Notice2023-19602
Notice of Inventory Completion: Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Jefferson City, MO
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Published
September 12, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MoDNR) 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 McDonald County, MO.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62596-62597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19602]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036531; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Missouri Department of Natural
Resources, Jefferson City, MO
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 Missouri Department of Natural Resources
(MoDNR) 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 McDonald County, MO.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after October 12, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Caroline Crecelius, Repatriation Coordinator, Missouri
Department of Natural Resources, Division of State Parks, 1659 E Elm
Street, Jefferson City, MO 65101, telephone (573) 526-4249, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#054664776a696c6b602b4677606660696c707645616b772b686a2b626a73"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f1b290839e9d989f94dfb2839492949d988482b1959f83df9c9edf969e87">[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 MoDNR.
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 MoDNR.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from McDonald County, MO. These human remains (a partial, fragmented
skull) were removed from private property by Lieutenant Andy Pike of
the Newton County Sheriff's Office, who in turn transferred them to
Detective Pierson at the McDonald County Sheriff's Office. Following a
determination that they were not part of an active criminal case,
Detective Pierson transferred the human remains to the Missouri State
Historic Preservation Office. Based on the opinion of a regional
archeologist, the human remains date to the Late Woodland period (about
1550-950 years
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before the present). No associated funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects 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: archeological, geographical, historical, linguistic, and
oral traditional.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, MoDNR 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 Caddo Nation of Oklahoma and The Osage Nation.
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 October 12, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, MoDNR 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. MoDNR 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, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: August 30, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-19602 Filed 9-11-23; 8:45 am]
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