The human remains and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the 
Quapaw Nation.

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 September 
27, 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 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 and 
10.11.

    Dated: August 18, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-18504 Filed 8-25-23; 8:45 am]
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