Notice2024-10159
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
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Published
May 9, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Gilcrease Museum intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 91 (Thursday, May 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10159]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037884; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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 intends to repatriate
certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated
funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after June 10, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 800 S Tucker Drive, Tulsa,
OK 74104, telephone (918) 596-2747, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7f131e0a0d1e521d0d061e110b3f0a0b0a130c1e511a1b0a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f09c91858291dd928289919e84b08584859c8391de959485">[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, and additional information on the determinations in
this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
summary or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of 17 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 17 unassociated funerary objects are four lots of ceramic vessels,
11 lots of ceramic sherds and partially restored vessels, one lot of
worked lithics, and one lot of gar scales. These were removed from the
Banks Site in Crittenden County, AR by Frank Soday in the mid-20th
century. The Soday collection was purchased by the Thomas Gilcrease
Association and then donated to the Museum in 1982.
A total of two cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The two unassociated funerary objects are two lots of ceramic vessels.
These were removed from the Cherry Valley site in Cross County, AR by
Frank Soday in the mid-20th century.
A total of two cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The two unassociated funerary objects are one lot of ceramic vessels
and one lot of worked shell, including ear plugs and gorget. These were
removed from Rose Mound in Cross County, AR, by Dr. C.A. Self in 1936.
Harry Lemley acquired the items from Dr. Self in 1936 and sold his
collection to Thomas Gilcrease in 1955.
A total of two cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The two unassociated funerary objects are one lot of ceramic vessels
and one lot of bone tools. These were removed from the Shawnee Village
Site (3MS7) in Mississippi County, AR, by Carroll Snider, Dr. J.K.
Hampson, and W.A. McKay. Harry Lemley acquired these items in 1932 and
1936 and sold his collection to Thomas Gilcrease in 1955.
A total of 30 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 30 unassociated funerary objects are two lots of ceramic vessels,
17 lots of sherds, one lot of daub, eight lots of worked lithics, one
lot of ceramic pipe bowls and beads, and one lot of shell. These were
removed from the Stott Site in Poinsett County, Arkansas likely by
Elbert Hawkins in the 1970s.
Determinations
The Gilcrease Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The 53 unassociated funerary objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Quapaw Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified
in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be
submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after June 10, 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 cultural items 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 and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice and to any other consulting
parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: April 30, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-10159 Filed 5-8-24; 8:45 am]
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