Notice2024-03649
Notice of Inventory Completion: Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville, AR
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Published
February 23, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Arkansas Archeological Survey 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 unknown locations in the eastern Arkansas Mississippi River valley.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13742-13743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03649]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037437; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Arkansas Archeological Survey,
Fayetteville, AR
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 Arkansas Archeological Survey 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 unknown locations in the eastern Arkansas Mississippi
River valley.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after March 25, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Sarah Shepard, Arkansas Archeological Survey, 2475 N. Hatch
Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72704, telephone (479) 575-6552, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5e303f392e2c3f1e2b3f2c35703b3a2b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ef818e889f9d8eaf9a8e9d84c18a8b9a">[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
Arkansas Archeological Survey. 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 Arkansas Archeological Survey.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the FBI
professional staff in consultation with representatives of tribal
partners between 2018 and 2023, and finally on November 8, 2023, in
Shawnee, Oklahoma. Conversations between the ARAS, Osage Nation, and
Quapaw Nation continued after that point. On December 4th, 2023, a
decision was made for the Quapaw to move forward in affiliation with
the human remains.
History and Description of the Remains
The Arkansas Archeological Survey (ARAS) received a transfer from
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on
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October 5, 2023, of human remains recovered from a seizure in Indiana.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, six
individuals were removed from unknown areas in the Eastern Arkansas
Mississippi River Valley region. Following their removal, the human
remains were transported to Indiana, where they remained as part of a
private collection of Native American antiquities and cultural
heritage. In April 2014, the human remains were seized by the FBI as
part of a criminal investigation. The human remains represent six
individuals. No associated funerary objects are present.
Based upon the historical record, site analysis, evidence obtained
through criminal investigation, osteological analysis, and tribal
consultation, the ARAS believes that there is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and the Quapaw Nation.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, ARAS has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of six individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the Native American human remains and the
Quapaw 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 March 25, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, ARAS 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. ARAS is responsible for notifying the Quapaw Nation that this
notice has been published.
This notice was submitted before the effective date of the revised
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12,
2024). As the notice conforms to the mandatory format of the Federal
Register and includes the required information, the National Park
Service is publishing this notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 14, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-03649 Filed 2-22-24; 8:45 am]
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