[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61138-61139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16707]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038351; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: 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) has 
completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there 
is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes 
or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after August 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of human remains to 
Kate Ellison, Bureau of Reclamation, 5924 NW 2nd Street, Suite 200, 
Oklahoma City, OK 73127-6514, or by email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Ellison, Bureau of Reclamation, 
at telephone (405) 470-4816, or by email to [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 
Reclamation, and additional information on the determinations in this 
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in its 
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Human remains representing, at least, 13 individuals have been 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. A contractor 
conducted an inventory of artifacts and human remains for Reclamation 
in 2023 at the Museum of the Great Plains in Lawton, Oklahoma. The 
artifacts and human remains were recovered by local collectors from the 
W.C. Austin Project (Lake Altus), Oklahoma before 1990.

34GR--

    Human remains representing one individual were found in a box with 
mixed rock and ground stone from Greer County, Oklahoma. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    Human remains representing one individual were found in a box among 
faunal bones from Greer County, Oklahoma. No associated funerary 
objects are present.

34GR3

    Human remains representing one individual were found in a box with 
archeological artifacts. No associated funerary objects are present.

34GR4--Rattlesnake Slough

    Human remains representing one individual were found in a box with 
archeological artifacts. No associated funerary objects are present.

34GR6

    Human remains representing eight individuals were found in a box 
with archeological artifacts. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Radiocarbon dating performed in 1985 at site 34GR6 identified that 
the site was occupied during the two periods: 1,270 90 B.P. 
and 1,390 90 B.P. The 120-year gap between the two dates is 
a reasonable period for a single group to occupy a location.

34GR8--Taylor

    Human remains representing one individual were found in a box with 
archeological artifacts. No associated funerary objects are present.

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 described in this 
notice.

Determinations

    Reclamation has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 13 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a connection between the human remains described 
in this notice and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, 
Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 described in this notice to a 
requestor

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may occur on or after August 29, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, Reclamation must determine the most 
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation 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 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: July 17, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-16707 Filed 7-29-24; 8:45 am]
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