Notice2023-09471
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office, Oklahoma City, OK
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Published
May 4, 2023
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from Caddo County, OK.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 86 (Thursday, May 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28601-28602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09471]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035768; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office, Oklahoma City, OK
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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Reclamation (USBR) has completed an inventory of human remains and
has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice. The human remains were removed from Caddo County, OK.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after June 5, 2023.
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ADDRESSES: Kate Ellison, USBR, 5924 NW 2nd Street, Suite 200, Oklahoma
City, OK 73127, telephone (405) 470-4816, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#81eae4edede8f2eeefc1f4f2e3f3afe6eef7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="80ebe5ecece9f3efeec0f5f3e2f2aee7eff6">[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
USBR. 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 Museum of
the Great Plains (MGP), a repository for the USBR.
Description
Between 1964 and 1972, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from Caddo County, OK. The human remains were
found by a local person (Mr. Voerster) along the shoreline of Fort Cobb
Reservoir and in proximity to archeological site 34CD697. The human
remains were taken to the Oklahoma Archeological Survey in Norman, OK,
where they were examined by archeologist Dr. Richard Drass and
identified as part of a human cranium. The human remains are reasonably
believed to have come into the possession of the Bureau of Reclamation
around January 12, 2012, based on notes from the local collector. Since
November 15, 2016, the human remains have been in the custody of the
Museum of the Great Plains in Lawton, OK. On January 8, 2021, skeletal
inventory and analysis were conducted by Rachel Perash, a contractor
working for the Bureau of Reclamation. On July 6, 2022, additional
analysis was conducted, by Dr. Peer Moore-Jansen, Chair and Professor
of Anthropology at Wichita State University, who confirmed that the
remains were human and archeological. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains 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: geographical and historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the USBR has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice
and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco, &
Tawakonie), Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after June 5, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, the USBR must determine the most appropriate requestor
prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human
remains are considered a single request and not competing requests. The
USBR 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, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: April 25, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-09471 Filed 5-3-23; 8:45 am]
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