[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 71 (Thursday, April 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25662-25663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07716]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037736; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Missouri, Museum of 
Anthropology, Columbia, MO

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 University of Missouri Museum of 
Anthropology 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.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after May 13, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Candace Sall, University of Missouri Museum of Anthropology 
1020 Lowry Street, Columbia, MO 65211, telephone (573) 882-9157, 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 
University of Missouri Museum of Anthropology, and additional 
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results 
of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records. The 
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this 
notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, 36 individuals have been reasonably identified and 22,739 
associated funerary objects from 15 sites (see site descriptions) In 
the 1950s and 1960s, American Archaeology Division at the University of 
Missouri completed several surveys and excavations under contract for 
the National Park Service, and later for the Corps of Engineers, in 
Cedar, Dade, Hickory, Polk and St. Clair Counties, Missouri. In 2009, 
the Kansas City Corps of Engineers determine the work on these sites 
occurred before land was purchased and control of the collection was 
passed to the University of Missouri Museum of Anthropology.
    23CE34, no site name, Cedar County, Missouri. This site contains 
six individuals, including two adults, two adolescents, and two 
children, collected by UMC staff as part of the Stockton Reservoir 
Project. This site also contains 432 associated funerary objects, 
including eight debitage, 70 misc. stone, 326 misc. faunal fragments, 
one antler tool, five petrified wood, five charcoal, 14 misc. shell, 
three groundstones and misc. botanical surface debris.
    23DA207, Toler Cave, Dade County, Missouri. This site contains one 
adult, excavated between 1961-64 by MU as part of the Stockton Lake 
Reservoir project. This site also contains 204 associated funerary 
objects, including 109 debitage, one biface, one projectile point, one 
core, 67 misc. shell, five ceramic fragments, and 20 misc. faunal 
fragments.
    23DA235, no site name, Dade County, Missouri. This site contains a 
tooth from an adult, collected during a surface survey by Rolland 
Pangborn and University of Missouri staff in 1963 as part of the 
Stockton Reservoir project. This site also contains 26 associated 
funerary objects, including two groundstones, two hammerstones, one 
uniface, three hafted bifaces, and 18 other bifaces.
    23DA245, Elmer Long Shelter, Dade County, Missouri. This site 
contains one adult, excavated by W. Raymond Wood and University of 
Missouri staff in 1961 as part of the Stockton Reservoir project. This 
site also contains four associated funerary objects, including misc. 
two faunal fragments and two ceramics fragments.
    23HI34, no site name, Hickory County, Missouri. This site contains 
one adult, collected by Carl Chapman, likely in the 1950s as part of 
the Harry S Truman Reservoir project. No associated funerary objects 
are present.
    23HI135, Holbert Bridge Mound, Hickory Country, Missouri. This site 
contains one adult, excavated by W. Raymond Wood and University of 
Missouri staff in 1957 as part of the Pomme de Terre Reservoir project. 
This site also contains 102 associated funerary objects, including 60 
debitage, one core, two flake tools (including one scraper and one 
uniface), five bifaces, 30 projectile point/knives (including 29 Afton 
points), one groundstone, two misc. stone, and one soil sample.
    23PO305, Colline Mound, Polk County, Missouri. This site contains 
one adult, excavated by W. Raymond Wood and University of Missouri 
staff in 1963 as part of the Stockton Reservoir project. This site also 
contains 185 associated funerary objects, including 143 debitage, one 
projectile point, three flake tools, 11 limestone, two soil samples, 13 
misc. faunal fragments, and 12 bifaces.
    23PO308, no name site, Polk County, Missouri. This site contains 
one adult, collected by W. Raymond Wood and University of Missouri 
staff in 1963 as part of the Stockton Lake Reservoir project. This site 
also contains two associated funerary objects, including one debitage 
and one projectile point.
    23PO312, no name site, Polk County, Missouri. This site contains 
one adult and was recorded by Pangborn in 1964 as part of the Stockton 
Lake Reservoir Project. This site also contains six associated funerary 
objects, including six misc. faunal fragments.

