Notice2023-00470
Notice of Inventory Completion: Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, MO
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Published
January 12, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Saint Louis Science Center (SLSC) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from St. Louis County, MO.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00470]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035098; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Saint Louis Science Center, St.
Louis, MO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Saint Louis Science Center (SLSC) has
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from St. Louis County, MO.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after February 13, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Kristina Hampton, Manager of Collections and Special
Projects, Saint Louis Science Center, 5050 Oakland Avenue, St. Louis,
MO 63110, telephone (314) 286-4672, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7f340d160c0b16111e51171e120f0b10113f0c130c1c51100d18"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="29625b405a5d40474807414844595d4647695a455a4a07465b4e">[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
SLSC. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records held by the SLSC.
Description
In 1870, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from site 23SL3, Big Mound, in St. Louis County, MO, by
archeologist Henry M. Whelpley with support from the Academy of Science
of St. Louis. Upon his death in 1944, Whelpley donated his
archeological collection, amassed during decades of excavations, to the
Academy of Science of St. Louis. In 1959, the Academy of Science of St.
Louis created the Museum of Science and Natural History in St. Louis,
MO. In 1972, the Museum of Science and Natural History separated from
the Academy of Science of St. Louis and control of this collection was
transferred to the Museum of Science and Natural History. In 1985, when
the Museum of Science and Natural History joined with St. Louis City's
Planetarium, the newly formed institution was named the Saint Louis
Science Center. This collection remains with the SLSC and is used to
support the SLSC's mission, exhibits, and programs. No known individual
was identified. The one associated funerary object is one lot of
perforated shell discs (approximately 86 discs strung on twine).
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: oral traditional, linguistic, archeological, and
historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the SLSC has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The one object described in this notice 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 Osage Nation (previously
listed as Osage Tribe).
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 February 13, 2023.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the SLSC 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 SLSC is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Indian Tribe 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, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: January 4, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-00470 Filed 1-11-23; 8:45 am]
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