[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58610-58611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18505]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036468; 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 Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, and 
Poinsett Counties in Arkansas.

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.

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Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, 25 individuals were removed 
from Crittenden County, AR. Between 1957 and 1959, Gregory Perino 
removed these human remains from the Banks site. The 400 associated 
funerary objects are 90 lots consisting of ceramic vessels, four lots 
consisting of broken vessels, 247 lots consisting of pottery sherds, 
one lot consisting of ceramic plugs, 10 lots consisting of lithic 
points, one lot consisting of lithic flakes, one lot consisting of 
chunkey stones, eight lots consisting of worked stone, three lots 
consisting of shell ornaments and worked shell, one lot consisting of 
pigments and ochre, eight lots consisting of daub, two lots consisting 
of pipes, 13 lots consisting of faunal remains and fish scales, one lot 
consisting of beads, three lots consisting of bone tools, two lots 
consisting of charcoal, four lots consisting of sediment, and one lot 
consisting of corn fragments.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Crittenden County, AR. In 1958, Gregory Perino removed these human 
remains from the Bradley site. The six associated funerary objects are 
three lots consisting of ceramic vessels, one lot consisting of copper 
beads, one lot consisting of chunkey stones, and one lot consisting of 
stone tools, including projectile points and hoes.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, 23 individuals were removed 
from Cross County, AR. In 1958, Gregory Perino removed these human 
remains from the Cherry Valley site. The 36 associated funerary objects 
are 14 lots consisting of intact ceramic vessels, 13 lots consisting of 
broken ceramic vessels, two lots consisting of ceramic sherds and 
earspools, one lot consisting of worked lithics, two lots consisting of 
charcoal, two lots consisting of wood, and two lots consisting of shell 
beads.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were 
removed from Cross County, AR. In 1957, Gregory Perino removed these 
human remains from Rose Mound. The nine associated funerary objects are 
five lots consisting of ceramic vessels, two lots consisting of stone 
tools, one lot consisting of faunal remains, and one lot consisting of 
worked shell, including ear plugs and beads.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Mississippi County, AR. In 1960, Gregory Perino removed these 
human remains from the Shawnee Village Site (3MS7). The one associated 
funerary object is one lot consisting of corn cobs.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals were 
removed from Poinsett County, AR. These human remains were removed from 
the Stott Site (3PO26), likely by Elbert Hawkins sometime in the 1970s. 
The eight associated funerary objects are three lots consisting of 
pottery sherds, one lot consisting of ceramic vessels, one lot 
consisting of lithic tools, two lots consisting of faunal remains, and 
one lot consisting of shells.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Poinsett County, AR, likely by Frank Soday sometime in the mid-
20th century. No associated funerary objects are present.

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, historical, oral 
traditional, and other relevant information.

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 59 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 460 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 Quapaw Nation.

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.
[FR Doc. 2023-18505 Filed 8-25-23; 8:45 am]
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