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    23SR21, Rock House Cave, St. Clair County, Missouri. This site 
contains two individuals, including one child and one adult, and the 
site was probably excavated by Carl H. Chapman, UMC, or by MU staff, 
potentially as early as 1930s, although the exact circumstances and 
date of acquisition are unknown. This site also contains 725 associated 
funerary objects, including 473 misc. faunal fragments, 76 debitage, 
three misc. stone, 57 misc. shell, 16 bifaces, one hafted biface, one 
hematite, two charcoal samples, six unifaces, 89 ceramics, and one 
seed.
    23SR103, Rock House Shelter/Broulee Shelter, St. Clair County, 
Missouri. This site contains two adults, and Chapman or Mett Shippee 
likely recovered material in the 1950s as part of surveys, although the 
exact circumstances and date of acquisition are unknown. This site also 
contains 5,334 associated funerary objects, including 199 ceramic 
fragments, 3,622 debitage, three drills, 20 flake tools, 100 bifaces, 
39 hafted bifaces, five core, five hematite, four mano, one 
groundstone, two hammerstones, 76 misc. stone, 620 misc. faunal 
fragments, 629 misc. shell, four wood, four seeds, and one charcoal 
sample.
    23SR117, Harrison Shelter, St. Clair County, Missouri. This site 
contains one adult, excavated by Carl H. Chapman and University of 
Missouri staff in 1962 as part of the Kaysinger Bluff project. This 
site also contains 13,212 associated funerary objects, including 8,140 
debitage, five cores, 47 flake tools, 88 bifaces, two drills, 27 
projectile points, 61 sandstones, 17 ochre, 321 misc. stone, two 
groundstones, 10 daub, 83 ceramic fragments, 256 misc. shell, 4,089 
misc. faunal fragments, one soil sample, 22 misc. botanicals, 32 wood, 
one galena, and eight charcoal samples.
    23SR122, Gray Shelter, St. Clair County, Missouri. This site 
contains three individuals, including two adult males and one adult, 
excavated by Carl H. Chapman and University of Missouri staff in 1961 
as part of the Kaysinger Bluff Reservoir salvage project. This site 
also contains 2,132 associated funerary objects, including 894 misc. 
faunal fragments, 1,080 debitage, six misc. stone, 16 misc. shell, 29 
bifaces, one hafted biface, six wood, seven uniface, three cores, one 
charcoal sample, 53 iron objects, 22 ceramic fragments (including 
Baytown plain ceramic fragments and four historic ceramics), two 
nuttingstones, three scrapers, and nine seeds.
    23SR126, Cat Hollow Shelter, St. Clair County, Missouri. This site 
contains one adult, excavated by Rolland Pangborn and University of 
Missouri staff in 1961 as part of the Kaysinger Bluff Reservoir salvage 
project. This site also contains 373 associated funerary objects, 
including 358 misc. faunal fragments, one ceramic fragment, one 
charcoal sample and 13 misc. stone.
    23SRUNPROV4, unprovenienced individuals and funerary objects from 
St. Clair County from either 23SR21 or 23SR103. This site contains 13 
individuals, including two adolescents (aged 14-18, 16-24 years), eight 
adult males, and three adults. Survey conducted by Carl Chapman and UMC 
staff from 1960-1962 for the HST Reservoir (formerly Kaysinger Bluff) 
project. This collection was identified in review of former KCCCOE 
collections in 2023 and belongs to either Rock House cave (23SR21) or 
Rock House shelter (23SR103), per the note inside the box. This site 
also contains two associated funerary objects, including one misc. 
botanical and one misc. faunal fragments.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical 
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects described in this notice.

Determinations

    The University of Missouri Museum of Anthropology has determined 
that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 36 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 22,739 objects described in this notice are reasonably 
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual 
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite 
or ceremony.
     There is a reasonable connection between the human remains 
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and The Osage 
Nation.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
authorized representative identified in this notice under 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 May 13, 2024. If 
competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of 
Missouri Museum of Anthropology 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 University of Missouri Museum 
of Anthropology is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the 
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this 
notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: April 3, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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