Notice2022-25129
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of Arkansas Museum Collections, Fayetteville, AR
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Published
November 18, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Arkansas Museum Collections has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion originally published in the Federal Register on November 13, 2018 and subsequently amended in a Notice of Inventory Completion Correction published in the Federal Register on May 20, 2022. This notice amends the minimum number of individuals and number of associated funerary objects in collections removed from Cross, Mississippi, and Poinsett Counties, AR.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 222 (Friday, November 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69329-69330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25129]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034884; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of Arkansas
Museum Collections, Fayetteville, AR
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Arkansas Museum
Collections has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion originally
published in the Federal Register on November 13, 2018 and subsequently
amended in a Notice of Inventory Completion Correction published in the
Federal Register on May 20, 2022. This notice amends the minimum number
of individuals and number of associated funerary objects in collections
removed from Cross, Mississippi, and Poinsett Counties, AR.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after December 19, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Mary Suter, University of Arkansas Museum Collections,
Biomass 125, Fayetteville, AR 72701, telephone (479) 575-3456, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#64091711100116241105160f4a010011"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="81ecf2f4f5e4f3c1f4e0f3eaafe4e5f4">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
University of Arkansas Museum Collections. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional
information on the amendments and determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or
related records held by the University of Arkansas Museum Collections.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations originally published in a
Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (83 FR 56371-
56374, November 13, 2018) and subsequently amended in a Notice of
Inventory Completion Correction published in the Federal Register (87
FR 30990-30993, May 20, 2022). Repatriation of the items in the
original and amended notices has not occurred. Accordingly, the minimum
number of individuals whose human remains were removed from Rose Mound
(3CS27) in Cross County, AR, is nine (previously six individuals were
listed). In addition, this amendment lists as currently missing human
remains representing nine individuals that had been removed from the
Golden Lake site (3MS60) in Mississippi County, AR (previously no
individuals were listed as missing). Also, this amendment lists as
currently missing one additional associated funerary object that had
been removed from the Hazel Site (3PO6) in Poinsett County, AR
(previously 52 associated funerary objects were listed as missing).
In 1950, 1967, and another unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, nine individuals were removed from the Rose
Mound Site (3CS27) in Cross County, AR. No known individuals were
identified. The five associated funerary objects are five fragments of
copper.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, 105
individuals were removed from the Golden Lake Site (3MS60) in
Mississippi County, AR. Of that number, human remains representing nine
individuals are currently missing from the collection. The University
of Arkansas Museum continues to look for the missing individuals. No
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
In 1933, human remains representing, at minimum, 260 individuals
were removed from the Hazel Site (3PO6) in Poinsett County, AR. No
known individuals were identified. In total, there are 1,319 associated
funerary objects, of which 53 objects are currently missing from the
collection. The 1,266 associated funerary objects currently accounted
for are one abrader, six deer antler tines, one arrow point, one
artifact sample, two bone awls, one axe, one basketry fragment, 30 bone
beads, two ceramic beads, four crinoid beads, 439 shell beads, 83
animal bones, three bird bones, 118 fish bones, 78 ceramic bottles, 83
ceramic bowls, two non-vessel ceramic objects, two lots of charcoal,
two clay lumps, two sheets of copper, one corn cob, nine pieces of
daub, three ceramic discs, eight ear plugs, two effigy bottles, 12
effigy bowls, one effigy jar, one shell gorget, 43 ceramic jars, one
knife, one antler knife, one bone needle, one copper ornament, one
shell pendant, 21 bone pins, three pipes, 35 gar scales, two samples of
sediment, 26 mussel shells, four pieces of turtle shell, 219 ceramic
sherds, one painted stone, two textiles, three animal teeth, two twigs,
and two partial vessels. The University of Arkansas Museum continues to
look for the missing 53 (previously identified as 52) associated
funerary objects, which are one deer antler tine, one artifact sample,
one bird bill awl, one bone awl, three shell beads, two worked bones,
eight ceramic bottles, 12 ceramic bowls (previously identified as 11
ceramic bowls), one ceramic non-vessel objects, one lot of charcoal,
one sheet of copper, three ear plugs, one effigy bottle, four effigy
bowls, one bone needle, one pipe, four mussel shells, one sherd, and
six vessels.
Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of Arkansas Museum Collections has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains represent the physical remains of 374
individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 1,324 objects 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> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Quapaw Nation (previously
listed as The Quapaw Tribe of Indians).
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in 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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after December 19, 2022.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of
Arkansas Museum Collections must determine the most
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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 University
of Arkansas Museum Collections 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 10.9, Sec.
10.10, Sec. 10.13, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: November 9, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-25129 Filed 11-17-22; 8:45 am]
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