Notice2023-09584
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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Published
May 5, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program, previously listed as the Office of the State Archaeologist Burials Program, has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from either Kay or Osage County, OK.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 87 (Friday, May 5, 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: 2023-09584]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035780; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State
Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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 Office of the State Archaeologist
Bioarchaeology Program, previously listed as the Office of the State
Archaeologist Burials Program, has completed an inventory of human
remains and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation
between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were
removed from either Kay or Osage County, OK.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after June 5, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Lara Noldner, Office of the State Archaeologist
Bioarchaeology Program, University of Iowa, 700 S Clinton Street, Iowa
City, IA 52242, telephone (319) 384-0740, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0965687b68246766656d676c7b497c60667e68276c6d7c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8fe3eefdeea2e1e0e3ebe1eafdcffae6e0f8eea1eaebfa">[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
Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program. 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 Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology
Program.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from an unknown location near Ponca City, in either Kay or Osage
County, OK. The human remains were reportedly disinterred by animals on
a farm belonging to Walter Hawk (now deceased) and located near Ponca
City, OK, in 1958. The farmer who collected the human remains gave them
to a friend and neighboring landowner, Marvin Clark (now deceased).
Subsequently, Mr. Clark passed the human remains on to a grandson, and
in 1999, the grandson, who resided in Knoxville, IA, transferred them
to the Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program. The
cranial human remains (Burial Project 1291) belong to a juvenile
approximately 10-11 years old. Craniofacial morphology suggests Native
ancestry, and the low level of dental wear suggests the individual
lived during the late pre-contact or early contact period. No known
individual was 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,
including the 1825 Treaty with Great and Little Osage.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Office of the
State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice were removed
from the aboriginal land of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Kiowa Indian
Tribe of Oklahoma; and The Osage Nation.
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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 June 5, 2023. If competing requests for
disposition are received, the Office of the State Archaeologist
Bioarchaeology Program 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. The
Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program 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
10.11.
Dated: April 25, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-09584 Filed 5-4-23; 8:45 am]
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