[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61147-61148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16712]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038357; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: McClure Archives and University 
Museum, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, 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 McClure Archives and University Museum, 
University of Central Missouri 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 August 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Amber R. Clifford, McClure Archives and University Museum, 
Kirkpatrick Library 1470, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, 
MO 64093, telephone (660) 543-4649, 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 
McClure Archives and University Museum, 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

Site No 23JO14, Missouri

    Human remains representing, at least, six individuals. Incomplete 
skeletal human remains of six individuals; four adults, one juvenile 
approximately five years old, and one infant approximately one year 
old, and 91 isolated human teeth. Accession #: N/A, the items were 
never given accession numbers originally. Catalogue #: Human Remains--
121-302.4, Misc. 1-5, Uncatalogued 1-2, Uncategorized 1-6 Isolated 
Human Teeth--T4-263. The 960 associated funerary objects are: one piece 
of hematite, 79 stone bifaces, 314 sherds, 244 animals bones, animal 
teeth, and turtle shell pieces, 127 stone flakes, two pieces of iron, 
13 pieces of sandstone, 23 pieces of limestone, five pieces of copper, 
22 pieces of charcoal, two animal fossils, 10 antler pieces, 22 pieces 
of wood, three pieces of brick or baked earth, 33 mollusk shells, three 
pieces of siltstone, seven shell fragments, one piece of ochre, 13 
unifaces, seven pieces of chert, two clumps of soil, one piece of daub, 
one piece of quartzite, one snail shell, 20 pieces of shale, and four 
core fragments. Accession #: N/A, the items were never given accession 
numbers originally. Catalogue #:102-302, many AFOs were catalogued as 
groups of items rather than individual items.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the

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geographical location or acquisition history of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects described in this notice.

Determinations

    The McClure Archives and University Museum has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of six individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 960 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 connection between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects described in this notice and Geographical 
affiliation is consistent with the traditional territory of The Osage 
Nation and Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma with overlap from 
the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of 
the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; and the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma. 
Archaeological evidence shows cultural descent from the Woodland 
culture to The Osage Nation; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; 
Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the 
Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; and the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma.

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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after August 
29, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the 
McClure Archives and University 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 McClure 
Archives and University Museum 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. 2024-16712 Filed 7-29-24; 8:45 am]
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