Notice2024-23372
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Garrison Fort Cavazos, Fort Cavazos, TX
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Published
October 9, 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 Cavazos (formerly, Fort Hood) has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary object and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 81936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23372]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038843; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Garrison Fort Cavazos,
Fort Cavazos, TX
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 Cavazos
(formerly, Fort Hood) has completed an inventory of associated funerary
objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between
the associated funerary object and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary object in this notice
may occur on or after November 8, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Ricky C. Robinson, Archaeologist, Fort Cavazos, Building
4612 Engineer Drive, Fort Cavazos, TX 76544, telephone (254) 287-1092,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a9dbc0cac2d087ca87dbc6cbc0c7dac6c79b87cac0dfe9c8dbc4d087c4c0c5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="53213a30382a7d307d213c313a3d203c3d617d303a251332213e2a7d3e3a3f">[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
Cavazos and additional information on the determinations in this
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, one associated funerary object
is present. The one cultural item, a single bone awl, was removed from
Bell County, TX. In 1990, the remains of an adult female individual,
along with the partial and fragmentary remains of five other
individuals, were removed from site 41BL671 by a University of Texas
field school. The individual was discovered in a tightly flexed
position and a bone pin was found in the abdominal area. The
individuals were documented in a Notice of Inventory Completion
published in the Federal Register on August 14, 1995, returned to the
Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, and reburied in the Comanche
National Indian Cemetery on post. The bone awl, currently housed in
Fort Cavazos' curation facility, was not returned, and was found in
Fort Cavazos' archaeological collections in 2021. No known substances
were used to treat the associated funerary object.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the cultural item. The site from which the cultural item
originates, 41BL671, has been previously identified as being culturally
affiliated with the Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma based on oral
traditions and historic accounts of their occupation in central Texas
and through consultation with representatives of the Tonkawa Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma.
Determinations
Fort Cavazos has determined that:
<bullet> The one cultural item described in this notice is
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 reasonable connection between the cultural item
described in this notice and the Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary object
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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the associated funerary object in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after November 8, 2024. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, Fort Cavazos must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the associated funerary object are considered a single
request and not competing requests. Fort Cavazos 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 30, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-23372 Filed 10-8-24; 8:45 am]
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