[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 398-399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28911]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037155; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Buffalo National River, Harrison, AR

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), U.S. Department of the Interior, National 
Park Service, Buffalo National River (BUFF) has completed an inventory 
of human remains and has determined that there is no cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human 
remains were removed from Marion and Searcy Counties, AR.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after February 2, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Angela Boyers, Superintendent, Buffalo National River, 402 
North Walnut, Suite 136, Harrison, AR 72601-1173, telephone (870) 365-
2700, 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 
superintendent, BUFF. Additional information on the determinations in 
this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the 
inventory or related records held by BUFF.

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Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Searcy County, AR. In August 1990, human remains of one individual 
were removed from site 3SE279 by National Park Service archeologists as 
part of an Archeological Resource Protection Act (ARPA) investigation. 
No associated funerary objects are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, 10 individuals were removed 
from Marion County, AR. Between 1988 and 1990, human remains were 
recovered from site 3MR80. The human remains were recovered during two 
separate excavation projects led by the Sponsored Research Program of 
the Arkansas Archeological Survey under contract to the National Park 
Service. No associated funerary objects are present.

Aboriginal Land

    The human remains 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, BUFF has determined 
that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 11 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably 
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
     The human remains described in this notice were removed 
from the aboriginal land of The Osage Nation.

Requests for Disposition

    Written requests for disposition of the human remains 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 described in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after February 2, 2024. If competing requests 
for disposition are received, BUFF must determine the most appropriate 
requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the 
human remains are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. BUFF 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: December 20, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-28911 Filed 1-2-24; 8:45 am]
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