[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 217 (Monday, November 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24889]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036901; 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 in this 
notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed 
from Dauphin and Wyoming Counties, PA.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after December 13, 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 Wyoming County, PA. In 1940, Frank Soday, an avocational 
archeologist, removed these human remains from Frenchman's Cave (aka 
Soday site 60). In 1982, the Thomas Gilcrease Association purchased the 
Soday collection and gifted it to Gilcrease Museum. The human remains 
belong to an individual of unknown sex and age. The nine associated 
funerary objects are one lot consisting of lithic flakes and chips, and 
eight lots consisting of ceramic sherds.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
removed from Dauphin County, PA. In 1942, Frank Soday removed these 
human remains from Shoop Site (also known as Mohr Farm and Soday site 
148). In 1982, the Thomas Gilcrease Association purchased the Soday 
collection and gifted it to Gilcrease Museum. The human remains belong 
to two individuals of unknown sex and age. The five associated funerary 
objects are three lots consisting of lithic flakes and debitage, one 
lot consisting of quartz fragments, and one bullet.

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: geographical, archeological, linguistic, oral tradition, 
historic evidence, other relevant information, and expert opinion.

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 three individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 14 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 Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 
Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, 
Wisconsin.

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 December 13, 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 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, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: November 1, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-24889 Filed 11-9-23; 8:45 am]
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