Notice2023-04900
Notice of Inventory Completion: Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS
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Published
March 10, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Pittsburg State University has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from Kings County, CA; Luna County, NM; and Muskogee County, OK.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 15073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04900]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035450; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Pittsburg State University,
Pittsburg, KS
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 Pittsburg State University has completed
an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human
remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from Kings
County, CA; Luna County, NM; and Muskogee County, OK.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 10, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Steven Cox, Pittsburg State University, 1701 S Broadway,
Pittsburg, KS 33732, telephone (620) 235-4883, email
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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
Pittsburg State University. 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 Pittsburg State University.
Description
During the 1920s, human remains representing, at minimum, 19
individuals were removed by Harry Rimmer, an amateur archeologist, from
locations reasonably believed to be Kings County, CA; Muskogee County,
OK; and Luna County, NM. These human remains became part of the
collection of the museum established at Pittsburg State University
(then the Kansas Teachers College of Pittsburg) at the time of their
removal. No records have survived concerning the acquisition or
accession, identification, or age of these human remains. Articles
about the museum published in the university's student newspaper in the
1920s reveal that in the mid-1920s, Dr. William Brandenburg, the
president of the university, invited Harry Rimmer, to help establish a
natural history museum at the university. During the following several
years, Mr. Rimmer traveled throughout the U.S., excavated known Native
American burial sites in Kings County, CA, Muskogee County, OK, and
Luna County, NM, and removed and shipped human remains to the
university for the museum. The museum existed on campus until
approximately 1970. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
were removed from known geographic locations. These locations are the
aboriginal lands of one or more Indian Tribes. The following
information was used to identify the aboriginal land: treaties.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, Pittsburg State
University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 19 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and
any Indian Tribe.
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice were removed
from the aboriginal land of the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Apache
Tribe of Oklahoma; Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation; Cheyenne
and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma;
Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Santa
Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; The
Muskogee (Creek) Nation; The Osage Nation; Tule River Indian Tribe of
the Tule River Reservation, California; White Mountain Apache Tribe of
the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; and the Wichita and Affiliated
Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes 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, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land
Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after April 10, 2023. If competing requests
for disposition are received, Pittsburg State University must determine
the most appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. Pittsburg State University is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes 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 and Sec.
10.11.
Dated: March 1, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-04900 Filed 3-9-23; 8:45 am]
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