Notice2024-27506
Notice of Inventory Completion: Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, Norman, OK
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Published
November 25, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History (SNOMNH) 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 227 (Monday, November 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92971-92972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27506]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039101; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Sam Noble Museum of Natural
History, Norman, 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 Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural
History (SNOMNH) 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 December 26, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Marc Levine, Associate Curator of Archaeology, Sam Noble
Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma, 2401
Chautauqua Avenue, Norman, OK 73072-7029, telephone (405) 325-1994,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#74191811021d1a11341b015a111001"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="335e5f56455a5d56735c461d565746">[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
SNOMNH, 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
Human remains representing, at least, 14 individuals were removed
from the Henry Peck site (34Lf23) in LeFlore County, OK. This site was
excavated in 1940 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and
transferred to the Museum in 1947. The human remains include five
females, one male, three probable females, two probable males, one
adult for whom sex could not be determined, and two individuals for
whom age and sex could not be determined. No known individuals were
identified. The 44 associated funerary objects are seven stone
projectile points, one stone celt, three paintstones, three potsherds,
18 shell beads, two bone hairpins, one bone awl, one deer antler
billet, one deer bone, one bear tooth, one polished bone, and five bags
of animal bone fragments. The human remains and associated funerary
objects from site 34Lf23 were interred during the Woodland Period (300
B.C.-A.D. 900).
In 1939-1940 and in 1947, human remains representing, at minimum,
252 individuals were removed from the J.W. Williams 1 site (34Lf24) in
LeFlore County, OK. This site was excavated by the WPA, and the
associated finds were transferred to the Museum in 1947. The human
remains include 35 adult females, 12 adult males, 24 adolescents, 37
children, 12 infants, 36 probable adult females, 21 probable adult
males, 32 adults for whom sex could not be determined, and 43
individuals for whom age and sex could not be determined. The 340
associated funerary objects are 38 potsherds, 41 projectile points, one
projectile point embedded in hard-soil matrix, 67 projectile point
fragments, three stone bifaces, six stone biface fragments, one stone
core, one stone hoe fragment, three boatstones, four boatstone
fragments, four stone manos, two stone celts, three stone gorget
fragments, one nutting-stone, one stone axe, 11 bags of paintstones,
three worked stones, three unmodified stones, four bone awls, eight
bone awl fragments, one bone knife, eight bags of turtle shell
fragments, two bags of deer antler fragments, one bag of deer mandible
fragments, two animal teeth, 97 bags of animal bone fragments, six bags
of shell beads, one shell pendant, one perforated conch shell, two bags
of shells, one shell and one projectile point embedded in hard-soil
matrix, one bag of wood fragments, eight bags of ash samples, two bags
of daub, and one bag of burned clay. The human remains and associated
funerary objects from site 34Lf24 were interred during the Woodland
Period (300 B.C.-A.D. 900).
Human remains representing, at least, 21 individuals were removed
from the J.W. Williams 2 site (34Lf25) in LeFlore County, OK. The site
was excavated by the WPA in 1939-1940 and transferred to the Museum in
1940. The human remains include two adult females, one adult male, two
children, three infants, eight probable adult females, two probable
adult males, and three adults for whom sex could not be determined. No
known individuals were identified. The 37 associated funerary objects
are four stone projectile points, one bone flute, one bone bracelet,
nine bone beads, one modified animal bone, three deer antlers, one
tooth, 10 animal bones, one bag of unidentified animal bones, one shell
fragment, four copper beads, and one wood fragment. The human remains
and associated funerary objects from site 34Lf25 were interred during
the Woodland Period (300 B.C.-A.D. 900).
Human remains representing, at least, 101 individuals were removed
from the James B. Sam site (34Lf28) in LeFlore County, OK. The site was
excavated by the WPA in 1940 and transferred to the Museum in 1947. The
human remains include 27 adult females, three adult males, seven
adolescents, seven children, 26 probable adult females, nine probable
adult males, 15 adults for whom sex could not be determined, and seven
individuals for whom age and sex could not be determined. No known
individuals were identified. The 86 associated funerary objects are
seven ceramic vessels, three potsherds, 26 projectile points, one
projectile point fragment, one stone drill, one stone bead, three stone
celts, one stone mano, one hammerstone, one stone biface, two
paintstones, one perforated stone, one bag of bone beads, one bone awl,
two bags of deer jaw fragments, three bags of deer bone fragments, one
bag of bear teeth, one dog mandible, one bag of worked animal bone, 23
bags of animal bone fragments, three bags of shell beads, one metal
bead, and one bag of ash. The human remains and associated funerary
objects from site 34Lf28 were interred during the Woodland Period (300
B.C.-A.D. 900).
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.
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Determinations
The SNOMNH has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 388 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 507 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 Caddo
Nation of Oklahoma and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita,
Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma.
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 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 December 26, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the SNOMNH 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 SNOMNH 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: November 18, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-27506 Filed 11-22-24; 8:45 am]
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