Notice2024-22894
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Leonard Wood, MO
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Published
October 4, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Leonard Wood (Fort Leonard Wood) 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80925-80926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22894]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038779; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Leonard
Wood, 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 U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Leonard Wood
(Fort Leonard Wood) 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after November 4, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Stephanie Nutt, Archaeologist/Cultural Resources Manager,
8112 Nebraska Avenue, Building 11400, Fort Leonard Wood, MO 65473,
telephone (573) 596-7607, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cc9fb8a9bca4ada2a5a9e280e282b9b8b8e2afa5ba8cadbea1b5e2a1a5a0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1b486f7e6b737a75727e355735556e6f6f3578726d5b7a69766235767277">[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 Fort
Leonard Wood and additional information on the determinations in this
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in its
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, three individuals have been
reasonably identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The
individuals were removed from Miller Cave, site 23PU2, in Pulaski
County, MO. The individuals were found by Markman and Associates, Inc.
in a back dirt pile of an earlier 1922 excavation of the site. The
individuals were later identified during an analysis of faunal remains.
The site dates from the Early Archaic (7800-5000 BC) to the
Mississippian (A.D. 950-1600).
One associated funerary object has been identified. The one
associated funerary object is one faunal (deer) tooth. In 1982, human
remains representing, at minimum, one adult individual and associated
funerary object was removed from Wilson Cave, site 23PU152 in Pulaski
County, MO. The individual and associated funerary object was removed
by Environmental Consultants, Inc. during an archaeological excavation
of the cave in 1982. The site dates from the Middle Archaic (5000-2500
BC) to the Mississippian (A.D. 950-1600). The individual associated
with this object has been listed in a Notice of Inventory Completion
published in the Federal Register on March 7, 2017 (82 FR12835-12836).
Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been
identified. The one associated funerary object is one faunal tooth. The
individual and associated funerary object were removed from Joy Cave,
site 23PU210 in Pulaski County, MO. The individual and associated
funerary object were removed by Environmental Consultants, Inc., during
archaeological survey in 1982. The site dates from the Archaic (7800-
700 BC) to the Mississippian (A.D. 950-1600).
Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The individual
was removed from Martin Cave B, site 23PU217 in Pulaski County, MO. The
individual was removed by Environmental Consultants, Inc., during an
archaeological survey of the cave in 1982. The site dates from the
Middle Woodland (200 BC-A.D. 450) to the Late Woodland (A.D. 450-950).
Human remains representing, at least, two individuals have been
identified. The two associated funerary objects are one lot of ceramics
and one lot of faunal fragments. The individuals and associated
funerary objects were removed from site 23PU234 in Pulaski County, MO.
The individuals and associated funerary objects were removed by
Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. during an archaeological excavation at
a disturbed cairn site in 1983. The site dates to the Late Woodland
period (A.D. 450-950).
Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been
identified. The 13 associated funerary objects are 13 faunal fragments.
The individual and associated funerary objects were removed from site
23PU311 in Pulaski County, MO. The individuals and associated funerary
objects were removed by Cultural Resource Analysts,
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Inc. during archaeological testing at a disturbed cairn site in 1983.
The site dates to the Late Woodland period (A.D. 450-950).
Human remains representing, at least, two individuals have been
identified. The seven associated funerary objects are one Columnella
bead, one Anculosa bead, one bone awl, one lot unsorted matrix, one
faunal fragment, one wood fragment, and one snail shell. The
individuals and associated funerary objects were removed from site
23PU313 in Pulaski County MO. The individuals and associated funerary
objects were removed by Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., during
archaeological testing of a disturbed cairn site. The site dates to the
Late Woodland period (A.D. 450-950).
Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been
identified. There are no associated funerary objects. The individual
was removed from site 23PU321 in Pulaski County, MO. The individual was
removed by Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. during archaeological
excavation in 1983. The site dates to the Late Woodland (A.D. 450-950).
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
Fort Leonard Wood has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 11 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 24 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally 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 connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and The Osage
Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in this notice under 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after November
4, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, Fort
Leonard Wood 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. Fort Leonard Wood is responsible for sending a copy
of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: September 25, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-22894 Filed 10-3-24; 8:45 am]
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