Notice2021-19691
Notice of Inventory Completion: Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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September 13, 2021
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History (Museum) at the University of Oklahoma has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the Museum. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 174 (Monday, September 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50901-50902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19691]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032527; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of
Natural History, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History (Museum) at
the University of Oklahoma has completed an inventory of human remains
and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and present-day Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this
notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains
and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the
Museum. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control
of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal
descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to the Museum at the address in this notice by
October 13, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Marc Levine, Associate Curator of
Archaeology, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University
of Oklahoma, 2401 Chautauqua Avenue, Norman, OK 73072-7029, telephone
(405) 325-1994, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#026f6e67746b6c67426d772c676677"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ef82838a9986818aaf809ac18a8b9a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects under the control of the Sam Noble Oklahoma
Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
McCurtain County, OK.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Sam
Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma and
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1941, human remains representing, at minimum, 10 individuals
were removed from the Clement 1 site (34Mc8) in McCurtain County, OK.
This mound and midden site was excavated in 1941 by the Works Progress
Administration, and the excavated
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materials were transferred to the Museum the same year. The human
remains include one fragmentary skeleton of an adult female, 35-50
years old; one fragmentary skeleton of an adult male, 35-50 years old;
one fragmentary skeleton of an adult probable male, 35-50 years old;
one fragmentary skeleton of an adult of indeterminate sex, 20-35 years
old; two fragmentary skeletons of adults of indeterminate sex, each
more than 20 years old; one fragmentary skeleton of an adult of
indeterminate sex, 35-50 years old; two fragmentary skeletons of adults
greater of indeterminate sex, each more than 50 years old; and one
fragmentary set of teeth belonging to an adult of indeterminate sex and
age. No known individuals were identified.
The 1,103 associated funerary objects are: Four Avery Engraved type
ceramic bowls, one Avery Engraved type ceramic bottle, 162 Avery
Engraved type potsherds, two Emory Punctate type ceramic jars with
castellated rims, one Simms Engraved type ceramic carinated bowl, 61
Simms Engraved type ceramic potsherds, six decorated ceramic bowls, one
decorated ceramic jar, one decorated ceramic bottle, one decorated
ceramic vessel with four applique nodes with rattles, one decorated
ceramic vessel with four animal effigies on the rim, four undecorated
ceramic bowls, one undecorated ceramic jar, one undecorated ceramic red
olla vessel, two ceramic rattle fragments, 390 decorated potsherds, 352
undecorated potsherds, three ceramic pipe fragments, 31 small corner-
notched projectile points, two Gary type projectile points, one chipped
stone flake, one fragment of fire cracked rock, one stone celt, four
pigment stones, one unmodified stone, two copper covered shell
earspools, four faunal bone fragments, 17 shell beads, one engraved
shell gorget, four engraved shell fragments, 26 shell fragments, four
wood fragments, five charred corn cob fragments, one seed bead with
sediment, two soil samples with possible textile matting, one charcoal
sample from a vessel, and one daub fragment.
While the Clement 1 site (34Mc8) includes both historic and
prehistoric components, all the human remains and associated funerary
objects listed in this notice belong to the prehistoric component.
Based on an analysis of the diagnostic cultural materials from the site
(chipped and ground stone, ceramics, bone tools, and ornaments), as
well as radiocarbon dates obtained from more recent investigations
there, the prehistoric component of the site dates to A.D. 1200-1500.
Archeological, oral traditional, and post-contact European historical
information reasonably show that a cultural affiliation exists between
the earlier group connected to the human remains and associated
funerary objects at the Clement I site and the present-day Caddo Nation
of Oklahoma.
Determinations Made by the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
Officials of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History have
determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 10 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 1,103 objects
described in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed
with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as
part of the death rite or ceremony.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects and the Caddo
Nation of Oklahoma.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to Dr. Marc Levine, Associate Curator of
Archaeology, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University
of Oklahoma, 2401 Chautauqua Avenue, Norman, OK 73072-7029, telephone
(405) 325-1994, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a7cacbc2d1cec9c2e7c8d289c2c3d2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c1acada4b7a8afa481aeb4efa4a5b4">[email protected]</span></a>, by October 13, 2021. After that
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma may proceed.
The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is responsible for
notifying the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma and The Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma that this notice has been published.
Dated: August 25, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-19691 Filed 9-10-21; 8:45 am]
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