Notice2023-10558
Notice of Inventory Completion: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
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Published
May 18, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Gilcrease Museum 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 associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Limestone and Morgan Counties, AL.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 96 (Thursday, May 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31820-31821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10558]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035863; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, 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 Gilcrease Museum 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 associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe. The human
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Limestone and
Morgan Counties, AL.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after June 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 800 S Tucker Drive, Tulsa,
OK 74104, telephone (918) 596-2747, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6c000d191e0d410e1e150d02182c191819001f0d42090819"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f79b96828596da95858e969983b78283829b8496d9929382">[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
Gilcrease Museum. 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 Gilcrease
Museum.
Description
All the human remains and associated funerary objects listed below
were removed in the 1950s by Frank J. Soday, a collector and amateur
archeologist. The Thomas Gilcrease Museum Association purchased the
Soday Collection in 1982, and subsequently donated the collection to
the Gilcrease Museum.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Chemstrand, Harbor Island, in Morgan County, AL (Soday site number
504). No known individual was identified. The one associated funerary
object is a lot consisting of faunal remains, including turtle and
bird.
The associated funerary objects listed below were recently found at
the Gilcrease Museum. The human remains with which these funerary
objects are associated (together with additional associated funerary
objects) were listed in a notice published in the Federal Register on
September 20, 2016 (81 FR 64503-64505) and have since been repatriated.
One associated funerary object was removed from Limestone County,
AL. Most likely, this object was removed from one of the following
sites: 1LI27, 1LI49, 1LI52, or 1LI53 (Soday site number 399). The one
associated funerary object is a lot consisting of lithic tools and
projectile points.
Two associated funerary objects were removed from Skeleton Island
(Soday site number 401) in Limestone County, AL. The two associated
funerary objects are two lots consisting of lithic tools and projectile
points.
One associated funerary object was removed from Center Island East
(Soday site number 423) in Limestone County, AL. The one associated
funerary object is a lot consisting of projectile points.
One associated funerary object was removed from East Middle Quad/
TVA (Soday site number 428) in Limestone County, AL. The one associated
funerary object is a lot consisting of lithic tools and projectile
points.
One associated funerary object was removed from West Middle Quad,
Decatur (Soday site number 435) in Morgan County, AL. The one
associated funerary object is a lot consisting of lithic tools.
One associated funerary object was removed from Bald Knob Cemetery/
Folsom Graveyard (Soday site number 456) in Morgan County, AL. The one
associated funerary object is a lot consisting of lithic tools.
One associated funerary object was removed from Strap Handle Island
(Soday site number 489) in Limestone County, AL. The one associated
funerary object is a lot consisting of lithic tools.
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: a final judgment
of the Indian Claims Commission or the United States Court of Claims,
and a treaty.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Gilcrease Museum
has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The nine objects 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> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and
any Indian Tribe.
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<bullet> The human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the
Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The Chickasaw
Nation; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after June 20,
2023. If competing requests for disposition are received, the Gilcrease
Museum must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Gilcrease Museum 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: May 10, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-10558 Filed 5-17-23; 8:45 am]
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