Notice2022-27527
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of Arkansas Museum Collections, Fayetteville, AR
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Published
December 20, 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 published in the Federal Register on April 29, 2022. This notice amends the number of associated funerary objects in collections removed from Cross, Mississippi, and Poinsett Counties, AR.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 77882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27527]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035043; 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 published in
the Federal Register on April 29, 2022. This notice amends the 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 January 19, 2023.
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#b6dbc5c3c2d3c4f6c3d7c4dd98d3d2c3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0e637d7b7a6b7c4e7b6f7c65206b6a7b">[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 published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (87 FR 25527-25529, April
29, 2022). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of
Inventory Completion has not occurred. This notice identifies one
individual as missing and amends the number of associated funerary
objects listed in the original notice by the addition of two associated
funerary objects removed from the Carden Bottoms Site (3YE14).
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, 84
individuals were removed from unidentified sites located in Northeast
Arkansas. Of that number, human remains representing one individual is
currently missing from the collection. The University of Arkansas
Museum continues to look for the missing individual.
From the Carden Bottoms Site (3YE14) in Yell County, AR, the five
(previously identified as three) associated funerary objects are two
(previously identified as one) complete ceramic bowls, two
reconstructed ceramic bowls, and one piece of daub.
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 211
individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 103 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 January 19, 2023.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of
Arkansas Museum Collections must determine the most 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: December 13, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-27527 Filed 12-19-22; 8:45 am]
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