Notice2023-18504
Notice of Inventory Completion: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
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Published
August 28, 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 Calhoun and Ashley Counties, AR.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58606-58607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18504]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036467; 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 Calhoun and
Ashley Counties, AR.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after September 27, 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#1e727f6b6c7f337c6c677f706a5e6b6a6b726d7f307b7a6b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4925283c3b28642b3b3028273d093c3d3c253a28672c2d3c">[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
The human remains and associated funerary objects listed below were
collected by Frank Soday, an avocational archeologist. In 1980, the
Thomas Gilcrease Association purchased Frank Soday's entire collection
from him and donated it to Gilcrease Museum.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from Bang's Slough in Calhoun County, AR. On June 19-20, 1950,
Frank Soday excavated at the site with Jerry
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Carr (his nephew) and Ray Hammons. The three associated funerary
objects are one lot consisting of pottery sherds and two lots
consisting of worked stone.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from the Stringfellow Farm in Calhoun County, AR. On November
19, 1949, Frank Soday excavated at the site. The five associated
funerary objects are one lot consisting of pottery sherds, one lot
consisting of grinding stones, one lot consisting of lithic tools, one
lot consisting of worked stone, and one lot consisting of awls.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Sweitzer's Mound in Ashley County, AR. On November 13, 1949, Frank
Soday excavated at the site with Richard Franz. The two associated
funerary objects are one lot consisting of pottery sherds and one 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 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 five individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 10 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.
<bullet> The human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the
Quapaw Nation.
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 September
27, 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 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 and
10.11.
Dated: August 18, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-18504 Filed 8-25-23; 8:45 am]
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