Notice2022-11632
Notice of Inventory Completion: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
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Published
May 31, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Gilcrease Museum has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between an associated funerary object 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 this associated funerary object should submit a written request to the Gilcrease Museum. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the associated funerary object 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 104 (Tuesday, May 31, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32438-32439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11632]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033968; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Gilcrease Museum has completed an inventory of associated
funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a
cultural affiliation between an associated funerary object 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 this associated funerary object should submit a written request to
the Gilcrease Museum. If no additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the associated funerary object 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
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Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of this associated funerary object should
submit a written request with information in support of the request to
the Gilcrease Museum at the address in this notice by June 30, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 800 S
Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK 74104, telephone (918) 596-2747, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5935382c2b38743b2b2038372d192c2d2c352a38773c3d2c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8fe3eefafdeea2edfdf6eee1fbcffafbfae3fceea1eaebfa">[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 associated funerary
objects under the control of the Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK. The
associated funerary object listed in this notice was removed from
Moundville, Greene County, AL.
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 associated funerary object. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the associated funerary object was made by
the Gilcrease Museum professional staff in consultation with
representatives of Muskogean Speaking Tribes that include the Seminole
Tribe of Florida (previously listed as Seminole Tribe of Florida
(Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood, & Tampa Reservations)); The
Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation; and The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as
``The Tribes'').
History and Description of the Associated Funerary Object
In 1929, one associated funerary object was removed from the
Moundville site in Greene County, AL, by William L. Holton, a curator
of the Alabama Museum of Natural History, University of Alabama. Holton
removed this item from a burial and traded this item with Dr. P.F.
Titterington of St. Louis, Missouri in July 1930. Harry J. Lemley, a
judge and prominent collector from Arkansas, acquired the item from
Titterington between 1930 and 1955. Thomas Gilcrease purchased Harry J.
Lemley's entire collection, including this item, in 1955. Thomas
Gilcrease transferred his collection to the City of Tulsa in 1955 and
1963-64, forming the Gilcrease Museum. The associated funerary object
is a stone palette (catalog number 61.1872).
This item and the site from which it was removed are culturally
affiliated to the Muskogean Speaking Tribes that include the Seminole
Tribe of Florida, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, The Chickasaw Nation,
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. The
Tribal communities in and around the site of Moundville have clear
connections and continuities with Muskogean Speaking Tribes, as seen in
the archeological and anthropological records, and in oral traditions.
Determinations Made by the Gilcrease Museum
Officials of the Gilcrease Museum have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object described
in this notice is 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 associated funerary object and The Tribes.
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 this associated funerary object should
submit a written request with information in support of the request to
Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 800 S Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK 74104,
telephone (918) 596-2747, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#771b160205165a15050e161903370203021b041659121302"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="89e5e8fcfbe8a4ebfbf0e8e7fdc9fcfdfce5fae8a7ecedfc">[email protected]</span></a>, by June 30,
2022. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward,
transfer of control of the associated funerary object to The Tribes may
proceed.
The Gilcrease Museum is responsible for notifying The Tribes that
this notice has been published.
Dated: May 18, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-11632 Filed 5-27-22; 8:45 am]
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