Notice2022-02976
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office, Oklahoma City, OK
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Published
February 11, 2022
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office (Reclamation), has completed an inventory of human remains, 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 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 should submit a written request to Reclamation. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8034-8035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02976]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033385; 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: The Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office
(Reclamation), has completed an inventory of human remains, 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 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
should submit a written request to Reclamation. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains 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 should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to
Reclamation at the address in this notice by March 14, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Ellison, Archeologist, Bureau of
Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office, 5924 NW 2nd Street, Suite 200,
Oklahoma City, OK 73127, telephone
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(405) 470-4816, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#97fcf2fbfbfee4f8f9d7e2e4f5e5b9f0f8e1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b6ddd3dadadfc5d9d8f6c3c5d4c498d1d9c0">[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 under
the control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation, Oklahoma City, OK. The human remains were removed from
Lake Thunderbird Reservoir, Cleveland 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. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Reclamation
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma. Representatives from the
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie),
Oklahoma were also contacted but declined to consult, on the basis that
the land from which the human remains were removed is outside of the
Tribe's traditional territory.
History and Description of the Remains
On July 1, 1982, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the Little Axe Skeletal Remains Site
(34CL210) in Cleveland County, OK. The burial was discovered by a
visitor to Little River State Park, who noted the presence human
remains exposed by erosion on an access road within the state park near
Clear Bay and reported the exposed human remains at the Little Axe
Grocery store, whereupon a store employee contacted state park
officials. Larry Neal of the Oklahoma Archaeological Society notified
Reclamation archeologists of the discovery on July 6, 1982. After
consulting with the Oklahoma State Medical Examiner's Office and the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, Reclamation
archeologists removed the human remains and took them to the
Reclamation office in Amarillo, TX. Beginning in December of 1982, the
human remains were curated at the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art, St.
Gregory College in Shawnee, OK. On May 23, 1995, the human remains were
moved to the Museum of the Great Plains in Lawton, OK, by Hector Garcia
and placed on a one-year loan. The individual is represented by a
nearly complete skeleton. The remains probably belong to a male 18-20
years old. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Determinations Made by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office
Officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of
Native American ancestry.
<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 the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians 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 should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to Kate
Ellison, Archeologist, Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area
Office, 5924 NW 2nd Street, Suite 200, Oklahoma City, OK 73127,
telephone (405) 470-4816, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#deb5bbb2b2b7adb1b09eabadbcacf0b9b1a8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8de6e8e1e1e4fee2e3cdf8feefffa3eae2fb">[email protected]</span></a>, by March 14, 2022.
After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe
of Indians of Oklahoma may proceed.
The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation,
Oklahoma-Texas Area Office is responsible for notifying the Absentee-
Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma that this notice has been
published.
Dated: February 3, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-02976 Filed 2-10-22; 8:45 am]
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