[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61135-61136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16706]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038350; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office, Oklahoma City, 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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau 
of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office (OTAO) (Reclamation) intends 
to carry out the disposition of human remains removed from Federal or 
Tribal lands to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native 
Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in this notice.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after August 29, 2024. If no claim for disposition is received by July 
30, 2025, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human 
remains.

ADDRESSES: Send written claims for disposition of the human remains to 
Kate Ellison, Bureau of Reclamation, 5924 NW 2nd Street, Oklahoma City, 
OK 73127-6514, or by email to [email protected]">kel[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Ellison, Bureau of Reclamation, 
at telephone (405) 470-4816, or by email to [email protected]">kel[email protected]. 
Individuals who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech 
disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 
telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United 
States should use the relay services offered within their country to 
make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.

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 
Reclamation, and additional information on the human remains or 
cultural items in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the related records. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the identifications in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, one individual has been reasonably identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present. The human remains are a single petrous 
(ear bone). The human remains are from 34GR4 in Greer County, Oklahoma, 
and were received by Hector Garcia, then a Reclamation archeologist, on 
February 14, 1997, from citizens that had recovered the human remains 
from the W.C. Austin Project (Lake Altus), OK.

Determinations

    Reclamation has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco, 
& Tawakonie), Oklahoma has priority for disposition of the human 
remains described in this notice.

Claims for Disposition

    Written claims for disposition of the human remains in this notice 
must be sent to the appropriate official identified in this notice 
under ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition is received by July 30, 
2025, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human 
remains. Claims for disposition may be submitted by:
    1. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows,

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by a preponderance of the evidence, that they have priority for 
disposition.
    Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after August 29, 2024. If competing claims for disposition are 
received, Reclamation must determine the most appropriate claimant 
prior to disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the human 
remains are considered a single request and not competing requests. 
Reclamation is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the 
lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations 
identified in this notice and to any other consulting parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.

    Dated: July 17, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-16706 Filed 7-29-24; 8:45 am]
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