Notice2022-09159
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the University Museum, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR; Correction
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Published
April 28, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The University of Arkansas Museum has corrected an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on August 15, 2000. This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number of associated funerary objects. 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 University of Arkansas 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 87, Number 82 (Thursday, April 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25293-25294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09159]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033786; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the University
Museum, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR; Correction
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: The University of Arkansas Museum has corrected an inventory
of human remains and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice
of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on August 15, 2000.
This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number of
associated funerary objects. 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
University of Arkansas 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 University of Arkansas Museum at the
address in this notice by May 31, 2022.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Mary Suter, University of Arkansas
Museum, Biomass 125, Fayetteville, AR 72701, telephone (479) 575-3456,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#610c1214150413211400130a4f040514"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="335e404647564173465241581d565746">[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 correction of an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects under the control of the University of
Arkansas Museum, Fayetteville, AR. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from the Bradley Site, Crittenden County,
AR.
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.
This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and
associated funerary objects published in a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register (65 FR 49835, August 15, 2000). The
correction is being made to include additional human remains and
associated funerary objects that were found during a re-inventory of
the collection. Transfer of control of the items in this correction
notice has not occurred.
Correction
In the Federal Register (65 FR 49835, August 15, 2000), column 1,
paragraph 4 is corrected by substituting the following paragraph:
In 1932, human remains representing a minimum of 29 individuals
were recovered from the Bradley Site (3CT7), Crittenden County, AR,
during excavations conducted by the University Museum. No known
individuals were identified. The 145 associated funerary objects are
composed of 134 objects present in the Museum collections and 11
objects that are currently missing. The 134 associated funerary
objects are one deer antler tine, one lot of ash, one shell bead,
nine ceramic bottles, eight ceramic bowls, two bone die, one
discoidal, two ear plugs. two effigy bottles, six effigy bowls, one
effigy jar, one gorget, three ceramic jars, one deer mandible, 94
body sherds, one rim sherd. The University of Arkansas Museum
continues to look for the missing 11 associated funerary objects,
which are one bone awl, four ceramic bottles, three ceramic bowls,
one effigy bowl, one bone needle, and one ceramic sherd.
In the Federal Register (65 FR 49835, August 15, 2000), column 2,
paragraph 2, sentences 1 and 2 are corrected by substituting the
following sentences:
Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the
University Museum, University of Arkansas have determined that,
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(1), the human remains listed above
represent the physical remains of a minimum of 29 individuals of
Native American ancestry. Officials of the University Museum,
University of Arkansas also have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR
10.2(d)(2), the 145 objects listed above 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.
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. Mary Suter, University of Arkansas
Museum, Biomass 125, Fayetteville, AR 72701, telephone (479) 575-3456,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e18c9294958493a19480938acf848594"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4b26383e3f2e390b3e2a3920652e2f3e">[email protected]</span></a>, by May 31, 2022. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Quapaw Nation
[previously listed as The Quapaw Tribe of Indians] may proceed.
The University of Arkansas Museum is responsible for notifying the
Quapaw Nation [previously listed as The Quapaw Tribe of Indians] and
the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe that this notice has been published.
Dated: April 20, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-09159 Filed 4-27-22; 8:45 am]
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