Notice2023-28928
Notice of Inventory Completion: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
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Published
January 3, 2024
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 a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Tulsa County, OK.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 390-391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28928]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037175; 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 a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from Tulsa County, OK.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after February 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 800 S Tucker Dr., Tulsa, OK
74104, telephone (918) 596-2747, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c1ada0b4b3a0eca3b3b8a0afb581b4b5b4adb2a0efa4a5b4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d0bcb1a5a2b1fdb2a2a9b1bea490a5a4a5bca3b1feb5b4a5">[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
Human remains representing, at minimum, 14 individuals were removed
from Tulsa County, OK, by Frank Soday, an avocational archaeologist, in
1971. The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation purchased Soday's collection in
1982. The 176 associated funerary objects are 94 lots of lithic tools,
four lots of sherds, 35 lots of nails and metal fasteners and belt
buckles, seven lots of glass jar or bottle fragments, 11 lots of
porcelain fragments and dishes, three lots of buttons, four lots of
metal utensils, one lot of wood fragments, one lot of bullets, two lots
of shell, seven lots of faunal remains, two lots of marbles, two lots
of beads, one lot of textile fragments, one pipe, and one tin cup.
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: anthropological information, geographical information,
historical information, kinship, and other relevant information.
Lineal Descent
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
are connected to an identifiable individual whose descendants can be
traced directly and without interruption by means of a traditional
kinship system or by the common law system of descendance. The
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: anthropological information, geographical information,
historical information, kinship, and other relevant information.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Gilcrease Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 14 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 176 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> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
<bullet> There is a relationship between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and lineal
descendants.
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Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after February 2, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Gilcrease
Museum must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation 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 and the lineal descendants
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, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: December 20, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-28928 Filed 1-2-24; 8:45 am]
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